加拿大“房地产投资网络”（Real Estate Investment Network）机构总裁堪培尔（Don R.
Campell）撰文，综合分析加拿大各省市经济环境等因素后，列出11个本国未来5年最值得投资房地产的城市。但多伦多、温哥华、蒙特利尔等大城市未入 围。
堪培尔表示，人们习惯基于一个地区过去的表现来作出地产投资的决定，然而，成功的地产投资人士应该根据城市的将来和发展决定投资方向。在列出的11个城市中，堪培尔综合考虑了各地人均收入、人口和就业的增长、经济发展环境等等因素，以下是他在未来5年的推荐：
1、卡尔加利(Calgary)
“房地产投资网络”的报告对这个石油重镇的评价颇为正面，称它刚刚经历的经济低迷期是一个不错的调整期，使城市能够从先前的迅速发展落回到现实。过于迅速的发展通常难以持久，从经济上来讲，这个调整对城市能够平稳前进的步伐十分重要。
如今，该地区已经走出衰退，而那里的就业前景和持续涌入的移民对当地经济是一个强力的推动，因此卡尔加利房地产市场在未来将继续保持增长。
2、安省秦基纳-滑铁卢-剑桥地区(Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge)
这个加拿大高科技三角地带因其经济发达，而被“房地产投资网络”称为“安省经济的阿尔伯塔”。这里的高科技和信息产业发达，就业机会多，其基础设施建设及及新建的交通运输项目，都是城市发展的亮点。
3、爱德蒙顿(Edmonton)
爱德蒙顿的就业增长强劲，从加拿大各地吸引了大量的移民，城市的经济发展潜力巨大，人口持续增长，这些都将大力推动该地区的房地产产业。
当地政府进行的基建工作也为市场提供了增长前景。该城的房地产无论在买卖还是出租方面都具有强劲的市场，并将在加拿大保持领先地位。
4. BC省的素里市（Surrey）
作为BC省的第二大的城市，素里近年来发展迅速，并可能取代温哥华成为卑诗省最大都会。素里境内有两条通往美国的边境线、一个海港，区内连接五条高速公路和四条铁路，如此通达的交通使得素里成为做生意的绝佳位置。
除了良好的经济发展条件，素里的人口和就业市场也增长强劲，出租屋市场十分广大，这些都成为房产投资人考虑投资的良好因素。
5. BC省的枫树岭市（Maple Ridge）和匹特草原市（Pitt Meadows）
这两个小镇近两年进行了大量基建设施以及道路工程的扩展，大大加强了它们和其他大城市的交通联系。此外这里预计将新增几百个商业发展项目，良好的经济发展趋势和低廉的房价，使得这里将成为就业和居住的良好选择地。
6、安省的汉密尔顿（Hamilton）
得宜与当地政府的革新，汉密尔顿已经由过去的重工业城市转向了多元化的经济城市。这里的经济发展策略和计划使它成为安大略最适宜投资的城镇之一。当地的人口增长和企业的增加，都令这里成为良好的不动产投资场所。
7、阿省的圣阿尔伯特（St. Albert）
这里空房率低，房屋租价高，地产升值率高，加上地理位置重要，为众多民众所喜爱。这里的经济环境吸引了大量的新公司进驻，推动了当地的经济及教育水平，同时也推高了当地的房市。
8、安省的巴里（Barrie）和和奥里利亚（Orillia）
上述两个城市距多伦多1个到1个半小时的车程，给同时喜欢城市消费和田园居住的人们提供了良好的居住场所。这两地人口的增长、基础建设和道路工程的完善，交通运输的不断发达，都使得这里对房屋的需求上涨，成为投资的良好选择地。
其他还有排名第10的阿省红鹿市（Red
Deer,）、第11的 曼省温尼伯（Winnipeg）和第12的萨省的萨斯卡通（Saskatoon）。
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Thursday, February 21, 2013
China beats out Britain as Canada’s No. 2 trade partner
It’s a case of “China meets Saskatchewan,” Dan Ciuriak, former deputy chief economist at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, said of the numbers showing China topping Britain for the first time. Exports to Britain fell nearly 1 per cent to $18.6-billion.
“In a big-picture sense, it’s just an inevitable reality that as China becomes larger, it would overtake the Old World,” said Mr. Ciuriak, now a consultant. “It was just a question of time.”
Canada isn’t alone in being touched by China, which surpassed the United States as the world’s largest goods trading nation in 2012. The U.S. still does more overall trade if services are included.
Canada’s exports to China have nearly doubled between 2008 and 2012, a period in which the country’s overall exports fell nearly 1 per cent. Canadian exports to China of bulk commodities such as coal and iron ore were also up sharply last year.
China’s economy has been growing at 10 per cent a year for most of the past decade and is hungry for the resources that Canada has in abundance. Europe, on the other hand, has been stagnant for the past four years, with some countries in a deep recession.
ClevrU Corp., a Waterloo, Ont., company that sells educational software for mobile devices, has shifted its focus almost entirely to China, said chief executive officer Dana Fox.
The potential for Canadian companies exporting to China is “enormous,” Mr. Fox said. “It is an opportunity that Canada can’t turn down.”
