Links from the CSBSC Website are related to the mandate and objectives of the CSBSC site as a source of business information for Canadians or businesses operating in Canada. In general, the CSBSC may provide links to the following:

• Canadian Government sites providing business-related information, programs and services,
• foreign government sites providing information to Canadian companies doing business abroad (i.e. customs, import procedures, tariffs, patents, copyright, trademark, industrial design)
• commercial Business Databases, including company directories, available free of charge
• sites maintained by CSBSC partners
• Internet/Web Search/Directories and Engines

1) Links to commercial organizations
We generally do not provide links to commercial sites. Under some circumstances, the CSBSC will provide links to a commercial organization to provide clients with free information or services useful to a business, where such information is not available from non-commercial sites. The decision will be at the discretion of the CSBSC Webmaster.

2) Request for a link from the CSBSC site
To request a link to be placed on the CSBSC Web site, please contact the Webmaster by E-mail .

In your contact message please explain how the proposed link relates to this policy and contributes to the objective and enhancement of the CSBSC. Ensure that a return contact name and E-mail address are included. If a proposed link meets the criteria stated in this policy, it may still be declined at the discretion of the CSBSC Webmaster. If a link is approved, the administrators of the target site will be informed and the link established.

A reciprocal link back to the CSBSC Web site is encouraged.

3) Guidelines when linking to the CSBSC site
Webmasters are recommended to follow these steps when establishing external links from your Web site to the CSBSC Web site:

• in addition to linking to specific pages within the CSBSC site, also provide a link to the CSBSC homepage at:  http://www.cbsc.org/sask/
• periodically check the integrity links to the CSBSC documents
• CSBSC discourages the use of frames
• CSBSC content may be used in a framed environment if third party frame does not exceed 20% of the viewing area.

4) Banner Policy
The Canada-Saskatchewan Business Service Centre (CSBSC) does not participate in banner advertisement or banner exchange on our Web site.