Okay. That's interesting because it's difficult. You mentioned you went to the bank, and people's first reaction was, “Oh, this is uncomfortable”, or to say, “My brother went through this”, or “My niece went through this.” I don't think that's something you can legislate. That comes with awareness. That comes with education. But it's still awkward for people because they don't know what to say in a public setting.
For me, I think, there are two things. How can the federal government provide financial assistance and cut away that red tape? That's critically important. You had mentioned that they said you owed $550. It's silly that it's an automatic response that says you have to pay it in a timely fashion. In the work that we do in our constituencies, it's easy for us to pick up the phone and talk to Service Canada, and say, “Look, this is what's happened,” and they will.... So there's a gap there. Something is just not right, and we have to figure out how we can address that.
You had mentioned that you were off for two years. In the previous panel, the professor said some people come back a lot quicker. Sometimes it's not good to send people away for too long because they're not interacting, and what have you.
How could we address that? There are inconsistencies in trying to put a system together where you might need two years, but somebody else who doesn't have any benefits whatsoever doesn't get that. Can you speak to that a bit?