Thank you very much.
We keep hearing the minister talk about small businesses and micro-businesses being a priority, but as I stated earlier, a recent poll through the B.C. Chamber of Commerce cites that 49% of small businesses with a staff of less than five aren't able to qualify for the current programs, CEBA or CERB.
I have an interesting one. It's around qualifying for the Canadian emergency bank account. Right now there is this bizarre clause which says that, if you are an entity owned by an individual holding public office, you are not eligible. This applies to school trustees, municipal councillors and mayors. I have a mayor in my riding who can't access it and needs it now. Was this an oversight? Clearly the only conflict that would be is whether you would want to sit on a school district board ever again if you can't access these federal programs, because they clearly have no influence over decision-making at the federal level.