CME NEWS

CME: $71B Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy a lifeline for businesses amidst COVID-19 crisis

DATE

April 2020

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Economic Strategy

CME APPLAUDS FEDERAL MEASURES TO HELP ALL BUSINESSES

DATE

March 2020

TOPIC

Economic Strategy

CME applauds federal measures to help small businesses

DATE

March 2020

TOPIC

Economic Strategy

COVID-19 and rail blockades signal worst year for manufacturers since 2008 – CME releases economic outlook report

DATE

March 2020

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Economic Strategy

CME congratulates Ontario Government strong action to support businesses in Fiscal Update; more is needed

DATE

March 2020

LOCATION

Ontario

TOPIC

Economic Strategy

CME urges government to adopt direct wage subsidies through employers in response to COVID-19 outbreak, EI system overload

DATE

March 2020

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Economic Strategy

Manufacturers and suppliers are essential businesses: CME calls for clarity and further government support

DATE

March 2020

LOCATION

Ontario

TOPIC

Economic Strategy

Canada’s Leading Business Organizations Call on Government to Protect Jobs and Postpone Non-Essential New Measures

DATE

March 2020

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Economic Strategy

COVID-19: CME welcomes industrial strategy to ramp up medical device production

DATE

March 2020

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Economic Strategy

Auto manufacturers to temporarily close North American factories

DATE

March 2020

TOPIC

Economic Strategy

CME: Federal government measures for business good first step; more action needed

DATE

March 2020

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Economic Strategy

CME encouraged Canadian borders to remain open to trade, calls for more relief for businesses and workers

DATE

March 2020

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Economic Strategy

CME welcomes support for Canadian financial system; recommends further stimulus action

DATE

March 2020

LOCATION

Canada

CME: COVID-19 aid good first step; manufacturers need targeted relief

DATE

March 2020

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Economic Strategy

Equipping southern Ontario manufacturers to increase productivity and competitiveness

DATE

March 2020

LOCATION

Ontario

TOPIC

Technology

COVID-19, Rail Bockades: Hits to the Canadian Economy Keep Coming

DATE

March 2020

LOCATION

Canada

TOPICS

Competitiveness, Economic Strategy, Trade

Leading business associations call on parliamentarians to pass CUSMA without further delay

DATE

February 2020

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Trade

Canadian business associations recognize progress and warn of ongoing economic impacts of rail blockades

DATE

February 2020

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Trade

CME Disappointed with Frontier Project Cancelation

DATE

February 2020

LOCATION

Alberta

TOPIC

regulations

BC Budget Disappoints Manufacturers Again

DATE

February 2020

LOCATION

British Columbia

TOPIC

budget

CME & Presidents of Canada’s leading manufacturers call on federal government to restore rail service

DATE

February 2020

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Trade

CME & ECCC Partner to Help Manufacturers Improve their Bottom Line

CME Concerned about Economic Impacts of Railway Blockade

DATE

January 2020

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Trade

Business groups call for economic growth plan in Budget 2020

DATE

February 2020

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Economic Strategy

Girls Guides participate to plant tour

DATE

January 2020

LOCATION

Alberta

TOPIC

Women in Manufacturing

Canadian Manufacturing Coalition urges swift passage of CUSMA

DATE

January 2020

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Trade

Canadian business groups urge all Parliamentarians to support swift efforts to ratify and implement CUSMA

DATE

January 2020

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Trade

MANUFACTURERS CONGRATULATE US CONGRESS ON PASSAGE OF CUSMA

DATE

January 2020

TOPIC

Trade

Economic & Fiscal Update: Boosting Investment Key to Economic Growth

DATE

December 2019

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Economic Strategy

Manufacturers applaud Canadian government efforts to finalize CUSMA

DATE

December 2019

LOCATION

Canada

Canadian business groups sound alarm over the future of the World Trade Organization

DATE

December 2019

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Trade

Speech from the Throne: Economic Growth a Key Priority

DATE

December 2019

TOPIC

Economic Strategy

Low Investments in New Technology Slowing Down Manufacturers’ Productivity

DATE

December 2019

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Competitiveness

Saskatoon’s Crestline Coach awarded Manufacturer of the Year

DATE

November 2019

LOCATION

Saskatchewan

TOPIC

Manufacturing

SOME ONTARIO MANUFACTURERS PAY UP TO 75% MORE FOR ELECTRICITY THAN US COUNTERPARTS

DATE

November 2019

LOCATION

Ontario

TOPIC

Competitiveness

NL Manufacturers Inspired to Scale up!

