EDMONTON: A trade delegation of 228 people — including a Belgian royal — has started a week-long visit to British Columbia and Alberta in an effort to promote Belgian companies and establish ties to other markets, including Asia.
“What we want, and what your government wants too, is to diversify,” said Raoul Delcorde, the country’s ambassador to Canada.
Belgium already invests billions of euros in Canada every year and there’s room to grow, he told media.
“The trade is there, the investment is there. But the opportunities need to be even more explored in Western Canada where we have, perhaps, been less visible.”
That will change this weekend, when the trade mission lands in Vancouver.
