 
ABOUT THE CERB AS WELL AS 
POTENTIALLY SOME OTHER NEWS TOO.
I'LL BRING IN MY COLLEAGUES, THE
HOST OF "POWER & POLITICS", 
VASSY KAPELOS AND THE CBC'S 
DAVID COCHRANE QUICKLY BECAUSE I
KNOW HE'S GOING TO JUMP OUT 
THERE, COME DOWN THE STAIRS VERY
QUICKLY.
VASSY, WE ARE EXPECTING TO HEAR 
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT CERB.
YESTERDAY THE PRIME MINISTER 
SAID THERE WOULD BE AN EXTENSION
AND THEY WERE WORKING ON THAT.
>> Vassy: YEAH, LOTS OF 
POLITICAL BACK AND FORTH GIVEN 
THAT THERE'S A CONFIDENCE VOTE 
TOMORROW IN THE HOUSE OF 
COMMONS.
WE ANTICIPATE THERE WILL BE MORE
DETAILS.
I'M BEING TOLD BY A NUMBER OF 
PEOPLE IN THE GOVERNMENT IT WILL
LOOK LIKE AN EXTENSION THROUGH 
THE REST OF THE SUMMER, AT LEAST
'TIL THE END OF AUGUST.
I DON'T KNOW, AGAIN, THOUGH, 
WHAT ADDED CONDITIONS THEY MIGHT
PUT ON TO ACCESSING CERB IF THAT
WILL BE THE CASE.
WE'LL LOOK TO FIND THAT OUT.
AND THE OTHER THING WE'RE 
ANTICIPATING IS AS OUR COLLEAGUE
KATIE SIMPSON FIRST REPORTED 
LAST WEEK THAT THERE WILL BE 
ANOTHER EXTENSION OF THE 
RESTRICTIONS AT THE BORDER 
BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND 
CANADA.
NO SURPRISE GIVEN WHAT WE'VE 
BEEN TALKING ABOUT, YOU AND I, 
ROSIE, FOR A NUMBER OF DAYS, THE
SPIKE IN CASES IN SO MANY 
STATES.
>> Rosemary: AND DAVID, I GUESS 
THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING OBVIOUSLY
ON THE BORDER EXTENSION.
IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY 
PUSHBACK FROM THE WHITE HOUSE AT
THIS STAGE.
IT ALL SEEMS TO BE ROLLING ALONG
PRETTY WELL.
>> David: NO, THEY ARE ROLLING 
OVER THE BORDER BECAUSE NOBODY 
IS READY TO OPEN IT AND THEY ARE
ROLLING OVER THE CERB BECAUSE 
NOBODY IS READY TO COME OFF IT, 
OR AT LEAST MILLIONS AREN'T 
READY TO COME OFF IT.
AS TO THE ATTESTATION POINT, 
THERE WILL BE SOMETHING TO SAY 
YOU ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR 
WORK.
THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THEY 
TRIED TO PUT IN LEGISLATION LAST
WEEK WHEN THINGS SORT OF FELL 
APART AND THEY COULDN'T ADVANCE 
ANY OF THE LEGISLATION BECAUSE 
OF THE OPPOSITION PARTIES.
THEY WILL TWEAK THE WORDING OF 
THE ATTESTATION TO SAY YOU ARE 
SEEKING EMPLOYMENT.
ONE OF THE DOWNSIDES OF THE CERB
IS THAT GIVING PEOPLE $2,000 A 
MONTH, PARTICULARLY AT THE LOWER
END OF THE WAGE SCALE IN THE 
SERVICE SECTOR, IN PLACES LIKE 
THAT, IT IS VIEWED BY MANY 
EMPLOYERS AS A DISINCENTIVE TO 
GO BACK TO WORK, SO THEY WANT TO
SORT OF MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT 
MORE LIKE EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, 
AT LEAST IN PHILOSOPHICALLY, 
WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO 
ACTIVELY SAY WHEN YOU GET EI 
THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR WORK 
AND TRYING TO FIND A JOB.
THEY WILL DO A SIMILAR MEASURE 
WITH WHAT YOU SIGN TO QUALIFY 
FOR THE CERB.
>> Rosemary: AND TOMORROW IS A 
CONFIDENCE VOTE IN THE HOUSE 
BECAUSE IT HAS TO DO WITH MONEY,
AND THAT'S HOW CONFIDENCE 
MOTIONS ARE GENERALLY BUILD.
IT'S ESTIMATES, SO THE APPROVAL 
FOR THE MONEY THAT THE 
GOVERNMENT IS SPENDING THROUGH 
ALL THESE MEASURES.
SO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF
NEGOTIATIONS HAPPENING AS VASSY 
MENTIONED BEHIND THE SCENES.
LET'S JUST GET BOTH OF YOUR 
TAKES ON WHERE THE SUPPORT WILL 
BE AT THIS STAGE.
I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY NO ONE 
WANTS AN ELECTION.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE TRYING TO 
SET UP THAT KIND OF DRAMA.
BUT CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, THESE 
THINGS ARE ALWAYS POSSIBLE, WHAT
THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO DO, OF 
COURSE, IS COME UP WITH SOMEONE 
TO DANCE WITH ON THIS ISSUE, AND
THAT'S WHY THE CERB HAS BEEN 
PERHAPS A LITTLE MORE 
COMPLICATED BECAUSE IT IS NOT --
WELL, IT IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE 
ESTIMATES.
IT IS PART OF WHAT THEY ARE 
NEGOTIATING AROUND THAT, VASSY.
SO WHERE DO WE THINK THAT DANCE 
PARTNER WILL COME FROM AT THIS 
STAGE?
>> Vassy: IT LOOKS LIKELY THE 
NDP.
THE NDP HAS BEEN THE PARTY, AND 
ITS LEADER, JAGMEET SINGH, 
PUSHING THE EXTENSION OF THE 
CERB.
LAST WEEK THEY WANTED TO SEE A 
FOUR-MONTH EXTENSION.
YESTERDAY THEY WALKED THAT BACK 
AND SAID I WANT A COMMITMENT 
FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT
THEY WILL EXTEND IT IN ORDER TO 
HELP PEOPLE WHO RUN OUT, WHO 
COME UP AGAINST THE END OF THEIR
ELIGIBILITY, WHICH HAPPENS IN 
JUST A FEW WEEKS, AND THERE'S 
ABOUT 2 MILLION CANADIANS IN 
THAT POSITION.
SO IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, AS 
DAVID UNDERSCORED.
SO NOW IT DEPENDS WHO YOU'RE 
TALKING TO.
IS IT THE GOVERNMENT, THEY SAY 
THEY WERE GOING TO DO THIS 
ANYWAY.
THE NDP IS SAYING THE GOVERNMENT
WOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT 
THE NDP PUSHING THEM TO DO IT.
THE BIG QUESTION IS WHETHER OR 
NOT WHAT THE GOVERNMENT LAYS OUT
TODAY IS ENOUGH TO GET THE NDP 
TO SUPPORT IT IN THOSE VOTES ON 
THE ESTIMATES TOMORROW, AND 
WE'LL FIND OUT, I'M GUESSING 
SHORTLY, BUT MY GUESS, IF I HAD 
TO WAGER, IS PROBABLY YES.
>> Rosemary: I WOULD SAY THAT IT
IS TRUE THE GOVERNMENT HAS LONG 
SIGNALLED IT WAS NOT GOING TO 
JUST CUT PEOPLE OFF FROM CERB, 
THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SOME 
SORT OF OTHER SOLUTION.
WHAT THE NDP MAY HAVE SUCCEEDED 
IN DOING, DAVID, IS SORT OF 
PUTTING SOME -- LIGHTING A BIT 
OF A FIRE UNDER THE GOVERNMENT 
HERE, BUT I WOULD ALSO POINTS 
OUT THE NDP FINANCIALLY IS IN NO
POSITION TO GO INTO AN ELECTION 
EITHER.
SO I MEAN, IT IS A BIT OF A GAME
OF CHICKEN.
IT'S IMPORTANT POLICY DECISIONS,
BUT IT'S ALSO A BIT OF A 
POLITICAL GAME OF CHICKEN HERE.
>> David: YEAH, THOSE 
CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP DEBATES 
THIS WEEK WOULD BE KIND OF 
POINTLESS IF THEY BROUGHT DOWN 
THE HOUSE TOMORROW AND ANDREW 
SCHEER WAS RUNNING AS LEADER IN 
THE ELECTION.
I THINK WHAT THE NDP PROBABLY 
ACCOMPLISH AND ALL OF THE 
OPPOSITION PARTIES, THE 
CONSERVATIVES NOT ON BOARD WITH 
THIS, GETTING THE PENALTIES OUT 
OF CERB, THE CRACK DOWN ON FRAUD
IN THE FINES AND POSSIBLE 
IMPRISONMENT.
YOU MAY SEE LEGISLATION COME 
NEXT WEEK TO DEAL WITH THE 
DISABILITY PAYMENTS THEY WANTED 
TO DO AND MAYBE SOME CRITERIA 
CHANGES TO CERB, I DON'T KNOW, 
IN TERMS OF EXPANDING WHO 
QUALIFIES FOR IT AND THAT SORT 
OF A THING.
BUT A STRAIGHT ROLLOVER, A 
STRAIGHT EXTENSION IS SOMETHING 
THE GOVERNMENT CAN DO WITHOUT 
ANYBODY'S SUPPORT, AND BY 
KEEPING THAT ECONOMIC -- DO IT 
THROUGH REGULATION.
SO KEEPING THAT ECONOMIC FLOOR 
UNDER MILLIONS OF CANADIANS 
PROBABLY GETS THEM THROUGH 
TOMORROW.
BUT LOOK, THERE'S A LOT OF RAMS 
IN THOSE NATURE DOCUMENTARIES 
BUTTING HEADS FOR SHEER 
SPECTACLE.
NOBODY'S GOING TO FORCE AN 
ELECTION IN THE MIDDLE OF A 
PANDEMIC.
IF THEY DID, I THINK VOTERS 
WOULD RIGHTFULLY PUNISH THEM AND
THEY WOULD DESERVE TO BE 
PUNISHED FOR IT.
NEVER MIND THE HEALTH RISKS AND 
THE INCONVENIENCE AND THE 
INABILITY OF A GOVERNMENT TO 
PROPERLY RESPOND TO ALL THE EBBS
AND FLOWS OF THIS THING, IT'S 
JUST A DOWNRIGHT CRAZY IDEA AT 
THIS POINT IN TIME GIVEN THE 
STATE OF THE WORLD.
>> Rosemary: THIS IS WHAT A 
MINORITY GOVERNMENT DOES.
IT FORCES THE GOVERNMENT TO HAVE
TO NEGOTIATE WITH DIFFERENT 
PEOPLE AND TO COMPROMISE OR MOVE
ITS POSITION OR BE A LITTLE MORE
FLEXIBLE IN ITS POSITION.
>> David: AND IT'S WORKED SO 
FAR.
>> Rosemary: YEAH, IT HAS WORKED
AND THEY'VE MANAGED TO TAKE 
SUGGESTIONS FROM CONSERVATIVES, 
FROM THE NDP.
I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'VE TAKEN 
ANYTHING FROM THE BLOC, BUT THEY
TEND TO TALK THROUGH THESE 
THINGS AND THEY GET TO A PLACE 
WHERE THEY GET AGREEMENTS.
I SHOULD SAY THE PRIME MINISTER 
ALSO HAS I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY 
PHONE CALLS TODAY WITH WORLD 
LEADERS AROUND THE UN SECURITY 
COUNCIL VOTE WHICH IS TAKING 
PLACE TOMORROW.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE'LL REFER TO 
THAT HERE, BUT HERE NOW IS THE 
PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: OVER 
THE PAST FEW MONTHS WE'VE 
INTRODUCED PROGRAMS THAT ARE 
MAKING A REAL DIFFERENCE IN THE 
LIVES OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE 
RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
TAKE THE ROSE AND CROWN PUB IN 
CANMORE, ALBERTA.
AS THEY WERE GETTING READY TO 
WELCOME CUSTOMERS AGAIN, THEY 
USED THE WAGE SUBSIDY TO REHIRE 
15 EMPLOYEES.
AND THEY GOT A LOAN THROUGH THE 
CANADA EMERGENCY BUSINESS 
ACCOUNT SO THEY COULD BUY 
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, 
PLEXIGLAS SCREENS AND ADDITIONAL
HAND WASHING STATIONS TO COMPLY 
WITH PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDELINES.
THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR PEOPLE WHO 
ARE NOW BACK ON THE JOB AND FOR 
LOCALS WHO MISSED THEIR 
FAVOURITE NEIGHBOURHOOD SPOT.
WHEN THIS CRISIS FIRST BEGAN, A 
LOT OF PEOPLE LOST THEIR JOBS 
OVERNIGHT.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW THEY WERE 
GOING TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES OR 
PAY THEIR BILLS.
SO OUR GOVERNMENT RESPONDED 
RAPIDLY AND SUBSTANTIALLY TO 
SUPPORT CANADIANS WITH PROGRAMS 
LIKE THE CANADA EMERGENCY 
RESPONSE BENEFIT AND THE CANADA 
EMERGENCY WAGE SUBSIDY.
THREE MONTHS LATER WE'RE GOING 
TO SEE ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT 
WE'RE NOW IN A PLACE WHERE WE'RE
GRADUALLY AND SAFELY STARTING TO
REOPEN PARTS OF THE ECONOMY, BUT
I'M NOT GOING TO SUGAR COAT IT.
WE STILL HAVE A LONG JOURNEY 
AHEAD.
SOME SECTORS WILL BOUNCE BACK 
MORE QUICKLY THAN OTHERS.
MANY WORKERS WILL BE ABLE TO 
FIND WORK, BUT OTHERS WON'T.
OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, 
CANADIANS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO 
COUNT ON THE CANADA EMERGENCY 
RESPONSE BENEFIT TO HELP THEM 
GET THROUGH A TOUGH TIME, AND 
THE REALITY IS THAT EVEN AS WE 
START TO REOPEN, A LOT OF PEOPLE
STILL NEED THIS SUPPORT TO PAY 
THEIR BILLS WHILE THEY LOOK FOR 
WORK.
THAT'S WHY TODAY I AM ANNOUNCING
THAT WE WILL BE EXTENDING 
ELIGIBILITY FOR THE CERB BY 
EIGHT WEEKS.
SO IF YOU'VE BEEN GETTING THE 
CERB AND YOU STILL CAN'T WORK 
BECAUSE YOU'RE UNABLE TO FIND A 
JOB OR IT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE, 
YOU WILL KEEP GETTING THAT 
$2,000 A MONTH.
OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, OUR 
GOVERNMENT WILL LOOK AT 
INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES AND
MONITOR THE ECONOMY AND THE 
PROGRESSION OF THE VIRUS TO SEE 
WHAT CHANGES, IF ANY, NEED TO BE
MADE TO THE PROGRAM SO THAT MORE
PEOPLE ARE PROPERLY SUPPORTED.
BUT I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR WITH
CANADIANS.
OUR GOAL HERE IS TO MAKE SURE 
THAT THE CERB IS WORKING FOR YOU
IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE.
OUR GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO 
BE THERE FOR YOU.
THIS PANDEMIC IS AN 
UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGE FOR OUR 
COUNTRY, AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE
SURE THAT ALL OF OUR SUPPORTS, 
INCLUDING THE CANADA EMERGENCY 
WAGE SUBSIDY AND EMPLOYMENT 
INSURANCE ARE WORKING 
EFFECTIVELY TO GET CANADIANS 
BACK ON THEIR FEET.
THAT'S ALSO A BIG PART OF THE 
REASON WHY I PROPOSED TO GIVE 
THE PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES 
$14 BILLION TO MAKE SURE THAT 
YOU HAVE CHILD CARE, THAT 
THERE'S TESTING AND TRACING, AND
THAT YOUR WORKPLACE IS SAFE.
AS THE SITUATION EVOLVES, SO TOO
MUST OUR RESPONSE EVOLVE WITH 
IT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING 
TO KEEP DOING.
[Speaking French]
[Voice of Interpreter]
SINCE THIS CRISIS BEGAN, OUR 
GOVERNMENT BEGAN WORKING QUICKLY
TO SUPPORT CANADIANS WITH 
PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE EMERGENCY 
RESPONSE BENEFIT AND THE 
EMERGENCY WAGE SUBSIDY.
THREE MONTHS LATER WE'RE NOW IN 
A POSITION TO START TO GRADUALLY
AND CAUTIOUSLY REOPEN THE 
ECONOMY, PARTLY BECAUSE 
BUSINESSES ARE USING PROGRAMS 
LIKE THE EMERGENCY WAGE SUBSIDY.
BUT I WANT TO BE ABSOLUTELY 
HONEST WITH YOU, WE STILL HAVE A
LONG WAY TO GO IN THE COMING 
MONTHS.
SOME SECTORS WILL REBOUND MORE 
QUICKLY THAN OTHERS, AND MANY 
PEOPLE WILL FIND WORK, BUT NOT 
EVERYONE WILL.
IN RECENT MONTHS, CANADIANS WERE
ABLE TO RELY ON THE EMERGENCY 
RESPONSE BENEFIT TO GET THROUGH 
THESE TOUGH TIMES, BUT THE 
REALITY IS THAT EVEN IF SOME 
ACTIVITIES ARE STARTING UP 
AGAIN, A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL 
NEED THAT SUPPORT TO PAY THEIR 
BILLS AS THEY SEEK WORK.
THAT'S WHY TODAY I AM ANNOUNCING
THAT WE WILL BE EXTENDING 
ELIGIBILITY FOR THE EMERGENCY 
RESPONSE BENEFIT BY AN 
ADDITIONAL EIGHT WEEKS.
THAT MEANS THAT IF YOU ARE 
RECEIVING THE CERB AND YOU 
CANNOT RETURN TO WORK BECAUSE 
YOU CAN'T FIND ANY WORK OR 
SIMPLY BECAUSE IT JUST ISN'T 
POSSIBLE RIGHT NOW, YOU WILL 
CONTINUE TO RECEIVE YOUR $2,000 
A MONTH.
IN THE COMING WEEKS, OUR 
GOVERNMENT WILL BE LOOKING AT 
INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES, AS
WELL AS MONITORING THE ECONOMY 
AND THE PROGRESSION OF THE 
VIRUS, TO DETERMINE WHETHER WE 
NEED TO MAKE OTHER CHANGES TO 
THE PROGRAM TO PROVIDE MORE 
SUPPORT TO PEOPLE.
BUT I WANT TO BE PERFECTLY CLEAR
WITH CANADIANS, OUR GOAL IS TO 
ENSURE THAT THE CERB WORKS FOR 
YOU.
OUR GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO 
BE THERE FOR YOU.
THE PANDEMIC REPRESENTS AN 
UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGE FOR OUR 
COUNTRY, AND WE WANT TO ENSURE 
THAT ALL SUPPORTS, INCLUDING THE
EMERGENCY WAGE SUBSIDY AND 
EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, ARE THERE 
TO HELP CANADIANS GET BACK ON 
THEIR FEET.
WE WANT TO GIVE YOU THE SUPPORT 
THAT YOU DESERVE DURING THIS 
TURBULENT TIME, AND IN FACT 
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY 
PROPOSED TO GIVE THE PROVINCES 
AND TERRITORIES SOME $14 BILLION
SO THAT YOU HAVE THE CHILD CARE 
SERVICES THAT YOU NEED, SO THAT 
WE CAN INCREASE TESTING AND 
CONTACT TRACING, AND SO THAT YOU
CAN RETURN TO WORK SAFELY.
THE SITUATION CONTINUES TO 
EVOLVE, AND OUR RESPONSE MUST 
ALSO EVOLVE, AND THAT'S WHAT OUR
GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO DO.
[ End of Interpretation ]
I WANT TO CLOSE THIS MORNING 
WITH SOME NEWS REGARDING THE 
CANADA-U.S. BORDER.
