The provincial government is investing $5 million to provide free business-development training, coaching, networking support and a $10,000 grant to racialized and Indigenous entrepreneurs.

The 2025-26 Racialized and Indigenous Supports for Entrepreneurs (RAISE) program will help over 400 entrepreneurs get the resources they need to transform their ideas into successful businesses, creating local jobs, and long-term economic growth.

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“Our government has a number of programs to support the hard-working entrepreneurs, whose small businesses are so vital to the economy in communities across Leeds and Grenville,” said Steve Clark, MPP for Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes. “I’m pleased that we’re offering the RAISE program to help racialized and Indigenou

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