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Carbon tax: We will lobby the Government of Saskatchewan to continue to aggressively oppose the federal carbon tax and to work with the federal government to find better ways to reduce emissions that won’t negatively affect small businesses & the economy.
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Energy, Environment, Small Business
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Program or Policy, Regulation
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Competitive Taxation – Met with the provincial government to discuss the need for short-term tax relief and long-term tax relief that will help address our outstanding competitive challenges.
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Finance & Budget, Small Business, Taxes
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Program or Policy, Regulation
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Increased Taxation Powers for Municipalities: We met with the provincial government to urge them to reject any proposal that would provide increased taxation powers to municipalities (e.g. fuel, income or sales tax).
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Municipal Affairs, Small Business, Taxes
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Program or Policy, Regulation
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Red Tape – We will lobby the Government of Saskatchewan to continue to consult annually with businesses & stakeholders to identify red tape headaches in different sectors. We will lobby the Government of Saskatchewan to continue address the red tape headaches that business owners submit to the government’s ‘Help Cut Red Tape’ web page.
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Economic Development, Small Business
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Program or Policy, Regulation
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Next Provincial Growth plan – We met with the provincial government to discuss our small business priorities for the next provincial Growth Plan.
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Economic Development, Small Business, Taxes
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Program or Policy, Regulation
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Federal Tax changes – Met with the provincial government to discuss the negative impact the federal tax changes will have on small businesses and urged the province to ensure Saskatchewan returns to its pre-2018 rules for taxing passive investment income.
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Small Business, Taxes
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Directive, Guideline or Decision, Program or Policy, Regulation
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Internal Trade – We will continue to lobby the Government of Saskatchewan to work with other provincial, territorial and federal leaders - through the Council of the Federation - to ensure the success of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement and the reduction of inter-provincial trade barriers.
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Economic Development, Inter-governmental Relations
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Program or Policy, Regulation
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Interprovincial Labour Mobility: Through the Canadian Free Trade Agreement, we will continue to lobby the Government of Saskatchewan to recognize more trade and professional certification from other provinces. For example – so dental hygienists and elevator technicians can work in different province without having to get re-certified.
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Economic Development, Inter-governmental Relations, Small Business
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Program or Policy, Regulation
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Training opportunities – We will lobby the Government of Saskatchewan to encourage more soft skills and workplace literacy in high school curriculum to better prepare youth for the workplace, as well as work with local small businesses to identify what skills are relevant. Will also lobby the Government of Saskatchewan to better emphasize the importance and value of a career in the skills trades so that a greater number of students consider it as a viable career option.
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Economic Development, Education, Employment & Training, Labour Relations
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Program or Policy, Regulation
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Canada Training Benefit (CTB)– We met the provincial government and urged them to say “no” to any provincial changes to employment and labour standards legislation to allow for leaves and job protection related to the new CTB until it is re-targeted to allow for employees and employers to jointly agree on training plans.
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Economic Development, Education, Employment & Training, Small Business
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Program or Policy, Regulation
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COVID-19 issues: small business-related challenges and recovery measures, providing officials with relevant member survey data, regular calls with senior officials at Trade & Export Development (to provide up to date COVID-19 member survey results/information and recommending relief measures for businesses to cover COVID-19 related costs and/or losses as needed as restrictions continue).
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Economic Development, Finance & Budget, Inter-governmental Relations, International Trade, Justice, Small Business
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Directive, Guideline or Decision, Grant or Financial Benefit, Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Order in Council, Program or Policy, Regulation
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Provincial Fuel Tax: We will lobby the provincial government to temporarily suspend collection of the provincial fuel tax to provide cost relief for SK small businesses.
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Finance & Budget
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Program or Policy, Regulation
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Workers’ Compensation Board – Addressing rules & regulations for Directors, governance and appeals, and urging government to legislate a policy for refunding of surplus funds to employers.
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Small Business, Workplace Safety
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Program or Policy, Regulation
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Mental Health - we met with the government to present the findings of a CFIB research report on mental health among small business owners and their employees, urging them to enact policies to support better mental health.
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Health & Wellness, Small Business
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Program or Policy
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Agriculture - we will lobby the provincial government to enact policies provincially that are beneficial to producers, and urge them to oppose federal policies that are harmful to the sector (for example, tying business risk management programs to environmental initiatives). We will share our members' views regarding the Next Agricultural Policy Framework for the government's consideration at federal-provincial-territorial tables.
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Agriculture, Environment, Finance & Budget
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Program or Policy, Regulation
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Rising energy costs - we will lobby the provincial government to provide cost relief (for example, tax credits) to small businesses impacted by rapidly rising energy costs, including rate increases enacted by SaskPower and SaskEnergy.
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Energy, Finance & Budget, Small Business
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Program or Policy, Regulation
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Minimum Wage – We will lobby the Government of Saskatchewan to return to a stable, predictable minimum wage policy once minimum wage reaches $15/hour. And to focus on better tools to help low-income earners such as increasing the Basic Personal Exemption (BPE), introducing tax credits and improving training to help upgrade their skills
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Economic Development, Labour Relations, Small Business
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Program or Policy, Regulation
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PST expansion - We will lobby the provincial government to reverse the PST expansion to include admission to arts and sports events, etc.
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Finance & Budget
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Program or Policy, Regulation
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