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Ruth Bonneville / Free Press BIZ - tariff announcement Business portrait of Grant Cockshott, President and CEO of Innovair Group taken in one of the plants in Winnipeg. Innovator is Canada's largest independent producer and supplier of industrial and medical gases, equipment, and automation services, headquartered in Winnipeg, Innovair was one of the companies that will benefit from the federal governments jRegional Tariff Response Initiative (RTRI) announced at a news conference Thursday. There are 15 projects led by 11 Winnipeg-based organizations through the RTRI and Business Scale-up and Productivity (BSP) program. See story by Gabby Sept 3rd, 2026