Comprised of members with expertise in particular fields and Canadian Chamber policy experts, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s policy committees research and develop policies on a variety of issues that affect Canadian business and are of importance to Canadian Chamber members. The committees’ viewpoints are then communicated to Canadian Chamber members, federal government officials, foreign governments, the Canadian public, and the media.
Competition Law and Policy Committee
Economic Policy Committee
Innovations Committee
Energy and Environment Committee
Intellectual Property Committee
International Affairs Committee
Ottawa Liaison Committee
Taxation Committee
Transportation Committee
Small and Medium-Sized Business Committee
Competition Law and Policy Committee
Mandate:
- To monitor and respond to issues and proposals in the field of competition law and policy.
- To respond to the federal government, Competition Bureau and Competition Tribunal initiatives.
Companies with representatives on this committee:
Bell Canada
Bennett Jones LLP
Best Buy Canada Ltd.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon
Cassels, Brock & Blackwell LLP
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
General Motors of Canada Limited
Gottlieb & Associates
Heenan Blaikie LLP
Holcim (Canada) Inc.
IBM Canada Ltd.
Imperial Oil Limited
Lang Michener LLP
Lerners LLP
Loyalty One
McMillan
Microsoft Canada Co.
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
RBC Financial Group
Stikeman Elliott LLP
TELUS
Unilever Canada Inc.
WestJet
Contact: Chris Gray - (613) 238-4000 ext. 251
Mandate:
- Serves in a solely advisory capacity. Committee membership consists of practicing economists from business, academia, consultancies and non-governmental organizations that are members of the Canadian Chamber.
- To consider, report on, and makes recommendations on issues related to national economic policy with particular reference to monetary and fiscal policy, productivity and competitiveness.
- To review and provide input to submissions on monetary and fiscal matters for presentation to the federal government.
- To comment and provide advice on resolutions submitted by the Canadian Chamber network.
- To liaise with the Taxation Committee on fiscal policy and with other Canadian Chamber committees on matters of national economic importance.
Companies with representatives on this committee:
CIBC World Markets Inc.
Ford Motor Company of Canada
Hill & Knowlton Canada
RBC Financial Group
Research In Motion Limited
Scotia Capital Inc.
The Vancouver Board of Trade
Contact: Tina Kremmidas - (416) 868-6415 ext. 222
Mandate:
- To work on international and domestic policy related to electronic commerce and telecommunications.
- To serve as the focus of the relationship on electronic commerce issues for business input into OECD and other international forums.
- To work with the Canadian government to interpret and implement policies and programs that ensure Canada maintains its position as a global leader in electronic commerce and telecommunications.
Companies with representatives on this committee:
Bell Canada
Bennett Jones LLP
Best Buy Canada Ltd.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon
Cassels, Brock & Blackwell LLP
Cineplex Entertainment
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
eBay Canada Limited
EFT Canada Inc.
Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP
Globalive Communications Management Corp carrying on business as WIND Mobile
IBM Canada Ltd.
Loyalty One
MacLeod Dixon LLP
McMillan
Microsoft Canada Co.
Northwestel
Penn West Petroleum
Research In Motion Limited
State Bank of India (Canada)
Stikeman Elliott LLP
TELUS
Contact: Chris Gray - (613) 238-4000 ext. 251
Energy and Environment Committee
Mandate:
- To consider and report on matters relating to national policies and legislation affecting the environment.
- To monitor and review environmental issues and interact with government, business, and non-governmental organizations on these issues.
- To assess implications for Canadian business of key reports and studies on the environment.
- To promote and encourage environmental initiatives for both business and non-business for the long-term benefit of Canadians.
- To conduct studies and prepare policy statements and submissions.
Companies with representatives on this committee:
Alcoa Ltée
AMEC
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
Baudry Cybernomics Corp.
Baxter Corporation
Bennett Jones LLP
Best Buy Canada Ltd.
Birchcliff Energy Limited
Casco Inc.
