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.…
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…
We continue to meet with our local representatives as part of our efforts to maintain close ties with all levels of elected officials. During our most recent meeting, Councillor Dutrisac shared her thoughts and positions on a variety of issues. Read the minutes from our meeting. The chamber also met with Councillor Rivest and discussed…
Take the Ontario Chamber of Commerce’s latest survey to help shape Ontario’s 2015 Budget and add your voice to Canada’s most credible survey of business opinion. What are the critical issues impacting your bottom line? Can you afford the proposed Ontario Retirement Pension Plan? How is your business being affected by Ontario’s skills gap? By…
The Ontario Chamber of Commerce has been sending out quarterly policy surveys throughout this past year. The response to these surveys has been overwhelming: they have generated nearly 7,000 responses (average of 1,700 responses per survey). This survey is now one of the most significant measurements of business opinion in the province (maybe in the…
