As Halifax’s buses and ferries sit idle for a third straight week, small businesses affected by the Metro Transit strike are finding ways to cope. We recently surveyed our members in HRM to better understand the impacts of the transit strike on local businesses.
We recently met with Finance Minister Graham Steele to deliver our recommendations for this year’s budget. As we move ahead in what are still uncertain economic times, we’re calling on the government to focus on creating a stable and more competitive Nova Scotia.
Groundbreaking research from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) reveals that workers’ compensation boards in Canada are doing a poor job in meeting the overall needs of small business, including Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia has plenty of challenges: high unemployment, an aging population, out-migration of youth, rural communities in decline, low levels of economic growth, lagging productivity. And it’s grappling with all of this during a time of global financial turmoil. Yet here we are talking about making it easier to unionize by introducing First Contract Arbitration.