CH2MHILL Canada Limited
Chevron Canada Ltd.
Cineplex Entertainment
ConocoPhillips Canada
Crosbie Group Limited
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Devon Canada Corporation
Dow Chemical Canada Inc.
Duke Energy
E.I. du Pont Canada Company
Enersul Inc.
Ensign Energy Services Inc.
Evraz Inc. NA
Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited
Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP
General Motors of Canada Limited
Holcim (Canada) Inc.
Imperial Oil Limited
L.V. Lomas Limited
Lakeside Steel Corporation
Maple Leaf Foods Inc.
Marathon Oil Canada Corporation
Matand Holdings Inc.
Maxxam Analytics Inc.
Newalta Corporation
Nexen Inc.
Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO)
Ontario Power Authority
Penn West Petroleum
Porter Airlines Inc.
Purolator Courier Ltd.
Research In Motion Limited
Rio Tinto Alcan
Spectra Energy
STRIKE Energy Services Inc.
Syngenta Crop Protection Canada, Inc.
Talisman Energy Inc.
TELUS
Toyota Canada Inc.
TransCanada PipeLines
University of Saskatchewan
Vale Inco Limited
WestJet
Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP
Contact: Warren Everson - (613) 238-4000 ext. 243
Intellectual Property Committee
Mandate:
- To monitor developments in government that could affect members’ property rights.
- To lead the Canadian Chamber’s efforts in either responding to government action or initiating and helping communicate Canadian Chamber views to the appropriate audiences.
- To review proposed government policy or legislative changes regarding intellectual property rights.
Companies with representatives on this committee:
Amgen Canada Inc.
AstraZeneca Canada Inc.
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Baxter Corporation
Bell Canada
Bennett Jones LLP
Best Buy Canada Ltd.
Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA)
Cassels, Brock & Blackwell LLP
Cineplex Entertainment
Deeth Williams Wall LLP
E.I. du Pont Canada Company
Eli Lilly Canada Inc.
Fogler, Rubinoff LLP
Hoffmann-LaRoche Limited
IBM Canada Ltd.
JTI-MacDonald Corp.
Lang Michener LLP
Manulife Financial
McCarthy Tétrault
McMillan
Merck Frosst Canada Ltd.
Microsoft Canada Co.
Ogilvy Renault
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Pfizer Canada Inc.
Purdue Pharma
Ratiopharm Inc.
Research In Motion Limited
Rio Tinto Alcan
Sanofi-Aventis Canada Inc.
Scotiabank
Stikeman Elliott LLP
TELUS
Time Warner
Universal Music Canada Inc.
Warner Bros. Entertainment Canada Inc.
Warner Music Canada Co.
Contact: Chris Gray - (613) 238-4000 ext. 251
International Affairs Committee
Mandate:
- To lead the Canadian Chamber’s efforts on international policy issues.
- To review trade and investment developments and make recommendations on policy positions to be taken vis-à-vis the federal government.
- To create subcommittees to review issues in greater detail on an ad hoc basis.
Companies with representatives on this committee:
Aéroports de Montréal
ArcelorMittal Dofasco Inc.
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Bennett Jones LLP
Best Buy Canada Ltd.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon
Canada Post Corporation
Canadian Bankers Association
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Cassels, Brock & Blackwell LLP
Chrysler Canada Inc.
Crowell & Moring LLP
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Finora Inc.
Fogler, Rubinoff LLP
Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited
Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP
General Motors of Canada Limited
Gottlieb & Associates
Heenan Blaikie LLP
Hill and Knowlton Canada
HudBay Minerals Inc.
IBM Canada Ltd.
Lang Michener LLP
Manulife Financial
Maple Leaf Foods Inc.
McCarthy Tétrault
McMillan
MDS Nordion
Merck Frosst Canada Ltd.
Microsoft Canada Co.
Monsanto Canada Inc.
Ogilvy Renault
Peak of the Market
Purolator Courier Ltd.
