page_title: Canada's Global Markets Action Plan
section_title: Trade promotions
hierarchical_section_title: Canada's Global Markets Action Plan / Trade promotions
caption_attribution_description: BDC Building, view from top floor of Stelco Tower, Hamilton, Ontario
context_page_description: The Global Markets Action Plan was Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government strategy to generate employment opportunities for Canadians by expanding Canadian businesses and investment in other countries in a highly competitive global environment.
  After Ed Fast was appointed Minister of International Trade in 2011, Harper asked him for a blueprint prioritizing trade in Canada's foreign policy. On November 27, 2013, Fast delivered a comprehensive report on a Global Markets Action Plan.
context_section_description: Global Markets Action Plan was planned in a way to make significant impact on Canada's trade-promotion efforts facilitating Canadian businesses to optimize their export potential in overseas markets; which creates jobs and opportunities for workers and their families in Canada.
caption: Business Development Bank of Canada at Hamilton, Ontario; the bank's mandate is to help create and develop Canadian businesses through financing, growth and transition capital, venture capital and consulting services, with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises.
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