Canada Emergency Response Benefit

Dozens more deaths in long-term care homes were reported on Friday, April 24, 2020, as new figures indicated the extent of the economic dislocation caused by isolation measures aimed at mitigating the spread of the highly contagious COVID-19 virus.

The federal government is rolling out billions of dollars in new financial help targeting hard-hit sectors of the economy, acknowledging that some companies need more support and others are slipping through the safety net of emergency aid meant to help them through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nearly 5.4 million Canadians are receiving emergency federal aid, with hundreds of thousands more claims waiting to be processed, the federal government said on Monday, April 13, 2020, providing another snapshot of the economic fallout from COVID-19.

Canadians will get a double-barrelled blast of grim news today, April 9, 2020: the first jobless numbers since the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered businesses from coast to coast as well as the first national picture of how bad the crisis could get and how long it could last.

Canada's confirmed cases of COVID-19 surged past 19,000 on Wednesday, April 8, 2020, with more than 500 deaths ascribed to the raging global pandemic as Quebec became the province with the most fatalities attributed to the disease.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is raising anew his government's promise to help hard-hit Canadians more easily access credit by leaning on the nation's banks to do more than reduce credit-card costs.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce today, April 8, 2020, further measures to financially support entrepreneurs, small businesses and young people who aren't eligible for previously unveiled emergency federal aid programs.

Canadian hospitals should not throw out used face masks and other protective equipment because public health officials are investigating whether it will be possible to disinfect and reuse them, Canada's public health chief said on Sunday, April 5, 2020.

Students whose summer work placements and internships have been delayed or cancelled have so far been excluded from the federal government’s COVID-19 relief plan. So have students who take casual jobs in the summer to cover year-round living expenses.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will confer today, March 26, 2020, with leaders of the world's biggest economies about the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Parliament's spending watchdog has put a price tag around talks to extend the Canada Emergency Response Benefit, estimating it could potentially double the current $60-billion budget.