The Bilateral—A CCBC Podcast
The Bilateral is designed to shed light on issues of interest to the Canada-China business community, to highlight some of the interesting work CCBC’s members are doing, and to help our Canadian audience better understand what is happening in China today from a business perspective.
Episodes
26 episodes
#24 | 2022 Business Excellence Award Winner: Moxiu Law
In this episode of The Bilateral, we hear from Paul Moysiuk, founder of Moxiu Law. Mr. Moysiuk is a Shanghai-based Canadian lawyer who specializes in helping international clients establish, operate, and grow their businesses in China....
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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32:50
#23 | 2022 Business Excellence Award Winner: Brookfield Asset Management
In this episode of The Bilateral, we hear from Stuart Mercier, former Managing Partner of Strategic Initiatives, Real Estate at Brookfield Asset Management and a member of the CCBC Board of Directors. Brookfield was a Gold Award winner...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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21:57
#22 | Cognitive Empathy: The Importance of Understanding Both Perspectives in Canada-China Relations
In this episode of The Bilateral, we explore cognitive empathy — understanding how the other side thinks — in Canada-China business relations. We've seen how strained bilateral relations and limited government interactions have led to ...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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53:09
#21 | Mastering IP Protection and Data Regulations in China, Part 2 with Brent Arnold of Gowling WLG
In this second episode of a two-part series exploring the intricacies of intellectual property (IP) protection amidst China's evolving digital landscape, we hear from Brent Arnold, Partner, at Gowling WLG. Brent will provide an overview of new ...
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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32:46
#20 | Mastering IP Protection and Data Regulations in China, Part 1 with Jason Yang of Gowling WLG
In this first episode of a two-part series exploring the intricacies of intellectual property (IP) protection amidst China's evolving digital landscape, we hear from Jason Yang, Associate, Patent Agent, at Gowling WLG. Jason will guide us throu...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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33:17
The Bilateral, Season 2 Trailer
Welcome back, Bilateral listeners! Get ready for Season 2 of The Bilateral with Sarah Kutulakos and our new co-host, David Perez-Des Rosiers. David is moving from Quebec, Canada, to Beijing, China, next week and we're looking ...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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5:56
#19 | Vivian Desmonts of Gowling WLG on China Post-COVID, and Data and IP Protection
The Bilateral is proud to present its first-ever podcast episode in French. We are excited to welcome Vivian Desmonts, a Partner at Gowling WLG, who joins us from Guangzhou to discuss his extensive experience as a lawyer in China spann...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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38:11
#18 | 2020 Business Excellence Award Winners Miniseries: WPIC Marketing + Technologies
The Bilateral is delighted to welcome Jacob Cooke, Co-Founder and CEO of WPIC Marketing + Technologies, who joins us in Beijing to discuss his nearly 20 years as an entrepreneur in China. WPIC won Gold in the Exceptional SME category. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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39:16
#17 | 2020 Business Excellence Award Winners Miniseries: Trustiics
Our next episode in the awards miniseries is with Tianpeng WANG, Founder of Trustiics RealTime Global Counsel, Silver winner in the Exceptional SME category. Trustiics, which is kind of like Uber for legal services, helps SMEs affordably naviga...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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44:01
#16 | 2020 Business Excellence Award Winners Miniseries: Bright Mega
The latest in our awards miniseries is Bright Mega Capital Corporation, Bronze winner in the Outstanding Member category. This episode features Sarah’s conversation with Bright Mega’s president, Toronto-based Bernard HE Jun, who describes the u...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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30:48
#15 | Callum Douglas of PwC and China’s ESG Landscape
China is on a globally unprecedented mission: to green its economy, to broadly increase quality of life for its citizens, and to create a sophisticated, fair and modern market for business. At the macro level, these goals would inspire increase...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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26:29
#14 | Miniseries: China’s 14th Five-Year Plan - Part 3
To wrap up our three-part miniseries on the 14th Five-Year Plan, CCBC Managing Director China Noah Fraser interviews his counterparts at the US-China Business Council (USCBC) and China Britain Business Council (CBBC) — Matt Margulies, Senior Vi...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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52:01
