Toronto: Justice Ashok K. Mathur, a former judge on India’s Supreme Court and Chair of the Armed Forces Tribunal of India, was in Montreal, to attend an international conference on law last week. On his way back, a few Indian community members, led by Yogesh K. Sharma, President, Rajasthan Association of North America (RANA) , [...]
Mississauga: At a joint meeting between the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce and the Association of Chinese Canadian Entrepreneurs, held at the Radisson Hotel in Mississauga, Jason Kenney, Canada’s Minister for Immigration, emphasized that the overhaul of the immigration system proposed in the 2012 federal budget is aimed at ushering in the immigration system that [...]
Toronto: Chief Minister of India’s northeastern state Arunachal Pradesh Nabam Tuki and his team, visiting Canada to be a part of the Brand Expo being held in Ottawa, stopped over in Toronto to hold a meeting with some prominent travel agents and others involved in tourism promotion. The meeting was held at Skylink Inc [...]
Toronto: Lisa Raitt, Canada’s Minister for Labour, expressed confidence that the country would successfully weather the economic storm that had engulfed Europe recently. “Canada is the only G-7 country to have regained all the output and jobs lost in the global recession,” the Minister emphasised. Raitt was addressing the members of the Indo-Canada Chamber of [...]
Toronto: Tim Uppal, Canada’s Minister of State for Democratic Reform, emphasized the need for initiating three key measures in Canada’s parliamentary democracy to ensure that the system is in tune with the changing socio-political realities of the nation. At a breakfast meeting jointly organised by Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) and the Canada India Foundation [...]
Oshawa: Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce’s Small & Medium Enterprise (SME) Committee organised a Hard Hats Tour to the Automotive Centre for Excellence at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology recently for a visiting Indian delegation. In addition to the members of the Chamber and its sponsors, the touring delegation comprised members of [...]
Toronto: Lou Milrad, CEO and Chair of the Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance (GTMA) was the keynote speaker at Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerceís Monthly Business Networking reception held at The Host in Richmond Hill on Wednesday, October 12, 2011. Milrad said the GTMA and the ICCC would explore ways to work together in areas [...]
Toronto: There is trouble and rebellion brewing in Canada’s cricket scene. Recently, a group of seasoned cricket administrators and enthusiasts gave notice to the current establishment, Cricket Canda, that they are striking out on their own, and ready to challenge the monopoly that critics like Mike Kendall, says, is not helping the growth [...]
Toronto: A report on the proceedings of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Canada (PBDCanada2011) was released at an event at Atlantis Pavilion in downtown Toronto on Wednesday September 21. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty was the Chief Guest on the occasion. Satish Thakkar, President, Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) said, [...]
Brampton: Ontario PC candidate Pam Hundal (Brampton-Springdale) along with other PC candidates from the GTA, recently called on Brampton families to put a stop to Dalton McGuinty’s scheme to pay employers $10,000 to hire foreign workers ahead of Ontario job seekers. The foreign worker affirmative action scheme [...]
