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• Ontario Fall Economic Statement – Support for Businesses

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

  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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• HOW KW BUSINESSES CAN NAVIGATE ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY THROUGH Disability Inclusion

  • April 24^th, 2025
  • Community
  • navigate, economicpressure, disabilities, blog, Ontario, chamberofcommerce, sustainability, corporate, trainingcentre, learn

  April 2025 This time last year, an EV manufacturer in Kitchener was ramping up hiring for a new production line. Today, with input costs rising, trade tensions in flux, and demand becoming less predictable, their focus has shifted from growth to adaptability. They’re not alone. Across Kitchener-Waterloo, many businesses are navigating a new reality. Some […]

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• Ontario Provincial Election Primer

  • February 18^th, 2025
  • Advocacy, Community
  • Primer, Housing, Ontario, Tariff, Advocacy, Marit Stiles, Healthcare, Bonnie Crombie, election, Mike Schreiner, politics, Mike Harris Jr, Provincial, Green, political, NDP, Premier, Liberal, Doug Ford, PC, NorthGuide, Conservative

  Ontario’s political parties are off and running, now that Premier Doug Ford has called an election for February 27, 2025. Our partners at NorthGuide, have prepared an election primer (which you can see here), which provides a summary of the top three issues and where the parties stand — on tariffs, housing & affordability, and […]

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