Canadian Federation Of Independent Business (CFIB) http://www.cfib.ca CFIB has been a big voice for small businesses for over 35 years with 105,000 members nationwide in every sector. Taking our direction from CFIB Members, through regular surveys, we lobby for small- and medium-sized businesses at the federal, provincial and local levels of government.
Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) http://www.cybf.ca CYBF is a national charity dedicated to championing tomorrows entrepreneurial nation builders. Why? Because our future depends on creating new businesses: to fill the economic gap that is created as many small business owners retire, drive innovation, create jobs and support Canadas overall economic prosperity. This is particularly important as 71% of small business owners will retire within 10 years, with 41% retiring within the next 5 years.