Food and Drugs Act   last week, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business reported a drastic decline in both short-term and long-term business competence, with both dropping by 5.4 points in their monthly business barometer. What does all of that have to do with natural health products? Last

Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999   in increasing numbers. As it is, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business estimates the added cost to the Canadian economy is $1.9 billion to produce these alternatives to the banned plastic packaging. We use plastic for a reason. It is vital to extend the shelf life of foods

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Hello to all my colleagues. I'm glad to be back with you. Hello to all the witnesses as well, and thank you for being here. My questions are for Mr. Kelly from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, or CFIB. My first question pertains to Bill

Finance committee  Thank you, Dr. Allison. There will be a lot of time for members' questions. Now we're going to hear from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. Mr. Kelly, go ahead, please.

Finance committee  . Small and medium-sized businesses that are members of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business remain at this moment very fragile. There are lots of concerns, lots of worries about the months ahead. Many businesses have been hanging on by a thread over the last several months

Finance committee   Federation of Independent Business, we have the president and chief executive officer, Mr. Daniel Kelly, via video conference. Welcome. We are going to start with Dr. Paul Allison for his five-minute opening statement.

Human Resources committee   that really jumps out at me when we look at the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, or CFIB, which we have here today. Could you really quickly, because we have limited time, give an example of those businesses across Canada? Isn't 98% of Canada's economy fuelled by small

Human Resources committee  Great. Thank you very much. I'll move over to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. When you look at your members from across the country who have small and medium-sized businesses and you hear about their challenges.... We know a lot of small businesses are still

Human Resources committee  Ultimately, the concern is that this bill, as written, could further embolden unions to walk away from the table and result in a greater incidence of strike action, and even more disturbances along the supply chain. British Columbia and Quebec, where greater restrictions on the

Human Resources committee  Good morning. My name is Jasmin Guénette. I'm the vice-president of national affairs with the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. I am here with my colleague, Christina Santini, director of national affairs. We would like to thank the committee for the invitation

Human Resources committee  I'll call the committee back to order for our second panel of witnesses. From the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, we have Brodie Berrigan, director, government relations; and Todd Lewis, vice-president. From the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, we have

Government Operations committee  Thank you. Good afternoon, and thank you for the opportunity to be here. As you may know, the CFIB is a not-for-profit organization representing the interests of over 97,000 small and medium-sized businesses across Canada. Our members come from all sectors of the economy and all

International Trade committee  Thank you. Good afternoon. My name is Corinne Pohlmann. I'm the executive vice-president with the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, which is a non-partisan, not-for-profit organization representing 97,000 small and medium-sized companies across every industry

International Trade committee  , February 6, the committee is resuming its study of the CBSA assessment and revenue management system, CARM. We have with us today from the Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters, Kim Campbell, past chair. From the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, we have Corinne

Business of Supply   stores. The stores, by the way, are paying to heat and cool their buildings. It is ultimately the end consumer who ends up paying for it. On the supply side, business ends up paying for it. Yesterday, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business produced a document that it posted