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Three Canadians: Business in Taiwan

This film by Andrew de Silva profiles an indie music venue owner, a Mexican restaurant owner and a writer/director who have all had success as Canadian expat entrepreneurs in Taiwan. This video was created in response to a call-out for video proposals on the theme of “Why Asia Matters for Canada.”

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Small business is not

Shanu (not verified) 11:47pm, 21/10/12

Small business is not presently represented in the politics of the federal government. The big three big business, big unions, and big politicians do not want true small business to have a seat at the table. In 2009, Australia passed the Fair Trade Act which formally recognized small businesses as having under 15 employees. The constituency of our SBA is any company with less than 500 employees, 99.7% of all small businesses. This definition of small is no different than calling anyone under 7 tall short . But it allows politicians to say they are helping small businesses when they pass tax breaks and raise loan ceiling for businesses with 250+ employees.We need to dismantle the existing SBA, build a new one, and restore the cabinet level position for a small business advocate, not so we can also get bailouts, handouts, and undeserved loans, but to work to stop all of this going to big businesses masquerading as small.Small business is not presently represented in the politics of the federal government. The big three big business, big unions, and big politicians do not want true small business to have a seat at the table. In 2009, Australia passed the Fair Trade Act which formally recognized small businesses as having under 15 employees. ...more

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