Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Madam Minister, I'm going to ask my two questions at once, and you can answer them afterwards.
In your opening remarks and in your discussions with my colleague Mr. Blaikie, you talked about the importance of addressing the issue of seniors who receive the guaranteed income supplement (GIS), and who have received the Canada emergency response benefit (CERB) and the CRB. This is also one of our concerns. In fact, we are asking you to treat the CERB as working income, to allow for recalculation in the current year and to allow for repayment over a number of years rather than in the current year.
In your remarks, you also mentioned that, in the next few days, you would be unveiling what the government will do to address the situation. Can you confirm that my understanding is correct?
My second question is this. You said that the government is committed to supporting self‑employed cultural workers and that it is currently working on a program that targets those workers. Can you confirm that the program will be put in place in a timely manner and that it will meet the needs of those workers? I would like to see that commitment made here today.
Thank you, Madam Minister.