Business leaders representing all sectors of the economy support the efforts of the Canadian Government and European Union to negotiate a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).

Click here to view full document.

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce International Arbitration Committee held its 2010 Annual Meeting on Saturday, October 2nd at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Committee acts as the Canadian National Committee for the International Chamber of Commerce Court of Arbitration and is mandated with encouraging the use of ICC arbitration in Canada.

The Canadian Chamber wrote to Minister Flaherty to express its deep concern over reports that the government may be called upon to permit the maximum allowable increase to Employment Insurance (EI) premiums - 15 cents/$100 for employees and 21 cents/$100 for employers - to come into effect in January 2011 after a two-year freeze. Such an increase would have significant negative implications for the 420 chambers of commerce and boards of trade across Canada that are members of the Canadian Chamber network and for the 192,000 businesses they represent.