The Trade Mission in Canada started effectively from 29 th of May & ended on 3 rd of June. It included many prominent officials who played a vital role to its great success;

• Mr. Mahmoud Attalah (Vice Chairman of Investment Authority& Free Zones)
• Dr. Mohamed Abdallah Ghorab( Under Secretary of state for Ministry of Petroleum)
• Mr. Zoheir Garanah ( First Assistant to the Minister of Tourism)
• Mr. Mamdouh Abdel Razek (Member of the Egyptian parliament-Deputy Chairman of committee on Foreign affairs)
• Mr. Aly Shaker (Chairman &Managing Director of National Bank for Development)

The mission has two objectives

First: Introducing new Egypt to the Canadian business community by highlighting the new economic reforms as well as the new investment Opportunities in Egypt .

Second: Introducing the members of the mission who would be covering a wide sector of business to their Canadian counterparts to open new channels of cooperation.

Schedule moved as follows:

On Sunday May 29^th

•  The mission started in Toronto ; a briefing session was held for all mission participants.

•  Then a dinner was hosted by the Nile Association of Ontario with a special guest: Her Worship Hazel McCallion, Mayor of the City of Mississauga .

Monday May 30^th

•  A Seminar " Business Opportunities in Egypt " was held in Toronto ;

• Master of Ceremonies was:
  Dr. Mohamed Azzam, President of CABC & President- containerboard, G.A. Paper International.

•  Speaker was:
  Mr. Khalil Ramal, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, & Member of Provincial Parliament for London- Fanshawe, Government of Ontario

•  Then each Egyptian official gave a detailed presentation on different topics tackling his specialization.

•  Followed by Luncheon at Park Hyatt Toronto,

•  Speaker was:
  Mr. Patrice Veilleux, Deputy Director, MiddleEast, International Trade Canada

•  Followed by 1/1 meetings for business men arranged by CABC.

•  Officials met with:
-  Ms. Terry Comeau, Senior Vice President- HOK (a global provider of design & project delivery services and rank among the world's leading design firms)
-  A meeting and tour at Bombardier Aerospace hosted by Mr. Barry Mackinnon, Vice President Marketing and Mr. Phillippe Poutissou, Director, International Airline Analysis. (Bombardier Aerospace is a world leader in the design and manufacture of innovative aviation products and services for the business, regional and amphibious aircraft markets)

Tuesday May 31^st

•  Officials headed to meet:
-   H.E David Miller, Mayor of the City of Toronto
-   H.E. Mr. Joseph Cordiano, Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Government of Ontario .

•  Then all the mission departed to Sheraton Hotel Ottawa and had a special dinner hosted by:
  H.E. Ambassador Mahmoud El Saeed at his residency.

Wednesday June 1^st

•  Officials departed for Parliamentary visits, they met:
-  H.E Daniel Hayes M.P, speaker of the Senate
-  H.E. Peter Millinken M.P., Speaker of the House of Commons.

•  A meeting was held at Trade Facilitation office with Mr. Brian Mitchell for mission participants; TFOC is the primary Canadian provider of export training & marketing assistance for developing countries.

•  Officials went to meet with:
-  H.E. Joseph Fontana, Minister of Labor and Housing and they discussed Human Resources & skills Development in Canada

•  Followed by a luncheon to all mission participants hosted by:
-  Dr. Bernard Patry, M.P. Chairman of the standing committee on foreign affairs and International Trade, government of Canada at the parliament
then the mission took a tour in the parliament.

•  Officials met:
-  Mr. John Klassen, M.P. Assistant Deputy Minister, Investment Science & Technology Branch, International Trade Canada
-  Mr. Eric Siegel, Executive Vice President, Export Development Canada and Mr. Ihab Tadros, Regional Manager, Middle East
& then they all departed for Montreal

Thursday June 2^nd

•  A Seminar "Business Opportunities in Egypt " was held in Montreal ;

• Master of Ceremonies:
  Mr. Zoheir Chebl, Vice President, Middle East , SNC Lavalin International

•  Speaker was:
  Mr. M. Richard Tremblay, Deputy Director General of the Ministered du Developpement economique, de l'innovation et de l' exportation, government of Quebec

•  Each Egyptian official gave a detailed presentation on different topics tackling his specialization.

•  Followed by Luncheon at the Omni Montreal Royal,

• Speaker:
 Dr. Bernard Patry, M.P. Chairman of the standing committee on foreign affairs and International Trade, government of Canada

•  Followed by 1/1 meetings for business me arranged by CABC.

•  Then, a Dinner hosted by:
  H.E. Said Imam, Consul General of Egypt in Montreal at the consul's residency.

Friday June 3^rd

•  All mission participants attended a breakfast hosted by H.E. Mr. Pierre Pettigrew, Minister of foreign Affairs, Government of Canada.

•  Followed by 1/1 meetings for business me arranged by CABC

•  Officials went to meet with:
  Mayor of Montreal , H.E. Mr. Gerald Tremblay &then met Mr. Zoheir Chebl, Vice President, Middle East , SNC Lavalin International.

•  After that a Luncheon was hosted by the Canadian Egyptian Business Association in Montreal (CEBA)

•  And finally, a reception & dinner hosted by the Egyptian business community at the Crown Plaza Hotel.