The Ontario Chamber of Commerce is pleased to provide regular updates on the activities of its Policy Committees and Task Forces. We hope you find the information useful.
The Sustainability Committee will next meet on September 26th. Read the rest of this entry »
The Department of Citizenship and Immigration Canada is conducting online consultations on immigration to Canada, specifically on the total number of new permanent residents Canada should welcome and how this overall total should be distributed among immigration categories.
The online consultation will be available until August 31, 2012. A report on the consultations, including a summary of responses to the online consultation questionnaire, will be available on the Ontario Chamber of Commerce website in fall 2012 or winter 2013. Read the rest of this entry »
The Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) has drafted a submission for the Ontario Distribution Sector Review Panel led by Murray Elston, David McFadden and Floyd Laughren.
The Review Panel’s mandate is to provide advice and make recommendations to the Minister of Energy regarding issues related to Ontario’s electricity distribution sector and distribution models, including opportunities for consolidating distributors.
The OCC’s submission articulates the need to balance potential savings and efficiencies to be found in the system, particularly on the administrative cost side through consolidation within the scope and context of each municipality’s unique history, geography and economic situation. Read the rest of this entry »
The Ontario Chamber of Commerce is pleased to provide regular updates on the activities of its Policy Committees and Task Forces. We hope you find the information useful.
The Sustainability Committee met on July 17th to review the Committee workplan and Terms of Reference.
The next Committee meeting will take place on September 26th. Read the rest of this entry »
The Ministry of Transportation has developed a draft Ontario Multimodal Goods Movement Strategy to address the need for an integrated and strategic long-term approach to planning for goods movement.
The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) is soliciting input over the summer through the Environmental and Regulatory registries. Following the consultations (in the fall) MTO plans to finalize the proposed strategy and develop an initial set of actions to begin to implement the strategy – within the government’s current fiscal context.
A final strategy is set to be released before the end of 2012, along with an initial three year action plan. Read the rest of this entry »
The Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) has submitted a letter of support to the Minister of Finance, the Honourable Dwight Duncan, for the establishment of Pooled Registered Pension Plans (PRPPs) in Ontario.
PRPPs are pooled, low cost and professionally managed and transferable pension plans that can provide savings opportunities for the millions of Canadians who do not currently have access to any type of pension plan at work. Read the rest of this entry »
The Ontario Chamber of Commerce is looking for input from its members regarding the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s Benefits Policy Consultation.
On May 22, 2012 the WSIB released its first Policy Agenda, which identifies a list of policies to be reviewed and evaluated beginning in September 2012. Policy areas identified for the 2012-2013 Agenda include:
The Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) is looking for input from its members on the business subsidy programs being reviewed by Ontario’s Jobs & Prosperity Council.
Ontario launched the new Jobs and Prosperity Council this spring after announcing its creation in the 2012 budget. The Council will be responsible for consolidating Ontario’s business support programs and finding savings of $250 million.
We urge members to provide input to the OCC on how changes to these programs may impact their business.
Please refer to the following list of business expenditures by Ministry, potentially affected business support programs. Please refer to the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation website for more information on the Jobs and Prosperity Council.
The OCC asks members to send input to Liam McGuinty, Policy Analyst, at liammcguinty@occ.on.ca or 416-482-5222 ext 2380 by no later than August 17th 2012.
The Ontario Chamber of Commerce’s three new policy committees will be holding their first summer meetings in July to finalize workplans. Task forces have been convened and will be meeting during the summer as well.
The Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) Caucus met on May 28th at the Oakville Chamber of Commerce. John Howe, Metrolinx Vice President Investment Strategy and Project Evaluation provided a presentation on the Metrolinx Big Move plan, the current transit landscape and potential revenue tools to fund the plan. Read the rest of this entry »
After much back and forth between the government and the opposition at Queen’s Park, the Ontario budget has been passed by the Ontario legislature.
The government’s budget bill received Royal Assent on June 20th, the final sitting day of the spring session of the legislature. Read the rest of this entry »
Neville McGuire
Manager of Communications
nevillemcguire@occ.on.ca
416-482-5222
Ext 2410
