Canada’s Feds Rolling Out Help for Charities Hit Hard by Covid-19

Canada’s Feds Rolling Out Help for Charities Hit Hard by Covid-19
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks up into the sky during a rain storm as he exit his residence to attend a news conference on the COVID-19 situation in Ottawa, Canada, on March 29, 2020. Dave Chan / AFP via Getty Images
The Canadian Press
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The federal government signalled on March 29 it is shifting the focus of its COVID-19 aid towards Canada’s most vulnerable as public health experts expressed cautious optimism the nation’s physical distancing experiment could be working.

Most Canadians are entering the third week of a COVID-19 slowdown that has them keeping their distance from all but immediate family members, and some provinces are starting to report a slowdown in the rate of new infections.