Following a decade of talks between the European Union (EU) and Canada, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement was signed on Feb. 15. The agreement promises to create jobs on both sides of the Atlantic, and give Canadian producers, manufacturers and exporters greater opportunities to export to the EU, a single market made up of 28 countries and 6.9 per cent of the world’s population.

The ways in which mining suppliers generate employment in the mining ecosystem of Canada was showcased in Ottawa today by Canadian Association of Mining Equipment and Services for Export (CAMESE) Managing Director Ryan McEachern.

The industrial sector providing equipment, supplies and services to the global mining industry, generates 68,000 jobs across Ontario, contributing billions to Ontario’s GDP.