An additional $1.8 billion has been requested to hire additional employees or to pay for overtime.
The unions have met with you and have asked why Correctional Service of Canada officers are not entitled to danger pay, because they are being asked to work during a pandemic.
Canadian Forces members who were assigned to long-term care facilities were entitled to danger pay, the same pay they are entitled to when they are deployed in a theatre of operations.
Why are our Correctional Service of Canada officers not entitled to that possibility?