VIA Rail High Frequency Project:

• Participated in a meeting of discovery and opportunity for various stakeholders to communicate on the plan - April 2018
• ​Chamber support for High Frequency Rail Project expressed in 2018 and 2019 Pre-Budget Submission Letters and Transportation Committee report to MP Maryam Monsef - January 2018, June 2018, and October 2018

Workforce:

• One of the main themes common to many of the roundtables and events in 2018 was a business’ ability to find and hire talent.
• A Peterborough Chamber membership survey in December 2018 asked about workforce issues - more to come in 2019
• In the 2018 Ontario Economic Report 77% of survey participants identified workforce as critical to competitiveness
• Member of a local advisory committee on the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP)

Election Impact:
​With provincial and municipal elections taking place in 2018, the Chamber, on behalf of its membership, was able to highlight a number of issues including:

• the impact of red tape and extreme regulation
• land use planning and infrastructure
• the need for broadband, particularly for businesses in our rural areas
• business taxation

Legalization of Marijuana:

• Hosted a Lunchbox Learning on the issue of legalization and impact on the workplace with Savino Human Resource Partners and LLF Lawyers LLP - June 2018.
• Survey of Membership - 100 responses received with 75% in favour of private-sector, license-based stores and 25% against such stores - December 2018
• Letter reflecting results sent to Peterborough City Council ahead of their decision whether to opt-in to hosting a retail store - December 2018

Bill 47 Update:

• Legislative changes, surveys, and charting the course. ​Learn more

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