Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will be heading to Parliament today to introduce a bill to get the Canada Emergency Student Benefit in place as quickly as possible. He also mentioned the Canada Child Benefit would get a boost in May, so will the GST credit and he reminded Canadians we have until August to pay our taxes.
Quebec has close to 26 thousand cases of COVID-19, almost 17 hundred people have died in the province and just over 58 hundred people have recovered. We have reports the province will be presenting its plan for the gradual lifting of checkpoints between the regions today.