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Chamber position on new minimum wage bill
On May 31, 2022, The Winnipeg Chamber submitted the following letter to the provincial government regarding Bill 44 – The Employment Standards Code Amendment Act (Minimum Wage). May 31, 2022…
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Chamber position on new minimum wage bill
On May 31, 2022, The Winnipeg Chamber submitted the following letter to the provincial government regarding Bill 44 – The Employment Standards Code Amendment Act (Minimum Wage). May 31, 2022…
Manitoba Labour Market: Unemployment rate continues to decline
4-5 Minute Read The Winnipeg Chamber’s Policy & Research Analyst, Jamil Ahmed, highlights current unemployment and job vacancy issues in Manitoba Key Takeaways The unemployment rate in Canada has reached…
Fast Five – Policy Update: October, 2020
The Fast Five comes directly from the desk of the Winnipeg Chamber’s Director of Policy Colin Fast, and highlights five policy items Winnipeg businesses should be aware of this month….
A Bridge Between Worlds
On Friday, February 28th, 2020, our Leadership Winnipeg cohort was provided with exposure to how several organizations are working to afford opportunity and support to immigrants and refugees in our…
Powering the future of Manitoba Hydro
Register for January’s Virtual Membership Luncheon – The Power of Leadership with Jay Grewal, President & CEO of Manitoba Hydro on January 28th for a conversation on being a leader…
Professional soccer is back in Manitoba
Just when we thought Winnipeg summers couldn’t get any better, Valour Football Club (FC), Winnipeg’s professional soccer team, will play their first-ever home match on Saturday, May 4 at…
Reflecting on Reconciliation
As The Chamber looks ahead to participating in the third annual signing ceremony of The City of Winnipeg’s Indigenous Accord in June, we have been reflecting on how we have…
City and Province Release 2019 Budgets
Written by Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce Director of Policy Colin Fast. The calculators and highlighters have been smoking over at the Chamber offices, as both the City of Winnipeg and…
The State of Education in Manitoba | What Local High School Students Think
Written by: Jonathan Wade, Red River College | Creative Communications – Student Intern At the annual State of the Province Address, local high school students from The Chamber’s High School…
Made Here: Manitoba-Made Gifts Keep on Giving
If you are thinking about shopping local this holiday season, look no further than Made Here — one of Winnipeg’s first charity-focused local retail spots. More than 100 local makers…
Discover the Industry that Employs 1 in 8 Canadians
Written by Tineke Buiskool-Leeuwma, Director of Marketing, Events & Communications, Downtown Winnipeg BIZ Canada is the 5th largest agricultural exporter in the world, and the agriculture and agri-food industry employs 2.3 million…
Introducing the Accessible Customer Service standard: a part of the Accessibility for Manitobans Act
Written by: CPHR Manitoba When you read the term “barrier”, what comes to mind? [Take a moment to close your eyes and think about what a barrier means to you]…
Manitoba Race to Reduce wraps up first awards ceremony
As Manitobans prepare for an increase in Hydro rates, a growing recognition it is no longer feasible to maintain a “business as usual” approach to energy consumption has local companies…
Winnipeg non-profits: grants available to make your spaces more accessible
On behalf of the Disabilities Issues Office The Manitoba Government invites non-profit community organizations to submit project proposals to improve physical accessibility to Community Places Program (CPP) by May 28,…
Why is sponsorship so bad in Manitoba?
We’re always interested in our members’ assessments of Winnipeg’s business scene, so when marketing firm Deschenes Regnier wrote several short articles on sponsorship, we bookmarked the posts for future reading….
Our ongoing discussion on Manitoba’s economic strategy
“We’re looking to create careers, not jobs.” – Minister Pedersen. Recognizing the economy’s health is tied to the health of our communities, The Winnipeg Chamber has been an outspoken advocate…
Bold goals for reducing poverty in Manitoba
This op-ed first appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press on Wednesday, April 25, 2018. There’s an outdated notion that support for business growth and success comes at the expense…
TELUS Technology Accelerator looking to invest in Manitoba growth stage startups
TELUS Technology Accelerator 3 has expanded into Manitoba and Saskatchewan. TTA3 is currently seeking startups from across Alberta, BC, Manitoba and Saskatchewan with technologies that TELUS can potentially use, integrate…
Budget beats targets, but carbon confusion remains
On March 12, the provincial government tabled the 2018 Budget, highlighted by record deficit reduction, a restocking of the Fiscal Stabilization Fund (aka the Rainy Day Fund), strategic and responsible…
Winnipeg companies help secure multi-million dollar funding to better feed the world
The world’s population is hungry and growing hungrier, but Canadian agriculture took a giant leap forward to meet those needs through value added development of Canada’s food and feed sectors….
Education property tax caps and school division amalgamation
The most recent Program for International Student Assessment show Manitoba’s 15-year-old students are a year behind their counterparts in Canada’s top performing provinces when it comes to reading and science,…
