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House Hansard - 21

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 1, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 21 - Feb/1/22
Hon. Karina Gould (Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Lib.)
  • Feb/1/22 2:35:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is exactly why our government has acted, since we were elected in 2015, to bring forward the Canada child benefit, which helps nine out of 10 families. In fact, it has helped lift 435,000 children out of poverty. Let me remind the House that the Conservatives voted against this measure. We know that we need to help families with the high cost of living. With the Canada child benefit and affordable day care, we are making important strides and we are going to keep doing that for families.
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Context: House Hansard - 21 - Feb/1/22
Hon. Karina Gould (Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Lib.)
  • Feb/1/22 2:42:22 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to start by saying that this is an issue we take very seriously. We understand how important it is for everyone to get their benefits because EI is there to help Canadians when they need it. We have hired more public servants to meet the increased demand and we will continue to adjust internal resources to ensure that everyone who applies will get their benefits.
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Context: House Hansard - 21 - Feb/1/22
Hon. Karina Gould (Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Lib.)
  • Feb/1/22 2:43:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for raising this important issue. I really appreciate it. As I said, this is not just about public servants handling fraud cases, although that is important, of course. We are also talking about additional employees hired because of the growing number of claims due to omicron-related closures. I will work with her and all members of the House to resolve this situation because addressing Canadians' needs is very important to our government.
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Context: House Hansard - 21 - Feb/1/22
Hon. Karina Gould (Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Lib.)
  • Feb/1/22 2:45:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as I told my hon. colleague last week when we talked about this issue, I understand that each application represents one person, one family that needs help. That is why resolving this issue is one of my priorities. We also need to understand that there is an increase in applications because of the omicron‑related closures, but we are nevertheless putting more resources in place precisely to ensure that every Canadian who has applied—
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