The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, was the guest of honour on March 1 at the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce. Sudbury MP Viviane Lapointe, and Nickel Belt MP Marc Serré, joined about 20 community stakeholders, including Mayor Paul Lefebvre, for a roundtable discussion to talk about such issues as forestry, mining,…
The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce has written a letter to Mayor Paul Lefebvre and Council regarding key recommendations within the Employment Lands Strategy we believe will help the city attract and retain more businesses. The Employment Lands Strategy was developed to catalogue and ensure the City of Greater Sudbury has an adequate supply of…
Chambers of commerce in Northern Ontario have written to the federal government outlining their concerns with the prohibition on the purchase of residential property by non-Canadians. Chambers believe the current exemptions are very narrow, and do not apply to participants in the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot. For the full letter, click here.
The Board of Directors at the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce urges the Government of Ontario to consider in its entirety the Roadmap for Economic Growth, as well as the other suggested actions, contained within the Ontario Chamber of Commerce’s report, “Supporting Economic Growth in Uncertain Times,” and its 2023 pre-budget submission. On a more…
The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce authored a letter to Mayor and Council outlining recommendations members believe will help grow the city’s economy and recover from the pandemic. Key highlights are unnecessary bureaucracy at City Hall, the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot, affordable housing, as well as an update to the Downtown Sudbury Master Plan.…
Business confidence has dropped to a new low according to the Ontario Chamber of Commerce’s (OCC) seventh annual Ontario Economic Report (OER). “Ontario business confidence has dropped to a record low in 2023. Labour shortages, inflation, health care system vulnerabilities, and forecasts of an economic contraction are dampening confidence in the province’s economic outlook,” said…
The Honourable Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, and MPP for Nipissing, drew more than 150 people to the Radisson Hotel on February 6, for the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce’s first Meet the Minister event of the fiscal year. In 2011, Fedeli was elected to the Ontario Legislature and is…
Dear Ministers:The proposal to introduce legislation on prohibiting replacement workers in federally regulated industries raises serious concern for Canadian business, including many that play an essential role in growing our economy and ensuring that our supply chains operate efficiently.While we all respect and want to protect the right to collective bargaining, the proposed anti-replacement worker…
The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce hosted Ring of Fire Metals CEO, Steve Flewelling, on January 26, 2023. Flewelling was the guest speaker at the chamber’s President’s Series Luncheon, held at Bryston’s on the Park in Copper Cliff. In March 2022, Australian-based Wyloo Metals purchased Noront Resources’ mineral assets in the Ring of Fire in…
While the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated technology adoption within organizations, many are being left behind. The Ontario Chamber of Commerce’s latest policy brief, Broken Links: Driving Technology Adoption within Ontario’s Small Businesses, explores solutions to address the key barriers small businesses face in adopting and implementing technology. Ontario’s economy and communities thrive when small businesses succeed.…