iPolitics By Kady O Malley. Published on Apr 19, 2021 6:31am Committees will meet today. Jolson Lim/iPolitics
Amid news that the federal government will offer emergency support to help Ontario deal with skyrocketing COVID-19 case counts,
HEALTH members are set to hold another round of hearings on the “emergency situation” brought on by the ongoing pandemic. (11 AM – 1 PM)
On the witness list for today:
Association des médecins hématologues et oncologues du
Québec, the
Don’t Forget Students, as well as
Schulich School of Business associate professor Winny Shen and
Carleton University professor Amedeo D’Angiulli.
Also this morning:
INTERNATIONAL TRADE members will launch a separate examination into “selected considerations concerning COVID-19 vaccine” with testimony from
With
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland poised to deliver her inaugural budget speech on Monday afternoon, the Star’s Heather Scoffield has a sneak peek of what to expect: an across-the-board extension of “all the main pandemic-support programs until the coming fall,” as well as “a completely new benefit that subsidizes employers for hiring more people, or increasing the hours their employees work.”
In putting together what was once expected to be the first
post-pandemic budget, Freeland “has devoted much of her attention to plotting a long-term recovery strategy for the country, with child-care funding, inclusivity, and environmentally sustainable growth at the centre,” Scoffield notes.