A panel of experts spoke this morning on how to successfully build working relationships with the growing aboriginal population. The session was moderated by Dr. Pierre Zundel, from the University of Sudbury. Panellists included: Cultural Issues: Suzanne Shawbonquit, Aboriginal People’s Council of Sudbury Demographic Profile: Dr. Darrel Manitowabi, Professor, University of Sudbury Opportunities…
September 2009 The federal government held a public review of the proposed copyright act and solicited input from stakeholders. GSCC submitted a recommendation to review committee that stated that Canada is years behind its trading partners in reforming copyright laws for the digital age and that the time has come for Canada to catch up…
This issue was brought to the Advocacy Committee by a member who was frustrated with the CRA standard used to define contractors and full-time employees. The CRA Task Force was set up to examine how to improve the four point test the CRA uses to define whether a person is a contractor or an employee.…
Highlights the presentation made by the chamber to the WSIB funding review panel.
The Advocacy Committee endorsed the recommendations put forth by the city of Greater
Sudbury’s Tourism, Culture and Marketing Department that Northern Ontario is on the right track with the new five-year northern strategy.
Communications Response letter from Premier of Ontario – January 21, 2010 Letter to Premier of Ontario – December 17, 2009
Lists the communications on the issues of sales tax harmonization.
In the spring of 2010, your chamber issued a survey to find out what issues were most important to you. One of the top issues to come out of that exercise was the issue of unnecessary bureacracy (red tape) at city hall. Your advocacy committee quickly established a Red Tape Task Force to drill down…
Lists communications on this issue.
Highlights the chamber position on this issue.