Small Business  Mr. Speaker, nearly 2,000 small businesses in Quebec have already declared bankruptcy in the past year. According to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, this is just the beginning. One in five businesses expects to close within the next year. However, the elephant

Small Business  Mr. Speaker, a wave of bankruptcies is coming for our small and medium-sized businesses if the federal government does not wake up. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business sounded that alarm today on the Hill. The government is giving SMEs an extra 18 days to get bank

Small Business  Mr. Speaker, a cloud of bankruptcy is looming over our companies, and this is only just the beginning. According to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, 250,000 small and medium-sized businesses, or SMEs, are at risk of closing this year because they are unable

Small Business   and not at all what had been asked for by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business and thousands of small businesses, including businesses in northwest B.C., the area I am proud to represent. The most attractive part of the loans for small businesses that were struggling was the fact

Business of Supply  , it is saying that it is not really taking money out of the account but just debiting the account. One does not have to be a democratic socialist to be upset about this. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business thinks it is a bad idea, and it is upset about it too. Both employers

Canada Business Corporations Act   is the backbone of this country's economy. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business raised a number of concerns, and I want to talk about some of them here. It raised the issue of privacy and personal security. It said many small business owners are concerned about having

Canada Business Corporations Act  Mr. Speaker, in regard to Bill C-42, we were approached by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, or CFIB, which asked us to determine how we could help businesses, because one of the challenges is all the red tape that comes with this. We definitely agree

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. As you know, representatives of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business were scheduled to attend today, but the Federation cancelled its appearance on Friday, according to a letter received by Committee members today. The Federation has nonetheless

Business of Supply  —L'Érable said, according to the report by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, there is an effect, but it is difficult to pinpoint the price exactly because it is the business that must absorb the costs. The second Liberal carbon tax will have a direct impact

Business of Supply   is less visible than a carbon tax. I will quote from the report of the CFIB, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. It says that the “cap-and-trade system is less visible than a carbon tax because it because it involves creating a market mechanism for allocating the right

Business of Supply   going to try another question. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business has said that the carbon tax will cost small businesses x amount of dollars in 2023. Does the finance minister know how much it is going to cost small business?

Finance committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Gray, I expect we may not agree on all the finer points of employment insurance policy, but one thing that I know both the Canadian Labour Congress and the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses have talked about is the decision

Finance committee  We are back with our second panel of witnesses. In this second panel we have, from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, the CEO, Dan Kelly. Also with us from Campaign 2000 is the national director, Leila Sarangi. We have the chair of the Coalition of Rail Shippers

Finance committee   make a couple of broader comments about the budget. As you know, we have 97,000 small and medium-sized companies as members of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. When I look at the state of affairs for small businesses, we are still deeply worried about what

An Act Respecting Regulatory Modernization   lacks any credibility on this issue. Remember, it was just this year that, in its red-tape report card, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business gave the Liberals the worst-ever federal government grade for their inaction on reducing red tape. I can guarantee that every