Thank you so much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister, for being here today. Thank you for your extraordinary leadership during this unprecedented time, and congratulations on being the first female finance minister to introduce a budget.
My first question is on the Canada emergency wage subsidy. As we all know, it has been a huge lifeline to businesses right across the country, including in my riding of Davenport.
How are we ensuring that Canadian companies that are receiving the emergency wage subsidy are using it only for employee salaries; and why did we not include a needs test in assessing which companies should be able to access the wage subsidy?