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Idolobha laseGreater Sudbury litshala imali ocwaningweni lwaseNyakatho neNtuthuko

Idolobhakazi lase-Greater Sudbury, ngeNhlangano Yokuthuthukiswa Kwase-Sudbury (i-GSDC), ithuthukisa imizamo yokuvuselela umnotho ngokutshalwa kwezimali ocwaningweni lwasendaweni namaphrojekthi okuthuthukisa.

Ibhodi Labaqondisi be-GSDC linikeze u-$739,000 ukuze kuthuthukiswe izinhlelo ezihlukahlukene zebhizinisi kusukela ekuqaleni kuka-2020 ngeSikhwama SoMkhandlu SokuThuthukiswa Komnotho Womphakathi (CED) esiyisigidi.

“Kuyajabulisa kakhulu ukubamba iqhaza ekuhlinzekeni izikhuthazo zokuthuthukisa umnotho wethu,” kusho iMeya yaseGreater Sudbury uBrian Bigger. “Umkhandlu, abasebenzi kanye namavolontiya basebenza ngokuzikhandla ukusebenzisa yonke imithombo engase ibe khona yokuxhasa ukusungulwa komkhakha wethu wamabhizinisi. Ngokubambisana, sizomelana nesivunguvungu se-COVID-19 futhi sibuyele esimweni somnotho sasendaweni esiqinile kunangaphambili.”

Emhlanganweni wayo ojwayelekile ngoJuni, Ibhodi Labaqondisi be-GSDC ligunyaze ukutshalwa kwezimali okufika ku-$134,000 ukuze kusekelwe ukukhula kokuthunyelwa kwempahla emazweni asenyakatho, ukuhlukahluka kanye nocwaningo lwezimayini:

• Uhlelo lwe-Northern Ontario Exports Programme lusiza amabhizinisi ukuthi afinyelele izimakethe ezintsha zokuthekelisa. Ukutshalwa kwezimali okungu-$21,000 eminyakeni emithathu ku-North Economic Development Corporation yase-Ontario kuzosebenzisa u-$4.78 wezigidi ezengeziwe kuxhaso lwezimali lomkhakha kahulumeni nozimele ukuze kuqhutshekwe nokuhanjiswa kohlelo.
• Uhlelo Lokwakha Ikhono Lokuhlinzeka Ngempahla Yezokuvikela luzosiza amafemu anentshisekelo enyakatho ye-Ontario ukuthi ahlukane aye embonini yezokuvikela ngokuhlinzeka ngobuchwepheshe nokuqeqeshwa ukuze kutholakale isitifiketi futhi aqhudelane ngezinkontileka zokuthenga. Ukutshalwa kwezimali okungu-$20,000 eminyakeni emithathu ku-North Economic Development Corporation yase-Ontario kuzosebenzisa u-$2.2 wezigidi ezengeziwe ukuletha lolu hlelo ngeNqubomgomo Yemihlomulo Yezimboni Nezobuchwepheshe yase-Canada.
• Isikhungo sase-Laurentian University's Center for Mine Waste Biotechnology sisekela ucwaningo lwe-biomining lukaDkt. Nadia Mykytczuk ukuze uthole indlela evumelana nemvelo yokukhipha izinsimbi ezibalulekile etsheni. Ukutshalwa kwezimali okungu-$60,000 kuzosebenzisa enye imali engu-$120,000 kuxhaso lwezimali lomkhakha kahulumeni nozimele ukuze kusekelwe ucwaningo olunokwenzeka lokudayiswa kokusebenzisa ama-prokaryote noma isikhunta ekukhishweni.
• IMineConnect, ukwakhiwa kabusha kweSudbury Area Mining Supply and Service Association (SAMSSA), idlala indima enkulu ekubekeni umkhakha wezokuphakela nezinkonzo zezimayini enyakatho ye-Ontario njengomholi wemboni yomhlaba wonke. I-GSDC iyaqhubeka nokweseka lo mkhakha ngesitolimende sesithathu sesamba sokutshalwa kwezimali seminyaka emithathu kwama-$245,000.

"Isiphakamiso ngasinye sicutshungulwa ngokuqinile ngaphambi kokuba sihanjiswe ukuze sigunyazwe," kusho uSihlalo weBhodi le-GSDC u-Andrée Lacroix. “Sibonga kakhulu ngobuchule kanye nokukhuthala okunikezwe amalungu angamavolontiya eBhodi ye-GSDC ukuqinisekisa ukuthi idola ngalinye libuyisela umthelela omkhulu emphakathini wethu. Sibonga ukwesekwa koMkhandlu weDolobha ngokubona ukubaluleka kwalokhu kutshalwa kwezimali kwamasu.”