Yes, certainly. We would recommend that people with expired SINs be able to access benefits.
Many of these workers have been working in Canada. They've been contributing to the labour market. Like many other Canadians, they are in this unprecedented crisis and, having lost their jobs, they deserve access to the same income supports that others can access. Allowing this for workers with expired SINs, or allowing people to apply for a temporary SIN without proof of status, are measures that we would recommend.
We would also recommend that people be able to apply for open work permits, which would also both facilitate access to income support and, even more so, allow people to return to the labour force and actually work in some of these jobs where there are labour shortages.
We would recommend both of those measures.