HIGH-GRADE NI-CU-PT-PD-ZN-CR-AU-V-TI DISCOVERIES IN THE "RING OF FIRE"

NI 43-101 Update (September 2012): 11.1 Mt @ 1.68% Ni, 0.87% Cu, 0.89 gpt Pt and 3.09 gpt Pd and 0.18 gpt Au (Proven & Probable Reserves) / 8.9 Mt @ 1.10% Ni, 1.14% Cu, 1.16 gpt Pt and 3.49 gpt Pd and 0.30 gpt Au (Inferred Resource)

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Message: Pushing Federal Government to ignite the ring

Rory Ring is trying to ignite the ring!

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.saultstar.com/news/local-news/chamber-launches-message-for-fall-federal-election/amp

 

The Sault Ste. Marie Chamber of Commerce is getting an early start to the fall federal election by identifying the needs to help business prosper.

It’s released its Vote Prosperity platform, urging federal party leaders and their candidates to put the needs of Canadian business front and centre during the election campaign.
The early release is also designed to heighten awareness of the issues businesses face with the hope that all political parties will address some of the issues in their platforms which are now being developed, said Rory Ring, CEO of the Sault Ste. Marie Chamber of Commerce.

 

“The unofficial campaign has begun,” Ring said. “This is the time when parties start developing their platforms and we want business to be on the leading edge and get our message out.”

The Vote Prosperity message calls on all federal political parties to support Canada’s job creators by including seven priorities in their election campaign.

The Chamber wants to see a fair, moderate and efficient tax system, a regulatory system that works for everyone, the elimination of trade barriers, and more resources to help small and medium-sized businesses grow.

Their message also includes the need for innovation and infrastructure to connect Canada with the rest of the world, the need to focus on developing a skilled workforce and a healthier pharmacare system for healthier Canadians.

While the message is not new, Ring said there is a need for a federal government to do more and the only way of doing that is to drive the same message over and over again and hope for greater success.

“The Canadian business sector feels that more action has to happen,” Ring said. “We need more than just words. We need action to be taken to make sure we are providing business with the opportunity to grow and compete. That will bring prosperity.

 

Ring said Canada’s tax policy needs to be modernized and during the last budget there was no commitment to do that.

The Chamber of Commerce believes that it is time a Royal Commission be established to undertake a complete and thorough review that includes input from all stakeholders.

“It’s not just about being competitive internally. It’s about being competitive and looking at the whole global economy. We have to make sure we are giving opportunities that will build a system that allows us not just to extract our natural resources, but to add value to them so we can sell them on a global basis,” he said.

Ring said a tax system also needs to allow investment to take place, whether it be for skilled labour, technology or innovation so that business can better compete on the global market.

Ring said once local candidates are all in place, the Vote Prosperity document will be provided to them. The candidates can also expect to be quizzed during the debates it participates in.

Of special importance is the recent Noront Resources announcement that Sault Ste. Marie has been selected as the chosen site for its ferrochrome processing facility.

Ring said that if Canadians are perceived as builders in the global market, business and industry can’t be bogged down with regulations.  There needs to be a balance that encourages investment and development in Canada, he said.

Also of importance locally is the need to ensure a skilled workforce is developed and that the skills are transferrable from province to province and ensure that training is recognized on a national basis so people can move where the jobs are, he said.

“If we’re thinking globally, we also need to think internally so that we have the structures that allow us to compete and do business,” Ring said.

Local chamber members will also be watching the tariff issue and how political parties plan to continue to address the issue and ensure that the closed U.S. borders doesn’t increase dumping in Canada.

The chamber wants to see parties develop procurement policies that identify and create dollar values for products from non-market economies that Canadian companies face in order to create a level field for procurement purposes.

“We really need to think hard about that and here in Sault Ste. Marie that’s a message we have to take to government,” he said.

The chamber argues that Canadian taxpayer money is often spent on offshore products that are created where the same health and safety and environmental regulations – among others — don’t exist.

The chamber anticipates that the top issues for local business owners will be job skills, trade issues, regulations and tax.

The federal election is Monday Oct. 21.

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