Thank you, Mr. Ste-Marie.
I'll start off, and then I'll let my colleague Mr. Ryan complete my response.
Actually, we are asking for more predictability in terms of the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy, but also the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy. Right now, as my colleague Ms. Demarcke just mentioned, there is operational uncertainty in terms of the spread of the virus and the sanitation guidelines that will need to be implemented. Entrepreneurs are used to planning the purchase and sale of their products and the hiring of the employees they need to operate. Right now, they are not able to do this, because programs are extended from month to month or a few weeks at a time.
So we are asking you to extend the programs as long as necessary. Given that they are already regressive and based on loss of revenue from 2019 and so forth, there is not much risk. We asked that they be extended to 2022, because the next budget goes to 2022, but they should be extended as long as necessary to help contractors maintain the employment relationship with their current employees and plan for needed hires.
I will let Mr. Ryan complete my response.