Madam Speaker, it is Small Business Week. I just want to take the opportunity to thank the small businesses in Port Moody—Coquitlam, as well as home businesses in Anmore and Belcarra, and to recognize a couple of our key community and business groups. We have Austin Heights BIA, Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce, the Koreatown association and the Iranian professional network. They are all so important to our community. I thank them so much for everything they do.
My question for the member relates to these small businesses: Why is it that Conservatives and Liberals continue to award contracts to the largest corporations, to the largest companies, while they ignore the small business owners with brick and mortar businesses in the community?