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Business Reference Information Sites

Canada Business Information - STRATEGIS

Sponsored by the Government of Canada

www.strategis.ic.gc.ca

Canadian Business Magazines Online

Canadian Business Magazine
www.canadianbusiness.com

Canada Business Service Centres

Sponsored by the Government of Canada

www.cbsc.org

Canada's Laws · Legislation · Courts

Introductory directory of Federal and Provincial information sources

CanadaLegal.info

Provincial Business Service Centres

• Alberta Business Service Centre
  www.cbsc.org/alberta
• British Columbia Business Service Centre
  www.smallbusinessbc.ca
  • BC also has an "excellent e-business information site called eBusiness Connection" at www.e-bc.ca/home.asp
  • see also e-Business Website Blog [for BC] e-business commentary, news, and insider tips for small business on a budget.

Canada Export Information

Sponsored by the Government of Canada

www.exportsource.gc.ca

Employers Online-Web Resource

Sponsored by Government of Canada,

www.employers.gc.ca

Citizenship and Immigration Canada

cicnet.ci.gc.ca/english/index.html

Directories of Canada Immigration Lawyers

• Toronto, Ontario directory of lawyers who have Law Society status as Certified citizenship and immigration law specialists [CanadaLegal.info]
• Vancouver, BC directory of lawyers with stated "Preferred Area of Practice" in Canada Immigration Law [CanadaLegal.info]

Canada Business & Immigration Lawyers

CanadaVisaLaw.com in Vancouver, BC

Lawyers, attorneys, notaries & business consultants with over 20 years of immigration service experience.  Professionals fluent in English, Mandarin Chinese, Taiwanese Chinese, Cantonese Chinese, Arabic and Polish

• NAFTA work permits / work visas
• Articles on Business Immigration to Canada
• Independent Skilled Workers & Canada Immigration
• Investor Funds Approved in Canada
• Maple Leaf Cards
• Problems - When things go wrong, with your Canada Immigration Application

Canadian Economic Policy Think Tanks

• C.C. Howe Institute www.cdhowe.org

  Since its formation in 1973, the C.D. Howe Institute has earned a reputation as Canada's most respected independent, nonprofit, economic and social policy research institution. Governments, the media, and Canadians in every region look to the Institute to provide balanced, well-reasoned, and comprehensible analysis of issues of national interest. From the beginning, the recipe for the Institute's success has consisted of equal measures of objectivity, professionalism, and relevance. [quoted from http://www.cdhowe.org/english/ profile/history.htmlenglish/profile/history.html 2003/04/08

• The Fraser Institute www.fraserinstitute.ca

  COMPETITIVE MARKET SOLUTIONS for PUBLIC POLICY PROBLEMS
  As an independent public policy organization, The Fraser Institute focuses on the role competitive markets play in providing for the economic and social well-being of all Canadians. [quoted from www.fraserinstitute.ca 2003/07/11]

Canadian Business-Corporate Graphic Designers · Creative Consultants · Book Illustrators · Cartographers · MapMakers

• Canadian - Chinese corporate graphic designer and creative director in Hong Kong, China
  • Tony Yau BFA, MVA (Bachelor of Fine Arts & Master of Visual Arts from York University, Toronto and University of Alberta, Edmonton) - has designed web and print media/sites for Xerox-Fuiji, Hong Kong Telecom, Ikea furniture etc.
  • Tony has also been the creative director for TV advertising commercials and web sites for Vancouver, Real Estate Developers and realtors e.g. Anson Realty (in the late 1990's)
  • A recent venture into children's animated graphics and toy marketing can be seen at PublicSigns.com.hk a children's e-card web site.
  
  
  
• Canadian - S.E. Asian corporate graphic designer and creative director in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Singapore; and Indonesia
  • Andy Teo (BCIT, Intergate.ca, BushFire.com) formerly with Vancouver's Internet Gateway Corporation www.intergate.ca
  
  
  
• Canada's PDF maps and cartographic / map-making-design specialist
  • Angus Weller MapMatrix.com
    Weller Cartographic Services is based in Nanaimo, on Vancouver Island in BC (see also CityOfNanaimo.com
  
  
  
• Children's Books Illustrator and Interior Designer in Vancouver
  • Christine Wong CarrotStick.ca
    see samples of her color pencil drawings and other illustration work for preschool and young children's art appreciation development classes held at The Crystal Mall, Vancouver's newest, largest, centrally located, Asian-Chinese shopping mall in the metrotown area of Burnaby.
  • Christine is trained in Hong Kong and Vancouver, a gifted illustrator-designer inspired by her 3 young children and supportive husband.
  
  
  

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Important Mecca Internet Web Hosting Service Update (Reminder) - 9/12/2003

From: Mecca Client Care support@mecca.ca
To: clients
Subject: Important Mecca Service Update (Reminder) - 9/12/2003

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