One thing you mentioned in addition to help kick-start the recovery was to have some sort of consumer spending initiative. One of the dangers that I see with an approach that might not be tailored too finely is when, say, you have no HST for a period of time, or something basic like that. You might essentially encourage people to go buy those imported products at a Walmart, for example, as opposed to visiting a local market and buying from a local artisan.
Are there safeguards or strategies that we could employ to encourage people to not only revisit their spending habits on the back end of this public health emergency, but target the spending on things that will have the greatest economic impact in Canadian communities?