My colleague MP Gord Johns (Courtenay-Alberni) and NDP Critic for Economic Development and Small Business and I wrote a letter to the Finance Minister Bill Morneau and to the Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion to share our deep concerns about two issues relating to the Canada Emergency Business Assistance (CEBA) eligibility. Our office has received multiple complaints from small business owners who found themselves unable to access the CEBA loan because they did not have a business account or they missed the cut off date for setting up a business account.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Liberals must come clean about vetting process
NDP Critic for Canadian Heritage Peter Julian issued the following statement:
"It has come to our attention that a consultant for a federally funded anti-racism project has a disturbing track record of spewing hate speech online against Jewish and francophone communities. This is completely unacceptable. We call on the Minister of Heritage to take drastic action and terminate his contract.