Okay. So, you expect the studies that you have commissioned with Deloitte to add value to Canadians. However, if anyone else commissions a study—maybe with Deloitte, maybe with someone else—you completely undermine it. You came in here this morning and started your remarks by saying, “with all due respect”. Then you completely dumped all over an industry for which, according to this Deloitte study—which I have no reason to doubt—“new labelling restrictions are likely to add substantial costs.” The study continues: “The results show that the new legislation will have dire consequences for the sector and the broader economy. The sector is mainly dominated by small businesses of less than 50 employees.” The sector “has grown from...$4.3 billion in [total] sales in 2007 to approximately $13.2 billion in [total] sales in 2021”.
So, as is so often the case, you and your government are going to be bringing the hammer down, as only a Liberal government can, on hard-working entrepreneurs and small businesses, all the while turning a blind eye to criminals, for example. This Deloitte study, which I referenced and have no reason to doubt, shows that 20% of the businesses I just mentioned would move their operations outside of Canada with regard to your government's heavy-handed approach. Why would you want businesses to move to the U.S., where Canadians would continue to purchase their products online, but Health Canada would then not have any ability to have oversight?