Madam Chair, yes indeed. The federal government provided essential workers with a wage top-up of up to $3 billion for the provinces and territories to address the need to ensure that workers, especially vulnerable workers in health care settings and other front-line workers, received pay that reflected their duties and the care they place on those duties. That money was provided on September 30.
In the House of Commons on November 26th, 2020. See this statement in context.