Doing Business in Canada
A Case for Expansion
Direct Selling in Canada is a $2.2 billion industry that provides an ideal market to test your international capabilities and strategies. Canada has a stable economy, a well-established direct selling market with positive consumer acceptance of the channel, and a strong, well-respected, effective DSA. Forty-two percent of Canadian consumers (more than 14 million) count on the direct selling industry to deliver a wide range of products and services. Canada’s population is projected to grow by more than 350,000 annually translating into 150,000 new consumers every year.
Seminar cost: $250
Register for this pre-Summit seminar by adding it to your U.S. DSA Global Regulatory Summit registration.
If you have questions about this pre-Summit seminar, please contact the DSA Canada for more information.
Seminar Agenda
| 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. | Welcome & Overview—DSA of Canada
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| 8:15 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. | Canada—A Receptive Market for Direct Selling
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| 8:45 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | Keys to Launching a Successful Business in Canada—A Case Study Bobbie Creber, Managing Director, lia sophia Canada LP |
| 9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | PART I: Establishing a Canadian Identity Corporate Structure Strategies Jack Millar, Senior Partner, Millar Kreklewetz LLP |
| 10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | PART II: Establishing a Canadian Identity What Companies Should Know About Canadian Tax Law Rob Kreklewetz, Partner, Millar Kreklewetz LLP |
| 11:30 a.m. – Noon | Open Discussion |
| Noon – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch & Guest Speaker |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. | Canada's Competition Act: Model Legislation for Multilevel Marketing Plans & Schemes of Pyramid Selling Judson Whiteside, Senior Partner Miller Thomson, Barristers & Solicitors LLP |
| 1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Provincial Direct Selling Legislation Eamonn Flaherty, Partner, Miller Thomson, Barristers & Solicitors LLP |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Legal Requirements and Successful Strategies for Entering the Quebec Market Robert Brouillette, Founder, Brouillette & Partners LLP |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Vital Legal Update for Anyone Doing Business in Canada
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| 3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Networking Break |
| 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | What You Need to Know to Sell Nutritional Supplements, Cosmetics, Food and Drugs in Canada Lewis Retik, Partner, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP |
| 5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Open Discussion & Close |
| 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | Networking Reception at the Embassy of Canada RSVP required for Security reasons. Invitation is non-transferable (registered conference attendees only). Your name must appear on guest list to attend. Government issued photo i.d. required to enter Embassy. |