Thank you.
Now, enhancing the Canada Pension Plan, the CPP, is expected to be a focus at the next finance ministers meeting, in December. We all agree that retirement security is important for Canadians. However, given that economic growth is still fragile, economic recovery is still fragile, there is some concern now that this is not the appropriate time to be increasing the burden on workers as well as on businesses.
As your organization represents over 109,000 small business owners, could you describe the impact that CPP expansion at this time would have on small businesses in Canada?