Roadmap for a “Smart” Oakville initiative, urging Town Council to develop an ambitious and visionary innovation strategy that prioritizes transportation mobility and digitization.   Ford Mobility’s Safety Insights Platform enables cities to streamline what can be a costly and time-consuming process of accessing and analyzing transportation data so that decisions…

rd, the Oakville Chamber launched its Roadmap to a “Smart” Oakville.  This call to action urged Town Council to develop an innovation strategy that prioritizes transportation mobility and digitization.   Oakville doesn’t have to look far to see what other municipalities are doing in this space that benefit citizens, business…

A Roadmap for a “Smart” Oakville.  This initiative urges Town Council to develop an innovation strategy that prioritizes transportation mobility and digitization.   We are very proud of our business community here in Oakville.  Like all businesses, they have had their share of challenges stemming from this pandemic.  However, they…

Today, the Oakville Chamber of Commerce launched A Roadmap for a “Smart Oakville”.  The initiative calls on Town Council to develop an Innovation Strategy that prioritizes transportation mobility and digitization.   The Oakville Chamber urges the Town to commit to actions that promote the long-term growth of the digital economy…

The Chamber Partnership Initiative will support access to the following key features through Magnet’s platform: Nationwide student recruitment: Hiring a student? Use the Outcome Campus Connect functionality to reach student job seekers across 85+ post-secondary institutions with one click. Financial support for student hiring: Wage subsidies of up to $7,500…

Potential for a significant drop in consumer demand due to higher unemployment, potentially higher taxes and reduced disposable income; Reduction in available capital for investment and working capital for companies with weak balance sheets; Fundamental shifts in consumer behavior – reduced aggregate demand and a shift to online commerce; Possible…

Focus on sustainability, delivering responsibly, is how CN is building for the future   In August 2020, CN announced that it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding to acquire 50 zero-emission trucks from the Lion Electric Co. of Saint-Jérôme, Quebec. The virtually noiseless, zero-emission trucks, to join CN’s intermodal fleet,…

th the Ontario Government released its first budget since the pandemic was declared.  It was a response to the current crisis and demonstrates the beginning of a long-term plan for economic growth.   The business community welcomes many priorities outlined in Ontario’s 2020 Budget “Ontario’s Action Plan: Protect, Support, Recover”. …