We have looked at three major constituencies—the government, small business, and consumers—and found across the board that an increase would be positive for all three constituencies, all three stakeholder groups.
I take exception to the argument around trade. What we see when we look at it—and Kimberley in the gallery is a good example—is that small Canadian businesses are leveraging the Internet to tap into demand around the world, and they grow as a result.
For example, we have a seller in Gatineau who has just won our Entrepreneur of the Year award. This morning we announced our winners. All three are millennial Canadians under 35; they all have million-dollar businesses, built on eBay. These small and medium-sized businesses are tapping into the demand around the world, and doing it very much under their own steam.
For example, we had a round table with Minister Chagger. All she heard about from these entrepreneurs were two issues: one was shipping costs being a massive impediment to their ability to compete internationally, and the other was border issues. These small and medium businesses are the kind of businesses we all want to see prosper in Canada and hire people—