Source: Department of Finance of Canada In a country as vast as Canada, it is essential we maintain connections between people and our communities. To that end, today the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, and the Minister of Transport, the Honourable Omar Alghabra, announced financial support for Air Canada. As a condition to receiving this support, Air Canada will ensure that: Regional communities retain air connections to the rest of Canada through the restart of service at airports temporarily suspended by Air Canada; Any customer of Air Canada who wants a refund will receive one for certain pandemic-related cancelations; Airline jobs, pensions, and collective agreements are protected; and Air Canada remains a customer for Canada’s aerospace sector. [...]

Source: Department of Finance of Canada Backgrounder The government's financial support to Air Canada is being provided under the Large Employer Emergency Financing Facility (LEEFF). The Canada Enterprise Emergency Funding Corporation (CEEFC) has committed to provide $4 billion in repayable loans and an equity investment in Air Canada of $500 million in newly-issued Class B Voting Shares at a 15 per cent discount to their recent trading price. CEEFC will also receive warrants on Air Canada stock in an amount equal to 10 per cent of the loan commitments (CEEFC's news release contains detailed information regarding the warrants). As a condition of its agreement with CEEFC, Air Canada has made a number of commitments as outlined below. Refunds for Canadians The agreement with [...]

Source: Government of Chile   The Undersecretary of the Interior, Juan Francisco Galli, together with the Undersecretary of Public Health, Paula Daza, unveiled the Step-by-Step Border Opening Plan, which includes three fundamental pillars: gradualism, security and traceability.   As of November 23 at 00.00 hours, foreigners may enter the country only through (Santiago's) Arturo Merino Benitez international airport, complying with all health requirements.   “On March 18th we closed the borders to any Chilean or non-resident foreigner in our country. Our country took measures that were consistent with protecting the right of Chileans and residents who could return to our country. As progress has been made, the President has arranged to make the borders more flexible only and exclusively through [...]