Halifax is Canada’s Atlantic Gateway for Ukraine

On April 16, 2008, several senior executives of the Canada Ukraine Chamber of Commerce met in Toronto with Mr. Fred Morley, Executive Vice President of the Greater Halifax Partnership in a step to complete their negotiations toward signing a Memorandum of Understanding. Mr. Morley has visited Ukraine and has identified a number of business opportunities and recognizes the advantages possible in working with an organization such as the CUCC. Together, the two organizations intend to maximize opportunities between Halifax and Ukraine by identifying and developing bilateral relationships in trade and investment that would benefit Ukraine and the business community in Atlantic Canada and Canada, in general. Both parties agreed that, with their cooperative efforts, the Port of Halifax is to be promoted as the Atlantic Gateway to Canada and become a major trading/transportation hub between Canada and key Ukrainian ports.

The meeting with Mr. Morley was attended by the Consul General of Ukraine in Toronto, Oleksandr Danyleiko, Zenon Potichny, President of the CUCC, along with his colleagues John Iwaniura, Bohdan Myndiuk, Les Salnick, Taras Pidzamecky and Bohdan Leschuk.

As a result of their discussions, both the Greater Halifax Partnership and the Canada Ukraine Chamber of Commerce have resolved to begin their cooperative efforts as soon as possible with the formal signing of the agreement in the near future.