Beneficiaries of the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement residing in the Constituency of Canada are being advised of delays in receiving e-gift cards from Loblaw’s under the COVID-19 Food Supplement Program.
Loblaw’s has advised that it will no longer accept credit card payments from the Nunatsiavut Government to purchase gift cards for distribution to eligible beneficiaries. Instead, the company has requested payments be made directly through an E-mail Money Transfer, or EMT. The transfers could take as much of three business days to be processed. As a result, the Nunatsiavut Government will extend the deadline for beneficiaries to receive Loblaw’s gift cards by three days.
Beneficiaries who have not yet applied for support under the Food Supplement Program can still do so. With the delays in processing gift cards, the deadline to apply for the next round of support is January 29. Gift cards that are not used within two weeks of being issued will be deemed void.
Subsequent gift cards from Loblaw’s will be issued on February 1 and 15, and March 1, 15 and 29.
The Nunatsiavut Government apologizes for any inconvenience caused by the delay.