The costliest, most expansive federal assistance program in Canadian history is shrouded in secrecy more than a year after its rollout – and has been plunged even deeper into the shadows after Ottawa ...

The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) program is by now well-known. It was introduced by the federal government on March 15, 2020, and pays a qualifying employer adversely impacted by the COVID-19 ...

Business reversals were rampant following the COVID-19 breakout in March 2020. Many companies that couldn't keep their workers on their payrolls had to lay off the majority of them. The federal ...

TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / June 10, 2020 / Findings from the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association's (CADA) national monthly survey regarding the impact of the COVID-19 health pandemic on automotive ...

On April 21, 2020, the federal government announced that applications for the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) will open on April 27, and provided details on the application process as well as ...

The federal government has spent more than $77-billion on wage subsidies since the start of the pandemic, the largest corporate aid program in Canada’s history. And there’s still $33-billion to go ...

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is boosting efforts to help Canadians return to work. It has announced a second extension to the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS). The new extension will last until ...

According to a new examination of CEWS, the program was as profligate as it was scattergun and would likely not pass the most desultory cost-benefit analysis Thomas Jefferson warned about governments ...

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is in the first stage of its Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) post-payment audit program — and initial requests have drawn criticism from tax professionals. The ...

Four centuries ago the British playwright, John Fletcher, observed that “of all the forms of wisdom, hindsight is by general consent the least merciful, the most unforgiving.” If Fletcher were alive ...

The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) proved helpful in keeping employers in business during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, 41.6 per cent of employers used the CEWS at least ...