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The Canada Development Bank supports Southwest entrepreneurs

The Canada Development Bank supports Southwest entrepreneurs
The Canada Development Bank supports Southwest entrepreneurs

The Canada Development Bank (BDC) has reaffirmed its support for small and medium-sized enterprises in the region, struggling with tariffs and customs customs, during the 2nd annual lunch of the regional trade chamber of Windsor-Essex, held on Monday in Windsor.

Canada Development Bank has set up a ( window) of $ 500 million to help entrepreneurs affected by prices or potential ratesrecalls Véronique Dorval, chief of the farm at the BDCpanellist during the meeting with Windsor-Essex entrepreneurs.

According to Ms. Dorval, Canada Companies can benefit from loans ranging from $ 100,000 to $ 2 million over a six -year period for Bring liquidity to businesses.

We have more than a hundred companies that have filed requests […]. We are working to analyze their filesexplains Ms. Dorval.

Since prices particularly affect the Windsor region, […] It is important to hear the entrepreneurs well and to show our support for the community of Windsor entrepreneurs.

A quote from Véronique Dorval, chief of the BDC exploitation

Beyond loans, the BDC also gives advice for free.

The bank also offers advisory services that give about four of access to experts and a program to improve resilience to prices.

Eric Larson, managing director of Downtown Detroit Partnershipwas one of the panelists of the .

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“We are also affected” by prices and counter-tales, explains Eric Larson. “A large part of our cross -border relationships is based on travel and entertainment.”

Photo : Radio-Canada / Gabriel Nikundana

I am very proud of the relationship between the Windsor and Detroit regional business chamberhe explains.

The Windsor-Essex Chamber of Commerce has established deep and lasting friendships in many of our communities, not only with us, but also with our regional Detroit chamber and many others.

A quote from Eric Larson, Managing Director of Downtown Detroit Partnership

For her part, Ms. Dorval was delighted with the maintenance and even the strengthening of relations between Windsor-Essex and Detroit, cities strongly affected by prices and customs counter-tale.

It is still a good sign to see that we have important partners in the States who still with usshe said.

According to the Windsor-Essex regional trade chamber, 700 small and medium-sized enterprises are identified in southwest Ontario.

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