With an election looming, small business owners in Manitoba aren’t convinced the politicians are in their corner.

SeoRihn Yoo, (Suhrin You) a Policy Analyst with the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, provides some results from their latest survey here.

"Our survey found that 74% of small businesses in Manitoba don’t feel confident that their concerns and priorities will receive attention during the campaign. Only 25% felt confident and of those 25, only 2% indicated that they felt very confident.”

The CFIB believes this low level of optimism is reflective of the many challenges small businesses have faced, including the pandemic and their struggles to rebound from it.

There are almost 43-thousand small businesses in Manitoba, employing over 220-thousand people.

For more on the latest CFIB survey, listen to Thompson Today at 12:40 and 5:10.