Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My questions are for Mr. Buy.
Mr. Buy, thank you very much for your very moving presentation. First, I would like to make a comment on the last case raised, the one from British Columbia. To my knowledge, the Minister of Finance has the authority to change the wage subsidy program, and if the company in question were a purely public company, the government would be able to give it the subsidy.
I would like to come back to the ferry situation on the Ottawa River. I was flabbergasted when you said that, if these companies had been hit by one disaster, they would have been eligible for the subsidy, but because they have been hit by two disasters, the government is letting them down.
Have you asked the government about this, and did you get a response?