wage subsidy

Benefits rolled out at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic allowed vulnerable Canadians to stay healthy while maintaining an income, but business supports were excessive and show the outsized influence of business groups on public policy, economists say.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pulled the plug on Sunday, August 15, 2021, on his minority Liberal government, arguing that Canadians deserve a say on how to finish the fight against COVID-19 and build back the shattered economy.

Opening and closing a business not only means throwing out product, but having to find new ways to try to break even.

Ottawa's extension of income support for unemployed workers during the COVID-19 pandemic will tack on more than $5 billion in government spending costs, Parliament's budget watchdog says in a new report.

The federal Liberal government has handed over thousands of pages of documents related to the WE controversy to a House of Commons committee, which lawyers are now vetting for personal information and cabinet secrets.

A federal wage subsidy for employees in businesses hit hard by COVID-19 will last at least through the summer and the federal government is asking companies to rehire laid off staff — many of whom have received aid from an emergency benefit that has gone over budget.

The adequacy of federal emergency benefits to help Canadians weather the COVID-19 crisis is bound to come under scrutiny today, May 8, 2020, as the country gets the first real glimpse of the economic devastation wrought by the pandemic.

Parliament will be recalled on Saturday, April 11, 2020, to vote on the Trudeau government's $73-billion emergency wage subsidy program to help businesses keep their employees on the payroll through the COVID-19 crisis.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his ministers are expected today, April 2, 2020, to amplify their message that Canadians have a duty to stay home, even as the massive cost of compensating them for doing so becomes clearer.

A growing number of business and labour groups are urging the federal Liberals to up their promised wage subsidy to help companies hit hard by COVID-19 keep people on their payrolls.