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{
"time": "2021-05-25 17:35:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Natasha Hope Morano",
"fr": "Mme Natasha Hope Morano"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6765635\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Absolutely. Thank you so very much for the question. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6765636\" data-originallang=\"en\">I think our CEO, Kayla Isabelle, had the opportunity to meet you a few years ago, pre-pandemic, in one of our Startup Canada global programming stops, so it's nice to see you again. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6765637\" data-originallang=\"en\">You raised a very great point, and that is that any additional investment in support for entrepreneurs is a good one, so I am pleased to see that there is an acknowledgement that there needs to be better support for rural and remote entrepreneurs, with connectivity certainly being a big one.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6765638\" data-originallang=\"en\">Startup Canada has an important partnership with an organization called Rural on Purpose. That partnership supports us in our advocacy efforts and supports the ecosystem in helping us better understand where the pain points are, perhaps in some of the more northern and rural locations.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6765639\" data-originallang=\"en\">I think that when the government looks to this digital adoption piece, the huge investment in getting companies online and creating a robust network of entrepreneur organizations that are digitally competent and digitally sound, there needs to be acknowledgement of and there needs better consultation with the entrepreneurs who are in those locations where it's not as easy as this to have a conversation remotely or to connect with their customers or with their stakeholders, wherever they may be.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6765640\" data-originallang=\"en\">While I think it's a great investment, additional support is certainly needed if we want to be able to create a true entrepreneurial robust ecosystem that removes as many hurdles as possible for entrepreneurs to be successful.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6765635\" data-originallang=\"en\">Absolument. Merci beaucoup pour cette question.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6765636\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Je crois que notre PDG, Kayla Isabelle, a eu l'occasion de vous rencontrer il y a quelques ann\u00e9es, avant la pand\u00e9mie, \u00e0 l'occasion d'une des escales de notre programme mondial Startup Canada, alors je suis heureuse de vous revoir.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6765637\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Vous avez soulev\u00e9 un tr\u00e8s bon point, \u00e0 savoir que tout investissement suppl\u00e9mentaire dans le soutien aux entrepreneurs est bon. Je suis donc heureuse de constater que l'on reconna\u00eet qu'il faut mieux soutenir les entrepreneurs des r\u00e9gions rurales et \u00e9loign\u00e9es, la connectivit\u00e9 \u00e9tant certainement un \u00e9l\u00e9ment important.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6765638\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Startup Canada a un partenariat important avec une organisation appel\u00e9e Rural on Purpose. Ce partenariat nous soutient dans nos efforts de d\u00e9fense des int\u00e9r\u00eats et soutient l'\u00e9cosyst\u00e8me en nous aidant \u00e0 mieux comprendre o\u00f9 se trouvent les points faibles, peut-\u00eatre dans certains des endroits les plus nordiques et ruraux.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6765639\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Je pense que lorsque le gouvernement se penche sur l'adoption du num\u00e9rique, l'\u00e9norme investissement pour mettre les entreprises en ligne et cr\u00e9er un robuste r\u00e9seau d'organisations d'entrepreneurs qui sont num\u00e9riquement comp\u00e9tentes et solides, il doit reconna\u00eetre et mieux consulter les entrepreneurs qui sont dans ces endroits o\u00f9 il n'est pas aussi facile que cela d'avoir une conversation \u00e0 distance ou de se connecter avec leurs clients ou leurs parties prenantes, o\u00f9 qu'ils soient.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6765640\" data-originallang=\"en\"> M\u00eame si je crois que c'est un excellent investissement, un soutien suppl\u00e9mentaire est certainement n\u00e9cessaire si nous voulons \u00eatre en mesure de cr\u00e9er un v\u00e9ritable \u00e9cosyst\u00e8me entrepreneurial robuste qui \u00e9limine autant d'obstacles que possible pour que les entrepreneurs r\u00e9ussissent.</p>"
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