COVID-19 Response Measures Act (S.C. 2020, c. 12)
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Assented to 2020-10-02
SCHEDULE(Section 11)
SCHEDULE(Sections 2 and 3)
Payment Limits
Measure | Limits (Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 2020) ($ millions) (cash basis) |
|---|---|
Protecting Health and Safety | |
– COVID-19 Response Fund | 34 |
– Funding for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Supplies | 869 |
– Safe Restart Agreement – Funding for Federal Investments in Testing, Contact Tracing and Data Management | 642 |
– Safe Restart Agreement – Funding for PPE (Public Health Agency of Canada) | 1,811 |
– Safe Restart Agreement – Funding for PPE (Public Services and Procurement Canada) | 150 |
– PPE and Related Equipment Support for Essential Workers (Public Services and Procurement Canada) | 150 |
– Support for Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada | 18 |
– Medical Research, Countermeasures, Vaccine Funding and Developments, Border and Travel Measures and Isolation Sites | 4,449 |
– Bio-manufacturing Capacity Expansion – National Research Council Royalmount Facility | 34 |
– Consular Assistance for Canadians Abroad | 16 |
– Virtual Care and Mental Health Tools for Canadians | 116 |
– Enhancing Public Health Measures in Indigenous Communities | 111 |
– Personal Support Worker Training and Other Measures to Address Labour Shortages in Long-Term and Home Care | 13 |
Support for Individuals | |
– Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) | 3,000 |
– Supporting Provincial and Territorial Job Training Efforts as Part of COVID-19 Economic Recovery | 1,500 |
– Ensuring Access to Canada Revenue Agency Call Centres | 90 |
– Canada Revenue Agency Funding for COVID-19 Economic Measures | 61 |
Support for Students and Recent Graduates | |
– Youth Employment and Skills Development Programs | 262 |
– Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB) | 140 |
Support for Seniors | |
– New Horizons for Seniors Program expansion | 9 |
Support for Vulnerable Groups | |
– Indigenous Community Support Fund | 250 |
– Supporting a Safe Restart in Indigenous Communities | 302 |
– Addressing Gender-Based Violence during COVID-19 | 50 |
– Support for People experiencing Homelessness (through Reaching Home) | 9 |
– Additional Support for Canadians Experiencing Homelessness during COVID-19 | 237 |
– Rapid Housing Initiative | 504 |
– Supporting Children and Youth (Kids Help Phone) | 2 |
– Additional Support for Food Banks | 50 |
– Support for Charities and Non-Profits Serving Vulnerable People | 74 |
– Support for Persons with Disabilities (Opportunities Fund) | 15 |
– Support for Veterans’ Organizations | 20 |
Support for Businesses | |
– Alternative Credit Support for Businesses Unable to Access other Emergency Measures (RDAs, Community Futures Network, Futurpreneur Canada, Innovation Assistance Program) | 74 |
– Targeted Extension of the Innovation Assistance Program | 125 |
– Regional Relief and Recovery Fund Top-Up | 328 |
– Support for fish and seafood processors | 13 |
– Supporting Canada’s farmers, food businesses, and food supply | 23 |
– Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance | 1,184 |
– Granville Island Emergency Relief Fund | 6 |
– Support for the Federal Bridge Corporation Limited | 1 |
Support for Sectors | |
– Addressing the Outbreak of COVID-19 among Temporary Foreign Workers on Farms | 20 |
– Support for Food System Firms that Hire Temporary Foreign Workers (including Labour Market Impact Assessment adjustments) | 34 |
– Support for Cultural, Heritage and Sport Organizations | 17 |
– Support for Fish Harvesters | 151 |
– Support for the Academic Research Community | 126 |
– Support for the Audiovisual Industry | 50 |
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