Defence Industry Opportunity and Overview (CFB) Wainwright ,

Canadian Forces Base Wainwright Overview  Located in rural eastern Alberta, CFB Wainwright is Canada’s first class location for collective training and is home to the Canadian Manoeuvre Training Centre (CMTC) and western Canada’s centre of excellence for individual training, the Land Forces Western Area Training Centre (LFWATC).

 CFB Wainwright consists of Opportunities with the Department of approximately 1,000 personnel at any National Defence given time and is the largest employer in the Wainwright area.  Government procurement For additional information visit opportunities over $25,000 are listed www.army.forces.gc.ca/asu_wainwright/ on an e-tendering system called MERX, located online at www.merx.com. Opportunities are Wainwright and BRAED Region provided for competitive bidding Overview through RFP (request of proposal),  Wainwright recorded the lowest RFSO (request for standing offer) and overall price index of 89.3, the lowest RFSA (request for supply agreement). non-food price index of 88.3 and the  Defence related investment growth second lowest utilities index of 88.5 in opportunities include: the 2007 Alberta Spatial Price Survey conducted by Alberta Finance. o Design and construct buildings for base expansion  In comparison, the City of Camrose recorded an overall price index of 95, o Weapons and munitions with a non-price index of 93.3 and a manufacturing utilities index of 102.3. o Unmanned vehicle development  Wainwright has a population of and manufacturing approximately 5,775 and the total o Local food provisioning population of the 36 communities in the BRAED region is 64,686. o Specialized equipment, technology development and For additional information visit www.town.wainwright.ab.ca training for anti-terrorism and first-line responders BRAED Battle River Alliance 5023 – 50th Street 780.385.2450 for Economic Development Killiam, AB T0B 2L0 www.braedalberta.ca Defence Industry Opportunity and Overview Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Wainwright Alberta, Canada

 “Competitive Alternatives”, KPMG’s Average Area Wage Rates Guide to International Business Construction $20.44 Location: 2008 Edition, ranks Canada rd Manufacturing $21.68 as 3 out of 10 countries from Europe, Transportation and Asia Pacific and North America to Warehousing $22.02 conduct Precision Manufacturing (this Source: Alberta Employment and Immigration, includes aerospace, R&D and 2007 Average Wages and Salary Survey Summary automotive). For additional information visit Advantages to locating a defence www.competitivealternatives.com industry business near CFB Wainwright  Commercial lots available for large Construction and Manufacturing manufacturing Employers in the BRAED Region  Controlled silent airspace Construction Carson Welding and Maintenance Wainwright  Leading edge research Accell Well Service Ltd Sedgewick Precision Well Servicing Provost  Growing cluster of military training Benoit Oilfield Construction Chauvin and testing activities Border Paving Ltd Camrose Target Excavating Inc Provost  Existing footprint of established Maverick Oilfield Svc Ltd Provost defence industries Ips Manufacturing Ltd Halkirk Porkys Oilfield Construction Ltd. Wainwright  Positive attitude towards foreign direct Loric Industrial Insulation Provost investment

Manufacturing  Base encourages local business Wheatland Bins Ltd Camrose development Shaw Pipe Protection Camrose Ace Manufacturing Metals Ltd Bittern Lake Tankstore Ltd. Halkirk Alberta Overview Magal Manufacturing Ltd Camrose  Alberta’s GDP in 2007 was $258.9 billion Transmission Express Ltd Camrose Central Industries Wainwright  Capital expenditures across Alberta in 2008 Pulmonox Medical Inc Tofield were $87 billion Bashaw Concrete Products Ltd. Bashaw  Best productivity index in Canada Camrose Machine & Welding Ltd Camrose  Lowest worker’s compensation premiums  Lowest personal income tax rate of 39% Contact the Chair of the BRAED Defence Industry Task Team for more information:  Competitive business tax rate of 29.5% Ivan DesJardine For additional information visit [email protected] www.albertacanada.com/statpub/index.html BRAED Battle River Alliance 5023 – 50th Street 780.385.2450 for Economic Development Killiam, AB T0B 2L0 www.braedalberta.ca