​By Michael Darch
As seen in the Huffington Post
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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
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​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!
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Branham300 Lays Out the Numbers (for the ICT sector)Contributed by Michael Darch, President of Consider Canada City Alliance
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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!
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Contributed by Michael Darch, President of Consider Canada City Alliance
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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. 

Following the success of the first investment mission to Brazil in February 2015, CCCA returns in March 2016 to attract investments from Brazil. As a part of the “Global Business Leaders Series” organized by Invest in Canada, this event brought together international business leaders, industry champions and CCCA member cities to highlight Canada's investment opportunities in a variety of sectors. ​

The Consider Canada City Alliance teamed with Invest in Canada to bring 11 foreign journalists from the USA, UK, Belgium, Austria, Italy and Japan to Canada to see first hand the strength and diversity of the Aerospace sector in Canada. Four packed days of tours, round tables and presentations gave the journalists an up close view of the strength and diversity of the sector in Canada. 
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Four cities (Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa and Winnipeg) were visited to introduce the journalists to the capabilities across Canada.

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