Actually, would you please send that to the committee? Thank you.
Small businesses most impacted by your government's refusal to provide relief for small business owners are food services, retail, and tourism, since 82% of accommodation and food services and 78% of tourism businesses applied for CEBA loans. In fact, most of those industries are likely owned by women.
Out of those industries in that particular sector, could you please send to the committee how many were forced to close as a result of not being able to pay their CEBA loan? Thank you.
My question for you, Minister, is that racialized business owners were disproportionately likely to take out CEBA loans. I come from a community that I'm very proud of, my community of Winnipeg Centre. We have lots of small businesses. We are a community of small businesses, many of which have had to close as a result of not being able to pay back their CEBA loans.
Are there any plans by your government to change course, to make sure that we don't see any more small businesses close as a result of what I see as a plan that is unfriendly to small businesses, particularly those owned by women?