COVID-19 updates to come
In a piece about the bus doors, Metro also notes that the 747 bus kiosk at the airport is closed, and taxis can only transport one person at a time (it’s not clear whether Uber is held to the same standard). In the metro you can’t buy tickets or passes from the booth attendant, only the machine.
Quebec has delayed its tax deadline to June 1. This won’t count for much unless the feds follow suit, because the two returns are usually filled out in tandem, and if you organize your stuff for the feds you might as well do the same for the Quebec form.
Urgences-Santé is asking callers some questions about their COVID-19 status when taking 911 calls.
There will be updates later Tuesday from both Legault and Trudeau.
GC 15:07 on 2020-03-17 Permalink
The only real point I can see in the tax deadline is, if you owe money to Quebec you will have longer to pay it back? Unless, as you say, the Federal deadline is also extended–which seems likely.
Blork 16:50 on 2020-03-17 Permalink
I’m guessing this is Quebec getting out ahead of the Feds (i.e., they expect the feds to do the same).
If Feds fall in line it means more time before the various tax preparers (H&R Block, independents, etc.) have to get in a room with people many times a day. While that can theoretically (usually) be done at a distance, these folks are very tactile and many of them want to see the papers and to do it in person, so the hope is this will have mostly blown over before they start doing that.
Chris 18:55 on 2020-03-17 Permalink
>The only real point I can see in the tax deadline is…
Another point would be that if you’re too sick to file, or tending to a sick relative, etc.
Dhomas 08:10 on 2020-03-18 Permalink
@Chris the point was that Quebec extending the deadline is pointless unless Canada follows suit as, generally, both provincial and federal income tax returns are filed at the same time.
The feds also made a similar announcement, yesterday:
https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/government-extends-tax-deadline-to-june-1-amidst-covid-19-outbreak
So it is no longer pointless. 🙂
GC 22:47 on 2020-03-18 Permalink
Yes, everything Dhomas said 🙂