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Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development

Hon. Mary Ng

  • Member of Parliament
  • Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development
  • Liberal
  • Markham—Thornhill
  • Ontario
  • Voting Attendance: 63%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $101,141.61

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Context: House Hansard - 50 - Mar/31/22
Hon. Mary Ng (Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, Lib.)
  • Mar/31/22 2:49:55 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague from London West for her leadership and her hard work. Our government continues to move the dial for women entrepreneurs and businesses by investing in their growth and in their success. Recently I announced a $55-million investment for women-owned businesses looking for loans under $50,000 and an additional $25 million to further build out an ecosystem of support focused on under-represented women, and, by the way, this ecosystem has already helped 5,000 women's businesses to grow and 7,000 to start their businesses. If we do not measure it, there will not be any improvement, so we also invested $4.2 million in the knowledge hub. I want to thank the Canadian women entrepreneurs for all they are doing for the Canadian economy and helping to grow—
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