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…
Highlights the chamber position on this issue.
Tipping Fees: Elimination of tipping fees for the clean-up of the Steelworkers Hall: Letter of February 13, 2009 to Mayor and Council of February 13, 2009 requesting the same consideration be provided to other organizations and businesses which suffer catastrophic losses.
Report on the position taken by the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce.