Thank you, Madam Chair.
I'm going to start by tabling a notice of motion for future discussion for the committee. I'll read the motion briefly and then move from there into my questioning. It reads:
That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the Committee undertake a study of C-11, the Digital Charter Implementation Act (An Act to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act and the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts).
The clerk has that and it will be distributed. That's to ensure that we have participation with new legislation that has been tabled in the House of Commons.
Thank you, Ministers, for being here. My first question is for Minister Ng.
One thing that has been a real problem for small business is that the original programs that were rolled out were landlord-approved, and that put a lot of small businesses in dependent relationships, and actually abusive relationships at times, given some of the market conditions, not only in mid-range cities like mine in Windsor, but in larger ones and even smaller ones.
Can you tell me why you made the landlords actually the boss of helping small businesses? Where did that logic come from? How is that going to be fixed now, because we still have so many small businesses right on the brink? It's been about a year's delay for help for them because of this, I guess, strategic decision, which has not really been helpful.