Delta Chamber of Commerce

Event sponsored, with our thanks, by Envision Financial

At the top of the list of 10 ways Canada needs to become more competitive is Jobs, according to our Canadian Chamber of Commerce.

Tourism is an important industry in BC. Could Delta be doing more to promote tourism in this community? What advice and support programs are offered by the provincial government for tourism. What is being done outside the province and the country to promote tourism?

Why is Innovation so important to small and medium sized businesses? What is it? What is the full scope of innovation and how does the government encourage and support it? What can businesses do to develop and gain support for innovation through their strategy and operations?

Join Minister of Jobs Tourism and Innovation the Honourable Pat Bell, MLA at breakfast to learn more about business and provincial government policy and programs related to these major business themes

Minister of Jobs Tourism and Innovation Hon. Pat Bell, MLA

Pat Bell was appointed Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation on March 14, 2011. He was re-elected for a third term as MLA for Prince George-Mackenzie in 2009.

Pat has previously served as Minister of Forests, Mines and Lands, Minister of Forests and Range, Minister of Agriculture and Lands and as Minister of State for Mining.

He has served on the Government Caucus Committee on Natural Resources and B.C. Task Force on Mining, and as chair of the Small Scale Salvage Review Committee. Pat has also served on the Legislative Select Standing Committees on Education and Crown Corporations.

Prior to becoming an MLA, Pat owned a trucking company and co-owned a logging company. He also worked in the hospitality sector as a small business owner and at the corporate level for more than 30 years and currently owns two restaurants.

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