Business of Supply  Madam Chair, a big part of our $9 billion commitment to students was, in fact, the establishment of the Canada student service grant. I am excited to inform the House that, within days, the “I Want to Help” platform will be available for students to connect to service opportuniti

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, I can assure everyone in the House that we wanted to mirror, as closely as possible, our student financial aid policy. We went with age 12 with the understanding that there was a greater need for child care under that age. I am certainly happy to get any feedback on

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, I can assure every Canadian and everyone in the House that, as we looked at all the measures we were delivering for Canadians, we made sure that we put a disability inclusion lens not only on what specific help we would give to people with disabilities but on every s

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, as we tried to help all workers it became very clear that the employment insurance system was not set up to handle a pandemic situation. It obviously does not help those who do not pay into EI, but also people who cannot work because of child care responsibilities or

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, we committed to extend the EI sickness benefits from the current 15 weeks to 26 weeks. With respect to self-employed individuals, we know that there is an option currently within the EI system for self-employed workers to contribute to and get special benefits, like

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, we will not take away work incentives. It would have been easier had we decided to provide a benefit that covered two weeks next week, but of course, people would not have agreed to work.

An Act Respecting Additional COVID-19 Measures  moved for leave to introduce Bill C-17, An Act respecting additional COVID-19 measures. (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)

Canada Emergency Student Benefit Act  Mr. Speaker, that again is another example of our collaboration as we have been going back and forth on the issue of international students. One of the things we made sure of when we created the CERB was that the criteria would include the requirement that someone had to be resi

Canada Emergency Student Benefit Act  Mr. Speaker, the short answer is yes, absolutely. I look forward to working with all members to enhance our opportunities for young people to work, including adding additional jobs to our existing programs.

Canada Emergency Student Benefit Act  Mr. Speaker, I was very excited when the member put forth his proposal to me in recent days. In fact, just this morning I met with my officials to move that proposal forward so we can indeed respond to the needs of northern Ontario through the use of medical students and not in a

Canada Emergency Student Benefit Act  moved that Bill C-15, An Act respecting Canada emergency student benefits (coronavirus disease 2019), be read the second time and referred to a committee.

Canada Emergency Student Benefit Act  Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the Deputy Prime Minister. I am pleased to participate today in this debate on Bill C-15, an act respecting Canada emergency student benefits. We are here to discuss how we can best support Canada's students. For over six weeks, Canad

Canada Emergency Student Benefit Act  moved for leave to introduce Bill C-15, An Act respecting Canada emergency student benefits (coronavirus disease 2019). (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)

COVID-19 Pandemic  Mr. Chair, I can so confirm. If Canadians truthfully apply, honestly believe they are eligible, and it is determined they may not have been or perhaps have received two payments for applying twice, we will absolutely ensure, through our back end, that we will respectfully work wi

COVID-19 Pandemic  Mr. Chair, I am trying not to take exception to the fact that somehow our public servants at Service Canada are not working really hard to serve Canadians in alternate ways, whether through phone or through the Internet. I appreciate the particular challenge faced by Canadians