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Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act In committee, my colleague from Beauce had the opportunity to talk to groups from every region of the country and Quebec, and he was forced to admit that most if not all the people he spoke to are against the Senate's amendments to Bill C‑234. In fact, this morning we received a statement from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business begging members to reject the Senate amendments to Bill C‑234. Why? It is because farmers are against the amendments proposed by the Senate. These amendments were imposed by unelected senators against the will of elected members of the House of Commons.
June 10th, 2024House debate
Luc BertholdConservative
Government Operations committee Recently, in the National Post, the leader of the Conservative opposition wrote an opinion piece in which he stated: At the most, the Chamber of Commerce, Business Council, and Canadian Federation of Independent Business hold pointless luncheons and meetings and write op-eds or record interviews that almost no one sees. As leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, I refuse to meet the aforementioned groups.
May 27th, 2024Committee meeting
Irek KusmierczykLiberal
Government Operations committee These regulations restrict business activity, impose costs on firms and reduce economic productivity. According to a recent red tape study published by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, the cost of regulation from all three levels of government to Canadian businesses totalled $38.8 billion in 2020, for a total of 731 million hours, the equivalent of nearly 375,000 full-time jobs.
May 27th, 2024Committee meeting
Stephanie KusieConservative
Food and Drugs Act I believe the Canadian Health Food Association, the Natural Health Product Protection Association, the Direct Sellers Association of Canada and the Canadian 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.
May 22nd, 2024House debate
Blaine CalkinsConservative
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 with the main findings.
May 9th, 2024Committee meeting
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 since the last time we conducted the survey, in 2017.
May 9th, 2024Committee meeting
Michelle Auger
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, but I'm able to answer questions in French and English.
May 9th, 2024Committee meeting
Jasmin Guénette
International Trade committee We have 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 Trucking Alliance, Stephen Laskowski, president; the Canadian Wood Pallet and Container Association, Scott Geffros, general manager; the Eagle Graphite Corporation, Jamie Deith, founder; and the Railway Association of Canada, Lora Smith, vice-president, public and government affairs.
May 9th, 2024Committee meeting
The Vice-Chair Conservative
Finance committee The budget includes the Canada carbon rebate for small businesses. I will note that the Canadian Federation of Independent Business was very vocal about this and the Conservatives were very vocal about it, yet they're going to stand against a budget that will get those returns back to small businesses across the country.
May 7th, 2024Committee meeting
Ryan TurnbullLiberal
Food and Drugs Act On April 1, the government hiked the carbon tax by 23% and, just 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?
April 29th, 2024House debate
Brad VisConservative
Finance committee It's been a busy week for you and for me on that front. 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, and sadly it would take very little to push them over.
April 18th, 2024Committee meeting
Daniel Kelly
Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 That is just what we need when Canadians cannot afford to eat and are going to homeless shelters and food banks 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, especially fresh fruits and vegetables.
April 18th, 2024House debate
Marilyn GladuConservative
Finance committee 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 C‑59, the massive budget implementation bill, not for this week's budget, but for last year's budget. That is what we are concerned with here today.
April 18th, 2024Committee meeting
Finance committee 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.
April 18th, 2024Committee meeting
The ChairLiberal
Finance committee Paul Allison, who is from McGill in Montreal. He will be with us to answer questions. From the Canadian 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.
April 18th, 2024Committee meeting
The Chair Liberal