Ms. Chantal Maheu at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On May 1st, 2020. See this statement in context.

May 1st, 2020 / 11:15 a.m.

Deputy Minister, Labour, Department of Employment and Social Development

I'm not sure if I'm reflecting the question, but thank you for it.

I will have to say that questions around wage subsidies don't pertain to the labour program mandate. The wage subsidy program is something that the Department of Finance worked on, in the same way that assistance for workers was an ESDC initiative, so I'm not privy to the decision-making process that led to the decision to increase the amount.

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