Mr. Speaker, I must be honest, it is hard to take my Conservative colleagues at face value on the importance of helping small businesses considering their weeks' long blockade and vote against Bill C-14, which would provide additional relief for our small business owners. It is hard to take them at face value when they refuse to work through the evening to debate and pass important legislation.
The member, for example, for Kildonan—St. Paul, the critic for future workforce development, said herself that it was of the essence to pass Bill C-24 very quickly and yet that message has not gotten to the Leader of the Opposition.