© Provided by The Canadian PressVANCOUVER — New one-time grants are on the way for businesses in British Columbia that were forced to shut down by the latest COVID-19 restrictions. The COVID-19 Closure Relief Grant will follow a formula similar to the government's Circuit Breaker grant in March, he added. "Obviously, there's supports announced by the federal government to provide supports to workers that have been impacted," Kahlon said. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said Wednesday the federal government would make changes to the Local Lockdown Program as well as the Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit. With the adjustments, the worker lockdown benefit will apply to workers in regions where provincial or territorial governments have introduced capacity-limiting restrictions of 50 per cent or more.

Source: CBC News December 24, 2021 00:38 UTC