The government's emergency wage-subsidy program will be extended to the end of August to help employers keep their workers on the payroll during the pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today. WATCH: Trudeau's outlook on businesses rehiring during the pandemicPrime Minister Justin Trudeau says he hopes the extension of the wage subsidy program to the end of August will give businesses a level of certainty while they look to reopen during the pandemic. Trudeau and other members of his cabinet have been promoting the wage subsidy as a way to keep Canadians employed instead of leaving them to draw on the $2,000 per month Canada Emergency Response Benefit. "So we're going to work with industry, work with labour, work with stakeholder groups to make sure we're getting it right, but that wage subsidy is going to be a really important part of the coming months of recovery." Calgary and Brooks, however, are on a different timeline due to higher case counts of COVID-19 in the two areas.

Source: CBC News May 15, 2020 13:48 UTC