Feds to consider non-traditional data in pandemic aid rework, Morneau says
OTTAWA — Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the government will look at how measures to revive the economy from its pandemic-induced freeze will impact women and men differently.
He also suggests that federal officials will consider how any changes to the COVID-19 economic safety net could affect racialized communities in Canada.
Morneau is working on a host of changes to the federal spending program that now costs about $153.7 billion, as restrictions rolled back to allow companies and workers get back to business.
The Liberals teased announcements on today about an extension of the emergency response benefit for workers, a revamp of the wage subsidy program and new options Friday for small- and medium-sized businesses to access an emergency loan program.