Economics

Canada Offers Bridge Loans to Big Firms in Widening Rescue

  • Funds available to firms with revenue exceeding C$300 million
  • Limits will be set on executive pay, dividends, share buybacks

Bill Morneau.

Photographer: David Kawai/Bloomberg
Lock
This article is for subscribers only.

Canada unveiled a loan program for large firms that have been hit by Covid-19 and can’t get financing by conventional means.

The Large Employer Emergency Financing Facility is for companies and non-profit organizations with annual revenue of C$300 million ($214 million) or more.