Mr. Speaker, thousands of small businesses have had to close their doors because they could not get help during the pandemic, yet the Prime Minister gave $1 billion in wage subsidies to big corporations that were not in need and paid millions in dividends to their executives.
Extendicare, Canada's largest operator of private seniors' residences, applied for and received $21 million in wage subsidies on the grounds that demand for care dropped during the pandemic.
Why did the Prime Minister favour the Liberal elite over Canadian workers?