DATE

November 2019

LOCATION

Newfoundland & Labrador

TOPIC

Productivity

CME CONGRATULATES NEWLY APPOINTED CABINET MINISTERS

DATE

November 2019

LOCATION

Canada

CME concerned about shutdown of CN rail services

DATE

December 2019

LOCATION

Canada

TOPICS

Economic Strategy, Labour

CME now Certified a Great Place to Work®

DATE

November 2019

LOCATION

Canada

Fall Economic Statement to Benefit Manufacturing SMEs

DATE

November 2019

LOCATION

Ontario

TOPIC

Economic Strategy

CME launches the Manufacturing and Processing Safety Sector Council

DATE

October 2019

LOCATION

Ontario

TOPIC

Women in Manufacturing

Ontario Government’s red tape reduction initiative an important step

DATE

October 2019

LOCATION

Ontario

Plant tour encourages women to learn about manufacturing careers

DATE

October 2019

LOCATION

Ontario

TOPIC

Women in Manufacturing

CME congratulates Liberal Party on election win

DATE

October 2019

LOCATION

Canada

Recipients of the 2019 Women in Manufacturing Scholarship announced at CME’s Annual Manufacturing Conference

DATE

October 2019

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Women in Manufacturing

MANUFACTURERS RING THE ALARM ON LABOUR & SKILL SHORTAGES

DATE

October 2019

LOCATION

Canada

TOPICS

Labour, Skills

Manufacturers urge leaders to start addressing economic growth

DATE

October 2019

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Economic Strategy

Canadian manufacturers’ low productivity affects their competitiveness

DATE

October 2019

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Competitiveness

Ontario manufacturers welcome cost-saving WSIB reforms 

DATE

September 2019

LOCATION

Ontario

TOPIC

Labour

CME: Growing the economy through the manufacturing sector will make Canadians better off

DATE

September 2019

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Economic Strategy

CME urges political parties to act on increasing manufacturers competitiveness

DATE

September 2019

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Competitiveness

A VICTORY FOR CANADIAN SOFTWOOD LUMBER PRODUCERS

DATE

September 2019

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Trade

CME Calls for Political Parties to Act on Labour Shortages

DATE

September 2019

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Labour

CME: Clean Fuel Standards miss the mark

DATE

August 2019

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Environment

CME Corporate Office moving to Downtown Toronto

DATE

September 2019

LOCATION

Ontario

CME Withdraws from Patterson Review of Workers Compensation

LOCATION

British Columbia

TOPIC

Labour

CME SUPPORTS INDUSTRY-LED BLUE BIN PROGRAM

DATE

August 2019

LOCATION

Ontario

TOPIC

Environment

CME ASKS FOR MORE IMMIGRANTS AND SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURES

DATE

August 2019

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Labour

CME CALLS FOR MANUFACTURING STRATEGY AS MINISTER FREELAND MEETS WITH GERMAN COUNTERPART

DATE

August 2019

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Trade

CME calls for Uninterrupted Access to UK Markets

DATE

August 2019

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Trade

CME FOCUSES ON BALANCING ENVIRONMENT & ECONOMY IN PRE-BUDGET CONSULTATIONS

DATE

August 2019

LOCATION

Canada

TOPICS

Economic Strategy, Environment

CME Responds to Review of Workers Compensation in BC

CME releases new study on innovation in Atlantic Canada’s manufacturing sector

DATE

July 2019

LOCATIONS

New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland & Labrador, Nova Scotia

Canadian Businesses Respond to MPs Foreign Lobbying Against CETA

DATE

July 2019

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Trade

CME calls for Reciprocity in Government Procurement Practices

DATE

July 2019

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Trade

CME URGES PREMIERS TO BREAK DOWN INTERNAL TRADE BARRIERS

DATE

July 2019

LOCATION

Canada

OBPS / CFS updates problematic for manufacturers’ competitiveness

DATE

July 2019

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Environment

Goldeyes Supporting Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters Scholarship Fund

