TIMMINS – MP Charlie Angus says Timmins-JamesBay continues to succeed when it comes to federal government investments in the riding. Over the past two years more than $214 million has come into the riding. Angus says that a snap shot of projects over $100,000 shows that Timmins received 25.56-million dollars, Cochrane 5.15-million dollars, and Kirkland Lake 3.99-million dollars. In addition there were numerous smaller grants in areas across the region.
“Timmins-James Bay is a centre for economic development in Ontario. It is good to see that we are getting strong federal investment in the region.”
Some of the highlights are 2-million from the Office of Infrastructure of Canada for KirklandLake, 1.7-million dollars for Cochrane from the Public Health Agency of Canada, and 7.65-million dollars from Human Resources and Skills Development for Timmins.
HIGHLIGHTS FOR TIMMINS, KIRKLAND LAKE AND COCHRANE:
Timmins: $25,562,070
Citizenship and Immigration: 221,599
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario 100,000
Health: 3,365,533
Human Resources and Skills Development: 7,659,788
Indian Affairs and Northern Development: 3,070,935
Industry: 4,265,230
Office of Infrastructure of Canada: 5,173,918
Public Health Agency of Canada: 1,016,053
Public Works and Government Services: 336,888
Transport: 352,116
Cochrane: $5,147,321
Health: 103,000
Indian Affairs and Northern Development: 2,663,915
Industry: 645,556
Public Health Agency of Canada: 1,734,850
Kirkland Lake $3,991,317
Health: 102,590
HRSDC: 130,008
Industry: 719,295
Office of infrastructure of Canada: 2,072,635
Public Health Agency of Canada: 966,788
