Senate committee recommends improvements to COVID-19 emergency programs

Senate committee recommends improvements to COVID-19 emergency programs

Sen. Percy Mockler, chair of the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance, speaks during a press conference in Ottawa on Tuesday, July 31, 2018. The committee released an interim report Tuesday examining the Liberal government’s emergency support programs. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press) The Senate finance committee says significant gaps remain in the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic despite efforts to adjust and improve emergency support programs rolled out over the previous several months.

The upper chamber released an interim report Tuesday recommending the Liberal government make further improvements to existing programs and better plan for what happens when COVID-19 […]

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