Of course, workers build society. Everything we see around us was made by workers. The current crisis is brutal and the unemployment rate is brutal. We have to make sure that people do not come out of this crisis more in debt or in worse conditions than before.
The Canada emergency response benefit was introduced as replacement income, and that's great. We were able to fill the gap for seasonal workers, people who lost their employment insurance benefits, those who lost income and students. That's great too.
However, other issues need to be addressed, such as credit cards, usurious interest rates and many other factors. We have to look into multiple concerns. We must ensure that people and society can come out of the crisis stronger. We need to prepare ourselves and our social security system for potential crises.
This is a historic moment, and there have been other moments like this in our society's history. We must learn from it, go further and come out stronger.