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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...
Trump’s tariffs are here (in a month?): An opportunity to double down on Canadian resourcefulness
President Trump's announcement of the 25% tariffs on an extensive list of Canadian goods has caused great worry leading up to this moment. Flags are up, as is patriotism, while markets are down. This is a difficult time for Canadian small business...
Why Canadian Businesses Need Commercial Rent Reform
Why Small Businesses Need Commercial Rent Control Rising rents are pushing mom-and-pop shops off Canada's streets. The Better Way Alliance argues new tenant protections are the answer. Written by Liliana Camacho and Aaron Binder. Originally published in Canadian...
What does Trudeau’s resignation mean for small businesses and commercial real estate?
An analysis for Canadian small business owners As we all watched, shocked and maybe a bit fascinated, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's resignation in December was followed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's decision to step down as leader of the Liberal Party in...
Small Business Roundtable Round-Up: The Ontario NDP asked, you answered
Several MPPs from Ontario's NDP party hosted a Small Business Roundtable on November 28, 2024. The ONDP was interested in hearing the policy issues on the minds of Ontario small business owners, and gathering ideas for how the party could help create a fairer...