GG Telecom, Winner of the Grand Prize of the Canadian Youth Business Foundation
The company wins the CYBF 2009 National Best Business Award

As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week Canada (GEW Canada), the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) awarded its 2009 National Best Business Award to Yan and Sébastien Gagnon, owners of GG Telecom. The award was accompanied by a grant of $20,000 towards the expansion of their business and was presented to them at the CYBF Chairman's Awards Celebration on November 16th in Toronto.

Grantees of the Fondation du Maire in 2004, Yan and Sébastien Gagnon, founded GG Telecom, a company specialized in the manufacturing and marketing of surveillance cameras. Originally designed for safety purposes, these infra-red motion activated systems are now mainly used for sport hunting and are sold all over the world.

Congratulations to Yan and Sébastien Gagnon and to all the members of their team!

Left to right: John Risley, President, CYBF; Honourable Diane Ablonczy, Secretary of State (Small Businesses & Tourism);
Vivian Prokop, chef de la direction, CYBF; Sébastien Gagnon, Co-owner, GG Telecom;
Yan Gagnon, Co-owner, GG Telecom. Photo: Dave Morrow Photography.