International Trade committee  I don't know if the speed of return should be of concern to Canadians. We are going to make a major investment to get a very large return on this investment, but I don't know of any business situation where you would invest $50 million and get an immediate return on your $50 mill

International Trade committee  I think it flows quite naturally. If you think about all of the different foreign direct investment, this is not new. We currently have approximately $800 billion in foreign direct investment in Canada. Much of that foreign direct investment has created jobs.

International Trade committee  I think it is part of the mandate. When you look at it, our main objective is not to bring dollars into Canada that neither fuel the economy or create jobs. So mergers and acquisitions are not the priority, although we welcome them because they're an important part of world capit

International Trade committee  I only know one way to measure success. If I'm a hockey player, I measure it in goals scored. If I'm a CEO, which I've been for almost 20 years, I measure it in terms of my quarterly and annual results, and my growth rate in business. So if we're doing x dollars of foreign direc

International Trade committee  First of all, I think it's the right question. I think it's the reason the agency has been created in the first place. As Ian pointed out, we have some really excellent regional foreign direct investment offices. Montreal last year brought in $2 billion in foreign direct investme

International Trade committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. My name is Mitch Garber. I am the chairman of this new organization. It's true that it was conceived a couple of years ago, but it's really come to life in the last six weeks, when I was named chairman and Mr. McKay named CEO. We'll be happy to