Canada's Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough says the slow implementation of the government’s wage subsidy program is a reflection of the strenuous application process and in part why the Liberal’s have chosen to extend it by another three months.
, the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy has received 132,481 applications for salary relief and the department has processed and approved 123,642. Over a million Canadians’ salaries are currently being supported by the CEWS, which has so far cost $3.36 billion of the budgeted $71 billion.
The government was criticized for being slow to act on business support in the form of wage relief, resulting in millions of layoffs before the program got out the door.The minister also responded to reports of thousands of fraudulent claims to other government aid programs, including the Canada Emergency Response Benefit , which grants those who’ve been laid off or unable to find work because of COVID-19 $2,000 a month for up to 16 weeks.
"It was really operational direction to Service Canada employees about how to temporarily process EI claims in the new reality of the CERB," she said. "I can ensure you we know what we’re doing. We have a very sophisticated framework, everything that needs to be flagged is being flagged," Qualtrough said. "It’s not a matter of red flag, green flag. The Conservatives are over simplifying and not trusting Canadians like I do."
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