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Our Reaction to the Government’s Announced Engagement on Trade and Transportation
If we want to diversify our trade relationships, attract investment, and position Canada as a stable place to do business, we need supply chains that move goods as efficiently and reliably as possible.
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Our 21st century economy counts on 21st century supply chains. Without world-class links, we’re not operating at the same level as our interconnected global peers. Supply chains connect Canadian businesses to customers at home and abroad, support jobs in every region of the country and boost our ability to compete in an increasingly uncertain global trading environment. The launch of this engagement is an important opportunity to take a hard look at the pressures facing our trade-enabling transportation infrastructure, and to identify practical solutions that strengthen Canada’s long-term economic resilience.
Over the past several years, Canadian businesses have experienced firsthand how vulnerable our supply chains can be to labour disruptions, regulatory bottlenecks, permitting delays and growing geopolitical uncertainty. At a time when global supply chains are being reconfigured and countries are competing aggressively for investment and market access, Canada simply cannot afford complacency.
If we want to diversify our trade relationships, attract investment, and position Canada as a stable place to do business, we need supply chains that move goods as efficiently and reliably as possible. That means modernizing approval processes, improving coordination across jurisdictions, strengthening transportation infrastructure and ensuring greater stability across the national trade corridor.
We have been talking about the need for cultural or mindset shifts in our national ambitions — and the time for change is now. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce welcomes this engagement and looks forward to working constructively with the government and stakeholders to help build more resilient, competitive and reliable Canadian supply chains.
- Pascal Chan, Vice President, Strategic Policy and Supply Chains, Canadian Chamber of Commerce
About the Canadian Chamber of Commerce — The Future of Business Success
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is Canada’s largest and most activated business network — representing over 400 chambers of commerce and boards of trade and more than 200,000 business of all sizes, from all sectors of the economy and from every part of the country — working to create the conditions for our collective success. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is the undisputed champion and catalyst for the future of business success. From working with government on economy-friendly policy to providing services that inform commerce and enable trade, we give each of our members more of what they need to succeed: insight into markets, competitors and trends, influence over the decisions and policies that drive business success, and impact on business and economic performance.
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Shane Mackenzie
Vice President, Media and Stakeholder Communications
613.302.7683
smackenzie@chamber.ca
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