By Karin Kloosterman

Ontario Premier, Dalton McGuinty, checks out electric cars in Israel with Shai Agassi, founder of Better Place. Photo Source: The Toronto Star

As Lauren pointed out a couple of weeks ago, Ontario’s Premier Dalton McGuinty was scheduled for a trade mission to Israel later this month.
He and his entourage arrived in Tel [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman

Think of the volume of traffic on the 401 or the 404, or all the energy of taxi cabs and cars on the streets of Toronto. It’s just going to waste. But hopefully not for long: an Israeli company Innowattech has found a way to take the mechanical energy created by cars to [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman

I’ve written about CIIRDF before here and here: the strongest link for industrial cooperation between Israel and Canada. Created 10 years between both countries, the Canada-Israel Industrial Research and Development Foundation (CIIRDF) promotes industrial R&D between Israel and Canada.
Investing domestically, the organization helps Canadian companies find partners in Israel, and with joint [...]

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