Minister MacDonald announces up to nearly $895,000 to develop and test new clean technology to benefit Canada’s indoor agriculture sector

Calgary, Alberta – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Today, while visiting Hydragreens Produce Ltd. in Calgary, the Honourable Heath MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, announced funding of up to $894,673 for SmartGRO Bioengineering Inc. (SmartGRO) under the Agricultural Clean Technology (ACT) Program – Research and Innovation Stream.

Building on the recently announced $3.2-billion National Food Security Strategy and its

Joint Statement of the Foreign Ministers of Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the UK on the Two-state Solution

Statement

September 8, 2026 - Ottawa, Ontario - Global Affairs Canada

“The Government of Israel’s actions in the West Bank are undermining the possibility of a two-State solution. The situation is rapidly deteriorating amid unprecedented levels of settler violence and settlement expansion, including the unacceptable decision to publish tenders