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Chamber Board Member, Rob Saunders joins the dignitaries at the Treaty 6 Flag Raising Ceremony at City Hall today. |
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Chief Wallace Fox & Mayor Jeff Mulligan lead the procession of dignitaries at the Treaty 6 Ceremony. |
If you have ideas or suggestions about how the Chamber of Commerce can assist the business community to prosper and grow, please post comments.
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Chamber Board Member, Rob Saunders joins the dignitaries at the Treaty 6 Flag Raising Ceremony at City Hall today. |
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Chief Wallace Fox & Mayor Jeff Mulligan lead the procession of dignitaries at the Treaty 6 Ceremony. |
Northern Gateway -- CALL TO ACTION
On Monday, our members will receive a Call to Action advocacy package designed to assist chamber members interested in writing Letters of Comment to the Joint Review Panel, which is seeking public input on the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project. The deadline for the Letters of Comment is Aug. 31.
I encourage members to provide comment on this project as it is viewed as critical to Alberta's sustained economic success because it will diversify our markets for crude oil.
This advocacy thrust is based on the ACC recently adopted policy, Northern Gateway Pipelines Project.
Our float entry in the parade was very well done thanks to our awesome staff and board members. I missed the parade once again due to the ACE conference, however I heard that the parade was colorful and interesting, the two breakfasts held by Leckie & Associates and City of Lloydminster/NewCap were delicious and the Lloyd Ex did their usual bang up job of hosting record crowds at the fair. When I am away from our City and visiting with folks from other municipalities, I fully appreciate what we have here ... a forward thinking city council and administration, hardworking and progressive organizations, honest and integral business leaders and friendly and helpful people. Who would want to live or run a business anywhere else?
I have been busy this week, along with Karin, our resident photographer, visiting with and taking pictures for our Business Awards presentation. It has been interesting and fun meeting with nominees and getting a tour of their business or organization. I hope that everyone will come out and celebrate with us in October during business week when we showcase our nominated businesses and announce the recipients of the Business awards.
New West Partnership blows in more benefits for business
Alberta, B.C. and Saskatchewan have launched a new streamlined system of business registration. As of July 1, businesses only have to register in one of the provinces to operate in each province. The system was created under the New West Partnership, which is a venture among the three provinces to eliminate barriers to trade. ACC's longstanding policy, Elimination on Interprovincial Trade Barriers, seeks this kind of collaboration.
Till next time .......
Pat
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