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Timmins Chamber Outlines Provincial Election Asks

With the provincial election right around the corner, the Timmins Chamber of Commerce is asking all the candidates to think about some business needs.

The chamber says it is asking candidates to commit to reducing the cost of doing business and cutting provincial red tape. Manager of Policy Nick Stewart says the local chamber and the Ontario Chamber have teamed up to make a “Vote Prosperity” platform that outlines things that need to be worked on in the business community.

Stewart says  some of the other items in Vote Prosperity include: 

  • Allowing Ontario businesses to purchase surplus electricity at rates equal to or better than the
    exported price to other jurisdictions.
  • Conduct and publish the results of a comprehensive review of the electricity sector, including an
    objective economic impact analysis assessing the full range of inputs that make up the Global
    Adjustment, and then pursue cost-reducing measures based on the results.
  • Pursue efforts to reduce Ontario’s greenhouse gas emissions in a manner that effectively mitigates
    risk to business competitiveness.
  • Work with federal and local levels of government to establish a publicly available analysis of the
    cost of doing business in Ontario.
  • Reinstate scheduled reductions in the Corporate Income Tax, standardize the Business Education
    Tax and reduce the Employer Health Tax.

Stewart says the chamber is hoping candidates will take these considerations and look at how the current rules and potential changes affect the way business is done in Ontario.

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