C-11 Cities
Canada’s large cities - Halifax, Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Waterloo, Winnipeg, Saskatoon,
Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver (also known as the C-11) - represent more than 50 per cent of Canada’s economic activity.
The Partnership is collaborating with economic development agencies in these cities to address issues affecting our common economic sustainability. The C-11 has identified foreign direct investment (FDI) as a specific opportunity.
In 2010, the group created a new unified national brand ConsiderCanada.ca. The new branding recognizes the dominant role of urban economies and will be used to attract trade and investment opportunities around the world.
Halifax - Norfolk Sister Cities
Halifax became Norfolk, Virginia's sixth sister city in April 2006. Like Norfolk, Halifax has a regional economic
development partnership, a vibrant tourist and cruise industry,
hospitals, universities, libraries, museums, theaters, and numerous
multicultural festivals as well as the nation’s largest naval
installation.
In the summer of 2010, the Halifax-Norfolk
Sister Cities Society hosted a delegation which had the opportunity to,
among other things, learn about Halifax's growing oceans sector during a
visit to Dalhousie University, and participate in the Navy Centennial
and Canada Day celebrations.
That fall, the Partnership lead an
African Nova Scotian delegation to explore historic and family ties
between African American and African Nova Scotian communities. Delegates
participated in, and presented at, the 2010 Signature Conference of
Virginia's Sequicetennial.
World Energy Cities Partnership
Halifax is a member of the World Energy Cities Partnership (WECP), an organization of 18 international cities that have a core focus on energy (oil, gas, and renewables).
WECP has two key meetings a year that the Mayor (or delegate) and an economic development representative attend. The WECP working meeting is held in May in Houston to coincide with the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC). During OTC the province of Nova Scotia has business delegations that take part in the trade show.
2011 Nova Scotia Delegates:
- Action Hero
- Aecon Fabco
- Alscott Air Systems
- AMEC Black and McDonald
- Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
- Cougar Helicopters
- CTS Container & Trailer Services
- Dalhousie University
- EM&I Stantec Limited
- Fleetway Inc.
- Guysborough County Regional Development Agency
- I.H. Mathers
- Irving Shipbuilding
- Marener Industries Inc.
- Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline
- Municipality of the District of Guysborough
- Nautel
- Ocean Resources Magazine
- OETR Association
- OTANS
- Pro-Dive Marine
- Strait of Cason Superport
- Welaptega Marine Limited.