I'd like to go back to the discussion about the very small businesses, whether they're restaurants or other retailers. In my community, they're really the heart of the community; they're what gives the community its life. People move there so they can walk to a restaurant or walk to a store; they don't have to get in a car and drive someplace. I agree that these smaller businesses are particularly vulnerable during a downturn, or even now with the high dollar.
What's your prognosis for these smaller businesses, and what would you recommend this committee do to help alleviate some of the pressure on these very small businesses? We certainly don't want to see them go out of businesses and lose their tremendous contribution, because they really are in so many ways community builders. They add so much to our local neighbourhoods.
I don't know who would like to go first.