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Interprovincial alcohol trade barriers keep small businesses bottled up: CFIB

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Outdated rules and complicated processes continue to block Canadian producers from reaching new markets.
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Struggling small businesses won’t find much help in the federal budget: CFIB

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Federal budget was a missed opportunity to provide meaningful tax relief to Canada’s employers.
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Canadian economy expected to see slow growth in Q3-Q4: CFIB

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CFIB's estimates suggest the Canadian economy grew by 0.8% in Q3 2025 and will continue growing at a slow pace of 0.2% in Q4
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CFIB releases new report challenging 5 myths around Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program

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The CFIB says there are dozens of legitimate reasons why small businesses use the program.
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Small business confidence creeps down in October as demand stays low: CFIB

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This indicator has been higher than its historical average for the past 24 consecutive months, says the CFIB.
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Nearly nine in 10 small businesses want reforms to Canada Post: CFIB

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Canada Post needs major reforms to make sure it becomes financially viable, says the CFIB.
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Canada Post risks losing nearly two-thirds of small business customers if the strike continues: CFIB

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According to CFIB data, 13% of small businesses have stopped using Canada Post since the last strike.
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Small business confidence creeps up in September: CFIB

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Tax and regulatory costs remain top of mind for 67% of small firms, followed by insurance costs (66%), says the CFIB.
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Nearly 1 in 5 small businesses dealing with tariff costs won’t last more than 6 months if nothing changes: CFIB

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CFIB said its data shows that the trade war is squeezing small businesses on every front.
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Hike in U.S. tariffs will harm small businesses in Canada

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CFIB is calling on government to release the billions that have been collected by Canada’s retaliatory tariffs
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Small Canadian exporters are covering cost of U.S. tariffs: CFIB

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CFIB said it sent a letter to the federal government, urging it to consider several options to providing financial relief to businesses.
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Nearly 2 in 3 small businesses may permanently drop Canada Post if strike resumes following vote: CFIB

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Four in five businesses still use Canada Post, according to the CFIB
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Canada’s internal trade barriers finally coming down: CFIB (Video)

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The CFIB is Canada's largest association of small and medium-sized businesses with 100,000 members across every industry and region.
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This Canada Day, shop local: CFIB

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New CFIB data shows that since the start of the trade war, nearly four in ten (39%) small businesses have seen increased sales of Canadian/locally made products – especially in the retail (44%), hospitality (43%) and wholesale (41%) sectors.
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Only 21% of Canadian small businesses report strong economic health: CFIB

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CFIB said its special release on tourism shows that long-term optimism among tourism businesses sits at pandemic-era levels
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Small businesses worry about U.S.-Canada trade war impact: CFIB

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New data from CFIB found that 37% of those surveyed noticed changes in tourists’ behaviour.
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Shortage of applicants, mismatched job expectations among key hiring challenges for small businesses: CFIB

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The CFIB is Canada’s largest association of small and medium-sized businesses with 100,000 members across every industry and region.
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CFIB May Business Barometer: Small business confidence goes up, price plans go down 

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“The optimism glass is not even half-full, it’s still fairly empty," says the CFIB.
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CFIB urges parties to avoid another unnecessary Canada Post strike

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"If no deal is reached between Canada Post and its union and strike action takes place in the coming weeks, the impact on small business will be significant." - CFIB
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Buying Canadian? Steps to avoid unintentionally harming Canadian businesses: CFIB (OP-ED)

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CFIB has created some terrific signage to promote buying local as a way of buying Canadian.
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Ontario’s free trade legislation a game changer for Canada’s internal trade framework, but more provinces need to get on board

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“Every premier in Canada should be looking to Ontario and doing what it did (recently) on interprovincial trade.”
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Half of small businesses no longer feel U.S. a reliable trading partner: CFIB

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The CFIB said 32% of business owners have already shifted to suppliers/markets within Canada, 27% plan to increase their investment in Canada, while 33% intend to reduce efforts in the U.S. over the next six months. 
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Small business confidence plummets to all-time low as U.S.-Canada trade war ramps up: CFIB

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The small business confidence indicator reached a lower mark than it did at any time during the 2020 pandemic, 2008 financial crisis or 9/11.
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Urgent carbon tax, capital gains questions: CFIB

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As small firms are dealing with U.S.-Canada and Chinese tariffs, the CFIB is urging government and all parties to find a way to fix the outstanding tax matters.
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U.S-Canada trade uncertainty negatively impacting nearly two-thirds of small businesses: CFIB

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Small businesses need stability, said the CFIB, which is urging the federal government to recall Parliament immediately to scrap the upcoming 19% carbon tax increase.
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