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Plans to fight the second wave of COVID-19 and to mount a strong economic recovery focus of B.C.'s throne speech
BY , Dec 8, 2020 2:48 AM - REPORT AN ERROR
File - In a throne speech read by Lieutenant Governor Janet Austin, the government says vaccines herald better days ahead but the virus still poses urgent challenges in the short term. (B.C. Government)
In a throne speech read by Lieutenant Governor Janet Austin, the government says vaccines herald better days ahead but the virus still poses urgent challenges in the short term.
The newly re-elected NDP government says it will strive to ensure that people work together to fight the second wave of COVID-19 and to mount a strong economic recovery.
In a throne speech read by Lieutenant Governor Janet Austin, the government says vaccines herald better days ahead but the virus still poses urgent challenges in the short term.
It says a tax-free pandemic recovery payment of one-thousand dollars to eligible families and 500-dollars to individuals will help people during a hard time, while benefiting the local economy.
The plan was to deliver the benefit in time for Christmas but the government says in a news release that the benefits will not come until year's end.
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