In my riding, a nice little restaurant called Crêpe Café on St-Charles Street in Longueuil has just closed its doors. It's final; it won't reopen. Another restaurant owner told me that he was going to reopen his restaurant, but he didn't know at what capacity. Would it be at 15%, 30%, 40%? No one knows.
The speed at which the economy will recover is the big unknown. How many hours a week will it be able to offer its employees? Will it be 12 hours, 15 hours, 22 hours? Will employees even want to return to work to put in 12 hours a week? If the CERB isn't adjusted, nothing will happen.
Will the government commit to extending the CERB and providing an employment incentive to get the economy moving again at full speed?