Madam Chair, thank you. I'll accept that answer.
What I want to do now is point to page 9 of the Department of Finance's dataset, which is under the GBA+ departmental summary. In it, we see a note that there were indirect beneficiaries, that both genders and demographic groups are expected to benefit indirectly from the proposal. The department, of course, identified higher-income people. Then, in the explanation, despite all the redactions, this one is clear: “Owners of eligible entities could benefit from the wage subsidy via an improvement of their bottom line. While no information is available on the shareholders and owners of entities affected by the proposal, since it has broad application”, it says, “aggregate data", and then it goes into a breakdown.
Is it safe to say that page 9 of the Department of Finance dataset identified early that shareholders would be benefactors of this subsidy? Again, what analysis was put in place to recognize that a program that was ultimately designed for workers would end up being siphoned off to shareholders, who add no labour value to the economic recovery as it relates to the wage subsidies?