Trinidad and Tobago and Canada sign agreements

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - The Governments of Trinidad and Tobago and Canada have agreed to co-host a CARICOM Public-Private Partnerships Seminar and business-to-business meetings in Port-of-Spain later this year. The agreement was reached following discussions held in Ottawa on Thursday between Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar who is on a four day official visit to Canada. The seminar will bring together representatives from government, the private sector, international financial institutions and multilateral development banks from Canada, Trinidad and Tobago, the broader CARICOM and international community to share best practices in this field and how they can be applied further in their jurisdictions.