What's New Archive - 2001

• December 2001
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• September 2001
• August 2001
• July 2001
• June 2001
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• April 2001
• March 2001
• February 2001
• January 2001

The Contributions Program 2002-2003 provides consumer and voluntary organizations with the means to produce high quality and timely research on consumer issues affecting the marketplace, and to develop policy advice on these issues that are both credible and useful to decision-makers.

Steps to Growth Capital, the Canadian entrepreneurs' guide to securing risk capital, has been thoroughly updated to make it more user-friendly. This online guide leads entrepreneurs through nine steps on how to secure equity financing. There is an Investor-Readiness Self-Assessment Test which allows clients to identify what they need to know about meeting investors, writing a winning proposal and negotiating a deal. There is also a Fast Track for those who just need to brush up their knowledge and skills.

ebiz.enable is an e-business portal designed specifically to guide commercial organizations through the issues and options encountered in implementing e-business strategies. ebiz.enble is a comprehensive on-line resource that allows you to explore the questions, answers and solutions relevant to your company and its success in the global on-line environment.

SourceCAN is a single point of registration offering thousands of business opportunities daily, access to e-catalogs, promoting free on-line marketing exposure and sophisticated Web-based tools used to conduct business within the global economy, all while being instrumental in improving networking potential. SourceCAN brings together customers and suppliers, facilitates virtual trade missions and helps transact real business within the global economy.

The Public-Private Partnership (P3) Office is a website providing stakeholders interested in exploring public-private partnerships with quick and easy access to the mass of P3 information available on the web. It is a unique site designed to provide complete access to a wide variety of essential information and services on public-private partnerships under one roof.

retailinteractive.ca is a partnership between Retail Council of Canada and Industry Canada, designed to provide Canada's independent and small chain retailers with the information needed to make the best retail business decisions in the new economy.

The Student Connection Program (SCP) provides Canadian business with Internet training and E-Commerce solutions. The SCP now offers E-Commerce First Step, a suite of new E-Commerce services aimed at providing small and medium-sized businesses with valuable e-commerce information and assistance.

The Shipbuilding and Industrial Marine site consists of a Partnership report and a statement from the minister, as well as links to various associations in the industry and to Ocean Technology and Shipbuilding and Repair sites.

The Competition Bureau has launched a newly re-designed Bureau Website. The information has been structured in logical sections for easier navigation, and new features have been added.

New negotiations on trade in services (GATS 2000) began in January 2000. These negotiations take as their starting point the commitments made pursuant to the 1995 General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).

The new Telehealth / E-Health Pathfinder website will provide you with a list of Canadian organizations currently investing in this emerging field. Pathfinder is a tool to promote Canadian capabilities and develop partnering opportunities between suppliers and users/practitioners in the area of Telehealth / E-Health.

Industry Canada's Sustainable Development Strategy for 2000-2003 is guided by a commitment to promote sustainable development as part of its mandate to create the foundation for a more productive, competitive, knowledge-based economy. This vision calls for the Department to play a leadership role and form partnerships to promote sustainable development by promoting eco-efficiency, environmental technologies and decision-making.

The Canada Community Investment Plan (CCIP) is a seven-year program designed to provide communities outside main financial centres with the information and tools they need to start and operate an investment facilitation service for their fast-growth small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Spectrum Direct is an on-line services web site that provides clients with an unrestricted access to Industry Canada's radiocommunication licences database.