Mr. Vincent Jennings:

I thank the Chairman, Deputies and Senators. The Convenience Stores and Newsagents Association, CSNA, is the representative group for 1,500 stores with nearly 1,300 members throughout the country. We were asked to enunciate in order of priority the areas of concern for our members. In our submission we have listed the areas of greatest concern as being labour, energy, insurance, banking, commercial rates, compliance and security costs and carriage charges. We have also outlined for the committee what we would like it to do.

I will leave it at that to allow for more interaction.