Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1   business owner in my riding. He is a responsible business owner who gives back to the community and is facing devastating financial losses because of this failed policy. He is now struggling to pay for his everyday expenses. He has over 40 firearms, worth almost $50,000, sitting

Food and Drugs Act   as Parliamentarians is putting higher costs and more red tape onto the backs of small business owners in the natural health sector. I have heard from small business owners across Canada that the government has turned its back on them. They simply cannot keep up with the higher costs

The Budget  Madam Speaker, I know in my colleague's riding she meets with many people, small businesses owners and people in smaller communities. I assume that she spoke to a lot of people, as I did, this past week. I heard nothing but negative comments about this budget, not one positive

The Budget  Madam Speaker, absolutely, I talk to small business owners from my community and across Canada all the time. In particular, when I was home last weekend, it was the number one topic that I heard. Many business owners, especially in the tourism and hospitality sector, have

The Budget   crushed by the government. A small business owner said, “So much for building up my small business to fund my retirement.” For nine years, the Liberal government, propped up by the NDP, chose together to double the size of the federal debt, which is on track to lead to a generational

Food and Drugs Act   also met with the Canadian Health Food Association, which represents many NHP small business owners in my riding. One of those businesses is Platinum Naturals, whose team I met with this past February to hear their important feedback and their concern with respect to the impacts

The Budget  . We know that children are the future of Canada. They will become tomorrow's doctors, nurses, electricians, teachers, scientists and small business owners. Every child deserves the best start in life. Their success is certainly Canada's success. With budget 2024, the government

The Budget   because it is only fair. Canadians know it is going to be the workers, seniors, small business owners and especially the young who will end up paying for the intergenerational theft that is contained in this budget. That is why Canadians are increasingly ready for a government

Finance committee  This has been a tricky issue. In member surveys, we get mixed views from small business owners. There's no question that many small firms struggle to have employee benefit plans that are anywhere close to being as generous as those for positions in the government or in large

Finance committee  You have that survey in front of you, and I trust the data is correct. I would say that a 2:1 ratio is supportive. We don't have price tags in front of small business owners, so there is that.

Finance committee   of employers faster than I've ever seen. Five years ago, if you had asked small business owners how concerned they were about housing issues, they would have put that quite low on their list of priorities. In the last couple of years, that has been quite high for the very reason that you're

Finance committee   of the capital gains changes that are positive will send a good message to some entrepreneurs. However, I worry about where we're headed in Canada. For small business owners, these are not easy days.

Finance committee  I think I have about a minute left. Sticking to the topic of the budget, you said recently that most small business owners will come out ahead or be unaffected by the capital gains changes in budget 2024. Can you explain the rationale for that point of view?

Finance committee  Small businesses look at capital gains from two perspectives. Primarily our members—small and medium-sized companies—look at the capital gains treatment when they sell their businesses. Most small business owners count on the sale price of their businesses to fund their own

The Budget   among us the most. Whatever the Prime Minister says, it will not be him and his billionaire friends who pay for new spending. It will be single moms, workers and small business owners. We cannot tax our way to prosperity, and no government program can increase productivity better