Sales Tax Harmonization
Lists the communications on the issues of sales tax harmonization.
Lists the communications on the issues of sales tax harmonization.
Issue Ontario, committed to developing as a knowledge and technology supplier to the world and currently Canada’s leading mining jurisdiction, lacks a comprehensive strategy to make mining and the mineral sector a key component of its continued growth on the world stage. Further, that provincial education and research related to mining is scattered in small…
Issue Since the piloting of the OntarioBuys program three years ago we have raised concerns regarding the procurement procedures developed by the OntarioBuys. Specifically under OntarioBuys there was the creation of shared-service organizations (SSOs). One such SSO is the Ontario Education Collaborative Marketplace (OECM). Under this SSO there are number of stipulations that are unrealistic…
Issue Performance in strategic sectors of the economy requires individuals equipped with the specialized skills to leverage new technologies and develop new applications that respond to emerging opportunities in the marketplace. Research shows that these specialized skills can best be conferred through experiential, hands-on learning that provides students with exposure to – and an opportunity…
Issue Without a rapid and substantive allocation of funding by the Ontario Government for existing programs – both private and public – that support the re-training and integration of skilled immigrants into the Ontario workforce, the already dismal provincial economy will regress to a position in the national and global community that will be difficult…
Issue The OntarioBuys program is a provincially-funded shared-service organization (SSO) and an example of this problem. Under its organizational sphere, SSOs have developed RFP procurement processes that include stipulations which reduce the competitiveness of small and medium sized business in bidding on provincial contracts. Of the many SSOs, the Ontario Education Collaborative Marketplace (OECM) is…