ARCHIVED—Small Business Quarterly - February 2011, vol. 12, no. 4
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The feature article of the February issue highlights some of the findings from the Survey of Regulatory Compliance Costs, which quantifies the extent of the paperwork burden on the competitiveness of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in Canada. This article reveals that in 2008 the average amount of time spent by SMEs complying with government regulations has decreased in all regions since 2005. Furthermore, total adjusted compliance costs in 2008 dropped by 2.8 percent from 2005 levels. Following the feature story is an article that discusses the findings of an entrepreneurship report recently released by the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC). This issue also includes articles on job creation by firm size and province, the number of business locations by industry, self-employment figures by occupation, and exporting and financing activities of SMEs.
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