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COVID-19: Canada Responds
PM Trudeau on Wage Subsidy Extension, April Unemployment Numbers – May 8, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau provides an update from outside his home in Ottawa on the federal government's response to the ongoing COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) pandemic, including the extension of the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy beyond the month of June. The extension comes as unemployment figures for the month of April show a jobless rate of thirteen per cent. The prime minister also announces the formation of the Industry Strategy Council, which will advise the government on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on various sectors of business.