We're working to make sure that these programs work and that they serve their goal, which is to provide income for people who do not have income as a result of COVID-19. We're trying to make sure that the adjudication and delivery of the benefit are things that can be administered in this emergency time period.
One of the things we've talked about in the past is that this, we expect, will be a temporary measure. This is a measure we've put in place for 16 weeks. We're trying to make sure that it's administered as a temporary measure in a way that supports people but that doesn't delay the ability to get the payment out to people. In this regard, there's always going to be a balance. We're trying to balance it so that we make sure it has the right incentives and that it protects people. We've come to this conclusion through looking at an approach that we think works.
There will be other things that we're going to continue to need to look at. We know that in a time of emergency we don't have all the answers up front. We're trying to make sure we get to the answers in a way that makes sense, and to the extent that there are things we need to look at and come to in the next iteration, we have done that. A good example of that is how we have moved to the $1,000. On that issue, we feel we've come to the right conclusion.
There will be other issues, I'm sure, that we'll continue to look at to make sure these programs are working successfully. Of course, we want to make sure they're delivered. We were so pleased to say that we were able to actually move forward with the CERB in the timeline that we had. We're so pleased to see millions of Canadians who are actually on it.
Having been involved in international meetings this week, I will say that I think one of the things that Canadians can be proud of is that not only did we come up with these measures and have we been iterating them, but they're also actually being delivered to people. We're finding that is not necessarily the case in other countries where they do not have the same ability to get those benefits out to people, which of course is the ultimate goal. We want to make sure people actually get access either way.