Krista Ross Commentary – Lack of Childcare Access is Holding Back Growth – September 2023
Last month in this space I wrote about the importance of accessing primary healthcare to business and how we need to rethink our views in general about what is a ‘business’ issue and what is a ‘social’ issue. It is increasingly clear that many of our current...Krista Ross Commentary – Innovative Solutions to Accessing Primary Healthcare: A Collaborative Call to Action – August 2023
This month, I am continuing to dig into our five core policy priorities with an issue that affects all New Brunswickers: Innovative Solutions to Accessing Primary Healthcare. With a clear link between community health and economic vitality, healthcare is an issue that...Letter – Minister Lebouthilier – CRA Client Authorization Letters – July 2023
18 July 2023 The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, P.C., M.P. Minister of National Revenue 7th Floor 555 Mackenzie Avenue Ottawa ON K1A 0L5 Via email: diane.lebouthillier@parl.gc.ca Dear Minister Lebouthillier: ...Letter – Minister Dunn – Re: Fair Registration Practices in Regulated Professions Act – July 2023
18 July 2023 Hon. Arlene Dunn Minister, Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour Chestnut Complex P. O. Box 6000 Fredericton, NB E3B 5H1 Via email: arlene.dunn@gnb.ca Dear Minister Dunn: Re: Fair...Commentary – Krista Ross – CEBA Loans Repayment Deadline Must be Extended
Hundreds of thousands of small businesses throughout Canada are relying on the federal government to provide an extension of the deadline to repay their Canada Emergency Business Account loans, popularly known as CEBA. Since COVID-19 Public Health restrictions began...Commentary – Krista Ross – Fredericton Needs a New Performing Arts Centre – June 2023
Earlier this week, Fredericton City Council was presented with a revised cost estimate for a new performing arts centre in the city, which came in at $81.7M, including $10.6M for contingencies. Councilors voted to increase the amount that the municipal government...Commentary – Krista Ross – Immigration and Population Growth: We Need to do Better
This month I’m taking a closer look at our chamber’s third of five policy priorities for 2023: immigration and population growth. In previous years, we thought about population growth and workforce development as being a single issue, but our position has evolved to...Krista Ross – Commentary – Policy Priority – Workforce Development
Earlier this year, I wrote about the Fredericton chamber’s over-arching policy priority – creating a competitive business environment. Ten years ago when we talked about that idea, we primarily meant the tax and regulatory conditions. While those are still important –...Commentary – Krista Ross – Indigenous Business Forum – March 2023
Earlier this week the Fredericton Chamber of Commerce and the Joint Economic Development Initiative (“JEDI”) hosted our first Indigenous Business Forum at the Maqitahtimok Centre on Sistansisk (St. Mary’s First Nation). It was important to us to get leadership and...Commentary: Krista Ross: Bill 27 – Paid Sick Leave
Earlier this week, the chambers of commerce in Fredericton, Moncton and Saint John, with the support of the Atlantic chamber, jointly wrote to Minister Holder regarding Bill 27 on behalf of our members. The bill, which calls for amending the Employment Standards Act...Krista Ross: Policy Priorities for 2023
Each fall, the Fredericton Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors discusses the biggest challenges, issues and barriers to growth for our members and the business community in New Brunswick. They draft a set of policy priorities that we then put to our membership...Commentary – Krista Ross – The Relationship between Employers and Students – November 2022
Over the past week or so, both the New Brunswick Student Alliance and the University of New Brunswick Student Union held their annual “Advocacy Week” campaigns – publishing their annual priority document and meeting with numerous government officials and other...Commentary – Krista Ross – Supporting Small Business Through the Challenges Ahead – October 2022
Earlier this month, we celebrated Small Business Week throughout the country. The week was both an opportunity to celebrate and recognize those smaller enterprises that are the heartbeat of our economy, but also a reminder that their continued existence is highly...
Krista Ross Commentary – Addressing Supply Change Challenges – September 2022
It’s no secret that businesses in many industries (and therefore consumers) are facing inflationary pressures on their finances. This is a complex issue but one of the primary drivers behind the quickly rising cost of living and doing business is breakdowns in supply...Advertisement
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