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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.
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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.  By Michael Darch
As seen in the Huffington Post From Beijing to Milan to Sao Paulo, The most common phrase I hear from foreign investors about the Canadian economy is “I never knew!” I remember being at a dinner and sitting beside the then new U.S. Ambassador Bruce Heyman discussing his first impressions of Canada. The man in charge of our country’s largest trading relationship remarked that he found Canada offered a surprisingly strong value proposition for investment. His advice to me was simple. Get out there and tell the story! Branham300 Lays Out the Numbers (for the ICT sector)Contributed by Michael Darch, President of Consider Canada City Alliance
The 2016 Branham300 results, Canada’s growing trade and investment relationships and the continued expansion of multinational R&D facilities in Canada lead to one important question: can you afford not to invest in Canada! Author: Megan Zimmerman, Calgary Economic Development and Dayla Maisey, Kinetica Ventures
With depressed oil and natural gas prices and unprecedented focus on environmental issues, Alberta’s energy industry is under tremendous pressure to do more, spend less and improve performance while increasing efficiency across the board. Contributed by Michael Darch, President of Consider Canada City Alliance In late March, KPMG released its 2016 Competitiveness Alternatives report. Canada retained its position as having the lowest comparative business costs amongst the mature economies, with an overall cost index 14.6% below that of the United States, the baseline country.  |
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