Yes, thank you for that question. I was thinking if time hadn't been so tight I was going to read this anyway; this is an email from a member. This is to his Liberal MP in northern Ontario. He's a hotel owner in northern Ontario, and he says:
I voted for you to see how you would do. Do not increase the tax rates of small business. We need investments in jobs in the north. We work extremely hard in small business, employ 22 people, and are about thinking of starting a new business as well. Because of the tax rate we reinvest nearly all of our profits in the business which means more jobs, more capital expenditures for the region and an overall bigger tax piece for the Government. Do not kill the goose. I know the PM talked about small business being a tax loop hole. While for tens of thousands of us, it is not. We are a powerful voice in our community.
This is a Liberal voter who felt quite burned by the fact that the small business corporate tax rate was cancelled in the last budget.