The Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA) program is Ottawa's rent subsidy program for small businesses that have lost 70 per cent or more of their revenue due to the pandemic. WATCH | Conservatives question decision to contract out rent relief program:The Conservatives are asking for an investigation into the government's commercial rent relief program, after news emerged that the contract for the program was awarded to a company that employs the husband of Justin Trudeau's chief of staff. In a statement to CBC News, CMHC said it contracted out the rent relief program because it "did not have the internal capacity" to deliver it. Poilievre said his party wants "all of the players involved" in the contract to testify before the House of Commons finance committee. Poilievre: link between WE controversy, rent relief programPoilievre said the central issue behind the rent relief program — that it could have been administered through the public service — bore similarities to the Trudeau government's decision to task the WE Charity with delivering the Canada Student Service Grant.

Source: CBC News August 09, 2020 23:43 UTC