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A monthly-publication of the GTMA, the GTA HOTNEWS is designed to keep you current on the GTMA’s initiatives, as well as promoting the economic development activities of our public and private sector partners.
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February 22.
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GTMA’s International Leadership Breakfast Club
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Steve Shaw | “Toronto Pearson. Your Gateway, Your Business”
TOPIC:
- Toronto Pearson as an vital enabler of the region’s economy
- What is the next BIG PUSH for the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) that will impact our regional economy?
- The GTAA’s Pickering Project on the future of the Pickering Airport
- Transit Link between Toronto and Pearson – What will it take to move this agenda forward?
No doubt that they are all key issues that will impact the future landscape of the Toronto region. Accessibility to airports, meeting future demands and the need to align local economic development strategies with that of the airport is becoming even more critical to the economic prosperity of our region.
For all of us who are interested in the future plans of the GTAA, the Pickering Airport and the Translink from Toronto to Pearson, you will have a unique opportunity to be updated by Steve Shaw on the latest developments and, at the same time network with like-minded industry colleagues.
I invite you to join us on Wednesday, February 13 at the Toronto Board of Trade-Downtown, 1 First Canadian Place, 100 King Street West, 4th Floor Dining Room, 7:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
REGISTRATION AND COST SAVINGS WITH THE ILBC MEMBERSHIP
Leading up to June 2008, our line-up of topics will bring together a stellar list of speakers providing invaluable insights, updates, new announcements and sharing of ideas on the challenges and opportunities in 2008 in their respective fields. You can register online, or for additional details, upcoming presentations, and how you can take advantage of the cost savings offered with membership, click here.
The International Leaders Breakfast Club is being launched as part of a continuing effort to establish, nurture and leverage international relationships that are key to the success of the GTA brand.
The monthly Breakfast presentations will bring together business and community leaders, foreign consulates and trade offices, as well as various levels of government who have a common interest in promoting and attracting investment and trade.
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“Toronto Pearson. Your Gateway, Your Business”
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Steve Shaw
Vice-President
Marketing & Business Development
Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) |
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Toronto Board of Trade-Downtown
1 First Canadian Place
100 King Street West
4th Floor, Dining Room
Start Time: 7:45 a.m.
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Jean Jerome Baudry Delivers Compelling Case for Green IT at the International Leaders Breakfast Club
On January 8, the Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance hosted its second International Leadership Breakfast Club (ILBC) presentation with guest speaker, Jean Jerome Baudry, President & CEO, Baudry Corporation and a GTMA corporate partner. The ILBC continues to capture strong interest and attendance amongst GTA partners and stakeholders with over 150 guests registered for Jean Jerome’s presentation.
Mr. Baudry’s presentation, "GTA's Greener Pastures for Business: Using Green IT to grow your bottom line in domestic and international markets" provided an insightful view into Global Virtualization and how you can save time, space and money by adopting the use of Green IT. download Mr. Baudry presentation
Leading up to June 2008, our line-up of topics will bring together a stellar list of speakers providing invaluable insights, updates, new announcements and sharing their ideas on the challenges and opportunities in 2008 in their respective fields. Please take a moment to review the attached Upcoming ILBC Presentations for additional details, and how you can take advantage of the cost savings offered through the International Leaders Breakfast Club Member. |
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GTMA Welcomes New Corporate Partner: Segal & Partners LLP and Renewed Corporate Partner DTZ Barnicke
The on-going support and participation of the private sector is essential to the success of the GTMA. We encourage you to consider using the products and services of the GTMA’s corporate partners. view complete listing of GTMA Partner’s Resources and Services |
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For 25-years, Segal has been delivering quality and value to clients and is one of Canada’s 30 largest accounting firms – offering integrated solutions in Assurance, Taxation, Business Advisory and Financial Recovery. Their breadth of experience allows understanding when dealing with the unique issues specific to a client’s industry and business type, helping secure a stronger financial and market position. |
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Leslie Nevsky
Partner
2005 Sheppard Avenue East Suite 500
Toronto, ON M2J 5B4
416-490-3454
416-391-3280
lnevsky@segalpartners.com
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DTZ Barnicke is the country's leading Canadian commercial real estate advisory and brokerage company offering a full range of realty consulting, transactional and advisory services. DTZ Barnicke's primary focus has been on all major realty services including the office, industrial, investment, retail, hospitality and corporate sectors.
