Canadian Council of Chief Executives

The Business Council of Canada (formerly CCCE) is an organization of chief executive officers of roughly 150 major Canadian corporations and leading entrepreneurs. The organization was founded in 1976 as the Business Council on National Issues, but renamed itself in 2001. The council actively comments on public policy in Canada. Member CEOs lead companies that collectively administer $4.5 trillion Canadian dollars in assets, and more than $850 billion CAD in annual revenues and employ more than 1.4 million men and women. The Chief Executive and President of the organization is The Honourable John P. Manley, P.C., O.C.. Its members "are responsible for most of Canada’s private-sector exports, investment and training."