Recently, your chamber was asked to host a Canadian Chamber of Commerce (CCC) round-table on infrastructure. Perrin Beatty, President and CEO of the CCC met with a hand picked group of fifteen people representing companies that are either directly influenced by infrastructure planning and maintenance or who operate as contractors in the development of infrastructure projects. The purpose of the…
Two policy resolutions developed by your chamber were approved at this year’s Ontario Chamber of Commerce Annual General Meeting. The first resolution, which was unanimously approved, addresses the issue of Inter-provincial Labour Mobility and calls on the Ontario government to, among other things, collaborate with regulatory authorities and professional bodies to adopt clear inter-provincial occupational…
May 3-5, 2013 – Your Greater Sudbury Chamber attended the 101st Ontario Chamber of Commerce Annual General Meeting and policy plenary session. The three day event was held in Chatham and saw chambers from across the province gather to hear from all three provincial parties, economists, business leaders and vote and debate provincial policy items.…
With just over a year under his belt, NORCAT CEO Don Duval sits down with us to answer some questions; What is innovation? What’s in store for NORCAT moving forward? How do we get business to collaborate better? [vimeo]https://vimeo.com/65085951[/vimeo]
Kelly Strong, Vale VP for Ontario and UK Operations is the latest to sit down and participate in our 4 in 4 series. 4 in 4 is a video series aimed at engaging the powerful, unique, emerging and experienced within our community, province, country and aboard, with four questions in four minutes (give or take!).…
Kelly Strong, VP of Operations for VALE Ontario and UK recently spoke to an assembled crowd of 240 people during a President’s Series luncheon. Over 45 minutes, Strong spoke of the challenges associated with competitively priced ‘pig nickel’ from China, oil prices that have increased by 350 per cent and the Canadian dollar, which has increased in value by…
Your chamber recently accepted an invitation to meet with Tom Mulcair, NDP and Official Opposition leader. Nickel Belt and Sudbury MPs, Claude Gravelle and Glenn Thibeault were also on hand. The hour long, informal lunch session covered a range of issues including, mining (“good, providing it’s done responsibly and in consultation with environment and First…
Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce joins with Ontario Chamber of Commerce and calls on the Ontario government to transform service delivery. The 2013 pre-budget submission advises government to take seven practical steps to help grow the provincial economy, including tackling the provincial deficit, exploring new ways of delivering public services, and investing in ways to…
Your chamber was recently in Toronto as part of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce’s exclusive Ontario Business Advisory Council meeting with Tony Clement, Treasury Board president and Minister responsible for FedNor. It was an opportunity to speak directly and candidly with the minister on a range of issues, top among them, his recent appointment to the Ring of…
Four in Four with Elizabeth Witmer, Chair, WSIB Debbi Nicholson, President and CEO of the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce sat down with Elizabeth Witmer to discuss the transformation of the WSIB. [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/59705701[/vimeo]