(February 2017) The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, released the inaugural Ontario Economic Report (OER). The OER is aimed at shaping and informing future public policy in the province. The report analyses the difficulties faced by Ontario businesses and consumers in the past year. It also contains…
(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…
(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…
(August 2017) The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, released a report, titled Building Better: Setting the 2017 Ontario Infrastructure Plan up for Success, which indicated that Ontario is facing a $19 billion infrastructure gap and Greater Sudbury is facing a $1.4 billion infrastructure shortfall. The Greater Sudbury…
(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…
(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…
(February 2018) The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, released 10 Ways to Build a Canada that Wins. 10 Ways provides businesses, decision-makers and government with a series of clear priorities and objectives that, if addressed, will give Northern Ontario and the rest of Canada a competitive edge,…
(February 2018) The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, published the 2018 Ontario Economic Report, which includes the annual Business Confidence Survey. The survey revealed that businesses in Greater Sudbury saw an 8 percentage point decline in confidence in their own business’ economic well-being. Businesses also noted the…
(Greater Sudbury, May 31, 2018) Canada’s regulatory system is smothering business, thanks to a growing mix of complex, costly and overlapping rules from all levels of government. A new report by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, and supported by the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce, Death by 130,000 Cuts: Improving Canada’s Regulatory Competitiveness, calls on…