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OTTAWA 鈥?The federal government is adding $600 million to a fund to help small- and medium-sized businesses weather the
termo stanley COVID-19 pandemic, Economic Development Minister Melanie Joly said Friday.The announcement brings total support through the Regional Relief and Recovery Fund to more than $1.5 billion.The government says the fund has already helped more than 12,000 businesses struggling because of the pandemic, which has hit everything from main street boutiques to hotels and restaurants. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The relief and recovery fund, administered through federal regional development agencies, is intended to help enterprises that might not be eligible for other pandemic-related assistance.Of the new money, almost $456 million will go to small- and
stanley thermoskannen medium-sized operations facing financial pressure to help them keep employees and cover costs. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Another $144 million will provide rural businesses and communities with access to capital and technical support, and will be delivered by community futures development corporations across the country.What we ;ve learned is that in certain hard-hit sectors, it was more difficult for businesses to have access to capital through financial institutions, and that why the
stanley tazas y came up to us, Joly said in an interview. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW For ins Tfbi Ontario reporting lowest single-day COVID-19 case count since September
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is committed to more
stanley website help for airlines after Air Canada announced plans to slash its workforce by at least half, but its unclear what that support might look like.In an emailed statement, Air Canada said Friday that it will reduce its staff by 50 to 60 per cent on June 7, leaving up to 22,800 people out of a job. We recognize that certain areas are harder hit than others. Airlines is a great example of something that was going well before the pandemic, Trudeau said Saturday, while also announcing the start of the countrys first clinical trials of a potential vaccine and a $300 increase of the Canada Child Benefit for May. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW We are going to need airlines afterwards. We need to make sure
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stanley quencher e right way that makes sense for Canadians. Air Canada said business is down 95 per cent because of the COVID-19 pandemic and normal traffic levels arent expected to return any time soon. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW We are doing this in order to conserve cash, right-size our business for the level of traffic we anticipate in the mid- to longer-term and to position ourselves to rebuild once business returns, the statement said. We are working with our unions to implement these measures in accordance with our collective agreements. The company said its current workforce was built to handle 51
