Entrepreneurship is important to Canada’s competitiveness. In 2013 and 2014, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce conducted seven roundtables across Canada with leaders of entrepreneurial firms. These roundtables sought to better understand the challenges and the opportunities entrepreneurs face in order to determine how the federal government and the …

The recovering U.S. economy, the ups and downs of the Loonie, a slow-down in emerging markets: Canadian businesses live and die by these global economic trends. Getting a sense of where the global economy is heading in 2015 and its strengths and weaknesses can be crucial for Canada’s trade-oriented economy. In this episode of the Voice of Canadian …

The uses and abuses of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program have put the labour market program in the news. The federal government has announced that Canadians should be first in line for jobs in Canada, and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce agrees. However, recent changes to the program may have some unintended consequences for both businesses and …

Should Canadian companies be concerned when they are conducting business or investing abroad? How can Canadian companies avoid “getting burned?” In this episode of the Voice of Canadian Business, Mary Anne Carter, Director of Competition Policy and Business Law, sits down with Barry Leon, Partner and Head of the International Arbitration Group at P…

It’s the proverbial elephant to our metaphorical mouse; the Canada-U.S. relationship is by far our most important international partnership. In this episode of the Voice of Canadian Business, host Katrina Marsh interviews Paul Frazer, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s special advisor on Canada-U.S. relations. Paul provides an overview of the key i…

In this episode of the Voice of Canadian Business, Sarah Anson-Cartwright, our Director of Skills Policy, interviews Sarah Watts-Rynard, Executive Director of the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum. The demand for the skilled trades has put increasing attention on Canada’s apprenticeship systems and the roles of government and employers. Ms. Watts-Rynar…

In this episode of the Voice of Canadian Business, Perrin Beatty, President and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, sits down with the Hon. Bob Rae, former Ontario Premier and leader of the federal Liberal Party, to discuss Aboriginal Peoples' participation in Canada's resource economy. The relationship between Aboriginal governments and commu…

In this episode of the Voice of Canadian Business, host Susanna Cluff-Clyburne sits down with three business leaders from Canada’s territories: Mike Bradshaw, Executive Director of the Northwest Territories Chamber of Commerce; Philip Fitzgerald, COO of Northern Vision Development and Chair of the Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce; and Rich Thompson, …

In this episode of the Voice of Canadian Business, host Katrina Marsh sits down with Cam Vidler, our Director of International Policy, to discuss his new report, Turning it Around: How to Restore Canada's Trade Success. The report argues that free trade agreements are not enough to reverse Canada’s dismal trade performance over the past decade. Can…

In this episode, host Katrina Marsh sits down with John Barrett, President of the Canadian Nuclear Association, and John Stewart, the CNA’s policy director, to talk about how Canadian nuclear technology fits into the global push for cleaner energy. Candu nuclear reactors not only have lower life-cycle emissions than solar panels or geothermal syste…

Dans cet épisode de la Voix des entreprises Canadiennes, notre animatrice, Émilie Potvin, s’entretient avec Richard Payette, président et chef de la direction, Amériques au sein de BDO International, et président du conseil d’administration de la Chambre de commerce du Canada. Ils discutent de l’importance de l’entrepreneuriat pour la compétitivité…