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'No easy path': PM Trudeau on national COVID-19 death projections

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Parliament recalled for rare Saturday sitting to pass COVID-19 wage subsidy bill

The House of Commons and Senate are being recalled on Saturday for a second emergency parliamentary sitting, to study and pass an expansion to the wage subsidy program.
Record one million job losses in March: StatCan

Statistics Canada's March job report shows more than one million jobs were lost, as the unemployment rate jumped to 7.8 per cent.
Government renegotiates Saudi arms deal to lift export permit ban amid COVID-19 pandemic

The government has renegotiated its arms deal with Saudi Arabia amid the COVID-19 pandemic and will now allow for controlled goods, including military equipment, to be shipped to the region.
PM Trudeau returns to the Hill, says 'normal' life still a ways off

Even when Canada can begin returning to normal, it still won't be normal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday before arriving on Parliament Hill for his first known in-person appearance at a cabinet meeting after spending the last month largely in COVID-19 self-isolation.
Supreme Court refuses to hear case concerning rights of disabled air passengers

The Supreme Court of Canada will not examine whether new air-travel rules that allow lengthy delays breach the rights of some Canadians with disabilities.
Feds update wage subsidy and unveil changes to student summer job program

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced another update to the massive wage subsidy program, more help for students, and is forecasting that the March job numbers coming out on Thursday will be grim.
Canada-U.S. ties getting 'constant gardening' to protect supply lines: Freeland

Canada's relationship with the United States has always required "constant gardening," but never more so than in the throes of a global pandemic, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Wednesday as she cheered the partial arrival of a shipment of face masks.
Feds receive 4.75M applications for financial aid since March 15

The government has received 4.75 million applications for financial aid since March 15.

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CTV QP: How will small businesses survive?

Small Business Minister Mary Ng explains the six-week wait for financial help and how the government is working to send funds faster.
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