The Ontario Chamber of Commerce

Annual General Meeting & Convention

AGM & Convention

The 2012 Annual General Meeting and Convention is the 100th time in history that Ontario Chamber of Commerce members will come together to debate and determine Chamber Network Policy in order to represent the voice of business in Ontario.

We thank the St. Catharines-Thorold Chamber of Commerce for their hospitality.

Policy Resolutions

Submit your 2012 Policy Resolutions by February 17, 2012.

At our AGMs, OCC members gather to debate and define the resolutions that inform advocacy efforts for the coming year(s). Out of this process, comes a compendium of resolutions, which form the basis of the OCC’s advocacy work.

2012 Sunsetting Resolutions:

• Accelerate Reductions in the Business Education Tax
• Improving the Competitiveness of Ontario Industries through Fuel Tax Rebates for Off-Highway Road Transport
• Creating a true “Open for Business Culture” in Business Regulatory and Enforcement
• Employment Insurance Benefits for Ontario (Northern Ontario as a Model)
• Ontario Innovation Tax Credit
• Accessible Adult Post Secondary Education – An important step to restoring sustainable economic prosperity in
• Skills Training
• Provincial Support for Municipal Transit
• Metrolinx – Addressing Outstanding Issues
• National Nuclear Energy Strategy
• Doctor Shortage in Ontario

Awards and Nominations

Every year, we celebrate four extraordinary leaders within the Chamber Network with the following awards:

• Advocacy Award
• Burnie Gillespie Memorial Award
• Chair’s Award
• James Gordon Carnegie Memorial Award
• Richard Dolphin Award

Nominate one (or five!) of our outstanding Chamber members today.

About the AGM

The core business of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) is policy development and advocacy on behalf of the Ontario business community. As a grassroots organization, the activities of Ontario’s Business Advocate are greatly enhanced by the participation of our members – Chambers, Boards of Trade and Corporate – on OCC policy.

The OCC’s Annual General Meeting & Convention allows members to learn from subject experts, debate policy resolutions and formulate the annual advocacy strategies of the Ontario Chamber.  Local Chambers bid to host the AGM & Convention so the Chamber Network can see and learn about all geographic areas of our province.