Mr. Speaker, this is one of the rare times I have heard one of the Conservatives actually agree with us on a couple of things.
The first is the government's timing when it prorogued Parliament. This debate to decide what we are going to do about benefits should have happened a month ago.
Second, the member touched on small businesses. We saw the rollout of the commercial rent assistance program, a boondoggle where only 15% of businesses have had help because of the creation of a landlord-driven application process that excluded many people who needed help with their small and medium-sized businesses.
We agree about the importance of the wage subsidy. Last week we learned from the CRA that businesses with 25 or fewer employees received 28% of the wage subsidy, which is very important. It shows just how important it is when 86% of businesses are small businesses that did not get support through the commercial rent assistance program.
The minister has said to stay tuned. We are waiting. We are still waiting. She said she is listening, but we have not seen any changes to this very important program, which she did not speak about.
Can the member speak about the businesses in his riding that did not get help because of the way this program was designed?