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In his April 16 briefing to Canadians about the COVID-19 crisis, the PM announced expanded business loan eligibility, three-months’ rent assistance for small businesses, and said Ottawa is working on wage top-ups for essential workers

Politics Insider for April 16: CERB will now help more low-income Canadians, governments are racing to fund long-term care workers, and the end of economic growth

The prime minister addresses Canadians on the latest measures being taken to slow down COVID-19. Yesterday, he announced the expansion of CERB eligibility.

Sergio Marchi: It would be prudent for the Canadian government to weigh the continued decline of the U.S. as a real option—and what this would mean for our national and global interests

’How different it would be to see the crinkled eyes of your parents light up in pride, to take in the fact that your degree is the culmination of all the sacrifices they’ve made for you’

As the race to find a vaccine goes on, researchers are trying potential treatments on coronavirus patients. Some show promise, some not so much.

Max Fawcett: The better we do at flattening the curve on coronavirus, the more people will question whether we ever needed to try so hard in the first place

Economist Armine Yalnizyan on what the economy will look like after the pandemic, and how decades of spending cuts left Canada ill-prepared when the crisis struck

What economies face now may not be solely a coronavirus-triggered meltdown. As devastating as the coming recession—or depression—is likely to be, the health crisis is exacerbating problems in a system that was already under strain.

Rinaldo Walcott: After decades of pushback, the move to online teaching has been swift. It’s time for academics in the humanities and social sciences to step out of the virtual classroom and into the community.