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[^1]\n\nEleanor Olszewski, Canada's Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience and Minister responsible for PrairiesCan, stated in a media advisory that she will announce federal funding on September 3, 2026, in Winnipeg to help local manufacturers expand production and enter new markets. [^2]\n\nGrant Cockshott noted that high-pressure cylinders usually sourced from the United States face a 25 per cent Canadian counter-tariff that will jump to 50 per cent on September 8, 2026. [^3]\n\nGrant Cockshott, president of Innovair Group, stated that his company is shifting supply chains to China, India, and local sources to avoid the United States due to economic uncertainty. [^4]\n\nInnovair Group received $1 million for production development and $2.5 million for gas storage and cryogenic gas transport trailers, with the company contributing $3.5 million of its own funds. [^5]\n\nThe planned federal funding is intended to help Winnipeg manufacturers overcome difficulties caused by tariff-related pressures, strengthen their operations, and seize new growth opportunities, according to the PrairiesCan advisory. [^6]\n\nPrairiesCan, also known as Prairies Economic Development Canada, is the federal agency responsible for economic development in Canada's Prairie provinces and the body through which the funding announcement will be made. [^7]\n\nThe funding announcement is scheduled to take place on September 3, 2026, at 9:30 Central Time at Fort Garry Fire Trucks, located at 53 Bergen Cutoff in Winnipeg, Manitoba. 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