Resources: COVID-19
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COVID-19 Update – Applications Open for Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy
April 27, 2020
Today (April 27, 2020) is the first day that applications for the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (“CEWS”) can be submitted, and, as stated by the Prime Minister during his press conference, approximately 10,000 businesses applied in the opening hours of the new program.
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COVID-19 Update – Information on the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance Program
April 24, 2020
In his daily address on Friday, April 24, 2020, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau provided further details on the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance Program (“CECRA”), a program designed to support small businesses in conjunction with the provinces and territories.
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COVID-19 Update – April 23, 2020 – Privacy + FOI Bulletin
April 23, 2020
As a result of the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, there have been changes to the statutory timelines prescribed in British Columbia’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, that could impact employers in B.C.
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COVID-19 Update – Federal Assistance for Students
April 22, 2020
The federal government made two new announcements today regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. The first was a $9 billion plan to assist post-secondary students; the second communicated the government’s desire for a common approach by federal and provincial jurisdictions to re-opening the Canadian economy.
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COVID-19 Update – Update on Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy
April 21, 2020
April 21, 2020, brought two key announcements from federal departments and agencies regarding COVID-19:
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- Updated information and resources for employers applying for the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (“CEWS”); and
- A $350 million Emergency Community Support Fund (“ECSF”) for community and national charities and non-profit organizations that help seniors, the homeless and others made more vulnerable by the pandemic.
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COVID-19 Update – Recap for the Week of April 13, 2020
April 2020
This week our information bulletins covered several important updates in the developing COVID-19 pandemic situation that will affect employers in British Columbia. We have assembled a summary of the key COVID-19 updates for the week of April 13, 2020.
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COVID-19 Update – Expansion of the Canada Emergency Business Account Eligibility
April 16, 2020
In his daily address on the morning of Thursday, April 16, 2020, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an expansion of the Canada Emergency Business Account (“CEBA”) and introduced a planned emergency commercial rent assistance program.
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COVID-19 Update – Expansion to the Canada Emergency Response Benefit
April 15, 2020
During his daily address from Rideau Cottage on Wednesday, April 15, 2020, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an expansion to the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) as well as a planned “wage boost” for essential workers.
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COVID-19 Update – Bill C-14 Passes, Enacting the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy
April 14, 2020
On Saturday, April 11, 2020, the House of Commons and Senate passed Bill C-14, enacting the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (“CEWS”). There were no significant changes made to the Bill or the CEWS between the Bill’s announcement and its passing by Parliament. Details of the CEWS are set out in our April 8, 2020 update.
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COVID-19 Update – Public Health Agency of Canada Shares Modelling Data + COVID-19 Responses From Provincial Governments
April 9, 2020
April 9, 2020, brought several announcements from federal departments and agencies regarding COVID-19 including a technical briefing from the Public Health Agency of Canada on its current data and scenario modelling for the COVID-19 pandemic. Statistics Canada shared Labour Force Survey data this morning from March 2020.
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