Canadian Emergency Response Benefits (CERB) to get off the couch and back to their jobs, but a Retail Council of Canada director says a lack of willing staff isn’t the problem.John Graham, the council’s prairie director of government relations, told 680 CJOB there are other issues facing retailers that are far more pressing — like commercial rent costs.“Manitoba’s one of the only provinces in Canada that doesn’t have a commercial rent eviction moratorium.
There’s a great federal-provincial program that’s in place that would help address the big gaps that, frankly, keeping retailers up at night,” he said.“Programs like the one that was announced retroactive to June 1 now that pays employers to re-hire or bring in new hires… those are.