PROGRESS MADE,
 MORE WORK TO BE DONE!

CFIB urged the Sask. government to provide small businesses with much needed cost relief.

Government responded to our asks, announced affordability measures:

  1. The small business corporate tax rate will remain at 0% until July 1, 2023.
  2. PST will no longer be added to fitness/gym memberships as of October 1, 2022.
  • The PST increase will impact the hardest hit industries.
  • Only 50% of businesses are back to normal sales and customers are slow to return.

Government must NOT move forward with this tax increase.

  • Government should encourage people to return to these activities, NOT make them more costly.
  • Adding the PST will only hurt struggling businesses in the hospitality, entertainment, arts and recreation sectors.

Made-in-Sask carbon tax

  • Current federal carbon tax: $65/tonne
  • 2024: $80/tonne
  • 2025: $95/tonne
News article title from National Post - John Ivison: Get ready for Liberals' secret new carbox tax

A Made-in-Sask carbon tax should be revenue neutral and include cost offsetting measures for small businesses.

No new labour costs

What Saskatchewan small businesses are saying about employer-paid sick days:

91%

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Concerned paid sick days will increase costs.		 89%

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Cannot afford to take on the new costs associated with paid sick days.		 76%

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DO NOT SUPPORT the implementation of permanent employer-paid sick leave in any capacity.

YOUR SUPPORT MATTERS.
HERE'S WHY.

“ Sales are down, traffic is down, no government program support and costs are rising. ”

SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, RETAIL, MOOSE JAW

“ Like many other restaurants, we probably won’t make it to the end of the year. ”

SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, HOSPITALITY, REGINA

“ Supply chains still slow, new construction very slow. Government subsidies decreasing, but incoming work not increasing. Very worried about this next fiscal year! ”

SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, CONSTRUCTION, SASKATOON

“ This is a scary time to own a business. I am feeling very isolated and uncertain about the future. Government support (financial and otherwise) is so essential to make businesses feel valued and connected to a larger community. ”

SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, WATSON

SIGN THE PETITION

Dear Premier Scott Moe

My business is far from a full recovery. Now is not the time to increase costs or taxes. Continue your efforts to support small business recovery.

Here is what my business needs to recover:

  • Freeze the small business corporate tax rate at 0% until at least 2024.
  • Avoid further increasing labour costs like the minimum wage, and do not introduce new stat. holidays or employer-paid sick days.
  • Freeze education property tax mill rates at their new levels.
  • Do not give municipalities taxation powers.
  • Make any provincial carbon tax revenue neutral or include a plan to offset costs.
  • Continue to reduce costly red tape and champion efforts to reduce barriers to inter-provincial trade.
  • Avoid any further SaskPower or SaskEnergy rate hikes.
  • Legislate the WCB’s surplus refund policy and require the Board to refund 100% of its annual surplus to employers.
  • Take action to address labour shortages; reduce the complexity, red tape, and cost associated with hiring newcomers.
CFIB

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is Canada’s largest association of small and medium-sized businesses with 97,000 members across every industry and region. CFIB is dedicated to increasing business owners’ chances of success by driving policy change at all levels of government, providing expert advice and tools, and negotiating exclusive savings.