Thank you, Madam Chair.
I'd like to thank all the witnesses for being here today. Again, this is an important topic.
I'd like to thank Mr. Blanchette-Joncas for bringing forward this motion to make sure that we can talk about the good work that the government is implementing on this front, because I think it's very important.
Before I go any deeper, I'd like to echo the comments of Mr. Sorbara.
Mr. Rochon, thank you very much for your public service and your work, and all the best of luck in your future endeavours.
I want to personalize this a bit. As the member of Parliament for Kings—Hants, of course I work closely with community stakeholders. One of those is a gentleman named Stephen Shaw, who is the executive director of the Hants-Kings CBDC, the community business development corporation. He works closely with a lot of small businesses and retailers, and for a number of months, since I was elected last year, we've been having conversations about trying to make sure that we have an equitable playing field for retailers and small businesses. I certainly appreciate the proposals that are in the fall economic statement.
I want to start my questions with you, Mr. Rochon. What types of legislative changes are needed to be able to move some of these proposals forward? I assume that they're nuanced and that there are different ones, but as quickly as you can, what are we looking at in terms of how we move this forward?