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Workshop: Cash Flow Planning for a Healthy Business
Cash Flow Planning for a Healthy Business Key Takeaways from Our Cash Flow Planning Workshop In...
Fall 2023 Events
We have two exciting events lined up for you! On Tuesday November 28th, join us for Building...
How Aiana Launched a No-Tip, Fine Dining Restaurant During a Pandemic
“Our team members’ financial security should not be subject to our guests’ generosity”: Aiana...
Ontario’s decision to scrap COVID Isolation unfairly impacts small businesses
*MEDIA ADVISORY* Ontario abandons five-day isolation for COVID. Decision recklessly impacts businesses and workers. Business members of the Better Way Alliance are disappointed with Ontario's decision to abandon the COVID 5-day isolation period. "There's nothing worse...
Paid sick days: A Case Study
Better Way Business Bread By Us, a beloved espresso bar & artisan bakery in Hintonberg, Ottawa, shares their story about how paid sick days helped them stay open through the peak waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. Changing the culture around paid sick days in...
Throne Speech Falls Short in Supporting Ontario Business Owners
The Ford government's Throne Speech falls short on supporting Ontario’s small business owners’ economic recovery - and leaves them facing huge cost pressures. Ontario’s small business owners are facing increased stress from rising rent prices and continued...
Ontario Election 2022: 3 Minimum Wage Myths
The Ontario election is here & our team at the Better Way Alliance is here to clear up 3 minimum wage myths. Minimum Wage increases are coming to Ontario. While some groups will tell you this will have devastating effects - increases to minimum wage often provide...
Businesses back paid sick days
To see the list of signatories or add your business, click here! An open letter sent to: The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada and The Honourable Seamus O’Regan Jr., Minister of Labour CC: The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of International...
Raising employment standards and creating good jobs is good for business and the economy.
Better minimum standards level the playing field for small and large businesses.
Businesses support minimum wage bump to $15 per hour
Business owners welcome news of a $15 minimum wage on January 1, 2022, which will put more money in workers’ pockets to spend at businesses in their local economies. This is the absolute bare minimum from a government that cancelled a scheduled $15 minimum wage three...
Small Businesses Disappointed in Inadequate and Unfair WIPB Plan
STATEMENT - Small Businesses Disappointed in Inadequate and Unfair WIPB Plan April 29, 2021 We are small business owners who have been providing paid sick leave since before the pandemic, some since the day we opened. We are disappointed to hear that the Ford...
Small Businesses Need the Government to Legislate Paid Sick Leave
STATEMENT - Small Businesses Need the Government to Legislate Paid Sick Leave April 28, 2021 As small business owners, we are exhausted from trying to keep our businesses afloat through this pandemic. The refusal of the provincial government to do their part to keep...
Business owners call for province to legislate paid sick days for all
In an online press conference today, business owners from across Ontario came together today to call for the provincial government to legislate guaranteed paid sick leave for all workers. Small and mid-sized businesses know firsthand that paid sick days are good for...