Updated: Senators agree on COVID-19 oversight committees, pass $73-billion wage subsidy bill

The Senate has passed the government's wage subsidy bill.

Senators met on April 11, 2020, to pass the government's wage subsidy bill and set up committees to monitor the government response to the COVID-19 crisis.Screen image courtesy of CPAC

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

April 11, 2020

The Senate set up two committees on April 11 to keep tabs on the government’s response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, before Senators passed the government’s wage subsidy bill in the Upper Chamber. The Senate passed the bi...

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