Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you all for being with us today.
First of all, in terms of access to duty-free shopping upon arrival as well as upon departure, I think this idea has been around for at least two or three years, and to me it's a no-brainer. It doesn't cost the government anything, so the only question really is why the government didn't get this job done a year or two ago. Hopefully, they will this time, so I don't need to ask you a question because it's obviously a good thing.
I would like to ask Ms. Reynolds a question.
You referred to ballooning payroll taxes and you say payroll taxes are the worst kind of taxes. Now, the government is proposing a maximum increase in EI premiums allowed, beginning in 2011, and Dale Orr, who's a respected economist, has calculated that this would cost a small business employing 10 people an additional approximately $9,000 as a consequence of this payroll increase.
I think a lot of your members would employ something like 10 people. Can you describe how this would impact your industry and whether you think there would be a significant impact on jobs?