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a thread about how pandemic policy is made in Canada:
~24 hours ago, @CFIB posted this tweet suggesting that the new Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy might require rent to be *pre-paid* before SMBs could get funding.
that's virtually impossible for many, whose revenues collapsed. https://twitter.com/CFIB/status/1324391675976945664
~24 hours ago, @CFIB posted this tweet suggesting that the new Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy might require rent to be *pre-paid* before SMBs could get funding.
that's virtually impossible for many, whose revenues collapsed. https://twitter.com/CFIB/status/1324391675976945664
seeing this, I asked the finance ministry if it was true.
the original bill looked vague enough that it could be interpreted that way, which would mean the new rent subsidy could have been even less accessible than its widely criticized predecessor, CECRA
the original bill looked vague enough that it could be interpreted that way, which would mean the new rent subsidy could have been even less accessible than its widely criticized predecessor, CECRA
it took a couple hours to get a response that Ottawa was looking into it. at 6pm, I asked again, and was told I would hear back "soon." my deadline had already flown by, so I asked for an answer by noon today.
at noon I got a response:
"The amendment put forward by the government last night responded to the concerns of small business owners by modifying the rent definition to include rent payable."
so the bill was amended *after* CFIB raised the concern and I asked about it
"The amendment put forward by the government last night responded to the concerns of small business owners by modifying the rent definition to include rent payable."
so the bill was amended *after* CFIB raised the concern and I asked about it
the issue @CFIB raised wasn't problematic anymore because it was adjusted before the government gave a (very delayed) response, preventing it from becoming a story
this raises a big issue about how pandemic policy is made:
a massive oversight made it through the system, was put in front of Parliament, yet didn't receive enough scrutiny from the people who wrote/debated it that it wouldn't support many people it was intended to support
a massive oversight made it through the system, was put in front of Parliament, yet didn't receive enough scrutiny from the people who wrote/debated it that it wouldn't support many people it was intended to support
here is the detail of the amendment: https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/43-2/house/sitting-28/order-notice/page-12
this is the end of the thread, I will now return to only tweeting about my preferred blink-182 podcast
this is the end of the thread, I will now return to only tweeting about my preferred blink-182 podcast
