Planting the Right Seeds for Ontario Farmers
For more details
Cultivating a Fertile Foundation
Results of Ontario Agri-business Survey No.8
November 2009
Marilyn Braun-Pollon, Vice-President, Agri-business
Plamen Petkov, Senior Policy Analyst, Ontario
CFIB’s new agri-business report, “Cultivating a Fertile Foundation” , provides Ontario agri-business owners’ views on the economy, regulatory burden, business risk management programs, harmonized sales tax (HST), potential unionization of farm workers and employment standards. While CFIB recognizes there is little the Ontario government can do to solve many of the global market issues facing producers, it can certainly take steps to improve the tax and regulatory environment in which agri-businesses operate. The Ontario government can also address some of the uncertainty facing Ontario agri-business owners by continuing to fight the threat of potential unionization of farm workers, and ensuring employment standard exemptions remain in place.
