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House Hansard - 111

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 17, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 111 - Oct/17/22
Ms. Louise Chabot (Thérèse-De Blainville, BQ)
  • Oct/17/22 2:55:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would remind the House that the reason the unemployment rate rose during the pandemic was because governments asked companies to close their doors and, consequently, to put their employees out of work. That happened to thousands of workers. It was the right decision, obviously, but it is the government's responsibility to deal with the consequences of that decision. In terms of CERB, the government is paying off the debt in the consolidated fund. Why is it refusing to take on the EI debt when those benefits were paid out for the same reasons and because of the same pandemic?
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Context: House Hansard - 111 - Oct/17/22
Mr. Clifford Small (Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame, CPC)
  • Oct/17/22 4:52:24 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-22 
Madam Speaker, I would like to know what the member proposes to be part of this legislation. I heard him mention that they don't want us to have to claw back, so I guess that is on Conservatives. In a couple of years' time when we form government, we do not want to have to claw back. What measures are going to be put into this legislation to make sure that we do not have a similar situation to what we had with CERB and other programs, and will the program be efficiently administered, unlike what is happening with passports and Veterans Affairs issues right now?
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