Guide to Financial Assistance and Payment Deferments for Farmers’ Markets and Vendors in Nova Scotia
To see the full guide, please click here.
Farmers’ Markets of Nova Scotia has put together a Guide to Financial Assistance and Payment Deferments for Farmers’ Markets and Vendors in Nova Scotia.
The guide is intended to provide farmers’ markets and vendors with the most up-to-date information available for securing financial assistance during these unprecedented times. Further information and guides are also available in the Appendix at the end of the guide. Please also note that the guide is accurate only up to May 7, 2020. For a list of links that will provide you with the most up-to-date information available, please consult the Appendix.
Included in this update is new information for individuals and businesses, including:
- The Nova Scotia Worker Emergency Bridge Fund
- Canada Emergency Response Benefit
- The Government of Canada’s 10% Temporary Wage Subsidy for Employers
- The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (75%)
- And much more!
This guide covers how to proceed if you:
– Have been laid off from your job / You can no longer viably run your business / You can’t work
– You need help paying your employees
– Your business or farmers’ market is facing cash flow difficulties
– Your business or farmers’ market needs support to pay your commercial rent
– You need more time to make payments on your Nova Scotia-issued loans
– You need more time to pay your Nova Scotia renewal fees
Please let us know if anything is missing from the guide. We’ll do our best to keep it up to date!
To see the full guide, please click here.
