When I got laid off by a company that was under credit protection at the time I was entitled to severance but unpaid wages are are the bottom of the list below secured creditors. You will get called by the firm managing the proceedings and make it sound like you will get paid eventually. When I looked at the papers, saw the figures and saw the list of creditors with employees being dead last it was painfully clear no money was ever trickling down that far down. The company came out of credit protection and continued to pay wages to employees that were kept onboard while those laid off in the process got zero.
This explains pretty well. You do have the WEPP which is a government program for employees stuck with unpaid wages after bankruptcy but it involves major hurdles, takes months to years and pays peanuts.
https://duttonlaw.ca/employee-rights...upt-in-canada/
Don't expect anything. If there is no money there is no money. Can't get blood from a stone so to speak. Working under a company that is going bankrupt has nothing but negatives and it can be an incredibly frustrating environment to work in only to get dumped when legally convenient and not have to be paid.