L'hon. Jim Peterson: Monsieur le Président, la concurrence étrangère, comme les opérations de la banque Wells Fargo à l'intention des petites entreprises au Canada, a permis, on l'a vu, à ces dernières d'obtenir des prêts indépendamment de leur bilan.
Hon. Jim Peterson: Mr. Speaker, we have seen how foreign competition such as the Wells Fargo operations directed at small business have actually sparked some lending in Canada to small businesses which is not based on balance sheets.