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House Hansard - 30

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 14, 2022 11:00AM
  • Feb/14/22 6:37:01 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-10 
Madam Speaker, we are in the fifth wave of this pandemic and Canadians are fed up with all the restrictions they have been facing. These restrictions are in place for good reason, but we have to support the businesses and workers who have been suffering. Many of these sectors have fallen through big cracks. I wonder if the member could comment on some of the sectors that everybody else and I have been lobbying for to get these changes that the government seems reluctant to make. I am talking about people like independent travel advisers, who are making nothing. I am talking about a lot of companies in the tourism industry that cannot apply for tourism supports because they are seasonal. Most tourism companies are. Could the member explain why the government seems so slow and so reluctant to respond to their questions?
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  • Feb/14/22 7:32:36 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-10 
Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for mentioning health care workers. As we all know, they have been at the forefront, the pointy end of the stick, as far as COVID goes in terms of both their physical health and mental health risks. Another sector that has really been impacted by COVID is tourism. Two years after COVID began, the government still is not getting the supports right for many tourism operators. Independent contractors of any sort, including independent travel advisers, are not able to access any supports. New businesses that started up just as COVID was starting up are still unable to access the supports that all of their competitors have. I am wondering this. Can the member comment on why the government seems to be blind to all of these needs?
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