Kelly Block at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On December 1st, 2011. See this statement in context.

December 1st, 2011 / 4 p.m.

Conservative

Kelly Block Conservative Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar, SK

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.

I welcome you to the committee. It's good to be able to have the opportunity to ask you questions.

The first question I have is regarding the line “Funding to modernize BizPal...”. Recently Minister Bernier announced that our government would make this program permanent. As a government, we seek to support small and medium-sized enterprises “by putting in place initiatives that enable them and entrepreneurs to continue to grow and create jobs”.

Could you explain the BizPal program further? How does it help Canadian SMEs? How many provinces and municipalities are signed on to this program?

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