The South Surrey White Rock Chamber of Commerce is currently reviewing the 60 plus recommended position statements that are being presented to the National Chamber later next month.

These are positions on important issues such as but not limited to:

Nuclear Strategies

Taxation and Fiscal Responsibility

Environment

Energy

Transportation

Canada Border Services Agency

Technovation

We will collate all of the responses into a SSWR Chamber comment matrix and make that available to all members. But we need your help.

Environment and Natural Resources

• Consistent Environmental Regulatory Acceptance for Technologies Relating to Soil and Water (15.08.11)
• Green Economies Generate Employment and Increase Prosperity (22.07.11)
• The Need for a National Nuclear Energy Strategy (20.07.11)
• Canadian Industry Program for Energy Conservation (CIPEC)
• Definition of the Precautionary Principle (23.06.11)

Finance and Taxation

• Extending the Tax Filing Deadline for T3, T5013 and Similar Tax Forms (20.07.11)
• Investment Canada Act (20.07.11)
• HST on Managed Assets Cuts Investors Assets by Over $1.9 Billion Annually (20.07.11)
• Timely Assessment of Income Tax Returns (20.07.11)
• Improving the Accuracy and Timeliness of the Scientific Research & Experimental Development (SR&ED) Program (20.07.11)
• Extending Tax Relief for Small Business (20.07.11)
• Small Business Deduction (20.07.11)
• Change The Accelerated Capital Cost Allowance for Computer Equipment to the Same Asset Class as Computer Software (Class 12) (20.07.11)
• Review Wealth Transfer Tax Provisions (20.07.11)
• Simplification of the Taxing Statutes (20.07.11)
• Federal legislation for the current gas tax fund program (23.08.11)
• Call for National Council on Municipal Infrastructure (20.07.11)
• Government Compensation Agreements (20.07.11)
• Indexing of GST/HST New Housing Rebate (20.07.11)
• The Locked-in Estate Trust - A Response to Canada’s Coming Pension Crisis (20.07.11)
• Fiscal Policy (18.07.11)
• Implementation of Tax Law Changes and Retroactive Tax Legislation
• Taxation of Corporate Groups

Industry

• Crisis and Opportunity in Canada’s Forest Products Industry (15.08.11)
• Steel Industry Trade (20.07.11)
• Pharmaceuticals – Life Sciences as an Economic and Competitiveness Driver (20.07.11)
• Illegal Cigarette Trade in Canada (20.07.11)
• Technovation: a shift in philosophy, an investment in Canada’s future (20.07.11)
• Improving Consumer Choice: Removing Inter-Provincial Trade Barriers to Sales of 100% Canadian Wine (20.07.11)
• Mackenzie Valley Fibre Link (20.07.11)
• Reducing Internal Barriers to Trade and Investment: Replacing the Agreement on Internal Trade (20.07.11)
• Creating Equality in Federal Economic Development Agencies in Canada (20.07.11)
• Modernization of Outdated Export Controls (18.07.11)
• Reducing Red Tape and the Administrative Burden on SMEs (18.07.11)
• Private Sector Privacy: Maintaining a Proper Balance and Fostering Innovation
• Enhancing and Diversifying Canada’s International Trade and Investment

International

• APEC Business Travel Card (20.07.11)
• Give a voice to all economic sectors in trade negotiations with India (20.07.11)
• Fisheries Management (20.07.11)
• 24 Hour Commercial Border Crossing Access (23.08.11)
• Foreign Trade Zone - 2011 (20.07.11)
• Reforming the Export Control System (20.07.11)
• Marketing Canada as an International Destination (20.07.11)
• Revision of the new Competition Bureau guidelines for use of the “Product of Canada” and “Made in Canada” claims for manufactured and food products (18.07.11)

Social Policy

• Aboriginal issues: Achieving Greater Certainty (22.07.11)
• Aboriginal Treaty Negotiations – Fisheries Component (22.07.11)
• Further Improvements to the Provincial Nomination Program (PNP) (22.07.11)
• Health crisis – Canada needs thousands of doctors now (22.07.11)
• Improving Canada’s Immigration Processes (22.07.11)
• Registered Health Savings Plans (22.07.11)
• Funding for Post-Secondary Infrastructure across Canada (22.07.11)
• Aboriginal Post-Secondary Retention and Transition (22.07.11)
• Correctional Services Canada Revitalization (22.07.11)

Transportation

• Provincial Airport Infrastructure Investment Plan (15.08.11)
• Rebuilding the Champlain Bridge (29.07.11)
• National Transportation Strategy – 2011 (22.07.11)
• High Speed Rail (HSR) for Canada – It’s Time is Now (22.07.11)
• More Infrastructure Investment – Less Rent for Canadian Airports (22.07.11)
• National “Gateway to the Arctic” Strategy (22.07.11)
• Protecting Trade on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway (22.07.11)
• Assessing the Funding of the Canada Border Services Agency and Framework of Core Services Review (22.07.11)
• Modernizing the Canada-U.S. Border (18.07.11)

 
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