Business Directory 2011

Aug. 10

Golf Tournament

Sep. 14

After Business

The City of Greater Sudbury
One of the best places in Canada to
LIVE,WORK & PLAY

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ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE GREATER SUDBURY REGION

• Living with Lakes Research Centre ($15 million)
• New Marriot Townplace Suites Hotel ($8 million)
• Three new apartment condos in south end of city ( $9 million)
• Grace Hartman Bell Park Amphitheatre ($5 million)
• Downtown Shoppers Drug Mart ($2 million)
• Laking Toyota expansion ($3 million)
• Best Buy and Toys R Us ($9 million)
  
  

2010 Municipal Election

The GSCC is once again preparing for the upcoming municipal election.

As in years past, we will again host a mayoralty debate in the fall. The session will be open to the public and will feature a panel of three posing questions to the candidates.

Having said that, there will be a slight difference this year. We have decided to poll the ward candidates and post their responses to a variety of business questions.

Check back here in the coming weeks for more information.

Canadian Chamber of Commerce urges stronger economic ties with China

In a special report, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce is calling for stronger economic ties with China.

The report, "Canada-China: Building a Strong Economic Partnership", asks whether politics, business and society at large, have maximized the Canada-China economic partnership. China is due to become the world’s second largest economy this year, with markets representing 1.3 billion increasingly sophisticated consumers and deep pools of capital.

Read more.

Coming soon......

The GSCC is planning on launching a Blog in the next few weeks that will pull back the curtain on what goes on here at the Chamber and what we're doing in advocacy. Stay tuned.

Chamber accepting applications for its Mentorship Program

The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce has launched a new service aimed at providing small and medium-sized businesses and entrepreneurs in the community an opportunity to access sector specific experience and advice.

The Business to Business Mentorship Program will match a skilled, experienced business person (mentor) with someone who is starting their business or who is considering expansion or new initiatives (mentee). The mentor will then provide limited assistance sharing their expertise, experience and advice. Individuals experienced in the following fields are available to act as mentors in the fields of accounting, finance, legal, marketing, advertising, human resource management and sales among others.

Mentees will complete application form to participate in the program and mentors will commit to provide one hour of consultation to the mentee at no charge for their services. Arrangements for any participation or commitment following the initial meeting are at the discretion of the two individuals.

Interested?

Ontario Ministry of Labour releases new workplace harrassment and violence guidelines

The Ontario Ministry of Labour (MOL) recently released guidelines with respect to the recent amendments to the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) concerning workplace violence and harassment.

The guidelines provide further detail on what must be included in the workplace violence and harassment policies that will be required under the amended OHSA, as well as sample policies. The guidelines state that the policies should:

• show an employer’s commitment to protecting workers from workplace violence and harassment;
  
• address violence and harassment from all possible sources (e.g., customers, clients, employers, supervisors, workers, strangers and domestic/intimate partners);
  
• outline the roles and responsibilities of the workplace parties in supporting the policy and program;
  
• be dated and signed by the highest level of management at the workplace. Employers are required to implement these workplace violence and harassment policies regardless of size of the workplace or number of workers.

If you would like to learn more about these new workplace violence and harassment requirements, please read more.