Already 1 million Canadians have applied for unemployment benefits due to the COVID-19 crisis. A report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives warns the unemployment rate could skyrocket from 5.9 per cent to 13.5 per cent, the highest level since the Second World War.
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