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Press Releases
Deloitte’s Canadian Press Releases page contains links to news and information about the firm’s activities in Canada, starting with the most recent.
| Canadian technology companies celebrate astounding decade of growth, Technology Green 15 Award points to the future |
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September 20, 2007 |
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Toronto, September 20, 2007 — Today’s announcement of the 2007 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 winners celebrates a decade of remarkable growth. The Deloitte Technology Fast 50, the country’s leading technology awards, recognize top companies across Canada for their innovation and entrepreneurship. Waterloo-based Sandvine, which creates network equipment for broadband service providers, tops the list with a blistering 42,120% five-year average revenue growth. See the complete 2007 Deloitte Technology Fast 50... |
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| What a difference a day makes |
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September 7, 2007 |
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Toronto, September 7, 2007 – Imagine the impact of an entire organization working on community projects for one day. That’s exactly what will be happening today with almost 80% of the people of Deloitte Canada (about 5,900 individuals) involved in 505 projects with 343 community organizations. Deloitte calls it Impact Day — a firm-wide day of volunteer service, when the people of Deloitte dedicate their time to proactively working on community projects, and supporting the development of the communities in which they work and live. Deloitte partner and Impact Day leader, Judith... |
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| Deloitte has one of Canada's 30 best pension and benefit plans |
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June 19, 2007 |
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Toronto, June 19, 2007 — Deloitte has been named by Benefits Canada magazine as having one of Canada's 30 Best Pension and Benefits Plans — the only professional services firm to make the list. Deloitte's inclusion in the "30 Best" list is the latest in a series of external workplace-related awards for the firm. Deloitte was also named to Canadian Business magazine's list of the "Best Workplaces in Canada" and Report on Business magazine's "50 Best Employers in Canada." "At Deloitte we have designed and implemented pension and benefit programs that are important to our people,... |
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| Talent crunch threatens tech industry's ability to capitalize on outstanding growth prospects |
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June 12, 2007 |
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Toronto, June 12, 2007 — Canada's technology and telecommunications companies are faced with unprecedented growth opportunities, at the same time a talent crisis threatens to jeopardize their success, according to new research conducted by Deloitte, with support from the Information Technology Association of Canada. 'TechTalent,' a survey of 60 Canadian technology and telecommunications organizations, reveals that developing and retaining talent is cited as the most critical people issue facing technology... |
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| C-suite and human resources (HR) executives "bash heads" on addressing "people issues" - reveals Deloitte research |
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May 29, 2007 |
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Toronto, May 29, 2007 — While "people issues" dominate the business agenda in Canada and across the globe, there is increasing tension between organizations' needs and HR's ability to deliver on key people challenges, according to new global research conducted by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and the Economist Intelligence Unit. Aligned at the Top, a global study of 531 HR and non-HR executives (5% being Canadian), revealed more than 85% of participants believe people are vital to all aspects of... |
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| Provinces must accelerate reforms to meet citizen expectations |
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May 28, 2007 |
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Toronto, May 28, 2007 — A new report by Deloitte released today urges provincial governments to accelerate their plans for reform, if citizen expectations are to be met. The report highlights the significant role of provincial governments in delivering the services that Canadians value most: health care, education, environmental protection, infrastructure, public safety and security. Unfortunately, rising citizen expectations, combined with mounting pressures from demographic, global and domestic trends, are pointing to a widening performance gap. Yet, this does not have to be the case. The need to address these... |
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| Samson Bélair/Deloitte & Touche and Verrier Paquin Hébert announce merger discussions |
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May 4, 2007 |
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Montréal, May 4, 2007 — Samson Bélair/Deloitte & Touche announced today they are evaluating the possibility to have the 27 partners and 223 employees of accounting firm Verrier Paquin Hébert join Samson Bélair/Deloitte & Touche. Combining the firms would enable Samson Bélair/Deloitte & Touche to consolidate its presence in the regions of Montérégie, Mauricie, and in the Eastern Townships. “This business combination would strengthen our ability to serve private companies in Quebec, by offering them a broader range of business services and... |
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| Attracting and retaining top talent is leading operational challenge for tech CEOs |
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May 1, 2007 |
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Toronto, May 1, 2007 — According to a Deloitte survey released today, attracting and retaining top talent has become the leading operational challenge for North American technology CEOs. As a result, the respondents of this year's Technology Fast 500 CEO Survey — Deloitte's annual survey of Technology Fast 500 company leaders — are taking their talent searches overseas. Almost two thirds (64%) of CEOs felt it was important to look overseas for the top talent they need to grow their businesses-even though 67% indicate their country's education system is successful in producing qualified talent. However, the majority... |
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| Deloitte welcomes new partner Johanne Gélinas |
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March 22, 2007 |
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Toronto, March 22, 2007 — Deloitte is pleased to announce the admission of Johanne Gélinas, former federal Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, to its partnership. She joins Enterprise Risk, Canada's largest risk management consulting practice, to lead the Montreal office's Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability (EHS&S) group. Ms. Gélinas... |
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| Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies announced |
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February 7, 2007 |
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Toronto, February 7, 2007 — The 2006 winners of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies award, announced today, achieved some of the strongest financial results since the program's inception 14 years ago — boasting consolidated sales of $8.3 billion and combined two-year sales growth of 31%, and collectively accounting for more than 45,000 employees throughout Canada. This year's Best Managed Companies dealt with evolving challenges, including the continued fight to find the right employees, with 47% citing the talent shortage to be the most critical business challenge in building the value of their... |
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