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OTTAWA, March 2 Canada’s pandemic-hit economy contracted 5.4 per cent in 2020, its worst plunge on record, despite a strong rebound in the final three months of the year, the national statistical agency said today.
In the fourth quarter of last year, the economy beat expectations by growing 9.6 per cent, amid higher government spending to help Canadians weather coronavirus restrictions as well as increased investments in business equipment and housing.
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Even if the next federal election is held in the midst of the pandemic, voters should get a glimpse of poll workers that is rare in this time of ubiquitous face coverings.
Elections Canada has issued a tender for 240,000 transparent masks in case of a COVID-19 trip to the polls, with the aim to put a literal human face on the balloting process.
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At the same time, the federal agency expects many Canadians to avoid polling places altogether, and is bracing for a major uptick in the use of mail-in ballots. To ensure that happens smoothly, it’s planning an education campaign to explain the vote-by-post system’s safeguards, an Elections Canada spokesman said Monday.
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