China is particularly attractive for firms that sell high-technology products and services, he added, because the country is going through a massive shift from a rural-based economy to an urban one.
China looks favourably on Canada as a supplier, Mr. Fox said, because of its reputation for innovative and creative technology, the multicultural nature of its work force, its lack of political “baggage,” and – still – the fact that Dr. Norman Bethune was Canadian.
But getting a foothold in the Chinese market takes time and patience. “It is all about trust and relationships,” said Mr. Fox, who has been to China 22 times in the past two years. Once that trust is established, a company can move “incredibly fast.”
Eager to encourage a move up the export value chain from commodities, Canadian Trade Minister Ed Fast announced Wednesday that he’ll lead an information technology trade mission to China in early April, including stops in the key tech centres of Shanghai and Hangzhou.
“Improving access to high-growth markets in the Asia-Pacific region is a key part of our government’s job-creating, pro-trade plan,” Mr. Fast said in a statement.
Canada has a large tech sector, with exports of nearly $30-billion a year worth of information technology, but relatively little of it goes to China.
Executives of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. will be on the trip, along with officials of numerous smaller Canadian tech companies, according to federal officials. Mr. Fast is also due to make stops in Japan and Hong Kong during the April 7-12 visit.
Even the food and beverage business is now opening doors in China. Pillitteri Estates, a small family-owned winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., is ramping up its sales there, said Richard Slingerland, manager of business development.
Pillitteri exports about 35 per cent of its products, and of that, 70 per cent goes to China, mainly pricey ice wine, but also some red wine.
There is a huge market for luxury goods in China, and even small Canadian companies can do well if they focus on “super premium” products, Mr. Slingerland said. Indeed, Pillitteri went to China after it noticed that Chinese customers were the biggest buyers of premium products at its Canadian retail outlets.
There are still many hurdles in China, Mr. Slingerland pointed out, including counterfeit products – something his company had to deal with. It is also crucial to do thorough due diligence about customers when they are half way around the world, he said.
Canada’s trade with China is destined to increase both because the country is growing so fast and because the countries’ main products complement each other, Mr. Ciuriak said. “We’re very natural trading partners.”
“In a big-picture sense, it’s just an inevitable reality that as China becomes larger, it would overtake the Old World,” said Mr. Ciuriak, now a consultant. “It was just a question of time.”
Canada isn’t alone in being touched by China, which surpassed the United States as the world’s largest goods trading nation in 2012. The U.S. still does more overall trade if services are included.
Canada’s exports to China have nearly doubled between 2008 and 2012, a period in which the country’s overall exports fell nearly 1 per cent. Canadian exports to China of bulk commodities such as coal and iron ore were also up sharply last year.
China’s economy has been growing at 10 per cent a year for most of the past decade and is hungry for the resources that Canada has in abundance. Europe, on the other hand, has been stagnant for the past four years, with some countries in a deep recession.
ClevrU Corp., a Waterloo, Ont., company that sells educational software for mobile devices, has shifted its focus almost entirely to China, said chief executive officer Dana Fox.
The potential for Canadian companies exporting to China is “enormous,” Mr. Fox said. “It is an opportunity that Canada can’t turn down.”
China is particularly attractive for firms that sell high-technology products and services, he added, because the country is going through a massive shift from a rural-based economy to an urban one.
China looks favourably on Canada as a supplier, Mr. Fox said, because of its reputation for innovative and creative technology, the multicultural nature of its work force, its lack of political “baggage,” and – still – the fact that Dr. Norman Bethune was Canadian.
But getting a foothold in the Chinese market takes time and patience. “It is all about trust and relationships,” said Mr. Fox, who has been to China 22 times in the past two years. Once that trust is established, a company can move “incredibly fast.”
Eager to encourage a move up the export value chain from commodities, Canadian Trade Minister Ed Fast announced Wednesday that he’ll lead an information technology trade mission to China in early April, including stops in the key tech centres of Shanghai and Hangzhou.
“Improving access to high-growth markets in the Asia-Pacific region is a key part of our government’s job-creating, pro-trade plan,” Mr. Fast said in a statement.
Canada has a large tech sector, with exports of nearly $30-billion a year worth of information technology, but relatively little of it goes to China.
Executives of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. will be on the trip, along with officials of numerous smaller Canadian tech companies, according to federal officials. Mr. Fast is also due to make stops in Japan and Hong Kong during the April 7-12 visit.
Even the food and beverage business is now opening doors in China. Pillitteri Estates, a small family-owned winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., is ramping up its sales there, said Richard Slingerland, manager of business development.
Pillitteri exports about 35 per cent of its products, and of that, 70 per cent goes to China, mainly pricey ice wine, but also some red wine.
There is a huge market for luxury goods in China, and even small Canadian companies can do well if they focus on “super premium” products, Mr. Slingerland said. Indeed, Pillitteri went to China after it noticed that Chinese customers were the biggest buyers of premium products at its Canadian retail outlets.
There are still many hurdles in China, Mr. Slingerland pointed out, including counterfeit products – something his company had to deal with. It is also crucial to do thorough due diligence about customers when they are half way around the world, he said.
Canada’s trade with China is destined to increase both because the country is growing so fast and because the countries’ main products complement each other, Mr. Ciuriak said. “We’re very natural trading partners.”
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