Mr. Chair, I have a comment and then a question.
Since all members of Parliament have identified issues with the current program, I think that we must look at the possibility of implementing a universal benefit for everyone.
There's also the matter of a “courage benefit” for front-line workers who are currently on the job, such as cleaners and nurses. I'm talking about all the people who work in these areas.
If legislative changes are needed for the Canada workers benefit to put in place the courage wage, the courage benefit, or to ensure this universality of benefit programs, we will have that opportunity in the next week if Parliament is reconvened. The message from many MPs is to look at that and to look at those changes for when Parliament, in its reduced form, reconvenes. That's my comment.
My questions are around the wage subsidy and non-profit charities and municipal institutions. I have two questions.
First, will the government be flexible in interpreting revenue sources around charities and non-profits? The month-to-month variation may well not work for them.
Second, municipal institutions, such as libraries and museums, seem to have been pushed aside because they do receive public funds through municipal funding. Is the government considering—I hope it is—ensuring that municipal institutions can also receive funding through this wage subsidy? For many municipal governments this is an extremely difficult time as well.