2024

The Halifax Chamber has developed an Election Guide with a quick overview of issues the Chamber is focused on and questions for the candidates in your riding

This pre-budget submission underscores the importance of mitigating impact successive property tax increases on our residents and businesses. We acknowledge burden that HRM is facing to accommodate record growth in population, however municipality must also recognize strain it placing homeowners businesses deal with growing pains. Addressing this issue essential ensure affordability prevent financial hardship among…

In February the Nova Scotia provincial government released their budget for 2024/25. Prior to the annual budget release, the Halifax Chamber’s Policy Team submits a Pre-Budget Submission which includes several key recommendations to the Provincial Government that we believe will enhance the economic prosperity of our members and region. The recommendations are derived from hours…

The following submission is a significant departure for the Halifax Chamber in form and content. The overall goal remains to make informed recommendations to the provincial government of key priorities that should be incorporated in to the upcoming 2024-25 Nova Scotia Provincial Budget. The recommendations are targeted to not only support the business community but…

Wondering what are the top issues in the upcoming election? The Chamber’s Policy team has put together an election guide outlining some of our top concerns, as well as some questions that you can ask potential candidates.

Letter to Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister, from the Canadian Global Cities Council (CGCC), a coalition of eight of Canada’s largest urban Chambers of Commerce and Boards of Trade.

With the upcoming municipal election in the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) to be held on October 19, 2024, the Halifax Chamber of Commerce commissioned an online poll with residents of the municipality from September 17th to 19th. The poll was conducted by Narrative Research. The purpose of this poll was to identify which candidate residents…

The Halifax Chamber of Commerce is pleased to present our third set of election poll results with residents of the municipality. The purpose of the survey is to identify which candidate residents would prefer as mayor, as well as which issues are most important to those living in HRM. The survey was conducted by Narrative…

KEY FINDINGS: An increase in expected sales combined with higher sales prices are improving expectations of profitability. This appears to have a positive impact on capital expenditures despite higher expectations of operating expenses. Of concern is the increase in expectations of higher selling prices, despite recent data showing inflation continuing to trend downward. While cost-related…

The number of Halifax businesses with an optimistic outlook for the next 12 months decline from the previous quarter. Cost-related obstacles remain the biggest concern, with 71% of Halifax businesses indicating it to be an obstacle over the next 3 months. Inflation related obstacles saw the biggest negative change from Q1 to Q2 of 2024…

The number of Halifax businesses with an optimistic outlook for the next 12 months increased from the previous quarter. Cost-related obstacles remain the biggest concern, with 62% of Halifax businesses indicating it to be an obstacle over the next 3 months, down from 71% the previous quarter. While cost obstacles continue to dominate the top…

Overall business optimism throughout Canada’s major CMA’s remained unchanged from Q3 to Q4 of 2023. Halifax Business optimism fell slightly, while central Canada saw the most positive optimistic changes.