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Finance committee I believe it does, yes.
July 30th, 2020Committee meeting
Katie Telford
Finance committee Absolutely. Despite all the things that are being talked about now, this was an organization that was internationally renowned, that was nationally renowned. I can tell you that my nine-year-old son knows the name of this organization, and not from me. There's a school named aft
July 30th, 2020Committee meeting
Katie Telford
Finance committee There are a lot of things that have happened in the last number of months that I don't think any of you on this committee or any of us in government have experienced before. Actually, something really important that this government has been doing is letting Canadians know what's
July 30th, 2020Committee meeting
Katie Telford
Finance committee Would you like me to answer that?
July 30th, 2020Committee meeting
Katie Telford
Finance committee I think Canadians can have faith in how this government is delivering because of the supports they're feeling, the fact that this government is being responsive—
July 30th, 2020Committee meeting
Katie Telford
Finance committee —and the fact that when the CERB and the wage subsidy weren't as simple and generous as maybe they needed to be—
July 30th, 2020Committee meeting
Katie Telford
Finance committee —we made sure to make those adjustments.
July 30th, 2020Committee meeting
Katie Telford
Finance committee We did this for students as well. There was a $9-billion package announced for students, the large majority of which still—
July 30th, 2020Committee meeting
Katie Telford
Finance committee One adjustment that has happened during COVID, which we haven't seen by any governments in the past, has been hugely beneficial to the relationship between a government and Canadians. It is how transparent and forthcoming the government has been in saying what might be coming, wh
July 30th, 2020Committee meeting
Katie Telford
Finance committee I'm happy to try again.
July 30th, 2020Committee meeting
Katie Telford
Finance committee The Prime Minister announced a $9-billion package to support students, and that particular element of the package was still to be determined. He had a number of ideas at the time of how it might be administered, but he moved on to work on a number of other emergency measures whil
July 30th, 2020Committee meeting
Katie Telford
Finance committee Absolutely. Everything that comes as a memorandum to cabinet is something that is crafted by the public service.
July 30th, 2020Committee meeting
Katie Telford
Finance committee They do. Fortunately, this was one of many programs put in place to help young people. As I mentioned earlier—and this is not to diminish it at all—it was less than one-tenth of the package that was announced, even just for the COVID period. As some of your colleagues on the comm
July 30th, 2020Committee meeting
Katie Telford
Finance committee Just to clarify for you, on April 22, when he announced the $9-billion aid package to support students through this time, you're right that he did announce as part of it the Canada summer student grant, but it was—
July 30th, 2020Committee meeting
Katie Telford
Finance committee There were a lot of things during this period, and it was important for us to be transparent with Canadians on what was coming. It was important for us to let students know that this kind of program was coming, and at that time—
July 30th, 2020Committee meeting
Katie Telford