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Letter to the Honourable Navdeep Bains regarding Canada’s innovation agenda

Dear Minister Bains, Congratulations on the extensive consultation process that you and your government successfully launched and executed over the summer. As you now turn to the difficult task of incorporating what you heard into your Innovation Agenda, it is […]

Letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, President Barack Obama and President Enrique Peña Nieto regarding the North American Leaders Summit

Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, President Obama and President Peña Nieto: In anticipation of the upcoming North American Leaders Summit (NALS), we, on behalf of our organizations – the Business Roundtable, the Business Council of Canada, and the Consejo Mexicano de […]

2016 pre-budget letter to the Honourable Charles Sousa, Ontario Minister of Finance

Dear Minister Sousa, As an association of private sector leaders and large employers from across Canada, the Business Council of Canada is strongly committed to Ontario’s economic success. We are therefore encouraged by recent signs of a pickup in provincial […]

Letter to Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister-Designate

Dear Prime Minister-designate, On behalf of business leaders across the country, I write to congratulate you and the Liberal Party of Canada on your victory in this week’s national general election. After the longest federal campaign in more than 140 […]

Letter to the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, regarding the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

Dear Prime Minister, Canada is consistently ranked as one of the best countries in the world in which to live. Canadians enjoy the second-highest per capita GDP in the G-7, and our country has earned an enviable record on job […]

2015-16 pre-budget letter to the Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Finance

Dear Minister Oliver, As you and your colleagues draft the 2015-16 federal budget, I write to offer the following observations and recommendations on behalf of the 150 members of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives. Canada’s economy still faces significant […]

Letter to the Honourable Kathleen Wynne, Premier of Ontario

Dear Premier Wynne, I am writing on behalf of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE) to offer our congratulations on your victory in the recent provincial election. You led the minority Liberal government deftly. As you move to implement […]

Letter to the Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Finance, regarding establishing an offshore Renminbi centre in Toronto

Dear Minister, On behalf of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE), I am writing to indicate our support of the Toronto Financial Services Alliance (TFSA) bid to establish an offshore Renminbi (RMB) centre in Toronto. China’s economy continues to […]

Letter to the Honourable Minister Ed Fast regarding a Free Trade Agreement with South Korea

Dear Minister Fast, After almost a decade of discussions, the Government of Canada is at last within reach of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with South Korea. As you enter the final stages of the negotiations, I want to underscore […]

Letter from North American CEOs to Prime Minister Harper, President Obama and President Peña Nieto regarding the North American economic relationship

Dear Prime Minister Harper, President Obama and President Peña Nieto: The Business Roundtable, the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, and the Consejo Mexicano de Hombres de Negocios have a long history of working together to strengthen North American economic ties. […]