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Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured on July 22, 2020, on the Hill. Canada's collective focus needs to be on what could very well be the biggest challenge of our lifetimes: how to recover economically from the cratering effect of COVID-19, write Perrin Beatty and Trevin Stratton.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY Perrin Beatty and Trevin Stratton

September 21, 2020

At the peak of Canada’s lockdown, we lost more than three million jobs. Millions more were working reduced hours as businesses on main streets across the country closed, some temporarily and many for good. With COVID case numbers resurgincug and our economy facing a bleak fall, Canada needs a rec...

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