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Persons with Disabilities Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his ongoing commitment to raise up the hundreds of thousands of Canadians living below the poverty line who are working-age Canadians with disabilities. I thank him also for working with members in all parties in the House and, indeed, t
February 10th, 2022House debate
Carla QualtroughLiberal
COVID-19 Emergency Response Mr. Speaker, what we will not apologize for, and in fact are extremely proud of, is having helped over eight million Canadians who received the CERB when they needed it most at the beginning of this pandemic. Verifications are ongoing to identify individuals who received the CERB
February 10th, 2022House debate
Carla QualtroughLiberal
COVID-19 Emergency Response Mr. Speaker, we acted quickly and brought in the Canada emergency response benefit when Canadians needed it most. Although the Canada emergency response benefit is only available to individuals living in Canada, there were some recipients who work in Canada but have a mailing a
February 10th, 2022House debate
Carla QualtroughLiberal
COVID-19 Protests Mr. Speaker, the member for Hamilton East—Stoney Creek has a really important question. These demonstrations have had a serious impact on the health and safety of Ottawa citizens with disabilities. Whether it is access to home care, other supports, food delivery or Para Transpo,
February 7th, 2022House debate
Carla QualtroughLiberal
Employment Madam Speaker, we are working very hard to improve the temporary foreign worker program, especially for the agricultural sector. Frankly, there needs to be more fairness in the employer-worker relationship, and we are working hard on that.
December 10th, 2021House debate
Carla QualtroughLiberal
Employment Madam Speaker, the health and safety of temporary foreign workers is of the utmost importance to the government, and I want to thank every single temporary foreign worker for what they have done for our food security over the course of COVID-19. Like every worker in Canada, they
December 10th, 2021House debate
Carla QualtroughLiberal
Canada Revenue Agency Mr. Speaker, I can assure this House that my office and my department follow up on every allegation of fraud, and this would be no exception.
December 9th, 2021House debate
Carla QualtroughLiberal
Employment Insurance Mr. Speaker, we offer our condolences to Émilie Sansfaçon's family. I was at that meeting with the Prime Minister. That is why, in budget 2021, we committed to expanding benefits from 15 to 26 weeks. We are now engaged in a consultation on modernizing the EI system. Everything is
December 9th, 2021House debate
Carla QualtroughLiberal
Employment Insurance Mr. Speaker, of course we know that people who are sick need more weeks of EI sickness benefits, which is why we committed to extending the benefits from 15 weeks to 26 weeks. With the consultations on EI modernization, we will certainly put everything on the table. I fully und
December 9th, 2021House debate
Carla QualtroughLiberal
Canada Revenue Agency Mr. Speaker, I can assure this House that the government has zero tolerance for fraud. We are systematically following up on every active case and every issue that we address through CERB. We said from the beginning we would give Canadians, eight million of them, CERB. At the end
December 9th, 2021House debate
Carla QualtroughLiberal
Public Safety Mr. Speaker, our government has zero tolerance for fraud. We are working and will continue to work with all appropriate jurisdictions and authorities to ensure that these individuals and others who commit fraud are held accountable. The government remains firmly opposed to gun vi
December 9th, 2021House debate
Carla QualtroughLiberal
Public Safety Mr. Speaker, our government has zero tolerance for fraud. We have worked, and will continue to work, with all appropriate jurisdictions and authorities to ensure that these individuals, and others who commit fraud, are held accountable. We will always take a hard stance against g
December 9th, 2021House debate
Carla QualtroughLiberal
COVID-10 Economic Measures Mr. Speaker, I can assure everyone in the House that we have been unwavering and continue to support workers throughout this pandemic. That is why Bill C-2 talks about continuing the Canada recovery sickness benefit and the Canada recovery caregiving benefit. That is why we are c
December 7th, 2021House debate
Carla QualtroughLiberal
Employment Mr. Speaker, we are definitely going to do that. We have an agreement with the Government of Quebec with regard to foreign workers. We are making the processes more simple. The Government of Quebec is now able to bring in more workers more quickly. Some of the measures came into
December 7th, 2021House debate
Carla QualtroughLiberal
Small Business Mr. Speaker, small businesses are absolutely a priority of our government. In fact, it is thanks to them that Canada gained 154,000 jobs last month. Our employment rate has gone down for the sixth consecutive month in a row, and in fact, we have gained 106% of the jobs lost durin
December 6th, 2021House debate
Carla QualtroughLiberal