Dan Kelly, President and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, discusses some of the serious challenges faced by small business owners in Canada today.
In this video interview, Kelly talks about how many businesses are not back to normal sales following the pandemic, the amount of debt taken on by business owners in the past couple of years, the rising costs of doing business, issues involving labour and the concerns about the upcoming repayment deadline for the Canada Emergency Business Account loan.
The Focus on Small Business series is a new initiative started by Canada’s Podcast to explore, on a quarterly basis, specific topics in the world of business.
Mario Toneguzzi is Managing Editor of Canada’s Podcast. He has more than 40 years of experience as a daily newspaper writer, columnist, and editor. He was named in 2021 as one of the Top 10 Business Journalists in the World by PR News – the only Canadian to make the list)
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