Canadian PM announces billions of dollars in emergency aid for students

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday nine billion Canadian dollars (about 6.35 billion U.S. dollars) in financial aid for students whose education and job prospects are impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The aid named Canada Emergency Student Benefit is intended to help young people who have fallen through the cracks of other emergency relief programs against the COVID-19 crisis.

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