(February 2018) The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC), launched a major letter writing campaign urging businesses to encourage their provincial candidates in the Sudbury and Nickel Belt ridings to support the OCC’s election platform, Vote Prosperity. Vote Prosperity provides a series of 18 proactive recommendations that…
(October 2017) The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, released Vote Prosperity, a platform and campaign outlining the Ontario business community’s priorities for the upcoming 2018 provincial election. Vote Prosperity provides a series of proactive recommendations that all of Ontario’s political parties should adopt to ensure growth for…
(July 2017) The Ontario Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce, published Talent in Transition: Addressing the Skills Mismatch in Ontario, a report that indicates that Ontario businesses are finding it more and more challenging to recruit qualified staff. The report was developed in partnership with leading officials in the…
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…
(March 2015) A new report from the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce and the Ontario Chamber of Commerce finds that permit delays, an absence of infrastructure, and intergovernmental quarrelling have stalled development in Ontario’s Ring of Fire, the mineral resource-rich region in the province’s Far North. The report, Where are we Now? A Report Card…
In recent years, there have been increased calls for implementing a national pharmacare program in Canada. At their annual meeting in July 2017, the Premiers requested that the federal government engage in discussions on establishing a national pharmacare program. In addition, in January 2018 the Ontario government launched a new children and youth pharmacare plan…
(July 2017) The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, published a report warning that businesses and communities in Canada’s rural and northern regions will be unable to reach their full potential without infrastructure investments and especially digital infrastructure. The report examines challenges facing Canadian companies in a rapidly…
February 11, 2022 – Canadian businesses have suffered under the strain of constant disruptions over the last two years. The challenges they have had to overcome have included COVID-19, extreme weather events, increasing inflationary pressures, labour shortages and supply chain disruptions. Now achieving a successful recovery is threatened by the ongoing blockades of the critical infrastructure…
(February 2015) The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce has joined a coalition of nearly 50 chambers of commerce and boards of trade from across the province that calls on the Government of Ontario to reconsider its proposed approach to boosting Ontarians’ retirement savings and assess the extent to which the implementation of the ORPP will…
