OTTAWA 91裸聊视频� Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains has named five technology groups that will each get a piece of up to $950 million in what the government calls its 91裸聊视频渟uperclusters91裸聊视频� initiative, a high-tech collaboration strategy aimed at fostering growth and creating jobs.

91裸聊视频� The Digital Technology supercluster in British Columbia will use big data and digital technologies to unlock new potential in important sectors like health care, forestry, and manufacturing;

91裸聊视频� The Protein Industries supercluster in the Prairies will work on making the country a leading source of plant proteins;

91裸聊视频� The Ocean supercluster based in Atlantic Canada will use innovation to improve competitiveness in Canada91裸聊视频檚 ocean-based industries, including fisheries, oil and gas and clean energy;

91裸聊视频� The Scale AI supercluster in Quebec will work on building intelligent supply chains through artificial intelligence and robotics;

91裸聊视频� The Advanced Manufacturing supercluster in Ontario will connect technology strengths to manufacturing industry to prepare for the economy of tomorrow.

The supercluster concept is designed to bring together small, medium-sized and large companies, academic institutions and not-for-profit organizations to generate forward-looking, job-creating ideas and innovation.

91裸聊视频淲hat is a supercluster? It is a made-in-Canada Silicon Valley that will create tens of thousands of jobs 91裸聊视频� that91裸聊视频檚 what a supercluster is,91裸聊视频� Bains said Thursday as he unveiled the winners in Ottawa.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 about collaboration as well. Look at this room 91裸聊视频� we have academia, business, you have small business and large business, and we have government 91裸聊视频� working together, promoting collaboration, supporting our supply chains and also developing and nurturing skills and knowledge and making sure that we pass that knowledge from one generation to another.

91裸聊视频淪uperclusters 91裸聊视频� it91裸聊视频檚 a job magnet.91裸聊视频�

The government is planning on not only a stronger, innovation-driven economy as a result of the initiative, but at least more than 50,000 jobs, he added.

Thursday91裸聊视频檚 announcement ends a nine-month contest central to the Liberals91裸聊视频� so-called innovation agenda.

Last fall, the government a field of about 50 applicants to nine finalists.

The money will be distributed over five years to the winners, which will be required to match the federal funding they receive, dollar for dollar.

The Liberals faced criticism over its plan, including concerns over the government picking winners and losers, but Bains defended it by saying the superclusters will be led by industry.

The government hopes the leverage from its $950-million commitment will help unlock business investment in research and development as a way to lift the economy.

The Canadian Press