December 13, 2011
An assessment of workers’ compensation boards, from small business owners’ perspectives, reveals that they are doing a poor job in meeting the needs of small business.
February 10, 2011
We’ve just released a new research report that challenges the effectiveness of minimum wage policy in Canada. CFIB’s report: Minimum Wage: Reframing the Debate reveals that minimum wage increases tend to hurt the very people they are supposed to help. Find out more about the positive alternatives that better address the concerns of low-income earners.
November 25, 2010
There is no free lunch, and no free pension either. Recent calls to boost CPP and QPP benefits, in reaction to concerns about the sustainability of retirement savings in Canada, while touting to save more people from the risk of pensionless retirement, substantially underestimate costs to the economy. Using macro-econometric modeling to simulate the effect of doubling CPP/QPP benefits, and the attendant increases in premiums, CFIB finds that 1.2 million person years of employment will be lost in
May 11, 2010
Small business employment outperforms mid-sized and large firms through the recession
September 14, 2009
Canada’s small- and medium-sized businesses interact with the Employment Insurance (EI) system in a way that larger businesses do not, making their unique views of this system a critical component to any reform of the broader EI system. While SMEs support the core mandate of EI, there are serious concerns about the cost associated with the program, and the services it provides in helping Canadians develop skills that will quickly get them back to work.
June 1, 2009
When asked to assess the overall impact of mandatory WSIB coverage on their business, 95 per cent of respondents said that they would be negatively harmed; 67 per cent said it would cause significant harm. Already reeling from a severe economic slowdown, small construction companies face an average tax hike of $11, 000 per year under this policy. Far from leveling the playing field, it will tilt it in favour of large, often unionized constructors who will only sustain a relatively small increase
May 28, 2009
This study looks at whether small businesses invest in training, how intensively they do it and how workplace training efforts change with the size of business.
December 10, 2008
Detailed analysis of 2006 Census findings on full-time earnings by sector and occupation show that government and public sector employees are paid roughly 8 to 17 per cent more than similarly employed individuals in the private sector.
