ADVOCACY
Your Voice Makes Us Stronger
Backed by Canada’s largest and most activated business network, we are building a Canada of thriving business opportunity, a strong economy and a better life for all.
Backed by Canada’s largest and most activated business network, we are building a Canada of thriving business opportunity, a strong economy and a better life for all.
Fuelled by our network of over 400 chambers of commerce, representing over 200,000 businesses, these grassroots movements drive change.
See Our CouncilsLearn more about the issues that matter most to Canadian business and the work we’re doing to address these issues.
See strategic issuesAs the unified voice of Canadian business, we represent our members’ interests on policies, regulations and decisions that are critical to creating a favourable environment for business success and the future of Canada.
What this means for members is access and influence that no single organization can achieve on its own. Adding your voice to our work makes us all stronger.
The pandemic exposed the gaps we need to address in our public health system but also revealed the extraordinary opportunity to position Canada as a global leader in life sciences.
To create a stable housing market that meets present and future needs, we require a strategy that engages business and government in the shared pursuit of affordable homes for all Canadians. Our economic future depends on it.
To benefit from the transformative and economic potential of AI, we need a strategy that enables the widespread, responsible adoption of AI by Canadian businesses.
Look at what we’ve achieved to help Canadian businesses – of all sizes, sectors and regions – succeed.
An increasingly digital economy will require a reliable and accessible digital infrastructure and major investments in sophisticated networks, cybersecurity and electronics.
The only way Canada will be able to compete globally is to ensure Indigenous peoples have the same opportunities to participate in our economy as others.
As a vast nation within an increasingly globalized economy, Canada requires robust public and private infrastructure and smart regulatory systems that allow for the smooth and efficient movement of goods and people across the country.
Every year, our member chambers of commerce, along with our policy committees, submit resolutions of a national scope to our policy process. This process culminates in a democratic vote on the floor of our AGM & Convention. The adopted resolutions help set our advocacy agenda for the upcoming year.
Comprised of members with expertise in particular fields, our policy committees advocate, research and develop policies on a variety of issues that are important to the success of Canadian business.
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