Research In Motion Limited
Scotiabank
Siemens Canada Limited
St. John’s Board of Trade
State Bank of India (Canada)
Stikeman Elliott LLP
Talisman Energy Inc.
Tenaris Global Services
Toronto Board of Trade
Torys LLP
Toyota Canada Inc.
Trade Facilitation Services
Transamerica Life Canada
Vale Inco Limited
Warner Bros. Entertainment Canada Inc.
WestJet
Contact: Mathias Hartpence - (613) 238-4000 ext. 236
Mandate:
- To maintain liaison with senior federal government officials and politicians by way of informal “off the record” meetings.
- To secure information with respect to current or upcoming federal government legislative, policy or other actions that will be of assistance to the Canadian Chamber and its members.
- To supplement the work of the Canadian Chamber policy committees, working directly with various federal government departments.
- To raise with the federal government matters not assigned to Canadian Chamber policy committees.
Contact: Susanna Cluff-Clyburne - (613) 238-4000 ext. 225
Mandate:
- Consists of tax practitioners from the large professional services firms, tax lawyers, and tax specialists from industry.
- To consider and report on matters of federal concern in the field of taxation.
- To formulate recommendations for the implementation of Canadian Chamber policy in the taxation field.
- To review and provide input to submissions to the federal government on tax-related matters.
- To comment and provide advice on resolutions submitted by the Canadian Chamber network.
- To liaise with the Economic Policy Committee and other Canadian Chamber committees on matters related to taxation.
Companies with representatives on this committee:
AGF Management Limited
Alcoa Ltée
AMEC
BDO Canada LLP
Bennett Jones LLP
Canadian National
Cenovus Energy
CH2M HILL Canada Limited
Clarke Inc
Concentra Financial
Couzin Taylor LLP
Cineplex Entertainment
Canadian National
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Devon Canada Corporation
Dupont Canada
Ensign Energy Services Inc.
Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP
GE Canada
HSBC Bank Canada
IBM Canada Ltd.
Imperial Tobacco Canada
Investors Group
Penn West Petroleum
Peter H Harris Q.C.
Research In Motion Limited
Shell Canada Energy
Stikeman Elliott LLP
TD Bank Financial Group
The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants
WestJet
Contact: Tina Kremmidas - (416) 868-6415 ext. 222
Mandate:
- To consider and report on matters of federal concern in the field of transportation.
- To recommend action for the adoption of Canadian Chamber policy.
- To initiate the preparation of policy reviews, analyses, and reports on transportation policy issues.
Companies with representatives on this committee:
Air Canada
Alsatian Tech Management Inc.
Ascent Helicopters Ltd.
Baxter Corporation
British Columbia Chamber of Commerce
Canadian Pacific Railway
CH2MHILL Canada Limited
Chrysler Canada Inc.
CN
Crosbie Group Limited
Dominion Warehousing & Distribution Services Ltd.
Edmonton International Airport
Federal Express Canada Ltd.
Fednav Limited
GCT Global Container Terminals Inc.
General Motors of Canada Limited
Greater Toronto Airports Authority
Greyhound Canada Transportation Corp.
Hilton Canada Inc.
Holcim (Canada) Inc.
International Road Dynamics
JKR & Associates Inc.
Link + Corporation
Manitoulin Transport
NAV CANADA
Ottawa International Airport Authority
Port Metro Vancouver
Porter Airlines Inc.
Purolator Courier Ltd.
Seaway Marine Transport Inc.
Siemens Canada Limited
Skyservice Business Aviation Inc.
Vancouver International Airport Authority
Via Rail Canada Inc.
WestJet
Winners Merchants International
Contact: Leah Littlepage - (613) 238-4000 ext. 250
Small and Medium-Sized Business Committee (SME Committee)
Mandate: to promote an improved environment in Canada for SME businesses by raising the issues of small and medium-sized business among influential policymakers in the government and general public.
Companies with reps on this committee (TBD)
Contact: Anne Argyris, (613) 238-4000 x223
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