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Letter to Prime Minister Harper – The G20 Leaders’ Summit, April 2, 2009

Letter To Prime Minister Harper – The G20 Leaders’ Summit, April 2, 2009

March 30, 2009
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Ontario Tax Reforms Will Spur Investment and Growth, CCCE Says in Letter to Premier McGuinty

Ontario Tax Reforms Will Spur Investment And Growth, CCCE Says In Letter To Premier McGuinty

March 27, 2009
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Canada and the United States Must Work Together to Boost Free Trade and Economic Recovery, Washington CEO Summit Participants Agree

Canada and the United States face enormous economic challenges, but business leaders in both countries are working closely with governments to drive a rapid return to growth and prosperity in North America and around the world, says Thomas d’Aquino, Chief Executive and President of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives(CCCE). Mr. d’Aquino was speaking at a special summit of Canadian and American business leaders and policy makers convened by the CCCE in Washington, D.C., on March 23 and 24, 2009. Participants included: Lawrence Summers, Director of President Barack Obama’s National Economic Council and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy; Ronald Kirk, newly confirmed United States Trade Representative; Jim Prentice, Canada’s Minister of the Environment; Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of Canada; and Kevin Warsh, Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. “This is a time of transformation in the global economy, where governments around the […]

March 24, 2009
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Merger of Suncor Energy and Petro-Canada Will Create Global Champion, CCCE Head Says

Merger Of Suncor Energy and Petro-Canada Will Create Global Champion, CCCE Head Says

March 23, 2009
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Strengthening the Legislative and Regulatory Framework for Private Pension Plans

Strengthening The Legislative And Regulatory Framework For Private Pension Plans

March 17, 2009
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Reform of Ontario’s Retail Sales Tax Would Spur Business Investment and Growth, CCCE Tells Premier

Reform Of Ontario’s Retail Sales Tax Would Spur Business Investment And Growth, CCCE Tells Premier

March 17, 2009
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Business Leaders Herald Important Milestone in Canada-Europe Economic Partnership

Comments by Thomas d’Aquino, Chief Executive and President of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE),  following today’s announcement that Canada and the European Union have agreed on the broad outline of a future comprehensive economic partnership: “At long last, Canada is poised to realize the immense potential of a closer transatlantic relationship. By encouraging deeper bilateral economic integration, a Canada-European Union partnership would bolster confidence and create important new opportunities for workers, businesses and investors on both sides of the Atlantic. Particularly in today’s troubled economic environment, this is a substantial and welcome breakthrough.” “Canada’s business leaders congratulate Prime Minister Stephen Harper and International Trade Minister Stockwell Day, and their senior officials, for their vision and dedication to this vital initiative. We strongly encourage Canadian and European officials to seek negotiating mandates and to launch the talks as soon as possible. My colleagues and I are deeply committed to these negotiations […]

March 5, 2009
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Business Leaders Strongly Endorse Bold Economic Partnership With Europe

Business Leaders Strongly Endorse Bold Economic Partnership With Europe

March 5, 2009
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Enhancing the Canada-United States Partnership

Enhancing The Canada-United States Partnership

February 25, 2009
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Bringing Canada and Europe Closer Together

Thank you for the opportunity to appear this morning to speak to Bill C-2, the act to implement the free trade agreement between Canada and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). I suspect many Canadians would be hard-pressed even to name the four members of EFTA — Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland — and might wonder whether the extensive negotiations that have led to this agreement are worth the trouble.  I want to say this morning that this agreement is important to Canadians, and that it matters for three reasons. First of all, Canada’s commercial relationship with the EFTA countries is far more significant than most Canadians realize.  The group represents Canada’s fifth largest export market, accounting for $12.9 billion in two-way trade in 2007.  In other words, Canada exports more to these four countries than to all of South America. Even though this agreement is limited to trade in […]

February 24, 2009
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