Canada gov't, provinces agree COVID-19 vaccine travel passport - officials

FILE PHOTO: Canadian border opens to vaccinated Americans © Reuters/DAVID RYDER FILE PHOTO: Canadian border opens to vaccinated Americans

OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada will wind down its existing broad-based COVID-19 support programs for companies and individuals on Saturday because the economy is recovering well, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Thursday.

Freeland told reporters that Ottawa would instead introduce more targeted and less expensive measures to help hard-hit sectors such as the tourism industry.

(Reporting by David LjunggrenEditing by Jonathan Oatis)

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