The federal government will launch a “strategic exports office” aimed at helping Canadian businesses land lucrative foreign contracts as Ottawa looks to diversify trade beyond the United States, International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu announced on Thursday.
The office will be an arm of the federal government that will help Canadian businesses and government officials be “better coordinated,” he said.
“We are launching Canada’s first-ever strategic exports office, working side by side to help our best companies win the biggest contracts in the toughest markets around the world,” Sidhu said.
“Think of the strategic exports office as your government-level dealmaker. It brings strategic advocacy, government financing, and diplomatic support together in one place,” he added.
The office will have diplomatic and financial experts, along with “business backing from the industries,” Sidhu said.
The move comes as Canada looks to find more trading partners across the world as it stares down fresh, sweeping 50 per cent tariffs on a wide range of its exports to the United States from U.S. President Donald Trump that could hit the Canadian economy next month.
Earlier this month, Trump signed three executive orders, each one using a different justification for the new tariff: the provincial and territorial boycotts on American alcohol products, Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on U.S.-made vehicles and auto parts, and quotas on American dairy imports under Canada’s supply management system.
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The new tariffs are set to go into effect on Aug. 19.
In October 2025, Prime Minister Mark Carney vowed to double Canada’s non-U.S. exports. Carney said the expansion of international trade beyond the U.S. will generate an additional $300 billion in trade, which will bolster the economy in the face of Trump’s tariffs.
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Diversifying trade will help Canada weather the uncertainty of U.S. tariffs, Sidhu said Thursday.
“If you have one customer buying your product, they will set the price. But if we’re able to open up the market and have more customers, that gives our industry a competitive advantage,” he said.
When asked why Ottawa could not advocate for Canadian businesses with foreign governments with existing government bodies like Export Development Canada, Sidhu said Canada is “losing out on business because we’re not as coordinated as other countries.”
“They (Canadian businesses) would get to the finish line, another state leader would swoop in, a trade minister would swoop in and make a call and billions of dollars of deals would be lost (to competitors),” he said.
The new office would offer “better co-ordination” for businesses looking to get contracts overseas, he said.
Ah yes, government just grew yet another head from Carneys uselessness. Another useless office, more money spent on million dollar salaries and perks etc for the new ceo of the outfit.
PH*CK YOU!
If this isn’t politics, tell me what is?
Now if this isn’t politics, tell me is?
A liberal slush fund haven.
More bureaucrats. That is what we need. Tens of thousands of them, producing nothing and living large on the backs of Canadian workers. Over a decade of Liberal mismanagement and the brain dead still support it.
NAZl TRUMP F*CK OFF
And yet whenever Carney goes to a country on a trade mission, said country then slaps tariffs on Canadian goods before he boards his plane. Here goes more tax dollars that will accomplish nothing!
Create another committee to assess how the other committee is working out and a few more jobs for your buds .
Elbows up clowns 11 years & 1 trillion lost investment from Canada under Trudeau. Carney was his advisor for the last 4 too! Carney was smart enough to move most his assets out of Canada. Go ahead delete the comment Global doesn’t fit your narrative.
Silly candians thinking they’re coming out of this on top lmfao
@John Barbaro It is only visible to those without rose coloured glasses, without blinders, or who don’t bleat when they speak. The El Bozo’s elbows are up then down then up then down, they just don’t see they are all just doing the chicken dance and it looks so comical.
Carney’s answer to Trumps tariffs create more government employees in a new office that won’t achieve nothing. Again in the comments people talking about Trump and not how Carney is doing nothing about the tariffs. When Trump is gone who will Canadians blame for the state of Canadas economy and food prices which is worse than other G7 countries. Dealing with Europe is going to cost businesses a fortune in shipping chargers
More federal government employees that will do nothing, achieve nothing and end up getting huge bonuses. Just like his great plans to build homes faster than ever before seen in Canada. Those who work in that office have done absolutely nothing, achieved nothing and are getting lucrative salaries and benefits on our dime, while average Canadian families struggle with Carney’s food and housing inflation that is out of control.
The reality is how do you trust a corrupt leader, the evidence is quite visible
I honestly think he may need a psychiatric assessment 🤔. His ideas are beyond ludicrous. Why does he continue to be a bully? I think he has childhood trauma and issues that he should deal with. Let’s just get along and love oneanother!!!
They already have a department for this very purpose, the EDC!