Thank you, Chair.
Good morning to all our witnesses, and thank you for your remarks this morning. If I may, I will start with Mr. Guénette.
I was surprised by your opening statement, because we know that there have been more business closures than openings in three out of the last four quarters, but you gave some even more alarming stats: Within the agriculture sector, this has been happening for 11 quarters. Within the retail sector, it has been eight quarters. Within the wholesale sector, it has been 12 quarters.
How would you, then, describe the overall state of entrepreneurship here in Canada?