It’s a rare event when any kind of government program manages to come in under budget, but that’s what happened with the business subsidy offered by the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario to businesses harmed by the Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa in February.
A fund of $20 million was earmarked for small businesses, yet only $12.9 million of the money was dispersed. This indicates that, like many other accusations made against the convoy protesters, the damage done to local businesses over the course of the protests was greatly exaggerated.
