Thank you very much for your question, Mr. Poilievre. We've certainly had this kind of conversation by trading emails back and forth a few times.
CFIB has always been and will always remain a non-partisan organization working with all political parties. Our spirit of criticizing bad government policy and complimenting good public policy will remain. We sent out a news release complimenting the government when it reduced employment insurance rates, shortly followed by a reminder that CPP increases are going to go up.
I take your point very seriously, though, about the fact that many of these issues that are incredibly complicated need to be shared with the Canadian public. That's why CFIB helped lead a coalition, together with the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and 80 business associations, to try to share with the public the impact of the small business tax changes on the business community.
We did the same with the Canada Pension Plan issue. For two straight years we fought that issue, did public opinion polling, sent out news releases, and tried to ensure that we had Canadians behind us on that front. A decision was reached by government. We are still actively trying to undo the decision. For the record, we are lobbying the Ford government to pull out of the agreement for Canada Pension Plan premium enhancements. We only have a few short weeks to do that, but our plans remain the same.
I take what you're saying. There are serious concerns. We're going to call them as we see them on an ongoing basis, complimenting good policy, as there has been some, and criticizing bad.