Jan. 28, 2009
Ottawa, JANUARY 27, 2009- The Canadian Chamber of Commerce today welcomed Ottawa's plan to respond to the global recession.
"Since the meltdown in global financial markets last fall, we have called for a comprehensive strategy to limit the impact of the recession on Canada and to speed recovery. While there are elements that we would have designed differently, the government has consulted extensively and has answered our request to show how it thinks we can get our economy moving again. In the interest of all Canadians, the plan should be given a chance to work," said Chamber President and CEO Perrin Beatty.
In his Budge speech, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty responded postively to a number of the Canadian Chamber's proposals to mitigate the impact of the recession adn stimulate the economy, including:
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