Mr. Speaker, with regard to (a), Sustainable Development Technology Canada, or SDTC, is an arm’s length organization that was created by an Act of Parliament in 2001 to provide funding to support Canadian companies with the potential to develop and demonstrate new environmental technologies that address climate change, clean air, clean water and clean soil. SDTC maintains a public list of active and inactive projects that have received funding from the organization since its creation, which is available at https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sdtc.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F09%2FFunded-Project-Information-EN-as-of-Aug-31-2024.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK
With regard to (b), contribution amounts for SDTC projects are included in SDTC’s public project list, which is available at https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sdtc.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F09%2FFunded-Project-Information-EN-as-of-Aug-31-2024.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK.
With regard to (c), projects allocated SDTC funding are required to meet specific eligibility criteria that is available on SDTC’s website.
The eligibility criteria for start-up and scale-up funding are available at https://www.sdtc.ca/en/start-up-scale-up-funding-application-guide/.
The eligibility criteria for seed funding are available at https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/GetUrlReputation.
With regard to (d), the project objectives, including expected environmental benefits, can be found in SDTC’s public project list, which is available at https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sdtc.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F09%2FFunded-Project-Information-EN-as-of-Aug-31-2024.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK.
According to SDTC’s Annual report for 2022-2023, the total portfolio of SDTC-funded companies has, since 2001, generated an estimated 24,492 jobs, both direct and indirect, attributable to SDTC-funded projects; $3 billion in estimated annual revenues, attributable to SDTC supported technologies; and $13.27 billion in follow-on financing. SDTC-supported technologies have also reduced annual GHG emissions by an estimated 24.7 megatonnes of CO2e.