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Saskatoon: SREDA SMALL BUSINESS EMERGENCY CONTINUITY GRANT PROGRAM
Helping small businesses that are experiencing significant financial challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Grants of up to $5,000 to small businesses located in the Saskatoon Region
Application deadline: April 6, 2020 at 12:00 p.m.
Alberta: Emergency isolation support
Eligible working Albertans can receive a one-time emergency isolation support payment of $1,146 if they are required to self-isolate or are the sole caregiver of someone in self-isolation and they have no other source of pay or compensation.
This is a temporary program to bridge the gap until the Federal Emergency Care Benefit is available in April.
BC COVID-19 Action Plan
$5 billion in income supports, tax relief and direct funding for people, businesses and services.
BC Government supporting renters, landlords during COVID-19
To support people and prevent the spread of COVID-19, the Province is introducing a new temporary rental supplement, halting evictions and freezing rents, among other actions. This includes $500/month towards rent.
BC Hydro customers to get 3 months bill relief | ICBC providing Autoplan payment deferral
BC Hydro: If you or your spouse/partner have lost employment or have become unable to work due to COVID-19, you may be eligible for three months of bill credit based on your average consumption.
ICBC: For customers that have been financially impacted by COVID-19, ICBC will provide some relief during this challenging time. Customers on a monthly Autoplan payment plan, who are facing financial challenges due to COVID-19, can defer their payment for up to 90 days with no penalty
Tax Loss Selling
Over the last few weeks, the financial market has taken a downturn amidst fears over Coronavirus.
Understandably, you are concerned with your portfolio, it’s important to stay level-headed to avoid making financial missteps. However, staying level-headed doesn’t necessarily mean you sit there and do nothing. In fact, one consideration you can look is taking an active tax management approach.
Tax loss selling is a strategy to crystallize or realize any capital losses in your non-registered accounts so it can be used to offset any capital gains.
Do I Qualify for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit & EI?
To help Canadians through this difficult time, the Federal Government created the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) and made changes to the Employment Insurance Program (EI). For those whose employment has affected by the Coronavirus, we have created a chart to help you figure out which program you qualify for and provide links to apply for each program.
Help for Small/Medium Businesses & Entrepreneurs – 75% wage subsidy, $40,000 interest-free loan & more
March 27, 2019 – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced programs and measures focused on helping Small & Medium Sized Businesses and Entrepreneurs cope with the economic consequences caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“With these new measures, our hope is that employers being pushed to laying off people due to COVID-19 will think again,” Trudeau said. “And for those of you who have already had to lay off workers, we hope you will re-hire them.”
Canada Emergency Response Benefit to help workers and businesses
$2,000/month for 4 months – Canada Emergency Response Benefit to help workers and businesses