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COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Matters  Mr. Speaker, that was pretty vague, so let me ask this more directly. Will the Prime Minister extend the CERB, or will he end it at the end of August?

July 22nd, 2020House debate

Jagmeet SinghNDP

COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Matters  Mr. Speaker, there was no answer there, but I will ask another more specific question. Will the Prime Minister commit to fixing EI so that it applies to all Canadians and they can use it when they need it?

July 22nd, 2020House debate

Jagmeet SinghNDP

COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Matters  Here is the thing, Mr. Speaker. People are seeing a Prime Minister who seems more interested in helping close friends by giving millions of dollars to WE Charity. They are still worried about their futures, and they do not know if the Prime Minister is focused on helping them or just helping his close friends.

July 22nd, 2020House debate

Jagmeet SinghNDP

COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Matters  Mr. Speaker, those millions of Canadians need to know that there is a plan at the end of August. I am simply asking a direct question: What is that plan? Will the government improve EI to help all Canadians? Will the government extend the CERB? People need to know. Will the Prime Minister answer the question?

July 22nd, 2020House debate

Jagmeet SinghNDP

Victims of Sexual Misconduct and Assault  Mr. Speaker, there have been discussions among the parties, and if you seek it, I think you will find unanimous consent to adopt the following motion: That the House recognize that: (a) victims of sexual misconduct and assault rightly fear that they will not be believed, that their actions will be trivialized, that their own responsibility will be questioned, that they will be judged negatively, that they will be intimidated, persecuted or let down; (b) victims are courageous whether or not they report, immediately or later and with the means they are comfortable using; (c) it is unacceptable that Quebec is in its third wave of mass denunciation of these reprehensible behaviours and yet still today one in three Canadian women will be a victim of sexual assault in her lifetime; and (d) the system is failing to protect and support the survivors properly; and call on the government to set up a committee of experts, similar to the one set up by the Government of Quebec with the participation of the elected members of the three other parties represented in the National Assembly, to review and develop measures to benefit victims of sexual assault and domestic violence, and to restore their confidence in the judicial and extrajudicial system.

July 21st, 2020House debate

Jagmeet SinghNDP

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has close ties to the WE Charity; that is quite obvious. Why did the Prime Minister not recuse himself when the decision was made to give the WE Charity nearly $1 billion?

July 21st, 2020House debate

Jagmeet SinghNDP

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, apologizing means nothing if the Prime Minister keeps on breaking the rules to help his wealthy friends. Here are the facts. The Prime Minister's family has earned over $300,000 in speaking fees from this organization. WE officials have said that they do not normally pay speakers a fee.

July 21st, 2020House debate

Jagmeet SinghNDP

Further COVID-19 Measures Act  Mr. Speaker, the legislation brought forward today is because the New Democrats fought, demanded and pushed for help for Canadians living with disabilities. It is certainly a step in the right direction. The fact that we fought, pushed for and demanded changes to the wage subsidy program to help more workers is a positive step.

July 20th, 2020House debate

Jagmeet SinghNDP

Further COVID-19 Measures Act  Mr. Speaker, that question is difficult because a lot needs to be done. I do not want to hold it as if I have all the answers, but I do have some that have been built by the community and by people who have looked at this question. What we need to do immediately is end systemic racism: the anti-black racism that exists in policing.

July 20th, 2020House debate

Jagmeet SinghNDP

Further COVID-19 Measures Act  In the statement by the member, who was asked to list out what the Liberals have done since 2015, he said they allowed someone to come in to do a report, and they made a symbolic change, a self-admitted symbolic change. What has this government done to make people's lives better and to stop police brutality?

July 20th, 2020House debate

Jagmeet SinghNDP

Further COVID-19 Measures Act  Mr. Speaker, what we have seen in this scandal is a clear example of Liberal rhetoric: the words members use about who they are working for in public, and when the doors are closed. In public the Liberal government has certainly said a lot of very positive things, but behind closed doors it turns out they are actually working to help out their closely connected friends.

July 20th, 2020House debate

Jagmeet SinghNDP

Further COVID-19 Measures Act  Mr. Speaker, I have pointed out that, throughout the pandemic, there has been a certain pattern emerging. Looking at people in need, what has the government's response been? When people are in need, the government says to wait. Canadians living with disabilities have been told, since the beginning of this pandemic, to wait.

July 20th, 2020House debate

Jagmeet SinghNDP

Further COVID-19 Measures Act  When the images of the Prime Minister in blackface emerged, we were told to judge the Prime Minister on his actions. What have those actions been? At a time when there is a movement of people demanding concrete action to address systemic racism, the Prime Minister has asked his ministers to come up with a plan for a plan to do something.

July 20th, 2020House debate

Jagmeet SinghNDP

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, the WE scandal is another example of the Liberal government saying all the right things in public, but working for its close friends behind closed doors. If the Liberal government really wanted to help students, it could use existing programs. Will the government admit today that the point of this scandal was not to help students, but rather to help its close friends?

July 20th, 2020House debate

Jagmeet SinghNDP

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, there were lots of ways to help students; this was not it. What this was was a billion-dollar bailout of close friends of the Liberal Party and of the Prime Minister. People with disabilities were told to wait for months before they could get help. People who saw their CERB about to end were also told to wait.

July 20th, 2020House debate

Jagmeet SinghNDP