Five Island companies are getting their products out to market sooner thanks to Innovation PEI’s Ignition Fund. Chrysaor Biologicals and four other startups will each receive a $25,000 grant after successfully pitching their idea through the latest Ignition Fund competition...
Food Product Development Assistance is available to Prince Edward Island businesses to access professional and technical assistance in creating or improving a new food product or process. This assistance can be used to develop and test new and improved products and processes, and other technical development-related activities. Funding through this program is intended to support the engagement of expertise as the business moves its product or process from the earliest stage of development through to commercialization. Who is eligible for Food Product Development Assistance? To be an eligible...
The Enriched Investment Tax Credit complements the existing PEI Corporate Investment Tax Credit of 10 per cent. The tax credit is applied to certain capital investments made by manufacturing and processing businesses. Who is eligible for Enriched Investment Tax Credit? To be an eligible applicant, a business must be located in Prince Edward Island and: be registered to do business and actively operating in Prince Edward Island; manufactures, processes, or develops goods or services primarily for export; operates within one of these strategic sectors: bioscience aerospace and defence advanced...
Island artists will have more opportunities to grow their professions and help build a strong Island creative industry as part of the new culture action plan. People, Place and Possibility – Renewed Action Plan for Arts, Culture and Creative Industries in PEI is the new five-year...
Honourable Jill Burridge Minister of Finance 2nd Floor Shaw South PO Box 2000 Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8 Dear Minister Burridge, I am pleased to have you serve as the Minister of Finance. On April 3, 2023, we were given a mandate by Islanders to continue to work towards building a...
Islanders are hard at work coming up with innovative ideas to adapt, mitigate and raise awareness about climate change, with help from provincial funding. The Climate Challenge Fund has provided $1 million annually to help organizations develop innovative solutions to address...
The Ministers’ Council on the Canadian Francophonie (MCCF) held its annual meeting on July 6 and 7 in Vancouver to discuss key issues for Francophone and Acadian communities. In the wake of announcements concerning the modernization of the Official Languages Act and the 2023–2028...
New changes will allow Associate Physicians (APs) and Physician Assistants (PAs) to be licensed and practice in Prince Edward Island, providing more support to physicians and helping to improve access to care for Islanders. Through the partnership of government, the College of...
Nine Island community organizations will receive funding to help women and girls feel safe from the threat of violence. More than $120,000 is being invested through the province’s Violence Against Women Prevention Grant, to support projects that will enhance awareness, education...
Grants and incentives are rolling out to support Island residents interested in providing licensed child care in their own home. Licensed family home centres can receive financial support to reduce parent fees, fund wages and professional development opportunities, and purchase...