Madam Chair, the government announced last week that it would implement a rent abatement program for small and medium-sized enterprises, which the NDP was calling for. That was last week and there are still no details.
My constituency office is in a plaza that has a lot of other businesses, including a gym, a hairdresser studio and a clothing store. They cannot meet their rent. It does not matter; the landlord is demanding it. My neighbours, people in my riding and those small businesses that are suffering, they are scared that they are going to lose everything.
We know that small businesses are the heart of our economy. Will the government roll out its offer to small businesses to save these key enterprises?