Real Change: A New Plan For a Strong Middle Class (page 67)

"The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of International Trade, and the Honourable Bardish Chagger, Minister of Small Business and Tourism, today announced CanExport, a new program that will provide $50 million to help Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises take advantage of global export opportunities."

(Press release, January 5, 2016)

« Canada is a trading nation and needs world-class infrastructure in order to stay competitive on a global scale. A safe, sustainable and efficient transportation system brings global markets closer to Canada. As noted in the recent report of the Canada Transportation Act Review, “the performance of the transportation system underpins the country’s trade performance, the performance of the economy and the health and sustainability of communities.”

Over the next 11 years, the government will invest $10.1 billion in trade and transportation projects. This investment will build stronger, more efficient transportation corridors to international markets and help Canadian business to compete, grow and create more jobs for Canada’s middle class. »

« To ensure that Canada makes the most of every opportunity to attract global investment and the jobs that come with it, the government is allocating $218 million over five years to create a new federal body, the Invest in Canada Hub, and to increase the number of trade commissioners focused on investment attraction in strategic markets. »

(A Plan for Middle Class Progress : Fall Economic Statement, October 27, 2016)