Members of Parliament reconvened in the House of Commons for an additional special sitting on Tuesday, to continue debating and likely pass the federal government’s latest COVID-19 emergency aid bill.
After spending all day Monday debating the proposed aid program changes and new offerings, MPs are expected to wrap up their condensed consideration of Bill C-20 by the end of the day.
Government House Leader Pablo Rodriguez said Monday that he anticipated the bill to be passed through all stages and sent over to the Senate for their scrutiny by 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday.“Businesses were asking for this in terms of wage subsidy, and also people living with disabilities have been waiting way too long for this. So we’re really happy we can move forward very quickly,” he said.
In the case of the disability aid, it hasn’t been a quick process. In June, the Liberals failed to get the all-party support needed to pass an earlier aid bill that included the one-time payments to eligible Canadians with disabilities . Since then the government said it was looking at other ways to deliver the payments but have now returned to the legislative route.
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