{"id":2474,"date":"2022-02-03T01:48:53","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T06:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stouffvillechamber.ca\/?page_id=2474"},"modified":"2022-02-05T07:26:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T12:26:04","slug":"advocating-for-business","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stouffvillechamber.ca\/who-we-are\/advocating-for-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Advocating for Business"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2474\" class=\"elementor elementor-2474\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"ob-is-breaking-bad elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cd0dbab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cd0dbab\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_bbad_use_it&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_bbad_sssic_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dd4d6fe animated-fast elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"dd4d6fe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_ob_bbad_is_stalker&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_teleporter_use&quot;:false,&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf5ef7b ob-harakiri-inherit ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf5ef7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_use_harakiri&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_harakiri_writing_mode&quot;:&quot;inherit&quot;,&quot;_ob_postman_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_perspektive_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 28-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>The Stouffville Chamber of Commerce works on our Members behalf to ensure that their concerns and suggestions about operating a business are presented to the right people. Our alliances with other Chambers and Board of Trade, including the York Region Business Coalition, Ontario and Canadian Chambers, provide us with information and access to all levels of government. We are proud to be a proactive, not reactive organization. We help draft policy rather than simply criticize it. The Chamber delivers our Members views to the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville, the Region of York and the Provincial and Federal governments.<\/p><p>The Chamber advocates actively on behalf of our Members through:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9a8f57 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"a9a8f57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_perspektive_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" 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Giving our Members the peace of mind knowing that their interests are being communicated.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e105136 animated-slow elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"e105136\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_ob_bbad_is_stalker&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_teleporter_use&quot;:false,&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ba66a4 ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6ba66a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_photomorph_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_perspektive_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 28-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/stouffvillechamber.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/female-manager-leans-while-addressing-team-at-boar-2021-08-26-16-13-45-utc-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3217\" alt=\"Business meeting\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stouffvillechamber.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/female-manager-leans-while-addressing-team-at-boar-2021-08-26-16-13-45-utc-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stouffvillechamber.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/female-manager-leans-while-addressing-team-at-boar-2021-08-26-16-13-45-utc-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stouffvillechamber.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/female-manager-leans-while-addressing-team-at-boar-2021-08-26-16-13-45-utc-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stouffvillechamber.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/female-manager-leans-while-addressing-team-at-boar-2021-08-26-16-13-45-utc.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Stouffville Chamber of Commerce works on our Members behalf to ensure that their concerns and suggestions about operating a business are presented to the right people. Our alliances with other Chambers and Board of Trade, including the York Region Business Coalition, Ontario and Canadian Chambers, provide us with information and access to all levels [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":35,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_theme","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stouffvillechamber.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2474"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stouffvillechamber.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stouffvillechamber.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stouffvillechamber.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stouffvillechamber.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stouffvillechamber.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2474\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stouffvillechamber.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stouffvillechamber.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}