The B.C. government is allocating $10 million of federal funding to help create jobs and diversify the economies of communities in the Mackenzie and Peace regions.

From Infrastructure Canada:

People in crisis will soon have access to new peer-assisted care teams in New Westminster and Victoria and an expanded care team on the North Shore thanks to a $1.26-million investment through Budget 2022.

More parents in the Vancouver, North Vancouver and Sea to Sky region will be able to pursue work, school and other opportunities while knowing their children are cared for as the Province invests in more than 317 new licensed child care spaces.

Business owners and entrepreneurs in B.C. will have better access to intellectual property (IP) resources to protect and develop their ideas through a new partnership.

Two B.C. maritime design companies are developing zero-emission boat technology that will advance clean transportation in the hard-to-decarbonize marine sector and create new jobs for British Columbians.

Grin Technologies Ltd. is scaling up production of its unique electric bike components that will advance clean transportation technology and create new jobs with support from the CleanBC Go Electric Advanced Research and Commercialization (ARC) program.

B.C.’s Moment Energy is repurposing retired electric vehicle (EV) batteries to provide reliable and clean-energy storage to urban and remote, diesel-dependent communities and create new jobs with support from the CleanBC Go Electric Advanced Research and Commercialization (ARC) program.