ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Canada will hold a trade dialogue today (Monday), aimed at promoting bilateral trade between the two countries, to its true potential, a statement from Ottawa declared. Commerce Minister Pervaiz Malik, visiting at the invitation of his Canadian counterpart, is scheduled to meet with International Trade Minister Francois-Philippe Champaigne, to discuss all trade related issues. The current volume of bilateral trade has increased by 133 percent during the last three years from $732 million in 2013 to $1.8 billion during the last year. Both sides recognise that there exists a huge potential for enhancing the existing bilateral trade. Besides meetings with Canadian Minister of Agriculture Lawrence MacAulay and Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen, at Ottawa, the commerce minister is also expected to meet with the Canadian investors and businessmen at Montreal and Ontario Chamber of Commerce at Toronto. He will also interact with the Canadian media. Published in Daily Times, February 12th 2018.