From my perspective a smaller business is more likely to have a single patent they are relying upon to protect the innovation that's securing their future. It's important that whatever protection the small business has sought to obtain is going to be effective and not be undermined by the very discussions that were necessary to seek the advice to get that patent in the first place.
Those small businesses will need to seek advice from their advisers here in Canada and should be given the same degree of protection they would be given in another jurisdiction in similar circumstances. So I think it would be helpful to small businesses.