Canada needs an economic growth strategy. Governments across Canada must cooperatively workon economic recovery with the same energy and commitment they dedicated to establishing publichealth measures months ago. Canada’s economic infrastructure has been severely damaged by theCOVID-19 pandemic and must now be repaired to support the weight of $1.2 trillion in public debt.Governments must be…
The latest report in the Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s Regulate Smarter series shines a light on the “pancaking” of climate-related costs and regulations. These added costs are almost exclusively put on the shoulders of business owners, particularly the country’s small- and medium-sized businesses. This regulatory report outlines the cumulative costs of climate policy in Canada.…
On January 30, 2020, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce convened some of Canada’s greatest business minds, all coming togetherwith a common purpose: to find and develop new ideas to stimulate our economy. This was the genesis for the inaugural Canada 360° Economic Summit, so named because weunderstand that every Canadian and every business leader has…
User fees play an important role in how departments and agencies are funded. Like taxes, they affect the competitiveness of businesses that pay them. The federal government replaced the User Fees Act with the Service Fees Act in the 2017 federal budget. The legislation was included in the omnibus budget bill, meaning it received far…
On June 25, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce sat down with business and Indigenous leaders in Fredericton to listen and have a discussion regarding reconciliation, what role business can play and what reconciliation means to Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, as well as our communities and businesses. “We were thrilled to be approached by the Canadian…
It seems like every business in Canada has a story about regulations that suffocate their ability to grow. Problems with regulatory burden are nothing new in Canada, in part because the discussion about solutions usually focuses on specific rules. This amounts to trying to manage the symptoms – the red tape – of Canada’s regulatory…
Despite repeated requests of the federal government to be part of the reconciliation discussion, the business community has been by-and-large excluded. This unfortunate reality is why the Canadian chamber seeks to demonstrate to the federal government that businesses and Indigenous peoples are often way ahead of them in reconciliation. On May 13, the Canadian chamber…
The Government of Canada has declared meeting its commitments under the United Nation’s Paris Agreement as one of its highest policy priorities. In 2016, the federal government established the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change (PCF) with the intent of reducing Canadian greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% below 2005 levels by the…
Remember the days where important working files were saved on a floppy disc, not the cloud? Or bills were paid via mail, not just instantly with the touch of a button on your smartphone? Lots has changed in the last few decades, but unfortunately, the same cannot be said for Canadian taxation. The last time Canada…
