Okay, well, this is what I hope, in a future session, the minister can answer immediately, then. What defines the “current economic environment”? What criteria define “financial viability”? These are the details that need to be known in order for companies to be able to stay afloat and survive right now, and then to grow in the future and get people back to work.
Minister, the finance minister had said that oil and gas businesses could access the wage subsidy while they were waiting for this additional support, but I've been told that Canadian energy companies of all sizes that are based in Canada, employ Canadian workers, contractors, consultants and suppliers, and pay Canadian taxes but generate the revenue from outside of Canada currently don't qualify even for the wage subsidy. That's why so many oil and gas companies can't actually access the supports already announced. Will you commit to working on fixing that problem?