Canadian businessmen to visit Phl for trade prospects

A delegation of 300 business leaders from Canada is set to visit the country next month to check out opportunities, in line with the Canadian government's thrust to diversify trade.

In a press briefing yesterday, Guy Boileau, senior trade commissioner at the Canadian embassy said the delegation, to be led by Canada's Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development Mary Ng, will have representatives from over 180 organizations from 17 different sectors and will be in the Philippines from Dec. 4 to 6, after its Jakarta stop.

"This is the biggest Team Canada trade mission that we have done. So it's bigger than (the trade mission in) Japan, it's bigger than Korea, right? And why is that? It speaks to the interests of Canadians in Canada at large to engage with the Philippines," he said.