Thank you.
Mr. Kelly, you've begged us as parliamentarians to urge the ministers to consider those who have fallen through the cracks, small businesses, start-ups as you mentioned, and obviously the hospitality sector and restaurants and so forth.
I had that opportunity last week with Minister Freeland. She came and I asked her a question on behalf of a constituent here who's a restaurant owner in lockdown right now. He wanted to know why the programs made no differentiation between those who were seriously impacted and those who were not. He wanted to know why small business owners like him who had shut down completely were treated the same as those who were open. Unfortunately, her response was, as you can already imagine, that compensation has been very focused on where the need is greatest. We just keep hearing this refrain over and over again, that the compensation is covering everybody and nobody's falling through the cracks.
How do I get through that? I tried. I did my best. What else can I do?