I think “a real drag” is an understatement.
I'm very proud to come from a small business family. I know about the stress around the dinner table after the store has a bad day. I can't imagine the stress the carbon tax is placing on all of these millions of Canadians.
We know this government has not been a friend to small businesses. One example is the 2017 tax changes they attempted to implement; this is just another example of that.
Mr. Greco, you said in your opening statement that according to the “SME Regulatory Compliance Cost Report”, the total regulatory compliance cost to small businesses was nearly $5 billion in 2011, which at the time was approximately $3,500 per business. Do you have any idea how much of that would have been carbon tax-related?