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Rechie Valdez Liberal
“Our support for women who run businesses is real. We gave $5.6 million to a group in Kelowna to help women with training and mentorship. Across the country, we are investing $173.3 million to help women start and grow their businesses.”
“Mr. Speaker, supporting women entrepreneurs is not theatrics. I want to give a big shout-out to WeBC, which is a Kelowna-based organization that has received $5.6 million in helping women entrepreneurs with mentorship, business training, export support and growing their finances. Through our women entrepreneurship strategy, we are supporting women across the country and investing $173.3 million to help women entrepreneurs start, scale and grow their businesses. We are going to do everything we can to support them.”
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Mr. Speaker, supporting women entrepreneurs is not theatrics. I want to give a big shout-out to WeBC, which is a Kelowna-based organization that has received $5.6 million in helping women entrepreneurs with mentorship, business training, export support and growing their finances. Through our women entrepreneurship strategy, we are supporting women across the country and investing $173.3 million to help women entrepreneurs start, scale and grow their businesses. We are going to do everything we can to support them.