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WE Charity lays off contract workers who would have administered student service grant | CBC News

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Jul 12, 2020
WE Charity lays off contract workers who would have administered student service grant | CBC News

WE Charity laid off hundreds of contract workers who were brought in to administer the federal government’s Canada Student Service Grant, according to a statement from the charity on Saturday.

‘With the government funding no longer available we had to make the incredibly difficult decision to end the contracts for those hired to deliver the CSSG program,’ WE Charity said in a statement Saturday. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press)

WE Charity laid off hundreds of contract workers who were brought in to administer the federal government’s Canada Student Service Grant, according to a statement from the charity on Saturday.

According to the Toronto Star, who first reported the story, WE Charity had hired 465 contract workers before the charity and Ottawa ended their partnership of the CSSG. Subsequently, WE Charity laid off 450 of them, while giving the other 15 full-time positions, the Star reported.

“With the government funding

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