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Jean-Denis Garon Bloc Québécois
“The Prime Minister misses important details. The wage subsidy is working. It lets businesses keep their workers connected to their jobs when production has to stop. Employment insurance would cost small businesses more in taxes. This subsidy protects workers during a temporary crisis caused by the United States.”
“Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is a macroeconomist. This explains why he lacks an eye for detail in certain areas. In the case of the wage subsidy, its purpose is to allow the business to pause operations while production is halted, in a context where the EI system is inadequate or where its actuarial structure means that if these workers were covered, then smaller SMEs would end up being taxed more heavily. It is an effective mechanism that supports workers, maintains employment linkages and acknowledges, as the government has said, that this is an artificial crisis created by the Americans and that it is temporary.”
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is a macroeconomist. This explains why he lacks an eye for detail in certain areas. In the case of the wage subsidy, its purpose is to allow the business to pause operations while production is halted, in a context where the EI system is inadequate or where its actuarial structure means that if these workers were covered, then smaller SMEs would end up being taxed more heavily. It is an effective mechanism that supports workers, maintains employment linkages and acknowledges, as the government has said, that this is an artificial crisis created by the Americans and that it is temporary.