Leah Gazan at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On March 9th, 2021. See this statement in context.

March 9th, 2021 / 4:05 p.m.

NDP

Leah Gazan NDP Winnipeg Centre, MB

Thank you so much, Mr. Chair.

My first question is for Mr. Yussuff.

Thank you so much for being on the panel today. One thing the NDP has been proposing is to extend sickness benefits. With COVID, we know that even with individuals who have contracted the virus we don't know the long-term health impacts that result from it, as an example.

You indicated that you support increasing the sickness benefit to 50 days. Why is this critical?

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