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News and opinion pieces from some of the smart minds at the Calgary Chamber.

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Entrepreneurs are essential for economic growth
Post date: May 21, 2013
Posted by: Catherine Stone
Entrepreneurs play a vital role in our economy. Small and medium-sized enterprises account for 99 per cent of businesses in Canada, employing 60 per cent of working Canadians and contributing roughly...
Extreme weather costs Alberta businesses big bucks
Post date: May 14, 2013
Posted by: Catherine Stone
Alberta is the natural disaster capital of Canada. Last year, 62 per cent of insurance losses from natural catastrophes in Canada happened in Alberta. This trend is hitting industry hard in the...
Aboriginal workers can alleviate looming labour shortage
Post date: May 13, 2013
Posted by: Catherine Stone
Despite some predictions of a soft economy in 2013, Alberta’s job market continues to surprise and the challenge of finding skilled labour looks like it will be an ongoing problem with some estimates...
AGM Recap: Getting back to the core of a successful chamber
Post date: May 6, 2013
Posted by: Jesse Semko
Last year the Calgary Chamber headed down the road of transformational change by undertaking a number of initiatives to better meet the needs of our members. Speaking at the Chamber’s AGM last week...
Temporary Foreign Worker changes miss the mark
Post date: April 30, 2013
Posted by: Adam Legge
Changes announced on April 29 to the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program are a knee-jerk reaction to the experience that was brought to light with RBC, and miss the mark of that experience but...
A small tax gesture to city’s small businesses
Post date: April 29, 2013
Posted by: Adam Legge
City Council has a great opportunity in front of it. And I will be bold and suggest what they should do. But first a quick backgrounder – property tax is a combination of a city portion and a...
The many faces of the Chamber’s policy work
Post date: April 25, 2013
Posted by: Aaron Kroontje
The Calgary Chamber has a handful of people on its policy and government affairs team that are constantly working to make Calgary a more business friendly city. However, to the average person the...
5 leadership secrets to succeed against the odds
Post date: April 16, 2013
Posted by: Jesse Semko
Did you miss this event because you didn't hear about it? Sign up for the Calgary Chamber's weekly newsletter here. Business leaders today are faced with more challenges than ever to navigate their...
Determination makes the difference
Post date: April 2, 2013
Posted by: Jackie McAtee
The average margin of victory in golf tournaments over the last 25 years has been less than three strokes. In the Indy 500, the average margin of victory in the last decade has been 1.54 seconds. At...
Chamber introduces new team to meet business community’s needs
Post date: March 5, 2013
Posted by: Jesse Semko
The Calgary Chamber exists for one reason: to make our members’ business more successful. That’s it. Plain and simple. If we’re not doing that, we’re not doing our job as an organization. To deliver...
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