The unemployment program was set to end in June after a 15-month run. “It really was designed to be maybe a three or four-month measure, but unfortunately… the pandemic kept going. It is still continuing and we have had to extend it well over 12 months, we’ve had to extend it,” he said. “We anticipate that up until September that we will continue those existing unemployment benefits. “But again, as we said, it is really about trying to transition from the government continuing to pay out the unemployment benefits to the government now finding ways to stimulate the private sector to create employment.