Face of Nation International : Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic “unprecedented” and “the largest economic program in Canada’s history.”
But he was far less conclusive Wednesday when asked just how long his government expects this package of wage subsidies and income support will be needed.
Trudeau told reporters attending his daily briefing that the government is preparing for the possibility that the pandemic lasts weeks or months. He did not describe how his government would respond to those vastly different timelines, or how they might change the cost or delivery of the very programs Finance Minister Bill Morneau described later in the day.
“We have been open and transparent with Canadians on the facts,” the prime minister said, “and I’ve said from the very beginning that there are a wide range of scenarios that we have been looking for, that we are planning for, that we are trying to work towards as a government, as a country.” (Source : CBC News – Canada)
