Rapid Policy Update: Employment Insurance rate increases to take effect. What...
EI premium rates are increasing for 2013 The 2013 maximum Employment Insurance (EI) premium payable by an employer will be $1,248 per employee whose income is equal to or greater than the Maximum...
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Influence the Ontario budget and score great prizes, including a barbecue and...
The Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC), in partnership with Leger Marketing, is conducting a pre-budget survey. Your responses will inform the OCC’s 2013 budget recommendations to the Government of...
View ArticleOCC Calls on Government to Tackle Skills Gap, Transform Service Delivery
TORONTO, March 25, 2013: The Ontario Government needs to focus more on creating winning conditions for businesses, according to the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC), who recently presented a...
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OCC Presents 2013 Pre-Budget Submission to Ontario Government
The OCC recently submitted 15 recommendations to the Minister of Finance as part of the Ontario Government’s 2013 pre-budget consultations. The 2013 submission advises government to take seven...
View ArticleOCC Impacts Federal Budget
In December 2012, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce published A Federal Agenda for Ontario and undertook a campaign for change in key federal policy areas. We are pleased to announce some important...
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OCC Research Release: Public Sector Problems, Private Sector Solutions
The Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) and Certified General Accountants of Ontario, produced a paper, Public Sector Problems, Private Sector Solutions: Transforming Government in Ontario. This paper...
View ArticleOCC Rapid Policy Update: Enbridge Pipelines is Proposing to reverse Line 9....
What is Line 9? Built in the mid-1970s, Line 9 is a pipeline that originally carried oil from Sarnia to Montreal. It was built to provide a secure source of energy to Ontario and Quebec refineries....
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Research Release | The $2 Billion Question: Business Opinion on Funding The...
The Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC), in partnership with GTHA chambers of commerce and boards of trade, has produced a new paper, The $2 billion Question: Business Opinion on Funding The Big Move....
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The Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) has been meeting with numerous ministry officials as well as key Liberal, Progressive Conservative and New Democratic Party members to share OCC member priorities,...
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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...
View ArticleNew OCC Report Uncovers Economic Potential of Ontario’s Ring of Fire
TORONTO, ON, FEB 20, 2014: A new report from the Ontario Chamber of Commerce reveals that Ontario’s Ring of Fire, the mineral resource-rich region in the James Bay Lowlands, will generate up to $9.4...
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