Talking trade : Conversation sur le commerce : rapport sommaire des tables rondes de CGA-Canada sur le commerce international

On the subject of the role of government, the response was the same at all of the roundtables. [...] So cost, whether it’s for the manufacturing, whether it’s for financing advance payment that is received from the importer, and other costs involved, I think there’s got to be, I’m not going to say better education, but a lot more consulting on the part of the lawyers, accountants and business advisors.” 12 “The challenge is to find the right financing at the right time and know on which door to k [...] Generally speaking, the Several of the roundtables discussed extensively the role of chambers of smaller the business the commerce and trade associations. [...] The reality is that doing business internationally requires money and the capacity to take risk.” Another technology sector representative said he is able to claim back, through the Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) program and the Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP), 70 to 80 per cent of the cost of hiring an engineer to do scientific research and development. [...] One of the things because of regulations we find is that the market that is not regulated, we are able to bring a lot of and an unwillingness at cool new products to the marketplace.