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  • the new Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy, which provides direct access to rent and mortgage interest support to tenants and property owners until June 2021 for qualifying organizations affected by COVID-19. The new rent subsidy would support businesses, charities and non-profits that have suffered a pandemic-induced revenue drop by providing support up to a maximum of 65% of eligible expenses until December 19, 2020. The government is proposing to allow claims retroactively for the period that began September 27 and ended October 24, 2020;
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