The Ontario Chamber of Commerce’s AGM & Convention represents one of the most significant opportunities for business leaders from across the province to come together to network with peers, debate policy issues important to the Ontario business community, and shape advocacy agenda for the year ahead. This year’s AGM took place in Brampton from April…
Corporate Tax Changes Update Since the federal government released its July 2017 discussion paper on changes to corporate taxation, much has happened. The chamber network across Canada spoke up and made its concerns known. Among other things, your chamber sent a letter to Minister of Finance Bill Morneau, hosted a luncheon to educate business owners on the impacts of…
Today, the federal government announced an investment of more than $2.4 million through FedNor to support four strategic projects to maximize economic opportunities and create jobs in official-language minority communities (OLMCs). The investments announced today will support Place des Arts, the Conseil de la Coopération, Voilà Community Help, as well as the Conseil scolaire public du Grand Nord de l’Ontario.…
Death by 130,000 Cuts: Improving Canada’s Regulatory Competitiveness On May 31, 2018 the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the wider Chamber Network, released a report on Canada’s regulatory framework entitled Death by 130,000 Cuts: Improving Canada’s Regulatory Competitiveness. The report calls on Canada’s federal and provincial governments…
On July 29, the Chamber Network sent a letter to the Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion to convey employers’ concerns regarding the proposed EI reforms. As part of the Government of Canada’s COVID-19 Economic Response Plan, a series of temporary measures were introduced to make the EI Program more…