Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much, Ms. Hogan, for your excellent work and your excellent response today. I think all of us are committed to strengthening our responses and are always looking to do better and to support Canadians better during these challenging times.
The central goal of the CERB was to get funding into the hands of Canadians as quickly as possible to help them through COVID and to allow them to be able to isolate at home, hence protecting their health and the health of their families, and also to reduce the stress on the health care system.
About eight million Canadians received the CERB, and most people received their payment within three to five days of applying. Was the federal government successful in its intended and central goal of getting funding into the hands of Canadians as quickly as possible?