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June 30, 2020
Gerard Hehir: Wage Subsidy redundancies sting, but shouldn’t surprise

Gerard Hehir: Wage Subsidy redundancies sting, but shouldn’t surprise

Hearing the Prime Minister castigate the Warehouse for laying off 1,000 workers after receiving $52 million in wage subsidies reminds me of the fabled frog who agreed to carry a scorpion across a river. The scorpion stings the frog halfway across, dooming both to drown. The frog cries “Why on earth did you do that?” …

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