“Mr. Speaker, I would first like to congratulate the member on his very good speech. I welcome the big-picture vision that the comprehensive response is based on. For example, there is talk of strengthening the domestic market for products that SMEs can no longer export to the United States because of the 25% tariffs. The domestic economy can compensate for that. However, does he think that the government understands the crisis and the urgency of the transition? By the time contracts are awarded in the domestic economy or new opportunities open up abroad, SMEs’ order books will be empty. Without any more income, they are at risk of closing down. For example, every week in Quebec, businesses that had been around for decades are closing down. Those businesses came to tell the committee that it was not enough to give them loans, because they already had too much debt. What does the hon. member think about that?”
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Mr. Speaker, Claims · 134 wordsI think that is why it is important to have a comprehensive strategy with short-term actions, including the assistance measures that were recently announced in the form of loans and various types of subsidies to help the businesses most affected by the tariffs.1There are also medium- and long-term measures.Strengthening the Canadian market means investments in our infrastructure and the buy Canadian policy that we are currently implementing.2It also means diversifying our markets internationally.We are also providing support through various programs to SMEs that want to explore new markets.3That includes a range of measures that will have an impact in the short term to help the businesses most affected by the tariffs, Vague promisebut also to help strengthen these businesses in the long term and, ultimately, to strengthen the Canadian economy.
