{"time": "2020-11-03 15:05:00", "attribution": {"en": "Mr. Sean Fraser (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance and to the Minister of Middle Class Prosperity and Associate Minister of Finance, Lib.)", "fr": "M. Sean Fraser (secr\u00e9taire parlementaire de la ministre des Finances et de la ministre de la Prosp\u00e9rit\u00e9 de la classe moyenne et ministre associ\u00e9e des Finances, Lib.)"}, "content": {"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6325525\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I am happy to address the member's question. As Canadians take action to limit the spread of a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, we know that many businesses are struggling to meet their monthly expenses, including rent specifically. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6325526\" data-originallang=\"en\">The new Canada emergency rent subsidy is going to be better targeted, easier to access and will provide direct support to affected businesses. For the hardest-hit Canadian businesses that suffer a lockdown at the hands of a public health order, we will be there for them, as we said we would be in the throne speech, by providing a rent subsidy that could be as generous as 90% of their monthly expenses. We will be there for businesses through this pandemic to make sure they are still here on the back end.</p>", "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6325525\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je suis heureux de r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 la question du d\u00e9put\u00e9. Alors que les Canadiens prennent des mesures pour circonscrire la deuxi\u00e8me vague de propagation de la pand\u00e9mie de COVID-19, nous savons que nombre d\u2019entreprises ont du mal \u00e0 assumer leurs d\u00e9penses mensuelles, notamment leur loyer.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6325526\" data-originallang=\"en\">En plus d\u2019\u00eatre mieux cibl\u00e9e et plus facile \u00e0 obtenir, la nouvelle Subvention d\u2019urgence du Canada pour le loyer offrira un soutien direct aux entreprises concern\u00e9es. Comme nous l\u2019avons annonc\u00e9 dans le discours du Tr\u00f4ne, nous serons l\u00e0 pour les entreprises les plus durement touch\u00e9es par la fermeture temporaire impos\u00e9e par une ordonnance de sant\u00e9 publique. Nous leur fournirons un g\u00e9n\u00e9reux suppl\u00e9ment au loyer qui pourrait couvrir jusqu\u2019\u00e0 90 % de leurs d\u00e9penses mensuelles. Nous serons l\u00e0 pour \u00e9pauler les entreprises afin de nous assurer qu\u2019elles survivent \u00e0 la pand\u00e9mie. </p>"}, "url": "/debates/2020/11/3/sean-fraser-11/", "politician_url": "/politicians/sean-fraser/", "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4447/", "procedural": false, "source_id": "10989641", "h1": {"en": "Oral Questions", "fr": "Questions Orales"}, "h2": {"en": "Small Business", "fr": "La petite entreprise"}, "document_url": "/debates/2020/11/3/", "related": {"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2020%2F11%2F3%2F"}}