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      <title>Close to 300,000 jobs remain unfilled in Q1</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The percentage of unfilled private sector jobs remained steady at 2.5% in the first quarter of 2013, representing approximately 295,000 full- and part-time jobs, according to data compiled by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB).]]></description>
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      <title>Canadian economy can’t afford CPP/QPP hike </title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Increasing Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Quebec Pension Plan (QPP) benefits would hurt the Canadian economy and result in significant job losses, according to a new report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). In June, the nation’s finance ministers will discuss increasing CPP and QPP. One option being considered would cost employees up to $1,100 more per year, bring employment growth to a halt and force wages down 1.5%.]]></description>
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      <title>CFIB available to comment on changes to the Temporary Foreign Workers program </title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Senior representatives of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) are available to comment on the federal government’s proposed changes to the Temporary Foreign Workers program (contact details below). CFIB president Dan Kelly, Alberta director of provincial affairs Richard Truscott, and vice-president for Quebec Martine Hébert can speak on this issue. ]]></description>
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      <title>Business Barometer® Small business confidence inches downward in April  </title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The confidence of small business owners continued to decline in April, following a bigger hit in March, according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). The Business Barometer® index fell half a point from March’s results to 62.4. ]]></description>
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      <title>Business Barometer - Small business confidence takes a hit in March  </title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The confidence of small business owners took a hit in March after two months of encouraging growth, according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). ]]></description>
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      <title>Small business gives 2013 budget a B </title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Small business owners received some positive news in today’s federal budget with movement on several of the top recommendations from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB).]]></description>
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      <title>CFIB available to comment on federal budget 2013</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Senior representatives of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) will be available for commentary immediately following Thursday’s federal budget (contact details below). ]]></description>
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      <title>CFIB salutes British Columbia government for tabling PRPP legislation</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[CFIB is pleased by the BC government's announcement that it will introduce Pooled Registered Pension Plan (PRPP) legislation. BC is the first province to do so.
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