The Liberal government says several existing pandemic support programs for individuals and businesses will end this weekend, while billions of dollars will be spent transitioning to new “targeted measures” leading into the spring.
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said in Ottawa today that Canada is in a “new phase” following the darkest days of the pandemic and has recovered 100 per cent of the jobs lost to the crisis.
Freeland said that with high vaccination rates and the economy rebounding, the new measures — which come with an estimated price tag of $7.4 billion between Oct. 24 to
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