Member Benefits
Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) is committed to helping our members save money. Our Member Service Program offers our members the best products and services at the best prices.
BDO: Discount on SR&ED Services
Whether developing or improving new products, working to reduce environmental impact, or creating the next technology, BDO’s Government Incentives practice helps clients access federal and provincial tax refunds or credits. Our highly experienced team informed by deep industry knowledge, including engineers and scientists, mentors clients to ensure they meet program requirements, file the necessary forms and reports, and ultimately improve the chance of success with the SR&ED program. We are dedicated to helping Canadian manufacturing businesses succeed and are pleased to offer a 10% discount on the base fee of SR&ED services to new clients who are CME members. For more information, contact: Western Canada: David Spicer, Partner at dspicer@bdo.ca, 604-443-4714 Pest Patel, Partner at ppatel@bdo.ca, 403-205-5768 Central Canada: David Douglas, Partner at ddouglas@bdo.ca, 416-865-0200 GTA: Paul Boucher, Partner at pboucher@bdo.ca, 905-272-7831 Eastern Canada: Craig Mulcahy, Partner at cmulcahy@bdo.ca, 902-444-5540
Mark’s Work Wearhouse: Discounts on everything in the store
CME is pleased to partner with Mark’s to offer you AND your employees a special discount of 10% off everything in their store. To take advantage of your 10% discount, simply print off the 10% discount document to be shown in-store at time of purchase.
BDC: Free Productivity Tool Kit
Does your productivity match the competition’s? Take the productivity challenge. CME is pleased to partner with BDC to provide members with a free productivity toolkit. Your productivity benchmarking tool will:
- Compare your business to other Canadian firms in your industry
- Discover your potential for improvement
- Provide a detailed, printable report for easy reference
Plus CME members receive productivity-specific content to help you tackle the challenges of productivity and operational efficiency in your business.
Sherrard Kuzz LLP: CME Ontario Members Receive Free Legal Support!
CME is pleased to partner with Sherrard Kuzz LLP, Employment & Labour Lawyers, to offer CME Ontario members one free phone-consultation, once per year, to a maximum of 15 minutes. CME members can use their 15 minutes to seek information about any employment or labour issue related to the organization (subject to Sherrard Kuzz LLP first successfully completing a conflict check to ensure it may advise the organization).
To take advantage of this CME member benefit contact Erin Epstein at erin.epstein@cme-mec.ca.
About Sherrard Kuzz LLP
Sherrard Kuzz LLP is a long-time supporter of the CME and its members, and one of Canada’s leading employment and labour law firms exclusively representing employers. Recognized nationally and internationally, Sherrard Kuzz LLP is consistently named among Canada’s Top 10 Employment and Labour Boutiques (Canadian Lawyer®), Canada’s Leading Employment & Labour Law Firms (Chambers Global® and Legal 500®) and as Repeatedly Recommended (Lexpert®).
Sherrard Kuzz LLP clients are domestic and foreign, operate in both the public and private sectors, unionized and non-unionized, and range in size and complexity of operations from small, single-location enterprises to large, diverse, multi-site, multinational corporations.
Click here to learn more about Sherrard Kuzz LLP and the services it offers.
FITT: International Trade Training
The Forum for International Trade Training (FITT) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing international business training, resources, and professional certification to individuals and businesses.
We offer the only international business training programs and related professional designation (CITP®|FIBP®) endorsed by the Canadian government. Our international business training solutions have become the standard of excellence for global trade professionals across Canada and around the world.
In keeping with our mission, we are thrilled to offer CME members 30% off all FITTskills online training.
For more information, contact: Pamela Hyatt, Content Marketing Specialist, FITT, at pamela@fitt.ca, 1-613-230-3553 x 112.