{"id":832555,"date":"2025-03-08T13:13:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T19:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/08\/city-council-committee-discusses-business-principles-for-saskatoon\/"},"modified":"2025-03-08T13:13:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T19:13:26","slug":"city-council-committee-discusses-business-principles-for-saskatoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/08\/city-council-committee-discusses-business-principles-for-saskatoon\/","title":{"rendered":"City council committee discusses business principles for Saskatoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<article aria-labelledby=\"articleTitle\" data-wcm-id=\"cd6003cb-66e2-429c-a5cc-b9ff365a2f33\">\n<header aria-label=\"Beginning of Article\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Saskatoon&#8217;s governance and priorities committee discussed topics revolving around the city&#8217;s business community on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Published Feb 12, 2025<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 <span>Last updated Feb 12, 2025<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 <span>2 minute read<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure data-aqa=\"featured-image\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/thestarphoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1129-news-city-budget-26.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=564&#038;h=423&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=oiK5kXpi9nV2DCgdExbbIQ, \nhttps:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/thestarphoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1129-news-city-budget-26.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1128&#038;h=846&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=-YFUxyXoYiiO7jHDefOO7A 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/thestarphoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1129-news-city-budget-26.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=564&#038;h=423&#038;type=jpg&#038;sig=4P9mHQFiB_IfMtzAs3LjOQ, 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decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Discover Saskatoon CEO Stephanie Clovechok\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/thestarphoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1129-news-city-budget-26.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=288&#038;h=216&#038;sig=ObvumFedT0GBKyT53UQt1Q\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/thestarphoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1129-news-city-budget-26.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=288&#038;h=216&#038;sig=ObvumFedT0GBKyT53UQt1Q,\n                    https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/thestarphoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1129-news-city-budget-26.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=576&#038;h=432&#038;sig=v26MW_X89SGT0M-9XHTcfA 2x\" height=\"750\" width=\"1000\"><\/picture><figcaption><span>Saskatoon&#8217;s governance and priorities committee discussed topics revolving around the city&#8217;s business community on Wednesday.<\/span> <span>Photo by Michelle Berg<\/span> \/<span>Saskatoon StarPhoenix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section>\n<p>A group of business organizations continued its effort this week to lobby for more influence on Saskatoon city council\u2019s decisions.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>The Combined Business Group (CBG) includes the Discover Saskatoon tourism organization, the Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority, Colliers Canada (a commercial real estate company), the Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce, the North Saskatoon Business Association and the Saskatchewan Realtors Association.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-aqa=\"identity-sign-in\" data-async id=\"article-block\">\n<header>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Star Phoenix\" height=\"37\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dcs-static.gprod.postmedia.digital\/18.1.3\/websites\/images\/identity\/logo-identity-ssp-new.svg\" width=\"280\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>THIS CONTENT IS 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updates from your favourite authors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div data-auth-component id=\"auth-screen-form\" aria-live=\"assertive\">\n<h2>Sign In or Create an Account<\/h2>\n<p><span><\/span><span>or<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>The group\u2019s chair, Stephanie Clovechok, said its purpose is to give local businesses a more effective and efficient voice.<\/p>\n<p>At Wednesday\u2019s meeting of council\u2019s governance and priorities committee, the CBG proposed six new guiding principles for the city to follow in supporting the goals of business owners.<\/p>\n<p>They include treating the business community as partners, streamlining the business environment, reducing the cost of doing business, building \u201ctransformational\u201d infrastructure, enhancing safety and security, and elevating Saskatoon\u2019s reputation.<\/p>\n<p>The last time the CBG presented guiding principles to city council was in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA business-ready city is not just good for our businesses. It is the foundation of a thriving, prosperous community where workers, families and entrepreneurs can build their future with confidence,\u201d Clovechok said.<\/p>\n<p>Bringing these principles to council is well-timed given the tariff and trade struggles that are ongoing between Canada and the United States, she told the committee.<\/p>\n<p>Clovechok said the new principles outlined by the group differ from the list it brought forward in 2007, focusing on issues like safety and security.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div aria-labelledby=\"SaskatoonStarPhoenixAfternoonHeadlines3363880752985233231900719892660224\" data-account-id=\"b9d3df2fccd108b5eff3c44f573b2cd6\" data-aqa=\"widget-newsletter\" data-newsletter=\"single\" data-newsletter-component data-target-list=\"SP_HeadlineNews\" data-widget=\"newsletter\">\n<p>By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe environment has changed, and we\u2019re really here to express to city council that we\u2019re here as partners,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Council followed the principles brought forward in 2007 well, and if it could be done back then, it can be done today, she added.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Cynthia Block said this topic ties in with an effort that \u201cwas a big part of my election campaign,\u201d referring to her intention to create a facilitated business group meeting within 100 days of being elected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy office is working diligently to create the facilitated session that I promised,\u201d she said, adding that the aim of the session is to set goals together and hold each other accountable.<\/p>\n<p>She said the part she\u2019s trying to figure out with a facilitator is how to involve people outside of the business group \u2014 for example, people within urban reserve communities and those working in agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>She wants everyone to have a voice, and meeting in the spirit of reconciliation is also important, she said, \u201cBecause I think that\u2019s how we\u2019ll thrive together as a business community in our city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clovechok said the CBG and many people within the business community are waiting to take part in the facilitated session, or any task force Block and council might create.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<section aria-labelledby=\"moreTopicLabel4919296751014931664593450138861568\" data-aqa=\"embed-more-topic\" data-carousel-component data-carousel-icon-button data-carousel-type=\"list\">\n<p>Recommended from Editorial<\/p>\n<ol data-carousel-slide-list tabindex=\"0\">\n<li data-evt-val=\"{\"control_fields\": {\"mparticle\": {\"keys\": {\"click_source_type\": \"click_source_type\", \"data_source\": \"data_source\", \"anchor_text\": \"anchor_text\", \"widget_title\": \"widget_title\", \"target_url\": \"target_url\", \"target_article_title\": \"target_article_title\", \"target_article_id\": \"target_article_id\", \"target_article_position\": \"target_article_position\", \"layout_section\": \"layout_section\"}, \"mp_event_type\": \"Navigation\", \"extra_keys\": [\"click_vertical_position_percentage\", \"click_vertical_position_pixels\"]}}, \"click_source_type\": \"widget-list\", \"data_source\": \"editorial\", \"anchor_text\": \"&#038;#39Proud and grateful&#038;#39: Cynthia Block makes history as city&#038;#39s first female mayor\", \"widget_title\": \"recommended-from-editorial\", \"target_url\": \"https:\/\/thestarphoenix.com\/news\/local-news\/mayor-live-results-saskatoon-elxn-2024-election\", \"target_article_title\": \"&#038;#39Proud and grateful&#038;#39: Cynthia Block makes history as city&#038;#39s first female mayor\", \"target_article_id\": \"5ae8d7e9-bd9e-4e32-8d2d-8aa7db1545e3\", \"target_article_position\": \"0\", \"layout_section\": \"recommended-from-editorial\"}\" data-carousel-item data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thestarphoenix.com\/news\/local-news\/mayor-live-results-saskatoon-elxn-2024-election\"> <picture><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Entering City Hall, Cynthia Block celebrates becoming the first female mayor in Saskatoon history. 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Published Feb 12, 2025 \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 Last updated Feb 12, 2025 \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 2 minute read Saskatoon&#8217;s governance and priorities committee discussed topics revolving around the city&#8217;s business community on Wednesday. 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