On Saturday’s episode of Global National, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing pressure to provide a financial bailout for Canada's struggling airline sector after Air Canada announced it plans to lay off 20,000 workers due to COVID-19. Mike Drolet reports.
Meanwhile, Canadian fruit and vegetable growers already suffering losses amid the pandemic are now being hit by a labour shortage. As David Akin reports, seasonal farm workers are choosing to stay home and receive Canada's Emergency Response Benefit.
South of the border, U.S President Donald Trump is downplaying the threat of recent COVID-19 outbreaks as states reopen and continues to claim there will be millions of vaccine doses available by the end of the year. As Jennifer Johnson reports, Trump also says he plans to block an economic bill to help struggling Americans.
Canada's toughest anti-vaping legislation is set to come into effect in September in Nova Scotia. As Ross Lord reports, health experts say smokers and those who vape are at much higher risk of contracting COVID-19.
As borders around the world remain closed due to COVID-19, a surrogate birth clinic in Ukraine is struggling to care for dozens of newborn babies who were meant to live with parents in foreign countries. Redmond Shannon reports.
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