| 1 |
Canadian legal or administrative obstacles |
| 2 |
Foreign legal or administrative obstacles |
| 3 |
Taxation obstacles |
| 4 |
Trade tariffs |
| 5 |
Uncertainty of international standards |
| 6 |
Concerns of employees (including trade unions) |
| 7 |
Concern of violation of patents and/or intellectual property rights |
| 8 |
Conflict with social values of your business (e.g. corporate social responsibility issues) |
| 9 |
Distance to producers |
| 10 |
Distance to customers |
| 11 |
Linguistic or cultural obstacles |
| 12 |
Difficulties in identifying potential or suitable providers |
| 13 |
Lack of management expertise |
| 14 |
Lack of financing |
| 15 |
Significant obstacles that slowed down or prevented relocating or outsourcing business activities from Canada to another country |
| 16 |
Other obstacles |
