Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance and Large Employer Emergency Financing Facility Applications to Open

On May 20, 2020 Bill Morneau and Navdeep Bains announced the opening of the application process for the Large Employer Emergency Financing Facility program. More information can be found about this program in our previous blog post found here.

The same day, Justin Trudeau announced that applications for the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance will open on May 25, 2020. Due to the expected volume of applications, it is requested that applicants register on the following days.

• May 25: Property owners in Atlantic Canada, BC, Alberta, and Quebec with up to 10 eligible tenants.
• May 26: Property owners in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, and the Territories with up to 10 eligible tenants.
• May 27: Any other property owners located in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, and the Territories.
• May 28: Any other property owners located in Atlantic Canada, BC, Alberta, and Quebec.
• May 29: all property owners may apply.

More details about this program can be found in our previous blog post, here.

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Have questions regarding this topic?  This post was authored by Deanna Froese. Please don’t hesitate to contact her at dfroese@harpergrey.com or anyone else listed on the authors page.