On January 30, 2020, we convened some of Canada’s greatest business
minds at our inaugural Canada 360° Economic Summit, all coming together with a
common purpose: to find and develop new ideas to stimulate our economy.
We asked business leaders the big questions about how the economy is
changing underneath our feet and how we can best position Canada. These
discussions focused on three main areas: Canada’s declining levels of
competitiveness, Canada’s place in the world amidst a changing global economy
and Canada’s role as a nation of innovators in an increasingly disruptive
economy.
Click here to read our Canada 360° Economic Summit: Toward a National Economic Strategy to find out what business leaders had to say about the issues they are facing on the ground and what this means for our economy and our country
Dr. Trevin Stratton, Chief Economist and Vice President of Policy at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, joins The Agenda with Steve Paikin, and suggests the removal of interprovincial trade barriers would help create economic growth.
There are a number of headline government priorities that the letters reaffirm, such as childcare and Indigenous Reconciliation. The focus on COVID is obvious, and aside from that, the Canadian Chamber lens is looking at what will make businesses competitive to drive economic growth.