Mr. Chair, through you to the minister, I want to stick to the CEBA right now, if we could.
I take it that if an employer pays themselves with dividends, the answer to my question is no, they are not eligible for the CEBA. I'll leave it to you to correct me if I'm wrong, but that sounds like what you said.
I have talked to business people in my riding who are very, very worried about qualifying for these programs. There are so many holes in these programs, gaping holes you could drive a truck through. Another one of them is, for example, that the CEBA loan is based on 2019 payroll. Many businesses are newer businesses. They don't have a 2019 payroll or they had only a small 2019 payroll. Many businesses are family-owned businesses that don't pay themselves and don't qualify.
Why are these businesses being excluded? On what date will the minister correct this injustice in the program, this unfairness in the program?