This is another case of government saying, “I know better than the people who are out on the street, the people who elect all of us.” This is government sitting in Ottawa saying, “I know better than the people who are dealing with this on a daily basis.” How can you say that you're contributing to long-term economic growth when we have multiple witness after multiple witness giving us concrete examples of how their business has dried up because of this one decision?
On February 13th, 2017. See this statement in context.