Finance Minister Bill Morneau holds a press conference in Ottawa on July 18, 2017.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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Outraged small-business groups fight Ottawa's proposed tax changes
A new alliance of business groups made up of doctors, farmers, retailers, lawyers, home builders and others says a proposed package of federal tax reforms would unfairly increase the burden on small-business owners and has provoked "an unprecedented degree of outrage."
The new Coalition for Small Business Tax Fairness will release a public letter to Finance Minister Bill Morneau on Thursday asking him to abandon the wide-ranging reforms announced in July.
"Our members, including many professionals, feel unfairly targeted, intentionally or not, by the changes and painted as 'tax cheats' by the federal government simply for accessing tax planning tools that they have been encouraged to use for decades," the letter says. "Many of these policies were put in place by previous Liberal and Conservative governments in order to support the growth of independent business." Full story (Globe subscribers)
What Canada's new tax-planning proposals mean for private businesses
Do you own a small, medium or large private business in Canada? New tax-planning proposals will affect your passive investments. Full story
Fruits of their labour: Ontario deals with growing tensions between farmers' market vendors
Reselling at farmers' markets has been controversial for decades, with price undercutting and deception at the heart of the issue. Full story
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Selling a business is a high-stakes game for owners
After spending more than three decades building a successful home-security company in Peterborough, Ont., Martin Wormald was ready to sell his business. The challenge was figuring out how to go about it. Full story
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Renowned B.C. underwater inventor appointed to Order of Canada
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