Chapter One – Introduction
Video Overview
Michael Barton, Regional Director of Canada at Invest NI welcomes delegates, highlights what the webinar covers and introduces the guest speakers.
Chapter Two – Canada: Meet the Market
Video Overview
In this chapter, Leslie Venon, Senior Investment Officer & Trade Commissioner introduces Canada as an export market. She also highlights what businesses can expect of the Canadian market and how in her role she supports businesses looking to expand into the market.
Chapter Three – Expanding into Canada
Video Overview
Fiona Brown and Felix Ng, Partners at Aird & Berlis explain how the firm and their roles involve acting on behalf of international companies looking to expand into Canada and how they can assist businesses with the legalities of trading in the market.
Chapter Four – Political Overview of Canada
Video Overview
In this chapter, Fraser Macdonald, Vice President at Strategy Corp outlines the current political scene in Canada and how it may influence and change the way business is operated in market.
Chapter Five – Advisory Service for Exporting to Canada
Video Overview
Stephen Rupnarain from RSM Canada, a global consultancy firm, outlines the issues and considerations that external companies should consider when exporting into Canada.
Chapter 6 - Q&A
Video Overview
In the Q&A, panellists are joined by Matthieu Foulon, Department for Business and Trade and Nav Sandhu, Regional Manager of Canada at Invest NI.
Spotlight on Canada
As the second largest country in the world by area with a population of over 40 million people, Canada is an ideal place to target and sell your product or services to consumers.
Canada has a highly developed and competitive market with similar business practices to Northern Ireland, and strong economic and cultural ties with 14% of the Canadian population claiming Irish heritage.
This video tutorial is a recording of a live webinar and focuses not only on the emerging trends and exporting opportunities for local businesses in the market and how to approach them, but also addresses the specialist support available in market.