Madam Speaker, first, I want to thank my colleague for Saanich—Gulf Islands for triggering tonight's debate.
My colleague is genuine, and I do appreciate his speech and the work that he does on the all-party mental health caucus, which I sit on with him. I appreciate him talking about the opioid crisis.
The member talked about the small business owners who are struggling right now with mental health challenges, especially as they are facing the next six to eight weeks during this third wave. Does my colleague not agree that the government needs to expand the CEBA loan, help with liquidity, and help those who have fallen through the cracks? One example of this is start-ups, which are getting absolutely nothing right now. Does he agree that it is critical that we support those small entrepreneurs and small businesses in the coming weeks so that they can get through this?
Like he said, we are going to lose tens of thousands of businesses, and there is going to be a long-term recovery for those people, not just for their economic recovery but for the recovery of their mental health.