Madam Chair, we continue to come up with ways to ensure that our small and medium-sized business owners are in good shape.
To be eligible, individuals must have earned $5,000 or more in the past 12 months and find themselves with no income as a result of COVID-19. Those are the conditions. A small business owner therefore has the same access to benefits as anyone else. That is very important.
Of course, we will continue to think of ways to ensure that all Canadians are able to deal with this difficult situation.