Yesterday afternoon our government introduced legislation to put in place new support measures to help businesses get through the second wave of the Coronavirus. So they can keep their doors open, keep employees on the payroll, and get through to the other side.
Instead, what I intend to talk about today is the economic rationale driving our response to this global pandemic, and the strategy that underpins our phased plan for a robust, lasting recovery from the coronavirus recession.
Economic rationale driving our response to this global pandemic, and the strategy that underpins our plan for a robust, lasting recovery from the coronavirus recession.
With the second wave upon us, we need to pull together as Canadians, once again, to flatten the curve. I want to take a moment to remind the businesses facing economic impacts from the second wave about the new support measures we recently announced.
Since our government last provided an economic report, COVID-19 has spread swiftly across the globe. It brought a new disease into our headlines, our dinner table conversations, and eventually onto our shores.