I CAN NOW CONFIRM THAT CANADA 
AND THE UNITED STATES HAVE ONCE 
AGAIN AGREED TO EXTEND BY 30 
DAYS, UNTIL JULY 21, THE CURRENT
MEASURES IN PLACE ALONG OUR 
BORDER.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DECISION 
THAT WILL KEEP PEOPLE IN BOTH OF
OUR COUNTRIES SAFE.
[Speaking French]
[Voice of Interpreter]
I JUST WANT TO CLOSE TODAY WITH 
NEWS THAT THE CANADA-U.S. BORDER
WILL -- THAT CANADA AND THE 
UNITED STATES HAVE AGREED TO 
EXTEND BY 30 DAYS UNTIL JULY 21 
THE MEASURES CURRENTLY IN PLACE 
AT THE BORDER.
THIS IS A DECISION THAT WILL 
PROTECT PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF 
THE BORDER AS WE CONTINUE TO 
FIGHT COVID-19.
ON THAT NOTE, I'M NOW READY TO 
TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS.
[ End of Interpretation ]
>> THANK YOU, PRIME MINISTER.
WE'LL NOW GO TO THE PHONE FOR 
QUESTIONS.
ONE QUESTION, ONE FOLLOW-UP.
OPERATOR?
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
MERCI.
FOR QUESTIONS, PLEASE PRESS STAR
1.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, PRIME
MINISTER.
MANY LEGAL EXPERTS SAY THAT ONE 
CONCRETE THING THAT YOUR 
GOVERNMENT COULD DO TO REDUCE 
THE HARMS CAUSED TO BLACK AND 
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES WOULD BE 
TO REMOVE ALL MANDATORY MINIMUM 
SENTENCES IN THE CRIMINAL CODE.
WILL YOUR GOVERNMENT MAKE THIS 
COMMITMENT?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: THAT 
IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE CLEAR 
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT IS COMING 
OUT.
THERE'S A CLEAR MESSAGE TODAY 
FROM THE PARLIAMENTARY BLACK 
CAUCUS TO THAT EFFECT, AND WE'RE
GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT 
THAT AND OTHER MEASURES THAT WE 
CAN MOVE FORWARD TO MAKE SURE 
THAT OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM DOES NOT
CONTINUE TO BE UNFAIR TOWARDS 
RACIALIZED CANADIANS AND 
INDIGENOUS CANADIANS.
[Speaking French]
[Voice of Interpreter]
REMOVING MANDATORY MINIMUM 
SENTENCES IS CERTAINLY ONE WAY 
OF MOVING FORWARD, AND WE ARE 
CURRENTLY LOOKING AT THAT AND 
OTHER MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT 
OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM IS FAIR TO 
ALL RACIALIZED AND INDIGENOUS 
CANADIANS.
[ End of Interpretation ]
>> FOLLOW-UP?
>> Reporter: AND PRIME MINISTER,
MEXICO HAS HALTED SENDING 
UPWARDS OF 5,000 ADDITIONAL 
WORKERS TO CANADA UNTIL IT HAS 
ASSURANCES THAT THERE WILL BE 
CLOSER MONITORING OF HEALTH AND 
SAFETY RULES AND UNTIL THERE'S A
BETTER GRASP OF WHAT WENT SO 
WRONG.
WHAT WILL YOU DO TO ADDRESS 
THEIR CONCERNS?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: I 
SPOKE WITH PRESIDENT LOPEZ JUST 
A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.
WE TOUCHED ON THIS TOPIC.
I SHARED MY SYMPATHIES AND 
CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES OF 
THE MEXICAN WORKERS WHO PASSED 
AWAY HERE IN CANADA.
WE ARE ALSO, AS A COUNTRY, 
PRE-OCCUPIED WITH WHAT HAS 
HAPPENED.
WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT 
WE ARE FOLLOWING UP NOT JUST 
WITH OUR PARTNERS AROUND THE 
WORLD BUT WITH CANADIANS TO 
ENSURE THAT WE KNOW WHAT 
HAPPENED AND WE MAKE SURE THAT 
WE'RE KEEPING ALL WORKERS IN 
CANADA SAFE.
[Speaking French]
[Voice of Interpreter]
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO
PRESIDENT LOPEZ ABRADOR A COUPLE
OF DAYS AGO, AND WE TALKED 
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT, AND I 
TOLD HIM THAT WE WOULD BE 
WORKING VERY HARD TO ENSURE THE 
SAFETY OF ALL WORKERS, INCLUDING
TEMPORARY WORKERS.
>> Operator: 
[No Interpretation]
>> Reporter: THANK YOU, GOOD 
MORNING, PRIME MINISTER.
WITH RESPECT TO THE CERB, I 
UNDERSTAND THERE WILL BE NO 
ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS, BUT 
LAST WEEK YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT
LEGISLATION TO REMOVE THE CERB 
FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE TO 
WORK.
WHY THIS ABOUT-FACE?
>> WELL, WE HAVE PROPOSED A BILL
THAT WAS GOING TO ALLOW FOR A 
MORE CONSISTENT ATTESTATION THAT
PEOPLE WERE SEEKING WORK, BUT WE
DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH 
REGULATIONS OR THE 
RECOMMENDATION THAT PEOPLE 
CONTINUE TO SEEK WORK.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO GET BACK TO 
WORK IF THERE IS WORK THERE FOR 
THEM, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT 
THERE ARE 3 MILLION PEOPLE OUT 
THERE WHO WANT TO WORK BUT 
CANNOT.
THE ECONOMY IS SLOWLY STARTING 
TO REOPEN, AND MANY PEOPLE WOULD
LIKE TO WORK, BUT THEY SIMPLY 
WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO SO.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE THERE 
FOR THEM WHILE SEEKING OTHER 
WAYS OF ENCOURAGING PEOPLE WHO 
CAN RETURN TO WORK TO DO SO.
[ End of Interpretation ]
WE KNEW THAT MOVING FORWARD WITH
OUR BILL WOULD GIVE US FURTHER 
MEASURES TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE AND
TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT 
PEOPLE WERE TAKING WORK WHEN IT 
CAME UP.
WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT WAYS TO 
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO LOOK FOR 
WORK AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY 
ARE TAKING JOBS THAT BECOME 
AVAILABLE.
THE REALITY IS THAT THERE ARE 3 
MILLION PEOPLE OUT OF WORK WHO 
ARE LOOKING FOR WORK, AND EVEN 
AS OUR ECONOMY IS REOPENING, 
THERE ARE MANY, MANY MORE PEOPLE
OUT OF WORK WILLING TO WORK THAN
THERE ARE JOBS AVAILABLE, AND 
THAT WILL BE THE STORY FOR THE 
COMING WEEKS AS WELL.
SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP 
ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO TAKE JOBS.
WE'VE SEEN WITH THE JOB NUMBERS 
THAT MANY, MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
RETURNING TO WORK FROM ALL 
INCOME RANGES, BUT WE KNOW 
THERE'S MORE TO DO, AND WE WILL 
KEEP WORKING ON IT.
[Speaking French]
[Voice of Interpreter]
>> FOLLOW-UP?
>> Reporter: BUT WHAT IS THERE 
IN THIS EXTENSION THAT WOULD 
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WHO CAN WORK TO
RETURN TO WORK?
AND HOW MUCH WILL THIS NEW 
EXTENSION COST? 
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WELL,
WE KNOW THAT WITH THE KIND OF 
UNEMPLOYMENT WE'RE SEEING NOW 
PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO WORK 
AND CANNOT WORK BECAUSE THERE 
SIMPLY ARE NOT ENOUGH JOBS OUT 
THERE.
THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY IS COMING,
BUT IT WON'T BE QUICK ENOUGH TO 
ENSURE THAT EVERYONE WHO WANTS 
TO WORK CAN FIND A JOB.
SO WE NEED TO EXTEND THE CERB SO
THAT PEOPLE WHO CAN'T WORK 
BECAUSE THEY CAN'T FIND A JOB OR
BECAUSE THEY ARE LOOKING AFTER 
LOVED ONES INFECTED WITH 
COVID-19 WILL HAVE MONEY TO BE 
ABLE TO PAY THEIR RENT AND 
GROCERIES.
[ End of Interpretation ]
>> Operator: THANK YOU, MERCI.
NEXT QUESTION, "TORONTO STAR," 
LINE OPEN. 
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, PRIME
MINISTER.
JUST RETURNING TO THE STATEMENT 
FROM THE PARLIAMENTARY BLACK 
CAUCUS, HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO
READ THROUGH IT?
I SEE THAT IT'S BEEN SIGNED BY A
NUMBER OF SUPPORTERS, INCLUDING 
SOME OF YOUR CABINET MINISTERS.
SHOULD WE TAKE THAT AS A SIGNAL 
THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO MOVE ON 
THIS STUFF?
OR WILL YOU COMMIT TO FULFILLING
THE LIST OF DEMANDS THAT WE SEE 
IN THAT STATEMENT?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: I'VE 
SAID MANY TIMES WE ARE COMMITTED
TO MOVING FORWARD ON A HUGE 
RANGE OF MEASURES.
WE'RE WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES.
WE'RE WORKING WITH LEADERS LIKE 
MEMBERS OF THE PARLIAMENTARY 
BLACK CAUCUS TO IDENTIFY WHAT 
EXACTLY WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD 
FIRST IN PRIORITY ON, BUT I 
THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT
WE ALL COME FORWARD AND LOOK AT 
BOLD IDEAS THAT WE CAN TAKE ON 
VERY SOON TO FIX THE SYSTEMIC 
DISCRIMINATION THAT CONTINUES TO
EXIST IN OUR COUNTRY.
[Speaking French]
[Voice of Interpreter]
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO 
CONTINUE TO BE LISTENING AND 
WORK WITH PARLIAMENTARY LEADERS,
INCLUDING THE PARLIAMENTARY 
BLACK CAUCUS, TO ENSURE THAT WE 
ARE AMBITIOUS ENOUGH TO FINALLY 
PUT AN END TO SYSTEMIC 
DISCRIMINATION THAT EXISTS RIGHT
ACROSS OUR COUNTRY IN ALL OUR 
INSTITUTIONS.
SO AS I SAID, WE WILL BE MOVING 
FORWARD WITH CONCRETE STEPS, AND
WE ARE WORKING WITH ALL OUR 
ALLIES AND PARTNERS TO DETERMINE
IN WHAT ORDER AND WHAT EXACTLY 
WE WILL DO FIRST.
[ End of Interpretation ]
>> FOLLOW-UP?
>> Reporter: THE TREASURY BOARD 
WEBSITE'S DATA PUBLISHED ON THE 
WEBSITE SHOWS THE RCMP SPENDING 
HAS GONE UP BY 32% SINCE THE 
YEAR YOU TOOK POWER, WHICH IS 
ABOUT $900 MILLION IN SPENDING.
SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN TELL
US WHY THAT BUDGET HAS GONE UP 
SO MUCH AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT
AS THAT STATEMENT YOU JUST 
DISCUSSED, CALLED FOR, LOOKING 
AT REALLOCATING SOME OF THAT 
FUNDING TO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WE 
ARE ALWAYS GOING TO MAKE SURE 
THAT MONEY INVESTED IN KEEPING 
CANADIANS SAFE IS SPENT EXACTLY 
THE RIGHT WAY.
WE TOOK OFFICE AT A TIME WHERE 
THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT HAD MADE
BUDGETARY CUTS TO A RANGE OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY 
SERVICES, AND THEREFORE WE 
NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE 
WAS AN ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO 
KEEP CANADIANS SAFE.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK 
WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THESE PAST 
WEEKS AND WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM 
BLACK, RACIALIZED AND INDIGENOUS
CANADIANS VERY CLEARLY, NOT JUST
OVER THE PAST WEEKS, BUT OVER 
YEARS, MEANS THAT WE DO HAVE TO 
LOOK AT BUDGETS.
WE DO HAVE TO LOOK AT ALLOCATION
OF FUNDS.
WE DO HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW WE'RE 
MAKING SURE THAT COMMUNITY 
SUPPORTS, COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, 
GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS AND 
VARIOUS SUPPORT PROGRAMS ARE 
ALSO PROPERLY FUNDED.
[Speaking French]
[Voice of Interpreter]
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ENSURE
THAT SPENDING ON THE SECURITY 
AND SAFETY OF CANADIANS IS DONE 
PROPERLY, AND WE WILL BE LOOKING
AT BUDGETS SO THAT WE ARE SURE 
TO INVEST IN THINGS THAT HELP 
CANADIANS.
IF WE NEED MORE INVESTMENTS IN 
SOME FRONT-LINE PROGRAMS, FOR 
EXAMPLE, OR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, 
OR OTHER INITIATIVES TO MOVE 
FORWARD, THEN WE WILL DO 
WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO 
PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT.
[No Interpretation]
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, 
MR. TRUDEAU.
WE ARE TOLD TODAY THERE WILL BE 
AN EXTENSION BY EIGHT WEEKS OF 
THE CERB RATHER THAN WHAT 
HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY.
IS THIS SOMETHING YOU CAN DO BY 
REGULATION?
BUT LAST WEEK YOU TRIED A 
DIFFERENT PROCESS TO MODIFY THE 
CERB.
WHY HAVE YOU DECIDED TO WAIT FOR
THOSE NEGOTIATIONS THAT REALLY 
DIDN'T WORK OUT TO FINALLY 
SIGNAL THAT YOU WILL BE 
EXTENDING THE CERB?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WELL,
WITHIN THAT BILL THERE WAS A 
MORE EXTENSIVE ATTESTATION THAT 
WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED THAT 
WOULD HAVE FORCED PEOPLE TO BE 
ACTIVELY SEEKING WORK.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEEDED TO 
DO BASED ON THAT BILL.
NOW SINCE THAT BILL DID NOT 
PASS, WE HAD TO FIND SOME OTHER 
WAY OF ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO 
SEEK EMPLOYMENT.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER 
THE SITUATION WE FIND OURSELVES 
IN NOW.
THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE OUT
THERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO GET BACK
TO WORK BUT CANNOT BECAUSE THE 
JOBS SIMPLY AREN'T THERE AT THIS
TIME.
SO THOSE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO WORK
BUT CANNOT WORK DON'T HAVE 
EMPLOYMENT, WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY
NEED SUPPORT.
AND THAT'S WHY WE WILL BE 
EXTENDING THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE
BENEFIT FOR AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT 
WEEKS.
>> FOLLOW-UP?
>> Reporter: YES, AS A 
FOLLOW-UP, CANADIANS WHO WERE 
WAITING FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT 
AND HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR IT FOR
SEVERAL WEEKS AND DIDN'T KNOW 
EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
IN JULY, I MEAN, THEY NOW KNOW 
THAT YOU COULD HAVE PROCEEDED BY
REGULATION.
SO HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THE FACT 
THAT THIS TOOK SO LONG?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WELL,
THE CANADA EMERGENCY RESPONSE 
BENEFIT WAS INTENDED TO GO AHEAD
UNTIL JULY, AND NOW WE ARE 
SAYING THAT IT WILL NOT STOP, IT
WILL BE EXTENDED FOR AN 
ADDITIONAL TWO MONTHS WHICH WILL
REASSURE PEOPLE AND ENCOURAGE 
THEM TO GET A JOB IF THERE ARE 
JOBS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
>> Reporter: RADIO-CANADA.
A QUESTION ON CERB.
IT WASN'T CLEAR HOW MUCH WILL 
THIS COST, THE FIRST THREE 
MONTHS COST $43 BILLION.
CAN WE MAKE THE SAME CALCULATION
AND ASSUME THAT THE EXTENSION 
WILL COST TWO THIRDS OF THAT?
IS THAT THE RIGHT CALCULATION?
DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF THE COST?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WELL,
AS ALWAYS, WE WILL BE SHARING 
WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE 
DETAILED FIGURES ON THIS, BUT 
OUR HOPE IS THAT AS THE ECONOMY 
REOPENS FEWER AND FEWER PEOPLE 
WILL NEED THE CERB.
WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN PEOPLE WHO 
WERE ON THE CERB IN MAY LEAVE 
THAT BENEFIT IN JUNE.
AND THAT'S A POSITIVE MOVEMENT, 
AND WE HOPE TO SEE THAT 
CONTINUE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF BUSINESSES 
WHO ARE RE-HIRING THEIR WORKERS 
THANKS TO THE WAGE SUBSIDY, AND 
WE HOPE THAT THAT WILL COST 
LESS, BUT WE'LL BE ABLE TO 
PROVIDE MORE DETAILED 
PROJECTIONS SOON.
>> Reporter: NOW THERE ARE -- ON
JANUARY 8 FLIGHT 752 CRASHED.
THERE IS STILL MANY QUESTIONS 
OUT THERE.
ARE THE BLACK BOXES IN FRANCE?
AND FIVE MONTHS LATER, THE 
FAMILIES ARE STILL ASKING 
WHETHER LIGHT WILL BE SHED ON 
WHAT HAPPENED.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THOSE 
FAMILIES TODAY?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WE 
CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS IN 
SPITE OF THE PANDEMIC, IN SPITE 
OF -- WE KNOW ABOUT THE TERRIBLE
DISASTER THAT OCCURRED WITH 
FLIGHT 752.
MINISTER -- FORMER MINISTER 
RALPH GOODALE HAS BEEN DEALING 
WITH THIS ISSUE.
I TOLD YOU I SPOKE TO THE 
PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE A FEW DAYS 
AGO WHERE WE DISCUSSED THAT, AND
WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER ON 
IT.
THE BLACK BOXES ARE SUPPOSED TO 
BE SENT TO FRANCE SOON, BUT IRAN
IS EXPLAINING THAT BECAUSE OF 
COVID-19 THEY CANNOT DO IT.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO PRESSURE 
IRAN BECAUSE WE NEED ANSWERS.
WE KNOW THAT WE NEED JUSTICE TO 
BE DONE FOR THOSE FAMILIES THAT 
LOST THEIR LOVED ONES, AND WE 
CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT.
[ End of Interpretation ]
WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE STILL 
FAMILIES REELING FROM THE 
TERRIBLE LOSS OF THE IRAN AIR 
TAKEDOWN.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE 
WORK TO DO.
THE BLACK BOXES HAVE BEEN 
PROMISED TO BE TRANSFERRED TO 
FRANCE, BUT IRAN IS SAYING THAT 
THEY CAN'T DO IT RIGHT NOW 
BECAUSE OF COVID.
OBVIOUSLY EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A 
PANDEMIC WE'RE CONTINUING TO 
WORK ON THIS ISSUE.
I SPOKE WITH PRESIDENT ZLENSKI 
OF UKRAINE A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO 
WHERE THIS ISSUE WAS DISCUSSED.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PUT 
PRESSURE ON THE IRANIAN REGIME, 
ALONGSIDE OUR INTERNATIONAL 
PARTNERS, TO GET ANSWERS, TO GET
JUSTICE, TO GET COMPENSATION FOR
THE FAMILIES, AND THIS IS 
SOMETHING WE'VE COMMITTED TO DO 
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO.
THE HONOURABLE RALPH GOODALE IS 
LEADING THESE EFFORTS FOR CANADA
AND CONTINUES TO BE CLOSELY 
ENGAGED ON IT.
>> Reporter: IS YOUR GOVERNMENT 
WILLING TO DO WHAT'S NEEDED TO 
ALLOW THE CANADIAN CITIES TO BE 
PART OF THE HUB FOR THE NHL TO 
CONTINUE TO PLAY?
AND WHEN WILL THAT DECISION BE 
MADE?
>> WE HAVE INDICATED THAT WE ARE
COMFORTABLE WITH MOVING FORWARD 
ON AN NHL HUB IN ONE OF THREE 
CANADIAN CITIES THAT ARE ASKING 
FOR IT.
OBVIOUSLY THE DECISION NEEDS TO 
BE MADE BY THE NHL AND THE 
CITIES AND PROVINCES IN THE 
JURISDICTION.
BUT CANADA IS OPEN TO IT AS LONG
AS IT IS OKAY BY THE LOCAL 
HEALTH AUTHORITIES.
