Scenes from a Shutdown: Canada Workers Face Covid-19 Slump
- Desperate times as newly unemployed try to tap government help
- A hotel owner hangs on after C$1 million in business vanishes
Queen Street West during the evening commute in Toronto on March 25, 2020.
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They’d just bet millions on a hotel makeover, were waiting tables while pursuing their dream, or toiling in an already tough oil market.
Canadians have seen their world upended in a matter of days as the coronavirus shuts down huge swaths of the economy. Now, they’re trying to figure out how to make ends meet and negotiate a maze of government websites to access billions of dollars in promised support.