MRC La Jacques-Cartier — Local Investment Fund (FLI)

• Completed, dated, and signed financial assistance application form
• Business plan or detailed project description
• Detailed breakdown of project expenses
• Project financing plan and confirmation of other funding
• Financial statements and forecasts

Who is eligible?

• Private for-profit businesses
• Social economy enterprises
• Cooperatives

Who is not eligible

• Publicly owned or government-controlled companies
• Businesses under insolvency or creditor protection proceedings
• Businesses in gambling, weapons, fossil fuels, or sexual exploitation sectors
• Companies focused only on subcontracting or outsourcing operations
• Businesses with non-compliant labour, human rights, or environmental practices

Eligible expenses

• Working capital for the project
• Equipment, machinery, and rolling stock
• Land, buildings, construction, renovation, and site development
• Professional fees linked to feasibility, audits, implementation, acquisition, and transaction support
• For succession projects, acquisition of shares, assets, and related expertise costs

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Costs incurred before the application is submitted
• Debt service, refinancing, or capital replacement
• Transactions between related businesses or partners
• Research and development expenses
• Normal operating expenses and Quebec sales taxes

Eligible geographic areas

• MRC de La Jacques-Cartier
• Quebec

• The MRC reviews eligibility, analysis, and decision-making.
• Applications are processed as documents are received.
• The review takes place on an ongoing basis, subject to budget availability.
• The applicant must meet a business advisor before submitting the request.

• Applications are reviewed continuously as documents are received.
• Applicants must meet the MRC’s integrity and compliance requirements.
• Other public funding may be combined, subject to the program’s overall limits.
• Applicants must first meet with a business advisor before filing the request.