Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
My question is for Mr. André Lavoie. I am pleased to see the Canadian Federation of Independent Business here. Before I was elected, I was a member of your organization. I am a lawyer and I own a small business.
Your organization has always polled its members to find out their opinion. In your presentation, you stated that you had asked your members what government could do to alleviate labour force shortages. Sixty per cent of them put reducing the tax burden in second place. Why? Were they referring to taxes, income tax, employability? That is my first question.
My second question is: how could the government reduce taxes for independent businesses?