WAlizHl ix) cunomcu - Wednesday. April 15 1009 - 5 o , 0 ~,. ~- V.-‘ - Var-t . W yH’W" Region s economy well pulsed f. .- . a .* . , . ‘ s...,..mg?m. a... . It .. , - _‘~ ~ for the future says MP Braid ,1 a , .. ‘9'" 3’ M 7 9"" 3i BYCREG MACDONALD ! 4 1 ‘ . - v “mm“ “a†. ‘ \ optimaf vu ran efegant “er; diversified and forward- ‘ %\ 5a 6'08! selection priced '0†below rot-II Alcoking local economy is key ' , ‘ 0 SUCH†‘" “DUE“ times . V call 519.885.6747 for details like the current recession. which is why two announcements by the federal government last week have . t": g ,. =._ ‘ "S. D. | I my putWaterloo region inagood 1‘ ; § ©AND ASSOCIATES position going forward. says W; 1 ft; . .» -. ,.v;.~ m. ~-_ 1' . Waterloo's MP. ‘ , ’ i. We .~ h l k . 7 H Peter Braid was in town making funding announcements for new two projects in the area, His visit I included one for BizPal, a new W t I h I online portal for startups and 'wa er OOC ronlC e'Ca small businesses ‘ ~‘ ‘ BizPal allows new business owners to visit a website that will tell them all the licenses and per- ‘ > ‘3. mits required by all levels of govâ€" _‘ "' ‘ ernment. Merlin“ C 7 ) , {p/ ~ "It's really a model 0f collabora» last week. in doing so. the govern- , L ’71 L I I. 11) tion between different levels of ment killed two birds With one government." Braid said. stone. Braid said. . .5 . . And programslike BiZPal Will be "in the current economy and H l\\i H M k M H 1M“h essential in encouraging gI'UWIh in the challenging situation we're in, the economy. the MPadded. there are two ways we need to "Anything tgat faciLitaFS thï¬ stimulate the economy." he said. _ starting up an growt 0 sma “One is ion «term, creatin ’obs of business is absolutely critical." the future. End the other i: ’to cre- Brings You Braid said. ate jobs now. "Small and medium sized busi- “With the quantum centre, we nesses represent the growth of our address both â€" we create jobs - economy in the future," now through the construction and KR E R The program will be available the researchers. Hf CI for the Region ofWaterloo and the “But the centre also helps to cities of Kitchener and Cambridge. solidify not only the region. but the ~â€" ~" About 270 other municipalities country‘s position with quantum across Canada have access to the computing.†, .. DESIGN voun cum sorta ing. Braid said. immune to the effects ofthe reces- Local MP5 were also on hand sion. Waterloo is positioned well . . when the federal government con- for the future because of invest- _ 7 different arms ï¬rmed funding for the Institiute for ments like the ones made last * Quantum Computing at t e Uni» week, Braid said. - versity ofWaterloo last week. "We have a diverse economy ' 4 dlfferent baCkS . The Conservatives promised with a fecus on creativity and . . Made In 350 million for the institute three innovation." he said. "we have _ literally 100’s 0 conï¬gurations Canada Y€3f5:80 and formhally handed also made strategic investments in overt e money to t e universit the future." - - - - y - Wide ch01ce of colours in both fabric and leather foundation g _../_ mm “'3‘ l allots i 8%qu CHM/K98! : $1 million 3 . I 3 ‘VE. . iNrAMr The Ontario 52‘ 0° ‘ex - ‘m uni I Trillium Foun- ; * “49013" I (l a t l n it Q L9 f’ . i I announced g ‘aéJJ 4 v' I I recently that 26 8 .‘n- q, ‘ " not-for-profit J, 2‘.“'v‘“'k;~ v; ‘53, : and charitable § with." 1'?“ . I organizations in g “a“ q M Waterloo. - » f‘ (a ."' I Wellington and g ‘ " i v _ " , I mum-rm win : w - ' ~ I“ SPECIHLW REDUCED PRICES receive funding 5‘ f0 ‘ ~ ' : totalling 51.76 g k A v I FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY! million, ‘5 , g f (‘i r o u p s †" I , -""“"" ' receiving fund- 3 \ I , wig I include g '. : Y i) â€If ’ ateroos ocus v' "'r H" 5" ,0, W... ? mumps-.543, bin/t1! 4 i .- Women. which .3 H 7 , .y . ‘ 4 was awarded ,5, g . $l85.000. For '. s more info visit 3‘ ‘ > I www.trillium 3' 3., HARKFY smmm mmmm-m foundationorg, _ . “.‘JCHV‘ my? ' ‘J’ ' w “ . i. . _ i . .i . , . . .