DTZ Barnicke offers its clients in-depth real estate advice in 45 countries and 200 international business markets. Through the local market expertise and partnership of over 7,000 commercial real estate professionals worldwide, DTZ Barnicke offers clients comprehensive and experienced strategic advice in every major industry sector that utilizes commercial real estate. We offer specialized resources and real estate expertise in dozens of strategic sectors. |
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Christopher Brown
Vice President
401 Bay Street, Suite 2500
Toronto ON M5H 2Y4
416-865-4673
416-863-9855
chris.brown@dtzbarnicke.com
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GTMA Board of Directors Welcomes Patrick Draper, Regional Municipality of York as Director
Patrick Draper is a prominent business leader with broad sales, marketing and general management experience gained in corporate, public sector and entrepreneurial organizations in Canada, the United States and Internationally. He has over 25 years experience leading organizations including: Marketing Director Pepsi Cola USA, VP Sales & Marketing Nielsen Cadbury, VP International Chiquita, President L&F Products Canada, Deputy Minister Economic Development, Trade & Tourism Ontario and Owner/President of The Webcasting Network and Paramount Travel. Presently, he is the Director of Economic Strategy and Tourism for the Regional Municipality of York. Patrick is a graduate of McGill University, Faculty of Commerce, past member of The Young Presidents Association and former board member of the Canadian Tourism Commission, Ontario Place and the Grocery Products Manufacturers of Canada. He is Chair of the Greater Toronto Economic Development Partnership and has memberships in the Economic Developers Association of Canada and the Economic Developers Council of Ontario. |
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GTMA & ITAC Sponsor KINSA Gala 2008 • May 1, 2008
Reserve your company’s seat at the ‘most important’ profile charity fundraiser of the new ‘social networking’ era! KINSA is celebrating its Second Annual Founder’s Fundraising Gala on Thursday May 1st, 2008 at the Liberty Grand in Toronto. (Actor) Robert Davi, National Spokesperson for ‘iSafe America’ will be on hand to share in this memorable night of glitz and celeb in support of this very important issue that impacts on us all. more… |
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Phoenix Exploratory
Lou Milrad, Chairman and CEO and John Jung, President and COO travelled to Phoenix in December following the visit by the Governor of Arizona’s visit to the GTA in October. The visit was actively supported by the Canadian Consulate in Phoenix and Tucson with several meetings arranged with Phoenix and Tucson companies, as well through the support of the Canada-Arizona Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC). They gave two presentations organized by GPEC as well as met with several companies from Phoenix and Tucson. Two areas of interest have been identified for future collaboration: the MRO sector (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul) and investment. The GTMA plans to host a delegation from Phoenix in June and potentially return with a delegation to attend the Invest Southwest in Phoenix in December, which was sponsored this year, in part, by the TSX. If you are interested in participating with future delegations from Phoenix or are interested in potentially assisting in organizing a delegation to Phoenix next December, please contact John Jung at jjung@greatertoronto.org. |
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Emergency Preparedness Conference 2008 on Critical Legal Issues
The Ontario Bar Association's Emergency Preparedness Conference 2008 on Critical Legal Issues is to take place June 1 – 2. A panel of distinguished speakers has been assembled - they include:
- Michael Brown, former Under Secretary of Homeland Security, who led the U.S. federal response to over 160 Presidential
- declared disasters including Hurricane Katrina (FEMA) and the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City and the Pentagon
