Food and Drugs Act   Federation of Independent Business when they say that the changes being proposed by the Liberal government, through Health Canada's changes to the definition of therapeutic products to include natural health products, is going to kill and stifle business. I believe them when they say

International Trade committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Guénette and Mrs. Auger, from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, I know that you recently surveyed your members on the Canada Border Services Agency's digital assessment and revenue management initiative. You recently presented me

International Trade committee  In January 2024 we conducted a survey on international trade. We found that in the past three years, 31% of SMEs exported goods, services or both; and 63% of SMEs were not involved in exporting and did not plan to do so at all. These rates at which SMEs export have not changed

International Trade committee  Good afternoon. My name is Jasmin Guénette. I'm vice-president of national affairs with the CFIB. I'm here today with my colleague Michelle Auger, a senior policy analyst. We would like to thank the committee for inviting us today. I will make my opening remarks in English, bu

International Trade committee   with us today the Aluminium Association of Canada, Jean Simard, president and CEO, via video conference; the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, Michelle Auger, senior policy analyst, national affairs, and Jasmin Guénette, vice-president, national affairs; the Canadian

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

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

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

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   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