Canada will invest C$2.5 billion ($1.8 billion) in measures to help the hard-hit
Oil and gas industry during the
Coronavirus outbreak, which has killed 1,250 people in the country, Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau said on Friday.
The sector, which accounts for 10.6% of Canada's gross domestic product, has urged Ottawa to free up credit and cash to tackle the effects of the pandemic and rock-bottom oil prices.
Trudeau said energy sector workers have faced "layers of calamity" and Ottawa would invest C$1.7 billion to clean up orphan and abandoned wells in three provinces.