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Harper Announces C$250 Million Fund for Canada Auto Resea

By Hugo Miller - Jan 4, 2013

Prime Minister Stephen Harper said the federal government will spend C$250 million ($254 million) over five years to support research and development by automakers based in Canada.

Harper said in a news release handed to reporters that the funding will be used to extend the Automotive Innovation Fund until 2018.

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