Thank you so much, Chair.
I'd like to welcome the minister here today.
Minister, people who were struggling to make ends meet applied for the CERB in good faith. Now your government is going after people who are barely surviving the pandemic, yet your government isn't going after big corporations that received massive dividends to rich shareholders.
This is problematic, particularly in ridings experiencing severe poverty, including mine, which currently has an outbreak of trench fever, something that hasn't been seen for 100 years. Many people got the CERB or decided to take the CERB because of higher costs, for example, keeping their kids home from school, food costs, bill costs, and even being able to get their kids technology, for example, so that they could participate in school.
I want to ask you today, Minister, whether your government is willing to provide CERB repayment amnesty for low-income Canadians who claimed the CERB, including youth who have aged out of care during the pandemic.