House approves emergency wage subsidy, senate expected to pass this evening

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks in the House of Commons as legislators convene to give the government power to inject billions of dollars in emergency cash to help individuals and businesses through the economic crunch caused by the coronavirus in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada April 11, 2020.

Addressing the House, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau compared the sacrifices Canadians are being asked to make during this pandemic to the sacrifices of Canadian soldiers who captured Vimy Ridge on April 9-12, 1917, and of those who served and fought in the Second World War, some of whom are still alive and extremely vulnerable to this disease.

“We can absolutely accommodate the directions of public health officials by having a reduced number of MPs," he told reporters, saying that only regular sittings of the House could provide"the transparency and oversight that this government needs, that every government needs all the time, especially in a crisis.”

In the House, Mr. Scheer criticized the government’s handling of the pandemic in its early days, when the Liberal government downplayed the threat of the coronavirus. He was also critical of the government’s failure to ramp up testing in the early stages of the spread and questioned why the government delayed its decision to impose restrictions on people coming to Canada.

Here's an idea: Don't meet in future. Commons debates right now are nothing more than an opportunity for opposition members to posture. Let government run and hold them to account later. Now is not the time for partisan bullshit from Scheer and others.

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