Hours matter on this, Minister.
Lisa Benard Christensen? runs a dog grooming businesses. She leases out chairs in her salon to other groomers and collects rent from them. It's a flow-through: This rent goes right to the landlord. Right now, she can't collect any CERB, even though she's pouring red ink and losing money, because of the stipulation that employment or self-employed income is the measurement. She may be collecting money from her chairs and submitting it to the landlord, but she's losing money and can't qualify for CERB. She has a diabetic son and can't buy food right now. The government needs to look at this and fix it.
Could you look at gross profit instead of employment income as a measurement so that self-employed people who aren't able to access these benefits get the support they need now?