Wage Subsidy

• ‘Our survival is really in jeopardy’: B.C. restaurants fear changes to COVID-19 subsidies

  Big changes to Canada's COVID-19 subsidies for businesses have some smaller B.C. restaurants worried.

  Canada

  Oct 24, 2021
  
• Saint John restaurant to close, explore new business model as pandemic drags on

  Ethel and Mary’s, a small bakery and restaurant in Saint John, is closing its doors. Owner Matthew Elliott said he’s hoping to reemerge with a new business model in a few months.

  Economy

  Oct 14, 2021
  
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• Federal government pressed to extend COVID-19 benefits for small businesses

  The Canadian Federation of Independent Business is is asking the federal government to extend wage and rent supplements set to expire near the end of the month.

  Economy

  Oct 5, 2021
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• Don’t stop federal COVID-19 benefits, businesses say as expiration nears

  On Oct. 23, benefits such as the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy and Lockdown Support will expire.

  Economy

  Sep 28, 2021
• Ottawa extending multiple COVID-19 subsidies for workers, businesses amid Delta spread

  Chrystia Freeland announced the wage and rent subsidies will be extended, along with the Canada Recovery Benefit and others offered for caregivers and sick Canadians.

  Canada

  Jul 30, 2021
• Canadian retail sales fell by 2.1% in May amid COVID-19 lockdowns

  Sales decreased in eight of 11 subsectors for May, representing more than 65 per cent of the country's retail trade.

  Economy

  Jul 23, 2021
• Hard-hit Canadian businesses call for extensions as COVID-19 aid programs wind down

  As the Canadian economy gradually reopens, the government is winding down their COVID-19 aid programs.

  Money

  Jul 23, 2021
• NDP calls for federal COVID-19 wage subsidy clawbacks, but critics question feasibility

  ``The wage subsidy was clearly supposed to go to workers and toward protecting Canadians' jobs -- not bonuses for top corporate brass,'' the letter states.

  Health

  May 22, 2021
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• Feds audit landlords who received coronavirus rent aid as new program faces scrutiny

  Documents show federal officials have audited at least 127 landlords who received aid through the original program, a quarter of which have been resolved.

  Economy

  Feb 8, 2021
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• More than 200K small businesses could close permanently amid pandemic: CFIB

  The closures would jeopardize millions of jobs, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business warns.

  Money

  Jan 21, 2021