DAN ALBAS -- Are you satisfied with the work the Government and Opposition are doing in Ottawa on your behalf?
In many ways the ongoing responses coming out of Ottawa resembles the movie “Groundhog Day”. In this case, the Government makes a major program announcement, only to be followed one week later by another announcement, that is often significantly different from what was announced the week previously. For example, in my March 18th report I referenced the newly announced the “ Emergency Care Benefit ” program and the “ Emergency Support Benefit Programs ” and shared details of these initiatives. By my March 25th report, both of these support programs had essentially been cancelled with the creation of new “ Canadian Emergency Response Benefit Program ” (CERB) There has been a similar pattern for small and mid-sized business where at first a 10% wage subsidy was announced and was said to sufficient. Two weeks later a new wage subsidy program was announced that provided benefits of 75% of wages, provided losses could be established from this time of year one year ago. Last w...