Canada Wage Subsidy

• Wage subsidy extension, disability grant for COVID-19 to face Senate vote

  The special sitting is also a chance for Conservatives and other senators critical of the Liberal government to criticize its handling of the months-long crisis.

  World

  Jul 27, 2020
  
• ‘I’ve fallen through the cracks’: Penticton, B.C., restaurateur says wage subsidy program inadequate

  Gregory Condon said he must use January and February average sales as the benchmark comparison, when business in the tourism town is typically very slow.

  Economy

  Jun 21, 2020
  
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• Coronavirus: Extending CERB for months could cost extra $64B, PBO report suggests

  The first cohort of CERB recipients will hit the current 16-week limit early next month.

  Economy

  Jun 10, 2020
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• Liberals face heat over political parties using emergency coronavirus wage subsidy

  NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh also faced questions on Monday about why his party is accessing the federal COVID-19 emergency wage subsidy program.

  Politics

  May 25, 2020
• Coronavirus: Federal deficit will likely hit $252B this year, budget watchdog says

  The figure is an estimate based partly on the almost $146 billion in spending measures the government has announced to help cushion the economic blow from the pandemic.

  Canada

  Apr 30, 2020
• Some business owners’ wages may be covered by COVID-19 subsidy program, CFIB says

  The Canadian Federation of Independent Business says business owners who pay themselves in dividends wouldn't be included in the wage subsidy program.

  Economy

  Apr 27, 2020
• Coronavirus: Small business in New Brunswick optimistic after Ottawa announces wage subsidy

  Trudeau has announced the federal government plans to subsidize 75 per cent of wages for small and medium-sized businesses hit by the new coronavirus pandemic

  Canada

  Mar 29, 2020