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Policy Resolutions Approved at Ontario Chamber AGM

Two policy resolutions developed by your chamber were approved at this year’s Ontario Chamber of Commerce Annual General Meeting. The first resolution, which was unanimously approved, addresses the issue of Inter-provincial Labour Mobility and calls on the Ontario government to, among other things, collaborate with regulatory authorities and professional bodies to adopt clear inter-provincial occupational…

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Potential impact of Canadian anti-spam legislation (CASL) and suggested actions

The Canadian Chamber is very concerned about new “anti-spam” rules the federal government announced two weeks ago. Canadian anti-spam legislation and the corresponding regulations have taken a “ban-all”  approach to regulating commercial electronic messages (CEMs). All emails, SMS texts, social media sent in a commercial context are captured. The legislation will obligate the sender to…

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Predictable, Transparent, Fair: The Business Perspective on How to Set Ontario’s Minimum Wage

Ontario is in a period of economic transition. The Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) and its 60,000 members firmly believe that the policy choices made today will impact our province’s competitiveness for generations to come. The Government of Ontario is currently consulting on how to set the minimum wage. This issue is important. There is…

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