Senate, Governor General approve COVID-19 bailout bill

Senators took about two hours to consider the bill, half of which was spent questioning Finance Minister Bill Morneau.
The Senate passed the government's financial bailout bill for the COVID-19 crisis without amendments on March 25, and the bill received royal assent early the same afternoon. A limited number of Senators met Wednesday morning to consider the emergency bill implementing the government's now-$107-bil...

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