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View Adam Vaughan Profile
Lib. (ON)
In terms of the projects that are on hold, that haven't been approved but have met the qualifying standards, are you familiar [Technical difficulty—Editor] if the opposition supports the budget that's upcoming?
View Ahmed Hussen Profile
Lib. (ON)
Yes, absolutely. I am hopeful, and determined to make the case to have additional dollars for what has proven to be not only a very successful program but also a program that is very much needed from coast to coast to coast.
View Adam Vaughan Profile
Lib. (ON)
There are a significant number of projects on that list that a budget in four or five weeks, or whenever it is, we don't know.... A budget that comes sooner will allow us to get to those projects without a reapplication process, thereby reducing costs for the applicants. That's one of the goals we have as we move to end chronic homelessness in this country.
View Ahmed Hussen Profile
Lib. (ON)
Yes. In fact, to answer the member's question, the number of applications, the number of viable projects that responded to the calls for proposals for the rapid housing initiative was simply incredible. It shows that the need is there, but it also shows that there are partners ready and able to put together shovel-ready projects, viable projects that are much needed.
I, along with the honourable member and others, believe that we should definitely try to find more money.
View Louise Chabot Profile
BQ (QC)
Thank you.
Good afternoon, Madam Minister. It's good to see you again. You've made yourself very available to the committee. I commend you for that.
You won't be surprised that I want to talk to you about employment insurance. You talked about the many measures that have been put in place—I won't list them all—to meet the needs of workers. Now, we know that all of these measures are temporary and that they will end in September, in six months.
With respect to the 2021-22 budget, how did you plan your requests for additional appropriations to accommodate this? On what basis did you make your requests? Are these permanent measures starting in September? Will there be enhanced employment insurance measures, measures that take into account the fact that sickness benefits will be increased?
How have you prepared your credits for this reality?
View Carla Qualtrough Profile
Lib. (BC)
Thank you for your question, which is very important.
Employment insurance appropriations and planning are very complicated. It's very important to have the exact amounts.
So I will ask Mr. Flack or Mr. Perlman to give you the exact amounts.
View Louise Chabot Profile
BQ (QC)
Madam Minister, with all due respect, I am not looking for the amounts, but rather for the basis on which you prepared them.
More clearly, have you estimated that as of September 2021, it will be the status quo EI rules that will apply?
View Carla Qualtrough Profile
Lib. (BC)
I'm sorry. I understand now.
We will use the amounts and the flexibility until September, and then we will go back to the pre-pandemic system. We have not yet decided to change the system in September. At least that is my understanding, and I would like Mr. Perlman to correct me if I don't have the correct information. We have not made a decision on what to do next.
Graham Flack
View Graham Flack Profile
Graham Flack
2021-03-16 15:57
I can do it, Minister.
It's just that the estimated numbers that are in front of you reflect decisions that have already been made by the government [Technical difficulty—Editor]. They don't take into account decisions that might be made in a subsequent budget. The numbers before you do not take into account potential additional measures.
View Brad Vis Profile
CPC (BC)
I agree, and that's why I think we need a federal budget today.
Mostafa Askari, Sahir Khan and Kevin Page at the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy recently opined in a letter in the Globe and Mail about the need for transparency and for a plan to get Canadians back to work, which would be included in the budget.
Do you think it would be appropriate for our next budget to have provisions that expanded our current employment insurance system to address the needs of Canadians who are at risk of losing their jobs?
Hassan Yussuff
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Hassan Yussuff
2021-03-09 16:32
I think the budget could do many things in addition to all of what you have suggested. Yes, I'm hoping that when the budget comes out, it will include a lot of things that the government has noted that it needs to address with regard to ensuring that the weaknesses that we have seen in this pandemic, the cracks that we have seen in our social system, are going to be addressed in a major way that actually gives Canadians confidence that we have heard them and that we're addressing those concerns.
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