CFIB
Business
Tax and cost pressures curtailing small business expansion, CFIB claims
A third of Canada’s SMEs say they aren’t growing, national lobby group maintainsOnly seven per cent of small businesses in Canada plan to grow or diversify significantly over the next 12 months, according to some of the latest research...
Business
U.S./Canada trade war puts over 50,000 Canadian small businesses at risk
Additional product bans loom, Canadian Federation of Independent Business estimatesAccording to new estimates released in recent weeks by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, 53,112 businesses are directly impacted by either U.S. tariffs, Canadian counter-tariffs or both.Of that total,...
Business
‘Uncertainty’ hangs over Canada’s economy with non-renewal of CUSMA with U.S.
Canada-U.S. business relationships have weakened during trade war, CFIB saysAs CUSMA negotiations move into a new phase after the U.S. government’s failure to renew the trade agreement with Canada, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is calling on...
