This past week, two news items caught our attention and need to be brought to the attention of all business owners. In the first instance, a PEI man was awarded $8,000 for political discrimination. The complainant was a liberal supporter who worked as an asphalt raker from 1988 to 1996. When the Progressive Conservatives were elected […]
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Training in the workplace
Two weeks ago, two unrelated organizations released separate studies that provided interesting statistics on the status of workplace training. One study was released by the Canadian Council on Learning and dealt with learning in general within the Canadian society. The other study was conducted by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business and reported specifically on […]

Job descriptions
As mentioned in a previous post, there are several good and free templates available online to help you build a solid business plan. If you are a new entrepreneur and are starting from scratch, several sections, especially the key « personnel section », may appear a little challenging to complete. The first step in addressing the key […]