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Softwood Lumber Negotiations
Letter from Goldy Hyder to the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development regarding the softwood lumber negotiations. Dear Minister Ng, The Canada-United States softwood lumber dispute is one of the most intractable […]
Attracting and retaining investment
Letter from Goldy Hyder to the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, regarding the proposed new “Excessive Interest and Financing Expenses Limitation” (EIFEL) regime. Dear Deputy Prime Minister: The Business Council of Canada appreciates the opportunity […]
Building a stronger, more resilient, and more digitally secure country
Letter to The Right Honourable Justin P. J. Trudeau, P.C., M.P. Prime Minister of Canada Dear Prime Minister, On behalf of businesses across the country and the millions of men and women they employ, we are writing with respect to your […]
Investing in national defence and security
Letter to The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, P.C., M.P., Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Dear Minister Freeland, In the weeks since the Business Council of Canada provided its recommendations for Budget 2022, there has been a seismic shift in […]
Recommendations for Budget 2022
This letter was sent to the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, in advance of the 2022 federal budget. Dear Deputy Prime Minister, As you and your colleagues prepare the upcoming federal budget, Canadians are more […]
A “Team Canada” approach to removing internal trade barriers
Ahead of a December meeting about the Canada Free Trade Agreement, members of the Working Group on Interprovincial Trade Barriers wrote to the federal, provincial and territorial ministers responsible for the file. The letter highlighted the findings of a recent report by Deloitte and […]
Canada needs to get serious on carbon capture
As published by the C.D. Howe Institute as an Intelligence memo. From: John Dillon and Michael GulloTo: Department of FinanceDate: November 10, 2021Re: Canada Needs to Get Serious on Carbon Capture COP 26 has challenged all countries to deliver ambitious plans to achieve net […]
Open letter to federal party leaders
If the speculation is accurate, Canadians will soon be engaged in a federal election campaign, the second in two years. Before it begins, allow me to deliver a few messages on behalf of the country’s leading entrepreneurs and job-creators. First […]
Business groups across Canada call for a plan to reopen the economy
Dear Prime Minister, We are writing to you at a turning point in our country’s fight against COVID-19. By mid-summer, if not sooner, some three quarters of Canadian adults will be at least partially vaccinated, and one in five will be fully vaccinated. When that scenario is reached, federal modelling suggests, it should be possible to begin relaxing restrictive measures. As the light at the end of the tunnel grows brighter, Canadians […]
Canadian and European business communities call for progress on outstanding issues under CETA following the Joint Committee meeting
Re: Canadian and European business communities call for progress on outstanding issues under the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) following the Joint Committee meeting Dear Minister Ng and Executive Vice President Dombrovskis: We write to urge progress on key […]