Richard Alexander, NL Employers’ Council Executive Director was one of the guests on this week’s On Point with David Cochrane on CBC. Alexander discussed the province’s current fiscal situation heading into Budget 2015 and the need for the province to cut spending. He also defended against calls to increase taxes. Economist Wade Locke, who has recommended that  [...]

The NL Employers’ Council (NLEC) released key findings of a Conference Board of Canada study that examines Newfoundland and Labrador’s strengths and weaknesses relative to its closest competitors today at the Sheraton Hotel. The study, Achieving Sustainable Prosperity: Benchmarking the Competitiveness of Newfoundland and Labrador, was commissioned by the NLEC to generate recommendations to improve the  [...]

The NL Employers’ Council (NLEC) is imploring the provincial government to change the way they manage our province’s finances. Instead of budgeting at the maximum price of oil as this government has been doing, government must budget spending based on a more modest estimate.  Any resulting surplus should be used to pay down debt and  [...]

The NL Employers’ Council 2014 Conference Playing to Win: The Simple Truth about Productivity, Growth & Being Globally Competitive took place on November 20th in St. John’s. Over 120 business leaders, managers, public policy and opinion makers attended the event which included sessions by the Honourable John Crosbie and Bill Barry on Competitive Public Policy; Maclean’s  [...]

Jason Clemens, Executive Vice President of the Fraser Institute, Canada’s leading public policy think tank, will provide the keynote address at this year’s NLEC Conference. The Fraser Institute measures and studies the impact of competitive markets and government interventions on individuals and society. Clemens will use the Fraser Institute’s research to discuss the competitiveness of Newfoundland & Labrador’s business environment. Newfoundland  [...]