The provincial government worked with the Calgary Chamber to debut  a new small business strategy that includes online tools for small business owners during Small Business Week Calgary. Calling small business the “lifeblood” of our economy, Premier Prentice said the site was created after hearing a need for easier access to information from operators province-wide.

Read more about these new tools in the Calgary Sun.

After months of consultation and surveys, the Chamber released a comprehensive report on the struggles facing small businesses in our city. Small Business in Calgary: Challenges and opportunities provides us with not only a snapshot of the struggles facing small business, but also a series of recommendations and solutions we will be taking to all levels of government.

Does small business matter to you? Read more in our report.

City Council will begin work on its first four year budget in the coming weeks and the decisions facing Council are more important than ever before. The Chamber will be working to ensure that our City stays a competitive place to do business.

The Chamber’s 2015 pre-budget submission gives a glimpse of what we will be looking to improve.

Read the 2015-18 pre-budget submission.

Half a million Canadians miss work every day due to mental health problems or illness. This impacts business in a massive way, causing losses of $6.4 billion in 2011 alone.

Earlier this month, the Chamber released Mental health in the workplace, a comprehensive report that makes the case for mental health initiatives and also serves as a resource for employers and employees. 

The Chamber considers mental health programs vital to business success and we encourage you to read our report.

The Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) remains a point of concern for Chamber members. Even with proposed regulatory changes from Minister Jason Kenney, the file still needs more reform to better serve the needs of the business community.

The Calgary Chamber submitted a letter on behalf of our members, outlining some desired changes to the TFWP, to ensure the program meets the needs of Calgary business.

Read the complete letter on the TFWP.

The Calgary Chamber is honoured to join the Business School Research Network as its first, and only, non-academic partner as a way to bring real-time business concepts to post-secondary institutions.

The network is coalition of educators from Canada’s top business schools that have come together to develop a more rigorous method of evaluating the impact of business schools on real businesses.