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The Liberals plan to spend $30 billion over the next five years for the new daycare program, with child care fees to be reduced by 50 per cent by the end of 2022. Job and business subsidy programs will see $12.2 billion in funding, as benefits such as Canada Emergency Business, Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy and the Canada wage subsidy are extended to September, and a further $14.6 billion is being spent for worker benefits. The plan is also for a $15 an hour minimum wage for federally-regulated workplaces, such as banks, airlines and the telecom sector, and for seniors, those who are 75 years and over will receive a one-time payment of $500 in August. There will also be a 10-per-cent increase in benefits starting in July 2022.
There are two main suppliers of vaccine currently, Moderna and Pfizer, with deliveries now starting to resume from Pfizer after a week of no supply, and a week of greatly reduced numbers of vaccines. This current week Canada is supposed to receive about 335,000 doses, and then 395,000 the following week, with the government saying the company is to supply four million doses by the end of March. Moderna indicated they would have a “significant supply disruption”, but no numbers have been provided what that means in doses. “We will get a better sense of how this will play out in early March,” said MP Kitchen.
“During these challenging times, it is extremely disappointing to see both federal and municipal governments turn their collective backs on the those employed in our energy sector, and especially in the oil and gas industry. To be complacent in the shut down of the Keystone XL pipeline, or to turn your back on much-needed financial donations, support funds, advertising dollars, and more, is disgraceful,” he said in a statement on Monday. “The hardworking Canadians affected by this decision have provided not only for their own families, but for those across this great country through their work in the energy industry. They help to provide the energy that is needed for transportation, power, and heating our homes, as well as the resources used to produce, process, and deliver our food from field to table,” he added, pointing out that oil and gas workers are a vital part of the economy.