by Cheryl Gallant | Mar 20, 2025 | All News, Local Business, Our Community, Whitewater Region
Craft breweries face higher costs for aluminium cans, while the multinational beer companies make bulk purchases. Local breweries need access to markets in other provinces but trade barriers between provinces remain. Forty-five days ago, Liberal Minister Anita Annand...
by Cheryl Gallant | Jul 27, 2023 | All News, Local Business, Our Community
Members of Industry associations, representing hundreds of thousands of businesses across Canada, are urging extension of the Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) repayment deadline. According to Trade Association Restaurants Canada, “Bankruptcy filings...
by Cheryl Gallant | Jul 14, 2023 | All News, Call to Action, Local Business, Madawaska Valley, News (Local), Our Community
During a visit to St. Francis Herb Farm in Barry’s Bay, I voiced my opposition to the federal government’s proposed new regulations for natural health products. Existing regulations on health supplements already keep Canadians safe. These unnecessary new regulations...