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Chambers of Commerce Group Insurance Plan

The Top 10 List
you must read before you buy group benefits for your business.

The Chambers of Commerce Group Insurance Plan is Canada’s #1 plan for small-to-medium businesses, delivering more benefits for you and your company. Here are 10 top reasons 20,000 firms like yours are already covered.

1. This program has no industry restrictions. All for-profit businesses are guaranteed eligible while they are Chamber members. Not-for-profit organizations are also considered, on a case-by-case basis.
2. Your firm customizes its plan from a wide range – and many levels – of coverage, from Life and Disability, to Health, Dental, and even Critical Illness benefits. That lets you control coverage and cost!
3. You can include employee-paid products in your plan, from optional life insurance for employees and spouses, to retirement savings.
4. Your Chambers Plan coverage is guaranteed to continue as long as your firm pays its premium each month. With three or more full-time people, your firm can even choose options that guarantee coverage to each person.
5. This program averages the claims it pays each year over thousands of customers. Rates are based on this ‘pooled’ average, providing you with more stable premiums from year to year.
6. And those claims are paid promptly and accurately: health and dental payments are typically on their way to you within 48 hours.
7. The Chambers Plan gives you my-benefits®, exceptional administration software. You have the option of running your plan on-line, anywhere, any time.
8. Claim forms, booklets and administration instructions are clearly written and easy to use. The National Service Line offers firms and employees toll-free access to Plan information from anywhere in Canada.
9. The Plan is run under the direction of a not-for-profit organization (the Chambers Insurance Corporation of Canada), so premiums are set to cover the cost of benefits and administration.
10. The Chambers Plan delivers quality group insurance plus these value-added services, without additional charge

• Best Doctors® gives employees and their own physicians access to world-class medical advice, to confirm the diagnosis of serious conditions and plan the most effective treatments.
• The plan’s Long Term Disability options include Confidential Telephone Coaching to help owners and supervisors deal with difficult personnel issues, plus counseling for employees receiving disability benefits.
• Health options include Preferred Vision discounts on eyewear purchases and Health Access Line, staffed by experts ready to answer questions about health, nutrition, and regional health resources.

So how many reasons do you need? Whether you’re introducing or replacing a program, get all the benefits of the best group plan. Call the Chambers Plan today.

Toll-free – fax 1-877-277-0711; phone 1-877-277-0677; for the Chamber of Commerce Group Insurance Plan web site go to http://www.buychambers.ca/

Preferred Mastercard/Visa Rates

The Manitoba Chambers of Commerce, on behalf of your local chamber that has negotiated preferred VISA and MASTERCARD merchant rates that chamber members can choose from.

To take advantage of this program, follow these simple steps:

1. Join your local Chamber of Commerce.

2. Complete the attached registration form, email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  or fax to MCC at (204) 948-0110

For more information please call:

TD Merchant Services VISA : Serafino DiMarco, ph 204-510-0010

TD Merchant Services MASTERCARD: Serafino DiMarco, ph 204-510-0010

Manitoba Chambers of Commerce: Terry Hayes, ph 1-204-948-0104

registration form (117 KB)

MTS Long Distance

Save money and support your local Chamber of Commerce with MTS Affinity Program competitive rates.

Long Distance

Your loyalty is rewarded with lower rates on Long Distance.

The following plans let you make calls anytime of day in Canada or to the U.S.

Cellular

Receive 12% discount off the $25 Corporate Calling plans, Powertime Bundles and Calling features

$25 Corporate Calling Plan includes:

• 200 Anytime minutes
• Additional per minute rate of 20 cents
• Long distance calls within Canada or long distance calls from Canada to the U.S. are 20 cents a minute
• Analog phones are billed by the minute
• Digital phones are billed per second after the first minute on calls that originate in Canada
• U.S. roaming is 99 cents (U.S.) per minute
• Call Waiting, Conference Calling, Call Forward and Detailed Billing

POWERTIME BUNDLES

Monthly Fee Additional Minutes Purchased

For more information or to sign up for the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce MTS Affinity Program, call 1-800-224-7504 or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Visit MTS at: http://www.mts.mb.ca

This program is available here in Adobe Acrobat format.

Offer available to Manitoba Chambers of Commerce (MCC) members only. MCC 3.90¢ Anytime Plan and MCC 4.5¢ Anytime Plan minutes apply to direct-dialed voice calls only. The applicable monthly charges will be applied to each billing account number. First Rate is a trademark and MTS design mark is a registered trademark of Manitoba Telecom Services Inc., both used under license.

Ceridian Payroll Service

Your payroll, Our Service…. More Freedom

More freedom to concentrate on your business or on your life away from work.  Powerpay allows you to process your payroll when you want, where you want.

10% off regular service fees*
– for Manitoba Chambers of Commerce members

Canada’s Leading Payroll Provider
Powerpay was developed by Ceridian Canada with over 30 years of payroll experience in the Canadian marketplace.  We pay over 17% of working Canadians and service over 38,500 businesses from coast to coast, in virtually every industry.

Powerpay is built on solid foundation of corporate strength.

Real-Time Online Assistance
You’ll experience the freedomof the Internet plus the confidence of professional payroll support.  Our certified payroll professionals can share your screen with you online in real-time.  They’ll walk through any problem you may have and they can even physically key in the solution for you.

