<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>CME News</title><description>Canadian Manufacturers &amp; Exporters RSS Feed</description><link>http://www.cme-mec.ca/</link><item><title><![CDATA[CME supports government changes to EI program]]></title><description><![CDATA[

Retooling Canada’s Employment Insurance (EI) program is essential for manufacturers looking to attract and retain skilled workers, according to...]]></description><link>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=429ET-ZAA45-VBWZG</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><guid>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=429ET-ZAA45-VBWZG</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manufacturing sales rebound]]></title><description><![CDATA[In March, Canadian manufacturing sales posted the largest increase in nine months.
Sales increased 1.9 per cent to $49.7 billion, the largest incr...]]></description><link>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=G5R3N-29FNB-XHVGG</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><guid>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=G5R3N-29FNB-XHVGG</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Economy grows at a slower rate in 2011]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canadian GDP was up in 2011, but not as much as 2010.
Thanks to oil and mineral exploration, the Northwest Territories, Alberta, Saskatchewan, the...]]></description><link>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=D62ZE-AERS9-VV9KL</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><guid>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=D62ZE-AERS9-VV9KL</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian companies ramp up spending plans]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada's reputation as the international nice guy may take a hit this year, according to a global survey off chief financial officers.
The survey ...]]></description><link>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=9CWMT-NIZWT-EJ5QY</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><guid>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=9CWMT-NIZWT-EJ5QY</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New drug plant gets USFDA approval]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bristol-Myers Squibb Company has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to start producing a new rheumatoid arthritis medicatio...]]></description><link>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=DTH1F-YSSBV-T1ZQG</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><guid>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=DTH1F-YSSBV-T1ZQG</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smartphones to become new currency?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Banks and mobile phone companies plan to take the paperless society to the next step.The Canadian Bankers Association released new standards May 14...]]></description><link>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=HPYVI-LU49S-KPI11</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><guid>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=HPYVI-LU49S-KPI11</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Olymel cooks up job plan after Princeville fire]]></title><description><![CDATA[Olymel is looking at other ways to bring home the bacon after a fire at its Princeville, Que. processing plant.
The company announced May 14 that ...]]></description><link>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=XXIHS-RMPY2-W2TSY</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><guid>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=XXIHS-RMPY2-W2TSY</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seeking British Columbia’s top exporters: Call for nominations kick-starts the 30th anniversary of the BC Export Awards]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) and the British Columbia Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation are proud to announce the 30th anniversa...]]></description><link>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=ZKFE9-Q66KA-UJW5G</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><guid>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=ZKFE9-Q66KA-UJW5G</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canon considers fully automating camera production]]></title><description><![CDATA[Camera maker Canon Inc.'s snapshot of the future includes building cameras without human workers.
To help counter the high cost of the Yen, the el...]]></description><link>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=3JUKS-Z9XZW-R7IN9</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><guid>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=3JUKS-Z9XZW-R7IN9</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BC needs competitive tax plan to create jobs,  drive growth in uncertain economic times: CME]]></title><description><![CDATA[British Columbia needs to expedite the adoption of a globally competitive tax regime to transform economic opportunity into good jobs, business gro...]]></description><link>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=QUTIQ-YNEMN-4NB38</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><guid>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=QUTIQ-YNEMN-4NB38</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jobless rate edges up]]></title><description><![CDATA[While more people found work in April, more job hunters on the lookout increased Canada's jobless rate.
The number of people working increased 58,...]]></description><link>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=6MD6C-H2G1L-J3PU6</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><guid>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=6MD6C-H2G1L-J3PU6</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[International Trade Minister Ed Fast Highlights Benefits of Canada-EU Trade Agreement to Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters]]></title><description><![CDATA[May 11, 2012 - The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, today met with members of the Bri...]]></description><link>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=45K48-ZBD9Q-AGQEM</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><guid>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=45K48-ZBD9Q-AGQEM</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despite lower prices, trade balance grows]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fewer energy exports fuelled a decline in Canada's trade numbers in March.
Lower energy prices dropped the country's overall merchandise exports b...]]></description><link>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=1IUNE-SYSQM-R5X78</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><guid>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=1IUNE-SYSQM-R5X78</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skilled labour shortage worries oil and gas industry]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada's oil and gas industry has identified finding enough skilled labour as its biggest challenge for 2012.
A recent worldwide survey of oil and...]]></description><link>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=H5BW9-RGD7N-6SVUY</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><guid>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=H5BW9-RGD7N-6SVUY</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TPP: What it is and why it matters]]></title><description><![CDATA[This article first appeared in the March-April edition of 20/20 magazine.
By James Careless
Like NAFTA, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is an...]]></description><link>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=N3AH6-WU7K5-K3A3I</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><guid>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=N3AH6-WU7K5-K3A3I</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian execs start thinking acquisition]]></title><description><![CDATA[Half of all Canadian execs have acquisition on the mind this year.
A new Ernst & Young survey says 48 per cent of Canadian executives expect to pu...]]></description><link>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=3GYNE-SHRCD-AN7DW</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><guid>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=3GYNE-SHRCD-AN7DW</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU using bad numbers, Alberta Energy says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alberta Energy says the European Union has it all wrong.
A planned punitive rating for crude oils on the high side of greenhouse gas emissions - f...]]></description><link>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=1U65C-4X4PG-GRV9E</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><guid>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=1U65C-4X4PG-GRV9E</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario considers more money for automakers]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Ontario government may spend more on the province's auto industry to meet growing demand for vehicles from the Detroit Three automakers.
Premi...]]></description><link>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=N6RBL-T9CXY-WPV19</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><guid>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=N6RBL-T9CXY-WPV19</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Changes to the SR&ED tax credit will hurt Canadian manufacturing most, says coalition]]></title><description><![CDATA[Forty-seven national industry groups representing more than 100,000 companies from across Canada are calling on the federal government to step back...]]></description><link>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=RU437-M7XV3-QZ9HB</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><guid>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=RU437-M7XV3-QZ9HB</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Food exports hit new highs]]></title><description><![CDATA[With record levels of food exports last year as a backdrop, the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance marked 15 years in business May 8.
Canadian farm...]]></description><link>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=B5793-S7EXS-DYM7I</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><guid>http://www.cme-mec.ca/?action=show&amp;lid=JCKNC-E742G-1W6JA&amp;comaction=show&amp;cid=B5793-S7EXS-DYM7I</guid></item></channel></rss>




