These include: C$ 4.5 billion to
support research, training, and infrastructure at universities and colleges; a Strategic Innovation Fund that will provide C$ 1.26 billion for business innovation in the aerospace and automotive sector; a Connect to Innovate Program that will invest C$ 500 million to
bring high - speed Internet to remote and rural
communities by 2021; and, C$ 70 million over six years to
support agriculture innovation with a focus on climate change, and soil and water conservation.