Mr. Speaker, last summer I had the opportunity of driving around with the member for Parry Sound-Muskoka. We were on a little mission called the access to capital for small business task force.
Over the past two years I have been here, I have seen that the federal government only has the capability to create the atmosphere for the creation and the enhancement of small business. We do not have the money any more to throw at jobs because of deficit reduction, et cetera. One thing we have done is establish the small business centre in Toronto to cut through the red tape.
Bill C-99 is only one part of the overview. The Federal Business Development Bank and business development corporations play very important and crucial roles in the formation and enhancement of small business.
Could the member give us any information on what is being done with them to improve that part of the overview?