WATCH: The BC NDP promising voters a $1000 dollar payment as part of its election platform. Canada recording it’s highest COVID19 case count. A classroom at a Surrey elementary school has been exposed to COVID19.
The $1,000 recovery benefit would apply to families whose household income is under $125,000 (with reduced amounts for families making up to $175,000) and would give $500 to single people making under $62,000 (with reduced amounts for single people making under $87,000).
Foster, an eyewitness to the 2018 Fredericton mass shooting, took the stand Thursday in the murder trial of Matthew Raymond.
Several dozen MPs took their seats in the chamber, while more signed in online as opposition parties readied to give their official responses to Wednesday's speech from the throne.
Trudeau and representatives of the other political parties paid tribute in the House of Commons to Turner, who died Saturday at age 91.
Health Minister Christine Elliott says nearly two-thirds of new cases are in people under 40.
The legislated targets are to be legally binding, though it is not clear how they would be enforced.
While much of Wednesday's throne speech focused on the COVID-19 pandemic and plans to overhaul Canada's economy, it also included several promises to address systemic racism.