Haiti offers to Canada the biggest growth opportunity

The Harper Government will lead a trade mission to Santo Domingo and Port-au-Prince from September 2 to 7, 2012 to open the door to new opportunities in that market for these Canadian companies. Twenty organizations, primarily from the infrastructure and , will be participating in the trade mission.

"Kote ki gen kou pa gen chenn, kote ki gen chenn nanpwen kou."
Where there are blows, there are no chains; where there are chains, there are no blows.

Being the third-largest population in the Caribbean and with high demand for goods, services and investment, Haiti now looks like a gold mine to Canada and many other countries. Also, with recent changes to make it easy to Start a Business in Haiti, as well as Labor Regulation in Haiti, it will be a good environment for Canadian companies to conduct business and compete.

With limited infrastructure, Haiti is well positioned for economic development and growth, specially in the construction sector.

In 2011, Canada exported to Haiti a total of $37.7 million worth of merchandise while importing for $25.7 million from the country.

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