India, like the rest of the Asia-Pacific region, represents both a challenge and an opportunity for Canadian businesses. While doing business in India can be difficult, Canadian businesses should consider entering the Indian market as there is a growing demand in India for Canadian goods.

While businesses do business, the federal government plays a necessary role in enabling the private sector to access opportunities. This includes developing a mutually beneficial economic relationship with India.

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce has issued a report entitled, Canada-India: The Way Forward, which outlines a policy direction for Canada with regards to India that is focused on:

- ensuring that the Canada-India Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) negotiations yield a high-quality and balanced result; and,
- boosting Canada’s visibility in India through political engagement and enhancing exchanges in the areas of investment, energy and mining, higher education and research and tourism.

We invite you to read this report.

The 2012 King's County Relay for Life Launch takes place on Wednesday, February 8th, 7:00pm, at Red's Corner banquet hall.

Guest speaker is Tony Loring from the Atlantic PATH project. Please plan on attending and feel free to print the attached media release to post in your workplace, place of worship, or any other community organization that you think would enjoy learning more about the 2012 Relay for Life and the Atlantic PATH project!

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce January 2012 newsletter is now available

Use this link to view the latest Canadian Chamber of Commerce news release and the above mentioned report:

www.chamber.ca/index.php/en/news/C197/advancing-our-economic-ties-with-china-three-priorities-for-canadian-busine/

The Translation Assistance Program presentation has been rescheduled for 10:00am Wednesday February 15th at the Montague Rural Action Centre (see attached .pdf for details).

Also, please note, there will also be a session held at 10:00 am Tuesday February 14th in Souris for those of
you in that area.

The Translation Assistance Program presentation that we had scheduled for next week in both Montague and Souris has had to be cancelled due to other commitments on the part of the presenter. We are attempting to reschedule for February and will repost when we have a firm date.
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On Wednesday, January 18th, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. the Rural Action Centre in Montague will be hosting a free presentation by Micheline Roy from Traduction NB Translation, Inc. Micheline’s presentation will provide information on the Translation Assistance Program which could provide assistance to eligible businesses to translate their marketing and promotional material into the two official languages. The presentation will take approximately one hour. See attached flyer for more details.

We are experiencing a technical issue with our email communication. In the interim, please communicate with us via the following email address:

stella@epeicc.ca

Thank you.

The attached is the 2012-2013 Economic Outlook compiled by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and published as part of their Economic Policy Series, December 2011.

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Attached is our Membership Application Form. Questions and/or queries can be sent to info@epeicc.ca
Please note that membership information packages are currently being revised and will be provided once available.