Type | Chamber of commerce |
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Legal status | Non-profit |
Headquarters | 36 Queen Street East, Suite 101, Brampton, ON L6V 1A2 Canada |
Coordinates | 43°41′20″N79°46′23″W / 43.68889°N 79.77306°W |
Region | Ontario |
CEO | Todd Letts |
Chair: Donna Fagon-Pascal, Vice President Human Resources, Communication and Public Relations, Dynacare | |
Website | www |
Formerly called | Brampton-Chinguacousy Chamber of Commerce |
The Brampton Board of Trade is a business organization founded in Brampton, Ontario, in 1887. [1] It engages in government lobbying, member discounts, and networking. It previously organized the Brampton Santa Claus Parade (1985-2017). [2] [3]
Joe Spina served as an Ontario MPP from 1999 to 2003, after his time as BBOT President. [4]
The Board's archival fonds is at the Region of Peel Archives, with records from 1909 to 1919 and 1947 to 1973. [5]
The organization has hosted many notable speakers, most recently hosting Party leaders prior to the 2022 Provincial election: Steven Del Duca (Ontario Liberals), Mike Schreiner (Green Party of Ontario) and Andrea Horwath (Ontario NDP). Each February, the Board of Trade hosts the State of the City, where the Mayor of Brampton and Chair of the Board share their priorities for the year ahead. As part of the View from the Top series, Brampton Board of Trade CEO Todd Letts spoke with Dr. Mohamed Lachemi Professor, President and Vice-Chancellor at Ryerson University on October 21, 2021. In April 2021, Todd Letts and Chair Michelle McCollum hosted Joe Jackman and Bob Peacock of Almag Aluminum to speak about succession planning and overcoming adversity and business challenges. The Board also hosts Minister visits, hosting the Honourable Steve Clark Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, who was joined by the Honourable Prabmeet Sarkaria and MPP Amarjot Sandhu, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Infrastructure on October 27. 2021, prior to that they hosted the Honourable Omar Alghabra, Minister of Transport on April 29, 2021. They have previously hosted federal Small Business Minister Tony Abbott, [6] Chrysler Canada CEO Reid Bigland, [7] Ontario Premier Bill Davis, [8] [9] [10] Canadian Alliance party leader Stockwell Day (who announced a timetable for merging with Progressive Conservative party), [11] Prime Minister Stephen Harper, [12] Ontario Premier Mike Harris, [13] Chrysler Canada president Yves Landry, [14] Reform Party leader Preston Manning, [15] Ontario Minister of Agriculture William "Bill" Newman, [16] Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion Mary Ng, [17] Ontario Premier David Peterson, [18] [19] [20] federal Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan, [21] and Minister of Finance Michael Wilson. [22]
The Board supported the Charlottetown Accord (1992). [23]
The Brampton Board of Trade supports regional public transit infrastructure, including extending the Hazel McCallion (formerly Hurontario) Line north onto Main Street in Brampton and the full implementation of Two-Way, All Day GO (TWADG) Train service. [24]
The Brampton Board of Trade supports building the GTA West Transportation Corridor, better known as Highway 413. [25]
The Brampton Board of Trade supports increasing the footprint of the post-secondary sector in Brampton. This includes augmenting current offerings (such as those of Algoma University, Sheridan College and Toronto Metropolitan University) as well as pursuing new opportunities (such as the relocation of the University of Guelph-Humber campus). [26]
The Brampton Board of Trade supports efforts to increase uptake of COVID-19 vaccines, including on-site vaccination clinics at major industrial employers at the height of the pandemic. [27]
The Brampton Board of Trade supports the implementation of affordable childcare. [24]
The Brampton Board of Trade supports urgent solutions to the crisis in the housing market, including interventions such as ending exclusionary zoning to build the “missing middle” by increasing the supply of multi-unit complexes in areas not zoned for them. [24]
The Brampton Board of Trade supports an engaging municipal budget process that includes proactive stakeholder consultation, as well as disclosure of relevant documents related to capital expenditures and capital planning well in advance. The Board has also taken the position that longer-range capital forecasting will strengthen the city’s hand in competing for capital funding from senior orders of government. [28]
The Brampton Board of Trade supports the investment necessary to complete and fully unlock the potential of Riverwalk. [29]
The Brampton Board of Trade supports increasing the number of immigrants admitted under given categories based on workforce needs, and has called on government to work together to more quickly recognize international credentials in fields experiencing labour shortages in Ontario. [30]
The Brampton Board of Trade has called on the federal and provincial governments to work together to break down barriers to interprovincial trade, and has called on the federal government to redouble efforts to secure free trade agreements with emerging economies such as India. [30]
Brampton's Santa Claus parade stopped in the mid-1970s. In 1985, the Brampton Board of Trade started planning a Santa Claus parade for 1986; simultaneously, the Jaycees were intending to start a parade in 1987. With City co-operation, the Board's parade launched in 1986, with Jaycee assistance in marshalling. [31] That year's program was announced to include forty community entrants, sponsored by companies, [31] but ended up with 52 units. [32] In recent years, it has included over 100 units. [33] The parade moved to a "night parade" format in 1995. [34]
The parade route has expanded from Vodden to south of Wellington Street (1986) [31] to Sproule to south of Elgin Street.
The parade typically happens a week before the Toronto Santa Claus Parade.
The Board claims an in-person attendance of 160,000 (2012). [33] It claims to be the largest single-day event in the Regional Municipality of Peel, and the largest night parade in Canada. [33] The Canadian Chamber of Commerce has named the parade as the Best Community Lighted Parade in Canada. [33]
The program was broadcast on Rogers TV Brampton, which claimed viewership of over 250,000 between live and repeat broadcasts. [34]
The Board of Trade stopped hosting the parade in 2017, and it is now run by the Lions Club of Brampton.
From 1887 to 2011, Chairs were referred to as Presidents of the BBOT.
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An arch right-winger and a former president of the Brampton Board of Trade, Spina got eight to 10 calls from businessmen, including his own chief fund-raiser, demanding to know what he was up to. Spina told them he was quoted out of context. As a pre-emptive move, he faxed the full text of his remarks from Hansard to several hundred people on his mailing list.
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His 3,000-word address to the Brampton Board of Trade will be the most elaborate speech he has delivered this year on the state of the economy.
Speaking to a luncheon meeting of the Brampton Board of Trade, Mr. Peterson received a spontaneous round of applause when he responded to a question with a strong defence of his Government's plan.
In a speech yesterday to the Brampton Board of Trade, Peterson urged Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's government to stop playing politics with the free trade issue and use a more substantive approach, in order to build a national consensus among the provinces.
In a recent speech to the Brampton Board of Trade, Finance Minister Michael Wilson reiterated the Mulroney government's economic achievements only to conclude somewhat wistfully: "These efforts and our national progress are not the stuff of headlines or television clips."
He was the Brampton Business Person of the year in 1983.
The longtime Peel Village resident was 1991's Brampton Business Person of the Year and Brampton's Citizen of the Year in 2001.
Cuttle is well known for his support of minor sports teams and for organizing the annual Brampton Board of Trade (BBOT) golf tournament. In 2001, BBOT declared him Business Person of the Year.
A former businessman, he was the Brampton Board of Trade's Business Person of the Year in 2003, and the Brampton Citizen of the Year in 2006.