- Kenneth R. Feinberg, appointed by the Attorney General of the United States to serve as the Special Master of the Federal
- September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001
- Penya M. Fields, City Attorney, City Attorney’s Office, City of New Orleans, USA
- Dr. James G. Young, M.D., President, Correct Solutions, former Special Advisor to the Deputy Minister, Public Safety and
- Emergency Preparedness, Canada, and former Commissioner of Emergency Management for Ontario
Six of the Ontario Bar Association’s Sections (Public Sector, Privacy, Health Law, Municipal law, Labour and Employment Law, Law Practice Management) have assembled an exciting program with a panel of distinguished speakers that targets public and private sector officials, managers, and legal counsel at most affordable pricing. more… |
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Working with Partners to Develop an MRO Value Proposition
The members of the GTA-Advanced Manufacturing Committee, including the GTMA, GTAA, City of Mississauga, Durham Region, Ian Martin Limited, City of Toronto and the Oshawa Airport with the help of the The Austin Company are working together to develop a focused value proposition aimed at attracting investment from the Maintenance , Refit and Overhaul segment of the Aerospace industry. For more information on this initiative, please contact Gerald Pisarzowski at gpisarzowski@greatertoronto.org or 416-360-6447. |
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GTMA Collaborating with TRRA on the “Connecting with Consulates” Event
The GTMA is working with the TRRA to organize the Connecting with Consulates event, which is designed to provide information about the investment attraction services offered by TRRA, GTMA, City of Toronto and MaRS. In addition to presentations from these organizations, Stephen Green, Partner Green & Siegel will provide an overview of immigration issues related to the movement of a corporation’s key foreign personnel into Canada. The event will provide an opportunity to explore the needs of consulates when working with their business partners and provide them with contacts to help facilitate their business development activities.
For more information on this event, please contact Gerald Pisarzowski at gpisarzowski@greatertoronto.org or 416-360-6447. |
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Join the GTMA on its Executive Business and Investment Attraction Mission to Asia (March 29- April 10, 2008) Focusing on Seoul – Tokyo/Osaka – Taipei
EARLY BIRD RATE $6,950 ONLY UNTIL DECEMBER 31
The purpose of this initiative to Asia is to “promote the GTA as a preferred location to invest in and to secure new investment by Asian companies, institutions and talent to the GTA”. By joining this mission, you will be accelerating your business opportunities in Asia and attracting investment to the GTA.
Join us for the entire trip or select the module that you wish to participate in.
- Module A: March 29- April 2 (South Korea)
- Module B: April 2-April 6 (Japan)
- Module C: April 6- April 10 (Taiwan)
Benefit from the contacts and experience that GTMA staff and its partners have made in its previous visits to Asia. The GTMA is undertaking this initiative in each country as an exploratory mission, which will target contacts in the key markets of advanced manufacturing (automotive, aerospace and industrial design) as well as digital media and related enabling-ICT. These areas are particularly strong in each of these countries. Other opportunities abound for meetings in the financial services and biotech/ life sciences sectors. There will be presentations and workshops in each country, opportunities for small group and one-on-one meetings, as well as company visits, briefings and networking receptions with the Canadian Consulates, Embassies and Canadian trade offices abroad. We will also work with local chambers of commerce, municipalities and the private sector in each country. In Japan, we will be in two cities linked with a special trip on the Shinkansen Bullet train between Tokyo and Osaka. For a full itinerary, contact Glynnis Rengger, Executive Director of the Immersion Lab, coordinator for the program at: glynnis@immersionlab.com 416-406-1233.
