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| February 2017 |
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Letter from the President: India Mission 2017
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Arun Srivastava |
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A good day to all of you.
Earlier this week, we had Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau take an important trip down south to meet the new President of the United States of America, Donald Trump. It was a highly anticipated meeting between the leaders of two neighbours who share not only one of the longest borders on the planet, but also many more things such as culture, democratic values, and strong trading relations that generate trade worth $575.5billion (approximately $1.57 billion a day - 2015 figures).
Given the protectionist platform on which President Trump won a surprising victory in the elections, and the subsequent decisions that he has announced there was a high degree of disquiet amongst Canadian policy makers on the possible course of direction the bilateral trade relations would take under the new administration in the White House. Already, President Trump had pledged to re-examine minutely the provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Members will have noticed that this month I have not focused on the usual bilateral relations between Canada and India, and instead chosen to comment on the bilateral ties between Canada and the United States. This is because as entrepreneurs and professionals, the members of the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) are directly affected by the course of US-Canada relations, and more so as compared to the bilateral ties between Canada and India.
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| Nomination of Director: Janak Bhawnani, Director, Events |
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 Janak Bhawnani has been appointed as a nominated director in charge of Events. Janak is in hospitality profession since 1982, having studied at the famous Ecole Hotelière Les Roches in Switzerland. Arriving in Montreal in 1989 he worked in different hospitality organizations. In 1996 he relocated to Toronto and began a career with the Movenpick group. He took his expertise to the Renaissance Toronto and within a 3 year took the food & beverage team in the top 10 in North America for Marriott. In 2003, he moved to Accor as a Director of Hotel operations and then escalated into a General Manager’s role for the Novotel North York. During his tenure with Accor he has been the recipient of ‘General Manager of the year’ for North America in 2010. He has been invited by the Humber college school of hospitality to contribute as an occasional professor. |
| Diversity Survey by Ryerson University's Diversity Institute |
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This research is investigating the needs of skilled, internationally trained immigrant entrepreneurs, to determine whether existing services meet their unique needs, and to make recommendations in order to make these programs more supportive of skilled, internationally trained immigrants. It is meant for entrepreneurs supported by ICCC's services (both immigrant and non-immigrant) within Mississauga, the City of Niagara falls and Picton. The survey is open to anyone who has started a business or has considered starting a business and is 18 years of age or older. This survey would take approximately 20 minutes to complete and all participant information will be kept strictly confidential. The link to the survey is below:
https://ryersontrsm.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9HSvUcDAkE05bPD
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| Insight |
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From airports to e-commerce, Canadian institutional
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| money pouring into India like never before |
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This analysis by Indulal PM and Arjit Barman was originally published in the the Economic Times on February 7, 2017
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A brief summary of the most
significant economic news
during the last month.
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A quick recap of the recent
ICCC's programs and events.
This month's
recap is about the
our programs
in Winter 2017
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A list of latest
Global Tenders
floated by the
Government of India.
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