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In The News


Recent Coverage Highlights

  • Happy Birthday TBOT!
    National Post
    February 10, 2007


  • The Board of Trade dinners are certainly never dull!
    Amoryn Engel, National Post
    February 3, 2007


  • The Toronto Board of Trade welcomed a sell-out crowd of more than 1,350 business and political leaders, including Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion, to its 119th annual dinner.
    Novae Res Urbis
    January 31, 2007


  • The Board has developed a reputation for standing up for Toronto, including urging provincial and federal governments to invest more in Canada’s largest city.
    Paul Moloney, Toronto Star
    January 29, 2007


  • It is a time of growth for the Board of Trade, with the recent integration with the Etobicoke Chamber of Commerce and the addition of RBC as its fourth principle sponsor.
    Novae Res Urbis
    January 26, 2007


  • The Board of Trade has become an energetic advocate for not only Toronto’s business community but Toronto itself – often advocating for a stronger social safety net as much as it has a healthy and attractive business climate.
    David Nickle, Toronto Community News
    January 25, 2007


  • The Toronto Board of Trade also came out with a strongly worded report prior to Christmas urging the TPA and the city to settle its long-time running dispute and work together.
    Sue-Ann Levy, Toronto Sun
    January 11, 2007


  • The Toronto Board of Trade yesterday called for an end to squabbling over the city’s island airport.
    James Cowan, National Post
    December 8, 2006


  • Questions Over Tax Rates Remain Unanswered
    Editorial, Toronto Community News
    October 19, 2006


  • Caught in the Euphemism Trap
    Carol Goar, Toronto Star
    August 11, 2006


  • The Toronto Board of Trade... the most relevant, activist and progressive business lobby in the country -- often advocating positions that, on the surface, seemed inimical to their business interests.
    Royson James, Toronto Star
    June 16, 2006

  • Gang Prevention 101: A Real Future, A Good Job
    John Barber, Globe and Mail
    April 19, 2006

  • Business Opens Doors for Youth
    Carol Goar, Toronto Star
    April 7, 2006


  • The Toronto Board of Trade is challenging local businesses to create jobs and hire 1,000 young people under a new program aimed at helping the city fight violent crime in low-income neighbourhoods.
    Gabe Gonda, Toronto Star
    March 30, 2006

  • Board of Trade puts its payroll where its mouth is...
    National Post
    March 30, 2006



Top Media Quotes (2005 - 2006)

  • It would be naive to think there won't be any shootings in Toronto this summer because of efforts like Youth One.  But a city whose business community pulls together to create hope is on the right track.
    (Toronto Star)

  • A blue-ribbon task force formed by the [Toronto Board of Trade] has come up with 15 recommendations designed to build a stronger Toronto.  And they got it right.
    (Toronto Star)

  • The [Toronto Board of Trade’s] proposals deserve to be taken seriously by the Toronto and Ontario governments.
    (Globe and Mail)

  • We know the leaders of the Toronto Board of Trade have their hearts – and minds – in the right place.
    (Toronto Sun)

  • Both the Premier and Mayor…remarked on the Toronto Board of Trade’s important role in providing the business community’s viewpoint.
    (Toronto Business Times)

  • Toronto is well served by a business class led by the Toronto Board of Trade.
    (Toronto Star)


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