Ms. Candice Hoeppner, Member of Parliament for Portage-Lisgar, today announced on behalf of the Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, $250,000 in funding to modernize the Morden Research Station in Morden, Manitoba.
“In addition to driving agricultural research and keeping our food supply safe, our government investment will quickly bring economic stimulus to this region,” said Ms. Hoeppner. “Our scientists and researchers will have safer and more modern work environments that will enhance research and development.”
In Budget 2009, Canada’s Economic Action Plan, the federal government committed to an accelerated investment program to provide $250 million, over the next two years, to modernize federal laboratories. The funding, one of the many job-creating investments in the Economic Action Plan, will improve these facilities while providing economic stimulus in regions across the country.
“The Government of Canada is helping farmers prosper by ensuring that they are on the cutting edge of the agri-food sector,” stated Minister Ritz. “By boosting research capabilities at the Morden Research Station, farmers will be able to deliver value-added products to Canadians.”
This funding will modernize the growth control room at the Morden Research Station that is used by scientists to develop a new type of wheat that is resistant to a wheat stem rust that has the potential to devastate wheat crops.
The Morden Research Station is responsible for conducting research that helps farmers meet the needs of a changing marketplace, as well as the expectations of Canadians and world-consumers for the high quality and safe food Canada is known to produce.
To learn more about Canada’s Economic Action Plan, visit www.actionplan.gc.ca.
