Launching its first foreign chapter, Clear Path International announced Lori Trieu of Alberta (pictured at right with CPI supporter and friend, Sally Taylor) will be setting up Clear Path Canada to make contributions from Canadian donors tax deductible.

The focus of CPI Canada will be to increase awareness, create grassroots fundraising events and establish relations with institutional donors.

At their most recent board meetings, CPI directors voted unanymously to make Trieu its newest board member. Her nonprofit credentials inlude the registration of a Buddhits temple in Calgary as a charity with the Canadian authorities; as community liaison with the Calgary University Vietnamese Student Association; as a special events fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society; and as a special events coordinator for the Leukemia & Lymphona Society of British Columbia.

The Canadian province of Alberta is a good location for CPI chapter. The province is the wealthiest in canada with no provincial debts, lowest business/personal tax brackets in the country and no provincial tax. It is home to some of the biggest Canadian oil companies, including Petro Canada (Imperial Oil), Encana, Sun Core, CNRL and Husky Oil.
Calgary also has a significant Southeast Asian immigrant population with potential interest to contribute to Clear Path's assistance efforts in the region.