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GTMA’s Toronto – in – NYC Day
The NYC– Financial Services- focused investment attraction initiative will take place on March 4 in partnership with TFSA, MEDT, the Canadian Consulate in NYC and over a dozen private sector partners at the W Hotel in NYC’s midtown. The purpose of this visit is to focus on the opportunities to partner with the New York City Financial Services sector. The day includes a focused luncheon presentation with keynote speakers, namely, The Honourable Dwight Duncan, Province of Ontario Finance Minister and The Honourable Frank McKenna, Deputy Chairman, TD Bank, former Ambassador of the United States and Premier of New Brunswick, followed by testimonial speakers from Merrill Lynch, UBS, among others. In addition to the keynote speakers, key individuals from the Toronto area will participate including Janet Ecker, President of the Toronto Financial Services Alliance, Brampton Mayor Susan Fennell and Dan Sullivan, Consul General of Canada in NYC, and several senior executives and leaders from among the GTA’s public and private sector. Several workshops and roundtable meetings are scheduled for the day. For more information, contact John Jung at jjung@greatertoronto.org. |
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MIPIM 2008
MIPIM (Marché International des Professionnels de ' Immobilier) is the world’s largest property and development show (www.mipim.com) that attracts over 25,000 participants and senior decision makers from around the world. In addition to a major presence through a booth, local advertisements and other promotional opportunities, the GTMA has coordinated a collaboration among the City of Toronto, Waterfront Toronto, the Province of Ontario as well as with the private sector to mount the Team Toronto booth, organize a roundtable session, and several hosted events and meetings during the show, targeting key leads and prospects during the event. MIPIM helps to foster the key relationships with decision makers and investors from around the world. This is the team’s second visit to MIPIM. For more information, contact John Jung at jjung@greatertoronto.org. |
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ICF Immersion Lab to Visit Toronto, May 22
GTMA, MaRS, Waterfront Toronto, the Province of Ontario and others from across the Toronto Region will host a delegation, which will include Seoul’s Gangnam Mayor Meang Jung-Ju and others from around the world, to a presentation on Toronto “Intelligent Waterfront “ initiative, a tour of MaRS and related presentations on what makes Toronto and the Toronto Region an “Intelligent Community”. The ICF tour will also include stops in Philadelphia, New York City, Cleveland and Waterloo, all former award winning intelligent communities. This year’s Intelligent Community Summit will be held in NYC from May 17-18. The GTMA will once again invite participants from the GTA to attend the NYC Summit as part of a GTMA group discount. For more information on how you can join the tour, please contact Glynnis Rengger, Executive Director of the Immersion Lab, coordinator for the program at: glynnis@immersionlab.com 416-406-1233 or visit the ICF website at www.intelligentcommunity.org. |
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Places to Grow Web Site Redesign
Places to Grow is the Ontario government's program to manage growth and development in Ontario in a way that supports economic prosperity, protects the environment and helps communities achieve a high quality of life. Through Places to Grow, we develop regional growth plans to identify how to guide government investments. more… |
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Filmport Inks Blockbuster Deal with Deluxe
FILMPORT, the new film and media business district in Toronto’s Port Lands, is pleased to announce that Deluxe Entertainment Services Group (“Deluxe”) will be relocating their Post production operations to FILMPORT as the sole tenant in a Deluxe-branded building. Deluxe is the leading provider of picture, sound services and technologies to the film and television industry worldwide. more… |
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MDA to Divest Information Systems Business for $1.325 Billion
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. a provider of essential information solutions, announced that the company has executed definitive agreements for the sale of its Information Systems and Geospatial Services operations to Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) for $1.325 billion in cash. Going forward MDA will focus exclusively on expanding its faster growing and more scalable Information Products business. more… |
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News Release - Agenda for Prosperity a Vision for All - January 16
Mayor David Miller and members of the Mayors Economic Competitiveness Advisory Committee today unveiled the Agenda for Prosperity, a report that presents an achievable vision for growing the city’s long-term prosperity. The report will be presented Thursday to the City’s Economic Development Committee.
The reports four pillars - improved business climate, internationalization, productivity and growth, and economic opportunity and inclusion - is a vision for all to aspire, said Mayor Miller.
This report brings all who can and want to contribute to Toronto’s long-term prosperity around a single, simple agreement on an achievable vision, said Miller. I am immensely pleased with the work of the committee and thank them for their dedication and hard work.
The committee is made up of a cross-section of people from business, labour, small business and academia. They began their work in 2006, culminating in the release of the report that will go to City Council at the end of the month.
To read the report online, go to www.toronto.ca/prosperity.
