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Small business group wants NS to look beyond minimum wage hikes to address poverty

A group representing small businesses is pushing the Nova Scotia government to look beyond minimum wage hikes to address poverty.

“If you want to fix poverty, there’s a whole series of things that [the] government can work on. You could work on the welfare levels,” Louis-Philippe Gauthier of the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses told a provincial legislative committee on human resources.

The committee met Tuesday at the Nova Scotia legislature to hear from the public and private sectors on labor shortages and the minimum wage.

“Everybody goes back to this default mentality that minimum wage will fix everything,” Gauthier

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Eight days a week: Labor shortage and overworked small business owners

Amanda Mayhew often finds herself checking work emails between sets at the gym or while cooking dinner and she’s on her phone from 6:30 in the morning until 9 at night.

She’s the general manager at Stallion Movers, a small moving company in Kitchener, and although she runs the office, she frequently pitches in by going out on jobs too.

According to a new report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, the average small business owner is working what amounts to an eight-day workweek. And more than a third of that time is spent making up for staffing challenges,

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The Crafter’s Library hosts monthly “Queer Business Roundtable” to support local LGBTQIA Community

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.— The small business administration reports that approximately 50% of businesses will fail within five years.

“The Crafters Library” owner Andrew Rawls says that being a queer business owner presents its own set of challenges.

“As part of the LGBTQ community you have to face things in your life that those not in the community don’t have to deal with. We’ve had to come out. We’ve had to potentially lose friends and family over living our authentic lives,” said Rawls.

Rawls says that being an openly queer business owner can make you a target.

He recounts the backlash

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Only 16% of small businesses are confident their concerns will receive attention during Alberta’s election

Reducing taxes and energy costs are the top election priorities for Alberta small businesses

Calgary, April 18, 2023 – Despite a majority (95%) of Alberta small business owners intending to vote on May 29th, a dismal 16% are confident their concerns and priorities will receive attention during the election campaign, according to a new survey by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB).

“Affordability is the top priority for small business owners during this campaign,” said Andrew Sennyah, Alberta senior policy analyst. “Just as Albertans are coping with the increased cost of living, small businesses are also struggling with the

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Proposed regulations would put the largest burden on small business

The US Supreme Court is considering a case on content moderation from both Texas and Florida that could offer clear guidelines on what entity is responsible for content moderation.

Many small businesses who use digital tools want to make sure they can communicate to their customers about their products without feeling like they must avoid hateful and harmful rhetoric online. Yet currently, the issue of who moderates what content is up for debate.

The US Supreme Court is considering a case on content moderation from both Texas and Florida that could offer clear guidelines on what entity is responsible for content moderation. The case centers on Section 230, which protects tech companies from being held legally responsible for content that is posted on their platforms while also empowering them

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The BEST Homemade Deli Meat

So many of you are loving my easy Homemade Deli Meat recipe, I couldn’t wait to share my new and improved BEST homemade deli meat recipe with all of you!

HOW TO MAKE THE BEST DELI MEAT IN AN INSTANT POT

If you don’t want to go through the trouble of boiling a pot of water for an hour, you can use an Instant Pot!

Spray 2 wide mouth canning jars with avocado oil spray and place the pureed chicken into them. Put on lids onto the jars. Pour a cup of water into the bottom of the Instant Pot.

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Bruins to Host TD Bank Small Business Takeover at TD Garden on April 6

BOSTON – The Boston Bruins announced today, April 6, that the TD Bank Small Business Takeover initiative will continue during this Thursday’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at TD Garden.

For the Small Business Takeover, TD Bank will grant all possible advertising “real estate” at TD Garden to a local small business for the duration of the game. This includes the 360 ​​LED screens, dasher boards, video walls, roster cards and TD Bank corporate suite, in addition to digital support from Bruins social channels.

Thursday’s Small Business Takeover will be given to Black Earth Compost.

“Supporting small businesses like

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Gov’t to start looking for bias in small business lending

NEW YORK (AP) — Banks will need to start reporting the demographics and income of small business loan applicants under new rules published by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday.

It’s a move that policymakers hope will lead to less discrimination and more transparency in the small business lending market, similar to how other laws have regulated the residential mortgage market for decades.

Under the Dodd-Frank Act, Congress mandated the bureau to start collecting data on small business lending decisions to look for patterns of discrimination. Implementation of the rule has taken more

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