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Business Development Branch
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Ontario. Domestic Marketing Branch
Ontario. Ministry of Industry and Trade. Business Development Branch
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The Business Development Branch appears to have been created in late 1983 or early 1984, within the Ontario Ministry of Industry and Trade, and was known for the first year as the Domestic Marketing Branch. It assumed many of the functions of the Innovation and Product Development Branch.
It formed part of the Industry Division at creation, and consisted of the Product Development Section, the Technology Development Section, the Film and Video Office and the Office of Procurement Policy. By 1986, it was divided into three sections: the Market Development Section (assistance with market opportunities); Industrial Products Section (assistance with emerging business opportunities for new products); and Institutional Products and Procurement Section (assistance with opportunities to obtain Ontario government contracts, and increasing the Ontario content of those contracts).
In November 1986, the Business Development Branch became part of the new Small Business, Services and Capital Projects Division.
In 1990, the Business Development Branch and the Investment and Regional Operations Branch were merged to form the Domestic Industry Support Branch.
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The Business Development Branch of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Technology improved the competitiveness of Ontario's existing manufacturing base by supporting the development of new products, processes and services. It also promoted import replacement with Canadian-made goods, joint-ventures and licensing opportunities, and Ontario's film and video industry.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Archives of Ontario. Inventory 9 - Records of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (February 1997)
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Agency not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24
Archivist(s):
B. Krawczyk, R. Anger