INFORMATION FAIR FOR NEW IMMIGRANTS/CANADIANS
Saturday, April 18, 2009 - “FREE ADMISSION”
Scarborough Civic Centre - 150 Borough Drive, Scarborough, Ontario M1P 4N7
TIME / PROGRAMS
10:00AM- 10:30AM / EXHIBITORS’ BOOTHS & REGISTRATION
10:30AM-
11:45AM / Newcomers to Canada Seminar (Port of Entry Processing)
Khalida Jelani,
Canada Border Services Agency / Consumer Product Safety Requirement Seminar
Leslie Smith, Health Canada
Vigilance Program Seminar
Aaron Leung, Health Canada / Senior Programs & Services Seminar
(Canada Pension Plan, Old Age Security, Guaranteed Income Supplement)
Service Canada / Federal and Provincial Government Programs & Services for New Entrepreneurs Seminar
Dan Humphries, Canada-Ontario Business Services Centre
12:00PM -
1:00PM / HOST: Amelia Ng, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Client Services
WELCOME ADDRESS - Christine Durocher, CBSA Director of Client Services
KEYNOTE SPEECH - John Gillan, CBSA Director General of Greater Toronto Area
1:00PM -2:00PM / CBSA DETECTOR DOGS PRESENTATION BY
Jane Killins & Lionel DeKnecht, CBSA Food, Plants & Animals Health Detector Dog Handlers
2:00PM – 3:15PM / Travellers Seminar
(Nexus Program, Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative – June 1, 2009)
Beatrice Tong,
Canada Border Services Agency / Corporate Tax System, Goods & Services Tax Credits Seminar
Vivian Binnion, Canada Revenue Agency / Personal Importation Policy of Health & Natural Products
Seminar
Gillian Mandel
Health Canada
Commercial Natural Health Products
Raymond W. Tsang
Health Canada / Business/Market Planning for Small Business Seminar
Vikas Jain,
Enterprise Toronto
(City of Toronto Economic Development Division)
3:15PM –
3:30PM / Break
3:30PM –
4:45PM / Importing Goods Into Canada Seminar
(Commercial Importing Process)
Janet Kobayashi & Kent Ma,
Canada Border Services Agency / Food, Plants & Animals Health Importing Requirements Seminar
Wes Kurek,
Canada Border Services Agency / Personal Income Tax
Seminar-
Responsibilities, Rights and Benefit
Entitlements
Trina Tserotas,
Canada Revenue Agency / Helping Businesses Sell to the Government of Canada Seminar
David Di Felice,
Public Works and Government Services Canada
4:45PM –
5:30PM / Break
Exhibitors’ Booths display 10:30AM -5:30PM
Toronto Police Patrol Cars Display 10:30AM -5:00PM