News for Chamber Organization

(Medicine Hat) February 20, 2019 – According to the Medicine Hat & District Chamber of Commerce, the very fabric of our country is being threatened by the devastating impact of low oil prices, our inability to get energy resources to global markets and the increasing tensions between Canadians who live in resource-producing regions and other parts of Canada. The oil and gas industry has been a ...read more

(Medicine Hat) – The Medicine Hat & District Chamber of Commerce wrapped up 2018 with a number of policy successes with two recent achievements on a local level and one on a provincial level in December alone  The Chamber was pleased with the decision by council to continue the Off-Site Levy Municipal Development Subsidy at the City Council meeting held on December 3, 2018. This is an issue that ...read more

(Medicine Hat) The Medicine Hat & District Chamber of Commerce, along with the Canadian Chamber of Commerce (CCC), provided their initial comments on the 2018 Fall Economic Statement entitled “Investing in Middle Class Jobs” announced on November 21, 2018.  The federal government’s Fall Economic Update contains a number of important measures to address Canada’s competitiveness gap with other ...read more

(Medicine Hat) – The Medicine Hat & District Chamber of Commerce, along with the Alberta Chambers of Commerce (ACC) is pleased to announce the launch of Vote Prosperity, a platform and campaign outlining the Alberta business community’s priorities for the upcoming 2019 provincial election. Vote Prosperity provides a series of proactive recommendations that all of Alberta’s political parties should ...read more

(Medicine Hat) The Medicine Hat & District Chamber of Commerce is pleased to have local representatives now serving on the provincial and federal Board of Directors within the Chamber of Commerce network.  On May 26, 2018, the Alberta Chambers of Commerce (ACC) announced its Executive Committee for the 2018-2019 year during the ACC's 80th Provincial Conference and Policy Session, held in Grande ...read more

Québec City, QC – JoAnne Letkeman was recognized as a leading representative of the Chambers of Commerce Group Insurance Plan® at the program’s national conference in Québec, QC, September 13th-16th. The top 100 Chambers Plan representatives from across the country were honoured at the event for experts who met stringent qualifying criteria. JoAnne Letkeman of Brightan Financial Strategies Inc. is ...read more

(Medicine Hat) Canada’s regulatory system is smothering business in Canada, thanks to a growing mix of complex, costly and overlapping rules from all levels of government. A new report by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, and supported by the Medicine Hat & District Chamber of Commerce, Death by 130,000 Cuts: Improving Canada’s Regulatory Competitiveness, calls on governments to modernize their ...read more

(Medicine Hat) – The Medicine Hat & District Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the election of three new directors, one re-elected director and eight returning directors for the 2018- 2020 term. Directors assist in providing leadership and advocacy for a continued healthy business environment, as well as contributing to the voice of business in the Medicine Hat and surrounding ...read more

(Medicine Hat) The Chamber of Commerce approved three new policies and marked two as complete at the March 21st Board of Directors meeting. Two policies around the recent labour legislation were adopted including the ‘Clarity Needed in Employment Standards Averaging Agreements and Treatment of Statutory Holidays’ as well as ‘Managing Impacts of Layered Legislation’. Perry Deering, Chamber of ...read more