CME NEWS

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

CME unveils new brand, releases updated website at Annual General Meeting & Manufacturing Conference

DATE

November 2018

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Branding

Employment Insurance Rates

DATE

September 2018

LOCATION

Manitoba

TOPIC

Statistics

Canada’s Economic Strategy Tables Report

DATE

September 2018

LOCATION

Canada

TOPICS

Economic Strategy, Manufacturing

Workplace Safety & Insurance Board acts on CME’s recommendation to eliminate of unfunded liability

DATE

September 2018

LOCATION

Ontario

TOPIC

Safety

Manufacturers congratulate negotiators for securing free trade deal with US, Mexico

DATE

October 2018

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Trade

CME launches Fuelling Canada’s Future

DATE

October 2018

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Environment

Canada’s trade strategy does not work because it’s an incomplete solution

DATE

October 2018

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Trade

Carbon taxes need to be re-invested in new technology to support emissions reduction

DATE

October 2018

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Labour

Canada’s Economic Strategy Tables Report echoes CME’s Industrie 2030 recommendations

DATE

September 2018

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Manufacturing

CME echoes Canadian and Mexican steel associations calls for the repeal of steel and aluminum tariff

DATE

September 2018

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Trade

CME receives new federal funding will help more women enter the manufacturing sector

DATE

September 2018

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Manufacturing

CME and Fiera Foods Announce New Scholarship Awards for Women in Manufacturing

DATE

September 2018

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Education

Manufacturers welcome legislation to repeal Bill 148

DATE

October 2018

TOPIC

Environment

U.S. and Canadian Manufacturers: We Must Have A Trilateral Agreement; Manufacturing Workers Depend on a Strong Deal

DATE

August 2018

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Trade

CME launches 2018 Management Issue Survey

DATE

July 2018

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Manufacturing

CME applauds government retaliatory measures and supports; calls for immediate return to NAFTA negotiations

DATE

June 2018

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Trade

CME calls on Finance Ministers to discuss Canadian tax competitiveness at today’s FPT meeting

DATE

June 2018

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Economic Strategy

CME testifies at House of Commons Committee on Trade on Steel and Aluminum Tariffs

DATE

June 2018

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Trade

Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME), together with BDO Canada, released today “Restoring Canada’s Tax Advantage: A Need for Tax Reform”

DATE

June 2018

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Taxes

Are You the Next Private Business Growth Award Winner?

DATE

June 2018

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Manufacturing

Canadian manufacturers deeply concerned with U.S. Administration decision to levy tariffs on steel and aluminum

DATE

May 2018

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Trade

CME concerned about potential shutdown of CP rail services

DATE

April 2018

LOCATION

Canada

TOPICS

Economic Strategy, Labour

Canadian manufacturers urge federal government action on pipeline development

DATES

April, February 2018

LOCATION

Canada

TOPICS

Economic Strategy, Environment

CME: Ontario missed an opportunity to grow the economy and instead grew the deficit

DATE

March 2018

LOCATION

Ontario

TOPIC

Economic Strategy

CME works to improve female representation in the manufacturing sector with Canada’s first Women in Manufacturing Success Forum on International Women’s Day

DATE

March 2018

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Manufacturing

CME relieved Canadian steel and aluminum exempt from U.S. tariffs but remains concerned about third party diversion

DATE

March 2018

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Trade

CME congratulates Canadian government on the signature of the CPTPP trade agreement

DATE

March 2018

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Trade

CME: Federal government takes steps to encourage manufacturing innovation in Budget 2018 but, overlooks competitiveness

DATE

February 2018

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Economic Strategy

CME welcomes advanced manufacturing innovation supercluster announcement

DATE

February 2018

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Manufacturing

CME SVP Mathew Wilson testifies at CIIT on a possible FTA with the Pacific Alliance

DATE

February 2018

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Trade

CME kicks off SR&ED reforms advocacy efforts with successful day in Ottawa

DATE

February 2018

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Manufacturing

CME, as part of CMC, sends letter to federal Minister of Finance on joined budget priorities

DATE

January 2018

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Economic Strategy

CME concerned with regrettable US decision to impose preliminary countervailing duty on Canadian newsprint

DATE

January 2018

LOCATION

Canada

TOPICS

Economic Strategy, Trade

CME – IESO Research Uncovers Big Energy Savings For Manufacturers

DATE

December 2017

LOCATION

Canada

TOPICS

Economic Strategy, Labour

CME welcomes federal government announcement to encourage SME growth through procurement

DATE

December 2017

LOCATION

Canada

TOPICS

Economic Strategy, Manufacturing, Skills

CME recognizes federal government clarifications to income sprinkling rules as part of the changes to CCPC regulations

DATE

December 2017

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Economic Strategy

CME supports government decision to extend TPP negotiations

DATE

November 2017

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Trade

SURVEY: Help boost Canada’s innovation performance by answering this short survey!

DATE

November 2017

LOCATION

Canada

TOPIC

Manufacturing