Resolution to the 2024 Canadian Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting & Convention
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2024 OCC Policy Resolution: 2+1 Roads Save Time, Lives and Taxpayers Dollars
Issue The highway network in Ontario plays a vital social and economic role in the transportation of goods and people. Yet in rural and...
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Local Autonomy and Funding Support are Key to Success at Canada’s Airport Authorities
Transport Canada’s recent consultation document on the future of Canada’s Air Transportation system suggests a desire to increase Government involvement in Airport Authority oversight that could hinder responsiveness to local needs and priorities.
2023 OCC Resolution: Extend exemptions for the Non-Resident Speculation Tax
Businesses in Ontario that need to hire foreign talent to fill specific roles face even greater challenges with the Non-Resident Speculation Tax, which is an additional tax placed on foreign nationals and foreign corporations purchasing a home in the province. While there are exceptions for the tax, it needs to be reconsidered in its entirety.
2023 OCC Resolution: Making the Ontario Energy Board Hearing Process More Accessible
The current Ontario Energy Board (OEB) framework relating to cost eligibility and cost awards (the framework) makes stakeholder participation prohibitively expensive.
2023 OCC Resolution: Regional Approach to Provincial Procurement Reform
The Government of Ontario is in the process of setting up Supply Ontario, a centralized procurement model across the Ontario Public Service and the broader public sector which may adversely impact small- and medium-sized businesses and regional economic development across the province.
2022 CCC Resolution: Opposing U.S. Protectionism And State Procurement Bills That Undermine Canada’s Sustainable Forest Sector
A coordinated campaign has been initiated by certain environmental groups in the US to develop and implement state-level legislation that would discriminate against forest products exports from Canada.