Canada’s federal government offered a lifeline to businesses struggling amid the latest wave of the COVID-19 pandemic by expanding eligibility for two benefit programs. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and several members of his cabinet announced Wednesday that, due to the increasingly widespread Omicron variant and spiking COVID-19 cases, the government will change eligibility requirements for its Local Lockdown Program and Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit. The Local Lockdown Program will now offer


