British Columbia’s government on Thursday unveiled its wide-ranging economic recovery plan in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with support for job retraining, a tax break for businesses and funding for a new tourism task force.

About $300 million will go toward small and medium sized business recovery grants, touted to help approximately 15,000 hard-hit businesses. Another $470 million will be put towards a new provincial sales tax rebate on business investments in machinery and equipment.

But the $100 million targeted for the tourism sector falls far short of the $680 million the industry was asking for. The task force, which has a $50-million budget, will develop recommendations on how the sector can be positioned for the 2021 season.

The province has committed $1.5 billion to economic recovery as part of its initial $5-billion COVID-19 relief fund. It has also paired up with the federal government to provide an additional $1 billion for transit and municipalities.

B.C. reported 122 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, sending the number of active cases in the province to another new record. Officials reported 1,614 active cases of the virus — double the amount just one month ago.

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