Mr. Speaker, six months later and guess how many have been paid? Zero. Every business has been left out in the cold. Only the Conservative government could spend $1 billion and put people out of work. This is an absolutely outrageous situation.
Businesses in the height of summer were counting on business. Those weeks were stolen from them. Six months later, is this the best the government can give them?
People's jobs are on the line. Businesses are on the line. The minister had better stand and give a better answer than that.