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12 Subject to section 17, the Minister may provide insurance on a loan made by a private lender to

• (a) a business enterprise if the business enterprise requires the loan to restructure its operations in order to improve its position in international trade competition;

• (b) an eligible manufacturer if the eligible manufacturer requires the loan to engage in the manufacture of products that will be subject to international trade competition;

• (c) a designated business if the designated business is about to engage in a manufacturing or processing activity or other commercial activity and will be subject to international trade competition; or

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• 27 (1) Subject to section 28.1, the Minister may make contributions to a designated business in respect of

  • (a) the costs of engaging the services of a qualified consultant required by the designated business to undertake a comprehensive analysis of the operations of the designated business and to develop adequate plans to restructure its operations to improve its ability to achieve efficient and sustained growth in the production and trade of Canadian goods and services or to adjust to changes in the domestic and external economic environment or to assist in the implementation of those plans, or

  • (b) the costs of a project to adjust or to restructure its operations to improve its ability to contribute to the efficient and sustained growth in the production and trade of internationally competitive Canadian goods and services or to adjust to changes in the domestic and external economic environment if the project would not be likely to be undertaken without a contribution by the Minister.

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15 Subject to section 17, the Minister may provide insurance on a loan made by a private lender to a person engaged or about to engage in a business in Canada that provides services, directly or indirectly, to a business enterprise in Canada that is engaged in international trade competition if that person requires the loan to establish, restructure or improve its operations in order to improve the position of the business enterprise in international trade competition.

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32 Where the services of a qualified consultant are required by a person to undertake a comprehensive analysis of a designated community to develop satisfactory plans

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• (b) for effecting improvement in the ability of business enterprises in the designated community

  • (i) to achieve efficient and sustained growth in the production and trade of Canadian goods and services, or

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