Federal Government: 

• The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today joined other global leaders to launch the Coronavirus Global Response 
• This online pledging event aims to initially raise more than $8 billion (USD) to help researchers and innovators develop solutions to test, treat, and protect people, and to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 

Ontario: 

• The Ontario government is taking steps to defer a portion of Global Adjustment (GA) charges for industrial and commercial electricity consumers that do not participate in the Regulated Price Plan for the period starting from April 2020 
• This initiative is intended to provide companies with temporary immediate relief on their monthly electricity bills in April, May and June 2020 
• The government intends to keep this emergency order in place until May 31, 2020, and subsequent regulatory amendments would, if approved, provide for the deferral of these charges for June 2020 as well 
• This relief will prevent a marked increase in Global Adjustment charges due to the low electricity demand caused by the COVID-19 outbreak

Yukon: 

• Yukon’s aviation sector will receive $3.56 million in support to help compensate for lost revenues as a result of COVID-19 
• The government will flow federal funding to aviation businesses to support critical and essential routes and the transportation of vital supplies