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Finding the Balance: Shared Border of the Future
Published: 07/21/2009 - News - Reports and Submissions

Canada and the United States share a special relationship that is built on common values based on a long history of cooperation, family ties, and friendship. In addition to this strong friendship, our shared border facilitates the largest bilateral trading relationship in the world, with $1.6 billion in two-way trade and 300,000 travelers crossing the border on a daily basis. Thirty-seven of the 50 U.S. states rely on Canada as their largest export market. Canada’s greatest trade partner is the United States, and for the United States, it is Canada. Major benefits flow from this relationship, including 7.1 million jobs in the United States and 3 million jobs in Canada. This unparalleled cooperation has the potential to move our economies back in the right direction.

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To the Hon. Tony Clement re: Progress Report on Competition Policy Review Panel Recommendations
Published: 07/03/2009 - News - Letters

Dear Minister:
As Canada’s leading business organizations, we are writing to you on the first anniversary of the Competition Policy Review Panel’s Final Report Compete to Win to commend the government for the steps that it has taken to implement the Review Panel’s recommendations to date and to urge it to move ambitiously to implement the balance of the Panel’s recommendations.

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Mapping the Future of the Digital Economy: Key to Canada’s Economic Success
Published: 06/22/2009 - News - Reports and Submissions

From the perspective of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, a critically important issue is Canada’s disappointing productivity performance which inhibits our ability to compete internationally and gain the economic advantage needed to be a global leader. As a result, Canada sits 16 percent behind the United States in standard of living (GDP per capita, 2007).1 It is vital to the future success of Canadian business that this be addressed. In the global economy, you lead or you lose.

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Canadian Energy: A Valuable Resource
Published: 05/25/2009 - News - Reports and Submissions

It is projected that North America will consume 20-25 percent more energy by 2030. With global demand projected to grow more rapidly, securing energy supplies is more important and desirable than ever. Meeting this challenge will require sound management and strategic planning.

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Letter to Members re: G8 Business Summit
Published: 05/20/2009 - News - Letters

Dear Members:

I am writing to provide you with a copy of the G8 Business Summit joint-declaration released at our April 2009 meetings in Italy…

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