Hamilton, ON, March 9th – The Hamilton Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 Outstanding Business Achievement announced at a sold-out gala dinner on March 8^th, 2016 at Carmen’s Banquet Centre.

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Small/Medium/Large Business of the Year: These awards were presented to a profit-centred private business organization, whose business achievement made an outstanding contribution to Hamilton in 2015.

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Toronto, ON, February 23rd, 2016: The Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) is calling on the Government of Ontario to support businesses’ transition to the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) through a series of offset measures.
“Our objective is to ensure that the ORPP does not weaken Ontario’s economic recovery,” said Allan O’Dette, President & CEO of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce.

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Business Groups Call For 2016 Budget that Extends Business Engagement on Cap and Trade to Focus Proceeds on Job Creating Initiatives, and Contain Regulatory Burden to Ensure Economic Growth

Hamilton, ON, February 18^th, 2016: Today, the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) released its 2016 Ontario Pre-Budget Submission, which outlines key priorities that address the need to eliminate the deficit and establish some much needed regulatory reforms.

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Hamilton, ON, February 4th: The Hamilton Chamber of Commerce has submitted a pre-budget submission in response to a public consultation process announced by the provincial government. The recommendations were also presented to Associate Minister of Finance MPP Mitzie Hunter, MPP Eleanor McMahon and chair of cabinet MPP Jim Bradley at a pre-budget townhall in Hamilton last week.

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Monday, February 1st, 2016, Hamilton, ON: The Hamilton Chamber of Commerce was a signatory to a pre-budget letter submitted today to Premier of Ontario, Kathleen Wynne and members of her cabinet. The letter is part of an ongoing advocacy process to secure government funding (provincial, federal or a combination of) to construct a bypass near the village of Morriston on highway six.

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Hamilton, ON, January 14th, 2016: The Hamilton Chamber of Commerce has submitted a pre-budget submission in response to a public consultation process announced by the Federal Government. The recommendations were also presented to local Liberal MPs, Filomena Tassi (MP Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas) and Bob Bratina (Hamilton East-Stoney Creek) yesterday during a community pre-budget townhall.

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Hamilton – Burlington, ON, Dec 10th, 2015: The most wide-reaching provincial economic forecast of the year, the Ontario Economic Update 2016, was released today by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and the Credit Unions of Ontario, with support from Hamilton and Burlington Chambers of Commerce. The Hamilton Census Metropolitan Area (CMA), which is made up of Hamilton, Burlington, and Grimsby, will experience above-trend employment growth during the next two years, reflecting the end of the major restructuring in the manufacturing sector.

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Hamilton, ON, October 20th, 2015: The Canadian Chamber of Commerce recently had it’s annual general meeting on October 17-19th. At the GA over 47 resolutions submitted from Chambers of Commerce across the country were formally debated and adopted by the membership. Hamilton Chamber of Commerce is pleased to report back that our’s titled: “Developing a National Urban Policy for Canadian Cities” was overwhelmingly approved by the delegation and is now an official advocacy priority of the Chambers.

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