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of Independent Business (CFIB) With the strength of over 109,000 small business owners from coast-to-coast – entrepreneurs just like you – the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is the big voice for small businesses. For over 40 years, we have represented the interests of the small business community to all three levels of government in their fight for tax fairness, reasonable labour laws and reduction of regulatory paper burde 401-4141 YONGE ST The
Canadian Association for Business Economics (CABE) P.O. Box 898 Station B Canadian Association of
Business Incubation (CABI) Canadian Manufacturers &
Exporters (CME) Founded in 1871, CME represents more than 10,000 leading companies nationwide, and – through various initiatives, including the establishment of the Canadian Manufacturing Coalition – touches more than 100,000 companies from coast to coast, engaged in manufacturing, international trade, and service-related industries. More than 85 per cent of our members are small and medium-sized enterprises. Collectively, CME's membership network accounts for an estimated 82 per cent of Canadian manufacturing production and 90 per cent of all goods and services exports. 1 Nicholas Street, Suite 1500 Hong Kong Canada Business
Association HKCBA exists to encourage two-way trade between Canada and Hong Kong, to provide a forum for discussion of trade issues involving Hong Kong and Canada, and to promote policies - by both governments - that will lead to expanded trade and closer ties between the two. It does this by sponsoring meetings and professional presentations on topics of interest, leading trade delegations, and by organizing cultural exchanges. The organization originated with a series of informal discussions among participants at the Pacific Rim Opportunities Conference held in Calgary in 1983. This initial discussion included John Treleaven, then Canada's Senior Trade Commissioner in Hong Kong, Len Dunning, the Executive Director of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, Robert Issenman, a prominent attorney in Montreal, and Martin Glynn, then a Vice-President of the Hongkong Bank of Canada (now HSBC Bank Canada) in Vancouver. In August 1984 the HKCBA was incorporated as a not-for-profit Canadian corporation. In late 1984 the first three sections were formed, in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal, headed up by Martin Glynn, Robert Brown (then Vice President Central and Eastern Canada with the Hongkong Bank of Canada), and Robert Issenman, respectively. #600 - 1285 West Broadway Canada Eurasia Russia Business
Association Frank J. Kense Regional Director Canadian German Chamber Head Office: The head office is located in Toronto, ON, with one additional branch in Montreal, QC, with a total headcount of 30 employees. Funding: The majority of the Chamber budget comes from local revenue income (80%) such as membership fees, business services fees and event fees. 20% of the Chambers budget is covered by the Federal Republic of Germany. The yearly budget amounts to approximately CAN $ 4 million. Legal Structure: The Chamber is a non-profit organization, established under Ontario law, and its board of directors comprises of representatives in leading Canadian and German companies. 480 University Avenue, Suite 1500 The Ontario Chamber of Commerce
(OCC) For more than a century, the OCC has been providing our members with practical supports, advantageous network opportunities, and access to innovative insight and analysis. We represent local chambers of commerce and boards of trade from communities across Ontario. Through this network, we are the voice of 60,000 members that range from small businesses to major corporations and industry associations. Together, our members employ two million people and produce nearly 17 percent of Ontario’s GDP. The OCC is Ontario’s business advocate. Ontario Chamber of Commerce Canadian Chamber of Commerce
in Hong Kong In 1977, the fledgling Canadian Businessmen's Association was running along rather informal lines, conducting committee meetings in the Hong Kong Club while its administrative presence comprised of two desks, graciously provided by the Canadian Pacific Steamship Line. It was also the year that China opened itself to the world, and Canada realized that its future lay in joining the Pacific rim community. That year, for the first time, more immigrants arrived in Canada from Asia than from Europe, and more Canadian trade crossed the Pacific than the Atlantic. It was then that Ed Rubin, one of the Chamber's founding members and its later President (81/82 and 86/87), sent a circular to members asking what activities they would like to see, and what direction their group should take. "The response was pretty direct and no-nonsense," he recalls. "It was time to shift the focus from a social club to a trade and business group, the kernel of today's Chamber. "For the founding dozen of us, those were pretty exciting times. I came to Hong Kong for the first time, expecting to spend three to four weeks here setting up a branch of my law firm after living in Paris. A partner there told me mournfully that once I'd tasted Hong Kong, I'd never return, and he was right." The Canadian Chamber of Commerce Ottawa Chember of Commerce Canada’s Largest and
Most Influential Business Association Experience the power of a network of over 450 chambers of commerce and boards of trade, representing 200,000 businesses of all sizes in all sectors of the economy and in all regions. 360 Albert Street
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