Welcome to CFIB BC's election web portal for the 2013 British Columbia provincial election campaign. Here you will find the latest news on CFIB members' priorities and concerns, and what the political parties are saying about them. Make sure and check back often for new updates.
Small business owners across BC are once again collecting PST. As a result of PST’s return, BC businesses now face the highest effective tax rate in Canada on new investments.
A startling 80 per cent of small-business owners are not confident that their concerns and priorities will be addressed by either party in the next provincial election, according to a recent survey by CFIB. This disconnect should worry all of us.
CFIB surveyed our British Columbia membership in March about their priorities for the upcoming 2013 provincial election. Here is what we heard.