Chamber meets with Councillor Terry Kett
On Wednesday, January 18, your chamber met with Ward Eleven Councillor Terry Kett. Topics discussed included the budget, industrial lands, council cohesion and the market square advisory panel
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Advocacy Committee meets with Transport Canada
Rob Bergevin, Regional Director, Programs and Pickering Lands, Ontario Region met with the advocacy committee on January 12 to shed light on the issues that were encountered with highway 69 and how it should progress now that the federal government has split the project into five smaller projects to comply with environmental legislation.
Focused Strategy for Mineral and Mining Excellence
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…
Focused Strategy for Mineral and Mining Excellence
Issue Canada, committed to developing as a knowledge and technology supplier to the world and currently one of the world’s leading mining jurisdictions, lacks a comprehensive strategy to make mining and the mineral sector a key component of its continued growth on the world stage. Background Canada is one of the largest producers of minerals…
Ensuring Competitiveness and Accountability with OntarioBuys
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…