Air Canada has said that it will rehire around 16,500 employees, who were laid off because of the Coronavirus pandemic. The step has been taken under a government relief package for businesses.<br />'' <br />'' Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has extended the benefits of the government program to companies that suffered a drop of more than 15 percent in their revenues in March, against 30 percent previously.<br />'' <br />'' The Canadian government stepped in April 1 with the emergency wage subsidy plan designed to help employers keep their workers or bring back ones that were laid off because of the pandemic.<br />'' <br />'' Canada has reported more than 19,000 cases of Coronavirus, and 456 deaths so far.<br />''  <br />