[Speaking French]
[Voice of Interpreter]
I KNOW THAT THIS IS A DECISION 
THAT IS GOING TO BE MADE BY 
LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES
IN THE THREE CITIES WHO WOULD 
LIKE TO HAVE THE NHL PLAY THIS 
SUMMER.
BUT THIS IS A DECISION THAT WILL
BE MADE BY THE NHL, AND THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS OPEN TO 
THAT GOING FORWARD.
[ End of Interpretation ]
>> Reporter: THE BLACK 
PARLIAMENTARY CAUCUS HAS A 
NUMBER OF ECONOMIC MEASURES THAT
THEY ARE SPECIFICALLY ASKING FOR
HELP IN THE COVID-19 RECOVERY 
FOR BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES, AS 
WELL AS MORE WORK FROM THE 
GOVERNMENT TO INCLUDE BUSINESSES
OWNED BY BLACK CANADIANS IN 
PROCUREMENT.
ARE YOU READY TO COMMIT TO THOSE
THINGS SPECIFICALLY GOING 
FORWARD? 
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: MANY 
OF THESE THINGS ARE THINGS THAT 
WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON ALONG 
WITH THE LIBERAL BLACK CAUCUS, 
SO YES WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE 
SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC MEASURES 
THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO THE 
FORE BY THIS PANDEMIC THAT WERE 
ALREADY EXISTING CHALLENGES, AND
THE SUCCESS OF BLACK-OWNED 
BUSINESSES, BLACK ENTREPRENEURS 
AND YOUNG BLACK PROFESSIONALS 
HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT I'VE HAD
MANY DISCUSSIONS ON OVER THE 
PAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH 
MEMBERS OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY 
IN CANADA.
AND WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD ON
A NUMBER OF THOSE 
RECOMMENDATIONS.
[Speaking French]
[Voice of Interpreter]
WE KNOW THAT THIS PANDEMIC HAS 
HIGHLIGHTED THE CHALLENGES, THE 
ECONOMIC CHALLENGES FACING BLACK
CANADIANS, AND WE WILL CONTINUE 
TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY ON 
ECONOMIC MEASURES, ON 
INVESTMENTS AND PARTNERSHIPS AND
PROGRAMS TO HELP YOUNG 
ENTREPRENEURS AND YOUTH TO 
SUCCEED.
IN MY LAST ROUND TABLE WITH THE 
BLACK COMMUNITY IN TORONTO AND 
MONTREAL OVER THE LAST YEAR I 
HAVE OFTEN HEARD THE -- ABOUT 
THE ECONOMIC BARRIERS THAT ARE A
MAJOR PROBLEM.
WE ARE ALREADY WORKING ON 
PROGRAMS, AND WE WILL OBVIOUSLY 
EXPEDITE THAT PROCESS.
[ End of Interpretation ]
>> Reporter: THE VOTE ON THE UN 
SECURITY COUNCIL SEAT IS COMING 
UP.
YOU'VE BEEN SPEAKING TO YOUR 
FELLOW LEADERS AND LOBBYING 
HARD.
I'M WONDERING HOW YOU'RE FEELING
ABOUT CANADA'S CHANCES GOING 
INTO THIS VOTE?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: AS 
I'VE SAID FROM THE BEGINNING, 
GETTING A SEAT ON THE UN 
SECURITY COUNCIL FOR CANADA IS 
NOT AN END IN ITSELF.
IT'S A MEANS TO AN END.
IT'S A WAY FOR CANADA TO 
CONTINUE TO BE INFLUENTIAL AND 
HAVE AN IMPACT IN 
MULTILATERALISM AND AROUND THE 
WORLD.
OVER THE PAST NUMBER OF MONTHS, 
WHETHER IT'S BEEN ON COVID, 
WHETHER IT'S BEEN ON DEVELOPMENT
AND FINANCIAL REFORM, WHETHER 
IT'S BEEN ON CLIMATE CHANGE, 
WHETHER IT'S BEEN ON A RANGE OF 
THINGS FROM PEACEKEEPING TO 
SECURITY TO WOMEN, WE HAVE BEEN 
MOVING FORWARD AND LEADING THE 
WAY.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE PAST 
MONTHS, YES, HAS BEEN TALKING 
ABOUT THE SECURITY COUNCIL, BUT 
ALSO LOOKING FOR WAYS CONCRETELY
WHERE CANADA CAN BE MORE ENGAGED
ON THE WORLD STAGE, AND 
REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS IN 
THE CAMPAIGN, WE ARE MORE 
ENGAGED AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO 
BE MORE ENGAGED ON THE WORLD 
STAGE.
[Speaking French]
[Voice of Interpreter]
AS I'VE SAID RIGHT FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING, A SEAT ON THE UN 
SECURITY COUNCIL IS NOT AN END 
IN ITSELF FOR CANADA.
IT'S A MEANS OF CONTINUING TO 
HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE 
WORLD PROJECTING OUR VALUES, 
SUPPORTING MULTILATERALISM AT A 
TIME WHEN MUTUAL SUPPORT AND 
COORDINATION BETWEEN THE 
COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD HAS 
BECOME EVEN MORE IMPORTANT.
AND CANADA IS LEADING, WHETHER 
IT'S ON COVID, WHETHER IT'S ON 
FUNDING INTERNATIONAL 
INSTITUTIONS OR DEVELOPING 
COUNTRIES, OR COUNTRIES IN 
VARIOUS REGIONS, WHETHER IT'S 
FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE OR 
WORKING ON PEACEKEEPING AND 
OTHER OPERATIONS.
THE FACT IS THAT CANADA IS VERY 
ENGAGED ON THE INTERNATIONAL 
STAGE, AND THAT WILL CONTINUE.
WE DO HOPE TO SECURE THAT SEAT 
IN THE ELECTIONS HELD IN THE 
COMING DAYS, BUT WHATEVER THE 
RESULT, CANADA WILL CONTINUE TO 
USE ALL MEANS REMAINING INVOLVED
AND ENGAGED AND HAVING A 
POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE WORLD.
[ End of Interpretation ]
>> Reporter: -- JUST TO 
FOLLOW-UP ON OUR PITCH FOR A 
SEAT AT THE UNITED NATIONS 
SECURITY COUNCIL, THE PITCH FROM
A YEAR AGO SEEMS TO BE SOMEWHAT 
DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'RE MAKING
NOW, AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU 
CAN TALK TO US ABOUT HOW THE 
PANDEMIC HAS INFLUENCED AND HAS 
CHANGED WHAT YOU'RE SAYING TO 
MEMBERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS 
SECURITY COUNCIL VOTE? 
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: I 
THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 
WE'VE SEEN THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC
IS JUST HOW INTERCONNECTED AND 
INTERDEPENDENT THE WORLD IS.
YOU CAN TAKE IT IN THE POSITIVE 
AND THE NEGATIVE.
OBVIOUSLY THE INTERCONNECTIONS 
HAVE LEFT US MORE VULNERABLE TO 
ECONOMIC SHOCKS AND MORE 
VULNERABLE TO SPREADS OF VIRUS, 
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THAT 
RESILIENCE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO
BY LEANING ON EACH OTHER, THE 
MULTIPLE SUPPLY CHAINS THAT WE 
CAN CREATE, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
COMMON RULES AND APPROACHES 
AROUND THINGS LIKE TRADE, AROUND
THINGS LIKE HEALTH APPROACHES, 
AROUND COORDINATING 
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL IS MORE 
IMPORTANT THAN EVER.
NOW IS A TIME FOR US TO REFLECT 
ON OUR MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS
AND HOW THEY CAN BE IMPROVED 
GIVEN THIS CRISIS IN THE 21ST 
CENTURY.
MANY OF OUR MULTILATERAL 
INSTITUTIONS WERE CREATED 70, 75
YEARS AGO FOLLOWING THE 
TREMENDOUS SHOCK AND UPHEAVAL OF
WORLD WAR II AND THOSE 
INSTITUTIONS HAVE SERVED US WELL
AS A WORLD OVER THE PAST MANY 
DECADES.
BUT THIS CRISIS IS AN 
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO RE-THINK 
THEM AND TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IS 
TRULY NEEDED, TO MAKE SURE THAT 
WE HAVE A FAIRER, MORE JUST 
WORLD, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 
MOST VULNERABLE WITHIN OUR 
COUNTRIES AND AROUND THE WORLD 
ARE BETTER SUPPORTED, BETTER 
PROTECTED AND GIVEN BETTER 
OPPORTUNITIES.
AND AT THIS MOMENT, THE ABILITY 
FOR COUNTRIES TO CONVENE 
TOGETHER, TO PULL TOGETHER 
DIFFERENT VOICES IS MORE 
IMPORTANT THAN EVER BEFORE.
AND CANADA, BY DINT OF HAVING A 
SEAT AT THE G7 TABLE, G20 TABLE,
THE COMMONWEALTH, THE 
FRANCOPHONIE, THE ORGANIZATION 
OF AMERICAN STATES AND MANY 
OTHER DIFFERENT MULTILATERAL 
TABLES HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO 
PULL PEOPLE TOGETHER AND MOVE 
FORWARD CONCRETELY, AND RIGHT 
NOW AS WE LOOK AT THE KIND OF 
WORLD WE'RE GOING TO COME OUT OF
POST-COVID, WE NEED A COUNTRY 
LIKE CANADA THAT IS BIG ENOUGH 
TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE BUT SMALL 
ENOUGH TO KNOW WE CAN'T DO IT 
ALONE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO 
WORK TOGETHER.
[Speaking French]
[Voice of Interpreter]
I THINK THAT OVER THE YEARS 
CANADA HAS SHOWN JUST HOW MUCH 
WE KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO WORK 
IN A COORDINATED FASHION AROUND 
THE WORLD, BUT THIS CRISIS HAS 
HIGHLIGHTED THE FACT THAT THAT 
COLLABORATION IS NOW MORE 
IMPORTANT THAN EVER.
WE ARE MORE INTERCONNECTED AND, 
THEREFORE, WE MUST SHOW 
RESILIENCE AND CREATIVITY IN THE
WAY WE WORK TOGETHER AS WE 
REDEFINE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
AND MULTILATERALISM.
CANADA HAS SHOWN AN ABILITY TO 
BE A STRONG VOICE FOR MANY 
ORGANIZATIONS AND MANY COUNTRIES
AROUND THE WORLD BECAUSE OF OUR 
PRESENCE IN THE G7, THE G20, THE
COMMONWEALTH, THE FRANCOPHONIE, 
OPEC AND THE ORGANIZATION OF 
AMERICAN STATES.
IT'S A WAY OF BRINGING VOICES 
TOGETHER AND LOOKING AT THE 
FUTURE WITH OPTIMISM AND 
CREATIVITY TO SEE WHAT KIND OF 
WORLD WE WANT TO BUILD FOR THE 
FUTURE.
CANADA IS BIG ENOUGH TO MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE BUT SMALL ENOUGH TO 
KNOW THAT WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING
ON OUR OWN, SO THIS IS A TIME 
WHEN LEADERSHIP ON THE PART OF 
COUNTRIES LIKE CANADA WILL BE 
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ON THE WORLD
STAGE.
[ End of Interpretation ]
>> Reporter: YOU SPOKE EARLIER 
ABOUT TEMPORARY FOREIGN WORKERS 
FROM MEXICO COMING HERE AND 
CONTRACTING COVID-19, AND YOU 
SAID YOU WERE LOOKING AT 
MEASURES TO MAKE IT SAFER.
I'M WONDERING WHAT SPECIFICALLY 
ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO MAKE SURE
IT IS SAFER FOR TEMPORARY 
FOREIGN WORKERS TO COME HERE TO 
CANADA.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WE 
KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY ISSUES 
FROM LIVING CONDITIONS TO THE 
FACT THAT THEY ARE TIED 
INDIVIDUALLY TO PARTICULAR 
COMPANIES OR EMPLOYERS TO 
VARIOUS CHALLENGES AROUND LABOUR
STANDARDS THAT REQUIRE LOOKING 
AT, AND WE CAN EVEN LOOK AT 
THINGS LIKE PATHWAYS TOWARDS 
CITIZENSHIP THAT COULD GIVE 
PEOPLE MORE RIGHTS.
WE RELY ON TEMPORARY FOREIGN 
WORKERS FOR A LARGE PART OF OUR 
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN THIS 
CANADA -- IN THIS COUNTRY, BUT 
WE SHOULD ALWAYS TAKE ADVANTAGE 
OF MOMENTS OF CRISIS TO REFLECT 
ON CAN WE CHANGE THE SYSTEM TO 
DO BETR, BETTER FOR CANADIANS,
BUT ALSO BETTER BY THE PEOPLE 
WHO COME HERE AND MAKE SURE WE 
STAY FED.
[Speaking French]
[Voice of Interpreter]
I THINK WE NEED TO REFLECT ON 
HOW WE CAN BETTER PROTECT 
TEMPORARY WORKERS, WHETHER IT'S 
THE WORKING CONDITIONS OR THEIR 
WORK PERMITS, AND AT THE SAME 
TIME WE KNOW THAT IN THIS CRISIS
WE HAVE A CHANCE TO THINK ABOUT 
HOW WE CAN REIMAGINE A SYSTEM 
WHERE WE RELY ON TEMPORARY 
FOREIGN WORKERS IN ORDER TO 
ENSURE THAT OUR AGRICULTURAL 
INDUSTRY OPERATES PROPERLY.
OTHER CHANGES WE CAN MAKE, YES, 
WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT NOW.
[ End of Interpretation ]
>> Reporter: FOR 16 MONTHS A 
CANADIAN AUTHOR HAS BEEN 
ARBITRARILY DETAINED IN A 
CROWDED EGYPTIAN PRISON.
WILL YOU MAKE A PERSONAL APPEAL 
TO THE PRESIDENT TO RELEASE HIM,
AND WHAT CHALLENGES DOES YOUR 
GOVERNMENT FACE BRINGING 
SOMEBODY HOME WHO MAY HAVE 
COVID?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: FIRST
OF ALL, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO GET
CONSULAR SUPPORT AND ACCESS.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT GOVERNMENT 
TAKES VERY SERIOUSLY, THE HEALTH
AND SAFETY OF CANADIANS DETAINED
ABROAD, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO 
DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ENSURE 
THAT THEY ARE PROPERLY TREATED 
AND EVENTUALLY, IF POSSIBLE, 
BROUGHT HOME.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE QUESTION 
OF ENSURING SAFE RETURN BECAUSE 
OF COVID IS ALWAYS AN ISSUE, BUT
WE HAVE MEASURES AROUND 
QUARANTINE, MEASURES AROUND 
SAFETY PROTOCOLS IN PLACE THAT 
MEANS THAT THAT WOULDN'T BE A 
BARRIER IF THIS INDIVIDUAL WERE 
TO BE ABLE TO RETURN HOME.
THANK YOU.
>> Rosemary: OKAY, THIS IS THE 
PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA ON THIS
TUESDAY MORNING.
I'LL JUST SAY WHAT EVERYONE IS 
THINKING BEFORE WE GET INTO THE 
MEAT OF WHAT HE SAID, YES, HE 
DID GET A HAIRCUT.
I KNOW MANY CANADIANS ARE 
RUSHING TO DO THAT AFTER A FEW 
MONTHS WITHOUT ONE.
LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT THE POLICY
NEWS HE HAD FOR US TODAY NOW 
THAT THAT BIT OF LIGHTNESS IS 
OUT OF THE WAY.
AND IT WAS, AS WE EXPECTED, AN 
EXTENSION OF THE CERB, VASSY.
>> Vassy: YES, AN EXTENSION BY 
TWO MONTHS, BY EIGHT WEEKS, OF 
THE CERB, AND JUST A REMINDER, 
AS WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING OVER 
THE PAST FEW DAYS, THERE ARE 
ABOUT 2 MILLION CANADIANS WHO 
COME UP AGAINST THE END OF THE 
CERB.
THE PRIME MINISTER USED THE 
NUMBER 3 MILLION FOR HOW MANY 
CANADIANS ARE OUT OF WORK AND 
LOOKING FOR WORK.
AND SO THERE WEREN'T A LOT OF 
DETAILS NECESSARILY ABOUT IF 
ANYTHING CHANGES.
IT REALLY SOUNDED TO ME LIKE IT 
WAS JUST A CONTINUATION OF THE 
PROGRAM AS IT EXISTS RIGHT NOW.
CERTAINLY I'M SURE WELCOME NEWS 
FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE COMING UP 
AGAINST THE END OF THIS PROGRAM 
AND STILL UNABLE TO FIND JOBS.
OF COURSE THAT VARIES DEPENDING 
WHERE YOU LIVE BECAUSE THE 
DEGREE TO WHICH THE ECONOMY IS 
OPEN IS SO DIFFERENT DEPENDING 
ON WHERE YOU LIVE.
I'VE BEEN FURIOUSLY TRYING TO 
TEXT A NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO FIND 
OUT THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE 
PROGRAM WILL BE FOR THOSE TWO 
MONTHS, AND SO FAR I DON'T HAVE 
AN ANSWER.
THEY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE THAT 
OUT.
YOU HEARD THE PRIME MINISTER GET
THAT QUESTION A FEW TIMES.
HE ALSO DIDN'T HAVE A SPECIFIC 
NUMBER FOR THE COST OF THE 
PROGRAM BUT DID SAY THAT IT 
WOULD DEPEND ON -- I MEAN, THEIR
HOPE IS MORE PEOPLE MOVE OVER, 
FOR EXAMPLE, TO THE WAGE SUBSIDY
PROGRAM AND THERE MIGHT NOT BE 
THE NEED FOR THE CERB THAT 
EXISTED LET'S SAY IN ANY OF THE 
TWO OF THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS 
BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE NEEDED 
IT, LET'S SAY IN -- YOU KNOW, 
FROM MARCH 15 TO APRIL 15 AND 
THE FOLLOWING MONTH.
IT MIGHT NOT BE AS MUCH, BUT WE 
ARE TALKING OBVIOUSLY UPWARDS OF
I THINK BASED ON SOME OF THE 
NUMBERS I'VE LOOKED AT $20 
BILLION AT LEAST, PROBABLY A LOT
MORE IF THE NEED IS AS ACUTE AS 
IT HAS BEEN IN SOME PREVIOUS 
MONTHS.
SO I WILL CONTINUE TO TRY AND 
FIND OUT WHAT THE COST OF THAT 
IS, BUT CERTAINLY THAT'S A BIG 
CHUNK OF CHANGE THE GOVERNMENT 
IS ALREADY LOOKING AT A $260 
BILLION DEFICIT, BUT CLEAR THEIR
ASSESSMENT AND BASED ON A LOT OF
POLITICAL CONVERSATIONS AS WELL 
IS THAT THE NEED IS STILL THERE.
WE KNOW THAT FROM THE NUMBERS, 
AS I MENTIONED, 2 MILLION 
CANADIANS.
I DO WANT TO JUST QUICKLY TOUCH 
ON ONE OTHER THING THAT STUCK 
OUT FOR ME, AND THAT WAS THE 
QUESTIONS AROUND MIGRANT 
WORKERS.
I THINK IT'S A PRETTY IMPORTANT 
ISSUE RIGHT NOW ON A NUMBER OF 
DIFFERENT LEVELS.
WE HAVE SEEN THE AMBASSADOR FROM
MEXICO, THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT, 
PRESS PAUSE ON SENDING ANY 
ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY FOREIGN 
WORKERS AS OF LAST NIGHT.
FIRST REPORTED BY THE CANADIAN 
PRESS BECAUSE TWO MEN, 31 YEARS 
OLD AND 24 YEARS OLD IN THE 
WINDSOR AREA, TWO MIGRANT 
WORKERS, HAVE PASSED AWAY 
BECAUSE OF COVID-19.
THERE IS A GROUP, THE 
CANADIAN -- SORRY, I'M GOING TO 
MAKE SURE I HAVE THE EXACT RIGHT
NAME.
