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The Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC; French: Corporation commerciale canadienne) is a Canadian federal Crown corporation mandated to support the growth of international trade by helping Canadian exporters gain access to foreign government procurement markets and by helping government buyers abroad to obtain goods from Canada. [1]
Export Development Canada (EDC; French: Exportation et développement Canada) is Canada's export credit agency and a Crown corporation wholly owned by the Government of Canada. Its mandate is to support and develop trade between Canada and other countries, and help Canada's competitiveness in the international marketplace. [3]
The 20 largest trade partners of Canada represent 94.0% of Canada's exports, and 91.9% of Canada's imports as of December 2016. [4] These figures do not include services or foreign direct investment. The largest partners of Canada with their total trade (sum of imports and exports) in millions of Canadian Dollars for calendar year 2019 are as ...
The Canadian government is planning to raise to CA$1 bn the amount of foreign money that can go into a Canadian company before the investment is reviewed. As of 2012, an investment or takeover of a Canadian business by a WTO investor worth CA$330 mn or more triggers a federal review under the Investment Canada Act.
Nexen Inc. was one of two Canadian oil and gas companies that the Harper government controversially approved the sale of to foreign state-owned enterprises in 2012; though it stated that future takeovers by SOEs would face new rules, especially in the energy sector. Nexen became a wholly-owned subsidiary of CNOOC on 25 February 2013.
Part of Global Affairs Canada, the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service (TCS) is a network of more than 1000 trade professionals working in Canadian embassies, high commissions, and consulates located in 161 cities around the world and with offices across Canada.
Canadian Tire: Consumer goods Tires Toronto: 1922 Retail P A Canadian Tire Bank: Financials Consumer financing Oakville: 2003 Credit card company, part of Canadian Tire: P A Canadian Western Bank: Financials Banks Edmonton: 1988 Banking P A Canadian Wheat Board: Consumer goods Farming & fishing Winnipeg: 1935 Agri-business, defunct 2015 P D ...
The first Canadian Crown corporation after confederation was the Canadian National Railway Company, created in 1922. [ 6 ] During the earlier part of the century, many British North American colonies that now comprise the Canadian federation had Crown corporations, often in the form of railways, such as the Nova Scotia Railway , since there was ...