Legal backgrounder on the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) | Dentons
On April 11, 2020, Income Tax Act. The Subsidy is designed to enable employers to keep employees on payroll, to enable employers to re-hire workers that were previously laid off, and to help employers hire new workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Subsidy was initially in place for a 24-week period from March 15 to August 29, 2020. However, on July 27, 2020, Bill C-20 - An Act respecting further COVID-19 measures, received royal assent, which extended the Subsidy to November 21, 2020, and gave the Government the ability to extend the Subsidy to December 31, 2020, by regulation. On Novemb...