Article contentOTTAWA – The National Post reviewed a host of information tabled recently in Parliament and pulled out some of the interesting numbers of the pandemic. Try refreshing your browser, or Hotel rooms, defective masks and plexiglass: Some overlooked numbers of the pandemic Back to videoAnd on top of the money, there were other numbers that stick out in this pandemic. $37 millionIn response to an inquiry from Conservative MP John Brassard, the government revealed it had spent $37 million on quarantine hotel sites between March and August of this year. The government had a total of 1,600 rooms available in hotels in Calgary, Vancouver, Kelowna, Winnipeg, Regina Toronto, Montreal, Halifax, Fredericton, St. John’s and Whitehorse. When the government announced Brassard’s question, it was negotiating new contracts for hotels and declined to provide a more detailed breakdown of the costs.

Source: National Post December 31, 2020 03:33 UTC