Sure.
Thank you for your question. Indeed, we would like to see the federal government setting a clear timeline and a clear plan on what they are planning to do with regard to returning to a balanced budget.
Everyone understands the investment that was necessary to be made during the pandemic to support small businesses. Having said that, throughout the pandemic we regularly surveyed our members. Their top concern related to the pandemic was on the economic impact of the pandemic. Many of our members have said that one way to mitigate the impact of the pandemic is for the federal government to lay out a plan on how they are looking ahead to try to get back to a balanced budget in the near future.
As my colleague Corinne mentioned earlier, the timeline is on the longer side. It's not going to happen next year.