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Originally Posted by peter12
It's tough to fault them for anything done during Covid.
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Not necessarily. Some of the supports were obviously poorly thought out as soon as they were announced. While not as egregious as the PPP in the US, the CEBA was handing out money to businesses whether they needed it or not with no oversight. And the CEWS was heavily abused by a bunch of businesses who used it for a bit and then quickly got back to earning record profits and doing stock buybacks and there was never any kind of clawback.
Meanwhile on the other end of the spectrum, until they altered CERB, individuals were essentially prohibited from picking up any kind of work for a period if they wanted to remain eligible.