The Canadian Chamber of Commerce issued a report entitled Doing More Business with China: Why Canada Needs a Renminbi Hub. Over the past decade, China has become Canada’s second largest and fastest growing trading partner, with exports quadrupling from $5 billion to $20 billion and imports nearly tripling from $18.6 billion to $52 billion. In fact,…
The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce has polled all mayoral and ward candidates asking all candidates to respond to the three referendum questions. The candidates were all sent the poll in the form of a mock ballot with the questions, in order, being: Question 1: Are you in favour of retail business establishments having the…
The chamber calls out the “no” side to participate in public debates on store hours (Greater Sudbury, October 20, 2014) There are only 7 more days until the final countdown, but the “no” side seems to be hesitant in stepping up to participate in public debates on store hours. Some local organizations and media outlets…
How did we get here? Democracy 101 Chamber releases Rick Mercer style video to showcase the 2014 referendum (Greater Sudbury, October 16, 2014) The chamber’s deregulation working group has released a set of videos to inform the public about the upcoming 2014 referendum. During the municipal election, voters are presented with more than names on…
The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce has surveyed all ward and mayoral municipal candidates on their views on a number of key business issues. 46 (66%) of the 70 candidates responded to the chamber’s questionnaire. The survey contained questions related to city council structure, debt financing, casino expansion in the city, industrial lands, development charges,…
The Chair’s speech from the 119th Annual General Meeting of the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce which took place on October 8, 2014. Now I will say a few words about my role as chair for the 2014-2015 year. I am proud to be Chair of this organization, an organization with 1000 members, representing over…
