Publications, software, housing and building designs, prototypes, building materials and products.

Improving housing and living conditions for Canadians and, in relation to financing for housing, promoting of housing affordability and choice, facilitating access to, and competition and efficiency in the provision of housing finance, protecting the availability of adequate funding for housing at low cost, and contributing to the well-being of the housing sector in the national economy, including housing finance and lending; acquiring housing loans or interests in housing loans; loan guarantees; loans administration; issuing bonds and other securities; housing and housing finance related asset securitization; guaranteeing payment of any or alI principal or interest, or both, in respect of securities issued on the basis of housing loans; insurance against risks relating to housing loans; providing protection against the effects of changes in interest rates for housing loans; entering into contracts with builders of rental housing projects and life insurance, trust or loan companies which invest funds in the purchase and improvement of land to be used for residential housing Idevelopment to guarantee a financial return from the projects; acquisition of land by way of purchase, lease or otherwise; installing of services in, and effecting improvement to or in respect of, land acquired and developing and laying out the land for housing purposes; providing housing construction, renovations, improvement and any other service or facility for property and land management or development involving housing and for inspecting and appraising property involving housing; leasing land acquired; housing related research; building technology and promotion and development of methods of building construction, design, standards, materials, equipment and fabrication; community planning; testing, production or development of housing units, materials, equipment or component parts for houses and utilities and infrastructure; sale distribution and underwriting the sale of equipment or component parts manufactured or produced for installation or use in homes; training programs or educational facilities to assist in the construction or designing of family housing units, in land planning or community planning, in the management or operation of housing projects or in the formulation and implementation of housing policy; assisted housing and programs providing for forgivable loans and contributions to assist with the payment of the costs of housing; analysis of housing markets; consulting services and export of information relating to housing, housing finance, loan insurance; promoting and developing the export of Canadian expertise, research, services and products relating to housing, living environments and community planning; distribution of research, publications, analysis; strategic planning, research coordination, government liaison and policy.

Chemicals for use in industry namely, chemicals for use in industrial water treatment; chemicals for use in pulp, paper and cardboard manufacturing; chemicals for industrial purposes for use in the mining, bio-refining, oil and gas; surface coating removal chemicals and tank surface and media cleaning chemicals for municipal water systems; polymers for use in industrial and municipal wastewater and water treatment applications for liquid and solid separation; charge control agents for use in industrial and municipal wastewater and water treatment applications; chemical demulsifiers for use in the field of oil exploration, production and processing; foam control agents and antifoam agents that reduce and eliminate foam and entrained air in chemically based manufacturing namely, chemical additives that reduce and prevent the formation of foam in industrial process liquids; hydrophobic sizing agents that provide water resistance to paper, paperboard cellulosic substrates; wet strength resins for use in the manufacture of paper, paperboard cellulosic substrates in order to impart strength to substrates; cellulosic substrates namely, paper and paperboard treated with sizing agent to improve surface strength and improve resistance to water, oil and grease; temporary wet strength additives used in the pulp and paper industry in order to impart strength and to provide oil and grease resistance to cellulosic paper and paperboard substrates; creping and release aids for use in the manufacture of paper and paper board; chemicals for use in pulping cellulosic materials, re-pulping aids, namely, chemicals used in the manufacture of paper and paper products; foam control agents and antifoam agents that reduce/eliminate foam and entrained air in pulp and paper making systems; formaldehyde-free synthetic resins for use in the building products industry; chemicals for control of organic and inorganic deposits in the pulp and paper manufacturing; retention, drainage and clarification agents for use in the pulp and paper industry for liquid and solid separation; chemicals for use in the manufacture of pulp and paper industry; microbiocides; chemicals and chemical compositions for use in pulp, paper and paperboard manufacturing systems and for use in industrial water systems, namely biocides, bactericides, fungicides and algaecides, microbiological preparations additives as deposit control agents; chemicals for controlling corrosion in steam generating systems.

Publications, software, housing and building designs, prototypes, building materials and products.

Improving housing and living conditions for Canadians and, in relation to financing for housing, promoting of housing affordability and choice, facilitating access to, and competition and efficiency in the provision of housing finance, protecting the availability of adequate funding for housing at low cost, and contributing to the well-being of the housing sector in the national economy, including housing finance and lending; acquiring housing loans or interests in housing loans; loan guarantees; loans administration; issuing bonds and other securities; housing and housing finance related asset securitization; guaranteeing payment of any or alI principal or interest, or both, in respect of securities issued on the basis of housing loans; insurance against risks relating to housing loans; providing protection against the effects of changes in interest rates for housing loans; entering into contracts with builders of rental housing projects and life insurance, trust or loan companies which invest funds in the purchase and improvement of land to be used for residential housing Idevelopment to guarantee a financial return from the projects; acquisition of land by way of purchase, lease or otherwise; installing of services in, and effecting improvement to or in respect of, land acquired and developing and laying out the land for housing purposes; providing housing construction, renovations, improvement and any other service or facility for property and land management or development involving housing and for inspecting and appraising property involving housing; leasing land acquired; housing related research; building technology and promotion and development of methods of building construction, design, standards, materials, equipment and fabrication; community planning; testing, production or development of housing units, materials, equipment or component parts for houses and utilities and infrastructure; sale distribution and underwriting the sale of equipment or component parts manufactured or produced for installation or use in homes; training programs or educational facilities to assist in the construction or designing of family housing units, in land planning or community planning, in the management or operation of housing projects or in the formulation and implementation of housing policy; assisted housing and programs providing for forgivable loans and contributions to assist with the payment of the costs of housing; analysis of housing markets; consulting services and export of information relating to housing, housing finance, loan insurance; promoting and developing the export of Canadian expertise, research, services and products relating to housing, living environments and community planning; distribution of research, publications, analysis; strategic planning, research coordination, government liaison and policy.