The Senate's finance committee says the Trudeau Liberals need to tell people very soon what they will do for those who max out a key federal COVID-19 benefit in the fall without jobs to go back to.
Senators are also calling on the Liberals to consider a guaranteed income program to make sure all Canadians have the means to meet their basic needs.
The recommendations are among several the committee makes in its review out today of the Liberals' emergency aid programs. Underlying many of the recommendations is a concern from the committee about what it says is a need to address a "lack of accountability and transparency" in federal spending.
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