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House Hansard - 173

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 27, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 173 - Mar/27/23
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Mar/27/23 2:22:38 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, since 2015, we have put success for the middle class and all those who work hard at the heart of everything we do. That is why we delivered a Canada child benefit that lifted 435,000 children out of poverty. To date, we have created over 50,000 child care spaces by cutting child care fees in half. We have helped over 230,000 children have access to dental care, and we have added over two million jobs to the economy, increasing the participation of women by over 3%. The Conservatives voted against many of these measures. On this side of the House, we will continue to meet the needs of workers—
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Context: House Hansard - 173 - Mar/27/23
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Mar/27/23 2:23:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, from the moment we first got elected in 2015, we put success for the middle class in this country at the heart of everything we do. This is why we delivered a Canada child benefit that lifted hundreds of thousands of kids out of poverty and why we have invested in clean energy and new jobs that have helped Canadians from coast to coast to coast. We have also delivered a Canada workers benefit that the Conservatives voted against, which is supporting low-income workers and continuing to be more generous. We moved forward on supports for dental and rental for low-income Canadians that the Conservatives directly voted against. We will continue to be there for all Canadians, including workers.
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Context: House Hansard - 173 - Mar/27/23
Mr. Irek Kusmierczyk (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, Lib.)
  • Mar/27/23 2:49:04 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, when the pandemic hit, we acted quickly to get recovery benefits into people's bank accounts without delay. To achieve that goal, we planned to verify eligibility in the back end after the fact. This approach kept workers attached to their jobs and positioned our economy to come roaring back. Lower-income workers and groups most impacted by the pandemic were able to benefit from all of our programs. We did the right thing. We will continue to have the backs of low-income Canadians and workers.
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Context: House Hansard - 173 - Mar/27/23
Hon. Ahmed Hussen (Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion, Lib.)
  • Mar/27/23 3:04:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, seniors are actually a priority population in the national housing strategy. We have invested billions of dollars to make sure that vulnerable groups, including seniors, have access to safe and affordable housing that meets their needs. In addition to that, seniors are eligible for the Canada housing benefit in addition to the top-up that the Conservative members of Parliament voted against. Not only did they vote against that help for seniors, they actually played procedural games in the House to delay that help that seniors needed to pay the rent.
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