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Unified Voice for Canada’s Largest Cities collaborating to promote Canada as a destination for global trade and investment

Consider Canada City Alliance: Contribution to Canada’s Economy 59.6% 65.1% 83.4% GDP Growth GDP Population

Concentration of Population Importance of cities to Global supply chains into Cities national economies Global Trends Importance of services as Competition for high value Increase of city to city opposed to manufacturing components of supply chain relationship

Canadian Cities: Our Competitive Advantage Skills Market Access Costs

Market Access: NAFTA, CETA and TPP NAFTA : CANADA $48+ TPP : CANADA Trillion CETA : CANADA

Market Access: CETA CETA : CANADA

Global Skills Strategy: Attracting Talent Global Skills Strategy • Two-week processing for visas and work permits for low-risk, high-skill talent • A dedicated service channel for companies looking to make large, job-creating investments • Discontinued the work permit requirement for very short-term work (for instance, 30 days or less) in low-risk fields. Brief academic stays also eligible.

Canada’s Advantage #1 IN G7 FOR CORPRATE TAX RATE #1 IN THE G20 FOR AND COST DOING BUSINESS COMPETITIVENESS (Source: Bloomburg, Best Countries (Source: KPMG, Cost Competitive for Business 2014.) Report 2016) #1 IN THE WORLD TO 3 rd SOUNDEST BANKS HEADQUARTER A IN THE WORLD CORPORATION for 9 th consecutive year Source: Deidre McPhillips. U.S. News, BAV Consulting and WPP plc. “Best Countries to Headquarter a Corporation. Business decision - ( Source: World Economic Forum Global makers weigh in on where they would like to bring their businesses and Competitiveness Report 2016-2017) families.” HIGHEST 2nd MOST TALENT POST-SECONDARY COMPETITIVE COUNTRY ATTAINMENT AMOUNG IN THE G20 OECD (Source: OECD. Education at a Glance (Source: THE IMD WORLD TALENT 2015. November 2015.) RANKING)

“Our company believes Canada is a great place to invest. Canada is Cisco’s top Canada is uniquely qualified and positioned to be an five R&D countries in outstanding source for innovation and at the forefront of transforming the world.” the world Nitin Kawale, Former President, Cisco Canada Source: KPMG 2017

Sustainable Incentive Environment 2.Direct funding 3. Financing 1.Tax credits  Sustainable  EDC (Export)  SR&ED Technologies  BDC  University Research  Training grants  Canadian Banks  Digital Media  IRAP  Venture Capital  Manufacturing  Science and Engineering graduates

Concentration of Innovation Creative Industries and Green technology  Visual Effects & Animation capital of the world, and 3rd largest Film & TV production centre  One of the world’s largest cleantech clusters, and 3rd greenest city in the world Advanced Manufacturing and Healthcare  World renowned health facilities, specialties include cardiology, oncology, transplantation and virology  Home to NANOFAB, Canada’s premier micro and nanofabrication research facility Energy and Agribusiness  Workforce has the second highest educational attainment in the country, with 27% of all bachelors degree or higher program completions in STEM disciplines  With $��.� �illio� i� sales i� ����, food �a�ufa�turi�g is Al�erta’s largest manufacturing sector

Concentration of Innovation Biotechnology and Agribusiness  30% of Canada’s Ag -Biotech industry is in Saskatoon  World’s largest uranium producing company and fertilizer company Aerospace and Agribusiness  Aerospace industry is the largest in Western Canada and home to a diversified cluster of world-class manufacturing  Nine world-recognized major food development and research centres are based in Winnipeg Advanced Manufacturing, Food and Beverage  60+ leading global food and beverage companies  Largest cluster of animation & game development studios in Ontario

Concentration of Innovation Automotive and ICT • Home to world leading commercialization accelerators and incubators, such as the world’s largest IoT Makerspace (Catalyst137) and the world’s largest free start -up incubator (Velocity) • The University of Waterloo, Canada’s most innovative university for 26 consecutive years, has the largest concentration of automotive researchers (125+) and science, technology, mathematics and engineering (STEM) faculty in the country Financial Services and Technology  Toronto ranks third in PWC’s Global Cities of Opportunity and was ranked least risky global city for employers by Aon  Toronto is the second-largest financial services centre and third- largest technology centre in North America Software and Communication Technologies  Ottawa become the first Canadian City to launch testing of an on- street autonomous vehicle  CENGN, world leading research center in next generation network technologies

Concentration of Innovation Creative Industries and Artificial Intelligence  One of the worlds top 3 hubs for multimedia and video games  Facebook, Samsung, DeepMind and Thales announced the opening of an AI lab in Montréal in 2017 Life Sciences, ICT & Creative Industries  Global innovation networks in Nutrition & Life Sciences, digital technologies & creative industry, photonic & advanced instrumentation  Highest concentration of research infrastructures in Canada Ocean Technology, Transportation and Logistics  Highest concentration of oceans-related PhDs in the world  Home to Autoport, one of North America’s largest vehicle processing and transhipment facilities

Concentration of Innovation Advanced Manufacturing & Life Sciences • Four modes of transportation (road, rail, air, port). Canada’s busiest multi-modal cargo airport, the busiest port on the Canadian Great Lakes and is only 40 minutes away from Toronto and the US Border. • Surrounded by 23 post-secondary institutions and with immediate access to a workforce of 2 Million within a one hour drive, and is home to McMaster University- one of Canada’s top 3 most research - intensive universities. “As we started to grow in this country, we found that Canada’s world -class collaborative research environment and the Government of Canada’s willingness to engage in partnership-oriented R&D, were extremely important factors in the growth of our business.” Eme Onuoha, Vice President of Global Government Affairs (Canada) at Xerox Corporation

Fast Track Your Business Expansion with CCCA Members 1 2 3 4 5 Accounting Office Incorporation Research Staffing Professionals Space Services Resources Services 6 7 8 9 Ongoing support Fully Operational North Local Business Government Business Mentors American Office Network Funding Programs and Advisors

Investment Hub Global Skills Strategy New investment promotion agency, with the goal of attracting international investment. Headed by a Chief Executive Officer, the hub will provide seamless, single-window client support targeted at high-impact investors. *CCCA is a strategic partner for municipal business services

Emerging Sectors: Artificial Intelligence Can be found across CCCA member cities

Emerging Sectors: Big Players in Autonomous Vehicles Blackberry-QNX launched Canada’s first on -street test of an Autonomous Vehicle in University of Waterloo, home Ottawa. Provider of optical detection to WAVELab, the Waterloo Launched a research hub in and ranging technology, the Autonomous Vehicles Toronto focused on developing company produces images Laboratory. artificial intelligence for that are 25 times sharper autonomous vehicles. than rival lidar companies. WAVELab works on both aerial and ground autonomous It’s Uber’s first advanced Ford Canada announced a vehicles, and has partnered technologies research centre new $337.9 million R&D with local robotics companies, outside of the U.S. centre in Ottawa with an AV including Aeryon Labs and focus. Clearpath Robotics. Ottawa Toronto Waterloo Québec City

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Stability Globalization

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