canada emergency wage subsidy

2:30AM
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Taxpayers on the hook for more than $110 billion due to Ottawa’s COVID waste

A significant portion of federal spending was mismanaged, poorly targeted, wasteful or simply excessive.


11:09AM
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CRA finds more mismanagement with Ottawa’s COVID response

The federal government paid $37.7 billion in wage subsidies to businesses with tax debts.


10:52AM
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Morneau admits the obvious—COVID policies were seriously flawed

Ottawa wasted billions of dollars in taxpayer money and accumulated far more debt than was necessary.


9:46AM
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Government failure not unique to Trudeau government

Overpayment recipients included 1,522 prisoners, 391 dead people and 434 children too young to be eligible.


9:55AM
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Ottawa should wind down massive COVID subsidies to businesses
The program's total budgeted costs for 2020/21 and 2021/22 now stand at $110.6 billion.

10:23AM
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Trudeau government wage subsidy program likely not worth the price tag

This fiscal year, the wage subsidy program will cost $4,100 per member of the Canadian workforce.


5:38PM
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Fiscal update—federal finances in worse shape than previously thought

Per-person federal government program spending will reach an estimated $16,350 in 2020.