Lobbying Information
Subject Matters
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Agriculture
- Arts and Culture
- Bilingualism/Official Languages
- Budget
- Climate
- Internal Trade
- International Trade
- Defence
- Economic Development
- International Development
- Regional Development
- Education
- Elections
- Employment and Training
- Energy
- Environment
- Forestry
- Immigration
- Taxation and Finance
- Industry
- Infrastructure
- Financial Institutions
- Justice and Law Enforcement
- Housing
- Government Procurement
- Mining
- Municipalities
- Fisheries
- Pensions
- Small Business
- Intellectual Property
- Constitutional Issues
- Consumer Issues
- Broadcasting
- Research and Development
- International Relations
- Religion
- Health
- Science and Technology
- National Security/Security
- Sports
- Telecommunications
- Tourism
- Transportation
- Labour
- Privacy and Access to Information
Subject Matter Details
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- CFIB agrees that secret ballot voting should be mandatory prior to union certification.
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Inspection Modernization Plan discussion and impact on Small and medium enterprises (SME)
- Goods and Services Tax/ Harmonized Sales Tax Administration with regards to Transitional Rules, Out of Province Sales Rules, Point-of-Sale Rebate , and fillings.
- Lobbying to reduce Red Tape and improve government customer service in relation to the Red Tape Reduction Commission recommendations
- Monitoring the implementation of the Bill C-27, formerly known as Canadian Anti-Spam legislation and regulations, for its impacts on small businesses.
- Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and its effects on SMEs
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
- Retirement Income Policies, and proposed Canada Pension Plan increases. CFIB is against mandatory increases in Canada Pension Plan, and has provided alternative approaches.
Policies or Program
- CFIB advocates for simplification to the federal procurement process on behalf of SMEs
- Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) provides budget 2018 suggestions focusing on:
Taxes, reduce the small business tax rate and re-introduce the Accelerated Capital Cost Allowance (CCA) rate for technology purchases. Red tape, implement Red Tape committee recommendations and reduce interprovincial barriers to trade. Shortage of labour, adapt programs to give businesses faster access to the workers they need when they need them. Employment Insurance, renew the EI Hiring Credit and freeze premiums. Pensions, implement Pooled Registered Pension Plan's (PRPP) consistently across provinces, and implement changes to public servant pension plans. No increased to the Canada Pension Plan premiums. Improve access and simplify Lifetime Capital Gains Exemption (LCGE) process. Ensure a balanced budget. Improve the Credit Card Code of Conduct to better protect Small Businesses.
- Employment Insurance (EI) -expressing concern about rate increases starting in 2011, pushing for EI credit for employers.
- Expanding the Credit Card Code of Conduct to include mobile and electronic payment provisions. Ongoing monitoring of the effectiveness of the code.
- Presenting the views of small business owners on infrastructure spending through member survey results, mandate votes and other CFIB research. Offering funding solutions and alternatives to government proposals on transit and infrastructure expansion.
- Promoting our members’ interests and monitoring impacts of the recently announced Canada Post Five-Point Action Plan. CFIB is against massive letter mail price hikes.
- Promoting results of CFIB Agriculture survey and encouraging review of CFIA operations and the AgriStability/Growing Forward program to ensure it is meeting the needs of SMEs.
Policies or Program, Regulation
- Advocating on behalf of small and medium sized businesses to ensure fair access to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. We are asking for a limit on any new application fees and create more pathways to permanent residency for temporary foreign workers at all skills levels
- Advocating on behalf of small and medium sized businesses to ensure they have fair access to the Federal programs (such as, CECRA, CEBA, CEWS, etc.) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- CFIB continues to monitor the effects of the Consumer Product Safety Act on SMEs. And we continue to monitor customer service interacts between our members and Health Canada.
- CFIB supports the EI rate freeze, promotes a transition to the break-even rate as soon as possible, supports a separate EI operating account, is against the accumulation of surpluses in the account and encourages converting the EI hiring credit to an EI training credit.
- CFIB supports the principle behind the Canada Jobs Grant but encourages flexibility in its implementation and consideration of SME needs, for example by supporting informal work place training.
- Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) advocates for ease of use and reduction of red tape for small business using the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, and Immigration Policy
Regulation
- Advocating on behalf of small and medium sized businesses to facilitate trade between Canada and the United States and improving services for SMEs.
- Monitoring the impacts of CRTC regulations on small business owners, and promoting the results of our Telecom survey to show how SMEs use and rate their services.
- Presenting the views of small business owners based on our survey data to the Canada Revenue Agency to share ways of improving customer service interactions with SMEs and suggest ways to ease the tax burden on small business owners as well as increase accountability within the agency.