THE WORKERS ALLIANCE FOR CHANGE,
THE MIGRANT WORKERS ALLIANCE FOR
CHANGE THAT DID A SURVEY THEY 
RELEASED LAST WEEK.
THEY TALKED TO HUNDREDS OF THESE
FOREIGN WORKERS WHO WERE VERY 
CONCERNED ABOUT THE CONDITIONS 
IN WHICH THEY WERE WORKING AND 
SORT OF THE MEASURES OF 
ISOLATION AND IF THEY DO 
CONTRACT THE VIRUS.
THE CITY OF WINDSOR ALSO VERY 
CONCERNED AS WELL.
THE REASON THAT PREMIER FORD 
KEPT THEM IN A MORE RESTRICTIVE 
PHASE AND DIDN'T MOVE THEM ALONG
WITH MANY OTHER AREAS OF ONTARIO
WAS BECAUSE OF THE SPREAD OF THE
VIRUS AMONG THE MIGRANT WORKERS.
I KNOW THE MAYOR OF THE CITY 
WANTS TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF 
TESTING.
THERE ARE CONCERNS FROM THOSE 
ADVOCATES THAT THERE'S NOT EVEN 
ADEQUATE INSPECTIONS TAKING 
PLACE, AND OF COURSE BOTH THE 
NDP AND THAT GROUP ARE REALLY 
CALLING ON THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT TO AMP UP EFFORTS TO,
FOR EXAMPLE, INTRODUCE PERMANENT
RESIDENCY FOR MANY OF THESE 
MIGRANT WORKERS.
IT'S A REAL LIVE ISSUE RIGHT 
NOW, AND I THINK IT'S GETTING 
WORSE AS WE SPEAK BASED ON 
EVERYTHING WE'RE HEARING FROM 
THOSE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE 
SITUATION, AND CLEARLY THAT'S 
WHAT THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT SAYS
AS WELL.
THE PRIME MINISTER GOT A NUMBER 
OF QUESTIONS AND SAID 
ESSENTIALLY THAT IT DOES FORCE 
US TO RE-EXAMINE SORT OF THE 
SYSTEM THAT EXISTS RIGHT NOW AND
HOW THIS COUNTRY DEALS WITH 
THOSE WORKERS AND TREATS THOSE 
WORKERS, BUT HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY 
SPECIFICS ON, FOR EXAMPLE, 
WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE LOOKING 
AT AN ACCELERATED PATH TO 
PERMANENT RESIDENCY, OR IF 
THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE WAY 
IN WHICH THEY DO INSPECTIONS.
OBVIOUSLY WE'RE SAYING TUNED FOR
NEWS ON THAT, AND THE MINISTER 
IS OVERSEEING THAT FILE, BUT THE
CONCERN IS PRETTY ACUTE FROM 
THOSE ADVOCATES, THE PEOPLE WHO 
ARE WORKING, THE PEOPLE WHO 
EMPLOY THEM WHO ALSO PUT FOOD ON
OUR TABLE, AND AS WELL THE CITY 
OF WINDSOR.
AND I THINK THERE WERE CASES IN 
NEW BRUNSWICK YESTERDAY ALSO 
AMONG MIGRANT WORKERS.
>> Rosemary: THANK YOU FOR 
HIGHLIGHTING THAT IMPORTANT 
STORY.
CERTAINLY ALSO BECAUSE CANADA 
AND MUCH OF OUR FOOD SECTOR IS 
SO RELIANT ON THE TEMPORARY 
FOREIGN WORKERS WHO COME IN AND 
HELP AT PLANTING SEASON AND 
HARVESTING SEASON.
ON THE CERB, THE TOTAL AMOUNT 
SPENT SO FAR IS $43 BILLION, 
JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT
IT COST OVER THE PAST NUMBER OF 
MONTHS.
AND FOR SOME INTERNATIONAL KIND 
OF CONTEXT AROUND WHAT OTHER 
COUNTRIES ARE DOING.
FOR INSTANCE, IN THE UNITED 
STATES, THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID 
THAT HE IS NOT GOING TO GO 
BEYOND THE TOP-UP THAT THEY WERE
GIVING TO PEOPLE TOWARDS THE END
OF JULY, AND THEY ARE GOING TO 
MOVE TO SOME SORT OF GET BACK TO
WORK INCENTIVE.
I THINK THEY WERE GETTING $600 
WEEKLY AS A BONUS, AS A BENEFIT 
AROUND THE PANDEMIC, BUT THAT 
THAT WAS GOING TO GET CUT OFF.
SO THIS GIVES CANADIANS, AND 
WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO SOMEONE 
IN A MOMENT, ANOTHER TWO MONTHS,
WHICH I IMAGINE, DAVID, WILL 
HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE.
>> David: YEAH, ROSIE, IT ALSO 
JUST SHOWS WE'RE THREE MONTHS 
INTO THIS, BASICALLY.
IT WAS AROUND THE MIDDLE OF 
MARCH WHEN PARLIAMENT SUSPENDED 
AND THEN THE BORDERS STARTED TO 
CLOSE AND PEOPLE WERE TOLD TO 
STAY HOME.
WE'RE STILL A LONG WAY TO GO 
BEFORE WE'RE OUT OF IT.
WE'RE ROLLING OVER TWO BIG 
THINGS, DIRECT PAYMENTS TO 
CANADIANS WHO CAN'T WORK TO KEEP
THEM ABOVE WATER, AND ROLLING 
OVER THE BORDER CLOSURE WITH THE
UNITED STATES.
SO AS WE INCH TOWARDS A RETURN 
TO NORMAL WITH THINGS STARTING 
TO REOPEN, THERE'S A CONSTANT 
REMINDER OF JUST HOW ABNORMAL 
STILL THINGS ARE.
TWO OTHER ISSUES, ONE QUITE 
SIGNIFICANT AND ONE KIND OF 
ENTERTAININGLY INTERESTING, THE 
QUITE SIGNIFICANT ONE ARE THE 
DEMANDS FROM THE PARLIAMENTARY 
BLACK CAUCUS ON SOME IMMEDIATE 
CHANGES, LIKE JUSTICE REFORM, 
HOW POLICE OPERATE, GETTING RID 
OF MANDATORY MINIMUMS.
WE DID HEAR FROM THE PRIME 
MINISTER YESTERDAY SAYING THEY 
WERE LOOKING AT A SERIES OF 
RECOMMENDATIONS AND GETTING 
READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION 
ON THINGS THEY CAN MOVE ON 
QUICKLY, AND NOW THIS WRITTEN 
PUBLIC DEMAND FROM M.P.S AND 
SENATORS FROM ALL PARTIES SORT 
OF DEMANDING THESE CHANGES.
THAT SHOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHILE
WE DEAL WITH THE FALLOUT OF THE 
HEALTH CRISIS THE COUNTRY IS IN,
THE COMPANY FOR BETTER RACIAL 
JUSTICE AND EQUALITY IS 
CONTINUING, AND APPARENTLY, 
BASED ON THE INDICATIONS WE SEE 
FROM THE PRIME MINISTER, BEING 
HEARD.
THE OTHER THING WE HEARD FROM 
THE PRIME MINISTER TODAY THAT 
SPORTS FANS ARE GOING TO BE 
KEENLY INTERESTED IN IS THERE'S 
WILLINGNESS FOR ONE OF THE 
CANADIAN CITIES TO BE A HUB CITY
SO THE NHL SEASON CAN RE-START 
AND THE PLAYOFFS CAN GET GOING.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE NHL 
HAS BEEN TRYING TO DO.
AS YOU KNOW, THE RETURN TO 
SPORTS HAPPENS, IT IS A WAY TO 
GET PLAYOFF HOCKEY IN CANADA, 
WHICH IS SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T 
REALLY HAD A LOT OF IN THE LAST 
LITTLE WHILE, BUT THE PRIME 
MINISTER SIGNALLING A 
WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH THE 
LEAGUE AND TO WORK WITH 
PROVINCIAL AND LOCAL HEALTH 
AUTHORITIES TO HAVE THIS HUB 
CITY PLAN HAPPEN.
THERE WAS INITIALLY SOME 
RELUCTANCE TO DO THIS.
WE'VE SEEN A SOFTENING OF THAT 
IN PLACES LIKE EMAND VANCOUVER.
THIS -- EDMONTON AND VANCOUVER.
THIS WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT 
ECONOMIC THING POTENTIALLY, BUT 
ALSO ONE OF THOSE PRESSURE 
RELEASE VALVE THINGS.
IF THE NHL CAN FIND A WAY TO DO 
SPORTS SAFELY, YOU MAY NOT BE 
ABLE TO GO IN PERSON, BUT A LOT 
OF PEOPLE WILL WANT TO WATCH 
THAT AS A DISTRACTION FROM ALL 
THE PRETTY UGLY THINGS HAPPENING
RIGHT NOW.
>> Rosemary: FROM EVERYTHING 
ELSE, EXACTLY.
AND JUST ON THE BLACK 
PARLIAMENTARY GROUP THAT SENT IN
THIS LONG LETTER OF SESSIONS TO 
THE GOVERNMENT TODAY, THERE WAS 
ALSO ATTACHED A LONG LIST OF 
WHAT THEY CALLED ALLIES IN THE 
LETTER, AND IT INCLUDES LIBERAL 
M.P.S AND EVEN CABINET 
MINISTERS.
AND THE PRIME MINISTER DID SAY 
WE ARE OPEN TO REVIEWING 
MANDATORY MINIMUMS WHICH 
INTERESTINGLY WAS SOMETHING IN 
HIS FIRST JUSTICE MINISTER'S 
MANDATE LETTER TO JODY 
WILSON-RAYBOULD.
SUPPORTING BLACK BUSINESSES 
TOGETHER -- 
>> David: [INDISCERNIBLE]. 
>> Rosemary: YEAH, LEGAL AID, 
PUTTING MORE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
IN PLACE, SO LOTS OF CONCRETE 
THINGS THAT CERTAINLY THE 
GOVERNMENT COULD PICK UP AND 
MOVE TO GET IN PLACE RIGHT NOW 
IF IT WANTED TO TAKE SOME ACTION
ON THAT VERY QUICKLY.
AND I WILL JUST END ON, IF I CAN
JUST GET YOU BOTH TO WEIGH IN ON
THE UNITED NATIONS, BECAUSE I 
NOTE THAT THE PRIME MINISTER IS 
SPEAKING WITH OR HAS SPOKEN WITH
TODAY THE PRIME MINISTER OF 
SPAIN, THE PRIME MINISTER OF 
ETHIOPIA, THE PRIME MINISTER OF 
INDIA, THE PRIME MINISTER OF 
ST. VINCENT AND GRENADINE, AND 
OBVIOUSLY THIS VOTE TOMORROW, AN
IMPORTANT ONE FOR THE 
GOVERNMENT, AND I WOULD SAY EVEN
THOUGH HE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'LL 
DO OUR WORK ANYWAY, AN IMPORTANT
ONE FOR HIM PERSONALLY TOO, 
VASSY.
>> Vassy: YEAH, HE CERTAINLY AS 
THE PRIME MINISTER HAS HITCH ADD
LOT TO IT, AND THE GOVERNMENT 
HAS AS A WHOLE.
RIGHT FROM THE OUTSET THEY HAD 
BEGUN CAMPAIGNING THE 
AMBASSADOR, CANADA'S AMBASSADOR 
TO THE UN, HAS ALSO.
INTERESTINGLY, OBVIOUSLY THINGS 
HAVE CHANGED.
THAT PROCESS HAS CHANGED VERY 
DRAMATICALLY THROUGHOUT THE 
PANDEMIC.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY ARE 
HOSTING A ZOOM RECEPTION 
TONIGHT.
I MEAN, PART OF THIS, THE 
CAMPAIGN AS IT HAS EXISTED IN 
THE PAST IS VERY MUCH, YOU KNOW,
WINING AND DINING, RECEPTIONS, A
LOT OF QUOTE UNQUOTE SCHMOOZING,
WHICH IS CERTAINLY WHICH TURNS A
LOT OF THE CRITICS OF THIS 
CAMPAIGN OFF, BUT IT IS SORT OF 
A FACT OF THE WAY THESE THINGS 
OPERATE, AND THE PANDEMIC, AS I 
SAID, HAS REALLY CHANGED THAT.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO
BE REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE, WE
MAY NOT -- I SHOULD PREFACE ALL 
OF THIS BY SAYING WE MAY NOT 
KNOW TOMORROW THE OUTCOME FOR 
CANADA BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO WIN 
TWO THIRDS OF THE VOTE.
THERE ARE TWO SPOTS.
WE'RE COMPETING AGAINST IRELAND 
AND NORWAY, SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF 
ONE COUNTRY IS WAY OUT AHEAD AND
THEY GET TWO THIRDS OF THE VOTE 
BUT THE OTHERS DON'T, YOU HAVE 
TO GO TO A SECOND ROUND.
SO IT IS VERY POSSIBLE THAT WE 
MAY NOT KNOW THE OUTCOME OF 
THAT.
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO TALK TO AS 
MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO GAUGE
WHETHER OR NOT THEY THINK THEY 
ARE GOING TO WIN.
THEY HAVE BEEN CANVASSING ALL 
THE PEOPLE THAT YOU LISTED OFF 
OVER A NUMBER OF WEEKS.
SOMEBODY TOLD ME THIS MORNING 
FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS THERE HAS
RARELY BEEN A CONVERSATION THAT 
THE PRIME MINISTER HAS HAD WITH 
A COUNTERPART INTERNATIONALLY 
THAT DID NOT -- IN WHICH HE DID 
NOT BRING UP THE UN.
SO THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW
NEAR AND DEAR TO THEIR POLITICAL
HEARTS, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY, 
THIS CAMPAIGN AND SECURING THIS 
SEAT HAS BEEN.
I THINK THERE WILL BE A LOT OF 
ANALYSIS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, 
IF THEY ARE ABLE TO SECURE IT.
CRITICS OF THE CAMPAIGN ARE 
CRITICAL MORE GENERALLY OF THE 
UN AND THE HYPOCRISIES OF WHAT 
IT PURSUES OR THE THINGS IT 
DOESN'T PURSUE AND ALSO THE 
EFFICACY OF HAVING THAT SEAT.
YOU DON'T HAVE A VETO POWER AND 
OTHER COUNTRIES DO.
HOW EFFECTIVE CAN YOU BE?
THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S POINT HAS 
BEEN WE BELIEVE IN 
MULTILATERALISM, ESPECIALLY AT 
THIS JUNCTURE, AS YOU SEE THE 
UNITED STATES WITHDRAW FROM THAT
TYPE OF ARRANGEMENT AND FROM 
SORT OF THE LEADERSHIP ON THE 
WORLD STAGE.
WE BELIEVE THE SUBSTITUTE FOR 
THAT IS A SORT OF PUNCTUATED 
BELIEF IN MULTILATERALISM, AND 
THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO LEVERAGE
THAT BELIEF AND LEVERAGE OUR OWN
HOW I THINK THE PRIME MINISTER 
SAID SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES 
OF WE ARE BIG ENOUGH THAT WE CAN
MAKE A DIFFERENCE BUT WE'RE 
SMALL ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT WE 
CAN'T DO IT ALONE.
THAT IS KIND OF THE PHILOSOPHY 
THAT UNDERSCORES THE PURSUIT OF 
THIS SEAT FROM THE GOVERNMENT'S 
PERSPECTIVE.
BUT LIKE I SAID, THAT CAMPAIGN 
HAS ITS CRITICS, AND I GUESS 
CHIEF AMONG THEM IS SORT OF THE 
CRITICISM WE HAVE HEARD OF THE 
LIBERALS OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS,
WHICH IS -- AND WE'VE HEARD IT 
WITHIN CANADA EVEN AROUND THIS 
SEAT.
THERE HAVE BEEN ALMOST SOME SORT
OF DOMESTIC CRITICISM AMONG 
SOMEONE LIKE DAVID SUZUKI WHO 
CAME OUT AND WROTE A LETTER THAT
THEY TALK A LOT ABOUT MORAL 
LEADERSHIP, BUT NOT ALL OF THEIR
ACTIONS NECESSARILY MATCH UP 
WITH IT.
SO DO THEY QUOTE UNQUOTE DESERVE
TO SECURE THIS SEAT?
ULTIMATELY THE REPRESENTATIVES 
OF OTHER COUNTRIES AT THE UN 
WILL MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.
BUT YOU HEARD THE PRIME 
MINISTER'S RATIONALE FOR WHY HE 
THINKS IT WOULD BE PRODUCTIVE 
FOR CANADA TO SECURE IT.
>> Rosemary: DAVID YOUR THOUGHTS
ON THAT BEFORE I LET YOU BOTH GO
FOR A MOMENT?
>> David: ON THE WHOLE CONCEPT 
OF MULTILATERALISM, THIS IS 
SOMETHING THAT GOVERNMENT TALKS 
ABOUT A LOT, AND THE UNITED 
NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL SEAT 
HAS BEEN PART OF THAT BID, BUT 
IT'S NOT JUST THIS ONE 
INSTITUTION.
IT'S THE ENTIRE EROSION OF THE 
MULTILATERAL ORDER THAT'S OUT 
THERE.
I'VE COVERED FOUR G7S SINCE I'VE
BEEN WORKING HERE.
THE FIRST ONE WAS BARACK OBAMA, 
THE LAST THREE WITH DONALD 
TRUMP.
THEY HAVE EACH GOTTEN 
PROGRESSIVELY LESS AMBITIOUS AND
WITH LESS UNITY, AND IN MANY 
WAYS LESS EFFECTIVE.
AND THAT'S NOT JUST HAPPENING 
WITH THE G7.
IT'S BEEN HAPPENING WITH NATO AS
TRUMP DISRUPTS THAT AND THE 
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION.
HE'S PULLED OUT OF THE WORLD 
HEALTH ORGANIZATION, FOR 
EXAMPLE.
YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE BIG 
PROBLEMS THE WORLD IS FACING.
BRINGING IT BACK TO COVID, UNTIL
THIS VIRUS IS CONTROLLED IN ALL 
COUNTRIES IT'S NOT CONTROLLED IN
ANY COUNTRY IF WE WANT TO RESUME
NORMAL GLOBAL TRADE AND TRAVEL.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE A GREAT 
MULTILATERAL RESPONSE, 
PARTICULARLY IN THE DEVELOPING 
WORLD, WHERE COUNTRIES JUST 
DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO SPEND ON
HEALTH CARE BECAUSE THEY ARE 
SPENDING IT ON DEBT SERVICING 
AND THEY CAN'T PAY DOCTORS AND 
THEY CAN'T BORROW BECAUSE OF 
THEIR DEBT LIMITS, AND THAT'S 
GOING TO TAKE REAL COMMITTED 
MULTILATERAL VOICES IN ALL OF 
THESE INSTITUTIONS, AND NOW IN 
NOVEMBER IT COULD CHANGE.
THE OUTLOOK OF THE UNITED STATES
ON THESE THINGS, WHO KNOWS.
BUT IT'S INTERESTING TO HEAR THE
WAY CANADA PITCHES ITS BID FOR A
SEAT AT THE TABLE AT THE UNITED 
NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL VERSUS 
WHAT SOME OF THE TRADITIONAL 
GREAT POWERS ARE DOING GLOBALLY.
IT'S A DELICATE TIME FOR THE 
WORLD, AND I THINK THAT IS THE 
SENTIMENT THAT TRUDEAU AND THEM 
ARE TRYING TO PLAY INTO, EVEN 
THOUGH THEY MAY NOT BE A PERFECT
CANDIDATE, AS THE LEGION OF 
CRITICS HAVE HIGHLIGHTED AND 
MADE CLEAR.
>> Rosemary: JUST TO REMIND 
PEOPLE, IT'S A THREE-WAY RAISE, 
NORWAY, IRELAND, CANADA.
LOTS OF PEOPLE BELIEVE NORWAY IS
A SHOE-IN.
IT'S ALL DONE IN SECRET.
