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The summer will be an ideal time for the “Well Made Here” team to explore avenues of collaboration, and even a partnership, with the federal government. The first meetings with grant program administrators and ministerial officials bode well: their ears are open and our purpose is appreciated. The ball is in our court, therefore two initiatives will be proposed to participating businesses next week.
In order to protect the competitiveness of Canadian businesses and respond to the growing volume of electronic commerce, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is proposing amendments to the Valuation for Duty Regulations that will strengthen the legislative and regulatory frameworks to help Canadian importers compete on a level playing field with foreign-based importers and address the loss of customs revenue to the government.
Thanks to a partnership with EVO Canada, businesses taking part in the “Well Made Here” program now have the opportunity to reduce the fees charged by Visa and MasterCard on every transaction made by their customers by thousands, if not tens of thousands of dollars a year.
With its plywood mill on the Fraser River outside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Richmond Plywood Corporation is the result of the cooperation of some 300 investors or dreamers who believed in the company in the mid-1950s.
The Canadian Press recently reported that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, speaking at a public debate at the University of Ottawa, argued that instead of turning their backs on Chinese-made products altogether, companies should opt more often for materials and products from countries that have less impact on climate change and where workers’ rights are respected.