New Brunswick reports 27 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday The problem is that the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy is offered to employers who have seen a 30 per cent drop in revenue since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and, technically, the Quality Hotel hasn’t because it had no pre-pandemic revenue at all.But it still has employees to pay – more of them than there are guests.“This wage subsidy is going to determine if we keep 20 employees or we go down to three, simple as that,” he says.La Chapelle says they’ve spoken to local Member of Parliament René Arseneault but, despite sympathizing, he can’t offer much help.Global News reached out to Arseneault Thursday but didn’t hear back.“At the end of the day, everybody’s got good.