Restoring Competitiveness

By Graham Starmer, President and CEO

The Manitoba Chambers of Commerce

Over 420 members of the Chamber of Commerce network across Canada, lead by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, have identified the top ten barriers to Canada’s business competitiveness and launched a 10-point plan to help restore the country’s competitive edge in the global economy.

The Manitoba Chambers of Commerce is proud to be a part of this initiative and as well as partnering on the national level, is working provincially to address these issues.  Many of the opportunities for improvement identified including resolving Canada’s skills crisis, improving the tax system, efficient regulations, building 21st century infrastructure, and making Canada a magnet for international investment, reflect issues that Chambers are actively engaged in.

To address our skilled workforce crisis, the Chambers have been working on a joint government task force to improve the province’s provision of labour market intelligence and enhance training programs. We have also been a strong supporter of growing and streamlining the immigration process. All of these issues are hampering our economic growth and need to be addressed.

The Canadian Chamber has done incredible work across the country to bring this list of barriers forward. Now is the time for all businesses, residents and governments to unify and start addressing these issues in order to preserve our quality of life and the level of opportunities available to us today, and tomorrow.

We encourage everyone to learn more by going to http://chambertop10.ca/ to learn more.