Response to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s Proposed Preliminary Rate Framework The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) is changing the way employer premiums are determined. While in some respects the Proposed Preliminary Rate Framework marks a positive change from the existing rate setting process, the Ontario chamber network is concerned that the new…
Join us in March 2016 for the chamber’s next 9 day travel adventure, the Tulip Time Cruise! Enjoy a cruise through the Netherlands & Belgium in the spring, traveling roundtrip from Amsterdam. To register, please contact CAA Travel at 705-522-0000 ext. 22224.
SHARING ECONOMY WILL DRIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH IF GOVERNMENTS MOVE QUICKLY AND BOLDLY: ONTARIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE REPORT (Greater Sudbury, August 25, 2015): In a new report, Harnessing the Power of the Sharing Economy, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) has called upon governments to move quickly and boldly to ensure that Canada and Ontario realize…
Today, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce network released its federal election platform, In Focus: Federal Priorities for the Ontario Economy. The platform outlines the key policy pledges that we believe each federal party should commit to in order to improve Ontario’s business climate and drive economic growth. This platform is a foundational piece that will inform…
(Greater Sudbury, August 20, 2015): The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce has joined a province wide coalition of 36 Ontario chambers of commerce and boards of trade calling on the Government of Ontario to provide factual evidence that electricity prices will not increase as a result of the government’s decision to sell off 60…
Media Release: Ontario Pension Comparability Changes “A Step in the Right Direction” According to the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce and the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (Greater Sudbury, August 11, 2015): Today, the Government of Ontario announced that it will expand the comparability rules under the proposed Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP). However, business owners…
