Economic Resources
2024 Surrey Economic Development Magazine
Economic Confidence Report from Leger – July 31, 2024
2024/25 Canadian Chamber of Commerce Proposed Resolution Manual
2024 BC Chamber of Commerce Proposed Policy Resolution Manual
Canadian Invention Support
BC’s New Paid Sick Day Legislation
2022 City of Surrey Spending Pattern Series Report
Spending on furniture & décor
StrongerBC Economic Plan – 2022
Surrey Economy Presentation
Overview of federal Government Services for Small Businesses
Find everything that the government can do for your business, all in one place. The Innovation Canada digital platform can match you with the best-fitting programs and services from across federal, provincial and territorial governments—in less than 3 minutes.
Canada Small Business Financing Program
The Canada Small Business Financing Program makes it easier for small businesses to get loans from financial institutions by sharing the risk with lenders. Small businesses or start-ups operating in Canada with gross annual revenues of $10 million or less. Up to a maximum of $1,000,000 for any one borrower, of which no more than $350,000 can be used for purchasing leasehold improvements or improving leased property and purchasing or improving new or used equipment.
CleanBC Plan
On Wednesday, December 5, the B.C. government released their plan to reach the legislated reduction of greenhouse gas output from about 63 megatonnes to 13 megatonnes by 2050. CleanBC describes how we can make things more efficient, use less energy and waste less, while making sure that the energy we use is the cleanest possible and to the greatest extent possible made-in-B.C.
Stuck in Traffic for 10,000 Years: Canadian Problems that Infrastructure Investment Can Solve
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the Surrey Board of Trade are launching a new report titled Stuck in Traffic for 10,000 Years: Canadian Problems that Infrastructure Investment Can Solve that examines the effects of various deficiencies in infrastructure, ranging from access to broadband internet to improving the Ontario-Québec trade corridor with the U.S., lack of new pipelines and the unexplored potential of Canada’s North.
The full list of infrastructure challenges include:
Facilitating trade through the Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor
Improved digital access and investment across Canada
Maximizing the potential of Northern communities and businesses
Enhancing the Quebec-Ontario trade corridor
Getting oil and gas to global markets
Green electrification and transmission
Surrey Board of Trade Outlines the Opportunities Canada Needs to Build the Next 150 Years of Business Success
Ten Ways to Build a Canada that Wins. Instead of focusing on barriers, we will outline 10 opportunities to improve our economic success, along with our specific recommendations to advocate throughout the year.
As Canada fights to regain its competitiveness, the role of chambers of commerce and boards of trade as advocates for public policies that foster economic growth, increased productivity, job creation and an innovative private sector has never been more important.
Upskilling the Workforce
This report should be seen as a step toward understanding and potentially leveraging the role of business to work with individuals, educators and governments to achieve better skills and better outcomes in Canada’s economy. With a focus on the employer’s role in the training of employees, this report raises several of the issues and gaps in the skills picture in Canada.
The training and development eco-system is complex, spanning everything from the supply side to the demand side with many actors and various actions on both sides. Consider the impact
on a learner, and potential future employee, from the players along the skills road, starting with high school guidance counsellors and teachers, to professors and instructors at the post-secondary level, co-op and internship-sponsoring employers, professional accreditation bodies and unions and, ultimately, employers of all sizes. Each and every one of these people can influence the range and quality of learning and training choices for the potential or existing employee.
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Smart Cities of the Future
This report examines the importance of cities to Canada’s competitiveness and focuses on the evolving role of cities in the global economy, how cities are transforming themselves to attain a competitive advantage and why being “smart” is key to sustained economic growth and prosperity.
