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• Ontario Fall Economic Statement – Support for Businesses

  • November 7^th, 2025
  • Advocacy, Community
  • Region of Waterloo, tariffs, canada, Ontario, tax, chamber of commerce, federal budget, Fall Economic Statement, deficit, Local Business, new markets, Advocacy, global

  Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy released the 2025 Ontario Fall Economic Statement on November 6. The provincial fiscal update arrived two days after the first federal budget from the Carney administration. Expectations and interest from the provincial businesses sector was extraordinarily high as the provincial government was providing their first major economic update following the […]

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• Federal Budget 2025 – Investments into the National Economy

  • November 5^th, 2025
  • Advocacy, Community
  • challenges, chamber of commerce, federal budget, mark carney, health care, opportunities, spending, Waterloo Region, Advocacy

  The first budget of the Mark Carney administration was tabled on November 4, 2025. The strategy tabled by Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is structured to attract investment and implement productivity incentives. The major challenge for the Prime Minister and his cabinet will be the actual implementation and execution of numerous new measures. Success will also […]

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• BESTWR Backs LRT Phase II: A Vital Step for Waterloo Region’s Growth

  • November 4^th, 2025
  • Advocacy, Community
  • business, BESTWR, LRT, economic, chamber of commerce, cambridge, Waterloo, Kitchener

  Dear Chair Redman and Councillors, The Business and Economic Support Team of Waterloo Region (BESTWR) is in full support of the staff recommended option for the LRT Phase II. The proposed recommendation fulfills the promise and commitment of an LRT system from north Waterloo to south Cambridge. The success of the LRT Phase I in […]

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