After speaking with stakeholders and workers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government will refine some of the emergency aid programs announced in recent days and weeks.
Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough said 4.26 million people, or nearly one quarter of the country's workforce, has applied for benefits since March 15. "There is no playbook here. And the key is that the government is showing flexibility in terms of how they design this program to make sure it's of maximum use to the most companies possible," he said in an interview.
Flair Airlines and Transat AT Inc., other companies in the hard-hit travel sector, said it they would use the program to recall all their employees. Kelly said Canada should adopt a program similar to England, which will provide an 80 per cent subsidy for all businesses. In a survey of 651 technology CEOs, 96 per cent said their company would be ineligible for the program because of its revenue test. That's because most use metrics other than revenue to measure a decrease in business activity.
Of course they do...we are all gonna eventually pay for it. Nothing is free