Mr. Chair, I have the good news that I'll be sharing my time with you since you've been such a good chair today.
My first question is for Garth Whyte, president and CEO of the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association. Thank you, Mr. Whyte, for being here today.
Our government has been focused on job creation. I think it has proven to be very successful, given that we have the best job creation record in the G-7 with over a million net new jobs created since the recession in 2009. I would like to ask you how freezing EI premiums and extending the hiring credit, which is designed to help employers to create jobs and hire more employees, especially small business, has helped your industry.