En 2007, notre gouvernement a adopté une stratégie commerciale mondiale afin de trouver des marchés étrangers que le Canada devrait pénétrer ou conquérir davantage. Il fallait préciser comment saisir ces occasions internationales, qui pourraient contribuer à notre croissance économique et à la prospérité à long terme chez nous, au Canada.
In 2007, our government embarked and implemented the Global Commerce Strategy which was focused on identifying the markets in the world that Canada should be engaged in where we were not sufficiently engaged, and to flesh out a strategy for taking advantage of those opportunities that exist in the world that can contribute to economic growth and long-term prosperity here at home in Canada.