Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce launches platform for 2018 municipal election Platform aims to set agenda for candidates in upcoming election GREATER SUDBURY, August 17, 2018 – The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce is calling on candidates for Mayor and Council to adopt its 2018 municipal election platform, Supporting Growth Through Economic Development. The platform…
Long-Term Transportation Plan Needed to Address Northern Ontario’s Transportation Needs: Greater Sudbury Chamber and Ontario Chamber of Commerce The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce and the Ontario Chamber of Commerce release key transportation recommendations to better serve needs of businesses and residents GREATER SUDBURY, December 03, 2018 – Today, the Greater Sudbury Chamber of…
Data is now the engine of economic growth and prosperity. Countries that promote data’s availability for societal good and economic development will lead the fourth industrial revolution and give their citizens a better quality of life. In this final part of a three part series from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, a prescription for keeping…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
