Finance committee  Absolutely. Everything that comes as a memorandum to cabinet is something that is crafted by the public service.

Finance committee  They do. Fortunately, this was one of many programs put in place to help young people. As I mentioned earlier—and this is not to diminish it at all—it was less than one-tenth of the package that was announced, even just for the COVID period. As some of your colleagues on the comm

Finance committee  Just to clarify for you, on April 22, when he announced the $9-billion aid package to support students through this time, you're right that he did announce as part of it the Canada summer student grant, but it was—

Finance committee  There were a lot of things during this period, and it was important for us to be transparent with Canadians on what was coming. It was important for us to let students know that this kind of program was coming, and at that time—

Finance committee  At the time, and I believe the Prime Minister spoke to this when he appeared before committee earlier, he believed that the option for administering the program might be the Canada Service Corps, which he'd long been looking at and working on. He was, I think, a bit disappointed

Finance committee  There are a lot of things that have happened in the last number of months that I don't think any of you on this committee or any of us in government have experienced before. Actually, something really important that this government has been doing is letting Canadians know what's

Finance committee  Would you like me to answer that?

Finance committee  I think Canadians can have faith in how this government is delivering because of the supports they're feeling, the fact that this government is being responsive—

Finance committee  —and the fact that when the CERB and the wage subsidy weren't as simple and generous as maybe they needed to be—

Finance committee  —we made sure to make those adjustments.

Finance committee  We did this for students as well. There was a $9-billion package announced for students, the large majority of which still—

Finance committee  One adjustment that has happened during COVID, which we haven't seen by any governments in the past, has been hugely beneficial to the relationship between a government and Canadians. It is how transparent and forthcoming the government has been in saying what might be coming, wh

Finance committee  I'm happy to try again.

Finance committee  The Prime Minister announced a $9-billion package to support students, and that particular element of the package was still to be determined. He had a number of ideas at the time of how it might be administered, but he moved on to work on a number of other emergency measures whil

Finance committee  I apologize, Mr. Chair. Something has just come up on my screen. I just need someone to come and.... Sorry, there's a big something.