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Governents joint work<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWe try to work with delegations from Canada from provinces such as Alberta for education and with Quebec and Montreal for banking for instance,\u201d says Proulx.<\/p>\n He pointed out that with a big number of members of the chamber involved in the education line, there should be more school developers from Canada coming to the Kingdom because the education sector is in need of more schools.<\/p>\n The discussions Proulx says could prove to be a part of the education process for businesses that are not familiar with the region and Cambodia in particular. Canada in the past has aided the Kingdom in building a parliamentary system and the relationship ever since has grown to benefit one another.<\/p>\n During a bilateral meeting between Ministry of Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak and Donica Pottie last year, the Cambodian government had also expressed their efforts to support the textile sector via further exploration of the Canadian market.<\/p>\n The Canadian embassy in return stated that that they will examine the possibilities in aiding Canadian investors to invest in the country for the development of the textile industry and modernising the agriculture sector in the Kingdom.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Challenges ahead<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cMost businesses would want to function in an environment with less risk,\u201d says Proulx, who notes that is usually the general concern of most businesses. However, he goes on to say it\u2019s all about the execution.<\/p>\n A skills gap has been a looming issue among businesses in Cambodia with the need to bring in foreign expertise for certain fields. Proulx, while agreeing on the gap that is existent in the Kingdom, says companies coming in should also understand the landscape and bring in the needed coaching.<\/p>\n Another matter that has been among a concern for Canadian businesses is the unresolved everything but\u00a0 arms trade issue.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is bound to slow down investment and insecurity is bad for business. However that does not prevent Cambodia from having other opportunities,\u201d Proulx says, highlighting the Kingdom as the best place to prototype new ideas.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Clarity needed<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The chamber does, however, point out that clarity is needed for a better process when it comes to registering businesses in the country. Because there is a\u00a0 lot of potential for entities from Canada to make their way here, it is important for new businesses to have guidance from different government authorities.<\/p>\n \u201cOur goal is to bring back the embassy and that will help our work with the Canadian government because next year is going to be a big year in increasing the number of Canadian members in the country ,\u201d the chairman says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As trade relationship grows, more opportunities open up <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"wikimedia\/conti-reisen_de - flickr\/abdallahh\r\n","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":null,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":null,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[695,694],"yoast_head":"\n