Chamber PublicationsProvinicial Issues

Principles for an Effective Pharmacare Program

In recent years, there have been increased calls for implementing a national pharmacare program in Canada. At their annual meeting in July 2017, the Premiers requested that the federal government engage in discussions on establishing a national pharmacare program. In addition, in January 2018 the Ontario government launched a new children and youth pharmacare plan…

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Chamber PublicationsProvinicial Issues

OCC 2018 Pre-Budget Submission

On Monday, January 15, 2018, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) provided the Ontario government with 11 recommendations for the upcoming provincial budget that will help businesses manage costs and secure the province’s competitive advantage. The submission, presented to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, calls on the government to implement taxation reforms…

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Fixing the WSIB

ISSUE: The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has become a vast provincial government bureaucracy that is quickly becoming a danger to the Ontario government, taxpayers, businesses and insured workers.  In fact, over the course of the last 25 years, the WSIB have had significant challenges fulfilling its obligations. BACKGROUND: In the 2009-2010 Annual Report…

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