Indo- Canada Chamber of Commerce organized an interactive session on Economics and Strategies following the Budget on 25-March 2015 at the ICCC headquarter.

Mr. Avery Shenfeld, Managing Director and Chief Economist CIBC World Markets Inc was the guest speaker. He said that after the recession; economies of major countries has started gaining its momentum but the lower crude oil prices affected it adversely whereas some oil importing countries got benefit. BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) countries will contribute more in the international economy to move further.

The consumer market in USA which has a direct impact on Canadian economy; has started gearing up and this is a positive signal for the Canadian economy. US market is a key target for Canadian exporters. Interest rates will be at its lower level in the coming years which is a very good sign for the investors seeking safe yields in equity investments, he said.

Mr. Dharma P Jain, President, ICCC in his remarks said conveyed thanks to Mr. Shenfeld for sparing his time to interact with the ICCC members. He further said that CIBC is chamber’s lead sponsor. He also informed the audience regarding the visit of Indian Prime Minister Modi to Canada from 14-16 April 2015 which will further strengthen the trade ties between the two countries.

Mr. Brij K Sharma, Vice President, ICCC said, that the session was aimed to create awareness among the Chamber’s membership regarding the trends in the international economy and how they can strategies their financial planning.

Mr. Rajeev Misra introduced the speaker to the audience.

Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) organized the fourth annual International Women’s Day panel discussion on Thursday March 12, 2015, at the Marriott Hotel, to discuss the role of women’s in active politics. The theme of the panel discussion was Women in Politics.

 

Panelist from L to R: Hon. Dr. Asha Seth, Ms. Harinder Malhi, Ms. Nirmala Armstrong & Dr. Ananya Mukherjee

Canadian government’s 2015 budget will focus on four major areas of supporting family, business development, trade & culture and balancing the budget announced Hon. Kevin Sorenson, Minister of State for Finance during a pre-budget consultation round table with the members of Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) on 23 February, 2015 in Brampton. The other focus areas would be creating more jobs, promoting trade, developing, skill development, manufacturing, infrastructure and energy in promoting its relations with India.

Minister Sorenson added “the government started negotiations with 43 countries for free trade agreement in which most of them have been signed or in near conclusion to get signed shortly.” He also said that the government is cutting its expenditure to lessen the burden on the economy and to utilize the saved money for family health benefits. It will not put any extra burden on the tax payers.

Speaking on the occasion Mr. Dharma P Jain, President, ICCC stated the chamber’s initiative during the India Mission 2015 to promote Canadian businesses in India and promoting the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) sector. ICCC led over fifty small businesses to help them forge links with the Indian stakeholders. Low growth rate, reducing GDP, increased consumer debt, unemployment, and low oil prices are some of the major challenges our economy has been facing, Jain said.

The Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) launched its fifth module of the mentoring program on 13^th February 2015. The fifth module has been started in multiple sectors to cater the demand of newcomers. ICCC has already completed four rounds in information technology, accounting and finance. 

The program has been divided into five technical sessions which will cover the skill development, understanding of Canadian work culture, resume writing, interview handling and job search techniques. ICCC will organise joint sessions of all the mentees for resume writing and survival skills required for the job market.  ICCC will also help them by having complete sessions with the experts from different walks of life who also becomes a source of inspiration for them in deciding the better field of work for their career. It will also benefit them in developing the desired abilities and understanding for the Canadian labour market for appropriate and quick employability.

ICCC has selected the mentors from professional pool of talent available within its membership to help the mentee in their professional networking and job search strategies. The mentors are specialists in their filed and have a vast experience in Canada which will help the mentees by sharing their own experience in life.

Mr. Dharma P Jain, President of the chamber said that the main objectives of this program is to connect internationally trained Indo-Canadian newcomers with successful Indo-Canadian professionals to help build useful networks; learn tips and tricks to achieve their career goals in Canada. ICCC is organising more than 100 events annually and out of these a number of events are of community development and networking for the newcomers.

Mr. Avin Mehra, Chair, ICCC’s mentoring Committee said that ICCC is working hard for taking the initiative to introduce successful professionals to the newcomers through the networking events and other programs. He further said that ICCC conceptualize, organize and execute various business and social networking events and meetings to benefit the needs of the general membership and newcomers in particular. He also shared his success story with the mentees along with other mentors and how he got success in the Canadian market.

Mentoring program is designed to enhance the confidence of the mentees, provide them an opportunity to discuss their future plans, and to refine their technical skills, help them in improving their resume, understanding the Canadian work culture, helping them in finding job search methods, providing them the opportunities with the prospects employers. ICCC would like to see the mentees focussed in their future goals and enabled them to join the mainstream Canadian society.n Monday March 9, 2015. 

Mr. Dharma P Jain addressing the mentees

Mr. Avin Mehra, Chair Mentoring committee giving presentation to mentees