$1.5 billion to economic recovery as part of the province’s initial $5-billion COVID-19 relief fund. The province has also paired up with the federal government to provide an additional $1 billion in economic support for transit and for municipalities.A coalition representing B.C.’s hard-hit tourism industry has presented the provincial government with a recovery stimulus proposal that would see the government put forward $680 million from its $1.5-billion recovery package towards the sector.The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade has called on the province to speed up the Massey Tunnel replacement, support child-care spaces, and create a new small business grant program.Statistics Canada more than 8,000 businesses have been lost in Metro.