The Ontario Chamber of Commerce

Economic Vision

The Ontario Chamber of Commerce, the Mowat Centre and Leger Marketing are pleased to present, Emerging Stronger: A Transformative Agenda for Ontario.

For 100 years, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) has championed an economic vision for this province and advocated for a more competitive Ontario. Developed in partnership with The Mowat Centre and Leger Marketing, Emerging Stronger: A Transformative Agenda for Ontario outlines a strategic plan for how to best leverage Ontario’s competitive advantages into greater prosperity.

This economic vision serves as a foundation for dialogue with government and civic leaders about opportunities for progress and what Ontario needs to do, but most importantly, what Ontario can become.

Priorities

Emerging Stronger: A Transformative Agenda for Ontario is the result of consultation with Ontario’s business, government and civic leaders (including non-profit, Aboriginal and labour). The priorities identified by these leaders include:

  1. Fostering a culture of innovation and smart risk-taking in order to become a productivity leader
  2. Building a 21st century workforce through workplace training, utilizing newcomers’ skills and apprenticeship reform
  3. Restoring fiscal balance by improving the way government works
  4. Taking advantage of new opportunities in the global economy
  5. Identifying, championing and investing in our competitive advantages

Thanks to business, government and civic leaders, the Chamber Network and participants of the Ontario Economic Summit who lent their voice to the shaping of this economic vision for Ontario.