OTTAWA: Canada’s Liberal government on Wednesday promised major new investments and policy initiatives to help the country recover from the coronavirus pandemic, saying that “this is not the time for austerity.”
Here are some of the main policy promises in the so-called Speech from the Throne, delivered on behalf of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau by Governor General Julie Payette – the representative of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, Canada’s head of state:
To fight COVID-19, the government will:
– Be there to help the provinces increase their testing capacity
– Create a federal Testing Assistance Response Team to quickly meet surge testing needs, including in remote and isolated communities
To support people amid the pandemic, the government will:
– Work to target additional financial support directly to…