The emergency benefit, I think, is a great program. Its speed and the ease with which people can apply has been commented on, but there remain a number of odd constraints on accessing the program, like the one you just mentioned. Given the number of applications to date, I think the labour force survey number that came out today seriously underaccounts for what is actually happening in the labour force. Clearly this program is needed.
I've identified some areas. You've identified one where the emergency benefit could be expanded rapidly, given that the infrastructure of CRA is already in place to process a phenomenal number of payments in a very short period of time.
I think that at this point we should be providing supports for people without undue constraints. Frankly, there aren't a lot in the emergency benefit, but there are some, and those should be further relaxed such that the people who don't have employment or don't have full employment or are seeing big drops in their hours can gain access to it.