Alberta Business Barometer®: small biz confidence dips further
Calgary - The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) released the latest Business Barometer index today that shows Alberta’s small business outlook dropped 1.3 points in May to 45.7. CFIB’s...
View ArticleCity employees make $6.43/hr more than the private sector
Calgary - Municipal government workers across Canada are making $6.43 more per hour on average in wages and benefits than their private sector counterparts – a gap of 22 per cent – according to the...
View ArticleCFIB challenges AB govt to release economic impact analysis of $15 minimum...
Calgary - The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) today challenged the Alberta government to release all economic impact studies and analysis it has conducted or commissioned on the...
View ArticleUniversity of Calgary public policy student joins CFIB’s Alberta team for...
The next generation of great Canadian policy minds has arrived at the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). Eight of the nation’s brightest students will undertake major policy research...
View ArticleCFIB urges government to reduce the small biz tax rate from 3 to 2 percent
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business welcomes amendments to Bill 2 An Act to Restore Fairness to Public Revenue that would reduce the small business income tax rate to from 3 per cent to 2...
View ArticleAlberta Business Barometer®: small biz gloomy about the future
Calgary - The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) released the latest Business Barometer index today that shows Alberta’s small business outlook dropped 1.4 points in June to 44.3. That...
View ArticleSmall business perspective not reflected in AB minimum wage
CFIB released the findings of a minimum wage survey conducted with small business owners across Alberta. The overwhelming majority (seventy-nine per cent) of entrepreneurs oppose this policy.
View Article9 out of 10 small businesses want premiers to make free trade within Canada a...
Calgary - CFIB is urging federal and provincial trade ministers to push hard for a new internal trade deal that removes trade barriers within Canada.
View ArticleMedicine Hat shows its #SmallBizLove…And the winner is…
Medicine Hat’s Zucchini Blossom is one of four small businesses across the country feeling the love today as a co-winner of CFIB’s #SmallBizLove contest.
View ArticleCFIB launches petition campaign to stop minimum wage hike
CFIB launched an online petition to capture the reaction of independent business owners from across the province to the Alberta government’s plan to hike the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2018.
View ArticlePoll: Canadians prefer TFSAs, RRSPs over a bigger CPP
As Canada’s premiers prepare to meet in St. John’s this Wednesday, new data shows that most Canadians can’t afford to save more for retirement, and wouldn’t put any extra money into the CPP or QPP if...
View ArticleMore Alberta entrepreneurs now cutting jobs than hiring
Calgary - The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) today released the latest Business Barometer numbers that show Alberta’s small business confidence continues to edge closer to historic...
View ArticleSmall business confidence continues downward trend
Calgary - The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) today released the latest Business Barometer numbers showing Alberta’s small business confidence falling. Confidence levels dropped...
View ArticleAB’s entrepreneurs want budget balanced by 2017
CALGARY – Following Finance Minister Joe Ceci’s first quarter fiscal update, indicating a balanced budget will be tabled within three years, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB)...
View ArticleMunicipal over-spending costs AB households over $2,000
Calgary - The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) released its annual Alberta Municipal Spending Watch report today that reveals operating expenditures by the vast majority of the...
View ArticleAB small business confidence plunges to record low
Calgary - The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) today released the latest Business Barometer numbers showing Alberta’s small business confidence plummeted to 34.0, more than a six...
View ArticleMinimum wage hike another blow to Alberta economy
The Alberta government’s reckless plan to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour could cost the economy at least 50,000 jobs, and will force employers to cut back on hours, re-think hiring plans,...
View ArticleMedia Advisory: See Charter, Think Tax Coalition Announcement
CALGARY, AB: See Charter, Think Tax is an Alberta-based coalition launched to demand taxpayers and small businesses have their say in any new city tax powers. The coalition is comprised of the Canadian...
View ArticleBusinesses, Residents and Taxpayers Agree: No New City Taxes
CALGARY, AB: See Charter, Think Tax is a new Alberta-based coalition urging the provincial government to reject calls by Alberta’s big city mayors for the power to impose new taxes. The See Charter,...
View ArticleAlberta government misses the mark with Advisory Committee on the Economy
Calgary - Following Premier Notley’s announcement she is appointing an Advisory Committee on the Economy, small business owners are concerned about the government’s lack of representation of...
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