CME Ontario

Ontario lowered the cost of doing business $8B per year, including through the Comprehensive Electricity Plan, which CME supported. But Ontario’s electricity rates for industrial consumers remain higher than several peer jurisdictions (e.g., Quebec, Texas, Ohio). As mentioned in CME’s Manufacturing Ontario’s Future report, Ontario also provides less of a discount to industrial users versus residential and commercial consumers. To maintain affordable affordable access to to clean electricity, Ontario’s Advanced Manufacturing Council recommends: ✅ Ensure grid capacity is sufficient to meet future industrial demand, including by regularly reviewing needs of various regions across Ontario as the electrification shift occurs. ✅ Leverage Ontario’s industry when planning for future nuclear energy projects. 👉 Read the Council’s full report here: https://bit.ly/4dIuTSw. #Vision2035 #ManufacturingMonth #ManufacturingReport Association of Major Power Consumers in Ontario (AMPCO) | Industrial Gas Users Association (IGUA) | Clean Energy Canada | Canadian Consumer Specialty Products Association | Stephen Lecce | Sam Oosterhoff | Dennis Darby P.Eng., ICD.D | Catherine Cobden | Aynsley Foss | Peter Frise | Natasha Gagnon | Giles Gherson | Bob Masterson, C.Dir | Lee McDonald

As #ManufacturingMonth comes to a close this week, our work to build a robust #manufacturing sector continues. Council of Ontario Universities and CME will continue to partner to train and build the manufacturing workforce the province needs to build a stronger Ontario. Victor Fedeli | David Piccini | Nolan Quinn

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How can we grow local talent for Ontario’s manufacturing future? To attract skilled workers and advance training in automation, Ontario’s Advanced Manufacturing Council proposed key actions for the province to implement: ✅ Fund employer-led training for staff to install, operate and maintain equipment and new technology (e.g., automation, artificial intelligence), including by attaching funding for training to government support for new equipment.  ✅ Incentivize the creation of co-op placements for students and recent graduates.  ✅ Ensure recognition of immigrants’ relevant credentials to fill vacant positions. 👉 Read the full report here: https://bit.ly/4dIuTSw. #Vision2035 #ManufacturingMonth #ManufacturingReport Victor Fedeli | Dennis Darby P.Eng., ICD.D | Catherine Cobden | Aynsley Foss | Peter Frise | Natasha Gagnon | Giles Gherson | Bob Masterson, C.Dir | Lee McDonald

As mentioned in the final report from Ontario’s Advanced Manufacturing Council, ongoing and frequent engagement with industry will help government meet the needs of manufacturers, including by adapting programs and policies as needed to address new challenges and opportunities. Yesterday, Dennis Darby P.Eng., ICD.D was proud to introduce Minister Victor Fedeli at a Toronto Region Board of Trade event. As Ontario moves forward with creating its manufacturing strategy, CME supports the recommendation to establish a forum for sustained and substantive engagement with industry, including labour and academia. This forum could provide advice on implementing an Advanced Manufacturing Strategy, and produce an annual report on the Strategy’s progress. Have you read the recommendations from the Council's report yet? Click here: https://bit.ly/4dIuTSw. 

What are some fixes to industrial carbon markets? CME signed an open letter from Canadian industry published today by Clean Prosperity: https://lnkd.in/gpHZcWhc. A green economy transition is underway, including a shift towards electrification and alternative energy sources. But the cost of transitioning to the green economy for the Canadian manufacturing sector is estimated to be $180 billion in investment costs and $60 billion in operating costs by 2050. Carbon pricing on industry will significantly impact Ontario manufacturers of all sizes, notably small and medium-sized companies, relying on natural gas as a critical input to their operations. This could imperil their ability to stay in business and potentially cause them to move to more competitive jurisdictions. After years of CME advocacy, the province announced the new Emissions Performance Standards Program (EPP) this summer. This will allow full recycling of Emissions Performance Standards (EPS) proceeds to individual firms who make compliance payments. This will help them invest in high-impact emissions reductions with sufficient certainty and flexibility on delivery timelines. This is consistent with recommendations from Ontario’s Advanced Manufacturing Council: https://bit.ly/4dIuTSw. CME calls on the federal government, Minister Steven Guilbeault and all federal parties to replicate this program design for the federal Output Based Performance Standards, or any future industrial carbon pricing scheme. #Vision2035 #ManufacturingMonth #ManufacturingReport #GreenEconomy 

The recent ‘Greenwashing’ amendments to Canada's Competition Act are ambiguous, heavy-handed provisions that may discourage environmental and climate investments by manufacturers. The amendments have created vague new standards underpinned by a reverse onus provision that will create significant new legal, compliance and reputational risks for manufacturers. CME strongly believes the amendments should be repealed and that the government should work with manufacturers to develop a balanced approach to environmental transparency that supports sustainability and growth. That's why CME has summarized the issue in the following slides to help manufacturers tell their story about why it’s getting harder and harder to do business in Canada. Join CME in advocating for a balanced approach. Read our full position and learn why we need change now: https://lnkd.in/g6scCnzQ #Sustainability #Manufacturing #CdnPoli #Greenwashing #CompetitionAct

Labour productivity remains a key challenge in Ontario.   As noted in the report released last week by the Trillium Network for Advanced Manufacturing and NGen Canada, manufacturing as a whole (using value of output per hour worked per employee) is still more productive than the entire economy: https://lnkd.in/gYgvjH59. This highlights why investing in manufacturing is essential for Canada’s prosperity. But Ontario has underperformed in the last decade, with gains concentrated in pharmaceuticals, non-metallic minerals, machinery, electronics and auto parts.    Currently, the province’s GDP per person – in other words, the average Ontarian’s share of the province’s prosperity – is nearly $20,000 lower than in the U.S. Great Lakes region, as the final report of Ontario’s Advanced Manufacturing Council pointed out: https://bit.ly/4dIuTSw.    To deliver on the Council’s 2035 vision for Ontario manufacturing, the government should sprint to close the productivity gap. Boosting manufacturing labour productivity in Ontario by over 25% in the next ten years to match U.S. growth is crucial. Do you agree?   #Vision2035 #ManufacturingMonth #ManufacturingReport #ProductivityGap | Victor Fedeli | Dennis Darby P.Eng., ICD.D | Brendan Sweeney | Catherine Cobden | Aynsley Foss | Peter Frise | Natasha Gagnon | Giles Gherson | Bob Masterson, C.Dir | Lee McDonald

With a significant portion of Ontario’s #manufacturing workers nearing retirement age, there's an urgent need to develop the next generation of skilled talent to sustain Ontario’s growth & innovation in advanced manufacturing. #ManufacturingMonth Council of Ontario Universities

CME's President & CEO Dennis Darby P.Eng., ICD.D was proud to attend the announcement of Ontario’s Energy Vision. He shared: "As we conclude #ManufacturingMonth, this is a welcome announcement. Knowing energy will be there, at the right price, must be central to Ontario’s industrial advantage for decades to come. We applaud Minister Stephen Lecce's low carbon, low cost approach articulated in the Energy Vision announced today." Learn more about this energy announcement: https://lnkd.in/eEpK_ZzW. This new vision for energy is in line with Ontario’s Advanced Manufacturing Council’s thoughts about building a green economy: “The speed of this transition requires a rapid expansion of low-carbon technologies and products, a rethink of Ontario’s overall competitive advantages and the continued development and adoption of technologies that allow manufacturers to transition to low-carbon production and grow in the emerging green economy.” Read the full report here: https://bit.ly/4dIuTSw. #Vision2035 #GreenEconomy #ManufacturingReport #LowCarbon