Business Resources
Weekly Update: November 13 – 19, 2020
Weekly Update: November 13 – 19, 2020 Supports for Business Red Tape Reduction Highlights The Government of Alberta’s first annual report on red tape reduction highlights the red tape burden that Albertans have to deal with which is expressed by the baseline count. The Alberta government has a baseline count of almost 671,000 regulatory requirements…
Read MoreWeekly Update: November 6-12, 2020
Weekly Update: November 6-12, 2020 Supports for Business New measures to curb the rapid growth of COVID-19 Targeted health measures will take effect on Nov. 13 to curb the rapid growth of COVID-19 in Alberta and protect the health system. There are 8,305 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. Hospitalizations and intensive care unit…
Read MoreWeekly Update: October 30 – November 5, 2020
Weekly Update: October 30 – November 5, 2020 Supports for Business Government introduces legislation for new, targeted support to help businesses through pandemic The Federal government introduced Bill C-9, An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act (Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy and Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy), which would implement new, targeted support to help businesses.…
Read MoreWeekly Update: October 23 – 29, 2020
Weekly Update: October 23 – 29, 2020 Supports for Business Businesses Using A Personal Banking Account Can Now Apply For CEBA As first announced by Prime Minister Trudeau at our AGM & Convention on Monday, businesses that use personal bank accounts to operate may now apply for a CEBA loan. Contact your primary financial institution…
Read MoreWeekly Update: October 16 – 22, 2020
Weekly Update: October 16 – 22, 2020 Supports for Business Last Reminder For CECRA For Small Businesses Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance is set to end soon. Property owners that have already been approved for rental assistance have until October 30th 2020 to opt-in for the extensions. The application portal will close at 11:59 PM…
Read MoreWeekly Update: October 9 – 15, 2020
Weekly Update: October 9 – 15, 2020 Supports for Business Government announces new, targeted support to help businesses through pandemic including Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy The federal government announced the government’s intention to introduce new, targeted supports to help hard-hit businesses and other organizations experiencing a drop in revenue including: The new Canada Emergency Rent…
Read MoreWeekly Update: October 2 – 8, 2020
Weekly Update: October 2 – 8, 2020 Supports for Business Start Alberta Tech Awards Applications – open until Oct 11, 2020 The Start Alberta Tech Awards Applications close Oct 11. The third annual Start Alberta Tech Awards, which take place Nov 16, 2020, will showcase our community’s grit and determination by recognizing individuals and organizations…
Read MoreAdvocacy in Action: Our meeting with Senator Doug Black, Q.C.
Advocacy in Action: Our meeting with Senator Doug Black, Q.C. The Chamber of Commerce was pleased to meet with Senator Doug Black on September 30th to provide insight and perspective of the impacts of Covid-19 on our business community. We were able to commend the Government for the much needed funding and supports for business…
Read MoreBusiness Beat: Remote Work
In the past six-months, we have shut down our economy, self-isolated, quarantined and pretended to be teachers. We have worked from home, given up travel, and learned to use Zoom, Teams and Google Hangouts, skipped birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, and funerals. We have re-launched, reintegrated into society, sent our children back to school and realized this…
Read MoreAdvocacy in Action: Supporting our Agriculture Sector
We had the opportunity to meet with the Alberta Beef Producers Zone 1 Directors on September 23rd and had some great conversations, both learning about the questions and concerns from producers, as well as highlighting key points of what the Chamber has been working on for the agriculture Industry. Nichole Neubauer also shared the work…
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