Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  It would be technologically possible to ask for the information—

Finance committee  —take it on an attestation basis and provide amounts. Yes, that would be a—

Finance committee  [Inaudible—Editor] possible.

Finance committee  This program is run by ESDC. I believe it would require a legislative change, but I can't be 100% certain.

Finance committee  Chair, I can give you a flavour of why there are technological challenges. The GIS determination was made after we received individuals' tax returns for 2020. That was done, we'll say, in June 2021. Individuals had started receiving their benefits. Entitlements had been determine

Finance committee  The system is ready to go. Once the legislation is in place and royal assent is received, we probably could activate the system within approximately 24 hours.

Finance committee  That's correct. There's an attestation and, of course, there are also checks. For example, the areas of lockdown would be identified—

Finance committee  Not that I believe.

Finance committee  Technologically, it would be possible. The information I guess could be used for statistical purposes. I—

Finance committee  I have to confess that I don't.... Could you just explain to me the goal you're trying to achieve? I'd be happy to try to give you an answer—

Finance committee  That is correct. It's the right range.

Finance committee  There are a range of controls that we use, both for the pandemic measures and for others. We check things. If it's for a business, we'll check the business number. We'll check how long it's been in business. We may check the size of its payroll. We may check past compliance recor

Finance committee  Certainly you're looking at things, depending on the program. It's not easy, for example, to look at hours worked, but for employment insurance, employees have the ability to look at their employment record, to get the record of employment from the employer and verify that inform

Finance committee  Of course, it's different in the situation of the self-employed.