Kwinter To Promote Ontario To The World
November 7, 2007 4:42 PM
Premier Appoints Monte Kwinter As Chair Of The Ontario Investment And Trade Advisory Council, Parliamentary Assistant For Investment And Trade
"We're an activist government and the challenges facing Ontario in an increasingly competitive global economy require us to do even more to attract investment and opportunity — there is simply no one better equipped to lead our efforts than Monte Kwinter," said Premier McGuinty.
Kwinter will chair the Ontario Investment and Trade Advisory Council, where he will support the government's efforts to boost Ontario's prosperity through greater investment and exports. These efforts will help strengthen and diversify Ontario's markets and build on our strengths as an economically and culturally diverse province.
"I'm excited at the opportunity to share Ontario's great economic story with the world and help build opportunity here at home for Ontario families," said Kwinter. "We're going to make sure the world knows that nobody works harder or smarter than Ontarians, and that there is no better place to do business."
Kwinter has served the people of Ontario for over 20 years as a member of the Ontario legislature. He has been Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations, Minister of Financial Institutions, Minister of Industry, Trade and Technology and Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services.
He was president of a trading company that did business in Mexico, China and various republics of the former Soviet Union. He holds a bachelor of fine arts degree, an honourary master of international business degree and an honourary doctor of laws degree.
Kwinter also has a long record of community service. He served as chair of the Toronto Harbour Commission, vice president of the Ontario College of Art, founding president of the Toronto Regional Council of B'nai Brith and chair of the International Advisory Board, Bishkek International School of Management and Business.
Kwinter was also appointed as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Economic Development and Trade, with responsibility for investment and trade.
"I look forward to working with Monte and know that all Ontarians will benefit from his great expertise in global trade and investment," said Minister of Economic Development and Trade Sandra Pupatello.
"I have the utmost confidence in Monte — in his passion for public service, in his vast experience, in his exceptional work ethic and, above all, in his devotion to the hard-working families of this province and moving us all forward, together," said Premier McGuinty. "We are a better province for his years of service — and we will be an even stronger province in the future as he assumes his new leadership role."
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