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November 27 2017- December 1, 2017 The CCCA is working with Invest in Canada on an Investment Mission to Europe in November of 2017 as part of the “Global Business Leaders Series: Focus on Canada” organized by Invest in Canada. The series features investment missions to select countries throughout the world to highlight the advantages of investing in Canada and to showcase specific opportunities. With support from the Canadian Embassies in France, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Switzerland the event will feature seminars on investing in Canada, Business-to-Business (B2B) meetings between European companies and CCCA member cities, and networking opportunities. This mission will highlight the benefits to their global supply chains of European companies investing in Canada in light of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) signed between Canada and the European Union and Canada’s comprehensive set of trade and investment agreements around the world including the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
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The Canadian Consulate in Rio de Janeiro working with the CCCA organized a Virtual Investment Seminar with gaming companies in the Rio de Janeiro region. The mission involved 16 companies from the Rio de Janeiro region and 6 CCCA member cities. It was executed using Skype. The Consulate gave an overview of the FDI opportunity and the gaming sector in Canada. Each city then had an opportunity to address the Brazilian companies, outlining their value proposition and answering questions. The Consulate had provided profiles of the pre-qualified Brazilian companies in advance, including their foreign investment goals and time frames. Follow up after the session was done by the Consulate and individual cities working together. The initiative was considered a success by all parties with the intent to extend the model in the future to other sectors and cities. Vancouver, BC/Ville de Québec, QC, FEB 23, 2017 – Collaborating as members of the Consider Canada City Alliance (CCCA), thirteen of Canada’s large cities met in Ottawa to continue building the urban contribution to Canada’s economic success. In addition to discussing recent shifts in the geo-political situation and consulting key federal stakeholders regarding new initiatives in the federal Fall Economic Statement, the CCCA welcomed Hamilton as its newest member and elected Ian McKay, the CEO of the Vancouver Economic Commission, as Chair, and Hubert Bolduc of Montreal International as Vice-Chair.
By Mike Darch As seen in the Huffington Post For those of us in the business of attracting more international investment to Canada, it's been a watershed week that offers a sharp contrast to the protectionist rhetoric now in vogue in several countries.  Cities eager to help shape new investment attraction initiative for maximum impact
Representing 63.4% national GDP and 82.5% of GDP growth, the Consider Canada City Alliance welcomes the opportunity to help shape a new Federal Invest in Canada Hub focused on international investment attraction. Yesterday’s Fall Economic Statement described “a new, dedicated high-impact sales force to promote Canada, and to work with global companies to forge global partnerships and invite them to expand into Canada.” By Michael Darch As seen in the Huffington Post President Obama ended his address to Canada’s Parliament on June 29 with the words “The world needs more Canada.” At this point in time, those words are very true.  By Michael Darch As seen in the Huffington Post Through concerted collaboration executed in a spirit of co-opetition, over the last three years 11 Canadian cities have executed seven joint Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) missions with the Federal government to 12 countries. These missions have resulted in 1,706 B2B meetings, 855 leads and 59 company visits. At an event last month hosted by the Toronto Region Board of Trade and attended by representatives of Chambers of Commerce and municipal economic development leaders from Canada's largest cities, attendees learned more about how to improve these numbers and accelerate leads to investment success.  |
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