CFIB members in Ontario were asked to rate how well their business was being served by their local government. Click here to see how well they did.
CFIB recently appeared before an all-party committee of MPPs to support the government’s Bill 68 (Open for Business Act). Among others things, the proposed changes would reduce the amount of paperwork and harassment that employers face when it comes to the Employment Standards Act.
While CFIB welcomes the government’s decision to initiate a 90-day review to develop a new hazardous waste collection system, we are calling on them to go even further and review the actions of that unelected - Stewardship Ontario - responsible for this unfortunate chain of events.
With very few exceptions, Ontario’s business property owners are hugely overtaxed for benefits delivered to all Ontarians, according to the latest CFIB report, “The Tale of Two Tax Rates: How Ontario and its Municipalities Tax Business Properties”.
As part of the 2009 Ontario Budget, the province announced a federal provincial agreement to combine Ontario’s Retail Sales Tax (RST) with the Goods and Services Tax (GST), creating a federally-administered Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) that will take effect July 1, 2010
