Ottawa, February 12, 2013—Today, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce unveiled its Top 10 Barriers to Competitiveness for 2013. The Canadian Chamber undertook this initiative last year to draw attention to the barriers that are holding back Canada’s progress and to urge all levels of government to act more swiftly to improve our country’s ability to compete globally.

Canadian Chamber President and CEO Perrin Beatty declared the initial year of the initiative a success. “As we take stock of the first year of the Top 10, we made progress on several of the items we targeted,” he stated. “For example, our members recorded a major victory when our appeal for change to the regulatory processes around natural resource projects was overwhelmingly accepted by the government. For a country so dependent on the success of natural resource projects, implementing a more efficient process is a huge contributor to competitiveness,” said Beatty.