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Working with the U.S. to reach an agreement on DST
Letter to the Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, P.C., M.P., Prime Minister of Canada regarding the meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden about the digital services tax. Dear Prime Minister, In advance of your meeting tomorrow with U.S. President Joe Biden, […]
Rethinking an oil and gas cap
Letter to The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, P.C., M.P., Minister of Environment and Climate Change in regards to the plan of introducing an emissions cap in the oil and gas sector. Dear Minister, Members of the Business Council of Canada (BCC) […]
New seriousness is required in the Fall Economic Statement
Letter to the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, P.C.,M.P., Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance regarding the upcoming release of the Fall Economic Statement. Dear Deputy Prime Minister, In a few weeks, you will release your government’s Fall Economic Statement. It […]
Aligning Canada with the multilateral approach to the digital economy
Letter to The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, P.C., M.P., Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance regarding the new developments in the multilateral OECD/G20 negotiations. Dear Deputy Prime Minister, Today the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework released the text of a new multilateral […]
Better aligning Canada’s immigration system
Letter to The Honorable Marc Miller, M.P., P.C., Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship regarding the upcoming Immigration levels Plan. Re: Immigration Levels Plan 2024-2026 Dear Minister Miller, As the Government of Canada considers its next Immigration Levels Plan, the […]
Key priorities for Canadian economic growth and prosperity
Letter to the Honourable Pierre Poilievre, P.C., M.P., Leader of His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition Dear Mr. Poilievre, In advance of this week’s cabinet retreat, we wrote to Prime Minister Trudeau with a list of priorities which we strongly believe his […]
Federal government must address three key priorities
Letter to the Right Honourable Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, P.C., M.P., in advance of the August 2023 cabinet retreat Dear Prime Minister, You are gathering next week with your reconstituted cabinet amid increasing signs that the global economy is weakening. […]
Prioritizing Canada’s national economy
Letter to the Honourable Anita Anand, P.C., M.P., President of the Treasury Board Dear Minister, On behalf of the Business Council of Canada (BCC) and its entire membership, please accept our congratulations on your appointment as President of the Treasury […]
Investing in our national defence
Letter to the Honourable Bill Blair, P.C., M.P., Minister of National Defence Dear Minister, On behalf of the Business Council of Canada (BCC) and our more than 170 members, please accept our congratulations on your appointment as Minister of National […]
Reforming Canada’s regulatory approval and permitting process
As published by the C.D. Howe Institute as an Intelligence memo. From: Michael Gullo and Heather Exner-PirotTo: The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural ResourcesDate: July 20, 2023RE: Reforming Canada’s regulatory approval and permitting […]