Advanced technology centre to receive over $850,000 in financial assistance from CED to contribute to the green transition of Quebec’s economy.
Sherbrooke – SMEs have a key role to play in ensuring Quebec’s economy makes the environmental transition. They seek to innovate and grow by becoming more competitive in a greener world. That is why Élisabeth Brière, Member of Parliament for Sherbrooke and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, on behalf of Soraya Martinez Ferrada, Minister of Tourism and Minister responsible for CED, is today announcing a non-repayable contribution of $852,641 for the Université de Sherbrooke’s Centre de technologies avancées BRP (CTA).
This CED support will enable the CTA to improve its capacity for technology transfer and enhance the performance of businesses in the transportation electrification sector. The CTA is a non-profit organization created in 2006 out of a willingness to combine the industrial sector’s agility and efficiency with the academic sector’s creativity and vision. It specializes in vehicle innovations for the specialized vehicle market, including rescue vehicles, recreational vehicles, electric aircraft, and rovers for the Canadian Space Agency. CED’s contribution will enable the organization to acquire specialized equipment for research and development in the field of clean vehicle technologies, including software for prototyping, a test bench for small engines, and an electronic press.
A sustainable, just, and more inclusive economic recovery will come, among other things, through businesses making the green transition. The Government of Canada supports SMEs by fostering sustainable development in all regions across Quebec. Adapted programs and services are available to accelerate the launch of innovative projects, the adoption of clean technologies, and the development of greener products. In this way, CED is providing concrete assistance to Quebec’s businesses, entrepreneurs, and workers so they can better position themselves and seize opportunities arising out of an economy in transition.