Thank you so much, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank you, Mr. Maguire, for being here today, and I want to say congratulations on your success in bringing forward your private member's bill to this committee.
I agree that if there's an issue, if there are things we can improve in terms of facilitating transfers of small businesses to the next generation, then we should be looking at it. I don't agree with my colleague Mr. Kelly, though. I don't think that we have heard from experts. I do think that we want to be hearing from experts, because as we move forward we want to make sure that the decisions we make are the best decisions, based on the best information we have.
The questions I have for you, Mr. Maguire, are just around some of the concerns that might have been raised. I'd love to get your thoughts on a number of things.
The first thing I'd love to get your thoughts on is around your proposed amendment to section 84.1. One of the key concerns that has been raised is that your proposed change would unfairly benefit wealthy individuals instead of other people, whether it's middle-class farmers or fishermen. That is one of the concerns that has been raised. How would you respond to that?