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  • Your trade event schedule for May 2023.

    Your trade event schedule for May 2023.

    May is turning into another busy month in the Canadian trade event schedule. As we tell our clients, trade shows (and similar events) are a great way to make connections in – and learn more about – a new market. Listed here are events happening across Canada, in sectors including manufacturing, health, technology, and many…

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  • Opportunity alert: Canada’s defense sector.

    Opportunity alert: Canada’s defense sector.

    Since 1957 the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has been ensuring the safety of Canadian and U.S. airspace by monitoring for – and warning about – attacks against the continent, be they by “aircraft, missiles, or space vehicles.” While the initial agreement covered airspace safety in both Canada and the U.S., a renewed agreement…

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  • A Canadian is among the astronauts heading to the moon.

    A Canadian is among the astronauts heading to the moon.

    Congratulations to Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, who was selected by NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to be part of the team that will travel around the Moon on Artemis II. This is a pretty big deal. Not only will it be the first time in over 50 years that humans will visit the…

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  • A celebration, of sorts.

    A celebration, of sorts.

    We’re putting aside our usual type of content this week to mark a milestone. This is our 250th blog post. Five years ago we started this column as a way to bring useful information about the Canadian market to small- and medium-sized U.S. companies wanting to do business in this country. Our first post (published…

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  • What’s on April ’23.

    What’s on April ’23.

    We can’t say it enough: trade shows (and related events) are a great way to learn about – and make connections in – a new market. So every month we gather a list of what’s on across Canada, across a wide range of industries, and post them here. Click on the links below for more…

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  • The countdown is on…

    The countdown is on…

    We’re less than a week away from the WEDC’s Canada Trade Venture – the first in-person Venture since 2020! This year’s Venture starts on Monday the 20th, with stops in Toronto and Montreal. Client companies cover sectors including food, beauty, and education technology. You can learn more about them here; a few meeting spots are…

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