Canadian Commercial Corporation

The Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) is a crown corporation of the Government of Canada that facilitates Canadian exports by negotiating and executing government-to-government (G2G) contracts. [ [http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=CCC&type-typ=&lang=eng Governor in Council Appointments] ] The CCC was created by the 1946 Canadian Commercial Corporation Act, [ [http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/ShowFullDoc/cs/c-14///en Canadian Commercial Corporation Act] ] and is mandated “to assist in the development of trade between Canada and other nations and to assist persons in Canada to dispose of goods and commodities that are available for export from Canada”. [ [http://www.infosource.gc.ca/inst/ccc/fed01_e.asp InfoSource: Canadian Commercial Corporation] ] In 2007, the CCC won an award for excellence in electronic client relationship management, presented by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. [ [http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/reports-rapports/cc-se/2007/cc-se05-eng.asp Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat: Crown Corporations and Other Corporate Interests of Canada 2007] ]

Role of CCC

The CCC does not provide financing for international business deals (this is handled by Export Development Canada); instead, the CCC facilitates back-to-back contracts, signing one contract with a Canadian exporter, and another with a foreign government buyer. [ [http://www.ccc.ca/eng/bus_forExporters_sovereignContract.cfm Service Offerings - Prime Contractor Service] ] This gives the foreign buyer the security of contracting directly with the Government of Canada, while allowing the exporter access to contracts they would not otherwise be well-known enough to win. [ [http://www.canadabusiness.ca/servlet/ContentServer?cid=1081945317525&lang=en&pagename=CBSC_AB%2Fdisplay&c=Mandate_Mandat The Business Link: Canadian Commercial Corporation, Mandate] ] All liability for the performance of the contract is passed on to the Canadian company.

Contracting with the U.S. Department of Defense

The U.S. Federal Acquisition Regulations require that all American defence-related purchases from Canada valued over $100,000 must be facilitated by the CCC. [ [http://www.ccc.ca/eng/bus_forExporters_DoD.cfm Selling to U.S. DoD] ] [ [http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/dfars/dfars225.htm DFARS 225] ]

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of the CCC is made up of 11 members: [ [http://www.ccc.ca/eng/abo_governance_boardOfDirectors.cfm About CCC: Board of Directors] ] [ [http://www.davidemersonmp.ca/EN/3170/65640 Minister Emerson Announces Appointments to the Canadian Commercial Corporation Board of Directors] ]
*Alan R. Curleigh
*Martine Corriveau-Gougeon
*Robert Kay
*Dan Ross
*Andrew Saxton
*Sam Shaw
*Stephen Sorocky
*Ken Sunquist
*Norman A. Turnbull, CA
*Peter M. Wright
*Marc Whittingham

References

External links

* [http://www.ccc.ca/index.html Canadian Commercial Corporation homepage]
* [http://acquisition.gov/far/index.html U.S. Federal Acquisition Regulation]