Government must help businesses, not just households, to sustain economic recovery

It will be a hollow victory to help individuals survive the first stage of the crisis, but then have their jobs disappear later this year or next.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held a photo op at the Régimbal Awards and Promotions plant in Ottawa in June to promote the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, one of his government's programs to help businesses during the COVID-19 crisis. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY PHILIP CROSS

July 13, 2020

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