PolitiKit

Economic Development policy with regard to improving regulatory competitiveness.

Immigration policy with regard to economic migrants and attracting newcomers with specific skills needed to meet local labour market needs.

Taxation Policy with regard to personal and corporation taxation and fiscal matters

Economic Development with regard to improving accountability, reducing investment risk and positioning Canada to compete for Global capital while maintaining a strong review process under the Impact Assessment Act.

Canadian Aviation Regulations respecting-Part 6 General Operating and Flight Rules, respecting Part 7, Commercial Air Services

Canada Labour Code, Part I: Industrial relations

Communicating with government officials (in general) about port operations and competitiveness.

Lead the negotiations for a self government agreement.

Communicating with the Government of Canada about cooperation and collaboration with Indigenous peoples, including on (i) the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), (ii) the National Benefits-Sharing Framework, (iii) the Comprehensive Land Claims Policy, (iv) the Duty to Consult and (v) other consultation matters

Communicating with the Government of Canada about CAPP’s regulatory policy priorities, in general, including (i) clearing regulatory roadblocks, (ii) streamlining approval processes for major projects and (iii) reducing regulatory red tape.

Advocacy to enhance support for university research mobilization and commercialization activities.

International Trade - The dairy industry supports maintaining Canada's supply managed agricultural system. When market concessions occur in trade agreements, including the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), we seek federal government mitigation for impacts on dairy farmers. We ask that no domestic dairy market concessions are made in future trade agreements.

International Trade - The dairy industry supports maintaining Canada's supply managed agricultural system. When market concessions occur in trade agreements, including the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), we seek federal government mitigation for impacts on dairy farmers. We ask that no domestic dairy market concessions are made in future trade agreements.

Environment - BC Dairy seeks to engage the government in response to climate events that have impacted the agriculture sector over the past several years and coordinate Emergency Planning, Management & Response moving forward.

Lobbying to reduce Red Tape by focusing on removing interprovincial trade barriers, facilitating labour mobility and improving government customer service. This includes providing input for the consultations on the Annual Regulatory Modernization Bill.

CFIB supports lower EI rates for small business employers and encourages the adoption of EI training credit for new employees.

Sharing data information and recommendations related to the state of small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) overall and for specific sectors which could also include provincial data.

Advocating on behalf of small and medium-sized businesses to facilitate trade between Canada and other countries (CAN-US tariffs, the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, Chinese tariffs) and improving services offered to them with respect to returning the counter tariffs to affected Canadian small businesses and allowing more flexibility for lower volume, lower value shipments from the Release Prior to Payment (RPP) program under CBSA’s CARM System.