On Tuesday, May 24th the chamber met with Mr. Paul Lefebvre, MP, Sudbury to discuss federal priorities for the business community and potential partnership opportunities. Topics discussed included immigration and passport services, the Ring of Fire, business taxes and the importance of mining and innovation in Greater Sudbury.
The Greater Sudbury chamber delegates had an exciting few days at the 2016 Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) Annual General Meeting that took place in Oakville from April 28-May 1. Over the course of three days, the chamber listened to engaging presentations by industry leaders and government officials, including Premier Kathleen Wynne. Delegates also participated in…
The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) and the Ontario Chamber Network is proud to be a part of the ambitious campaign,Small Business: Too Big To Ignore. This campaign highlights the important contributions of small businesses to our economy and communities, and seeks to actively engage small…
The last meeting of the Advocacy Committee included a discussion with Aime Dimatteo, Director General of FedNor. There has been controversy for quite some time around the structure of FedNor and whether or not FedNor should become a stand-alone economic development agency. We invited Mr. Dimatteo to our committee to learn more about the structure,…
The April 22nd meeting of the Ring of Fire Task Force included a discussion about how to promote the Ring of Fire as a project of national significance and raise awareness of its vast economic potential within Canada and abroad. The task force also reviewed and provided input into a draft policy resolution the chamber…
Too Few Entrepreneurs Able to Scale Up Their Business Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce Report Identifies Six Barriers to Growth Greater Sudbury, April 21, 2016: Today, the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC), released the report, Breaking Barriers: Ontario’s Scale Up Challenge, which identifies the major roadblocks…
The topic of Uber and the sharing economy has been in the Sudbury media for the past few months. The City has been collecting citizen views on the topic and asking Sudburians for their take on Uber in Sudbury. This topic is sensitive and brings us to ask the question: how can we integrate…
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Paul Pedersen, Chief of Police, Greater Sudbury, talks to our Policy and Communications Manager about policing in Sudbury. Watch our discussion with him here. 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…