Chief Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Canada's new Trade office in Ahmedabad yesterday.

“Gujarat will be a platform to strengthen the economic ties between Canada and the people of Gujarat”, Canadian Minister for International Trade Stockwell Day mentioned on the occasion. Opening of this trade office will help to tap the bilateral business potential in Gujarat.

With this trade office a new chapter of Gujarat-Canada economic cooperation has began, the Chief Minsiter said.

"The opening of a trade office in Gujarat is great news for Canadian companies looking for business with India's fastest growing state," said Hemant Shah, MD of Winnipeg-based Aviation Company, who is building a Rs 60-crore aviation park near Vadodara.