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      <title>Small Business EI victory in 2011 budgets</title>
      <link>http://www.cfib-fcei.ca/english/article/3044-small-business-ei-victory-in-2011-budgets.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Labour Policy</category>
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      <description><![CDATA[Given the small increase in Employment Insurance (EI) in 2011, CFIB’s top budget request was an EI credit to encourage new hiring and offset increasing payroll taxes.]]></description>
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      <title>CFIB Victory – Credit Card Code of Conduct Now Official!</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Banks &amp; Finance</category>
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      <description><![CDATA[On April 16, 2010, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced a finalized Code of Conduct for the credit and debit card industry that will come into effect in August 2010. This Code, which very closely resembles the Code put forward by CFIB in mid-2009, will help increase transparency and restore fairness to small businesses and consumers in their credit and debit card transactions.]]></description>
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      <title>Canada Pension Plan (CPP) has changed!  How are you affected?</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[If you or any of your employees are between the ages of 60 and 70 and are collecting CPP benefits while continuing to work, you may have to start contributing to CPP again. On January 1<sup>st</sup>, 2012, new rules came into effect for those collecting their benefits while continuing to work.]]></description>
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      <title>Need to boost your productivity? $80 Million invested to help SMEs grow through technology</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The federal government has announced a pilot project, the Digital Technology Adoption Pilot Program, aimed at helping SMEs achieve increased productivity. Are you interested in being one of the companies chosen?]]></description>
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      <title>Donating to charity: Where does your money go? </title>
      <link>http://www.cfib-fcei.ca/english/article/3402-donating-to-charity-where-does-your-money-go.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Protecting Your Business</category>
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      <description><![CDATA[As a business owner, you are likely often asked to donate money to charities, but are you confident your money is going where you think? Being informed will help you make decisions on when to give and the confidence that you are helping who you want to be helping.]]></description>
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      <title>Alert: Beware of credit card processing offers too good to be true</title>
      <link>http://www.cfib-fcei.ca/english/article/2584-alert-beware-of-credit-card-processing-offers-too-good-to-be-true.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Banking &amp; Financing</category>
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      <description><![CDATA[One of the most important provisions of the Code of Conduct for the Credit and Debit Card Industry was a provision to allow firms to exit their electronic payment processing contracts with ACQUIRERS or RESELLERS without penalty within 90 days of an unscheduled rate change or the introduction of a new fee. Though the Code contains many more measures to protect your business you must still remain vigilant.]]></description>
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      <title>Victim of Directory Scam? Competition Bureau sues deceptive marketing companies</title>
      <link>http://www.cfib-fcei.ca/english/article/3025-victim-of-directory-scam-competition-bureau-sues-deceptive-marketing-companies.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Protecting Your Business</category>
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      <description><![CDATA[Small businesses have called CFIB to complain of being deceived when receiving forms to update their paid advertising. Typically a form arrives supposedly from Yellow Pages Group (YPG) with a logo similar to the famous ‘walking fingers’.  The look and feel of the stylized form is misleading: Once signed the business finds it has committed to paying large amounts to a directory but not Yellow Pages.]]></description>
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      <title>ARE YOU ELIGIBLE FOR UP TO $1000 IN SAVINGS?</title>
      <link>http://www.cfib-fcei.ca/english/article/2870-save-up-to-1-000-through-the-new-hiring-credit.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Employment Insurance</category>
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      <description><![CDATA[The 2011 federal budget announced the Hiring Credit for Small Business to stimulate employment.   If your EI premiums in 2010 were $10,000 or less, you may be eligible for a credit of up to $1,000 when filing your T4 information return for 2011. If you qualify, the credit will be issued automatically to your payroll account without the need to submit extra paperwork.]]></description>
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      <title>Cash Payment:  New $100 and $50 bills make cash a safe and inexpensive payment option</title>
      <link>http://www.cfib-fcei.ca/english/article/2820-cash-payment-acceptance-new-100-and-50-bills-make-cash-a-safe-and-inexpensive-payment.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Banking &amp; Financing</category>
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      <description><![CDATA[On June 20<sup>th</sup>, the Bank of Canada unveiled its new polymer $100 and $50 bills.  If you prefer to be paid in cash this is good news: the bills, which are no longer paper, make it hard to counterfeit!  This allows you to have confidence once again in accepting $100 and $50 denominations.]]></description>
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      <title>EI for the Self-Employed</title>
      <link>http://www.cfib-fcei.ca/english/article/1681-ei-for-the-self-employed.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Employment Insurance</category>
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      <description><![CDATA[Beginning in January 2011, Small Business Owners across the country will be entitled to EI special benefits such as maternity, parental, sickness and compassionate care. How will this affect you and your business?  Are the benefits the same everywhere?  What are the conditions?  How do you apply?  CFIB lobbied to have a fair program but one that is self-sustaining and offers you, the entrepreneur, protection in a variety of circumstances.]]></description>
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