Mr. Speaker, that is the government that added the HST to the cost of small business.
The Conservatives' voluntary credit card code simply is not working. The Competition Bureau tells us today that merchants pay $5 billion a year in hidden credit card charges. I have been talking with some of these businesses and they are fed up.
The finance minister goes cap in hand to the big banks and asks for help; they tell him no and he just accepts it.
Under the Conservatives, credit card companies continue to gouge small businesses.
When will the Conservatives have the political courage to impose tough, mandatory rules to actually protect Canadian small businesses?