Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2   in Canada are small businesses. The member might want to go and talk to some of the small-business owners to see what they think about this. The organization that represents a lot of those folks is the CFIB, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. It does not agree

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2   of Commerce meeting or a Canadian Federation of Independent Business meeting. It is just not what people look forward to. I think we can certainly suggest that those couple of things in this budget, from a small business and community point of view, are very important. I said I would

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2   over the span of that two years. This initiative has been called a big win for small business by groups across the country, including the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. The introduction of this tax credit will build upon our government's strong support of small

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2   premiums by 15% over the next two years. More than 90% of Canadian companies will benefit from this initiative, which will save them $550 million. They can then use that money to solidify their business or expand it and create more jobs. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Taxation   tax package addresses a current inequity in the tax system, helping all Canadian families with kids”. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business said a whopping 71% of its members support it, and the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada has praised it, too. The Canadian

Employment Insurance   taxes or increased regulatory burdens. Let me remind the member opposite that this measure has been applauded by groups that actually understand small business. Take the Canadian Federation of Independent Business which stated, “It's a big, big deal for small business. It's good

Small Business   to listen to what small business is saying. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business said: —the code has served merchants extremely well...(it) has done an excellent job in ensuring some fair ground rules and maintaining Canada's low-cost debit system... It went on to say

Employment Insurance  Mr. Speaker, as opposition members know, the small business job credit will create, according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, over 25,000 person-years of employment. It would reduce the cost for the employers of most Canadians, and 780,000 companies, over 90

Red Tape Reduction Act   businesses are to Canada's economy. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business told us how small businesses were being strangled in the red tape of federal, provincial and municipal governments. The commission provided us with the opportunity to focus on what was happening

Red Tape Reduction Act  , and was introduced during the Canadian Federation of Independent Business Red Tape Awareness Week. As the member for Huron—Bruce has pointed out, there has been a reduction of over $22 million, an estimated savings of 290,000 hours, and a net benefit of 19 federal regulations taken off

Committees of the House  , of which two-thirds will be in high-skilled occupations requiring a post-secondary education or management skills. The Canadian Council of Chief Executives, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, and the Canadian Federation of Independent Business all say that skills shortages

Finance committee  The Canadian Federation of Independent Business, which represents 109,000 small businesses across the country, says that our new small business job credit will create 25,000 person-years of employment. I'm curious as to why your job estimates would vary so greatly from theirs.

Finance committee  The government has relied on the analysis of those who are the small business experts, those who actually represent small business, which is the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, and it estimated that the $550-million EI payroll tax reduction for some 780,000

Finance committee  The department does not analyze every measure that we introduce. If we don't do it, we look to those who have expertise, and in this case we looked to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, our reduction will apply to 740,000 small businesses across Canada. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business, the CFIB, understands that tax increases kill jobs, but the New Democrats would significantly increase taxes by bringing in a 45-day work year. We