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Originally Posted by Traum
Have there ever been any industry-specific compensation or assistance programs available from the provincial government in response to the various closures or restrictions?
Also, are the federal wage and rent subsidies still in place?
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Wage and rent subsidies are still in place, and to be fair, they have been comprehensively an absolute lifeline. What is absurd is companies like Bell and Rogers have been able to use them to pay their staff when they have billions in cash lying around for little purchases like Shaw, but when things are rolled out hastily there will be shit that happens.
The industry specific lifelines were actually started by a friend of mine and many others in the industry and rely on donation only, and as a result don’t have near the finances to put out the fire, but they have helped and done an awesome job. Vanfbc is the IG handle and they have been helping subsidize out of work hospitality employees