Canada

Politics Insider for Apr 6: You can apply to the CERB starting today, and millions of masks should be arriving—just not from the U.S.

In his April 5 address to Canadians about the COVID-19 crisis, the PM provided a timeline on the Canada Emergency Response Benefit and called out to military reservists and skilled workers for help

In his April 4 address to Canadians on the COVID-19 crisis, the PM said the government is chartering flights to get personal protective equipment delivered as quickly as possible

Paul Wells: ’The premier, like most of us in our due time, has decided sorrowful knowledge is more compelling than glib ignorance, and that the only way to deny purchase to an infectious disease is to give it fewer chances to infect.’

An astonishing one million citizens and permanent residents returned to Canada in a single mid-March week, but legions more were desperate, homesick and stranded, as a panicked world snapped shut around them

As national lockdowns sowed economic chaos, several seed banks, garden centres and urban farming organizations reported spikes in website traffic and overwhelming digital orders

Scott Gilmore: For too many Canadians out in the world in normal times, Ottawa’s duty of care includes concierge travel-agency services. But these are not normal times.

’The numbers clearly show that we have collectively saved thousands of lives...But we also know that we can’t stop now,’ says the premier

Patricia Treble: If there is one chart that should be sent to everyone in Ontario, it’s the forecasts for the death toll in the province

In his April 3 address to Canadians on the COVID-19 crisis, the PM said Amazon will distribute medical equipment across Canada—and military help is headed to Quebec