Finance committee  Thank you. I believe that Dan was talking about rent deferral. We're always talking about big companies. For small businesses now in Canada, I wish that the Canada Revenue Agency would go through their T4s or their revenue. Not many of them make more than $50,000. In the short

Finance committee  And how are they going to survive if they continue like this? There are no visitors. I don't know if members of Parliament will be coming back to the city. I'm talking about my city, Ottawa. If they come back, will they be social distancing? Is a government worker going to go bac

Finance committee  I think the rent subsidy should go directly to the landlord. It should not go to the businesses, to the tenants.

Finance committee  It should go directly to the landlords. I've had this conversation with a few people. The government should work strictly with the landlords. Look at their payment—what's their mortgage payment? If they have a huge mortgage payment, at least cover their mortgage payment and give

Finance committee  —I have a few part-time workers. They make $200 or $300 every week. Now they're getting $2,000. Do you think I'll be able to bring them back? It will not be easy to bring them back to work.

Finance committee  First of all, thank you for giving me this great opportunity to speak in the committee today. My name is Salah Elsaadi. I own three businesses in the city of Ottawa, two of them on Sparks Street downtown, a hair salon and a crêperie, and another one, a construction business in th