It's administrative burden. One of the edicts that all parliamentarians have heard come from the Prime Minister is that this government should be interested in reducing red tape, not creating it.
My personal view is that the smallest of businesses are busy doing other things. If they have a really big problem, they go to their chamber of commerce. They go to their larger trade associations. Those are the individuals who have more expertise with the registration process.
I would use this opportunity, though, to say that if any of these small business people are paid board members for the Retail Council or whatever, the Retail Council should be able to handle their registrations. This is another one of those areas where it just makes sense that the experts who are dealing with this type of administrative work be able to include them.
I don't see it as nefariously as Mr. Conacher does. I see it as these are not experts in government paperwork. These are people who don't want to have another registration. You can lower the limit for the registration if you want, but they should be allowed to have the fiduciary responsibility that they have reflected in the registration for that organization.