EVEN IF SOMEONE TELLS YOU WE 
KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO END, THE 
CHANCES THEY DO KNOW IS PRETTY 
SLIM.
OKAY, VASSY, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT 
TO JET OFF FOR ANOTHER 
INTERVIEW.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HELPING 
US, AND DAVID WE'LL BE BACK TO 
YOU SHORTLY.
YOU CAN CATCH VASSY AT 5 ON 
"POWER & POLITICS".
>>> MY NEXT GUEST WORKS IN THE 
RESTAURANT BUSINESS, THE 
HOSPITALITY SECTOR HAS BEEN 
REALLY SEVERELY THREATENED AND 
HURT BY THE MANY BARS AND 
RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE GONE 
UNDER.
SOME OF THEM REOPENING NOW, BUT 
ASIA ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT 
DID USE THE CANADA EMERGENCY 
RELIEF BENEFIT.
ASIA, GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
>> HI, NICE TO SEE YOU TOO.
>> Rosemary: THANKS FOR MAKING 
THE TIME.
YOU HEARD THE PRIME MINISTER'S 
ANNOUNCEMENT THERE, AN EXTENSION
OF EIGHT WEEKS, TWO MORE MONTHS.
WILL YOU NEED THAT AND WHAT DO 
YOU THINK OF IT?
>> I ABSOLUTELY NEED THAT, AND 
I'M BY NO MEANS THE ONLY ONE.
EVEN WITH RESTAURANTS SLOWLY 
REOPENING, WE'RE SEEING VERY FEW
PEOPLE ACTUALLY BEING HIRED BACK
IN THE FRONT OF HOUSE IN 
PARTICULAR.
IN THE TAKEOUT SITUATION, YOU 
NEED THE KITCHEN, OBVIOUSLY, AND
YOU MAY NEED ONE OR TWO PEOPLE 
IN THE FRONT, BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT 
THE SHEER NUMBER WE'VE NEEDED IN
THE PAST.
>> Rosemary: SO DO YOU THINK 
THAT TWO MONTHS IS GOING TO BE 
ENOUGH TIME FOR THINGS TO REOPEN
A LITTLE BIT MORE EVEN SO THAT 
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GET BACK TO 
WORK, OR WHAT'S YOUR VIEW ON 
THAT?
>> WELL, HERE'S THE THING.
IF WE'RE -- EVEN IN THE 
REOPENING OF RESTAURANTS IN 
PHASES TWO AND THREE, WHICH I 
SHOULD POINT OUT TORONTO AND 
G.T.A. ARE NOT INCLUDED IN SO 
FAR.
>> Rosemary: RIGHT, RIGHT.
>> BUT EVEN WHEN WE ARE, WE WILL
HAVE TO ADHERE TO THE SOCIALLY 
DISTANCED RULES, AND THAT MEANS 
THAT MOST RESTAURANTS ARE GOING 
TO HAVE TO REDUCE THEIR CAPACITY
BY AT LEAST 50%.
SO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS 
HALF THE STAFF NEEDED TO DO THAT
AS WELL.
SO YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A 
MAXIMUM 50% HIREBACK RATE, 
MAXIMUM AT RESTAURANTS, AND 
THAT'S ASSUMING PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO BE COMING INTO RESTAURANTS.
>> Rosemary: SURE, YES.
>> SO YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE DO 
RELY ON TIPS.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS 
OPPORTUNITY, IF YOU DON'T MIND, 
TO POINT OUT THAT EVEN IF WE 
CLAIM TIPS ON OUR TAXES, IT 
DOESN'T ACTUALLY AFFECT OUR EI 
OR EVEN THE BANK DOESN'T 
RECOGNIZE IT AT ALL EITHER FOR 
MORTGAGES.
SO I, FOR ONE, CLAIM ALL MY 
TAXES.
I'M 38.
I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS.
AND IT DOESN'T IMPACT MY EI.
SO MY EI WILL STILL BE BASED ON 
WAGES, WHICH AS YOU KNOW BEING 
LESS THAN MINIMUM WAGE ARE LOW.
>> Rosemary: OH, INTERESTING.
OKAY.
SO WAS THE $2,000 ENOUGH FOR YOU
OVER THE PAST I GUESS YOU'VE 
USED IT FOR THE FULL CYCLE, AND 
IS IT GOING TO BE ENOUGH FOR YOU
FOR THE NEXT TWO MONTHS?
>> FOR ME IT IS.
I'M VERY FORTUNATE.
AS WE KNOW IN TORONTO, RENTAL 
RATES HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE OUT 
OF CONTROL, WE'LL SAY, TO BE 
CONSERVATIVE.
I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE LIVED 
IN MY APARTMENT FOR A LONG TIME,
SO MY RENT ISN'T AS EXORBITANT 
THAN OTHERS.
SO THE $2,000 FOR ME COVERS MY 
EXPENSES, JUST.
I WASN'T MAKING ANY DENT IN MY 
DEBT OR SAVINGS, OF COURSE, BUT 
IT COVERED MY EXPENSES, AND MOST
OF MY FRIENDS HAVE FOUND THAT IT
COVERED THEIR BASIC EXPENSES.
AND WHEN I SAY BASIC, THAT 
MEANS -- THAT'S NOT INCLUDING 
MEDICATION, FOR EXAMPLE.
SOME OF MY GROCERIES, THINGS 
LIKE THAT.
SO $2,000 IS THE BARE MINIMUM, 
PARTICULARLY FOR LIVING IN A 
CITY.
AND I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION
ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH CERB.
I KNOW THERE'S PARTS OF THE 
COUNTRY WHERE $2,000 IS A LOT 
MORE MONEY AND GOES A LOT 
FURTHER THAN IT DOES HERE, BUT 
WE HAVE TO BE REAL ABOUT THAT.
>> Rosemary: I'VE ONLY GOT ABOUT
30 SECONDS.
HOW DO YOU FEEL NOW KNOWING THAT
YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER TWO MONTHS OF
SORT OF FLEX HERE WHERE YOU 
DON'T HAVE TO PANIC OR GO 
FURTHER INTO DEBT, OR HOWEVER 
YOU WERE GOING TO SOLVE THAT.
HOW DO YOU FEEL?
>> I FEEL RELIEVED.
I FEEL SAFER.
I MEAN, I'M SO GRATEFUL TO LIVE 
IN CANADA.
OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A VERY LUCKY 
SITUATION HERE.
I'M INTERNALLY -- ETERNALLY 
GRATEFUL, MUCH MORE RELAXED AND 
HOPE THAT THEY ARE OPEN TO THE 
FACT THAT THIS MAY HAVE TO BE 
CONTINUALLY EXTENDED AS SURGES 
AND UPTICKS OF COVID CASES COME 
BACK AS WE TRY THIS REOPENING, 
AS WELL AS FACTS THAT CERTAIN 
INDUSTRIES, LIKE THE RESTAURANT 
INDUSTRY, WILL BE HIT A LOT 
LONGER THAN OTHERS.
>> Rosemary: AJA, THANK YOU SO 
MUCH.
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF OVER THE 
NEXT TWO MONTHS.
>> YOU TOO.
>> Rosemary: SHE WORKS AS A 
BARTENDER, SERVER AND CATERER.
MORE OF OUR SPECIAL COVERAGE, 
THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO 
COVID-19 RIGHT AFTER THIS HERE 
ON "CBC NEWS NETWORK."
♪
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[♪♪♪] 
>> Rosemary: HI THERE.
I'M ROSEMARY BARTON.
WELCOME BACK TO CBC NEWS NETWORK
HERE IN OTTAWA.
WE'RE STREAMING LIVE AROUND THE 
WORLD ON OUR APP AND OUR 
WEBSITE.
WE ARE, OF COURSE, STANDING BY 
FOR THE PRESS CONFERENCE OF 
CABINET MINISTERS AND PUBLIC 
HEALTH OFFICIALS AT 12:30 
EASTERN WE ARE EXPECTING THE 
COVID COMMITTEE TO TAKE PLACE.
THE PRIME MINISTER WILL BE THERE
TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS.
THE BIG NEWS FROM THE PRIME 
MINISTER THIS MORNING IS THAT 
THE GOVERNMENT WILL EXTEND THE 
CANADA EMERGENCY RESPONSE 
BENEFIT THAT SO MANY CANADIANS 
TAPPED INTO AS THE SHUTDOWN WENT
INTO EFFECT AT THE BEGINNING OF 
MARCH.
THAT EXTENSION WILL NOW GO FOR 
ANOTHER EIGHT WEEKS.
IF YOU CAN'T GET BACK TO WORK, 
IF YOUR JOB IS NOT ALLOWING YOU 
TO GO BACK TO WORK, YOU WILL 
HAVE MORE ROOM TO BREATHE.
THERE ARE SOME 2 MILLION 
CANADIANS THAT WILL NEED THE 
CERB GOING FORWARD.
THE PRIME MINISTER CONFIRMING AN
EXTENSION OF THAT.
ALSO CONFIRMING SOME NEWS AROUND
THE CANADA-U.S. BORDER.
THAT TOO WILL REMAIN CLOSED TO 
NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL FOR ANOTHER
30 DAYS.
AS WE WAIT FOR THIS PRESS 
CONFERENCE, I WANTED TO DO A 
QUICK INTERVIEW WITH SOMEONE 
DOING SOMETHING PRETTY GREAT IN 
VICTORIA, B.C.
THERE IS A NON-PROFIT MEAL 
PROGRAM BRINGING HEALTHY MEALS 
TO THOSE WHO NEED THEM MOST.
THE RED CEDAR CAFÉ HAS ALREADY 
DELIVERED, GET THIS, MORE THAN 
7,000 MEALS TO SENIORS AND OTHER
VULNERABLE PEOPLE.
LIZ MAY JOINS ME FROM THE 
KITCHEN OF THE CAFÉ.
THANKS FOR MAKING TIME.
>> Interview: GOOD MORNING.
>> Rosemary: I GUESS IT'S 
MORNING THERE, AFTERNOON HERE.
HOW DOES THIS IDEA COME ABOUT?
IT'S AMAZING HOW MUCH YOU HAVE 
BEEN ABLE TO DO OVER THIS PERIOD
OF TIME.
>> Interview: I JUST STARTED 
RECOGNIZING THE NEED FOR EXTRA 
HELP OVER THESE TIMES.
IT'S SUPER CHALLENGING FOR 
PEOPLE AND A LOT OF ECONOMIC 
HARDSHIP.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE LAID OFF 
AND SELF-ISOLATING.
WE'RE RECOGNIZING THAT NEED AND 
FILLING A GAP.
>> Rosemary: AND THE GOAL IS TO 
GET PEOPLE GOOD, HEALTHY, 
HOME-COOKED OR COOKED BY YOU AND
YOUR TEAM MEALS.
HOW ARE YOU FUNDING THAT?
WHERE IS THE MONEY COMING FROM 
FOR THAT?
>> Interview: WE'VE BEEN SO 
HEARTENED BY THE SUPPORT FROM 
THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS WHAT MUTUAL AID LOOKS 
LIKE.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY FUNDERS, BUT 
IT'S JUST COMMUNITY MEMBERS 
PARTICIPATING IN THE PROJECT, 
DONATING RAW INGREDIENTS, FUNDS,
AND TIME TO THE PROJECT.
WE'VE PARTNERED WITH A LOT OF 
GROCERY STORES AND OTHER FOOD 
NETWORK HUBS IN THE REGION, 
COMMUNITY CENTRES, THAT HAVE 
BEEN PROVIDING A LOT OF THE RAW 
INGREDIENTS.
THEN WE GET SOME ONE-OFF 
DONATIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS AND 
ORGANIZATIONS WHO WANT TO 
SUPPORT THE PROJECT AND FEED THE
PEOPLE.
>> Rosemary: IT'S 7,700 MEALS 
SINCE MID-APRIL.
HOW DO YOU MANAGE TO DO THAT?
AND WERE YOU SURPRISED AT THE 
AMOUNT OF NEED THAT IS OUT 
THERE?
IT IS A LITTLE OVERWHELMING TO 
FIND SO MANY PEOPLE THAT NEED 
THAT HELP.
>> Interview: YEAH, SO IT'S BEEN
A LOT OF FIGURING IT OUT AS WE 
GO.
AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME, WE'RE 
IN THIS BEAUTIFUL SPACE IN 
DOWNTOWN VICTORIA THAT WAS 
FUNCTIONING AS A TRADITIONAL 
RESTAURANT THREE MONTHS AGO.
SO WE'RE NOT IN A PRODUCTION 
KITCHEN.
WE HAVE STYLED OUR OPERATIONS 
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
ON MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND 
WEDNESDAY WE HAVE A KITCHEN LEAD
AND ABOUT 10 OTHER ASSISTANTS 
WHO ARE HERE FOR ABOUT EIGHT 
HOURS IN AND OUT THAT ARE 
CREATING ABOUT 1,200 MEALS IN 
THOSE THREE DAYS.
THEN WE'RE DISTRIBUTING THEM ON 
THURSDAYS.
TO YOUR SECOND QUESTION, HAVE WE
BEEN SURPRISED WITH THE DEMAND.
YEAH, THE FIRST WEEK WE WERE 
PROBABLY PROVIDING AROUND 200 
MEALS, AND THAT QUICKLY SCALED 
UP TO 1,200 BY THE -- WITHIN A 
MONTH.
SO YEAH, IT'S -- WE'RE FILLING A
DEMAND, BUT IT JUST KEEPS 
GROWING AND JUST KIND OF SHOWING
ME HOW BIG OF A NEED THERE IS 
RIGHT NOW IN THE COMMUNITY.
>> Rosemary: WHAT DO YOU THINK 
HAS CHANGED FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE 
EITHER WORRIED ABOUT GOING OUT 
TO GET FOOD, DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH 
MONEY TO GET FOOD, WHAT DO YOU 
THINK IT'S CHANGED FOR PEOPLE?
>> Interview: SINCE WE STARTED 
OR -- 
>> Rosemary: YEAH, JUST GETTING 
THOSE LOVELY MEALS THAT YOU'VE 
PREPARED AT A TIME WHEN THINGS 
ARE DIFFICULT.
>> Interview: YEAH, IT'S LIKE WE
HAVE A LOT OF FEEDBACK.
WE HAVE TESTIMONIALS ON OUR 
WEBSITE.
WE WERE GETTING E-MAILS.
PEOPLE FEEL LIKE -- THEY FEEL 
WARM AND COMFORTED.
IT'S SHOWING SUPPORT FROM OTHER 
COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
WE PUT A LOT OF LOVE AND CARE 
INTO THESE MEALS.
WE'RE FEELING PEOPLE WITH 
DIGNITY.
IT'S NOT STANDARD SOUP KITCHEN 
MEALS.
WE HAVE REALLY QUALIFIED CHEFS 
THAT ARE WORKING WITH US BECAUSE
THE WHOLE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY 
IS ON PAUSE.
MYSELF INCLUDED, I'VE WORKED IN 
HOSPITALITY FOR YEARS, AND WE 
WANT TO CONTINUE IN THE SECTOR.
IT'S REALLY FUN AND WE'RE GIVING
BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
>> Rosemary: WHAT'S GOING TO 
HAPPEN POST-COVID, EVENTUALLY 
THAT WILL HAPPEN ONE DAY OR AT 
LEAST MORE THINGS WILL BE 
OPENING.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE PROGRAM?
HAVE YOU GIVEN ANY THOUGHT TO 
THAT?
>> Interview: DEFINITELY, YEAH.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE
OUR SCOPE IS.
WE'VE BEEN BUSY GETTING FOOD TO 
PEOPLE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO 
THAT.
THAT WILL BE OUR PRIORITY, TO 
GET HEALTHY, AFFORDABLE MEALS TO
PEOPLE WHO NEED IT.
THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF DEMAND.
SO IF WE KEEP PROVIDING THE 
1,000 TO 1,200 MEALS A WEEK, 
WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
WE, LIKE A LOT OF CANADIANS, ARE
LOOKING AHEAD TO THE RECOVERY 
FROM COVID-19 AND DOING IT IN A 
JUST, EQUITABLE, SAFE, FAIR, AND
HEALTHY WAY THAT DOESN'T LEAVE 
ANYONE BEHIND.
>> Rosemary: LIZ MAZE, SO GREAT 
TO HEAR OF PEOPLE COMING UP WITH
CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO HELP.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT'S LIZ MAZE, A VOLUNTEER AND
THE COORDINATOR FOR THE RED 
CEDAR CAFÉ IN VICTORIA.
>>> WE ARE WAITING STILL FOR 
CABINET MINISTERS TO GIVE US 
MORE SPECIFICS AROUND WHAT THE 
PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCED.
NOT TOO LONG THE EXTENSION OF 
CERB FOR ANOTHER TWO MONTHS FOR 
PEOPLE WHO NEED IT, $2,000 OF 
COURSE.
THAT NUMBER HAS GONE DOWN OVER 
TIME AS SOME CANADIANS HAVE GONE
BACK TO WORK AND SOME INDUSTRIES
REOPEN AND SOME COMPANIES TAP 
INTO THE WAGE SUBSIDY, BUT THERE
ARE STILL AS MANY AS TWO MILLION
CANADIANS WHO NEED SUPPORT 
BECAUSE THEIR JOBS MIGHT NOT 
EXIST OR MIGHT NOT BE COMING 
BACK.
LET ME BRING IN MY COLLEAGUE 
DAVID COCHRANE TO TALK A LITTLE 
BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE 
NOW.
THE PRIME MINISTER WILL BE AT 
THE COVID COMMITTEE AT 12:30 
WE'RE HOPING HE TAKES SOME 
QUESTION.
WE HEARD FROM ASIA, HOW GOOD 
THAT WILL BE IN A BIG CITY.
SHE ALSO WAS ALREADY INSTALLING,
I HOPE THE GOVERNMENT THINKS 
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT.
OF COURSE IT'S SO HARD FOR 
ANYONE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS 
AFTER THAT AND HOW MUCH MORE 
THAT MAY HAVE TO CONTINUE, 
CHANGE, OR EVOLVE IN A DIFFERENT
WAY.
I MUST ADMIT, I'M SURPRISED THAT
IT IS A STRAIGHT ROLLOVER AND IT
DIDN'T GET ALTERED IN A 
SIGNIFICANT WAY.
I IMAGINE THE NEXT VERSION OF 
THAT WILL NOT BE EXACTLY THE 
SAME.
>> David: YEAH, THERE MAY BE 
SOME TWEAKS IN THE REGULATIONS, 
AS JEAN-YVES DUCLOS OR CARLA 
QUALTROUGH CAN TELL US IN THIS 
NEWS CONFERENCE.
THE PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES THE
BROAD STROKES AND THE FINE PRINT
COMES FROM THE MINISTERS.
THEY'VE DONE TWO THINGS, 
EXTENDED THE LIFELINE THAT A LOT
OF PEOPLE NEED TO MAKE IT 
THROUGH THESE DIFFICULT TIMES, 
BUT THEY'VE ALSO BOUGHT 
THEMSELVES SOME TIME TO GET MORE
DATA AND A SENSE WHERE THIS IS 
GOING TO GO AND WHAT CHANGES 
THEY NEED TO MAKE.
WE'RE STILL EARLY IN THE 
ECONOMIC REOPENING IN A LOT OF 
PLACES.
CERTAIN REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY 
ARE QUITE ADVANCED IN THE 
ELIMINATION OR REDUCTION OR 
CONTAINMENT OF COVID-19, 
PARTICULARLY ATLANTIC CANADA.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW THIS REOPENING
IS GOING TO GO AND WE WON'T KNOW
FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, WITH THE 
LAG OF SYMPTOMS AND CASES 
SHOWING UP.
YOU CAN'T JUST KEEP PUMPING OUT 
$2,000 A MONTH TO MILLIONS OF 
CANADAS WITH NO END IN SIGHT 
WITH NO TRANSITION BACK TO WORK,
AND WITH NO RECOGNITION OF THE 
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES.
YOU COULD GO BACK TO WORK IN 
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND OR 
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR.
