Thank you very much for that question, dear colleague.
It's always great to see you again.
The work that we do [Technical difficulty—Editor] for sure.... For me, as the minister responsible for small business and international trade, simply put, I help businesses start up, scale up and access new markets every single day. I put in the entire tools of not only the federal government but our work with partners to create more opportunities for Canadian businesses.
I'm very pleased that in our newly negotiated NAFTA there are provisions that actually have a chapter, which we're excited to work on, particularly for small and medium-sized businesses. Remember, 99% of our businesses are SMEs here. Only 12% export today, so you can see the opportunities to export. In the new relationship with the U.S., Canada and Mexico, there is a dedicated chapter for small and medium-sized businesses that provides us access to this market, and we've done that with all of the progressive agreements that we've negotiated as a government.