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We are contacting you today to update you on the federal government’s April 1st announcements to provide details on the enhanced wage subsidy and the application process for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB).  Yesterday, Prime Minister Trudeau indicated that the total cost of these two programs will exceed $80 billion.   CANADA EMERGENCY WAGE SUBSIDY PROGRAM In…

We are contacting you today to highlight the potential impact on aspects of the employer/employee relationship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. IMPLICATIONS FOR EMPLOYER/EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIPThere are a number of considerations to be made in relation to other matters of the employer/employee relationship in light of COVID-19 related business decisions. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PROGRAMSWe are seeing Group…

When a supplier is required to collect the GST/HST on a product or service provided to a customer, the GST/HST is required to be remitted to the CRA based on when the GST/HST was considered to be collectible and not when the payment from the customer is actually received. This means that under the normal filing rules, the…

The federal government’s new proposed legislation has provided details with respect to the previously announced emergency relief for workers that have lost their jobs or income due to the COVID-19 crisis.  The government is still in the process of finalizing the application method. There are effectively two parallel benefits available: 1) through Employment Insurance (EI)…