| Address debate — maximum of six appointed days, pursuant to Standing Order 50(1). |
| Friday, September 25, 2020 — second appointed day. |
| Wednesday, September 30, 2020 — third appointed day. |
| Thursday, October 1, 2020 — fourth appointed day. |
| September 24, 2020 — Resuming debate on the motion of , seconded by , — That the following address be presented to
Her Excellency the Governor General:
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| To
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Chancellor and Principal
Companion of the Order of Canada, Chancellor and Commander of the Order of
Military Merit, Chancellor and Commander of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of
Canada. |
| MAY IT PLEASE YOUR
EXCELLENCY: |
| We, Her Majesty's most
loyal and dutiful subjects, the House of Commons of Canada, in Parliament
assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to Your Excellency for the
gracious Speech which Your Excellency has addressed to both Houses of Parliament; |
| And on the amendment of , seconded by , — That the motion be amended by adding the following:
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| “And regret to inform Your Excellency that your government has failed to provide a plan to approve and deploy new rapid testing measures to aid the provinces in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic; |
| Further regret to inform Your Excellency that your government has failed to provide an adequate plan to support the future of Canadian workers and small businesses inclusive of a program for wage subsidization that protects Canadian jobs while effectively promoting the value and dignity of work, along with a more extensive plan for commercial rent assistance and effective small business supply chain protection; |
| Further regret to inform Your Excellency that your government continues to neglect the unity problems that its policies have created in the Western provinces by undermining the role that resource workers and resource producing provinces have played in paying for quality public services across the federation; |
| Further regret to inform Your Excellency that your government has not acknowledged the need for a new policy regarding communist China that reflects its responsibility for imposing a new police state-style security law on the over 300,000 Canadians in Hong Kong, as well as committing a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Uyghur Muslims in the Chinese area of Xinjiang; and |
| Also further regret to inform Your Excellency that your government has failed to provide adequate transparency to the House with regard to the relationship between the organization known as the WE Charity, the Prime Minister’s family, the relevant government ministries, and outside organizations involved in the development of the Canada Student Services Grant program”; |
| And on the subamendment of , seconded by , — That the amendment be modified by adding, after the fourth paragraph, the following: |
| “We regret that your government did not respond to the unanimous call from the Premier of Quebec, and provincial and territorial premiers for an unconditional increase to the Canada Health Transfer so it represents 35% of health care costs in Quebec, the provinces and territories; |
| We also regret that your government is creating two classes of seniors by proposing to increase old age security only for people aged 75 and over; |
| We regret that your government is violating constitutional jurisdiction by not allowing Quebec and the provinces to opt out, with full compensation, of federal programs in areas under their jurisdiction;”. |