Government Support Measures

On May 6, 2020, the Ontario government unveiled its new website: COVID-19: Temporary pandemic pay. The website, in addition to…

Recently, the Ontario Minister of Health announced that Ontario has reached the anticipated peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Following this…

The Ontario government has announced that it will be providing frontline workers with temporary pandemic pay, in recognition of their…

As the COVID-19 outbreak continues in Ontario, it has become increasingly clear that those living and working in long-term care…

On April 24, 2020, as part of the Ontario government’s enhanced action plan, an emergency order was passed by the…

As part of Canada’s COVID-19 Economic Response Plan, the federal government introduced the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (the “CEWS”), designed…

Since the initial launch of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (or “CERB”) on March 25, 2020, it became increasingly clear…

As the elderly, chronically ill and immunocompromised continue to face increased risk in relation to COVID-19, the Ontario government has…

On April 16, 2020, the Ontario government issued an emergency order providing municipalities with broad authority to address staffing and…

On April 16, 2020, the provincial legislature passed Ontario Regulation 159/20 in an effort to address some of the ongoing…