Edmonton Chamber of Commerce readies for growth [Video]

Doug Griffiths, Edmonton Chamber of Commerce CEO, discusses the organization’s efforts to bolster the Alberta capital’s business sector with Alberta Primetime host Michael Higgins.

This interview has been edited for clarity and length.

Michael Higgins: Let’s start on hearing from both Danielle Smith and Naheed Nenshi. How different were their two messages? What was the takeaway for your members?

Doug Griffiths: I think each member of different sectors will have a different take away, but what was interesting was they’re still both saying we need to achieve our full potential.

They talked about the value of Edmonton to Alberta’s overall economy and how we’re going to grow, but they do have very different perspectives on what the core issues are that need to be addressed.

I don’t think our goal is necessarily to assess which leader is better, obviously our goal is to make sure that we put political leadership in front of our membership, and in front of the Edmonton business community. …