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GST/HST holiday: CFIB calls on customers for patience with small businesses struggling with an administrative nightmare before Christmas
Toronto, December 9, 2024 – With many small businesses still scrambling to comply with the temporary GST/HST holiday coming into effect this Saturday, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business ...
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Three-quarters of small businesses to use Canada Post less in future as the strike impact grows to $1.6 billion
Toronto, December 13, 2024 – Nearly three-quarters (73%) of small business owners say they will be using Canada Post less in the future because of the strike, finds new data by the Canadian Federation ...
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Insuring Main Street: An Analysis of Canada’s Small Business Insurance Market
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) monitors the sentiments of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Canada through regular member surveys. While rising costs of taxes, ...
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Insurance costs increasingly unaffordable for most small businesses
Toronto, December 11, 2024 – Insurance costs have become a top concern for over two-thirds (68%) of Canadian small businesses, and half have experienced an increase of 10% or more in their insurance ...
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CFIB statement on the pause in strike action at Canada Post
Toronto, December 13, 2024 – The Canadian Federation of Independent Business is relieved to learn the government is finally taking action to get Canada Post workers back on the job. It appears the ...
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Counting Constraints: A Comprehensive Count of Canada's Regulatory Requirements
To quantify the regulatory burden across Canada, CFIB has estimated the number of regulatory requirements (or restrictions) within each jurisdiction’s legislation and regulations ─ two primary sources ...
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Business Barometer®: More small business optimism heading into the holiday season amid stubbornly high operating costs
Toronto, November 28, 2024 – The long-term small business confidence indicator reached 59.7 points in November, just shy of its historical average of 60, finds the latest Canadian Federation of ...
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Small Business Saturday®: ‘Tis the season to shop small!
Toronto, November 30, 2024 – Today is Small Business Saturday, and it’s the perfect time to kick off the busy holiday shopping season by supporting local, independent businesses, says the Canadian ...
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Insurance costs increasingly unaffordable for Sask. small businesses
CFIB calls for removal of the ‘double taxation’ on insurance premiums in Saskatchewan Regina, December 11, 2024 – Insurance costs have become a top concern for 60 per cent of Saskatchewan small ...
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CFIB statement on BC’s Fall 2024 Economic and Fiscal Update
Vancouver, December 17, 2024 – The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is deeply concerned to see British Columbia’s deficit climb to $9.4 billion in the provincial government’s Fall ...
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Le Samedi PME donne une saveur locale à la saison des Fêtes!
Montréal, le 30 novembre 2024 – Aujourd’hui a lieu le Samedi PME, l’occasion toute désignée pour entamer la saison du magasinage des Fêtes en soutenant les petites entreprises locales, souligne la ...
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Déclaration de la FCEI sur la résolution des conflits portuaires
Ottawa, le 12 novembre 2024 − La Fédération canadienne de l’entreprise indépendante (FCEI) est soulagée que le gouvernement fédéral soit enfin intervenu pour rendre le port de Montréal et les ports de ...