Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and our witnesses that are presenting to us today. The timing of your presentation, I think, is very apropos, as we saw the latest statistics released by the Canadian Mental Health Association yesterday. I think the numbers are quite sobering when you see that more 70% of Canadians are worried about the second wave, and 40% have said that their mental health has deteriorated since March.
When one in 10 Canadians is having suicidal thoughts, I think we have a very serious problem that we need to address.
Ms. Watts, I really appreciated your intervention, the passion and obviously the feelings that you've had as a small business owner. I think that one area we do not talk enough about is the impact this is having on our small business owners. Is this anything that you've ever experienced in your previous career before becoming a business owner? The mental health impacts of this have been nothing like anything else you've ever experienced as a business owner, by the sound of it.