Wage Support for Potato Exporters

Amount:

No Fixed Amount

Type of Program:

Wage subsidy

Description:

The Wage Support for Potato Exporters assists the Prince Edward Island potato industry and trucking companies impacted by the closure of the US border to the export of table stock potatoes.

Comments on Funding:

Funding is a wage subsidy of 100% of wage and benefit costs at the rate of pay up to a maximum of $3,000 per month per employee.

When It Ends:

Ongoing

Deadline:

Rolling deadline

Eligibility:

The applicants must:

be registered private sector businesses on Prince Edward Island operating as farms, packing housing and trucking companies ,
clearly demonstrate they are affected by the United States ban on the export of table stock potatoes,
have Workers Compensation Benefits (WCB) coverage.

Eligible employees must:

be employees of the eligible employer directly affected by the United States ban on the export of table stock potatoes,
be residents of Prince Edward Island and eligible to work in Canada.

Application Steps:

must complete the Wage Support for Potato Exporters application and submit it to SkillsPEI via email at skillspei@gov.pe.ca.

must demonstrate the number of employees and their wages affected by the United States ban on table stock potatoes.

Documentation Needed:

Applicants must submit: