Madam Speaker, 88% of the beer Canadians enjoy is brewed and created here in Canada by over 20,000 hard-working Canadians employed by these breweries, whether microbreweries or large breweries like Pacific Western Brewing in my town of Prince George. They are worried. The unions are worried and labour is worried. The breweries are saying they cannot handle a 6% tax increase.
I want to ask if my hon. colleague is hearing the same in his riding as we are hearing, if the breweries are saying the same things. Maybe he has some more stories he can tell us about how these breweries are just worried about the next day and whether or not they are going to be able to keep the doors open.