Budget fédéral: le ministre Champagne «préoccupé» pour les petites entreprises, selon le propriétaire de Bottes Boulet à Saint-Tite

Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne cares about small Canadian businesses hit by economic uncertainty, says the owner of the Bottes Boulet shoe company in Saint-Tit.

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“We, of course, discussed this a little. Then he is very concerned about what small and medium-sized businesses are going through today,” Louis Boulet emphasized in an interview on the show. On your caseMonday evening.

L'Entrepreneur de la Mauricie hopes the Canadian government will unveil a strategy to help businesses exporting to the United States when it unveils its budget Tuesday afternoon.

“Yes, we will work to develop exports outside the United States, but we must not forget about the American market. We cannot simply turn away from the natural market for us,” he explained.

Louis Boulet says Ottawa needs to be more aggressive in its exports to the American market due to tariffs on Canadian imports imposed by Donald Trump.

“Americans need to see that we are someone permanent, and not someone who exists but may not exist in six months,” the entrepreneur said.

Watch the full interview with Louis Boulet in the video above.