Federal political parties under fire from Bloc Québécois for accepting wage subsidy during COVID-19

Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet holds a press conference on Parliament Hill amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa on Monday, May 25, 2020.Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet condemned other political parties on Monday – particularly the Liberals and Conservatives – for accessing the taxpayer-funded wage subsidy program aimed at supporting workers and businesses through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Political donation records for the first three months of 2020 show the Conservative party raised $3.8-million, the Liberals raised $2.9-million, the NDP raised $963,924, the Greens received $576,644 and the Bloc collected $184,196.“Critical is a very gentle word for the way I feel about that. I find it absolutely unacceptable,” Mr. Blanchet said.

​The federal subsidy announced by the federal government is designed to help keep employees on the payroll and covers 75 per cent of wages for employees of eligible employers, including non-profit organizations and registered charities.

On Friday, staff for the federal Liberals, Conservatives, NDP and Greens confirmed to The Globe and Mail that they have all applied for a taxpayer-funded wage subsidy while citing financial challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.Conservative leadership hopefuls Peter MacKay and Erin O’Toole said on Twitter over the weekend that they both take issue with their party accepting the subsidy.

globepolitics Exactly why Quebec will come out of this over-blown pandemic fear stronger and better as they know not to take advantage of situations. Quebecers seem very reasonable people.

globepolitics Why’s he care? Quebec doesn’t pay taxes. They receive taxes.

globepolitics The reasons why Chinese eat bats and everything..

globepolitics It should be survival of the fittest for businesses.

globepolitics And literally no one cares what the Bloc thinks outside of maybe 30 ridings in Quebec.

globepolitics Why am I siding with the bloc on something

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