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• Businesses Call for Urgent Action on Expanded U.S. Tariffs at Ontario Chamber AGM

  • April 28^th, 2026
  • Advocacy, Community
  • ottawa, supply chains, cusma, manufacturing, Region of Waterloo, trump, tariffs, trade, ontario chamber of commerce, partnership, united states

  As business leaders from across the province gathered for the 2026 Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) AGM and Convention under the theme “Ontario Connected: Business Without Barriers,” a clear message emerged: the recent expansion of U.S. Section 232 tariffs is putting jobs, investment, and integrated supply chains at risk in Ontario, and across the binational Great Lakes […]

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• Business Community in Waterloo Region Reacts to Trump’s Tariff Threat

  • December 9^th, 2024
  • Advocacy, Community
  • consumers, manufacturing, business, community, donaldtrump

  The manufacturing sector would take the biggest hit if there was a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods shipped to United States. President-elect Donald Trump promised he would make it happen when he returns to the White House on Jan. 20. “If they see cracks in Canada’s relationship between the provinces, they will want […]

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• Waterloo Region Jobs Growth Driven by Finance, Public Administration, and Food Service

  • April 29^th, 2015
  • Advocacy, Community
  • jobs growth, manufacturing
  

  According to StatsCan Waterloo Region’s unemployment rate as of March 2015 dropped to 5.7% from 6.9% year-over-year. That drop represents thousands of new jobs and millions of dollars in economic growth in our community. According to a Workforce Planning Board of Waterloo Wellington Dufferin, the industries that are pushing this job growth in Kitchener, Waterloo, […]

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