Sudbury Chamber gets BIG RNIP win! We are happy to tell you about a major advocacy win at the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce. It gives us great pleasure to provide value to our membership through our advocacy work and to effect real, tangible change to help foster a positive business environment where we…
Bill 148 and Offsets for Small Business On Tuesday, November 14, the Government of Ontario released its 2017 Fall Economic Statement. As part of this statement, the government announced $500 million in new initiatives for small businesses. These initiatives include: – cutting the small business Corporate Income Tax (CIT) rate from 4.5% to 3.5%, creating savings of…
Bill 148 Update and Handbook On Wednesday, October 18, Bill 148, the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, passed second reading in the Ontario legislature. The legislation has gone back to committee for more amendments and to consider sectoral exemptions to labour and employment standards. At the same time, we have prepared a handbook for employers to help them…
Canada Day Earlier today, the chamber released an Advocacy Snapshot regarding statutory holiday rules, parts of which created generated some confusion. The following information aims to provide clarification regarding regulations on business obligations on this year’s Canada Day. In cases where a statutory holiday falls on a Sunday, such as Canada Day 2018, mandatory closures…
On August 26, Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship announced the extension of the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP) program to 2024 and that the boundaries for seven of the 11 participating communities have been expanded. The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber Network have been long-term supporters of RNIP program…
