Okay. Thank you.
Mr. Chair, I'm going to start my time now.
Minister, thank you for being with us today, and thank you, Mr. Brown, for being with us as well.
My technical question concerns clause 2 of the bill.
My understanding is that this is the self-employed clause. It essentially acknowledges that the income of self-employed workers was negatively impacted in 2020, so it lowers their qualifying income threshold from $7,555 to $5,000. However, it does so only until September 25, 2021. That is, the EI special benefit program will continue, of course, after September 25, as it's an existing benefit, but only for those who made $7,555.
Can you explain why that is? Why not just carry that clause 2 up until the end of the year?