Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My question is about sugar shacks. Obviously, they have a seasonal activity and this is the second season that will fail. When the wage subsidy program was introduced, it was not introduced in time for sugar shacks to take advantage of it last year. Now we learn that they would like to take advantage of it this year. But they had no income last year because their season fell apart.
Could they apply now for the wage subsidy?
They want to be able to prepare take-out food. They could use a helping hand. They would like to qualify for the wage subsidy.
Can they do this even if they had no income last year? If not, is the Department of Finance currently working on a solution for sugar shacks?
Earlier this week, I questioned the minister about this.