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Daily COVID-19 Update: April 9, 2020
Supports for Business Reminder: Interest-Free Loans Now Available The Government of Canada is providing small businesses and not-for-profits with interest-free loans of up to $40,000 to help cover costs. The Canada Emergency Business Account program is for businesses with a total payroll between $50,000 to $1 million in 2019. Repayment of the loan on or…
Daily COVID-19 Update: April 8, 2020
Supports for Business Important Changes to the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy The Government announced some welcome changes to the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) today including: flexibility to compare revenue of March, April and May 2020 to that of the same month of 2019, or to an average of the revenue earned in January and…
Daily COVID-19 Update: April 7, 2020
Supports for Business Changes to Employment Standards The Government of Alberta is allowing greater flexibility for employers to appropriately respond to public health measures and at the same time allow employees to remain attached to jobs and have the ability to access federal assistance programs. The changes will: Provide employees access to unpaid job-protected leave…
Daily COVID-19 Update: April 6, 2020
Supports for Business Canadian Business Resilience Network Launched Today Our Canadian Business Resilience Network campaign launched today [watch the Prime Minister’s announcement] in partnership with the Government of Canada and Canada’s leading business and industry associations, including the Business Council of Canada, the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business, the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses and…
Daily COVID-19 Update: April 3, 2020
Supports for Business Canadian Business Resiliency Network Launches on Monday The Canadian Business Resilience Network (CBRN), has been established in order to bring together a vast network of over 450 chambers and boards of trade, and over 100 of Canada’s leading business and industry associations, including the Business Council of Canada, Canadian Council for Aboriginal…
Daily COVID-19 Update: April 2, 2020
Supports for Business Canada Emergency Business Account We received additional information on the Canada Emergency Business Account and were made aware that applications will open Monday across all major banks. The program will provide up to $40,000 for operating costs (can be used to pay other lending/interest if required) An eligible business must have paid…
Daily COVID-19 Update: April 1, 2020
Supports for Business Additional Details on the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy Additional details for the proposed Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy were announced today to encourage employers to re-hire workers previously laid off. The program includes individuals, taxable corporations, partnerships, not for profit organizations and registered charities. Public bodies would not be eligible for this subsidy,…
Stronger Together: Navigating COVID-19
This is no April Fool’s joke. These are challenging times and governments at every level are working to protect Canadians from the COVID–19 virus and as your Chamber of Commerce, we have committed to assisting our business community in any way we can. This pandemic has wide-sweeping effects on our business community, with new policy…
Daily COVID-19 Update: March 31, 2020
Supports for Business Prime Minister announces new partnerships with Canadian industries to fight COVID-19 The Government of Canada has signed new procurement agreements with Canadian companies to purchase and boost capacity to manufacture equipment and supplies including portable ventilators, surgical masks, and rapid testing kits. The government has ordered millions of supplies to ease the…
Daily COVID-19 Update: March 30, 2020
Supports for Business City Assessments Notices Delayed Due to the challenges of the recent COVID-19 crisis and the impact on department operations, the City of Medicine Hat is extending the notice of assessment date. For Single Family Residential and Farmland, the mail date was February 28th with a notice of Assessment Date of March 6…