Policy

VANCOUVER BOARD OF TRADE GIVES B.C. BUDGET 2012/2013 'B' GRADE
VANCOUVER BOARD OF TRADE GIVES B.C. BUDGET 2012/2013 'B' GRADE
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Chair's message: Licence to lead
In this issue, I continue my series on leadership which is vital to both the workplace and the prosperity of our city and province.
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Meet the Small Business Council

The Small Business Council (SBC) is one of The Vancouver Board of Trade’s Committees and Task Forces.
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Ninth Circuit Appeal on Expedited Removal Order
The Vancouver Board of Trade has long supported the expediting of travel between Canada and the United States for trade and movement of visitors and business travellers across our mutual border.
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Board’s APEC Business Travel Card resolution passed
The Vancouver Board of Trade’s policy resolution on APEC Business Travel Card was approved as Canadian Chamber of Commerce policy at their recently Annual General Meeting. This now becomes one of the policies promoted by the CCC on behalf of its members.
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Chinese Ambassador Zhang Junsai meets with Board of Trade members
A group of directors from The Vancouver Board of Trade met with Zhang Junsai, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Canada, for breakfast on Tuesday, August 23.
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Letter to The Globe & Mail – Re: Crime in B.C. drops 6%
Once again, Statistics Canada, and by inference, those using their data, have fallen into the trap of referring to Police Reported Crime statistics as being equivalent to the official Canadian crime rate. It is encouraging to see police-reported crime shows a further decline.
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Ninety-one economists rally behind HST
Ninety-one B.C. economists signed and published a letter in The Vancouver Sun backing the HST.
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Message from the Chair: The HST issue is critical to B.C. business
Your ballots are due back in just a few weeks — by August 5 — and as chair of western Canada’s leading business association, I feel strongly that it is important to speak out on this issue. The Vancouver Board of Trade officially supports retaining the HST, and our research to reach that conclusion has been extensive.
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Letter to Mayor Robertson & Council: RE: Opportunities for Higher Buildings in Downtown Vancouver
For the past twenty years, the development of Vancouver’s downtown peninsula has been governed, in part, by policies that combine specific view corridors with limitations on building heights. These policies have served Vancouver well and The Vancouver Board of Trade (The Board) has been supportive of them.
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