Randy Boissonnault

[Business of Supply, December 8th, 2021]

Mr. Chair, the CEBA helped over 898,000 small businesses survive. We will continue to support small businesses.

[Business of Supply, December 8th, 2021]

Mr. Chair, pre-pandemic business confidence was high during the pandemic and it is back to pre-pandemic levels. Businesses have already included the CPP increases in their forecasts. They can afford this.

[Business of Supply, December 8th, 2021]

Mr. Chair, confidence is back and 106% of the jobs are recovered. Businesses are recovering. Businesses can afford the increases.

[Business of Supply, December 8th, 2021]

Mr. Chair, our government is here to support Canadian businesses. What we did during the pandemic is what we will continue to do as we come through this.

[Business of Supply, December 8th, 2021]

Mr. Chair, businesses were supported, nine million businesses, by CEBA. That is the metric that we are following.

[Business of Supply, December 8th, 2021]

Mr. Chair, there was an incremental increase that was agreed on in the framework set in place in 2016. This is to make sure that CPP is in place and able to do as my colleague said, reduce poverty but secure retirement for Canadians for generations to come.

[Business of Supply, December 8th, 2021]

Mr. Chair, the CPP increase is there to make sure that the system is in place for future generations. It is an agreed-upon framework over the next 10 years.

[Business of Supply, December 8th, 2021]

Mr. Chair, we worked with independent travel agents in the negotiations with the airlines in the LEEFF funding. We are in constant conversation with this sector of the economy. We will continue to work with these very important entrepreneurs.

[Business of Supply, December 8th, 2021]

Mr. Chair, we will work on this matter, as I have said.

[Business of Supply, December 8th, 2021]

Mr. Chair, officials are working on this matter. We are in constant contact with members of the independent travel agency, and we will work on this matter.