Madam Speaker, the member for Winnipeg Centre does such a great job of representing Winnipeg.
I had the honour of sitting on that committee a few times and I heard some of the serious concerns that many of the small and medium sized enterprises and businesses across our great land had to deal with when dealing with the government.
One of the things that I have been actively involved with is the credit card issue. Small and medium sized businesses are being hammered with interchange fees that continue to drive their profits down. We seem to be stifling innovation because they do not have money now to spend on research or for hiring more people.
I can think of some great businesses in my great riding of Sudbury, such as Herold Supply and B & J Music. All of these businesses are--