OTTAWA, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Canada will provide up to $500
million a year in trade financing to help India's Tata Sons Ltd
TATAS.UL invest in Canada and also to aid Canadian firms doing
business with the company abroad, Ottawa said on Wednesday.
The trade financing agency Export Development Canada (EDC)
said Tata companies had invested more than C$1.3 billion ($990
million) in Canadian operations over the last five years. Tata
employs around 3,000 people in Canada.
"The Tata group is a critical organisation within a key
market for Canada - India - and the financing is a reflection of
Tata's importance to Canadian exporters," EDC chief executive
Benoit Daignault said in a statement.
An EDC spokesman said the agency would decide on a yearly
basis whether to renew the financing facility.
The Tata family includes Tata Communications Ltd TATA.NS ,
Tata Chemicals Ltd TTCH.NS , Tata Steel Ltd TISC.NS , Tata
Global beverages Ltd TAGL.NS , Tata Power Company Ltd TTPW.NS
and Indian Hotels Company Ltd IHTL.NS .
($1=$1.31 Canadian)