He applied for the emergency loan last week in order to pay for a flight home to Canada. He didn't receive any confirmation, so today he called the emergency response centre in Ottawa. Pepe Baiamonte, 36, applied for an emergency loan from the Canadian government to try to book a flight home from Mexico. (Submitted by Pepe Biamonte)The Canadian government says it has so far paid out $2.5 million in loans to 775 recipients through the COVID-19 Emergency Loan Program for Canadians Abroad. There was debit card information, there was bank account information, passport information ...

Source: CBC News April 06, 2020 21:33 UTC