The wage subsidy was set up to help struggling businesses keep workers in their jobs.

Many highly profitable companies received the wage subsidy and then paid dividends to their wealthy shareholders. What’s worse, Justin Trudeau is allowing profitable companies who have received the wage subsidy, cut jobs.

Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen Bell Media lay off hundreds of journalists across the country, including hard-working news staff at Bell-owned stations.

Bell received over $122 million of Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy support, then turned around and laid off staff, all while posting strong financial results and paying out dividend increases to shareholders. There shouldn’t be any excuses for layoffs or closures if they’re receiving the wage subsidy.

It’s clear whose side the Liberals are on when they focus on going after people who are barely surviving the pandemic, while refusing to go after big corporations that received a wage subsidy, made massive profits and paid dividends to their rich shareholders.

The government must hold big corporations accountable and make sure pandemic help goes directly to keeping workers in their jobs.

Tell Justin Trudeau to make Bell pay back the help they received and close the loopholes that allow massively profitable companies to take federal wage subsidy money and cut jobs.