A tax filer getting nudged by the CRA will tend to put tremendous weight on what they receive. What may be thought by the department to be a nudge is often taken very hard by the recipient, especially small business owners.
If I have time, Mr. Chair, I'd like to shift a little and ask the finance officials about businesses that did not qualify, and still do not qualify, for the wage subsidy or the rent subsidy because they don't meet the loss criteria. They either opened in March 2020 as a business or in 2019 had severely reduced revenue because of retooling a plant, rebuilding a restaurant, being closed for much of 2019 and not having the comparable year-over-year loss to qualify for these programs. These businesses have been completely left out in the cold with catastrophic results.
I wonder if I can have the finance officials comment on whether there was any consideration of these businesses or if there will be any future consideration.