The St. John’s Board of Trade has a great deal of expertise on its policy committees. Matched with a desire to provide governments with solutions that help fellow members, committee expertise often ends up as recommendations in the form of white papers and research.

White papers and research can be created for different reasons. Governments often look for written submissions when considering new programs or legislation. And sometimes the Board recognizes an issue or topic that is so important to its members that it proactively takes steps to voice the opinion of business and part of that ends up being a written document outlining members’ needs.

Sometimes these submissions to government are on immediate issues, such as pre-Budget submissions. Sometimes the ideas put forward by your Board are on longer term issues such as youth retention and attraction. In all of these submissions, the Board of Trade looks at being solution focused instead of problem focused. These papers also recognize the balance that governments have to strike between different interests and how that affects fiscal responsibility.

Policy papers

Submission - Canada's Retirement Income System - April 2010

Financial literacy consultation (April 22-2010)

Provincial Budget 2010; What Small and Medium Businesses in the Board of Trade need to know

Why development matters: Density & Sprawl

Why development matters: Productivity & Knowledge

Why development matters: Transit & Parking

Provincial Budget 2010-11: Pre-Budget submission

Federal Budget 2010; What Small and Medium Businesses in the Board of Trade need to know 

2010 Economic Survey (Jan 28-10)

Memorandum to the Premier (Jan 6-10) 



Archived policy papers