I will quickly echo much of what the other two gentlemen stated. I would say that 83% of our members are small businesses. They pay corporate taxes in Nova Scotia. Unfortunately, Nova Scotia's proportion of those taxes is extremely high, at 15%, versus another area such as Ontario, which is at 11.5%.
Federal corporate taxes could be reduced by a couple of per cent. That would certainly help. Putting additional dollars in people's pockets to stimulate spending in the particular region will be a great step, I think. People tend to invest in their business when they're a small business.
Finally, I think Nova Scotia and the federal government are beginning to recognize the value of some of the great natural assets we have here. There has been a recent significant investment of approximately $200 million in oceans, funnelled through Dalhousie, Memorial, and, I think, UPEI. We believe that that will be a helpful spend. However, as Marco suggested, it needs to be accompanied by perhaps some additional opportunities for innovative new businesses in oceans and a stimulus for those small businesses to set up and grow.