THETFORD MINES, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - Oct. 16, 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 Christian Paradis, Member of Parliament for Mégantic-L'Érable and Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, today announced that the company Les Sables Olimag Inc. has been granted financial assistance to commercialize its products on foreign markets.
This assistance is being awarded in the form of a $217,500 repayable financial contribution through the Canadian Initiative for the Economic Diversification of Communities Reliant on Chrysotile.
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"Our government is helping Quebec businesses grow in order to create jobs. Investments like the one we are making in Les Sables Olimag foster the productivity of Canadian companies and the competitiveness of our national economy."
Christian Paradis, Member of Parliament for Mégantic-L'Érable and Minister of International Development and Minister for La Francophonie
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Les Sables Olimag Website: http://www.olimag.com/sables-refractaires/index_ang.cfm
News release of June 13, 2013, on news.gc.ca
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