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House Hansard - 15

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 10, 2021 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 15 - Dec/10/21
Mr. Gord Johns (Courtenay—Alberni, NDP)
  • Dec/10/21 12:35:48 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-2 
Madam Speaker, throughout COVID-19 we have provided supports to business. As New Democrats we have talked about the concerns about big corporations paying dividends to shareholders and CEOs taking bonuses off the backs of everyday Canadians when they apply for benefits. One thing that is missing as they divide this bill is that I do not hear Conservatives talking about the GIS clawback. We see the government not going after the big corporations, but using clawbacks it is going after seniors, families and single parents who have the Canada child tax benefits, the most desperate Canadians. I think about women over 65. One-third of single women over 65 are living in poverty. My question to the member is this. Does he not agree that the government needs to change course? Why have the Conservatives not put this into the amendment splitting this bill, helping especially to support the most vulnerable, whom the government is targeting?
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