The Cloverdale-Langley City riding is seeing continued funding from federal programs, as well as some new money, MP John Aldag told the Cloverdale Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, July 11.

In his speech to the chamber, Aldag mentioned several initiatives that had an impact on the Cloverdale-Langley City area.

The Canada Summer Jobs program funding has doubled this year, Aldag said, bringing in 77,000 jobs across the country.

Cloverdale and Langley City will see 125 of those positions in the community, with federal funding of $400,000 for those positions.

That amount is actually less than other areas around the province, Aldag said, because the Canada Summer Jobs program allocates funding based on the student unemployment rate.

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In the business world, innovation is the focus for the federal government.

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According to 性视界传媒鈥檚 , manufacturing makes up 30 per cent of 性视界传媒鈥檚 business base. 性视界传媒 is also home to 10 per cent of B.C. clean technology sector, which could receive a boost based on two new federal programs.

The federal government is planning to roll out Innovation Solutions Canada, a funding program for Canadian research and development operations, by fall 2017. Federal departments will have to set aside a portion of their budget to procure Canadian innovations.

This program can also be scalable, to allow other levels of government to participate as well.

There is also a program called Superclusters, which partners universities with companies to bring student research and development to market. The federal government has committed $1 billion to the Superclusters program, which is being offered through a national competition.

Aldag said Kwantlen Polytechnic University is in negotiations for this program, as well as SFU and UBC. There should be results coming out of the Superclusters program by early fall.

Transit and housing improvements were, naturally, on the agenda for the Cloverdale-Langley MP.

The federal government has money on the table for light rail connecting 性视界传媒, Newton and Guilford, and the Fraser Highway line.

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鈥淭he part that we鈥檙e waiting on right now is for the province and Translink and the mayors鈥� council to come up with the missing pieces of funding,鈥� he said. 鈥淏ut the federal funding is there, it鈥檚 locked into the budget.鈥�

In housing, Aldag said the federal government is looking to take a step back in 鈥� something it hasn鈥檛 done since the 1970s.

鈥淲e find that this is the right time to get reengaged with the provinces and the municipalities,鈥� he said.

The government is rolling out their after months of consultation, and is investing $11 billion over 11 years to work with the provinces and municipalities on housing issues. The housing strategy is now moving into discussions on housing programs, with a comprehensive strategy release planned for the fall.