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Government of Canada Announces 20 Finalists of its Smart Cities Challenge (Vancouver, Surrey and Victoria among Finalists)
Monday, June 4, 2018
Vancouver, BC, June 4, 2018--(T-Net)--The Government of Canada announced today the 20 finalists of the 'Smart Cities Challenge', a new, competition-based approach that encourages communities to come up with innovative solutions to their most pressing issues.
Here is the list of the 20 finalists:
More than 200 communities, large and small, from across Canada responded to the Challenge, submitting innovative ideas that have the potential to improve their communities in areas such as reconciliation, protection of Indigenous language and culture, food security, better education and health for youth and children, and affordable housing.
Summaries of the finalists' applications, along with their Challenge Statements and the evaluation criteria are posted on the Impact Canada website. Each finalist will receive a grant of $250,000 to further develop their innovative ideas into final proposals that outline all design, planning, privacy, data protection and project management components of their plans. The four winners will be announced in spring 2019.
"I am proud to see all the effort that communities have put into engaging with residents and in developing their Smart Cities Challenge proposals. I challenged community leaders to be bold and think outside-the-box, and I am pleased to see that they answered the call through the innovative ideas they submitted. These new ideas will result in positive outcomes for Canada's middle class and improve people's quality of life. I am thrilled at the meaningful, lasting and positive outcomes that this Challenge has already created for communities thus far, and look forward to seeing the final proposals." said The Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities
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Winners will be announced in spring 2019.
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Contact:
Kate Monfette, Director of Communications, Office of the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, 613-301-0894, kate.monfette@canada.ca;
Infrastructure Canada, 613-960-9251, Toll free: 1-877-250-7154, Email: infc.media.infc@canada.ca
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