On May 19, 2020, Justin Trudeau announced an expansion to the Canada Emergency Business Account (“CEBA”), previously discussed in Rose Keith’s blog post dated April 16, 2020, found here. CEBA is administered by Export Development Canada and provides a partially forgivable, zero interest loan of up to $40,000 for qualifying small businesses. Up to $10,000 ...
On April 24, 2020, Justin Trudeau announced the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance Program. This program aims to assist small businesses, charities, and nonprofits who have seen at least a 70% decrease in revenue by providing forgivable loans to commercial property owners. Under the program, qualifying tenants will have their rent lowered by 75% from ...
In November 2018, amendments to the Human Rights Code, RSBC 1996, c 210 (the “Code”)came into force, allowing for the creation of the Human Rights Commission in BC (the “Commission”). Although BC previously had a Human Rights Commission, it was done away with in 2002, leaving a void in the BC human rights landscape. The ...
In light of the current crisis with COVID-19, the BC Legislature has introduced some changes to the Employment Standards Act, RSBC 1996, c 113. These changes came into force yesterday and may have significant impact for employees who need to or have taken time off due to COVID-19. First, after 90 days of consecutive employment ...
On March 18, 2020 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as well as the Minister of Finance, Bill Morneau, and the Governor of the Bank of Canada, Stephen Poloz held press conferences to outline the measures that the government will be taking to assist Canadians as uncertainty surrounding the effects of COIVD-19 mounts. A significant portion of the ...
