One issue keeps coming up when talking to Prince Edward Island’s small business owners: electricity. Rates have gone up 22% over the past decade, with annual increases of 2.6–2.7% in recent years. In ...

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This report explains how conditions became so critical, what issues existed before the pandemic, the role the pandemic played and the most effective solutions to help small business now and in the ...

Toronto, October 22, 2025 – A new research snapshot from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) tackles five of the most persistent myths about Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker ...

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) power Canada’s economy, but to stay competitive in the face of global trade tensions, supply chain disruptions, and rising economic uncertainty, they need to ...

As Canadian small business owners struggle with economic uncertainty, high costs of doing business, and international trade disruptions, maintaining a competitive tax environment is more important ...

This report dives into BC’s regional district spending growth since 2018, with a focus on the growing cost of bureaucracy and lack of oversight mechanisms. Its main findings reveal varying ...

As an employer one of your responsibilities is to provide a Record of Employment (ROE) to your employees when employment ends, whether temporarily or permanently. Service Canada uses the ROE to ...

Toronto, August 22, 2025 – We welcome Ottawa’s decision to drop some of its retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods. This is a step in the right direction and will take some of the pressure off Canadian ...

Toronto, August 20, 2025 – New data from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) reveals that small businesses are being hit hardest by U.S. and Canadian tariffs on steel and aluminum ...

Toronto, July 29, 2025 – Most small businesses are absorbing some or all of the costs associated with U.S. tariffs, according to new data by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB).