Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for Lincoln not only for this question but for his very hard and continuous work on the issues of small business.
Yesterday at the start of small business week, the Minister of National Revenue announced a new simplified T4 short form that will significantly reduce compliance costs for small businesses. This will allow small business owners to spend less time filling out tax forms and more time growing their businesses for the benefit of all Canadians.
This is the end product of the work of the small business advisory committee through which Revenue Canada consults small businesses across this country.
The new T4 short form will be mailed out directly to those businesses that have six employees or less. It will also be available at all our tax offices.
This is government working at its best, as it should be.