As the economy re-opens, the Government of Canada is encouraging employers to take another look at the CEWS program and see how it can support their workers and their operations.

Recent weeks have seen further revelations as to how corporate Canada, with the blessing of the federal Liberal government, has used the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) program to enrich ...

The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) program started in March 2020 and provided remuneration to eligible employers with an aim to prevent layoffs and terminations.

Near the end of the CEWS program, the legislation was amended to restrict access to the benefit by employers that appeared to be increasing executive compensation.

Industry groups have been calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for months to extend and expand the CEWS program, which effectively pays 75 per cent of wage costs for struggling businesses.

The CRA will open applications for CEWS Period 5 on August 17, 2020. Enhancements to the program, which are being introduced in Period 5, will include expanding eligibility criteria, introducing a ...

Shapiro confirmed that the Blue Jays — “as a business that incurred zero revenue” — are receiving aid from the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) program, set up in April to help ...

The CEWS program ended in October 2021. One-third of employers benefited About 36 per cent of all active employer businesses received the subsidy. According to Statistics Canada, the top three ...

More than 50,000 businesses that received emergency wage subsidy payments worth $9.87 billion from the federal government during the pandemic may not have been eligible for the support, Canada’s ...