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR HAS 
NOT EVEN HAD ANY CASES.
AS LONG AS THE PROVINCIAL AND 
LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES ALLOW 
THAT OPENING UP, THERE SHOULD BE
A QUICKER RETURN TO NORMAL AND A
DRAW DOWN ON THE CERB.
WE DON'T HAVE A PRICE TAG ON 
THIS TODAY, BUT YOU CAN EXPECT 
THAT THE UPTAKE WOULD DECLINE.
SOME OF THE COSTS WILL SHIFT TO 
THE WAGE SUBSIDY AS MORE 
BUSINESSES REOPEN AND REHIRE 
PEOPLE AND RELY ON THE SUBSIDY 
AND YOU CAN'T GET BOTH AT THE 
SAME TIME.
THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT 
COMES WITH A PRICE TAG IN THE 
TENS OF BILLIONS.
IT'S JUST NOT PRECISELY CLEAR 
FROM WHAT THE PRIME MINISTER HAS
TOLD US WHERE THEY EXPECT THAT 
TO BE.
THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW THAT FOR A 
WHILE UNTIL WE SEE HOW THE 
REOPENINGS GO.
>> Rosemary: SUCH A RELIEF FOR 
SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO JUST 
DON'T SEE THEMSELVES RETURNING 
TO WORK AND ALSO ARE CONCERNED 
ABOUT THE SAFETY ASPECT OF 
RETURNING TO WORK.
I KNOW THE CONSERVATIVES HAVE 
EXPRESSED CONCERNS AROUND PEOPLE
NOT WANTING TO GO BACK TO WORK.
IF YOU CAN'T, IF THE JOB ISN'T 
THERE OR THE JOB HAS NOT ENOUGH 
ANSWERS TO SUPPORT YOU, I'M NOT 
SURE WHAT YOUR CHOICE IS IN THAT
SITUATION.
>> David: YOU'VE GOT ASIA WHO 
WORKS IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY.
BARS AND RESTAURANTS ARE COMING 
BACK WITH REDUCED CAPACITY.
WHO KNOWS HOW COMFORTABLE PEOPLE
WILL BE GOING OUT.
THE PATIOS I'VE SEEN IN OTTAWA, 
THERE'S PEOPLE ON THEM, BUT AT 
HALF CAPACITY AND FEWER STAFF.
I INTERVIEWED A WOMAN YESTERDAY,
REBECCA GREY, SHE WAS ON A STORY
ON "THE NATIONAL."
IN NORMAL TIMES SHE WORKS FIVE 
JOBS.
SHE TEACHES MUSIC, SHE'S IN A 
ACQUIRE, AN USHER AT A CONCERT 
HALL, BUT ALL OF THESE ARE 
DEPENDANT ON SINGING IN CROWDED 
PLACES.
SINGING IS A REALLY BAD THING TO
DO DURING THIS PANDEMIC BECAUSE 
IT BECOMES LIKE A 
SUPER-SPREADING EPISODE IN TERMS
OF THE SPITTLE AND VOLUME THAT 
GOES OUT AS PEOPLE SING.
AS WE GOES BACK TO WORK, THOSE 
VENUES ARE NOT OPENING UP, EVEN 
IN THE REOPENING.
IN VERY SPECIFIC SECTORS, 
THERE'S NO OBVIOUS HOPE NOW 
COMPARED TO WHAT THERE WAS IN 
MARCH WHEN THE COUNTRY STARTED 
TO GO INTO LOCKDOWN.
RESTAURANTS AND BARS REOPENING.
CONCERT HALLS, NOT SO MUCH.
>> Rosemary: IT'S THE SAME FOR 
THE ARTS INDUSTRY.
THE FILM AND TV PRODUCTION HAS 
BEEN PUT ON HOLD, WITH THE 
EXCEPTION OF THE NEWS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE IN CREATIVE 
FIELDS AS WELL, VERY, VERY 
CONCERNED, AS WELL AS PEOPLE WHO
ARE SELF-EMPLOYED WHO RELY ON 
CONTRACTS AND TRYING TO BUILD UP
A SALARY OVER TIME.
OBVIOUSLY THE EXTENSION OF THE 
CERB WOULD BE A RELIEF TO A LOT 
OF PEOPLE.
WE WILL WAIT AND SEE FROM THE 
CABINET MINISTERS ABOUT SOME OF 
THE DETAILS AND ABOUT WHETHER OR
NOT SOMETHING SUBSTANTIVE HAS 
CHANGED IN TERMS OF THE 
ANNOUNCEMENT.
WE DO KNOW AGAIN THAT THEY HAVE 
EXTENDED THE BORDER SHUTDOWN BY 
ANOTHER 30 DAYS TO THE END OF 
JULY.
IT'S NO SURPRISE BECAUSE WHEN 
YOU SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE 
UNITED STATES, THERE DOESN'T 
SEEM TO BE ANY CASE TO BE MADE, 
I WOULD IMAGINE ON BOTH SIDES 
BUT PARTICULARLY FOR US, TO 
ALLOW ANY SORT OF TRAVEL BACK 
AND FORTH AT THIS STAGE.
>> David: THAT WOULD BE THE 
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER'S ROLE, 
CHRYSTIA FREELAND.
SHE STILL HAS RESPONSIBILITY FOR
CANADA-U.S. RELATIONS, DESPITE 
THE FACT THAT MINISTER CHAMPAGNE
IS THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER 
AND MINISTER BLAIR IS THE BORDER
MINISTER.
IT'S HARD TO SEE A REOPENING 
BEYOND WHERE IT IS NOW.
THE TRANSMISSION RATES IN CANADA
ARE BELOW 1, WE'RE BENDING THE 
CURVE DOWN.
YOU GET TO A POINT WHERE IT'S 
QUITE GOOD, BUT STILL SOME HOT 
SPOTS IN THE TWO BIGGEST 
PROVINCES HERE IN CENTRAL 
CANADA.
AMERICANS HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT 
STORY.
THE REOPENING IN THE SOUTHERN 
AND MID-WESTERN STATES HAS 
SPIKED A BIT.
THE PRESIDENT SAYS IF THEY 
STOPPED TESTING THEY WOULDN'T 
HAVE ANY NEW CASES.
THAT WOULD BE A BIT SURPRISING 
TO SCIENTISTS.
ELECTORAL POLITICS AND WHAT'S 
HAPPENING IN THE UNITED STATES, 
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ECONOMY AT
THE CENTRE OF THE POLITICAL 
CONVERSATION THERE SEEMS TO ME 
TO BE AT A MUCH HIGHER DEGREE 
THAN IN CANADA, WHERE COLLECTIVE
SOCIAL WELL-BEING IS A DOMINANT 
CONCERN.
GIVEN THAT THERE'S NO HURRY ON 
THE CANADIAN SIDE TO DO IT.
AND, PERHAPS FORTUNATELY, ROSIE,
DONALD TRUMP LIKES THICK BORDERS
AND THIS GIVES HIM A CHANCE TO 
HAVE ONE AT BOTH SIDES.
>> Rosemary: THE POLITICAL 
CALCULATION IMPORTANT FOR A 
PRESIDENT WHO THOUGHT HE WOULD 
GET RE-ELECTED ON THE STATE OF 
THE ECONOMY AND THE PERFORMANCE 
OF THE MARKETS.
THAT HAS PROVEN DIFFICULT OVER 
THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
I'LL COME BACK TO YOU, DAVID.
WE'LL GO TO OUR BRIEFING AND 
THERE IS THE DEPUTY PRIME 
MINISTER CHRYSTIA FREELAND.
>> Deputy Prime Minister 
Chrystia Freeland: CARLA 
QUALTROUGH [Speaking French] 
[Voice of Interpreter] AND THE 
PRESIDENT OF THE TREASURY BOARD,
JEAN-YVES DUCLOS.
[end of translation]. 
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I WILL BEGIN WITH AN UPDATE ON 
THE LATEST NUMBERS FOR COVID-19 
IN CANADA.
THERE ARE NOW 99,147 CASES, 
INCLUDING 8,175 DEATHS.
61,042, OR 62%, HAVE NOW 
RECOVERED.
LABS ACROSS CANADA HAVE TESTED 
OVER 2,183,000 PEOPLE FOR 
COVID-19 TO DATE.
OVER THE PAST WEEK, WE HAVE 
TESTED AN AVERAGE OF 33,000 
PEOPLE DAILY, WITH 2% TESTING 
POSITIVE.
THESE NUMBERS DO CHANGE QUICKLY 
AND THEY'RE UPDATED DAILY IN THE
EVENINGS ON 
Canada.ca/coronavirus.
TODAY I WANT TO REFLECT A LITTLE
BIT ON THE NUMBERS.
ALTHOUGH WE READ AND POST THESE 
NUMBERS ONLINE EVERY DAY, WE 
CAN'T FORGET THERE IS SO MUCH 
MORE BEHIND THEM.
EVERY CASE IS A PERSON WITH 
FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COMMUNITY, 
HAVING BEEN CONFRONTED WITH THE 
ILLNESS AND THE UNCERTAIN 
OUTCOMES.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE ENDURED PAINFUL
SEPARATION FROM THEIR LOVED ONES
DURING SEVERE ILLNESS AND 
HOSPITALIZATION AND SOME HAVE 
EXPERIENCED THE UNSPEAKABLE PAIN
OF A LOSS OF A LOVED ONE TO 
COVID-19.
AS I TAKE A STEP BACK TO REFLECT
ON THE NUMBERS, I WANT TO 
ACKNOWLEDGE THE LIVES WE HAVE 
LOST AND TO OFFER MY SYMPATHY TO
THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO GRIEVE THE
LOSS THE DEEPEST.
I DON'T THINK THERE HAS BEEN A 
DAY THAT HAS GONE BY WHEN 
CANADIANS HAVEN'T CONSIDERED 
WHAT THESE NUMBERS MEAN.
I KNOW THAT IS A BIG PART OF 
WHAT HAS UNITED US TO MAKE 
SACRIFICES TO STOP THE VIRUS 
FROM DOING MORE DAMAGE.
FOR THOSE WHO ARE TIRED OF THIS 
NEW WAY OF LIFE, IT HELPS TO 
LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE SACRIFICED 
AND TO CONSIDER THE PROGRESS 
WE'VE MADE AND TO GATHER OUR 
STRENGTH AND RESOLVE TO CONTINUE
TOGETHER.
YESTERDAY WE REACHED A NEW 
MILESTONE OF CASES THAT HAVE 
RECOVERED, WITH OVER 60% OF ALL 
CASES RECOVERED.
THIS IS A SIGN THAT THE EPIDEMIC
HAS SLOWED ENOUGH THAT NEW CASES
ARE NO LONGER OVERTAKING THOSE 
COMING OFF THE LONG ROAD TO 
RECOVERY.
IT ALSO MEANS THAT WE HAVE 
PROTECTED THE HEALTH SYSTEM AND 
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SUPPORT SEVERE
CASES THROUGH THE WORST OF THEIR
ILLNESS.
HOWEVER, EVEN THOUGH THE 
EPIDEMIC GROWTH HAS SLOWED 
CONSIDERABLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY 
AND WE CAN NOW SEE THESE HOPEFUL
SIGNS, THIS IS THE PART WHERE WE
GATHER OUR STRENGTH AND RESOLVE 
TO CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS.
BECAUSE IT MAY ONLY TAKE ONE NEW
CASE OF COVID-19 TO SPARK AN 
OUTBREAK OR RENEWED ECONOMIC 
GROWTH THAT COULD CHANGE OUR 
TRAJECTORY.
THE HARD TRUTH IS THAT COVID-19 
IS STILL VERY MUCH WITH US.
THERE IS NO ROOM FOR COMPLACENCY
WITH COVID-19.
WE ALL NEED TO KEEP UP WITH 
PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES TO 
MAINTAINED EPIDEMIC CONTROL.
THAT MEANS THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY
TO GO OUT, AND THAT IS TO GO OUT
SMART WITH PHYSICAL DISTANCING, 
FREQUENT HAND WASHING, AND COUGH
ETIQUETTE.
THIS MEANS WEARING A MASK WHERE 
YOU CAN'T KEEP A TWO-METRE 
DISTANCE FROM OTHERS.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, IF YOU HAVE 
SYMPTOMS, EVEN MILD, IT IS VITAL
YOU STAY HOME AND AWAY FROM 
OTHERS TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF 
THE VIRUS.
THANK YOU.
MERCI.
>> Deputy Prime Minister 
Chrystia Freeland: THANK YOU 
VERY MUCH, DR. TAM.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] DR. NJOO, YOU HAVE 
THE FLOOR.
>> THANK YOU.
AS USUAL, I WILL BEGIN ON AN 
UPDATE OF THE LATEST NUMBERS.
THERE ARE NOW 99,137 CASES, 
INCLUDING 61,042, OR 62%, HAVE 
NOW RECOVERED.
LABS ACROSS CANADA HAVE TESTED 
2,183,000 PEOPLE FOR COVID-19 TO
DATE.
OVER THE LAST WEEK WE HAVE 
TESTED AN AVERAGE OF 33,000 
PEOPLE DAILY WITH 2% TESTING 
POSITIVE.
THESE NUMBERS CHANGE QUICKLY AND
ARE UPDATED IN THE EVENINGS ON 
Canada.ca/coronavirus.
TODAY INSTEAD OF MOVING ON TO 
ANOTHER TOPIC, I WANT TO STOP 
AND REFLECT ON THE NUMBERS.
ALTHOUGH WE READ AND POST THESE 
NUMBERS ONLINE EVERY DAY, WE 
CAN'T FORGET THAT THERE IS SO 
MUCH MORE BEHIND THEM.
EVERY CASE IS A PERSON WITH 
FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COMMUNITY 
WHO HAVE BEEN CONFRONTED WITH 
THE ILLNESS AND ITS UNCERTAIN 
OUTCOMES.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE ENDURED PAINFUL
SEPARATION FROM THEIR LOVED ONES
DURING SEVERE ILLNESS AND 
HOSPITALIZATION.
MANY HAVE SUFFERED THE 
UNSPEAKABLE PAIN OF A LOVED ONE 
LOST TO COVID-19.
AS I TAKE A STEP BACK TO REFLECT
ON THE HUMAN STORIES BEHIND THE 
NUMBERS TODAY, I WANT TO 
ACKNOWLEDGE THE LIVES WE HAVE 
LOST AND OFFER MY SYMPATHY TO 
THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO GRIEVE 
THEIR LOSS THE DEEPEST.
I DON'T THINK THERE IS A DAY 
THAT HAS DONE BY WHEN CANADIANS 
HAVEN'T CONSIDERED WHAT THESE 
CONSIDERS REALLY MEAN.
WE KNOW IT'S BEEN A BIG PART OF 
WHAT HAS UNITED AND DRIVEN US TO
MAKE SACRIFICES TO STOP THIS 
VIRUS FROM DOING EVEN MORE 
DAMAGE.
SO FOR THOSE MOMENTS THAT WE 
TIRE OF THIS NEW WAY OF LIFE, IT
HELPS TO LOOK BACK AT WHAT WE'VE
SACRIFICED BUT ALSO TO CONSIDER 
THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE AND TO 
GATHER OUR STRENGTH AND RESOLVE 
TO CONTINUE FORWARD TOGETHER.
YESTERDAY WE REACHED A NEW 
MILESTONE IN THE PERCENTAGE OF 
CASES THAT HAVE RECOVERED WITH 
OVER 60% OF ALL CASES RECOVERED.
THIS IS A SIGN THAT THE EPIDEMIC
HAS SLOWED ENOUGH THAT NEW CASES
ARE NO LONGER OVERTAKING THOSE 
COMING OFF THE ROAD TO RECOVERY.
IT ALSO MEANS WE'VE PROTECTED 
THE HEALTH SYSTEM AND HAVE BEEN 
ABLE TO SUPPORT SEVERELY ILL 
CASES THROUGH THE WORST OF THEIR
ILLNESS.
HOWEVER, EVEN THOUGH THE 
EPIDEMIC GROWTH HAS SLOWED 
CONSIDERABLY ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY -- AND WE CAN NOW SEE 
THESE HOPEFUL SIGNS -- THE PART 
WHERE WE GATHER OUR STRENGTH AND
OUR RESOLVE TO CONTINUE OUR 
EFFORTS, BECAUSE THEY MAY TAKE 
ONLY ONE NEW CASE OF COVID-19 TO
SPARK AN OUTBREAK OR RENEWED 
EPIDEMIC GROWTH.
THE HARD TRUTH IS COVID-19 IS 
STILL VERY MUCH WITH US.
THERE IS NO ROOM FOR COMPLACENCY
WITH COVID-19.
WE MUST KEEP UP PUBLIC HEALTH 
MEASURES TO MAINTAIN EPIDEMIC 
CONTROL.
THAT MEANS THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY
TO GO OUT, AND THAT IS TO GO OUT
SMART WITH PHYSICAL DISTANCING, 
FREQUENT HAND WASHING, AND COUGH
ETIQUETTE.
THIS MEANS WEARING A NONMANY OF 
MEDICAL MASK WHERE COVID-19 IS 
EXISTENT AND KEEPING A TWO-METRE
DISTANCE.
THIS IS IMPORTANT TO SPRECHBT 
THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.
[end of translation]. 
>> Deputy Prime Minister 
Chrystia Freeland: WE WILL HEAR 
FROM MINISTER QUALTROUGH.
>> I'M PLEASED TO JOIN YOU TODAY
TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE 
ACTIONS TAKEN BY OUR GOVERNMENT 
TO SUPPORT CANADIANS IMPACTED BY
COVID-19 AS WE CAREFULLY AND 
SAFELY REOPEN OUR ECONOMY.
WE ALL KNOW AND DEGREE THAT THE 
BEST WAY TO BRING BACK THE 
ECONOMY QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY 
IS BY HELPING CANADIANS GET BACK
TO WORK.
WE KNOW THAT APPROXIMATELY 1.2 
MILLION CANADIANS WHO WERE 
GETTING FINANCIAL HELP FROM THE 
CERB ARE NO LONGER IN NEED OF 
IT.
QUESTION ALSO KNOW AS OF JUNE 
16, MORE THAN 23,000 EMPLOYERS 
HAVE APPLIED FOR THE CANADA 
EMERGENCY WAGE SUBSIDY, 
SUPPORTING 2.6 MILLION EMPLOYEES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] RECENT JOB NUMBERS 
HAVE SHOWN POSITIVE PROGRESS IN 
TERMS OF PEOPLE RETURNING TO THE
WORKFORCE, BUT HAVE ALSO SHOWN 
US MANY CANADIANS ARE STILL 
STRUGGLING.
[end of translation] WE ARE 
EXTENDING THE CERB FOR EIGHT 
WEEKS.
THIS WILL GO A LONG WAY FOR 
CANADIANS WHO DON'T HAVE A JOB 
TO RETURN TO AND FOR WORKERS AND
INDUSTRIES WHO HAVEN'T REOPENED 
YET.
EXTENDING THE CERB WILL GIVE 
GREATER CONFIDENCE THAT WORKERS 
GET THE SUPPORT THEY NEED, AS 
THERE ARE ONGOING DISRUPTIONS TO
WORK AND HOME.
IT WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM MARCH 
15 TO THE FALL.
WHILE THE CERB HAS HELPED 
MILLIONS OF CANADIANS GET 
THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT TIME, WE 
KNOW THIS BENEFIT IS NOT A 
LONG-TERM SOLUTION.
WE'RE MOVING FROM A PHASE IN THE
PANDEMIC WHERE WE WERE ASKING 
EVERYONE TO STAY HOME, TO A 
PHASE WHERE WORKERS ARE GOING 
BACK TO WORK WHEN IT IS SAFE AND
POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO DO SO.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] WE WANT TO ENSURE 
THAT OUR PROGRAM CONTINUES TO 
SUPPORT CANADIANS AND OUR 
ECONOMY.
