QUÉBEC CITY, July 10, 2019 - The Réseau des SADC et CAE is proud to share the success of its pilot Carbon Credit project, which kicked off in December 2017 with a cohort of 74 SMEs and organizations from around Quebec. The results: cohort members reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 1,978,476 tonnes, generating an equal number of carbon credits now for sale on the voluntary carbon market. 

Lévis, QC, June 7, 2019 - The Réseau des SADC et CAE is thrilled by the announcement made today by Mr. Rémi Massé - Member of Parliament for Avignon-La Mitis-Matane-Matapédia and Parlimentary Secrretary to the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development and of Canada Economic Develpment for Quebec REgions (CED) - abou the new five-year agreement between CED and SADC et CAE, and the non-refoundable contribution of $169M taht comes with it.

QUÉBEC, January 17, 2019 - The Réseau des SADC et CAE applauds Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s announcement of the newly created Ministry of Rural Economic Development, and the appointment of Bernadette Jordan as its head. The formation of this ministry meets a real need and will bolster aid to small municipalities so that they can address their specific issues as quickly as possible.

Statistics Canada has released its eighth report on the performance of the Community Futures Program (CFP), which is delivered by SADC et CAE in Quebec. It confirms the findings of previous studies that businesses who work with SADC et CAE in Quebec have better survival rates, create over twice as many jobs, and more rapidly increase their payroll and sales. Notably, there was a seven-percentage-point increase this year in the five-year survival rate of businesses. The rate was 87% for our clients, compared to 53% for businesses in the control group.