Finance committee  I don't think my translation will work. It's my browser, but I am happy to provide a written response to that question.

Finance committee  I hope my mike is working. You're right, that part governs—

Finance committee  All right.

Finance committee  I think our FINTRAC colleague answered a similar question earlier. Bruce, did you want to take that one?

Finance committee  I would add, if I may, from a Department of Finance perspective, that we also requested funding for anti-money laundering. It was for two purposes mainly. First was to support the policy capacity, given this growing area of attention for the government and the need to further ref

Finance committee  Overall, declining interest rates are a good thing in terms of the debt. We have had to issue quite a bit more debt given the COVID crisis, the response and the unprecedented number of support measures that we've put in place. Going forward, given these expenditures and the deb

Finance committee  I'm happy to take that. I'm with the Department of Finance.

Finance committee  I'll kick that off. It's a very important issue. Thank you for raising it. We did extensive consultations early in the year. Actually, we were able to begin and finish them just prior to the onset of the pandemic. We did broad-based consultations across the country, including w

Finance committee  Not at this time. Timelines have shifted given the urgent priorities of COVID-19, but it does remain very much a priority given the issues involved.

Finance committee  I would just reiterate what the minister said. We are working hard on all these issues affecting small businesses and larger businesses. We've taken a number of measures and continue to look at the impact they've been having. If there are any outstanding areas that need to be add

Finance committee  Thank you for that. As you mentioned, it hasn't yet been fully launched. We expect that to occur in the next week or two. As I was mentioning, it is very much a program available for those small businesses most impacted by the crisis. Under the conditions of the program, the la

Finance committee  On the commercial rent program for small business, that program is not yet launched. It is targeting the small businesses most significantly hit by the crisis, and I believe it will be very impactful for those small businesses and their landlords to bridge them through this perio

Government Operations committee  It will ultimately depend on take-up, but we're estimating it will be approximately $2 billion in loans.

Government Operations committee  No, this is for the full program.

Government Operations committee  That's for three months.