THAT IS WHY OVER THE NEXT WEEKS 
WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE 
SITUATION AND ENSURE THAT COME 
SEPTEMBER WE ARE ABLE TO ADAPT 
OUR EXISTING SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT 
CANADIAN WORKERS, AS MORE AND 
MORE PEOPLE CONTINUE TO RETURN 
TO THE LABOUR MARKET.
[end of translation] WE KNOW 
CANADIANS ARE READY AND EAGER TO
DO THEIR PART.
WE KNOW THAT EMPLOYEES WILL GO 
BACK TO WORK WHEN THEY ARE ABLE 
AND IT IS REASONABLE TO DO SO.
WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO CONSULT THE
JOB BANK THAT HELPS WITH TOOLS 
FOR JOB SEARCHES.
THESE EXPECTATIONS WILL BE SET 
OUT CLEARLY IN THE CERB 
ATTESTATION.
AS I'VE SAID MANY TIME BEFORES, 
WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS.
THANK YOU.
>> Deputy Prime Minister 
Chrystia Freeland: THANK YOU 
VERY MUCH, CARLA.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] NOW, THE PRESIDENT 
OF THE TREASURY BOARD.
[end of translation]. 
>> GOOD MORNING.
TWO IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE
BY THE PRIME MINISTER.
FIRST, THE EXTENSION OF OUR 
AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES
ON OUR SHARED BORDER, BOTH TO 
MAINTAIN AND PROTECT THE HEALTH 
OF CANADIANS AND TO PROTECT AND 
MAINTAIN THE FLOW OF PEOPLE FOR 
ESSENTIAL REASONS.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] THE SECOND 
ANNOUNCEMENT OUR COLLEAGUE CARLA
JUST SUMMARIZED IT.
IT'S THE EXTENSION OF THE CERB 
BY EIGHT WEEKS, WITH SOME 
CONDITIONS THAT WILL TAKE INTO 
CONSIDERATION SOME SIGNIFICANT 
IMPROVEMENTS, YET STILL MODEST 
IMPROVEMENTS, WITH RESPECT TO 
THE LABOUR MARKET.
THERE'S ALSO AN ATTESTATION THAT
HAS TO BE SIGNED.
IT INCLUDES THE FACT THAT A 
PERSON WOULD ACCEPT WORK WHEN 
REASONABLE AND SAFE TO DO SO.
ALSO, THE JOB BANK, THE 
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA'S JOB BANK,
WHICH WILL MEAN THAT MORE AND 
MORE JOBS -- THE INCREASING 
NUMBER OF JOBS SHOWING UP IN THE
NEXT FEW WEEKS CAN BE MATCHED 
WITH CERTAIN AVAILABLE WORKERS.
THIS CONTEXT TAKES INTO 
CONSIDERATION EVOLUTION IN THE 
LABOUR MARKET, WHILE AT THE SAME
TIME RESIDING THAT THERE STILL 
ARE MILLIONS OF CANADIANS TODAY 
WHO ARE FACING MANY DIFFICULTIES
TRYING TO FIND WORK AND A REALLY
HARD TIME MAKING ENDS MEET.
>> Deputy Prime Minister 
Chrystia Freeland: WE ARE NOW 
PREPARED TO START WITH YOUR 
QUESTIONS.
[end of translation]. 
>> AS USUAL, WE WILL START WITH 
THREE QUESTIONS ON THE ONE, ONE 
QUESTION AND ONE FOLLOW UP.
OPERATOR.
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter]. 
>> Question: QUESTION FOR 
MR. DUCLOS.
THE QUESTION WAS ASKED OF 
MR. TRUDEAU THIS MORNING BUT WE 
DIDN'T GET AN ANSWER.
WITH RESPECT TO THE COST OF THIS
EIGHT-WEEK EXTENSION, WHAT DO 
YOU EXPECT THAT TO BE?
>> Answer: VERY GOOD QUESTION 
AND TWO QUICK ANSWERS.
FIRST, OF COURSE COST WILL 
EVOLVE OVER THE COMING WEEKS.
MY COLLEAGUE CARLA WILL BE ABLE 
TO GIVE YOU SOME SPECIFICS ON 
THE COST.
COSTS WERE HIGHER AT FIRST.
WE'VE ALREADY SEEN A SIGNIFICANT
DECREASE IN THE COST OF THE CERB
FOR GOOD REASON.
THAT'S BECAUSE THERE ARE 1.2 
CANADIANS WHO ARE NO LONGER 
ASKING FOR IT BECAUSE THEY NO 
LONGER NEED IT.
IF I CAN SAY AS AN ASIDE, GIVEN 
THE GOOD RESULTS THAT STATISTICS
CANADA SHARED WITH US 12 OR SO 
DAYS AGO ON JUNE 5, STATS CANADA
SAID THERE WERE 300,000 NEW JOBS
CREATED, HOWEVER, WE EXPECT 
THESE COSTS WILL DECREASE OVER 
THE COMING WEEKS.
AS WE SAID, WE EXPECT MORE AND 
MORE EMPLOYERS TO TURN TO THE 
WAGE SUBSIDY, THEREFORE FEWER 
WORKERS WILL NEED THE CERB.
>> Question: WHAT IS YOUR -- 
>> Answer: WE'LL DO THAT IN 
ENGLISH.
[end of translation] BRIEFLY IN 
ENGLISH.
WE ARE MINDFUL THAT THE COSTS OF
THE CERB HAVE CHANGED OVER THE 
LAST FEW WEEKS, AND FOR GOOD 
REASONS, AS MINISTER QUALTROUGH 
MIGHT WANT TO MAKE THAT EVEN 
MORE PRECISE, AS SHE HAS SAID.
INITIALLY WE HAD A LARGE NUMBER 
OF CERB RECIPIENTS BECAUSE WE 
WANTED THOSE CANADIANS TO BE 
AWAY FROM WORK FOR HEALTH 
REASONS.
THAT HAS CHANGED OVER THE LAST 
WEEKS.
MINISTER QUALTROUGH DID MENTION 
THAT 1.2 MILLION CANADIANS 
DIDN'T NEED THE CERB ANYMORE 
BECAUSE THEY FOUND A NEW JOB.
NOW EXPECT THAT TREND TO 
CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT FEW 
WEEKS.
WE EXPECT MORE AND MORE 
CANADIANS TO BE ABLE TO SWITCH 
TO THE EMERGENCY WAGE SUBSIDIES 
AND THEREFORE NOT TO RECEIVE THE
CERB ANYMORE.
>> [Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] AT THE START OF 
JUNE IT COST $44 BILLION FOR THE
CERB.
AT ITS HIGHEST, IT REPRESENTED 
$17 BILLION PER MONTH.
AS MY COLLEAGUE SAID -- 
[end of translation]. 
>> Rosemary: IF YOU WANT TO KEEP
WATCHING THIS PRESS CONFERENCE, 
YOU CAN WATCH ON OUR 
cbc.ca/politics.
>>> LET'S GO TO WEST BLOCK WHERE
IT IS QUESTION PERIOD.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: MR. SPEAKER, FROM THE 
BEGINNING, WE KNEW AS WE ROLLED 
OUT MEASURES WE WOULD NEED TO 
IMPROVE AND TWEAK THEM.
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE 
LAST THREE MONTHS.
WE NEEDED TO MAKE MEASURES 
HAPPEN QUICKLY FOR CANADIANS AND
THAT'S WHAT WE DID, BUT WE MADE 
ADDITIONS AND AMENDMENTS SO MORE
PEOPLE COULD GET THE HELP THEY 
NEEDED, INCLUDING WITH THE 
PROPOSED LEGISLATION LAST WEEK 
THAT EXPANDED THE REACH OF THE 
WAGE SUBSIDY TO MORE BUSINESSES.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE SWEFTS DIDN'T
EVEN WANT US TO DEBATE THAT 
PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
>> The Hon. Andrew Scheer: 
ACTUALLY, IT WAS THE LIBERALS 
THAT DIDN'T WANT TO DEBATE THAT 
MOTION.
THEY REFUSED IN THAT MOTION TO 
ALLOW BUSINESSES WHO HAVE MADE 
AACQUISITIONS TO ACCESS THE 
PROGRAM.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE RENT 
PROGRAM, IT IS SO DIFFICULT TO 
APPLY FOR, THAT MANY LANDLORDS 
ARE REFUSING TO BOTHER, LEAVING 
MORE SMALL BUSINESSES THROUGH 
THE CRACKS.
TO THE $3 BILLION ALLOCATED TO 
THE RENT RELIEF PROGRAM, ONLY 
$39 HAVE BEEN PAID OUT.
THE PRIME MINISTER IS USING 
TALKING POINTS FROM APRIL.
IT IS NOW JUNE.
HE'S REFUSED TO FIX THESE 
PROGRAMS AND HE'S SUCCESSFULLY 
TALKED OUT THE CALENDAR WHEN 
WE'VE MET.
WHEN WILL HE MAKE THESE CHANGES 
TO GET THE HELP TO THE CANADIANS
WHO NEED IT.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: THROUGHOUT THIS 
PANDEMIC, WE HAVE BEEN UPDATING 
AND EXPANDING OUR VARIOUS 
PROGRAMS.
WE RECOGNIZE IN CONVERSATIONS 
WITH THE PREMIERS HOW IMPORTANT 
IT IS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE WORKING
TOGETHER, PROVINCES AND FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT, ON ISSUES LIKE RENT 
SUBSIDIES, WHERE COMMERCIAL RENT
IS, INDEED, A PROVINCIAL 
JURISDICTION.
MANY PROVINCES HAVE MOVED 
FORWARD WITH THE EVICTION BANS 
THAT ARE ANNOTATION TO GO ALONG 
WITH THIS.
WE WILL TO GO ALONG WITH THIS TO
MAKE SURE THE CANADIANS GET THE 
HELP THEY NEED.
>> The Hon. Andrew Scheer: 
CANADIANS CANNOT WAIT.
HE'S RUN DOWN THE CLOCK ON 
PARLIAMENTARY SITTINGS AND HE 
STILL REFUSES TO MAKE THE 
CHANGES TO GET HELP TO 
CANADIANS.
TODAY WE LEARNED TELUS HAS 
INSTALLED HUAWEI TECHNOLOGY IN 
DOWNTOWN OTTAWA.
THERE ARE OVER 80 SITES IN THE 
DOWNTOWN CAPITAL REGION WITH 
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGY.
SOME OF THESE SITES ARE NEAR 
GOVERNMENT SENSITIVE 
INSTITUTIONS.
HOW LONG HAS THE PRIME MINISTER 
KNOWN THAT HUAWEI TECHNOLOGY HAS
BEEN INSTALLED IN THE OTTAWA 
AREA?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: MR. SPEAKER, FIRST OFF,
ON THE ISSUE OF PARLIAMENT, 
WE'VE BEEN MEETING FOUR TIMES A 
WEEK AND MEMBERS OF THE 
OPPOSITION HAVE IS CONTINUED TO 
ASK QUESTIONS ON COVID-19 AND ON
A BROAD RANGE OF SUBJECT.
INDEED, EVERY TWO WEEKS THE 
FINANCE DEPARTMENT PUTS FORWARD 
THE FULL, TRANSPARENT MEASURES 
OF WHAT WE'VE DONE AT FINANCE 
COMMITTEE SO PARLIAMENTARIANS 
CAN STUDY IT.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK IN 
THIS CRISIS.
AT THE SAME TIME -- SORRY?
AT THE SAME TIME, AS REGARDS 
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGY, THERE ARE 
STRICT RULES FOR COMPANIES TO 
FOLLOW AND WE ASSUME THEY ALL 
WILL FOLLOW THOSE.
>> WE'LL PAUSE FOR A SECOND, 
STOP THE CLOCK.
I WANT TO REMIND THE HONOURABLE 
MEMBERS WHO ARE JOINING US 
VIRTUALLY THAT HECKLING REALLY 
DOES DISRUPT THE WHOLE SESSION.
YOUR FACE DOES COME UP AND WE 
SEE WHO IT IS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE
OF THAT.
WE'LL GO BACK TO MR. SCHEER.
WE HAVE A MINUTE AND 10 SECONDS 
LEFT.
>> The Hon. Andrew Scheer: 
MR. SPEAKER, IF THE PRIME 
MINISTER IS BRAGGING ABOUT 
ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY,
WILL HE TABLE AN ECONOMIC 
UPDATE?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: MR. SPEAKER, THROUGHOUT
THIS UNPRECEDENTED PANDEMIC, 
WE'VE BEEN OPEN AND TRANSPARENT 
ABOUT THE MEASURES PUT FORWARD.
>> The Hon. Andrew Scheer: THAT 
IS A LONG WAY OF SAYING NO, 
MR. SPEAKER.
NOW, THE PRIME MINISTER HAS 
PURSUED A POLICY OF APPEASEMENT 
IN PURSUIT OF A PERSONAL VANITY 
PRODUCT AT THE U.N.
IN THE PROCESS HE'S COZIED UP TO
DICTATORS AND HUMAN RIGHTS 
VIOLATORS.
HE'S ABANDONED ISRAEL AND 
COMMITTED FUNDING TO UNRA, AN 
ORGANIZATION WHOSE FACILITIES 
HAVE SERVED AS BREEDING GROUNDS 
FOR RACISM AND ANTI-SEMITISM.
HE HAS APOLOGIZED FOR THE 
IRANIAN REGIME WHEN THEY SHOT 
DOWN A PLANE FULL OF CANADIAN 
CITIZENS AND HE REFUSES TO LIST 
THE IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARD 
CORPS AS A TERRORIST ENTITY.
WHAT'S THE POINT OF HAVING SEAT 
AT THE TABLE IF YOU HAVE TO SELL
OUT CANADIAN PRINCIPLES TO GET 
THERE?
>> THE RIGHT HONOURABLE PRIME 
MINISTER.
>> The Hon. Andrew Scheer: 
MR. SPEAKER, WE SEE THE 
CONSERVATIVES HAVE KEPT WITH THE
HARPER APPROACH TO INTERNATIONAL
DIPLOMACY, THE FAILED PRESENCE 
OF CANADA ON THE WORLD STAGE WAS
AN EMBARRASSMENT FOR CANADIANS 
FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
THAT'S WHY WHEN WE TOOK OFFICE 
FIVE YEARS AGO, WE DEMONSTRATED 
THE LEADERSHIP ON VALUES THAT 
CANADIANS BELIEVE IN AND WE WILL
WORK TOGETHER ON 
MULTI-LATERALISM.
>> I AM NOT SITTING THAT FAR 
AWAY FROM THE PRIME MINISTER.
I'M SORRY, ANDREW SCHEER USED TO
BE THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
HE SHOULD SHOW BETTER DECORUM.
[APPLAUSE]. 
>> WE HAVE A POINT OF ORDER 
COMING AGAIN.
>> ON THE SAME POINT OF ORDER, 
IT IS DISGUSTING FOR THE LEADER 
OF THE GREEN PARTY TO USE 
DECORUM TO INTERRUPT THE LEADER 
OF THE OPPOSITION ON CRITICAL 
LINES OF QUESTIONING.
THE LEADER OF THE GREEN PARTY 
KNOWS THE RULES OF THIS HOUSE 
AND SHOULDN'T BE USING THEM TO 
ADVANCE AN AGENDA.
>> WE ARE GETTING INTO DEBATE.
THE TIME HAD RUN OUT AND WE'RE 
MOVING ON TO THE NEXT LINE OF 
QUESTIONING.
>> The Hon. Andrew Scheer: I 
APPRECIATE ELIZABETH MAY, THE 
LEADER OF THE GREEN PARTY, I 
ALWAYS APPRECIATED HER ADVICE 
ABOUT HOW TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND 
DECORUM.
I WANTED TO SAY TOT MEMBER AND 
ALL MEMBERS IS THE REASON I 
COULDN'T CONTROL MYSELF IS THE 
PRIME MINISTER USED THE WORD 
"EMBARRASSMENT" IN REGARDS TO A 
FOREIGN AFFAIRS QUESTION AND IT 
MADE ME THINK OF THE INDIA TRIP.
>> NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO
MR. BLANCHET.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter]. 
>> The Hon. Yves-François 
Blanchet: WHILE THE GREENS AND 
THE CONSERVATIVES WILL BE 
MEETING EACH OTHER OUT BACK 
AFTERWARDS, THE PRIME MINISTER 
EXTENDED THE CERB AND THAT'S 
GOOD NEWS, BUT THIS ISN'T 
ENOUGH.
LAST WEEK THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY
TO FIGHT FRAUD.
IN OUR VIEW, THERE WAS ALSO AN 
URGENT NEED TO ADJUST CERB TO 
MEET THE NEEDS OF TOURISM, 
ARTISTS, FARMERS, WHO WE'VE SEEN
THAT WILL BE LACKING H.R.
WHERE HAS THIS EMERGENCY GONE?
HOW COME THE GOVERNMENT IS 
REFUSING TO DISCUSS WITH THE 
OPPOSITION PARTIES?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: I'M VERY HAPPY, CHAIR, 
TO HEAR THE HONOURABLE MEMBER 
FINALLY ALIGNING WITH THE 
LIBERALS' POSITION.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S ONE WEEK TOO
LATE.
THEY SHOULD HAVE LET US DEBATE 
THIS LAST WEEK, WHEN IT WAS IN 
FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
>> MR. BLANCHET.
>> The Hon. Yves-François 
Blanchet: I HAVE THE IMPRESSION 
THAT THIS IS JUST A FANTASY IN 
HIS MIND, BUT WE CLEARLY 
PROPOSED TO EXTEND DEBATE TO 
REACH AGREEMENT, WHICH LEADS ME 
TO MY SECOND QUESTION.
LAST WEEK THE ASSISTANCE TO 
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES WAS A 
KEY ISSUE AND IT'S EVEN MORE SO 
NOW, A WEEK LATER.
THE BLOC PROPOSED TO SPLIT THE 
BILL TO HELP PERSONS WITH 
DISABILITIES.
HOW COME THE GOVERNMENT IS 
REFUSING TO HELP PEOPLE WITH 
DISABILITIES IN THE FORM OF AID,
EVEN THOUGH IT COULD HAVE 
DISCUSSED THIS WITH OPPOSITION 
PARTIES?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: CHAIR, THIS IS EXACTLY 
WHAT WE WANTED.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE NEEDED 
UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE HOUSE 
AND ONE PARTY, NAMELY THE 
CONSERVATIVES, VOTED AGAINST 
THAT UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO BE 
ABLE TO DEBATE THESE ISSUES.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE GOING TO 
HAVE TO TAKE OTHER MEASURES TO 
HELP PEOPLE LIVING WITH 
DISABILITIES.
>> MR. BLANCHET.
>> The Hon. Yves-François 
Blanchet: SINCE EVERYTHING WAS 
SO WONDERFUL, HOW COME WE DON'T 
TRY THIS AGAIN?
HOW COME WE DON'T OPEN DIALOGUE 
NOW?
WHAT IS PREVENTING THE PRIME 
MINISTER FROM BRINGING PEOPLE 
TOGETHER AND SAYING WE'LL SIT 
DOWN AND DISCUSS THIS ISSUE 
INSTEAD OF -- AND PEOPLE WITH 
DISABILITIES WON'T HAVE THE 
ASSISTANCE THAT THEY NEED?
ON OCTOBER 21 THE PRIME MINISTER
RECEIVED A MINORITY MANDATE FROM
CANADIANS.
HOW COME THE PRIME MINISTER 
CAN'T STOP ACTING LIKE A 
MAJORITY -- LIKE HE HOLDS A 
MAJORITY, LIKE HE'S A MONARCH?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: CHAIR, I'VE HEARD THE 
CONSERVATIVES AND THE BLOC 
QUÉBÉCOIS IN THEIR ACCUSATIONS, 
BUT WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING US 
IS THERE WAS CONSENT OF THE 
HOUSE TO PROCEED WITH THE 
SPECIAL COVID COMMITTEE UNTIL 
END JUNE.
THREE PARTIES AGREED ON THIS, 
AND WHICH IS WHAT WE NEED IN A 
MINORITY SETTING.
