Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Chris, thank you very much for bringing forward this important bill. You've identified a very serious problem, which is that, if you own your own business, you can write off your expenses, but if you're a salaried construction worker, you don't have that same right.
It struck me, when I was thinking about your bill, that right now in this place—in Parliament—the Conservatives are really the only party that is standing up for workers. We're standing up for workers against the paycheque taxes this government wants to levy upon them. We're standing up for workers against the tripling of the carbon tax. We're standing up for workers through Ms. Gladu's bill protecting pensions and severance, and we're standing up for workers by fighting the inflation that was caused and exacerbated by the overspending of this government.
Now we have your bill, which is truly standing up for workers and saying that enough is enough and that we need to level the playing field. I want to applaud you for bringing forward this bill. I think it's a very important one.
You mentioned in your comments that this bill will help mitigate the effects of the labour shortage. I'm wondering if you could expand on that prospect as well.