Organization: Trade Commissioner Service

Canada’s next industrial strategy needs to focus on business innovation

By Bert van den Berg The New North Star II report should be lauded for suggesting the creation of a national, challenge-driven industrial strategy.  As others have noted, such a strategy would represent an important change for Canada. Past decades have seen a laissez-faire approach focused on ensuring favourable business conditions … an approach that…

Short Report, August 14, 2019: International research, ocean analytics, smart farm

The Trade Commissioner Service has renamed its Going Global Innovation (GGI) program to CanExport Innovation (CXI). The program offers grants to support the early-stage development of international research partnerships. It is designed to minimize the cost of finalizing relationships where there has already been interest between the research partners. Through CXI, Canadian innovators can access…

Feds boost export market assistance for SMEs

The federal government, through its Global Markets Action Plan, has announced $50 million over five years for a new program to assist firms exporting to high-growth emerging markets for the first time. Between 500 and 1000 small- and medium-sized enterprises are expected to benefit annually from the nonrepayable assistance and recipients are required to provide…