Currently, our members are telling me that the wage subsidy and rent subsidy programs have been very well received. They have helped them through the many waves of lockdowns we have experienced, especially in the case of small and medium-sized businesses.
It's critical to keep employees, because retailers don't want to lose their expertise. The wage subsidies have allowed some employees to be kept on the payroll, especially for small and medium-sized retailers. They don't want to lose their sales staff or their information technology experts who have been with them for years