Liberals extend emergency COVID-19 wage subsidy program

The Liberal government's emergency wage-subsidy program will be extended to the end of August to help employers keep their workers on the payroll during the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today.

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[debbie]

So much negativity we should be grateful we live in a country that can do help itself as well as other parts of the world.

[keyboardmanyoutube]

Everyone should be covered not certain group of people. We paid tax and now we are excluded when we also need financial help? Remember this, everyone’s income got impacted!

[ChopinSchubert]

And people who make $1, 500 a month can't apply for CERB. Time to quit jobs!

[stevenbosse]

How about stop letting people on welfare to stop collecting both and people in prison should not be allowed to claim the cerb. How has no media pick this up .criminals getting money while people who paid into this getting the shaft.

[Nightfury]

I'm leaving this country before they start taxing us 70%

[coltonsmith]

I got told that the money the gov't is giving you have to pay back in taxes

[MultiDarkZen]

Liberal is a weird way of saying authoritarian

[gary]

Federal spending on pandemic measures now at $151.7-billion

[firestormlivingsolutions]

Open up the country completely - or history will not be kind

[touqirbutter]

If the infection was stopped outside Canada in timely manner we won’t have to deal with all of this, and no loss of thousands of lives. May be airline and some tourism industry could be effected but most of the country would be fine. But guys don’t criticize this government, it will be considered discrimination, it is discrimination against the stupids. Stupids also have equal rights to make a government.

[tommyca]

Come on all the countries, just turn on all printing money machines. Nothing need to be worries

[illyh]

I'm tried conservatives calling Canadians lazy by getting the Cerb they need to support themselves during a pandemic and should be extended. Not every business can rehire since majority of them are small businesses

[tutertoot]

Is someone going to know that I'm here? CERB is almost done. I am 61, a private music teacher with about 25 families that come to me. I've spent the last 6 years building my reputation and my business. I was also beginning to build a successful life coaching practice. I pay my taxes. I do not have employees. What is my next step after June? Even if, by a miracle, my studio and office can reopen, I know that my families are going to be very cautious before bringing their children back to lessons. Clients will have to be wooed into comfort for "virtual" sessions. Additionally, not all my families will have jobs to go back to. I will need time to rebuild my numbers. What do I do?

[alextest]

1. Printing money is not a solution. It only gets the problem worse. 2. He is too generous with tax payers and our children and grandchildren's money.

[innocentnezehose]

They need to extend Canada emergency response benefit as well because not all businesses will be back on track quickly

[jonmcneil]

What a bunch of bull this is. My girlfriend works at four different hospitals in b.c and has not see one single case of this but she has been tested several times. I wonder what they are putting in her head.

[gary]

I guess the curb isn't flattened? Or are we doing this forever?

[vash]

Your Focus is Flawed, Just like your acting

[kingalfonso]

Dear Canadians:
I support FREE SPEECH, which is why I donated to "Rebel Media".
They don't censor or shadow ban on their YouTube page, unlike other news outlets!!!

[BishopRealTalk]

When CBC doesn't need a bailout because the government already subsidizes them...