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Better Wages, Better Business: How Minimum Wage Increases Boost Local Economies
A groundbreaking Canadian study has found that minimum wage hikes are good for a large group of...
Boosting Your Business: How Paid Sick Days Can Uplift Productivity
Small businesses face tough choices about where to invest limited resources. But Better Way...
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The Fixed-Cost Crunch: Rent, Not Wages, Are Driving Costs for Toronto Small Businesses
As minimum wage increases in Ontario and other provinces this fall, BWA's new analysis reveals what's actually driving small business cost pressures. Our Fixed Cost Crunch report presents five years of comparative data showing that fixed costs - not wages - are...
A redesigned Canada Small Business Financing Program (CSBFP) will unlock efficient growth for Canadian SMEs
The Canada Small Business Financing Program (CSBFP) needs an urgent overhaul to address today’s small business financing barriers. The program has not kept pace with the realities of rent volatility, succession risk, and constrained credit markets. It also fails to...
Better Way Alliance Submits SME-Focused Recommendations to Canada’s Pre-Budget Consultations #YourBudget2025
Toronto, ON — August 28, 2025 — The Better Way Alliance (BWA), a national voice for smarter local business policy, is pleased to submit its recommendations to the Canadian government as part of its official 2025 Pre-Budget Consultations focused on building a stronger...
June 2025 Newsletter | Better Way Alliance
Better Way Alliance | June 2025 Newsletter Let’s address the obvious: yes, we’re alive — and just crawling out from under our busiest, most fruitful Better Business Day (BBD) ever. After an intense advocacy push at Ontario’s legislature, both Lili and I took a step...
Better Business Day 2025 | Queen’s Park
Solutions from Ontario’s employers to stabilize small business growth, create good jobs - and build resilient local economies.Ontario’s small and mid-sized businesses are facing growing instability - rising rent, unpredictable utilities, an uncompetitive insurance...
Better Way Alliance Congratulates Prime Minister Mark Carney; Calls for Bold Action to Stabilize Canadian Businesses
Toronto, ON — April 30, 2025 — The Better Way Alliance (BWA), a national voice for smarter local business policy, congratulates Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberal Party of Canada on today’s election results - and extends congratulations to all newly...
Why commercial rent control is key to Canada’s economic sovereignty
25% tariff rates mean potential business closures. So do 25% (or more) rent increases. The Trump administration’s tariffs and threats are hurting many Canadian businesses. But there is an equally concerning threat closing main street doors and costing jobs:...
Supercharging Small Business in Ontario: The Next Move
Supercharging Small Business in Ontario: The Next Move In April 2025, Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives open Ontario’s parliament with their third majority government. The next four years present a clear opportunity to start building an economy that truly works for...
2025, can we get a do-over? BWA February Newsletter.
2025, can we get a do-over? Tariffs are here, they're real...and since we wrote this on Sunday night, they're not here. Maybe. But Maybe on March 1st!Regardless, as Justin Trudeau said in his recent address to the US & Canadian people - it's time to refocus on...