Scheer says Liberals\u0027 choice to give WE contract was \u0027corruption or incompetence\u0027
While those measures were expected to pass with the support of all opposition parties, the same collegial spirit did not extend to question period.
The organization has handed the program back to the government and both Trudeau and Morneau have said they should have recused themselves from the decision. “Either the Liberals were aware of these issues and still approved the decision or they were incompetent,” he said.It is neither, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland replied repeatedly, nearly reading verbatim from a sheet of paper with the Liberals’ current top-line talking point on the issue: that the idea of having WE run the Canada Student Services Grant was brought forward by the non-partisan public service.
The proposed changes will see the program pay on a sliding scale based on revenue drops due to the pandemic, with the hardest-hit businesses eligible for a 25 per cent increase to the previous maximum payment.Article content continued“We have major concerns around the wage subsidy, we’ve highlighted ideas to make it simpler,” Scheer said ahead of the Commons sitting.
Scheer said the Tories do support the elements of the bill that grant up to $600 for people with disabilities and allows the court extensions and don’t want to hold those up.Article content continued “ picked today to come back to debate this bill and also to participate in question period, then he decided to take a personal day,” Scheer said.
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