CIC Toronto Branch Event
 
with Frances Cation, CIC Head Office

September 24, 2008

On the evening of 24 September 2008, following the Toronto Branch’s Annual General Meeting, three panelists discussed Foreign Direct Investment into the Greater Toronto Area. Lou Milard, Chair and CEO, Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance and Associate Counsel, chaired this group.

Carol Wilding, the first panelist and President and CEO of Toronto Board of Trade (BOT), took the floor. After outlining the BOT’s mandate, Wilding optimistically described Toronto’s economic competitiveness, but ultimately reminded the audience that several Toronto-based sectors, such as manufacturing, should continue to grow. Next, the second panelist, Kam Rathee, the President of the Canada-India Business Council, affirmed that Toronto should publicize itself more and should be more aggressive when attracting investment. Lastly, Don Eastwood, the Director of Economic Development at the City of Brampton, called for a harmonization between municipal, provincial and federal levels of government.

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Fraser Mann, Board Member of the CIC Toronto branch, and organizer of the event, is joined by Kam Rathee, President, Canada-India Business Council; event moderator Lou Milrad, Chair and CEO, Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance and Associate Counsel, Miller Thomson LLP; Don Eastwood, Director of Economic Development, City of Brampton; and Carol Wilding, President and CEO, Toronto Board of Trade

Members of the panel in conversation – Lou Milrad, Don Eastwood, and Carol Wilding

Table Officers of the CIC Toronto Board address members—present are Keith Martin, President; Robin Oliphant, Treasurer; and Renee van Kessel, Vice President

Members of the CIC Toronto Board after the branches Annual General Meeting: Keith Martin, President; Robin Oliphant, Treasurer; Josh Bowen, Member at Large; and Renee van Kessel, Vice President