Goods And Services Tax  He must have missed these quotes as well. Ernst & Young: "There is a quagmire here". The Canadian Federation of Independent Business: "You are better off leaving the stupid thing alone". That is a good quote. My question is for the Prime Minister. If this is such a good deal for Atlantic Canada, Mr.

Budget Implementation Act, 1996  The other day we heard them attack profits. Today we have heard an attack on small business, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. They threw the gauntlet down and said "how dare you tell us this will be good for business". In their opinion-it is always their opinion and no one else is right-this cannot be good for business and this cannot be good for Canada.

Budget Implementation Act, 1996  The Liberals are looking for and promoting support everywhere. They are begging for people to show the advantages of it. When the Canadian Federation of Independent Business supports it, they are talking about only a narrow sector. It is a special interest group, a small business. However, they do not talk about the consumers who buy the products of those business and how much more they will have to pay.

Sales Tax  I want to talk about what some of the interest groups are saying, those the minister invited to come forward so he could lobby them to come on side. So far they have not come on side. Catherine Swift, president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, said Ontario has to be brought on board to make harmonization worthwhile. The province, with 40 per cent of the national economy, says Ottawa's plan would cost residents $2 billion annually and has refused to co-operate in harmonization.

Supply  On Tuesday [the Prime Minister] was back saying he would scrap the tax after the 88,000 member Canadian Federation of Independent Business released a critical report on the GST. I have dozens and dozens of quotes. I will obviously have to abbreviate them to get through my entire presentation. Let us skip ahead to the 1993 election year.

Supply  I want to correct an impression that might have been left by my colleague from the third party when he suggested that small businesses do not like this reform. I had an opportunity to read the latest bulletin put out by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, a very well respected business organization. It terms the employment insurance program as a hard won victory for small business. To suggest that small business is opposed to this reform is inappropriate.

Good And Services Tax  Tax simplification is vitally important to small and medium size business. Can the hon. member tell me why the Canadian Federation of Independent Business recommends this tax? I will tell her. It wants to create jobs among its membership. Why does the Chamber of Commerce recommend this tax? It knows how good it will be for Canadians.

Small Business Loans Act  Allan Riding of Carleton University. Dr. Riding surveyed SBLA loan files and also worked with the Canadian Federation of Independent Business survey data. Dr. Riding found that the SBLA borrowers tend to be those targeted by the act and, as intended, their businesses tend to be smaller, more risky and with fewer resources than the non-SBLA borrowers.

Small Business Loans Act  We reviewed the report of the Standing Committee on Industry. What more do they want? We listened to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. We listened to the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. We listened to the Canadian Bankers Association, to name a few. Through those consultations we obtained substantial support for proposed changes.

Small Business Loans Act  The provisions of the bill are the result of consultations with leading Canadian business people such as the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. Equally if not more important to the undertaking was the report of the Standing Committee on Industry "Taking Care of Small Business". I had the privilege to sit on that committee as a government member from western Canada.

Small Business Loans Act  I heard the definition of a small business person the other day and I thought it was very apt. I realize that when it comes to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business and other business organizations, economic organizations, banks and other financial institutions, they all have their own definitions of what a small business operation is.

Small Business Loans Act  There are over 4.2 million Canadians employed by small and medium size businesses in Canada. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business recently surveyed their membership on job creation. Catherine Swift, vice-president of the organization, recently claimed that small firms and new businesses are the ones which have created all the new jobs over the past couple of years.

Agreement On Internal Trade Implementation Act  The bottom line is, Canadian companies are losing their competitive edge. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, the Canadian Manufacturers' Association and other business organizations are telling the government to get rid of these barriers. We may be able to hide under the shroud of protectionism in the short term, but the long term prospects are dim for this type of trade policy.

Agreement On Internal Trade Implementation Act  We have received representations from the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the Business Council on National Issues, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, the Canadian Bankers Association and the Canadian Construction Association. The list is long and the problems are deeply felt and broadly experienced. Such barriers put Canadian businesses at a competitive disadvantage by restricting the size of their available marketplace by shrinking the domestic market for Canadian businesses in a time of increasing global competition and more open markets in other parts of the world.

Agreement On Internal Trade Implementation Act  We have received representations from the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the Business Council on National Issues, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, the Canadian Bankers Association, the Canadian Construction Association, and so on. The list is long and the problems are deeply felt and broadly experienced. Such barriers put Canadian businesses at a comparative disadvantage by restricting the size of the available marketplace and by making the markets open to Canadian businesses even smaller than they would be on an open national basis.