Taxation   they are wrong, as they so often are. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business is against Liberal tax hikes. In fact, the head of the CFIB had this to say: “I'd just like to clarify that the corporate income tax reductions are not exclusively a big business issue...our very

Government Spending   environment for Canadian business will be very important to that job creation. We are making Canada a magnet for jobs, for investment, and for opportunity. That is why Catherine Swift, the president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, supports our economic plan on taxes.

Government Priorities  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise for the first time to defend businesses and families across this country. Just the other day, the Liberal Party claimed to represent the interests of small businesses, misleading the House, indicating that the Canadian Federation of Independent

Taxation   and his merry band of Liberal tax hikers will vote against the budget to force an election that Canadians do not want. It is a reckless tax increase. It will stop our recovery in its tracks and hurt job creation in all regions of Canada. The Canadian Federation of Independent

Government Spending  Mr. Speaker, the head of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business has spoken up in favour of our job-creation taxation policies and has spoken out very clearly against the Liberal leader's plan to increase taxes by $6 billion. This is a reckless tax increase

The Economy   billion. We want to keep taxes low to create jobs. A reckless $6 billion tax increase, as the Liberal leader proposed, would do real harm to our Canadian economy. That is why Catherine Swift, president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, has spoken out so strongly

Government Policies  Mr. Speaker, the question is why is the hon. member attempting to hide the true position of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business? That is a member who stood in the House and claimed that the organization representing small businesses all across Canada supported his

Government Policies  Mr. Speaker, last week Catherine Swift of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business was absolutely clear: she does not support, as the Liberal member suggested, the Liberal plan to raise taxes on job creators by $6 billion in the middle of an economic recovery. We need

Business of Supply  , shamefully, the Liberal Party has been standing up bizarrely claiming small businesses want to pay higher taxes. To be clear, that is 100% wrong and Canadians need to know that. I know because I stood right beside Catherine Swift, the head of the Canadian Federation of Independent

Business of Supply   to Washington on business taxes. The government also recognizes that unnecessary regulation imposes significant costs on business and adversely affects productivity and economic growth. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business estimates that businesses in Canada currently spend over

House debate   to choose which card networks they use, by helping them control their costs, and allowing them to pass savings on to their customers and much more. For instance, listen to what the Canadian Federation of Independent Business said in an opinion piece written only a few weeks ago

Procedure and House Affairs committee   businesses by billions and billions of dollars. I'm not going to explain how that will hurt businesses both small and large, as Catherine Swift of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business has publicly stated, despite what some in Parliament might have you believe. I'm not going

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Chair Thank you, Minister, for coming here today. There's been some confusion with respect to the position of small business, notably the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, on the business tax reductions, which were approved by Parliament way back in 2007

Procedure and House Affairs committee   forward was to discuss and find out the actual costs and benefits of those reductions. I would like to put on the record here what the Canadian Federation of Independent Business has actually said about tax reductions and the benefits to the 107,000 members of that federation. I

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, again, we have an inconsistency in terms of inserting “minority”. My bigger concern, Mr. Chair, is with excluding the information regarding the stand of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. This is clearly part of the sessions that we held. It was part