Every year, our chamber network develops policies that reflect the needs of B.C. businesses.
Through our grassroots policy process our membership endorses approximately 70 new policies every year at our Annual General Meeting in May. The breadth and diversity of our policies reflects our broad-based membership—in any given year we have policy recommendations for almost all B.C.’s provincial government ministries.
These recommendations serve as our road map—once approved our policies are ‘on the books’ for three years. They inform our pan-provincial advocacy efforts and the advocacy efforts of local chambers for regional-specific issues.
Whether it is municipal, provincial or federal challenges - please let us know if there are issues that you are facing so we find out how we might be able to support you. While we do work on policy and advocacy all year - now is the time to share any Provincial issues so we can bring forward to our chamber colleagues for discussion.
We know that policy may not be the most exciting process for everyone and we are all busy. That is where we come in! Our Chamber and our network is at the ready.
For our rural regions and small towns it is vital that our membership and our chamber gets involved in this process to ensure that our collective voices are heard. Please reach out and share your concerns so that we can knowledgeably advocate on behalf of our South Okanagan business community. Please call Denise at 250-498-6321 or email manager@sochamber.ca.
