International Trade committee  Thank you so much Member Bendayan. It's very nice to see you again. I think it probably goes without saying that we are strong advocates of free trade, of opening borders, of allowing businesses to move products, of reducing non-tariff barriers and so on. I think the opportunity

International Trade committee  Thank you very much, Member Sheehan. We are very integrated with the digital main street program. As you mentioned, it was funded across the province. Ours is a smaller portion of it from a funding point of view, but it's probably as critically important. As I was speaking about

International Trade committee  I would add that while we have all of these wonderful trade agreements in place, the ability for companies to understand them is challenging. To Mr. Dade's and Jan's points, we bring together groups, the groups that understand this, so that companies can get to it. I would also

International Trade committee  In answer to the member's question, we've had a very interesting experience working with businesses of every size in Toronto. Small and medium-sized businesses have struggled in all the ways you can imagine. You mentioned streetside shopping and so on, and to that end, there have

International Trade committee  Thank you, Jan. As the board’s trade services arm, we focus on programs and supports that help businesses scale up and access growth markets. While we develop and launch these programs in Toronto, we also work with partner chambers and world trade centres and economic developme