Perhaps I'd make a number of observations. Obviously, I can't comment on policy decisions, but there are number of considerations. As was identified, a key issue is the extent to which you can piggyback on existing systems such as the GST credit, which has the advantage of having already baked into it the targeting of those most in need, or the child benefit for that matter.
The original 10% wage subsidy also had the ability to get cash to firms very quickly because it allowed them to offset their eligibility, those small companies that were eligible, against withholdings of income tax from their employees.
That's a very important design consideration in a situation like this: To what extent can you use those existing systems? In looking at the Canada emergency recovery benefit, CRA was able to build on a system very quickly to deliver those.
Those are very important considerations. To the extent to which you build in many criteria, you have to build a system that has many criteria that targets particularly, and that inevitably slows down the capacity of the government to deliver relief to Canadians.