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Research and Development Tax Credit –20% non-refundable tax credit for scientific research and development expenditures |
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Manufacturing Investment Tax Credit -- 10% of the cost of manufacturing buildings and equipment purchased in the year. Thirty five per cent of the credit is refundable in the current year |
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Labor Market Partnerships -- financial support for employers to address labor market requirements |
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Manitoba Industrial Opportunities Program (MIOP) -- secured loan assistance for fixed asset investment and long-term job creation |
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Geographical location in the centre of North America, and solid transportation infrastructure, make it a key element in the Mid-Continent Trade Corridor, connecting Canada to 500,000,000 people in the U.S. and Mexico |
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Manitoba also has its own inland port in Churchill that links it directly with Europe and Asia. |
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Pure air, an abundance of fresh clean water and rich fertile soils |
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Low farm and animal density – plenty of wide, open spaces |
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High standards of food safety |
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Competitive production costs |
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Sustainable environmental regulations |
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Manitoba produced over 500,000 tonnes of wheat and over 25,000 tonnes of barley, and over 23% of all the total canola crops in Canada, while producing over 26% of the national flax crop. |
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Manitoba also produces over 65% of all the buckwheat grow in Canada, and produced over 170,000 tonnes of oats, |
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Manitoba is also a major pulse grower and contributes to the over 430,000 Tonnes exported to India annually by Canada |
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Manitoba also produces over 120 varieties of vegetables – many of these vegetables have been introduced from countries throughout the world |
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Thriving dairy industry with major exports to Mexico, Japan, Algeria, Dominican Republic, South Korea, Jamaica and the U.S. with a successful, global specialty dairy processing sector |
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Leader in embryo-transfer technology |
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Two internationally competitive egg processors provide products for the food and pharmaceutical industries |
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Renowned water quality supplying a growing bottled water industry |
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Home of one of Canada’s largest manufacturers of private label vitamins, minerals, herbal products, dietary supplements and over-the-counter drugs |
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Internationally recognized research facilities including the state-of-the-art Food Development Centre, , Cereal Research Centre, Canadian Centre for Agri-food Research in Health and Medicine University of Manitoba, Canadian International Grains Institute, Manitoba Crop Diversification Centre and the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals |
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New state of the art liquid aseptic processing facility co-located at the Food Development Centre. |
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World class design, engineering and construction capabilities with expertise in grain handling, storage and processing facilities |
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Leading edge dry-land farming technology |
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Lowest published electricity rates in North America – a national leader in developing alternate energy sources including ethanol, bio-diesel, geothermal heat pump systems, hydrogen and wind power. |
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Economic centre for the western Canadian grain industry headquarters for industry giants like Cargill Canada, Agricore United, James Richardson and Sons, Winnipeg Commodity Exchange and the Canadian Wheat Board |
