Canada to extend rent-relief program for small businesses - Globe and Mail

The Canadian government will extend its coronavirus rent-relief program for small businesses into September, the Globe and Mail reported late on Saturday, citing sources familiar with the policy ...
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How Canada’s unions and NDP paved way for bill enforcing return to work amid pandemic

The Liberal government has introduced a bill that threatens workers who refuse to return to work amid the COVID-19 pandemic with huge fines and jail time. With Bill C-17, Canada’s ruling elite is ...
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CERB was luxurious compared to provincial social assistance

Peter Graefe is a fellow at the Broadbent Institute. Mohammad Ferdosi does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article ...
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CRA says 330 employees fired for inappropriately claiming CERB

More than 300 employees of the Canada Revenue Agency have been terminated in the past year for inappropriately receiving the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) during the COVID-19 pandemic, with ...
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Canada’s Emergency Response Benefit does nothing for migrant workers

Elise Hjalmarson is a Research Assistant for the European Research Council-funded project "Returning to a Better Place: The (Re)assessment of the 'Good Life' in Times of Crisis". She is also the ...