Thanks for the question.
We absolutely recognize that small business is a very important part of our economy, that we have a very large number of small businesses across the country, that we have a large number of people employed by small businesses, and we see the critical importance of encouraging small businesses to start and maintain their success.
We looked at the measures that we thought were most likely to be effective both in ensuring tax fairness in our country and ensuring that small businesses could be successful. In our estimation, having a healthy and strong customer class is critically important for small businesses. Small businesses, in order to be successful, need to have the ability to sell their services or products to Canadians, in most cases. For that, we know that reducing taxes on Canadians, providing more money for Canadians through the Canada child benefit, will put them in a better family situation so they will be better able to buy the products and the services provided by small business. In our estimation, that will be positive not only for the economy through the stronger growth rate, which will support small businesses, but will also be specifically better for each family so they can be better prepared.