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The Prime Minister’s decision to prorogue Parliament until September 23 is an effort to position the Liberals as defenders of the 7 million people who lost their jobs this spring, the 8.4 million who needed CERB and the 4.5 million who will still need CERB after it wraps up August 29.

Media reports about job creation and economic recovery are overblown and out of sync with the reality of a 28 percent unemployment rate among women and 24 percent among men. These more than 5 million people include the officially registered unemployed, those who have given up looking for work, and those who are working less than 50 percent of the hours worked before the crisis. Many working people have seen their savings evaporate and are hanging on by a thread.

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