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The 2025 edition of the report card grades federal, provincial, and territorial governments' interprovincial cooperation efforts and provides an overview of the work done to reduce the barriers to ...
Are you required to conduct a pay equity exercise or audit for your business in the near future? Not sure where to start? No need to panic! Just take one step at a time. What exactly is pay equity?
For the principal obligations, please visit our page dedicated to Law 25. You must comply with the new Law 25 in Quebec, but you don’t know how? To make your life easier, we took the time to demystify ...
Consultez notre page dédiée à la Loi 25 pour les obligations principales. Vous devez être conforme à la Loi 25, mais vous ne savez pas comment faire? Afin de vous faciliter la vie, notre équipe a pris ...
Toronto, January 15, 2025 – A 25% U.S. tariff on Canadian products, followed by potential Canadian retaliatory tariffs, would lead two-thirds (65%) of small businesses to increase prices for consumers ...
Toronto, January 14, 2025 – Nearly a third (32%) of Canadian small businesses expect their capital investments to decrease over the next two years, finds a new report from the Canadian Federation of ...
Introduction Maximizing succession planning involves the safe and orderly transfer of assets and is critical for the wellbeing of the owner (s), the business itself, and Canada’s economy. This is ...
In November 2021, more than 1 in 2 Canadian small businesses said they were affected by labour shortages. This proportion has been on an upward trend since the start of the pandemic. The pandemic is ...
CFIB’s new report highlights flaws with minimum and living wage policies Toronto, May 15, 2024 – Mandating a $20 per hour living wage in each province would cost the Canadian economy $44.9 billion in ...
Toronto, December 13, 2024 – Nearly three-quarters (73%) of small business owners say they will be using Canada Post less in the future because of the strike, finds new data by the Canadian Federation ...
Toronto, April 24, 2025 – The Canadian economy is estimated to see muted growth in Q1 2025 and expected to see significant contraction in the second quarter of the year, finds the latest Main Street ...
Labour shortages have been an ongoing challenge for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for several years, adding to the many other difficulties they face. Indeed, 53% of Canadian small business ...