It is “the largest economic relief package for our country since the Second World War”, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Monday.
The spending will bring the deficit to a historic C$381.6bn by March 2021.
The wide-ranging plan includes targeted relief for hard-hit business sectors, investments in long-term care homes and distribution of a Covid-19 vaccine.
The announcement – the first full fiscal update from Canada’s Liberal government since the onset of the pandemic – comes as the country battles a steep second wave of Covid-19 infections. The number of active cases in Canada has more than doubled in November alone, bringing the total number of infections to more than 376,000 – according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University. So far, more than 12,000 Canadians have died. Read more…..
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