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      <title>Ontario making progress on regulatory reform</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Regulation &amp; Paperburden</category>
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      <description><![CDATA[CFIB’s Red Tape Report Card gives the province a B- for its efforts on being more accountable for the hundreds of thousands regulatory requirements it places on individuals and businesses.  Yet, there is still a long way to go in addressing Ontario’s regulatory burden on small business owners.]]></description>
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      <title>Toronto declares Red Tape Awareness Week&lt;sup&gt;TM&lt;/sup&gt;</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The City recognizes CFIB’s Red Tape Awareness Week<sup>TM</sup> for a second year in a row.]]></description>
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      <title>Ontario to hike taxes on small business; CFIB says higher consumer prices and job losses will follow</title>
      <link>http://www.cfib-fcei.ca/english/article/3560-ontario-construction-sector-to-see-wsib-tax-hikes.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Ontario government's decision to give the cash strapped Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) power to impose higher payroll taxes on small businesses in construction will hurt consumers and job creation, says CFIB.]]></description>
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      <title>Workers’ compensation boards under the microscope </title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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      <title>Take Action: Help fight higher taxes on jobs</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[See how financial mismanagement by executives at the WSIB threatens higher taxes on jobs in the struggling construction sector and beyond. ]]></description>
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