The move prompted Toronto Liberal MP Adam Vaughan to argue publicly that governments should never "scare" people to achieve public policy goals. 2:13About eight million Canadians have received CERB, which offers people about $2,000 a month for up to 16 weeks. Watch: Jagmeet Singh says government CERB crackdown goes too farNDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says the Liberals' proposed legislation would criminalize people who wrongly received CERB and disproportionately impact more racialized Canadians. "Now they're saying you're going to get in trouble and that's going to impact, without a doubt, racialized people more than anyone else." 0:32Conservative MP Tim Uppal said he was troubled by Singh's suggestion that a crackdown on fraud would disproportionately affect minorities.

Source: CBC News June 09, 2020 15:55 UTC