Chamber actions encourage a return to balanced provincial budgets and focus on competitiveness
No new taxes, a roadmap back to black, and an emphasis on competitiveness were important elements in the 2010 provincial budget and key themes in the Calgary Chamber of Commerce’s pre-budget advocacy efforts.
“Success for our membership in the 2010 budget was signs of greater fiscal discipline, emphasis on tax competitiveness, and prioritization of the oil & gas competitiveness review,” said Geoff Pradella, Vice-President of Public & Government Affairs with the Calgary Chamber of Commerce. “Through the hard work of our Tax & Economic Affairs Committee we saw heartening results.”
Calgary Chamber of Commerce partners to provide Aboriginal awareness training
Chamber enters ‘implementation phase’ of Aboriginal Workforce Initiative
The Calgary Chamber of Commerce has contracted with Dr. Neil McDonald of Cross Cultural Consulting Inc. to provide Aboriginal awareness training for businesses and organizations looking to improve Aboriginal hiring and retention strategies, and partner with Aboriginal communities to develop business opportunities.
“Aboriginal people are the largest untapped source of talent in the country,” said Heather Douglas, President & CEO of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce. “The business case for engagement is clear. Companies can access a local and reliable workforce, achieve workplace diversity, develop a reputation for corporate social responsibility and tap into new economic opportunities.”
New federal pre-budget recommendations from the Calgary Chamber of Commerce place deficit elimination as the highest priority in 2010
Calgary’s business community is deeply concerned with Canada’s growing deficit and debt levels and recommended spending ontrol as the highest priority in its 2010 federal prebudget submission sent today to the Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty.
“Given government’s massive stimulus package and the record deficit, spending restraint must now be the focus,” said Heather Douglas, President & CEO of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce. “To avoid structural deficits and skyrocketing debt, government must apply a disciplined approach to eliminate the deficit.”
As noted in the Fourth Report on Canada’s Economic Action Plan released today, the federal stimulus is 97 per cent committed, and consumer and business confidence has rebounded. Now it’s time to focus on balancing the budget as quickly as possible.
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