The power of non-partisanship in business advocacy

Associations, businesses, and lobbyists are far less effective if they limit themselves to talking to only one party.

Despite the Conservative leader’s pronouncements, the CFIB guarantees our members that we will be strictly non-partisan, and speak out in favour of any policy that helps small firms, and strongly oppose any policy that harms them, regardless of which party introduces them, writes Dan Kelly.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAN KELLY

June 26, 2024

Over the past month, I’ve been asked several times by reporters and fellow association leaders about a recent National Post op-ed by Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre. In his column, Poilievre takes aim at many business groups and lobbyists, including the...

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