The Halifax Chamber of Commerce has announced Ray Ivany, the leader behind the Ivany Report which ultimately led to the One Nova Scotia Coalition, as the winner of the 2015 Person of the Year.

A selection committee began their work earlier this year with a number of candidates in mind. The aim of the committee is to choose an individual whose accomplishments:

•    are of long-lasting value to this community.

•    have drawn favourable attention to the community.

•    encourage others to seek similar accomplishments.

•    have helped build confidence in the community.

“It’s no surprise that Ray Ivany qualifies in all of these areas. With the release of the Now or Never Report in February of 2014, Ray has demonstrated leadership within our region on a hard-to-tackle and broad-reaching topic, with the help of his commissioners, shed light on an underlying regional problem and provided the public with a clear message that we need change,” says Valerie Payn, President and CEO of the Halifax Chamber of Commerce. “More than a year later, Nova Scotians are still talking about and applying ideas from this report. Ray has challenged us to better ourselves and our province with an urgent call to action,” says Payn.

The full story can be found in this month’s Business Voice magazine at http://halifaxchamber.com/. Ray Ivany will be formally recognized at the annual Mayor’s luncheon this fall.

The Halifax Chamber of Commerce is committed to enhancing the prosperity of its members and to realizing Halifax’s potential to be among the top three highest growth city economies in Canada by 2018.