2011-2012 Annual Report
The 2011-2012 Annual Report is now available to view. It provides an overview of advocacy issues, membership statistics and a financial summary of the last fiscal year of the chamber. READ the report here.
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Citizenship and Immigration Canada Regional Settlement
Under Canada’s Constitution, responsibility for immigration is shared among the federal, provincial and territorial governments. Traditionally, provinces and territories have entered into comprehensive agreements with the federal government (Citizen and Immigration Canada or CIC) that cover a wide range of immigration issues. Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward…
Canadian Chamber Releases Skills Report
Report titled Canada’s Skills Crisis: What We Heard released at AGM in Hamilton, Ontario. Between March and June 2012, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce held a cross-country consultation with their membership on the skills crisis. Their findings were released on September 23 at the CCC Annual General Meeting in Hamilton, Ontario. Read the results of…
Emerging Stronger: A Transformative Agenda for Ontario
In a constantly changing world (and economy), government, business and civic leaders must come together to ensure Ontario emerges stronger by confronting and overcoming this province’s current challenges. The Ontario Chamber of Commerce, the Mowat Centre and Leger Marketing believe Ontario can ‘emerge stronger’ if we move forward on the five (5) priorities outlined in…
Proposed multimodal goods movement strategy for Ontario
The Ministry of Transportation has crafted a consultation paper on a proposed multimodal goods movement strategy for Ontario, read it here. The paper will also be posted on the Environmental and Regulatory registries. An accompanying consultation workbook includes numerous questions on the document meant to be used to formulate a response. The workbook can be…
Northeastern Ontario Regional Economic Development Pilot – Final Draft Report
The Final Draft Report has been completed for the Northeastern Ontario Regional Economic Development Pilot. We encourage you to read the report that can be accessed by the follow link www.ne-reda.ca. Consider the following questions as you review the report and respond using the Contact Us section of the website: 1. What are the strongest…