RIVIÈRE-DU-LOUP, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - Aug. 21, 2014) - Acting on behalf of the Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, the Honourable Peter Van Loan, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, today announced that Société Duvetnor Ltd has been granted financial assistance for the tourism development of Île aux Lièvres, an island in the middle of the St. Lawrence River near Rivière-du-Loup.
This support has been awarded in the form of a $316,326 repayable financial contribution through Canada Economic Development's Quebec Economic Development Program.
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"This support we are granting for the enhancement of the St. Lawrence River and Île aux Lièvres shows that our government encourages projects that contribute to the diversification of Quebec's regional economies, in this case through tourism development."
Peter Van Loan, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
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Société Duvetnor Web site: www.duvetnor.com/
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