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Ottawa, August 23, 2010: Mr. John A. Manzoni, president and chief executive officer, Talisman Energy Inc., will be this year’s recipient of the Canadian International Executive of the Year Award presented by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Canada’s largest business association, on November 25 in Calgary.

“Energy is one of Canada’s greatest assets, and our Canadian energy companies are important ambassadors,” said Perrin Beatty, President and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. “Under the leadership of John Manzoni, Talisman is certainly a foremost ambassador not only for the energy sector, but for Canadian business.”

Ottawa, August 10, 2010: Today, Canada’s largest business association released a report calling for businesses to act quickly to grab a share of the global market before we get left behind.

According to the report, entitled Canadian Businesses Go Global For Growth, projections suggest the global economic balance of power will continue to transition toward developing countries, and their share of global trade will increase further. These trends present new challenges and opportunities.

Ottawa, July 13, 2010: Today, Canada’s largest business association released the second in a series of reports calling for ways that the energy sector can bolster Canadian prosperity.

Energy is Canada’s strategic advantage and encouraging the development of the energy sector and its entire value chain will leverage its vast resource base, providing even greater benefits for all Canadians-more jobs, more investment and more tax revenues that can be used to pay for Canadian social programs and other government priorities. A long-range, inclusive Canadian Sustainable Energy Strategy would allow the energy sector to develop sustainable industries-including chemical manufacturing, carbon capture and storage, resource upgrading, advanced nuclear manufacturing and the manufacturing of energy production parts and equipment-farther up the value chain.

Ottawa, July 6, 2010: In a special report released today, the voice of Canadian business is calling for stronger economic ties with China.

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s report, Canada-China: Building a strong economic partnership, asks whether we, in politics, business and society at large, have maximized the Canada-China economic partnership. China is due to become the world’s second largest economy this year, with markets representing 1.3 billion increasingly sophisticated consumers and deep pools of capital.

“Our extensive research and discussions with our members and Canadian thought leaders convince us that now is the time for both governments and the business community to reinforce efforts to realize the economic potential of Canada-China ties,” states Perrin Beatty, President and CEO of the Canadian Chamber.

Ottawa, 29 June 2010 - Continuing a long tradition of providing the global trading community with the most up-to-date trade tools, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is preparing to launch the Incoterms® 2010 rules in September. ICC is represented in Canada by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, namely ICC Canada.

Today, ICC Canada has announced it is now accepting pre-orders for the revised Incoterms rules, which will come into effect on 1 January 2011.