It is premature to say “mandatory” versus “voluntary”, but we are hoping to have a robust conversation with Canadian businesses and workers around interest in and perhaps the necessity of some kind of self-employed benefit. Right now, self-employed workers have access to special benefits, but it is an option.
I think you'll hear from the CFIB that they would prefer a voluntary or opt-in self-employed regular benefit, as opposed to a mandatory one. As a government, certainly we will take their perspective very much into consideration as we move forward.