UNDERSTANDING WHY COMPANIES HAVE TO BE BAILED OUT: THE COMPANIES THAT EMPLOY THE MOST CANADIANS ARE SMALL BUSINESSES (>98%). MICRO-ENTERPRISES (1−4 EMPLOYEES) MAKE UP 53.8 % OF CANADIAN BUSINESSES. BY ADDING THOSE BUSINESSES WITH 5−9 EMPLOYEES, THIS NUMBER INCREASES TO 73.4 %. SMALL BUSINESSES ARE THOSE UNDER 100 EMPLOYEES....BUT OVER 73 % OF THESE EMPLOY LESS THAN 10 EMPLOYEES. THE BIG COMPANIES MAY BE ABLE TO STAND THE HIT BUT THE MAJORITY OF SMALL BUSINESSES CANNOT....BECAUSE WITH NO INCOME FOR ONE MONTH....THEY ARE DONE.....AND A COLLAPSE OF THE ENTIRE ECONOMY WILL FOLLOW. I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHY PEOPLE ARE CONCENTRATING ON THESE LARGE COMPANIES WHEN THE ISSUE IS WITH THE MAJORITY WHICH ARE SMALL COMPANIES....THIS IS JUST MISDIRECTING FROM THE REAL ISSUE. THIS SCENARIO IS ALMOST IDENTICAL IN AMERICA ALSO.