Chamber meets with Nickel Belt MPP
Last Wednesday, your chamber met with Nickel Belt MPP France Gélinas. The discussion included the 2012 Budget, the skilled labour crisis and electricity pricing.
Last Wednesday, your chamber met with Nickel Belt MPP France Gélinas. The discussion included the 2012 Budget, the skilled labour crisis and electricity pricing.
The Northeastern Ontario Regional Economic Development Area (REDA) has launched its website. As part of the planning for economic development and growth for Northern Ontario (Northern Ontario Growth Plan), the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines is supporting pilot projects in the Northeast and the Northwest. This website will strive to keep the lines of…
Your chamber conducted another one of its annual meetings with elected officials on Tuesday, April 10th and met with Rick Bartolucci, Minister of Northern Development and Mines and MPP for Sudbury. Discussions included the Provincial Budget, the Northern Ontario Growth Plan, electricity prices and skilled labour. Read the minutes from the meeting.
Last summer the Canadian Chamber of Commerce (CCC) invited you to participate in a survey to find out what you thought were the top 10 barriers to Canada’s competitiveness. Of the 10 barriers presented in the survey, chambers from across the country indicated that Canada’s skills crisis was the top barrier faced by businesses seeking…
NDP Leader Andrea Horwath and Nickel Belt MPP France Gelinas met with Board members of the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday March 13th to share ideas and develop a relationship with the business community. Topics of the discussion included the skilled labour crisis, electricity prices, the Northern Ontario Growth Plan, Far North Act…
Minister Matthews addressed a crowd of 100 attendees most of which were from the health care industry at a President’s Series on February 24th. Minister Matthews shared Ontario’s Action Plan for Health Care and its three main priorities; 1.Keeping Ontario healthy 2.Faster access and a stronger link to family health care 3.The Right Care, at…
On Thursday, February 23, your chamber and community stakeholders participated in a roundtable discussion with Aime Dimatteo, Director General, FedNor. Mr. Dimatteo provided an overall discussion of FedNor including its priorities(community economic development, business growth and competitiveness, and innovation), funding considerations, and explained how the application process has been streamlined and improved going forward. Mr…
On February 17, 2012, Transport Canada and Fisheries and Oceans Canada approved Highway 69 Four-laning from north of Highway 607 to Murdock River (Project 5). As stated on the Canadian Environment Assessment Agency website, “The authorities may exercise any power or perform any duty or function with respect to the project because, after taking into…
This afternoon, Don Drummond released the official report of the Commission on the Reform of Ontario’s Public Service (the Drummond Report). Read the full report here. The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce (GSCC) supports the overall direction of the report. The report is an examination of all provincial government departments and recommends savings in all…
The Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (MNDM) is developing a class environmental assessment (Class EA) for its activities under the Mining Act that are subject to the Environmental Assessment Act. These activities include discretionary tenure decisions related to surface rights, mining rights and chattels, and Ministry-administered mine rehabilitation activities. As part of the planning…