Current Initiatives
We spend time advocating on your behalf so you can spend time building your business.
Go Big on Small Business: Recommendations to Support Small Business Success
Small businesses are the backbone of Alberta's economy, with over 167,000 across the province and more than 63,000 in Calgary alone. Representing 95% of Calgary's businesses, they play a vital role in shaping the city's culture and driving its economy. However, rising costs are creating significant challenges, limiting growth opportunities. To support these businesses, the Chamber is calling on all levels of government to foster a more favorable investment climate that encourages innovation and helps small businesses overcome affordability pressures.
2024 U.S. Election: Strengthening Canada's Economic Future
Canada and the United States have one of the largest and most comprehensive trading relationships in the world. In this three-part series, we break down this bilateral relationship in depth to understand how the U.S. election could impact the jobs, livelihoods and future prosperity for Calgarians, Albertans and Canadians.
Rural Connectivity: Unlocking the Alberta Advantage for Everyone
Rural Connectivity: Unlocking the Alberta Advantage for Everyone sheds light on the digital divide in rural, remote and Indigenous communities and offers solutions for all levels of government to close the connectivity gap and ensure everyone in Alberta has access to reliable, high-speed broadband.
Home Economics: Unlocking Growth through Housing Solutions
Home Economics: Unlocking Growth through Housing Solutions raises concern over waning housing affordability in Calgary and offers recommendations to all levels of government to address the housing crisis.
ACCELERATE: Driving Alberta Forward
Calgary Chamber of Commerce is pleased to release our Provincial Election Platform: ACCELERATE, our business-led, solutions-oriented plan to achieve economic strength and resilience in Alberta.
Unlocking our Talent Potential
Unlocking our Talent Potential is a four-part series that provides policy recommendations and tangible solutions to address the city's talent-related challenges.
Gearing up for Growth
Recommendations for the City of Calgary to support the continued recovery and resilience of businesses
We believe that vibrant businesses lead to vibrant communities
We advocate for policies that enable them to start, scale, and compete.
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