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International Trade committee  It's a challenge that we all have. We do try to track them. When they come on the trade missions with us, if we spend, say, five days with them, we develop a better relationship. If they come for three hours and then we call them six months later, it doesn't work as much. An awar

February 28th, 2019Committee meeting

Guy Jobin

February 28th, 2019Committee meeting

Guy Jobin

International Trade committee  No. That program, TAP, is six to eight weeks long, but the workshops are for three hours. They're basically half-day seminars. Sometimes there's a networking lunch afterward, but usually they're half-day seminars. That's what the companies like. They don't like it if they're too

February 28th, 2019Committee meeting

Guy Jobin

International Trade committee  Yes, we work also.... When I'm talking about the chamber of commerce, the chamber of commerce has the World Trade Center MontrĂ©al inside the organization, as do other provinces. You have the World Trade Center Toronto and you have it in Winnipeg, Halifax and Vancouver. They're

February 28th, 2019Committee meeting

Guy Jobin

International Trade committee  Actually, to my knowledge, Canada is the only G7 country to have concluded an agreement with all the other G7 countries. I agree with Ms. Chee. What works best isn't necessarily when government employees come to talk to us about agreements, but rather when entrepreneurs come to t

February 28th, 2019Committee meeting

Guy Jobin

International Trade committee  I will respond by first talking to you about what young entrepreneurs lack. In Quebec, 98% of businesses are SMEs. The majority lack various resources, for example in terms of human resources. When they don't have experience, we try to encourage them to go to other provinces. Int

February 28th, 2019Committee meeting

Guy Jobin

International Trade committee  You don't need to be a member to take part in the activities. Metropolitan chambers of commerce, especially large chambers, are in the process of using or already use the Trade Accelerator Program across Canada at this time. It's a program that is likely to receive federal fundin

February 28th, 2019Committee meeting

Guy Jobin

International Trade committee  Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for having me here today. My name is Guy Jobin, and I am the vice-president of Business Services with the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal. The Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal is the voice of the business community. R

February 28th, 2019Committee meeting

Guy Jobin