The innovative communities fund, as the name may imply, is a program that's targeted at communities. The agency invests in the neighbourhood of $40 million a year. It's largely targeted at rural communities, outside of what we consider to be the major urban centres in Atlantic Canada. It works with community groups that do everything...like in the kinds of projects the member mentioned. In the example he used around the farmers' market, it allows farmers to bring their products to sale. It can help local community infrastructure, which can help support local and domestic tourism activities. It can help community groups take advantage of the assets they have in their community and to try to do something with them.
On March 10th, 2020. See this statement in context.