Newfoundland: 

• The province announced nearly $13 million in funding to create jobs in the agriculture sector and assist farmers and producers 
• The funding is part of a plan to support employment in rural communities and help open new markets and products for renewable resource-based businesses during the COVID-19 global pandemic
• View the list of initiatives 

Prince Edward Island: 

• The province presented the 2020-21 provincial budget which outlines $2.2 billion in planned investments in Islanders, environment, business and primary sectors 
• View the list of initiatives
• Residents who are interested in working in a seafood processing plant can register with WorkPEI and be connected with seafood processing businesses that have job openings, through the Opportunities in PEI Seafood Initiative

Ontario: 

• Toronto Public Health and Peel Public Health will enter Stage 2 on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at 12:01 a.m. They will join the 31 other public health regions that entered Stage 2 on June 12 and 19, 2020 
• The government of Ontario is providing up to $10 million to Indigenous-owned small and medium sized businesses

Manitoba: 

• The Manitoba government is launching a new hiring program 
• The new Manitoba Back to Work This Summer initiative is a hiring program to help Manitoba-based businesses rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic 
• Employers can apply to receive funding for up to five employees hired or rehired after June 18 
• The program will reimburse 50 per cent of the total wages paid from June 18 until Aug. 30, to a maximum of $5,000 per worker and $25,000 per business  

Saskatchewan: 

• The province announced an investment of $62,000 toward a new Virtual Reality (VR) project with the Regina Work Preparation Centre to support Regina job seekers 
• The project will be delivered through the utilization of CareerLabsVR, a virtual reality platform that will provide job seekers with an innovative opportunity to explore, learn and discover career options 
• The implementation of this tool allows participants to fully immerse themselves in an in demand career experience before fully investing themselves in upskilling or further training 

 

• The province announced a new temporary training program to help businesses train employees to enhance safety protocols and adjust business models as they re-open 
• The Re-Open Saskatchewan Training Subsidy (RSTS) program will reimburse eligible private-sector employers 100 per cent of employee training costs up to a maximum of $10,000 per business to mitigate against additional financial impacts from training required to support their safe re-opening 

Alberta: 

• The province proposed Bill 23, the Commercial Tenancies Protection Act, would protect eligible commercial tenants from having their leases terminated due to non-payment of rent as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic 
• If passed, the act would also prevent landlords from raising rent and charging late fees and penalties on missed rent 
• The province proposed Bill 24, the COVID-19 Pandemic Response Statutes Amendment Act, to support Albertans as the province continues to reopen 

British Columbia: 

• To further support B.C.’s mining, forestry and other industries impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the province and BC Hydro are extending the opportunity for companies to defer electricity bill payments for another three months 
• BC Hydro will allow eligible industrial customers to continue to defer a portion of their bill payments for another three months, to the end of August 2020. The deferred amounts will be repaid over a future nine-month period and are subject to interest 
• The province is extending the temporary rental supplement (TRS) until the end of August 2020 to continue to support renters and landlords 
• It will also maintain the moratorium on rent increases and evictions for non-payment of rent, while enabling other notices to end tenancy to resume 

Northwest Territories: 

Northwest Territories businesses making investments to align with the Government of the Northwest Territories’ (GNWT) Emerging Wisely Plan can now apply to the Support for Entrepreneurs and Economic Development (SEED) Program for funding