Advocacy is a top priority at the chamber and is a result of issues and challenges facing our members. Through our advocacy efforts we identify, influence and reform bureaucracy to promote more business-friendly policies and economic growth in the Greater Sudbury region. To read an overview of our municipally-focused advocacy read our Municipal Policy Document…
This report, How Bad Is It? What Do We Do About It? provides a straightforward account of Ontario’s current fiscal situation. It finds that while Ontario’s fiscal situation is better than that of many other countries facing fiscal problems, the province is likely to reach a state of crisis unless it cuts spending and changes…
(January 2015) The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce partnered with the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and the Credit Unions of Ontario to release a 2015 economic outlook for Greater Sudbury. The outlook looks at factors such as job growth, commodity prices, private sector investment and population. A copy of the 2015 outlook for Greater Sudbury…
The Northern Policy Institute (NPI), along with The Mowat Centre and The Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity, is embarking on a project to create a Federal Economic Agenda for Ontario in the lead up to the expected federal election in 2015. The NPI and its partners have been reaching out to community stakeholders for input…
(February 9, 2015 )The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce is pleased to release the fourth edition of our Emerging Stronger economic agenda for Ontario developed in partnership with the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, the Mowat Centre at the University of Toronto and Leger Marketing. Emerging Stronger 2015 identifies immediate actions that government and business can…
In its current form, the Ontario College of Trades (the College) is not positioned to deliver on many elements of its mandate. Over the last year, concerns have mounted over its compulsory membership structure, and the bias inherent to its trade classification review process. Additionally, the implications of expanding the range of compulsory trades have…
The chamber’s 2015 provincial pre-budget submission focuses on how the province can enhance competitiveness, economic growth and employment. The submission brings forth a number of key priorities: Ring of Fire, provincial debt and deficit, pension reform, energy pricing, infrastructure development in Northern Ontario, the skills gap and immigration. For more information read our submission here.
This year the chamber made a pre-budget submission to the 2015 municipal budget focusing on development charges, Maley Drive, downtown development/community projects and red tape reduction. Read the submission here.
(February 2015) The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce has joined a coalition of nearly 50 chambers of commerce and boards of trade from across the province that calls on the Government of Ontario to reconsider its proposed approach to boosting Ontarians’ retirement savings and assess the extent to which the implementation of the ORPP will…
(March 2015) A new report from the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce and the Ontario Chamber of Commerce finds that permit delays, an absence of infrastructure, and intergovernmental quarrelling have stalled development in Ontario’s Ring of Fire, the mineral resource-rich region in the province’s Far North. The report, Where are we Now? A Report Card…