In his daily pandemic briefing in Ottawa this morning, the Prime Minister says more than 4 and a half million claims have been processed since Monday for the Canada Emergency Response benefit.
As the unemployment rate hit 7.8%, Justin Trudeau says people are already starting to get their $2 thousand for this month.
Meantime, Trudeau says new pandemic modelling suggests the top of the curve in infections could be late spring, with the end of the 1st wave this summer.