Thank you very much.
One category of business that I've heard from, which I will just take as an example, is New Flyer Industries in my riding, which is a bus manufacturer. They have struggled in the pandemic. Obviously ordering new buses wasn't top of mind for cash-strapped municipalities.
They are optimistic about their future, but the way the ongoing support is structured for the hardest-hit business programs doesn't take into account the way a business like theirs receives their revenues. They may have very little revenue for months at a time, and then they deliver an order and get paid in one month for maybe several buses. They have a revenue spike, and then the following month they are back to working on some of what's left of their remaining pre-pandemic orders, and they may not be paid again for some time.
I'm just wondering if the department contemplated businesses that operate on this kind of model and what recommendations they have for them.
Is there anything in Bill C-2 that would provide assistance to these businesses, or are they out of luck because of the nature of their revenue cycle?