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Buy local to help economy: Legault

Quebec will inject $2.5 billion into companies suffering liquidity problems due to the COVID-19 crisis.

Companies will receive loans and loan guarantees.

“We can’t save all companies, we’ll try to do the most we can,” Premier François Legault said, announcing the plan at a Quebec City press conference this afternoon.

He said the priority during the COVID-19 crisis is the health of Quebecers but the province can’t ignore the economic battle.

“Many companies are suffering,” he said. “In some sectors, it’s catastrophic – aerospace, hotels, service companies – (businesses are) experiencing significant drops in revenue.”