Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and thank you to our witnesses for being here.
I'm going to pick up from where Mr. Cannan left off concerning your workshops. I'd like to explore that subject a little more.
One thing is that the number of these businesses that you indicate is impressive. It's comforting to know that you get a lot of these very small businesses with fewer than 20 employees. I come from New Brunswick, where the majority of our businesses actually have fewer than 10 employees. With that said, I'd like to understand a little more about the feedback you're getting from the SMEs.
I'll ask that question in some context. Many small businesses in New Brunswick, where the business owner is the person working on the floor and is the same person as is doing the accounting, the same person as is doing the sales and everything else.... What is the challenge in trying to get these folks out to a session such as this?
Second, how are you making these sessions productive? It sounds as though you have a lot of great people providing them with advice. What are some of the big things you're learning from some of these very small, owner-run companies?