Here’s Every Right-Wing Group That Applied For Wage Subsidies From ‘Big Government’ This Year
Canadian right-wing advocacy and media organizations act like Scrooge – until they need help themselves...
When the coronavirus pandemic ground the Canadian economy to a halt last spring, the federal government to introduce the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) program to help businesses and other employers make payroll.
The program was launched to “help employers keep and re-hire workers amidst the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic,” and currently subsidizes up to 75% of an organization’s payroll based on its revenue loss.
This week, the Canada Revenue Agency launched a database listing every organization that received the subsidy. However, the database does not say how much each company received.
While every employer is eligible and entitled to make use of the program to help pay their workers during tough times, ironically it turns out that a number of right-wing groups who traditionally complain about “handouts” from “big government” quietly made use of the program too.
Here are all the right-wing groups and organizations that received the benefit: