My question will be brief and follows on what I asked Mr. Greene about the impact of cancelling the tax cut for SMEs.
Mr. Greene, you said that the Department of Finance had not specifically studied the economic impact that this might have, particularly on SMEs. Is it common practice for the department not to conduct analyses or studies like that on measures that might have an economic impact?
If a tax cut is cancelled, decisions will be made and some behaviours will change. It will have an impact on the growth of companies and on their economic efficiency and, eventually, on Canada's economy.
I'm curious to know when the department decides to do an impact study on measures and when it decides not to.