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On March 4, Conservative Kenora riding MP Eric Melillo held a virtual meeting to talk about the Federal COVID-19 supports for businesses.
This session is part of the Northwest Business Centre’s Business Conversation series, an online conversation with business owners and entrepreneurs from across the Kenora and Rainy River District.
Along with discussing some of the federal government programs that exist for businesses, Melillo also canvased opinions about what the economic recovery should look like as the federal government is creating it’s 2021 budget.
“There’s been a lot of conversations with minsters and parliamentary secretaries to make sure that the government’s going to bring forward a budget that is going to help us, especially in northwestern Ontario recover from the hit that we’ve experienced with COVID-19,” Melillo said.
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Feb 25, 2021 3:32 PM
Since the pandemic started nearly a year ago, New Brunswick has received $3.4 billion from the federal government.
That accounts for relief benefits, support for businesses, wage subsidies and transfers to the Municipal and Provincial government but excludes any of the regular funding New Brunswick would receive.
As of last summer, over 70 000 New Brunswickers were benefitting from the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy.
These were the statistics that the Minister of Economic Development, Mélanie Joly referenced to emphasize the government’s attempt to limit economic scarring.
Joly was selected as part of the Cabinet Committee on COVID-19. It was created to form leadership, coordination, and preparedness in response to the health and economic impacts of the virus.