Chamber of Commerce Week
Feb.18th to 22nd, 2008...
The business sector is often reluctant to tout its value, its contribution to the economic well being of all British Columbians and Canadians. Businesses are too busy being busy, investing capital, creating jobs and contributing its share of the tax burden. That’s why they join chambers of commerce….to do it for them.
Many of us mistakenly think that governments must choose between the economy and the more popular issues like health care and the environment. However, strong economic policies, created with significant inputs from chambers of commerce at all levels provide the means with which governments can generate the resources to deal with environmental challenges and provide more and better health care services. They are inextricably linked.
While many may not realize it, every business and every citizen, member of the chamber or not, benefits directly from the role local chambers play in the process.
Chamber of Commerce Week is a celebration of the individuals who make our communities such special places to live, work and invest.
The entire network of chambers, from the national to the provincial to the community level, owes it to itself to ensure that Chamber of Commerce Week provides a suitable platform that allows its thousands of members to gain awareness of the importance of the chamber of commerce to the civic, social and business climate in this country.