#13 | 2020 Business Excellence Award Winners Miniseries: Viva Naturals
Next in our awards miniseries is Viva Naturals, Silver winner in the Outstanding Member category. This episode features Sarah Kutulakos’ conversation with Candice Yin, who handles China e-commerce for Viva Naturals, a Toronto-based provider of ...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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15:02
#12 | 2020 Business Excellence Award Winners Miniseries: Canada Goose
Next in our Business Excellence Awards miniseries is Canada Goose, Gold winner in the Outstanding Member category. This episode features a conversation between CCBC Vice Chair Scott Brison and Dani Reiss, President and CEO of Canada Goose, at C...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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44:12
#11 | 2020 Business Excellence Award Winners Miniseries: SinoSports Development
Radley Mackenzie is the founder of SinoSports Development in Toronto, which received the Bronze Award in the education category at CCBC’s 2020 Business Excellence Awards. SinoSports combines education and sports, arranging camps, coaching...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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27:58
#10 | 5 at 50 Winners Miniseries: Alumni Category Winner Cyndi McLeod
Cyndi McLeod, CEO, Canada, for Global University Systems, was CCBC’s 5 at 50 winner in the Alumni category. Cyndi is an expert in strategic international partnerships and international education, and she has worked in both public and private ed...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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39:48
#9 | 5 at 50 Winners Miniseries: Entrepreneur Joe Ng
Joe Ng, Founder and Chairman of The JNE Group of Companies, is a winner in CCBC’s 5 at 50 Entrepreneurs category. He founded Joe Ng Engineering in 1980, offering engineering design and consulting services to large steel companies in North Am...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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46:19
#8 | 5 at 50 Winners Miniseries: Entrepreneur Ron Ball
Ron Ball is a winner in CCBC’s 5 at 50 Entrepreneurs category. Now retired, Ron founded the Escalator Handrail Company, later renamed EHC Global, in 1977 in Oshawa, ON, with only one employee, and his success sets a great example of how dedicat...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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30:59
#7 | 5 at 50 Winners Miniseries: Immigrant Category Winner Jennifer Fang
Jennifer Fang, Managing Partner, Highnoon Capital & Consulting Inc, is CCBC’s 5 at 50 winner in the Immigrant category. Jennifer has long and deep business experience helping multinationals in China (GM, JP Morgan & Chase, BMO, PwC), an...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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44:44
#6 | 5 at 50 Winners Miniseries: Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Jack Austin
Hon. Jack Austin is the Lifetime Achievement Award winner in CCBC’s 5 at 50 initiative. Jack’s nomination describes him as “likely the longest serving person in both public and private life in building Canada’s modern relationship to China,” ac...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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47:54
#5 | 5 at 50 Winners Miniseries: Women’s Category Winner Ching TIEN
Ching TIEN received CCBC’s 5 at 50 award in the Women’s category. Ching is the founder of Educating Girls of Rural China, a charity with the philosophy that educating women is the fundamental way to alleviate poverty and make better societie...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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36:28
#4 | 5 at 50 Winners Miniseries: Relationship Builder Howard Balloch
Howard Balloch received CCBC’s 5 at 50 award in the Relationship Builders category. Howard was Canada’s longest-serving ambassador to China, and then he shifted to a business career in Beijing. He has been in the middle of the political a...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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51:14
#3 | Miniseries: China’s 14th Five-Year Plan - Part 2
In Part 2 of a three-part miniseries on China’s 14th Five-Year Plan (FYP), CCBC Managing Director China Noah Fraser interviews Trey McArver, the co-founder and partner on politics at Trivium China, one of China’s most sought-after boutique poli...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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39:07
#2 | Miniseries: China’s 14th Five-Year Plan - Part 1
In Part 1 of a three-part miniseries on China's recently released 14th Five-Year Plan, CCBC Managing Director China Noah Fraser sits down with Alfredo Montufar-Helu, Director, Beijing of the Economist Corporate Network. In a macroeconomic clini...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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56:42
#1 | John Stackhouse and the value of Canada’s expat community
In this episode of The Bilateral, we hear from John Stackhouse, author and Senior VP, Office of the CEO, RBC, and his views on the value of Canada’s expat community beyond the “Great White North.” In his recently released book, Planet Canad...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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58:49