Convenient and Easy
You can process your payroll anywhere, anytime!

Powerpay was developed with you in mind.  We have made the product completely intuitive and user-friendly.  All of the screens are logically designed, instructions are in plain English and our error-detection messages will tell you when you’ve made a mistake and explain how to fix it.  These features combined will guide you to a perfectly manageable payroll.

Online Payroll Preview
The first if its kind from a major Canadian payroll provider, Powerpay allows you to preview your final gross-to-net payroll calculations before you actually process your payroll!  It gives you the comfort to of approving the payroll before it is submitted.

You can also use this feature to do pay cheque modelling with your actual payroll data.  For example, we can illustrate how pre-tax deductions (such as group RRSP) affect an employee’s net pay.

No Software To Install
100% Internet-based payroll means no software to install or maintain!  You don’t ever have to download any product updates because you automatically log on to the most recent verson.

Secure and Confidential
We have used industry-standard data encryption technologies to ensure that your payroll information remain confidential.  Both KPMG and IBM have conducted extensive security reviews of our product.  The reviews included both external and internal audits.

Because Powerpay is a 100% internet-based application, your payroll data is stored in our highly-secure data centre.  Powerpay was built to bring you peace of mind.

Comprehensive Reporting
You will receive a comprehensive package of laser-printed management reports every pay period.  This will eliminate all of your in-house printing requirements related to payroll.  A wide variety of custom reports are also available at your request.

Ceridian also offers security-sealed, self-addressed pay statements and cheques as part of your total solution.

To take advantage of this special offer call 1-877-922-7555
(indicate you are a Chamber member)
For more information, visit www.powerpay.ca

AAA Alarms

MTS is proud to offer members of the Manitoba Chamber of Commerce affordable, state-of-the-art home and business security. AAA Alarms has been providing quality service, equipment and monitoring services to Western Canada since 1962.

As a member of the MCC, you will receive this exclusive offer from AAA Alarm Systems, an MTS Company.

Business Security Solutions
AAA Alarms provides customized, commercial security solutions:

• Alarm Systems
• Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)
• Card Access Systems
• Enterphone Door Entry Systems
• PA Intercoms
• ULC (Underwriters’ Laboratories of Canada) Certified Monitoring
• And much more!

MCC Benefits

• 8% rebate on CCTV, Card Access (equipment and installation)
• 5% rebate on Fire & Commercial Security Systems (equipment and installation)

Residential Security & Peace of Mind
Protect your home and family with high-quality AAA Alarms security systems:

• Burglar Alarms
• Smoke Detectors
• Carbon Monoxide Detectors
• Temperature Sensors
• High Water Sensors

MCC Member Benefits

• New customers: $50 off the purchase of a system plus 3 months free basic monitoring.
• Takeovers: 3 months free basic monitoring

These offers cannot be combined with any other offer or promotion, minimum 2 year monitoring agreement required.

Did You Know… you can save up to 20% on your home insurance with a monitored security system?

To sign up for these special offers or for more information, please call AAA Alarms at 204.949.0078 or toll free at 866.949.0078

Tickets to Success Program

Unique Partnership Seeks to Help Manitoba’s Entrepreneurs

One of the challenges small businesses often face is not having the financial resources to engage in the business development activities larger companies can afford. For example, it can be more difficult for small businesses to find resources to show appreciation to staff and/or customers or to entertain potential customers.

To address this challenge the MCC has joined the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the Winnipeg Goldeyes, the Manitoba Moose and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to create the ‘Tickets to Success’ program.

‘Tickets to Success’ provides a free pair of tickets on an event-by-event basis to MCC members that are small businesses so they can take staff or customers out in appreciation or entertain potential customers. Available events include:

• Selected Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra regular season concerts
• All Winnipeg Goldeyes regular season home games
• Selected Manitoba Moose regular season home games
• All Winnipeg Blue Bombers regular season home games

Tickets will be available on a first-come first-served basis to Manitoba Chambers of Commerce Corporate members only for each event, although the MCC reserves the right to use its discretion in declining a request if it deems the business is not small or is receiving the tickets too frequently.    

Interested small businesses simply have to contact the Manitoba Chambers by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Partner Organizations:

The Winnipeg Goldeyes

“The Winnipeg Goldeyes are synonymous with providing affordable family entertainment and we are pleased to participate in the Tickets to Success initiative. Our success is, in large part, due to the excellent support we have received from Manitoba businesses”, Dan Chase, Winnipeg Goldeyes Director of Sales & Marketing.

For more information about the Goldeyes, click here.

The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

“The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra is very pleased to partner with the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce in support of their Tickets to Success initiative.  The WSO, now in its 60th season, is an orchestra for all Manitobans and as such is pleased to be able to provide concert tickets for the many small businesses in Winnipeg and rural Manitoba”

For more information about the WSO, click here.

The Manitoba Moose

For more information about the Manitoba Moose, click here.

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers

“Your Winnipeg Blue Bombers are proud to support and be involved with the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce.  As part of our growing partnership the football club is pleased to donate tickets to the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce “Tickets to Success” program.”

For more information about the Winnipeg Blue Bombers click here.

“We are pleased to be able to leverage the resources of the MCC to help a key component of the Manitoba economy – small business. To my knowledge this is the first time this type of program has been developed”, Graham Starmer, MCC President.