Mr. Speaker, his earlier comment regarding the success of the NDP governments in Saskatchewan and so on perhaps may have some merit. I am not going to debate that under the SBLA.
The point I want to make is that the Liberal government has changed the policy of the SBLA to a full cost recovery program. It just wants to take the money in and pass it out and there is no cost to government. How can that be a benefit to small business when there is no cost to the government? The successful small business carries the full cost of this program. It is a tax on small business.
Regarding his other point, Mr. Speaker, your point of relevance is very true. We are dealing with small business, with maximum sales of $5 million and a maximum loan of $250,000. I am not sure Conrad Black would waste his time making applications for that small of an amount. So it is totally irrelevant.