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House Hansard - 13

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 8, 2021 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mrs. Stephanie Kusie (Calgary Midnapore, CPC)
  • Dec/8/21 10:23:55 p.m.
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Madam Chair, salaries are rising at a rate of 2.5%, yet the consumer price index is rising at 4.1%. That is a delta of 1.6%. What is the government doing so that wages are keeping pace with inflation?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mrs. Stephanie Kusie
  • Dec/8/21 10:24:26 p.m.
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Madam Chair, year-over-year increases of the CPI are approaching 5% annually. It is supposed to be a target of 2% annually. Again, what is the government doing so that wages are keeping pace with inflation?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mrs. Stephanie Kusie
  • Dec/8/21 10:24:55 p.m.
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Madam Chair, in a tight labour market, where we are statistically at full employment but where employers are struggling to find employees, what is the government doing to avoid wage inflation?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mrs. Stephanie Kusie
  • Dec/8/21 10:25:18 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the jobless rate plunged from 6.7% to 6% in November, putting us in a labour shortage crisis. What is the government doing to end the labour shortage crisis?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mrs. Stephanie Kusie
  • Dec/8/21 10:25:42 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the government is proposing solutions such as formal hiring processes and holistic packages, but this is only shifting the players on the board. We need new workers. What is the government doing to find new workers to end the labour shortage?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mrs. Stephanie Kusie
  • Dec/8/21 10:26:12 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I will give the government an easier question: It is also proposing automation, which I actually think is a good idea. What is the government doing to promote automation in industry, again, to end the labour shortage here in Canada?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mrs. Stephanie Kusie
  • Dec/8/21 10:26:36 p.m.
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Madam Chair, employers are experiencing delays of up to a year in receiving their labour market impact assessments. What is the government doing to expedite the LMIA process in an effort to address the labour shortage?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mrs. Stephanie Kusie
  • Dec/8/21 10:27:07 p.m.
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Madam Chair, up to 55% of entrepreneurs cannot find enough workers. This is limiting growth, which we need desperately at this time, and it is forcing businesses to delay or refuse new orders. What is the government doing to help these small and medium-sized businesses find employees?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mrs. Stephanie Kusie
  • Dec/8/21 10:27:35 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I hope that the government can answer this question. Industries such as hospitality and tourism have been among the hardest hit in the pandemic, but are now struggling to come back because they cannot find enough workers. Again, what is the government doing to help these industries, which are struggling the most, to find employees?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mrs. Stephanie Kusie
  • Dec/8/21 10:28:05 p.m.
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Madam Chair, data shows that 8.9 million Canadians claimed CERB cheques, yet the actual number of new unemployed peaked at 1.5 million in May 2020. Clearly, there was some type of fraud going on. What is the government doing to hold these fraudsters to account and get that money back into the public purse?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mrs. Stephanie Kusie
  • Dec/8/21 10:28:43 p.m.
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Madam Chair, as the House examines Bill C-2, which is in front of the finance committee currently, we are looking at spending another $8 billion. What is the government doing to ensure that fraud does not occur in the future?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mrs. Stephanie Kusie
  • Dec/8/21 10:29:10 p.m.
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Madam Chair, as reported today in the Toronto Sun, the benefits are actually going to organized crime, including human trafficking, prostitution and illegal firearms. How can this possibly be? This includes a Montreal street gang called STL and gangs across the GTA. I asked it in the Toronto Sun, and I am going to ask it here: Was the government aware that this was taking place?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mrs. Stephanie Kusie
  • Dec/8/21 10:29:54 p.m.
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Madam Chair, if the government was aware, why did it not act sooner?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mrs. Stephanie Kusie
  • Dec/8/21 10:30:10 p.m.
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Madam Chair, when will these be investigated?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mrs. Stephanie Kusie
  • Dec/8/21 10:30:22 p.m.
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Madam Chair, when will those implicated be prosecuted?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mrs. Stephanie Kusie
  • Dec/8/21 10:30:38 p.m.
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Madam Chair, for thousands of low-income seniors the guaranteed income supplement significantly declined because they received the Canada emergency response benefit. What is the minister going to do to actively fix this issue for affected Canadians?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mrs. Stephanie Kusie
  • Dec/8/21 10:31:13 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the government is also turning its back on Canadians with disabilities. Those eligible for CERB and CRB had to make $5,000 or more in the year prior. This could be from various sources, including provincial EI programs. However, the government chose not to consider the CPP—
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