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== Summary ==

== Summary ==

The Laboratories Canada Initiative (LCI) is a multi-year phased initiative for building and restoring federal science and technology (S&T) capacity in the GC. Previously named the [[Federal Science and Technology Infrastructure Initiative]], the core basis of Labs Canada was announced in the [https://www.budget.gc.ca/2018/docs/plan/budget-2018-en.pdf 2018 federal "science budget"] which allocated an initial $2.8 billion to the initiative over a 5 year period. This initial allocation to Labs Canada was envisioned as the first part of a roughly 20-year initiative to rebuild and modernize federal laboratory capacity.

The Laboratories Canada Strategy (LCS) is a multi-year phased initiative for building and restoring federal science and technology (S&T) capacity in the GC. Previously named the [[Federal Science and Technology Infrastructure Initiative]], the core basis of Labs Canada was announced in the [https://www.budget.gc.ca/2018/docs/plan/budget-2018-en.pdf 2018 federal "science budget"] which allocated an initial $2.8 billion to the initiative over a 5 year period. This initial allocation to Labs Canada was envisioned as the first part of a roughly 20-year initiative to rebuild and modernize federal laboratory capacity.

=== Background ===

=== Background ===