Thank you, MP Zahid.
It's an excellent question. I would say that we fully support the government's strategy of a growth-led economy or recovery versus increasing taxation. We always say the two most stressful things in life are death and taxes. They're both equally important, I would say, but I will focus on the taxation side, the reason I am here.
I looked at the women's entrepreneurship strategy and it's fantastic. There's a lot of information on there. Everything about it was good. The only shortcoming, I would say, is that it's finished. It's done. The last dollar was given in 2019. There's a big section of the website.... Every part of that section of the website says, “We are no longer accepting applications.” There were some great businesses that were supported throughout that initiative, and I would say we need more of that.
It's help for female business owners, support with their income tax, streamlining income tax. We have a lot of people concerned about just making payroll. If you're a female business owner, you're worried about overhead. I spent $20,000 getting computer systems set up and supporting my staff. Not many people can afford that. What are we doing to support getting more dollars in their pockets so that their businesses can thrive, so they can continue to employ staff? As well, what happens in an emergency? Everybody stops learning. How can we encourage female advisers to continue their education path, and even support team members to continue their education throughout this uncertainty?
We also have a lot of barriers in legislation on transfer of wealth, on transfer of ownership of businesses, that actually make it.... We're incented to sell a business to a third party versus a family member. This is an unintentional consequence of tax legislation, and we need to look at things like that which were meant to do one thing but are actually doing another and discourage women in business.