SUDBURY—Lacloche-Manitoulin Business Assistance Corporation (LAMBAC) has received a significant funding boost that will benefit 24 producers in the area with tile drainage projects.
“We put in a request every couple of years for government funding for tile drainage project requests on a kind of ongoing basis,” Carolyn Campbell, general manager of LAMBAC told The Expositor. She said the funding of $828,000 for LAMBAC to administer funding is benefitting a consortium of 24 producers involving over 1,380 acres of land.
“This is the largest amount of funding we have received for this type of project,” said Ms. Campbell.
The announcement was made by Northern Development Minister Greg Rickford, who was in attendance in Sudbury for the Northern Ontario Ag Conference last week. He announced $3 million in funding for six agri-production projects in Northern Ontario, with the majority of the projects including those in Northeastern Ontario. He also announced Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) funding for the six projects including the one for LAMBAC.
“I have a deep appreciation for the work that our farmers do, but more importantly, for the potential and the opportunity for agriculture economic activity in our region, and indeed, across Northern Ontario, some 800,000 square kilometres large,” Minister Rickford said at the funding announcement press conference.
