Quebec comes to Cirque du Soleil’s rescue


Performers training for the Cirque du Soleil show Totem in Munich, Germany, in February. The Covid-19 pandemic has forced the circus troupe to cancel 44 shows worldwide and furlough 4,679 employees, or 95% of its staff. – EPA pic, May 27, 2020.

THE Quebec government yesterday offered a conditional loan of US$200 million (RM873 million) to Cirque du Soleil, the world’s most famous circus troupe, which is struggling due to the coronavirus pandemic.

“I am announcing today that the executive council has granted financial assistance of up to US$200 million for the revival of the circus,” said Quebec Economy Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon.


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