In 2015, City Council created the Gearing Up for Growth Advisory Panel and gave the panel a four-part mandate designed to help Greater Sudbury become a more development friendly community. On Tuesday, June 14th 2016, the recommendations of the panel were presented and approved by Council. The recommendations suggest that the City of Greater Sudbury…
The June meeting of the Succession Planning Task Force included a presentation from Paul Seccaspina, CEO at OraclePoll Research Limited on the results of the succession planning survey that was administered. The survey was aimed at current and former business owners to determine their succession planning needs.
The June meeting of the Advocacy Committee included a review of the chamber’s 2016 Public Policy Survey and a discussion around Small Business: Too Big to Ignore. The committee also discussed being in support of the motion to freeze development charges for an additional year.
On June 15th, 2016 your chamber hosted an Immigration Roundtable with Allison Corbett from Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada as well as a representative from the Canadian Embassy in France to speak about the Express Entry Immigration system. This session involved discussions around the needs of employers when it comes to the immigration system. During…
Your chamber recently sent a joint letter to Premier Wynne, Honourable Glen Murray, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change and Honourable Glenn Thibeault, Minister of Energy. This letter was signed by five Northern Ontario chambers and expresses Northern Ontario specific concerns about the incoming cap and trade system. Read our letter here.
On June 15th, 2016 your chamber sent a letter to Mayor and Council in support of the proposed amendment to the development charges by-law 2014-151 to freeze development charges at the current rates for an additional year. Read our letter here.
Media Release Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce positions commissioning as a solution to health system woes Greater Sudbury, June 2, 2016: The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) released a new report, Prescription for Partnership, which points to the need for health care stakeholders, both public…
It’s not too late to complete your census questionnaire. Go to www.census.gc.ca to complete it online. Enter your 16-digit secure access code and follow the instructions. If you received a census letter, your secure access code is located at top of the page. If you received a paper census questionnaire, your secure access code is located at…
The May meeting of the Downtown Development Task Force involved a presentation from Jeff MacIntyre, Chair, Downtown Sudbury. Jeff spoke about Downtown Sudbury’s mandate, its recently developed Strategic Plan as well as other initiatives. Downtown Sudbury is embarking on a new project called Expressing Vibrancy. Expressing Vibrancy is a research project that looks at neighborhoods…
The May meeting of the Advocacy Committee included a presentation from a chamber member concerned about the state of industrial lands in Sudbury. The Committee also continued its discussion about FedNor as an agency vs. program and how the organization can better serve the North.