The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce

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The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce
Business Mission to India

• Dave Angus
• President CEO
• Bill Morrissey
• Senior Vice President
• July 2009

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Winnipeg one great city!

• Community of 730,000 Capital city of Province of
  MB
• Geographic center of Canada and North America
• Diverse economy stability, predictability,
  manageability
• multicultural over 100 languages
• Canadas cradle for arts, culture
• Exceptional, skilled workforce, excellent
  education/training

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Winnipeg one great city!

• Transportation distribution hub, CentrePort
  Canada
• Affordable play to work, live and play
• Welcoming, giving, supportive community
• Blue skies, rivers, lakes, parks, sports and
  recreation, restaurants, entertainment, festivals
• All the amenities of a large cosmopolitan city
  but without the detractions ie commute

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The Chamber

• To foster an environment where business can
  prosper
• serves as the "voice of business", ensuring that
  the business perspective is heard on the issues
  of the day
• 135 years older than Wpg itself
• Member of Canadian and Manitoba Chambers of
  Commerce
• 25 member Board, 18 member staff

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The Chamber

• Over 2,000 members cross all sectors, mirror
  business demographics 79 small business, 14
  medium, 8 large
• Recipients of numerous awards for membership
  growth over 25 last 4 yrs
• Not-for-profit, funded exclusively by membership
  dues and event/sponsorship/ad revenue
• Valued alignment with India, MOUs

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The Chamber Value Proposition

• Provide members, and their employees, with an
  opportunity to

• Be informed, learn, grow, participate
• Receive cost-saving, value programs
• Do business network, leads, referrals
• Expand awareness, promotion, publicity
• Receive assistance/support on issues

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The Chamber Value Proposition

• Improve Winnipeg and its business community
• Lobby, advocate, represent business, ensure
  accountability
• Create legacy programs for good of community
• Selling Winnipeg to the World
• Vision Winnipeg
• Workforce Development

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Selling Winnipeg to the World

• Objective
• To grow our economy through expansion of
  private-sector business enterprise
• Mandate
• Attract new businesses to Wpg from outside
  Manitoba
• Leads
• Proactive targets identified
• Assist existing companies to expand attract
  their key suppliers here
• Assist entrepreneurs to bring ideas to fruition