Share Canadian Chamber of Commerce in HK’s response to Harper’s China visit (released to CIV on Dec 6): Canadians doing business in China hold similar values to Canadians in Canada. Where there may be a difference is in our experience on the ground. Many, including Canadians originally from China, have witnessed an explosion of freedoms [...]
Share CP – “Unbelievable”. That’s how Prime Minister Harper described the Great Wall of China today during a walk with his wife Lauren and a flank of Canadian officials. The outing, about 90 minutes outside Beijing, came prior to key meetings with Chinese President Hu Jintao and dinner with Premier Wen Jiabao. Harper is hoping [...]
Share Sigh… what can I say? Sometimes I really don’t understand my fellow Canadians. Why are Canadians always one step behind the rest of the world? Is it because our country is too cold so our people don’t travel outside of North America to see the rest of the world? With an obvious shift of [...]
Share Dear readers: Here’s the transcript of today’s briefing on PM Harper’s visit to China. Enjoy. Main point? Just a tour. Nothing to be signed. But free entrance to the Great Wall and the Forbidden City. (my emphasis in bold) ———————- TRANSCRIPTION DATE: November 30th, 2009 – 1:00 p.m. LOCATION: National Press Theater, Ottawa, Ontario [...]
Share International merchandise trade: Annual review STATCAN – Canada’s reliance on the United States as a trading partner fell even further in 2008, in the wake of declines in the American automobile and housing markets during the economic downturn. In 2008, the United States accounted for less than two-thirds (65.7%) of Canada’s total merchandise trade [...]
Share What the Globe and other English media didn’t report was that Stockwell Day said today Stephen Harper is “very eager to visit China”. However, it’s quite well known that the Chinese govt has not given any invitation for visit to Harper. So when western leaders are visiting China one after another, we can only [...]
Share It looks like that Chinese president Hu Jintao will not meet with Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper, nor French president Nicolas Sarkozy in the G20 summit. According to the website of China’s foreign affairs, Hu will be meeting with heads of state of the UK, USA, Russia, Brazil, South Korea, Japan, Australia and Thailand. [...]
Share As expected in a previous post, our federal government is getting serious about China. CIV reports, using UN’s trade stats data, that Canada remains in the late teens of ranking as China’s trade partners throughout these years. When the US is getting more unreliable lately, finally our government realizes that the next best safe [...]
Share The Fraser Institute issued a study Canada’s Economic Relations With China yesterday, pointing to the poor performance of Canada in competing in the China market. Since the Fraser Institute is almost like the mirror of policy directions of the Conservatives, does this report mean the Tories are facing increasing pressure to push for better [...]
Share International trade minister Stockwell Day says Canada is planning to open 6 trade offices in China in a Board of Trade luncheon last Thursday. However, the most sought-after pact, the ADS or Approved Destination Status, remains no where to be seen, as Day shirked away the question. He, though, did mention Canada is making [...]
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