Program Updates December, 2021
Canada Summer Jobs 2022
The call for applications for the Canada Summer Jobs program is now open. Service Canada will inform you of the status of your application starting in April 2022. For more information, please see the Canada Summer Jobs program website.
Temporarily Expanding Eligibility for the Local Lockdown Program and the Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit
Expanding Eligibility for the Local Lockdown Program
Using regulatory authority provided in Bill C-2, the government intends to introduce new regulations that would:
- Expand the Local Lockdown Program to include employers subject to capacity-limiting restrictions of 50 per cent or more; and reduce the current-month revenue decline threshold requirement to 25 per cent. Eligible employers will receive wage and rent subsidies from 25 per cent up to a maximum of 75 per cent, depending on their degree of revenue loss. The 12-month revenue decline test continues to not be required in order to access this support.
- Expand the Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit to include workers in regions where provincial or territorial governments have introduced capacity-limiting restrictions of 50 per cent or more. As announced previously, this benefit will provide $300 a week in income support to eligible workers who are directly affected by a COVID-19-related public health lockdown, and who have lost 50 per cent or more of their income as a result.
These updated regulations will apply from December 19, 2021, to February 12, 2022, during which time it is expected that public health authorities will continue to implement “circuit-breaker” restrictions that limit the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 across Canada.
Economic and Fiscal Update 2021
Finishing the Fight Against COVID-19
- Vaccines for Children and Free Booster Shots
- Paid Sick Leave for Workers
- Clean and Healthy Indoor Air by Improving Ventilation
Support for People
- Help for Guaranteed Income Supplement Recipients and Students Affected by CERB Payments
- Enhancing the Home Office Expense Deduction
- Extending the Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit and the Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit
Support for Business
- Extending the Canada Recovery Hiring Program
- Targeting Supports for Businesses Affected by the Pandemic
- Support for Tourism and Hospitality Businesses
- Support for Hard-hit Businesses in All Sectors
- Support for Businesses Facing Pandemic Lockdown
- Relieving Supply Chain Congestion
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