Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to my colleague for giving me the time.
I am outraged. I know that people who know me know that I hide my outrage quite well, but Mr. Fast feigned to speak on behalf of small business owners and entrepreneurs here in Canada, indicating or claiming that our government is accusing them of X, Y or Z. In fact, I believe entrepreneurs know and understand that our government has always believed in them, continues to believe in them, and has been supporting them, really, from day one of this pandemic but also well before and well into the future.
I believe that Mr. Dan Kelly from CFIB does represent small businesses. He tweeted his thanks earlier today to Minister Freeland. I have the tweet in front of me, in which he says that both the minister and her officials are to be thanked for the “clear message that this new law will be respected” by the Department of Finance and CRA. He says he shared with the Deputy Prime Minister that “CFIB will work closely with [the government] to protect the integrity of the tax system by closing any gaps that may be identified”. Even Mr. Kelly is looking forward to working with our government in order to implement safeguard measures and work with us to close any loopholes.
Mr. McGowan, I think you indicated earlier that you are also looking forward to working with such stakeholders as Mr. Kelly at CFIB and others. Is that correct?