Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has unveiled an “ambitious plan for an unprecedented reality” amid rising Covid-19 cases. His expansive new legislative agenda includes new investments and initiatives to help the country recover from the pandemic.

It came with a vow to support Canadians “through this crisis as long as it lasts, whatever it takes”. Opposition parties have criticised the Liberals’ plan.  The Conservatives said it lacked a commitment to fiscal restraint and failed to address the needs of “everyday Canadians”. The four-pronged approach to the pandemic an d the recovery was delivered on Wednesday by Governor General Julie Payette, the Queen’s representative in Canada, in a Speech from the Throne. Mr Trudeau warned Canadians in a televised address following the speech that a second wave of the pandemic was “already under way”. “We’re on the brink of a fall that could be much worse than the spring,” he said.(BBC)…[+]