Communication Techniques
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Written communication
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Oral communication
Government Institutions
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
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Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
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Bank of Canada
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Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
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Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
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Canada Council for the Arts
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Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
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Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
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Canada Post Corporation (CPC)
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Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
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Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
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Canadian Heritage (PCH)
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Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)
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Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
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Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC)
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Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA)
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Copyright Board of Canada (CB)
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Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
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Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
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Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
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Export Development Canada (EDC)
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Finance Canada (FIN)
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Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC)
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Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
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Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
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Health Canada (HC)
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House of Commons
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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
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Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB)
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Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
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Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
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Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
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Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA)
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Justice Canada (JC)
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
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Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)
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Office of the Procurement Ombudsman (OPO)
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Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI)
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Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan)
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Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
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Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
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Privy Council Office (PCO)
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Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC)
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Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
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Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office)
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Senate of Canada
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Service Canada (ServCan)
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Statistics Canada (StatCan)
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Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB)
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Transport Canada (TC)
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Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
In-house Organization Details
Description of the organization's activities
FOUNDED IN 1971, CFIB IS A NON-PROFIT, NON-PARTISAN BUSINESS ORGANIZATION WHICH EXISTS TO PROMOTE & PROTECT A SYSTEM OF FREE COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE, TO STRENGTHEN THE ENTREPRENEURIAL CULTURE IN CANADA AND TO GIVE INDEPENDENT BUSINESS A GREATER VOICE IN DETERMINING THE LAWS THAT GOVERN BUSINESS AND THE NATION. IT IS THE LARGEST ORGANIZATION EXCLUSIVELY REPRESENTING THE SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESS COMMUNITY ACROSS CANADA. THE FEDERATION IS UNIQUE AS A POLITICAL ACTION ORGANIZATION BECAUSE IT IS THE MEMBERSHIP THAT SETS THE ORGANIZATION'S POLICIES & PRIORITIES BY REFERENDUM & CENSUS. IT IS FOUNDED ON THE PRINCIPLE OF ONE MEMBER- ONE VOTE. ANALYSIS OF THE VOTE RESULTS AND THE IMPLICATIONS LEAD TO A FORMAL CFIB POSITION ON AN ISSUE.
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration
Daniel Kelly,
PRESIDENT and CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Organization's membership or classes of membership
EACH MEMBER OF CFIB IS A CANADIAN BASED OWNER OPERATOR OF AN INDEPENDENT (I.E. NON-PUBLICLY TRADED) BUSINESS. VIRTUALLY ALL SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY ARE REPRESENTED -- FROM AGRICULTURE, RETAIL AND MANUFACTURING TO THE CONSTRUCTION, TRANSPORT, FINANCIAL, PROFESSIONAL AND SERVICE SECTORS. THE MAXIMUM FEE THAT CAN BE ACCEPTED FOR A FULL YEAR'S VOTING MEMBERSHIP IS $3,500. ALL MEMBERS QUALIFY FOR THE SAME PRIVILEGES REGARDLESS OF THE AMOUNT.
Government funding
No government funding was received during the last completed financial year.
In-house Organization Contact Information
Address:
401 - 4141 YONGE STREET
TORONTO, ON M2P 2A6
Canada
Telephone number:
613-235-2373
Fax number:
613-235-4137
Lobbyists Details
Employees who lobby for the organization
- Michelle Auger,
Senior Policy Analyst, National Affairs |
No public offices held
- Rameen Azmat,
Intern in Small Business Public Policy and Advocacy |
No public offices held
- Andreea Bourgeois,
Director of Economics |
Public offices held
- MARILYN BRAUN-POLLON,
Vice-President, Prairie and Agri-Business |
Public offices held
- Taylor Brown,
Senior Policy Analyst, Agri-Business and National Affairs |
No public offices held
- Mandy D'Autremont,
Vice President, Marketing Partnerships |
No public offices held
- Simon Gaudreault,
Chief Economist and Vice-President, Research |
No public offices held
- Louis-Philippe Gauthier,
Vice-President, Atlantic Canada |
No public offices held
- Cesar Gomez,
Manager, Business Resources, Ontario |
No public offices held
- Jasmin Guénette,
Vice President of National Affairs |
No public offices held
- Deneene Hamilton-Irving,
Business Counsellor & Administrative Assistant |
No public offices held
- Samantha Howard,
Vice-President, Legislative Affairs, Western Canada |
No public offices held
- DANIEL KELLY,
President and CEO |
No public offices held
- Julie Kwiecinski,
Director Provincial Affairs, Ontario |
Public offices held
- Ryan Mallough,
Vice-President, Legislative Affairs, Ontario |
Public offices held
- NATHAN MEAN,
Director, Business Resources |
No public offices held
- Rachel Ng,
Manager, Member Information and Escalations |
No public offices held
- Juliette Nicolaÿ,
Intern in Small Business Public Policy and Advocacy |
No public offices held
- Corinne Pohlmann,
Executive Vice-President, Advocacy |
No public offices held
- Jocelyn Rhindress,
Business Counsellor |
No public offices held
- Brendan Rolfe,
Business Counsellor |
No public offices held
- Christina Santini,
Senior Policy Analyst, National Affairs |
Public offices held
- Emma Speagell,
Business Counsellor |
No public offices held
- JANICE STOROZUK,
Business Cousellor |
No public offices held
- SeoRhin Yoo,
Policy Analyst, Manitoba |
No public offices held