Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Industry.
When the Prime Minister appeared on CBC's Prime Time News town hall meeting he said that some banks are doing a good job of supplying small and medium sized enterprises with financing, while others were not doing as well.
He also said there should be a ratio between lending money to big business and lending money to small business.
What is the minister doing to encourage the banks to meet a lending target whereby one-third of all business loans by the banks are allocated to small and medium sized businesses?