Mr. Speaker, I have met with my colleague Mr. Brassard, Quebec's intergovernmental affairs minister, four times in three weeks to try to find a basis for an agreement to provide assistance to small and medium size businesses, which are currently facing considerable financial hardship. I met the business owners themselves and they told me action was urgently needed.
After meeting with Minister Brassard on Wednesday, I followed up with a phone call on Friday to remind him he had told me he would give me an answer—