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December lockdown was ‘the last straw.’ Job numbers show impact
Nick Cassinath says he hasn’t paid himself since the beginning of novel coronavirus pandemic.The owner of Northern Artists, a Toronto photo lab that’s been in business since 1979, says his shop has been hanging by a thread since COVID-19 first struck Canada back in March. “The CERB completely saved us,” says Cassinath, who adds both he and several of his employees have received the $2,000-a-month Canada Emergency Response Benefit. Read more: Canada sheds 63K jobs in December, first decline since April Those government paycheques — along with the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance, the first incarnation of Ottawa’s Read More
