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View Chrystia Freeland Profile
Lib. (ON)
Madam Chair, the question was asking if there are measures to support new businesses. In fact, in the budget, there are so many measures to support all small businesses across the country. I spoke about the digital adoption scheme. I would like to talk about an essential tax measure that will encourage businesses to invest in themselves.
I will finish discussion of that—
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Lib. (ON)
Madam Chair, I will just finish by talking about this tax measure because I think it is one of the most productivity-enhancing measures in the budget.
For the next three years, businesses will be able to count, as a tax expense, up to $1.5 million of investment in themselves in each of those three years. All Canadian businesses can do that.
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Lib. (ON)
Madam Chair, I think it absolutely makes sense that businesses that were already up and running, and that had no choice but to continue, have been the priority of our government's support measures. I think that is absolutely right.
I absolutely agree with the member opposite that we need to have continued support for all Canadian businesses into the recovery, and this budget makes unprecedented investments in small businesses that will do exactly that.
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Lib. (ON)
Madam Chair, Mitacs is a very reputable, long-standing Canadian government program that has done tremendous work in supporting innovation in the Canadian economy.
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Lib. (ON)
Madam Chair, some measures in the budget, such as the continued support of Mitacs, are continuations of and further investments in existing highly successful programs. I think that is the right approach to take, particularly in this urgent moment when we all need to devote our attention to the recovery. That is the approach we have been taking here, to take a program that is already working and to double down on it.
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Lib. (ON)
Madam Chair, as I said, this is a tried, tested and well-known Canadian program. It is absolutely right in this budget, when we need to invest in innovation, to use systems that work.
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Lib. (ON)
Madam Chair, the rent subsidy is one of the big success stories of our government's efforts to support Canadian businesses throughout the pandemic.
I will remind the member of how many businesses have been supported through that program. There are 182,000 businesses across the country that have benefited from the rent subsidy.
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Lib. (ON)
Madam Chair, I have a lot of respect for the member opposite, especially late at night, but he has to get his lines straight.
Either he can claim credit for the rent subsidy and say it is great, or he can criticize it. He cannot have it both ways.
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Lib. (ON)
Madam Chair, one of the elements of the budget is that EI sickness benefits will increase from the current 15 weeks to 26 weeks. That is a good thing.
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Lib. (ON)
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Lib. (ON)
Madam Chair, I will speak about my personal experience.
My mother died of cancer and, during the pandemic, my father had cancer. He is all right now.
I have personal experience with cancer, and that is why I supported increasing EI sickness benefits from 15 weeks to 26 weeks.
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Lib. (ON)
Madam Chair, I think it is excellent that our government chose to increase EI benefits from 15 weeks to 26 weeks and—
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Lib. (ON)
Madam Chair, I would like to add something about the EI sickness benefits. The Conservatives need to pick a lane. On one hand the member asks questions about the debt, on the other he asks questions on the lack of programs. He has to—
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Lib. (ON)
Madam Chair, I am proud that our government kept its promise and increased the old age security pension for people 75 and up. That was one of our campaign promises.
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Lib. (ON)
Madam Chair, the interpretation problems may be related to the fact that it is hard for the interpreters to follow us. I thank them for their work.
No one has been abandoned in our budget.
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