Canadian Professional Sales Association Extends Its Popular Member Travel Benefits To All Canadian Small and Medium Enterprises as Economy Rebounds.

January 30, 2012 -- Ottawa, Ontario -- Farm Credit Canada's (FCC) Farm Safety Report Card showed that 85 per cent of Canadian producers understand the importance of maintaining farm safety -- to prevent financial loss due to incidents, protect their family members and to keep employees safe. Despite their good intentions, only one in ten producers has a written farm safety plan. The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) offers guidance in developing safety plans for their farms through the Plan * Farm * Safety campaign.

By Michael Bourque

In a speech to the Canadian Club last week, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney called on businesses to invest in Canada now – an action he sees as the most likely to prevent our country from slipping into another recession.

Interestingly, attracting new investment is the primary focus of Canadian manufacturers and exporters right now, and we believe that businesses and governments must work together in order to achieve this end.

By: Brian N. Forbes, Secretary General, National Council of Veteran Associations, November 7, 2011

As the National Council of Veteran Associations (representing 58 member-organizations) gathered for its annual meeting last week, its focus was on the declared intention of the Government that many Federal Budgets are to be potentially reduced and that substantial financial cuts will have to be exercised by individual Departments, including Veterans Affairs Canada.

OTTAWA, October 26, 2011 -- The National Council of Veteran Associations (representing 58 member-organizations) has written to the Prime Minister to express its serious concerns as to the declared intention of the Government that many Federal Budgets are to be potentially reduced and that substantial financial cuts will have to be exercised by individual Departments, including Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC).

According to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the agriculture and food sector creates $130 billion in economic impact each year. Many Canadians many not be aware that the Canadian Agriculture industry is among one of the most sophisticated and technologically advanced in the world.

If you are one of the many community newspaper publishers across Canada trying to craft strategy for Internet news distribution, this study will be of interest to you. I invite your help in defining current and future practice of electronic news distribution at Canadian community newspapers.

A ten-minute anonymous survey is located at www.newspaperproject.ca

by Theresa Whalen
Canadian Federation of Agriculture Farm Safety Consultant (413 words)

MISSISSAUGA, ON, August 11, 2011 -- Among Albertans planning to move in the next three years, more than half (56 per cent) aren't confident they will be able to completely furnish their new home during the first month and almost half (44 per cent) are unsure what the total costs will be to settle into their new home according to a recent RBC Insurance poll.

OTTAWA, July 28, 2011 -- The Competition Bureau announced today that it has taken action against five companies and three individuals to ban a deceptive marketing scheme targeting businesses across Canada. The Bureau is seeking an injunction to put an immediate end to the deceptive marketing representations, freeze corporate assets for future restitution to victims, and stop the deceptive conduct.