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Business Survey – 2020 Budget
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1.
Information
(Required.)
Name
Name of Business
Title / Role
Municipality
Email Address
Phone Number
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2.
Are these your personal opinions or the views of your company?
(Required.)
Yes
No
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3.
What type of business do you have?
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Agriculture
Energy / Resource
Finance / Banking
Manufacturing
Professional Services (Doctor, lawyer, accountant)
Retail
Service Sector
Technology
Other (please specify)
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4.
What is the size of your company?
(Required.)
Micro (0-5 employees)
Small (5-99 employees)
Medium (100-499 employees)
Large (>500 employees)
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5.
What are your expectations for 2020?
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Better than 2019
About the same as 2019
Worse than 2019
Unsure
Prefer not to comment
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6.
What are your expectations for the federal budget in 2020?
(Required.)
No expectations
Government will make things worse
Government could make things better
Unsure / No expectations
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7.
What are your barriers to growth?
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Access to infrastructures like rail or pipelines
Access to markets/trade issues
Dependent on clients’ situations
Finding skilled people
Government red tape, regulations
High taxes / rising costs
Higher payroll costs
Other (please specify)
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8.
Have the recent trade issues with India, China and the US impacted your business?
(Required.)
Very bad for business
Somewhat bad for business
Not better or worse
Better for business
Good for business
Unsure
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9.
Will you be investing in your company this year?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Unsure/maybe
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10.
How has or will the Carbon Tax impact your business?
(Required.)
Negative impact on business
Positive impact on business
No impacts / Balanced impacts
Unsure
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11.
How much do you expect to spend on carbon taxes this year?
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0 - $1,000
$1,001 - $5,000
$5,001 - $10,000
$10,001 - $25,000
$25,001 - $100,000
>$100,000
Unknown / Can’t say
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12.
Since the government implemented tax changes (small businesses, family businesses, income taxes, CPP changes, EI premiums and carbon taxes), what impact has it had?
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No impact
Seeing higher revenues
Lower revenues
Reduced / delayed investments / purchases
Layoffs/staff reductions
Cost-cutting to reduce the impact
Unsure / don’t know
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13.
Do you have a plan if there is a recession in Canada?
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It would not impact my business
I have a plan
Not ready
My business would likely close
Unsure
Other (please specify)
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14.
If the federal government was to restore faith and investments in the energy sector, would your business be better off?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Unsure
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15.
Have you invested in cybersecurity or IT security in the last year?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Unsure
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16.
What investments should the government be making to improve your business?
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Better roads, highways
Climate change
Improve trade
Reliable, high-speed internet
Security and Public Safety
Transportation networks
Unsure
Other (please specify)
17.
Are there any other issues that you would like, your Member of Parliament, Glen Motz to advocate for?
Current Progress,
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