[Locke]

Are we still talking about this?

The CERB rollout was a debacle of monumental proportions, but it was an absolutely necessary evil.

Nobody got it right, and absolutely nobody got it perfect but in emergencies we cant let perfect be the enemy of good.

And yeah, there are going to be consequences, as a matter of fact they're kicking us in the teeth right now.

I just dont see any plausible alternative and criticizing it in hindsight is disingenuous.

You want to criticize the collection of erroneous payments currently now that the 'Sword of Damocles' is no longer over our heads? Sure, go ahead., thats fair game, but the roll-out was pure panicked desperation and frankly, I'm not interested in pointing fingers of blame on that one.

What aggravates me is that there are lessons that we as a people and as a Government and a nation should have learned to be prepared for 'next time' and we're not learning them. We're actively ignoring them.

So when this happens again, and I stress 'when' we are once again going to be woefully unprepared.

And that pisses me off.