The heads of the Saskatchewan Party and provincial NDP say they won’t apply for the federal coronavirus wage relief program.
Saskatchewan Party executive director Patrick Bundrock declined an interview, but confirmed they don’t plan on applying for the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy.
It subsidizes 75 per cent of workers’ wages, up to $847 per week. John Tzupa, Saskatchewan NDP CEO, said his party also won’t use the program. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] Despite a temporary halt in fundraising because of the pandemic, he said the party isn’t strapped for cash to pay its employees. “In the first quarter of this year, we actually raised more than twice as much as we did in the first quarter of last