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新型コロナウイルスに揺れるカナダ。

そんな中、ジャスティントルドー首相から新型コロナウイルス対策として最大820億ドル（約6兆1000億円）を拠出することが発表されました。

ジャスティントルドー首相・カナダの新型コロナウイルス対策で約6兆円を拠出することを表明

2020年3月18日（水）、現在自主隔離を行っているジャスティントルドー首相が自宅前で会見を行い、新型コロナウイルス対策に最大820億ドル（約6兆1000億円）を拠出することを発表しました。

既にカナダは米国との国境も封鎖して、新型コロナウイルス拡大防止に努めていますが、対策費用のうち270億ドルは緊急の資金援助に、残りの550億ドルはビジネスの流動性支援に充てることが伝えられました。（首相によると、この支援額は合計するとカナダのGDPの3%を超えるとのことです）
 

The spread of COVID-19 is forcing all of us to change our ways, and we know it’s a big adjustment. But we have your back, and together we will get through this. For more details on this $82-billion economic plan and how it will help you, click here: https://t.co/Ef0YLK5PBO

— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) March 18, 2020

今回の対策内容は新型コロナウイルスの影響で生活に困っている世帯や企業を助けるもので、中小企業の雇用者の賃金を補う一時的な補助金や納税申告の期限延長なども含まれています。

カナダの新型コロナウイルス対策の内容の一部を日本語で解説

A massive $82B aid package in response to the COVID-19 pandemic includes:
• Temporarily boosting Canada Child Benefit payments.
• A new Emergency Care Benefit of up to $900 biweekly.
• A six-month, interest-free reprieve on student loan payments. https://t.co/mNv3yLLOSS

— CBC News (@CBCNews) March 18, 2020

CBCのこちらの記事に緊急援助政策の内容の一部が箇条書きでまとめられていたので、それぞれLifeTorontoが以下意訳してみました。

A temporary boost to Canada Child Benefit payments, delivering about $2 billion in extra support.
引用：CBC

A new Emergency Care Benefit of up to $900 biweekly, up to 15 weeks, to provide income support to workers, including the self-employed, who have to stay home and don’t qualify for paid sick leave or employment insurance. The measure could disburse up to $10 billion.
引用：CBC

A new Emergency Support Benefit to provide up to $5 billion in support to workers who are not eligible for EI and who are facing unemployment.
引用：CBC

A six-month, interest-free reprieve on student loan payments.
引用：CBC

Doubling the homeless care program.
引用：CBC

Extending the tax filing deadline to June 1.
引用：CBC

Allowing taxpayers to defer until after Aug. 31 tax payments that are due after today and before September.
引用：CBC

$305 million for a new Indigenous Community Support Fund to address immediate needs in First Nations, Inuit and Métis Nation communities.
引用：CBC

In response to #COVID19, we are supporting individuals and businesses in need. Have a look at how we will support you: https://t.co/w7tzCJwYhP #EconomicResponse pic.twitter.com/2npgeJPEa8

— FinanceCanada (@FinanceCanada) March 18, 2020

また、最後に企業が労働者を維持するための支援について、カナダ政府のページから以下の部分だけにはなりますが、抜粋・引用したので、参考にしてみてください。

Helping Businesses Keep their Workers
To support businesses that are facing revenue losses and to help prevent lay-offs, the government is proposing to provide eligible small employers a temporary wage subsidy for a period of three months. The subsidy will be equal to 10% of remuneration paid during that period, up to a maximum subsidy of $1,375 per employee and $25,000 per employer. Employers benefiting from this measure will include corporations eligible for the small business deduction, as well as non-profit organizations and charities.
抜粋・引用：CBC

今後のカナダ政府の施策に期待です。