Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
For the benefit of those who might be watching at home, I'll just explain that the emergency response benefit, the CERB, provides $500 per week for up to 16 weeks to workers, including self-employed workers, who have involuntarily stopped working due to COVID-19. The government estimates that this program will cost $35 billion. On April 15, the government announced amendments to the CERB that will allow recipients to earn $1,000 per month, and will expand access to some workers and seasonal workers who have exhausted their employment insurance benefits. However, we know, from I believe it was last week or so at the Standing Committee on Finance, there are a lot of people who are still left out of this program.
In the design of these means-based, tested programs, when you are proactively determining and identifying who is eligible for them, can you comment on who's left out?
The time is ticking.