Toronto is Canada’s largest city and sixth largest government, and home to a diverse population of about 2.6 million people. It is the economic engine of Canada and one of the greenest and most creative cities in North America. In the past three years, Toronto has won more than 70 awards for quality, innovation and efficiency in delivering public services. Toronto’s government is dedicated to prosperity, opportunity and liveability for all its residents.
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Stuart Green, Office of the Mayor, 416-338-7119, stugreen@toronto.ca
Toronto Economic Development Media Hotline, 416-560-8726 |
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New Seaton Community Website
The City of Pickering is pleased to announce the launch of the new Seaton Community Website. In collaboration with the Province of Ontario and the Region of Durham this website has been developed to serve the citizens, business community, potential investors, future residents and visitors to the City. more… |
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Workshop Builds Marketing Strategies for Oil Sands Success
Durham Region’s Economic Development and Tourism Department and the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (CME) presented the workshop “Oil Sands 101 – How to do Business in Alberta” to area manufacturers on Jan. 9. The workshop outlined how area businesses can develop effective marketing strategies and tools to help them find success in the wealth of Alberta’s oil sands market. more… |
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Durham Tourism is Thinking “GREEN”
Durham Tourism is encouraging area businesses to “green” their tourism practices. Durham Tourism is adapting greener marketing tactics starting with an emphasis on more online marketing, the debut of an e-newsletter and the use of recycled paper and vegetable-based inks in its print publications. more…
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Seneca College: Contact Centre Leadership Certification (CCL)
Seneca, Canada's largest college, with a registered student population of over 100,000 students, has become one of the most globally recognized names in career related learning. From Applied Degree programs to information rich seminars, all Seneca College programs are designed in partnership with industry professionals and delivered by experienced Seneca Educators to meet Seneca's high learning standards. more… |
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City of Oshawa Wins Gold at Prestigious International Awards Competition
OSHAWA – The City of Oshawa achieved a gold award at the 2007 International Awards for Livable Communities. Municipalities who receive a gold award are recognized as being in the top 15 percent in sustainability and livable communities’ practices worldwide. Oshawa also won third place in its population category of 75,001 – 200,000. more… |
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Devine Tarbell & Associates, Inc. Opens Toronto
Devine Tarbell & Associates, Inc. (DTA) announces the opening of its first Canadian office in Toronto, Ontario. “DTA’s expansion into Canada results from our desire to participate in the reenergized Canadian hydro market, building on our success and leadership in the U.S. hydro sector,” says Rick Miller, CEO of DTA. more… |
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SRED Advocacy Campaign Update
The 2007 Federal Budget committed the Government to improving the Canadian system of SR&ED tax credits. More specifically, the 2007 Budget committed the Department of Finance and the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to consult with the business community on how to make improvements, not only through new legislative provisions but also through administrative changes. more... |
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Greater Toronto Urban Observatory
How have our neighborhoods and districts within our region changed over the past three decades? What are the trends? Answering questions such as these is one of the objectives of the new and evolving Greater Toronto Urban Observatory. It seeks to disseminate an improved policy-relevant knowledge base about the Toronto urban region by providing reliable, accurate and timely information to policy-makers, businesses, researchers and citizen groups. more… |
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Deloitte is One of the "50 Best" for 2008
Mintz & Partners merger with Deloitte will provide our clients with continued excellent service. For example, Deloitte was named one of the 2008 50 Best Employers in Canada, in the most recent Report on Business magazine. more… |
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Being an Energy-Wise Biz
Imagine a server room, the large blinking machines, wires everywhere and the immense heat generating from it. Now imagine the machine reduced to one-quarter its size, using that much less equipment and energy to do the same job. Impossible? Not according to Jean-Jerome Baudry. more… |
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Distinguished Business Leaders to Join MaRS Board
MaRS Discovery District is pleased to announce the appointment of three distinguished business leaders to its Board of Directors: Geoffrey Matus, William White and Gordon Nixon. more… |
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