Politics

The Canadian - Summer 2015. Vol 15. Issue 01. Chamber Voices On Tuesday, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a federal law that says Canadian citizens who have lived abroad for more than five years cannot vote in a federal election. An important piece by Eric DeGroot, president of Icynene Asia...

The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, and Yoon Sang-jick, South Korea’s Minister of Trade, Energy and Industry, today issued the following statement: "We hereby recognize and celebrate the successful conclusion of negotiations toward the Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement. We are...

“Conversations…” -   The CCCJ is (at least experimentally for now) exploring new ways of communicating to our membership and to our communities.  Our new web site allows us to move away from a straight text world and into other media including audio and video across a full range of devices. ...

The Premier of Quebec, Jean Charest was in Japan on an official visit from August 23rd to 27th accompanied by Madame Monique Gagnon-Tremblay, Minister of International Relations and Minister responsible for La Francophonie and Jacques Daoust, President of Investissement Quebec. On August 25th, 2011...

On Wednesday July 27th, JETRO, the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and other Ministries hosted a briefing for the foreign business community to present on the current situation of TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant...

On March 31st, JETRO, Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA), and relevant ministries and agencies hosted a briefing for foreign companies on the current situation of the Fukushima dai-ichi nuclear power plant and the effects of the...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held the Japanese Government Procurement Seminar for FY2011 on April 22. A number of different Ministries presented on their procurement projects for this fiscal year. Each presentation, which is quite detailed in nature, lists an itemized agenda for procurement in...

On April 12, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency of Japan raised the alert level of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant from a 5 to a 7, according to the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale. While there has been some media comparison to the Chernobyl event, which had been...

The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be holding a Government Procurement Seminar for Fiscal Year 2011 on April 22nd, 2011 where they will be providing a general overview of the Government Procurement Procedures as well as the expected procurement for Fiscal 2011.

Information on the process of importating Potassium Iodine from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau. Credit given to the European Business Council in Japan for the supplying of the information as well as translation from Japanese to English. P...

General overview of the changes made by the Japanese Ministry of Finance, Customs and Tariff Bureau. Credit given to the European Business Council in Japan for the supplying of the information as well as translation from Japanese to English. Please note this is not an official Ministry translation.

Reaction in B.C.'s business community to Premier Gordon Campbell's resignation was a mix of shock and appreciation. John Winter, president and CEO of the B.C. Chamber of Commerce, called Campbell "perhaps the best economic manager the province has had" and said it's critical his successor stays the...