LANGLEY -  — On behalf of the Honourable Tony Clement, Canada’s Minister of Industry, Mark Warawa, Member of Parliament for Langley,  along with MLA’s Rich Coleman and Mary Polak,  today announced two Knowledge Infrastructure Program investments at both Kwantlen Polytechnic University and Trinity Western University totalling more than 4.3 million dollars from both the federal and provincial governments.

This investment is part of the federal government’s two-year, $2-billion plan to repair and expand research and educational facilities at Canadian colleges and universities. The program is helping to provide economic stimulus and promote employment by creating jobs for engineers, architects, trades people and technicians. It is also helping to generate the advanced technological infrastructure needed to keep Canada’s colleges and universities at the forefront of scientific advancement.

“This Government of Canada investment at both Kwantlen Polytechnic and Trinity Western University will provide a significant short-term economic stimulus to Langley and will create jobs in this region,” said Warawa.  “Our government is investing in innovation to create jobs, to help our economy recover quickly and to improve the quality of life for Canadians.”

“Kwantlen Polytechnic University has been granted $1.7 million for renovations to student services, as well as upgrading lighting and DDC controls to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions,” announced Warawa.

“At Trinity Western University, I am pleased to announce the funding of three significant projects under the KIP:  $298-thousand dollars towards the Norma Marion Alloway Library, $661-thousand dollars towards upgrading Information and Communications Technology, and finally, $1.655 million dollars towards the expansion of the Neufeld Science Centre.  This brings the total of Knowledge Infrastructure funding at TWU to $2.614 million dollars,” says the Langley MP.

Canada’s Economic Action Plan sets out to stimulate the Canadian economy over the next two years and to improve our long-term competitiveness through $12 billion in new infrastructure investment, which includes the $2-billion Knowledge Infrastructure Program. This new support is the next substantive investment in the Government of Canada’s multi-year Science and Technology Strategy, Mobilizing Science and Technology to Canada’s Advantage.

For more information about the Knowledge Infrastructure Program, including program criteria and application instructions, please visit www.ic.gc.ca/knowledge-infrastructure.