After stepping forward, Bill Morneau simply shrugged before saying, "he's the boss.”

The federal government announced a number of small business tax reforms including dropping the tax rate to nine per cent by Jan. 1, 2019.

"The small business tax was never the issue," says the president of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade.

PM Justin Trudeau promised to make further changes to the Liberal tax reform plan that triggered angry backlash from entrepreneurs.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau is expected to unveil changes aimed at quelling criticism of his controversial small business tax reform proposals.

Canada's finance miniter was in Oakville, Ont., for a town hall meeting where a question-and-answer session boiled over more than once into a shouting match.

The plan has prompted complaints about wealthy small business owners being given an unfair tax advantage.

The Fraser Institute calculates that the average Canadian family paid $34,154 in taxes of all sort last year.