Yes, I have no problem with that.
Ms. Koutrakis, I think you nailed it. You really understand very well the fact that we're moving from a phase of emergency measures into something that is more medium or long term.
Right now, unfortunately, you have a lot of laid-off employees. They have access now to the CERB and they're able to take that. Some people will also be able to have the wage subsidy. Some companies and even some people will be able to work a few hours and still have the subsidy and make sure they remain on the payroll.
This is a way whereby industry benefits from the programs put in place by the federal government. There are some problems here and there in eligibility, of course, and we've mentioned a few during our presentation, but they are definitely steps in the right direction.
Moving forward, this is why the rent program is so important as a tailored solution for the food service and restaurant establishments, because, to the point Andrew made, you have 80% of the independent operators operating on only 20% of revenues. I think we understand that there's a new phase, that the COVID and the self-confinement situation is moving into a multiple-month process, and definitely help is going to be needed.
To the point of my colleague in Prince Edward Island, definitely June 3, in terms of the wage subsidy, is probably a little too short a time for it to be fully effective, but everything done so far has been positive and are steps in the right direction. We just need to tweak things here and there, and of course create a 100% program for rent subsidies.
That would be my outreach to the federal government. It would be to make sure that the work on rent relief is also done with the provinces, because after all, a lot of those contracts are under provincial jurisdiction. However, federal leadership would definitely be appreciated here.