Ildar Khalikov and Tatarstan businessmen arrive in Canada
12 March 2014, Wednesday
On March 11-13 during his working trip to Canada, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov will visit Montreal high technology park, where headquarters and research units of 30 companies are located.
Most state-of-the-art projects developed by Quebecois and foreign companies are being implemented at high technology park.
Ildar Khalikov will also visit Bombardier (world’s largest manufacturer of business and regional jets), and Pratt & Whitney (American manufacturer of aircraft engines and military aircrafts) plants.
On March 13 Tatarstan delegation will head for Toronto (Ontario province), where the investment potential of Tatarstan will be presented at CERBA (Canada Eurasia and Russia Business Association) office, and the meeting with Tatars living in Canada will be held.
In the afternoon Tatarstan delegation will visit MaRS Discovery District and University of Toronto.
Ildar Khalikov will also hold several business meetings.
Minister of Health Adel Vafin, Minister of Transport and Roads Lenar Safin, Chief Executive of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Linar Yakupov, trade and economic representative of the Republic of Tatarstan under Trade Representative Office of Russia in the United States Ravil Nigmedzyanov are on the delegation.
On March 10, the third meeting of the organizing committee on preparation and holding of the 20th anniversary Russian Venture Forum 2026 to be held in Kazan from April 8 to 10, chaired by Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov and with participation of Tatarstan Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan and co-chair of the forum’s organizing committee Aleksey Pesoshin, President of the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan Rifkat Minnikhanov, Director of the Investment and Venture Fund of Tatarstan Damir Galiev as well as representatives of federal and regional authorities, development institutions and partner organizations via videoconference, took place.
On 10 March, speaking at a briefing dedicated to the development of the national Max messenger in Tatarstan and held in the Government House of the republic with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Digitalization of Public Administration, Information Technologies and Communication of the republic Ilya Nachvin informed that according to the data of March 2026 about 1.5m residents of Tatarstan use domestic Max messenger.
On 5 February Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in ceremony of awarding winners of the regional competition “The Woman of the Year. The Man of the Year: A Woman’s View” held at the Korston Leisure and Recreation Center in Kazan.
On 4 March at a briefing in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Minister of Land and Property Relation Fanil Agliullin told about changes in land legislation enforced from 1 March of the current year. He said that they simplify a number of procedures for land plot owners including expanding the possibilities for land use and changing the rules for changing the category of a plot.
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