Finance committee  I'm conjecturing that this is an issue potentially around programs like the Canada emergency business account.

Finance committee  In that regard, if it's a new business number and they need funding, they need to be looking at multiple channels at this point, including through the regional development agencies or alternative programs. As far as I understand it, that situation would preclude the company fro

Finance committee  The program has authorities to.... This is from memory. I would need to refer back to the numbers. I don't have them at my fingertips. There is no effective constraint at present. It would be 50% utilization. By design, there was excessive headroom put into the program, just to m

Finance committee  I'll take it. Thank you for the comment. At this point, I will take it as feedback from the program. It's not an issue that I'm aware of as having been raised, but in the spirit of hearing the experiences that people are having, it's good to hear that. Thank you.

Finance committee  Can I get away with yes? There's ongoing work on debt management planning that takes place between the Bank of Canada and the Department of Finance.

Finance committee  For reasons that I alluded to in an earlier answer, we're working to improve our understanding of how many loans have been extended. We will come back with better information on that. It's something that we're in active conversations with financial institutions about right now.

Finance committee  I can tell you that there's—

Finance committee  Loans have been advanced, but the uptake was slower than initially expected. As a consequence of that, changes were actually made to the structure of the instruments. For example, with respect to the EDC guarantee, the guarantee term was extended from one year to up to five years

Finance committee  Thanks for the question, Mr. Julian. That's a policy decision that's not part of the program as it currently exists. The program is supplemented by a range of other supports to assist small businesses.

Finance committee  Hello, Mr. Julian. Thanks for the question. I personally have not seen the term structure of the debt in the Second World War, but I will take that question back and see what we can find in the records.

Finance committee  What I can tell you is that both programs are run through the two Crown financial institutions under their own authorities, so I draw a distinction between those programs and the Canada emergency business account, where parliamentarians have had a little more of a rapid view into

Finance committee  Yes. They are 90-day, short-term.

Finance committee  The reliance on T-bills in the short term is really reflective of T-bills essentially being a shock absorber, if you will. It's the most flexible part of the debt market. The other comment I would offer is that if you look at the overall distribution of our debt, we have about 2

Finance committee  We'll do that. Thank you. Your point is well taken, Mr. Poilievre. You know, you will see some terming out of the debt. The reliance on the T-bills to the extent that you've seen is really, as I've said, a function of that being the shock absorption part of the market.

Finance committee  Hi there. I was checking to see whether my deputy was still on the call.