I know a number of our business association partners have come out very clearly with the position that any temporary changes that have been implemented to various degrees of understanding through this pandemic, not be made permanent until we are through the pandemic. I think we would concur with this.
Having said that, the time to start discussing this is now. Again, September looms large, and so does the EI premium freeze. The impact that could have could be crushing. I spoke about the struggle that is real for large portions of our membership, the big, the small and otherwise. You look at this as one piece, but there are the other pieces as well and they're already starting behind the eight ball with the amount of debt they are incurring.
The other concern we have is how these burdens, as they increase, will affect hiring practices and getting Canadians back to work.