They are a lobby group, but they represent small businesses and have the in-depth expertise to understand and to convey the implications of a decrease in EI for their members.
We have looked at the impact. Our department has looked at the impact of these 780,000 individual companies on a macro basis and we're comfortable with that.
the CFIB projects that this measure will create 25,000 person-years of employment, it is relying on experts' analyses.