The Ministry of Transportation has crafted a consultation paper on a proposed multimodal goods movement strategy for Ontario, read it here. The paper will also be posted on the Environmental and Regulatory registries. An accompanying consultation workbook includes numerous questions on the document meant to be used to formulate a response. The workbook can be…
The Final Draft Report has been completed for the Northeastern Ontario Regional Economic Development Pilot. We encourage you to read the report that can be accessed by the follow link www.ne-reda.ca. Consider the following questions as you review the report and respond using the Contact Us section of the website: 1. What are the strongest…
The 2011-2012 Advocacy Report provides an update on all of the issues the chamber has been actively working on over the last year. It identifies active task forces, chamber wins for business, influential speakers the chamber has hosted, as well as the policy resolutions that have been submitted to the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and…
The City of Greater Sudbury is required by law to review and update its Official Plan (OP) every five years. The OP review was initiated earlier this year and provides an important opportunity to ensure that it reflects and balances local interests with provincial regulation. The OP review will explore and propose land use policy…
Over the last year and a half, your chamber has been working with the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) and the government to develop an acceptable and fair policy concerning billboard advertising on northern highways that are being four-laned. We are happy to report that the MTO will now permit billboards to be located on all…
As part of Council’s commitment to balance the need to provide services with the desire to maintain low property taxes, the Finance Committee of Greater Sudbury recently solicited public input for the 2013 municipal budget. While the Committee will begin formal budget deliberations with staff in the fall, the process starts now to ensure that…
At a press conference Friday morning the GSCC urged council to proceed with the immediate redevelopment and renewal of the Elisabella and Lapointe industrial parkland and enforced that the city should bear one hundred percent of the costs for the infrastructure upgrades for this specific area. While the chamber appreciates the objective of achieving a…
The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce (GSCC) is pleased with this morning’s announcement by Cliffs Natural Resources to design, build and operate a $1.8 billion chromite processing facility in Capreol. “The next chapter for the city and entire northern region begins in earnest today,” said Mark Weiman, Chair of the GSCC. “We look forward to…
2012 Bell Business Excellence Award Winners Entrepreneur of the Year – My Thai Palace / Pipat Sripimolphan (Sponsored by Royal Bank of Canada) Pipat Sripimolphan came from Thailand eight years ago and quickly established his first business in Toronto. Three years later, Pipat decided to open a restaurant in Sudbury. While other Asian restaurants may…
Last week, your chamber attended the 100th Anniversary of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce AGM. Over the course of two full days the chamber listened to engaging presentations by government officials and specialists in economics, public affairs and leadership. Additionally, the chamber participated in a plenary session where policy resolutions were debated and voted on.…