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Canadian Federation of Independent Business
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is a non-profit business organization representing Canadian owners of small and mid-size enterprises (SMEs). The CFIB advocates on behalf of small business to improve tax policy, laws, and regulation. It also provides advice and support to its members on regulations and human resource issues.
The CFIB has approximately 100,000 member businesses as of 2025. It has offices located across the country.
In 2012, Dan Kelly became the CFIB president and CEO. He succeeded Catherine Swift.
Born out of a 1969 tax protest, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business was officially founded in 1971 by John Bulloch, a small business owner and business professor at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, now Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU). Bulloch had formed The Canadian Council for Fair Taxation in 1969 to fight a white paper on taxation proposed by the then Minister of Finance, Edgar Benson. Under the terms of the white paper, Canadian small businesses faced the prospect of an increased tax rate of 50%. The proposal was ultimately withdrawn and the CCFT was succeeded by the enduring CFIB.
Members must be Canadian-based privately owned companies. Business size is not a criterion for membership.
CFIB's sole source of funding is membership dues; it receives no donations or government funds. As of 2015[update], the fees ranged from a minimum of $250 a year to $3,500 a year, depending on the size of the business.[needs update]
The CFIB describes itself as a non-partisan political advocacy organization that is willing to work with all federal and provincial parties. Telfer School of Business professor Gilles LeVasseur says political parties all look at the CFIB as "the only credible organization that deals with small and medium-sized businesses".
In 2015, the CFIB had evolved from an organization that exclusively courted the Conservative Party of Canada to one that strives for a broader appeal, according to LeVasseur. CFIB CEO Dan Kelly countered that the perception of ties to the Conservative Party existed only because the Tories had been in power for a long time, and the CFIB had a good relationship with Paul Martin's Liberal Party when they were in power.
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Canadian Federation of Independent Business
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is a non-profit business organization representing Canadian owners of small and mid-size enterprises (SMEs). The CFIB advocates on behalf of small business to improve tax policy, laws, and regulation. It also provides advice and support to its members on regulations and human resource issues.
The CFIB has approximately 100,000 member businesses as of 2025. It has offices located across the country.
In 2012, Dan Kelly became the CFIB president and CEO. He succeeded Catherine Swift.
Born out of a 1969 tax protest, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business was officially founded in 1971 by John Bulloch, a small business owner and business professor at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, now Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU). Bulloch had formed The Canadian Council for Fair Taxation in 1969 to fight a white paper on taxation proposed by the then Minister of Finance, Edgar Benson. Under the terms of the white paper, Canadian small businesses faced the prospect of an increased tax rate of 50%. The proposal was ultimately withdrawn and the CCFT was succeeded by the enduring CFIB.
Members must be Canadian-based privately owned companies. Business size is not a criterion for membership.
CFIB's sole source of funding is membership dues; it receives no donations or government funds. As of 2015[update], the fees ranged from a minimum of $250 a year to $3,500 a year, depending on the size of the business.[needs update]
The CFIB describes itself as a non-partisan political advocacy organization that is willing to work with all federal and provincial parties. Telfer School of Business professor Gilles LeVasseur says political parties all look at the CFIB as "the only credible organization that deals with small and medium-sized businesses".
In 2015, the CFIB had evolved from an organization that exclusively courted the Conservative Party of Canada to one that strives for a broader appeal, according to LeVasseur. CFIB CEO Dan Kelly countered that the perception of ties to the Conservative Party existed only because the Tories had been in power for a long time, and the CFIB had a good relationship with Paul Martin's Liberal Party when they were in power.
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