International Trade committee  It's the guanxi, the intercultural communications.

International Trade committee  Agriculture is number one in terms of what comes from Portugal to Canada.

International Trade committee  We find that there are a lot of tradesmen and -women coming here from Portugal. There's a big population in Alberta in the labour sector.

International Trade committee  No.

International Trade committee  It's easier to go and open up a business in Europe versus coming here. The laws are a lot stricter here.

International Trade committee  Yes.

International Trade committee  Some recommendations would be some sort of manual, some sort of training program, maybe putting something together on how to start a business and then where to go. Do you just go to Toronto, Ontario, or do you go a province to find your target market? Your niche is important.

International Trade committee  If I could chime in on that, a lot of our members are the mom-and-pop shops that were started by immigrants who came here and whose kids are now taking over, but we're also finding that we have Portuguese Canadians in higher positions in businesses that are recognized internation

International Trade committee  Yes.

International Trade committee  Can I chime in as well? I have a suggestion. I think we should also run some sort of citizenship program or business networking program whereby we can have businesses from Portugal come here and learn how to become Canadian citizens, how you start a business here, and the legal

International Trade committee  Our scholarship program is run by university professors, college professors, and high school principals. They are a judging committee completely autonomous from our organization. All applications are submitted through email. We have four categories: high school, college, undergra

International Trade committee  They are more community involvement focused.