Good afternoon, my name is Sylvain Noël, and I work at the Department of Employment and Social Development.
According to our end‑of‑January estimate, approximately 17,300 individuals took advantage of the measure.
As to your second question, the royal assent date will have no effect on those who benefit from the measure. However, it will have an affect when they receive supplementary benefits since we can add weeks of supplementary benefits only once the bill has received royal assent.