Published by Chester Robards, The Nassau Guardian, February 28th, 2025
The Bahamas/Canada trade mission conference kicked off today, with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Investments and Aviation Chester Cooper contending that common interests will deepen the trade ties between the two countries.
The trade mission attracted 18 companies from Canada, representing five different sectors, to meet with Bahamian business people in an effort to deepen trade ties and expand Canadian products and services locally.
Meetings between companies kicked off even before the official start of the trade conference, with Canadian companies carrying out projects with government agencies like the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Sciences Institute (BAMSI).
Cooper said the trade mission will strengthen the relationship between The Bahamas and Canada.
“There is a strong, progressive, civilized partnership of mutual respect with Canada,” said Cooper.
“This initiative helped to advance that. I believe that relations will always be stronger where there are common interests, and specifically common interests in business and trade.
“And therefore it is important that we continue the collaboration, and have more business-to-business opportunities. I think this is significant for the advancement of the relationship, but also for new industries for The Bahamas, in regard to technology and innovation, and also in terms of advancing some of the things we’ve already started to do.”
Cooper explained that the development of the Innovate242 tech hub initiative on Grand Bahama was the result of a visit to a tech hub in Ottawa. He added that the government continues to work toward Grand Bahama being a tech hub of the region.
“We hope to advance a tech fund, and we’re looking to see how we can advance Grand Bahama as one of the tech hubs, as we build tech campuses across The Bahamas,” said Cooper.
“Much of this is aspirational, but we want to ensure that we are building capacity, and we are building ecosystems to ensure that tech businesses in The Bahamas can thrive.”
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