Ambassador Garcia poses for a photo with the officers of QCPCBT prior to taking their oath; and Second Secretary Jeffrey Salik makes a brief presentation on how to set-up a business in the Province of Quebec.

08 May 2018, Ottawa. The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa successfully conducted an Information Session on Entrepreneurship on 08 May 2018 at the Chancery. The session was attended by the leaders of the Quebec Council on Philippines-Canada Business and Trade (QCPCBT), a Filipino community organization established in 2014 and based in Montreal. QCPCBT’s president, Ms. Remedios Monteagudo, currently leads the group, which has more than 20 members.

Second Secretary Jeffrey Salik made a brief presentation on the important steps in establishing a business in Quebec – from deciding on the nature of their business, choosing their target market, inviting and attracting investors, planning their finances, designing sales and marketing programs, hiring people, to registering their business to obtain permits and establish legal presence.

The Information Session is part of a series of Entrepreneurship Seminars being conducted by the Philippine Embassy in Ottawa to cultivate entrepreneurial sprit among the Filipino Diaspora in Canada. The Embassy recently held a similar session last month in Charlottetown, PEI and Moncton, NB.

Based on the 2016 Canada Census, there were 37,910 Filipinos in Quebec, almost 95% of whom are living and working in Montreal. END