Canadian Election Today: Five hot election issues on the minds of small-business owners

Politicians of all stripes worked hard to woo small-business owners during the long election campaign, with the NDP, Liberals, Conservatives and Greens all vowing to reduce the small-business tax rate. Today, as Canadians head to the polls, many business owners are thinking of these key issues that set the parties apart.

Marijuana

Entrepreneurs see big opportunities to cash in on marijuana as it becomes more mainstream. More than 100 pot shops have cropped up recently in Vancouver alone, even though they could be subject to police raids. Meanwhile, producers of licenced medical marijuana complain that the current regulatory system is mired with red tape.

If elected, Mr. Trudeau’s Liberals plan to legalize pot, which could lead to a thriving marijuana sector such as the ones in Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington. The NDP say they would decriminalize the drug, and Mr. Mulcair says he understands that legalization will happen eventually....

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