Brad Vis

Mr. Speaker, Procedure · 55 wordsit is a pleasure to rise in the evening. Before I begin my comments, I will note that we have had a debate throughout the entire day on Bill C-38.¹ Many of the things I want to say that relate to my question from June were said during the debate on Bill C-38 as well.Procedure Claims · 65 wordsThe point I would like to make, and I hope the government side can hear it, is that even though the Prime Minister has commenced a process to erase the legacy of Justin Trudeau, to move away from his most disastrous policies, structural reforms are still needed to ensure that small businesses, the businesses that pay the majority of taxes in Canada, are made whole. Promise · 15 wordsWe are going to see that through taxation and regulatory reform on a major scale, Claims · 139 wordsbut we have not seen that yet. I encourage the government to heed the words that small businesses, the ones with eight to 10 employees, still need market access to the United States. These are 50-year-old relationships that are in jeopardy right now. Today, business leaders from across western Canada came to Parliament.² I will acknowledge that they are happy with Bill C-39, the Liberals’ big, beautiful bill. They are happy about the attack the Liberals are going to make on organized labour, even though the Conservatives are still debating it and trying to figure it out. However, they have stressed the need for regulatory reform and measures that are going to help small businesses in western Canada. In Manitoba, for example, 50% of exports go to the United States.³ It is higher in a lot of other provinces. Reasoning · 7 wordsWe have to take that relationship seriously. Claims · 31 wordsIn my question back in June, I highlighted that Canada has lost 100,000 entrepreneurs over the last two decades, ⁴and there has been a 19% increase in business exits since 2019.⁵ Positioning · 4 wordsThat is not acceptable.Positioning Procedure · 17 wordsRight now, we are facing major challenges, but the government can do a couple of things better.Procedure Claims · 42 wordsIt can look at the RTRI. Very few businesses understood what that program was, and the Minister responsible for Pacific Economic Development Canada was around nine months late in delivering it based on the timelines he stated when the program was announced.⁶ Reasoning · 28 wordsIf the Liberals say we are at economic war, why would they make businesses wait nine months for a program they said they would deliver in three months?⁷ Positioning · 5 wordsThat is simply not acceptable.Positioning The ask · 45 wordsWe need confidence that the public service, the ministers and the parliamentary secretaries are going to step up, hold their public servants to a higher standard, do things in their power and actually move at the speeds they said they would in the last election. Claims · 7 wordsSo far, we have not seen that. Positioning · 29 wordsIt has to change. We have to stand up for Canada. The government needs to stand up for Canada, and it is not doing that in a responsible way.Positioning Claims · 50 wordsThe final statistic I will mention is that according to a TD Economics report, graduates in mathematics, computer science and engineering are less likely to remain in Canada than non-STEM graduates.⁸ The University of Waterloo shows that the highest performing students are the most likely to leave Canada after graduation.⁹ Reasoning · 6 wordsThose are the entrepreneurs starting businesses. Claims · 10 wordsThey are going to the United States to do that. The ask · 13 wordsWe need to bring in the structural reforms to support small businesses and—