Government must do more to help northerners and their businesses bounce back

The Liberal government must listen to northerners to ensure they have the support they need to continue protecting the health and safety of residents, while also ensuring the economy can recover.

Nunavut Premier Joe Savikataaq is pictured in Ottawa in November 2019. It is clear that the success the North has had in blocking the spread of COVID-19 has been thanks to the quick action of northern leadership, writes Conservative MP Bob Zimmer.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY CONSERVATIVE MP BOB ZIMMER

June 10, 2020

As the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 continue to decline across the country, it feels as though we are at a point in the crisis where all of us are trying to catch our collective breath, take stock of where we are, examine what is working and what isn’t, and ready ourselves for whatever ha...

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