Mr. Chair, I believe that Canadians, given the choice, will always choose to work. Canadians want to work. The Canada emergency response benefit was designed and was meant to help Canadians who are out of work, whose job disappeared or they were laid off because of the COVID-19 pandemic. We trust Canadians and we know that they want to work as a default.
On May 14th, 2020. See this statement in context.