 | And the winner of the Golden Scissors Award is...January 19, 2012As Red Tape Awareness Week™ comes to a close, the winner of the inaugural Golden Scissors Award has been announced. The new annual CFIB award recognizes individual leadership and achieving results in cutting red tape for small business. |
PEI receives an 'F' in the annual red tape report card
January 17, 2012
As part of CFIB's third annual Red Tape Awareness Week, we have released our report card which evaluates government efforts to reduce red tape for small business across Canada. PEI shares the shame for last place with a failing grade.Red Tape Awareness Week™ highlights the burden of regulation in Prince Edward Island
January 17, 2012
Starting January 16th, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business is challenging all levels of government on their commitment to tackle the red tape burden they place on small business. Our action-packed third annual Red Tape Awareness Week™ is full of activities that raise awareness about the huge impact of red tape.CRA Report Card reveals that small businesses fear dealing with the taxman
January 16, 2012
The fourth edition of a landmark series of CFIB reports on small business views of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) shows that small businesses feel intimidated when they interact with the Agency and that CRA does not really understand the realities of small business owners. Overall, despite some positive developments over the past three years, small businesses give the Agency a rating of C-.  | Red Tape Digital Diaries show the face of red tapeJanuary 13, 2012CFIB’s groundbreaking new project, the Red Tape Digital Diaries, gives small business owners the opportunity to tell you - in their own words – the various ways in which too much regulation hurts their business. |
