75% Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy
Registration will commence on April 27, 2020 and be first processed on May 4 in bulk.
Payments are targeted to begin on May 5.
3,000 auditors have been assigned to manually review certain claims. They will review based on the size of the claims, or the size of employers. For example, 100% of claims made by large employers are expected to be reviewed. Most will be automatically processed. Reviews are intended to be completed in 72 hours.
2,000 agents will be assigned to answer questions on the program.
A revised CEWS website and new calculator is available here.
$350 Million committed to an emergency community support fund