Yes, the impact of labour shortages on small businesses is quite massive. Small businesses tend to be more labour intensive, so when you have a small business with five to seven employees and you lose one or two of them, that's 10% or 20% of your entire labour force that you need to replace, so the impact is quite significant on smaller employers. As I have shown during my presentation, some of the most successful ways that small businesses are trying to cope with the current shortages of labour are by investing in automation, by using the TFW program and also by allowing greater flexibility with working hours. Any measure that government can take to increase the use of automation, to make it easier to have access to temporary foreign workers and also to help businesses by making sure the cost of doing business doesn't increase so they have the financial means to hire new employees and keep those they already have are measures that are desirable for many small businesses.
On April 4th, 2022. See this statement in context.