Canadian Chamber launches mining report
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Greater Sudbury Chamber on hand to open TMX
On January 30, your chamber joined with the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and industry partners to issue a report aimed at clarifying mining sector needs. The report, (“Mining Capital: How Canada Transformed Its Resources Endowment Into a Global Competitive Advantage“) examines how Canada has leveraged its metal and mineral endowment not just by extracting and…
Trades Recruitment Opportunity
As part of the city’s Talent Attraction Strategy, they have identified the Employment Ontario London Job fair taking place on February 13th, as a great opportunity to interact with a talent pool of skilled workers currently looking for employment opportunities. It is anticipated that with the recent closures of the Ford Talbotville plant and the…
New Liberal Premier
On Saturday, Kathleen Wynne was named Ontario’s 25th Premier, chosen by Ontario Liberal delegates at the Ontario Liberal Leadership Convention. Recently, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce asked Ms. Wynne to answer five questions on how she would advance the Emerging Stronger Agenda and help business grow and prosper in the province. Find out what she said.
Potential impact of Canadian anti-spam legislation (CASL) and suggested actions
The Canadian Chamber is very concerned about new “anti-spam” rules the federal government announced two weeks ago. Canadian anti-spam legislation and the corresponding regulations have taken a “ban-all” approach to regulating commercial electronic messages (CEMs). All emails, SMS texts, social media sent in a commercial context are captured. The legislation will obligate the sender to…
Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce survey suggests economic growth for 2013
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2013 Economic Forecast Survey Results
In December, the chamber issued a survey to gauge how members viewed the economic forecast for 2013. The results have been complied and the forecast looks positive. View the results here.
Canadians with disabilities are under-represented in the workplace
Businesses can learn and be inspired by the best practices of employers of people with disabilities in Rethinking disAbility in the Private Sector, a federal panel’s new report, available online. The panel consulted with businesses and organizations, including the Canadian Chamber, last fall and they heard that: • Hiring people with disabilities makes good business…
Red Tape Reduction at City Hall
Over the last two years, your chamber – through its Deregulation and Red Tape Task Force – has been continually working to refine, reduce and eliminate the amount of unnecessary and unreasonable regulations and processes at Tom Davies Square. Oftentimes slow and difficult, the process has nonetheless made some progress. This letter from the Mayor’s office demonstrates a single, yet crucial…
Want to know what the next Premier will do for business?
Ontario gets a new premier on January 27th. As the largest and most reputable business group in the province, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce asked all candidates to answer five questions on how they would advance the Emerging Stronger Agenda and help business grow and prosper in the province. Find out which candidate will… ……