Ninety-nine per cent of businesses in my riding of Montmorency—Charlevoix, and in Quebec in general, are small or medium-sized enterprises, or SMEs. In Canada, 98% of businesses are SMEs.
People often tell me that the perception they have is that large businesses have the resources to pay lobbying firms to lobby the government, whereas SMEs don't have the time to do that. They have to focus on their businesses to try to turn a profit at the end of the month.
Have you introduced any measures to make things easier for SMEs and to ensure that businesses have quick access to the government, so they can make suggestions and have some influence over decision-makers, so they have a bit more clout?
Ultimately, will large lobbying companies continue to take up the most space when it comes to lobbying decision-makers?