DATE

June 2019

LOCATION

Manitoba

CME congratulates government on TMX Approval

DATE

June 2019

LOCATION

Canada

CME concerned with Bill C-69 Senate amendments rejection

DATE

June 2019

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Environment

CME welcomes Spring Red-Tape Reduction Bill

DATE

June 2019

LOCATION

Ontario

CME, CAODC and CAPP call for Parliamentarians to pass Bill C-69 as amended

DATE

June

LOCATION

Canada

CME Welcomes Revenue Recycling Mechanism for SMEs

DATE

May

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Environment

Manufacturers relieved steel and aluminum tariffs coming to an end

DATE

May 2019

TOPIC

Trade

OCC, CME & Tenaris Call for Changes to Federal Bill C-69

BC Labour Legislation Update

CME congratulates UCP on election win

DATE

April 2019

LOCATION

Alberta

TOPIC

Economic Strategy

Manufacturers Applaud Government Action to Boost Investment and Reduce Cost

DATE

April 2019

LOCATION

Ontario

TOPIC

Economic Strategy

CME submission on Employment Standards Act

DATE

April

LOCATION

British Columbia

CME SUPPORTS CANADIAN GOVERNMENT INVESTMENTS IN SKILLS & STUDENTS BUT MORE NEEDED TO ADDRESS BUSINESS COMPETITIVENESS CHALLENGES

DATE

March 2019

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Economic Strategy

PRESIDENT AND CEO OF CANADIAN MANUFACTURERS AND EXPORTERS AVAILABLE FOR MEDIA COMMENTS ON THE UNVEILING OF THE 2019 FEDERAL BUDGET

DATE

March 2019

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Economic Strategy

HELPING MANUFACTURERS GROW! CME RELEASES OPEN SOURCE TOOLS TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN MORE WOMEN

DATE

March 2019

LOCATION

Canada

CME ADVOCATES FOR AMENDMENTS TO BILL C-69

DATE

February 2019

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Environment

BC provincial budget does little to support manufacturing

DATE

February 2019

LOCATION

British Columbia

ONTARIO PLAN TO SCALE UP AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR ANSWERS MANUFACTURERS’ ASKS

DATE

February 2019

LOCATION

Ontario

TOPIC

Economic Strategy

CME CALLS FOR RECIPROCITY IN GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT

DATE

February 2019

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Trade

NB Manufacturers urge MLA’s to defeat investment-killing machinery and equipment tax proposal

DATE

January 2019

LOCATION

New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island

TOPIC

Taxes

Visionary leaders and innovators among CME Manitoba award recipients

DATE

January 2019

LOCATION

Manitoba

CME calls for reciprocity in government procurement practices

DATE

December 2018

LOCATIONS

Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland & Labrador, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan

TOPIC

Trade

CME Calls for Internal Trade Advances at First Ministers Meeting

DATE

December 2018

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Trade

Manufacturers applaud measures to reduce business costs

DATE

December 2018

LOCATION

Ontario

TOPIC

regulations

CME LAUNCHES INDUSTRIE 2030 ONTARIO

DATE

December 2018

LOCATION

Ontario

TOPIC

Economic Strategy

CME Calls for Continued Balance in the BC Labour Code

DATE

November 2018

LOCATION

British Columbia

TOPIC

Labour

CME congratulates government on signing new NAFTA agreement

DATE

November 2018

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Trade

Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) hosted the CME Trade Summit 2018

DATE

November 2018

LOCATION

Manitoba

TOPICS

Economic Strategy, Trade

CME APPRECIATES INITIAL COMMITMENTS IN MADE-IN-ONTARIO ENVIRONMENT PLAN

DATE

November 2018

LOCATION

Ontario

TOPIC

Environment

CME CONGRATULATES CANADIAN GOVERNMENT FOR STEPS TO SUPPORT MANUFACTURING COMPETITIVENESS IN FALL ECONOMIC STATEMENT

DATE

November 2018

LOCATION

Canada

TOPICS

Economic Strategy, Manufacturing

CME WELCOMES OPEN FOR BUSINESS COMMITMENTS IN FALL ECONOMIC STATEMENT

DATE

November 2018

LOCATION

Ontario

TOPIC

Economic Strategy

CME announces the We Can Do It! campaign, and the recipients of the Women in Manufacturing Scholarship.

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Education

CME report identifies skills shortages and business competitiveness as manufacturers’ top challenges

LOCATION

Canada

TOPICS

Labour, Skills