WE WORKED WITH THE OTHER PARTIES
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T OBTAIN THE 
RESULT THEY WANTED.
NOW THEY'RE COMPLAINING.
IT FORTUNATELY, THEY ALSO ARE IN
A MINORITY PARLIAMENT AND WE 
HAVE TO RESPECT THE WILL OF THE 
MAJORITY IN THIS PARTY, JUST 
LIKE WE DO.
>> MR. BLANCHET.
>> The Hon. Yves-François 
Blanchet: I WOULD HAVE BEEN 
TEMPTED, BUT I'M THE NOT THE 
PRIME MINISTER, HE IS.
THAT'S HIS JOB TO BRING PEOPLE 
TOGETHER.
IT'S HIS JOB TO HAVE 
CONVERSATIONS.
IT'S HIS JOB TO CALL BACK THE 
PARLIAMENT.
ALL WE ASKED FOR WAS A COUPLE OF
HOURS TO DISCUSS THIS AND THEY 
SAID, NO, THIS DOESN'T WORK.
THAT'S SOMETHING STRANGE.
MOREOVER, THE GOVERNMENT WANTS 
TO SPEND $14 MILLION IN QUEBEC'S
JURISDICTION AND QUEBEC AND 
OTHER PROVINCES ARE REFUSING 
THIS INTERFERENCE AND THEY WANT 
THIS MONEY TO BE PAID WITHOUT 
STRINGS.
IS THE PRIME MINISTER TRYING TO 
BENEFIT FROM THIS CRISIS OR IS 
HE TRYING TO CREATE A 
CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS?
>> THE HONOURABLE PRIME 
MINISTER.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: CHAIR, THE 
RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL LEVELS OF 
GOVERNMENT, THEIR PRIORITY IS 
THE SECURITY OF CANADIANS.
THAT'S WHY WE PROPOSED $14 
BILLION TO ENSURE CANADIANS 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL SEE A 
SAFE REOPENING OF THE ECONOMY.
WE'RE WORKING ON THIS PROPOSAL 
NOW WITH THE PROVINCES, BECAUSE 
WE KNOW THAT ACROSS THE COUNTRY 
NEEDS, WHETHER IT'S IN TERMS OF 
EARLY DAYCARE CENTRES OR TESTING
CENTRES OR SUPPORT FOR 
MUNICIPALITIES, WE NEED THIS 
COUNTRY-WIDE AND THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT WANTS TO BE THERE TO 
HELP THE PROVINCES.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH
MR. SINGH.
>> MR. SINGH.
[end of translation]. 
>> The Hon. Jagmeet Singh: THANK
YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SPEAKER.
INDIGENOUS LEADERS HAVE 
EXPRESSED A LACK OF CONFIDENCE 
IN THE RCMP COMMISSIONER'S 
ABILITY TO TACKLE FULL-SCALE 
SYSTEMIC RACISM, BUT THE PRIME 
MINISTER'S EXPRESSED HIS 
CONFIDENCE IN THE COMMISSIONER.
WHAT'S THAT BASED ON?
>> THE RIGHT HONOURABLE PRIME 
MINISTER.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: MR. SPEAKER, OVER THE 
PAST TWO YEARS COMMISSIONER 
LUCKI HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT 
STRIDES FORWARD ON AN ISSUE 
WHERE THERE IS STILL MUCH MORE 
TO DO.
WE MOW THAT SYSTEMIC RACISM 
EXISTS IN ALL OUR INSTITUTIONS 
ACROSS -- 
>> WE'LL GO BACK TO MR. SINGH.
>> The Hon. Jagmeet Singh: THIS 
IS THE SAME R.C.B. COMMISSIONER 
THAT SAID THEY COULDN'T EXPLAIN 
WHAT SYSTEMIC RACISM WAS.
NOW THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS HE 
HAS CONFIDENCE, WHEN INDIGENOUS 
LEADERS HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR 
LACK OF CONFIDENCE.
WHY DOES THE PRIME MINISTER 
BELIEVE THE RCMP COMMISSIONER 
CAN TACKLE SYSTEMIC RACISM IN 
THE RCMP?
>> THE RIGHT HONOURABLE PRIME 
MINISTER. 
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: MR. SPEAKER, SYSTEMIC 
RACISM IS SOMETHING THAT TOUCHES
EVERY CORNER OF OUR COUNTRY AND 
INSTITUTIONS AND REQUIRES PEOPLE
TO UNDERSTAND AND MOVE FORWARD 
IN COORDINATED WAYS WITH 
PARTNERS.
THE COMMISSIONER IS COMMITTED TO
DOING THAT ALONGSIDE MEMBERS OF 
OUR GOVERNMENT.
WE WILL DO THAT TOGETHER AND 
WORK WITH INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES
AND BLACK -- 
>> WE'LL NOW GO BACK TO 
MR. SINGH.
>> The Hon. Jagmeet Singh: 
MR. SPEAKER, RECENT EVENTS HAVE 
MADE IT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT TO
TACKLE SYSTEMIC RACISM AT THE 
LEVEL OF THE RCMP, WE NEED A 
FULL-SCALE OVERHAUL OF THE RCMP.
IS THE PRIME MINISTER COMMITTED 
TO A FULL-SCALE OVERHAUL OF THE 
RCMP TO ROOT OUT SYSTEMIC 
RACISM?
>> THE RIGHT HONOURABLE PRIME 
MINISTER. 
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: I AM COMMITTED TO 
ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC RACISM IN 
THIS COUNTRY AND TAKING BOLD 
ACTIONS TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF 
DISCRIMINATION THAT INDIGENOUS 
PEOPLES AND RACIALIZED CANADIANS
FACE ON A DAILY BASIS.
WE HAVE MUCH WORK TO DO, BUT WE 
WILL DO IT TOGETHER.
>> The Hon. Jagmeet Singh: BLACK
LIVES MATTER HAVE BEEN CALLING 
FOR GOVERNMENTS TO DEFUND THE 
POLICE.
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS WE NEED 
TO BE BETTER AT WHERE WE SPEND 
OUR MONEY, INVESTING IN 
COMMUNITIES AND NOT POLICING.
WILL THE PRIME MINISTER COMMIT 
TO A DEFUNDING OF THE R.C.M. 
BUDGET?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: OVER THE PAST YEARS, WE
HAVE BEEN INVESTING MORE 
DIRECTLY AND MORE MONEY IN 
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, IN THE 
BLACK COMMUNITY, WORKING WITH 
INDIGENOUS PARTNERS ON THE PATH 
TO RECONCILIATION.
WE HAVE BEEN INVESTING IN THE 
KINDS OF COMMUNITY-BASED 
PROGRAMS AND SOLUTIONS THAT ARE 
PART OF THE SOLUTION, BUT WE 
KNOW THERE IS MUCH MORE TO DO 
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT 
ALL OUR EXPENDITURES.
>> BACK TO MR. SINGH.
>> The Hon. Jagmeet Singh: 
MR. SPEAKER, OVER THE PAST FEW 
YEARS WHEN THIS PRIME MINISTER 
HAS BEEN IN OFFICE, THE R.C.M. 
BUDGET HAS INCREASED BY 31%.
I'VE ASKED THE PRIME MINISTER, 
IN RECENT EVENTS WE NEEDED 
PEOPLE WHO NEEDED A HEALTH CARE 
RESPONSE TO A HEALTH CARE CRISIS
BE KILLED BY THE RCMP.
DOES THE PRIME MINISTER BELIEVE 
WE NEED TO BE INVESTING IN A 
HEALTH CARE RESPONSE VERSUS A 
POLICE CARE RESPONSE?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: THE MEMBER OPPOSITE 
KNOWS WELL IT'S NOT AN 
EITHER/OR.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR SYSTEM 
ACROSS THE BOARD FROM OUR POLICE
CARE TO JUDICIAL SYSTEMS TO 
HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS ARE 
ADDRESSING THE SYSTEMIC RACISM 
ISSUES EMBEDDED IN THEM, AND 
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING
TO CONTINUE TO DO IN THE COMING 
YEARS.
>> MR. SINGH. 
>> The Hon. Jagmeet Singh: 
MR. SPEAKER, WITH THE CERB 
EXTENSION, CAN THE PRIME 
MINISTER GUARANTEE THAT EVERYONE
WHO IS RECEIVING CERB PAYMENTS 
NOW WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO 
WITHOUT ANY GAPS THROUGHOUT THE 
SUMMER?
>> THE RIGHT HONOURABLE PRIME 
MINISTER. 
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: MR. SPEAKER, I'M HAPPY 
TO HIGHLIGHT THAT MANY CANADIANS
WHO WERE ON THE CERB ARE NOW 
RETURNING TO WORK.
MANY MORE WHO ARE ON THE CERB 
NOW WILL BE RETURNING TO WORK IN
THE COMING WEEKS.
WE KNOW AS THE ECONOMY GETS BACK
TO WORK -- 
>> WE'LL GO BACK TO MR. SINGH.
>> The Hon. Jagmeet Singh: 
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] CAN THE PRIME 
MINISTER REASSURE PEOPLE WHO 
NEED IT THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE 
TO RECEIVE THE CERB THROUGHOUT 
THE SUMMER, YES OR NO?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: CHAIR, WE'RE VERY HAPPY
TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE'RE 
EXTENDING THE CERB FOR ANOTHER 
EIGHT WEEKS BECAUSE THERE ARE 
MANY PEOPLE WHO WILL NEED IT.
EVEN IF THEY WANT TO GO BACK TO 
WORK, THERE WON'T BE ENOUGH JOBS
FOR EVERYONE, AS IN THE 
BEGINNING.
>> WE WILL NOW GO -- THERE WE 
GO.
WE WERE HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY 
MIC.
[end of translation] WE'RE GOING
TO PAUSE FOR A FEW MOMENTS TO 
ALLOW THE STAFF AND OUR SUPPORT 
STAFF TO SUBSTITUTE EACH OTHER 
IN A HEALTH AND SAFE WAY. 
>> Rosemary: THAT IS THE END OF 
THE FIRST ROUND OF QUESTIONS 
INSIDE THE SPECIAL COVID 
COMMITTEE, THE PRIME MINISTER 
TAKING QUESTIONS ON CERB BECAUSE
THAT HAS NOW BEEN EXTENDED FOR 
TWO MONTHS.
JAGMEET SINGH WANTING TO MAKE 
SURE THAT ALL THE PEOPLE WHO 
QUALIFIED FOR IT WILL CONTINUE 
TO QUALIFY FOR IT IF YOU 
CONTINUE TO BE OUT OF WORK.
>>> LET'S BRING YOU BACK TO 
TORONTO BECAUSE ONTARIO PREMIER 
DOUG FORD GAVE HIS STATEMENT TO 
THE PROVINCE'S RESPONSE.
THERE ARE 184 NEW CASES.
LET'S LISTEN IN.
>> Premier Doug Ford: GOOD 
AFTERNOON.
AS THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE IN ONTARIO GET BACK TO 
WORK, GET BACK OUT INTO THEIR 
COMMUNITIES, AS WE GET THE 
ECONOMY GOING AGAIN, WE NEED TO 
GIVE PEOPLE CONFIDENCE AND PEACE
OF MIND.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE
HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO RE-ENGAGE
WITH THE ECONOMY, THE CONFIDENCE
TO GET OUT AND SHOP AT LOCAL 
STORES, THE CONFIDENCE TO GET 
BACK ON PUBLIC TRANSIT.
WE NEED FOLKS TO HAVE THE 
CONFIDENCE TO GET BACK TO WORK.
THAT MEANS ENSURING WE HAVE THE 
NECESSARY HOSPITAL CAPACITY, IT 
MEANS REBUILDING OUR P.P.E. 
STOCKPILES, IT MEANS KEEPING THE
TESTING NUMBERS AS HIGH AS THEY 
HAVE BEEN, AND IT MEANS PUTTING 
IN NECESSARY WORKPLACE SAFETY 
MEASURES BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO
SEE OUR ECONOMY UP AND RUNNING 
MORE THAN I DO.
BUT WE HAVE TO GET IT RIGHT.
THE WORST THING WE COULD DO IS 
RUSH INTO REOPENING.
HEALTH AND SAFETY MUST COME 
FIRST.
OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, WE'VE 
TAKEN STEPS TO BUILD THE 
NECESSARY CONFIDENCE THAT WILL 
HELP EVERYONE PREPARE, ADAPT, 
AND GET OUR ECONOMY GOING AGAIN.
THAT MEANS GIVING EMPLOYERS 
CONFIDENCE THAT THEY HAVE -- 
WITH WHAT THEY HAVE AND CAN OPEN
THEIR DOORS.
THAT ALSO MEANS GIVING WORKERS 
CONFIDENCE AND WE HAVE TO GIVE 
CUSTOMERS CONFIDENCE.
THAT'S HOW WE WILL GET OUR 
ECONOMY ROARS ONCE AGAIN.
AS MORE REGIONS ARE SET TO ENTER
STAGE TWO THIS FRIDAY, WE'RE 
GOING TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR 
BUSINESSES TO INSPIRE THAT 
CONFIDENCE WHERE IT MATTERS 
MOST.
TODAY I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE 
RELEASE OF A NEW TOOLKIT, THE 
COVID-19 SAFETY PLAN GUIDE.
THIS TOOLKIT BUILDS ON MANY 
SUPPORTS WE HAVE ALREADY 
PROVIDED TO BUSINESSES TO HELP 
THEM PREPARE FOR REOPENING, 
INCLUDING OVER 133 
SECTOR-SPECIFIC WORKPLACE SAFETY
GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS.
THIS TOOLKIT WILL HELP GIVE 
BUSINESSES, EMPLOYEES, 
CUSTOMERS, AND CONSUMERS THE 
CONFIDENCE THEY NEED TO RESUME 
BUSINESS AS USUAL.
IT WILL HELP BUSINESSES IDENTIFY
RISKS, TAKE STEPS TO KEEP THEIR 
WORKPLACES SAFE, AND HELP THEM 
DEVELOP THEIR OWN TAILORED 
SAFETY PLAN.
THIS IS ABOUT GIVING BUSINESSES 
AND OWNERS THE TOOLS AND 
RESOURCES THEY NEED TO ADAPT AND
SUCCEED IN THIS NEW REALITY, IN 
GIVING THEIR EMPLOYEES AND 
CUSTOMERS THE CONFIDENCE THEY 
NEED TO KEEP SUPPORTING 
BUSINESSES AS THEY REOPEN.
IT'S UP TO ALL OF US, IT'S UP TO
EVERYONE, TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL 
BUSINESSES DURING THESE 
DIFFICULT TIMES.
LET'S TAKE PRIDE IN OUR 
INCREDIBLE ONTARIO SMALL 
BUSINESSES AND MANUFACTURERS.
LET'S SUPPORT LOCAL.
BUY ONTARIO.
BECAUSE WE HAVE THE BEST OF THE 
BEST RIGHT HERE IN ONTARIO.
SO LET'S ALL SHOP LOCAL.
THIS SUMMER PLAN YOUR VACATION 
AT ONE OF OUR INCREDIBLE ONTARIO
DESTINATIONS, AND TOGETHER WE 
WILL SUPPORT EACH OTHER THROUGH 
THIS.
MY FRIENDS, WE'RE ALL IN THIS 
TOGETHER.
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS THE 
PEOPLE OF ONTARIO.
NOW I'LL PASS IT OVER.
>> Rosemary: THAT'S PREMIER DOUG
FORD, THE PREMIER OF ONTARIO.
AS MUCH AS THIS PROVINCE MOVES 
INTO A NEW PHASE -- WE'RE 
JUMPING AROUND A LOT -- LET ME 
TAKE YOU BACK TO OTTAWA FOR MORE
FROM DR. THERESA TAM.
>> IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US 
TO ACTUALLY EXAMINE THE RESULTS 
VERY CAREFULLY BEFORE MAKING ANY
FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS.
I WOULD SAY IT WOULD BE THE 
CLINICAL EXPERTISE THAT WOULD BE
APPLIED IN CANADA LOOK AT THAT.
>> [Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] TWO LAST QUESTIONS 
OVER THE PHONE.
[end of translation]. 
>> Operator:  [Speaking French] 
[Voice of Interpreter] 
RADIO-CANADA.
>> Question: HELLO.
DR. NJOO, I'D TO HEAR WHAT YOU'D
HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS 
DEXAMETHOZONE DRUG, IF YOU COULD
ANSWER THAT.
ONCE YOU'VE SEEN THESE STUDIES, 
IF IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THIS DRUG 
CAN BE OF USE AND THESE STUDIES 
ARE CONCLUSIVE, HOW LONG WOULD 
IT TAKE BEFORE WE GET THIS DRUG 
IN THE HOSPITALS?
>> Answer: THANK YOU FOR YOUR 
QUESTION.
AS DR. TAM HAS JUST SAID, WE ARE
AWARE AND HAVE SEEN THE NEWS AND
REPORTS IN THE MEDIA.
OF COURSE WE LOOK FORWARD TO 
READING THESE RESULTS IN 
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS.
THIS ANALYSIS IS WHAT WE'RE 
GOING TO BE ALSO DISCUSSING WITH
OUR COUNTERPARTS THROUGHOUT THE 
PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES AND 
RESEARCHERS THROUGHOUT CANADA.
IF THE RESULTS REALLY ARE AS 
CONCLUSIVE OR PERHAPS THESE ARE 
OPTIMISTIC RESULTS, IT'S 
CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT COULD 
BE CONSIDERED.
THERE WOULD POTENTIALLY THEN BE 
RESEARCH STUDIES IN CANADA.
IT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT WHAT CAN BE 
DONE IN THE HOSPITALS, BUT ALSO 
CONTINUING ON WITH THE RESEARCH.
SCIENCE EVOLVES.
ONE SINGLE STUDY IS NOT ENOUGH 
FOR US TO USE IT ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY.
WE HAVE TO APPROACH THIS 
CAUTIOUSLY.
WE HAVE TO TURN TO THESE RESULTS
AND ALSO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH 
SCIENTISTS, AS TO THE NEXT STOPS
FOR US TO CONSIDER THE STUDY IN 
CANADA.
IF WE DO DO THAT, WE HAVE 
EXPERTISE IN CANADA.
WE HAVE A NETWORK.
THAT NETWORK IS WELL 
ESTABLISHED.
IF WE DO DECIDE TO HAVE THESE 
STUDIES DONE IN CANADA, IT COULD
BE DONE QUICKLY.
[end of translation]. 
>> Rosemary: IF YOU WANT TO KEEP
WATCHING THAT, GO TO cbc.ca.
THAT'S THE PREMIER OF ONTARIO 
TAKING QUESTIONS.
WE WANTED TO GET YOU BACK TO 
THAT.
>> Premier Doug Ford: JUST UNTIL
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS TO GO TO 
HEADQUARTERS IN DEERBORN AND 
TELL THEM WHY THEY SHOULD HAVE 
ANOTHER LINE UP HERE IN 
OAKVILLE.
IS IF WE'RE COMPETING AGAINST 
OTHER U.S. PLANTS OR DOWN IN 
MEXICO, WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM A 
REASON TO SELL ONTARIO.
IF THEY GO IN THERE AND THERE'S 
ENDLESS REGULATIONS AND RED TAPE
AND THEY CAN'T GET THROUGH IT, 
WE DON'T CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT 
TO BE COMPETITIVE, THEN WE'RE 
GOING TO LOSE A LOT OF 
COMPANIES.
I DON'T INTEND ON DOING THAT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CUT 
REGULATIONS AND RED TAPE, MAKING
SURE WE HAVE AN ENVIRONMENT 
WHERE THE EMPLOYEES WILL THRIVE 
AND PROSPER.
THERE ARE OVER 4,000 EMPLOYEES 
IN OAKVILLE WHO ARE RELYING ON 
FORD TO GET ANOTHER MODEL TO 
PRODUCE.
IF IT MEANS ME GOING DOWN AFTER 
THESE BORDERS OPENING UP AND WE 
CAN TRAVEL -- IT MIGHT BE A FEW 
MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD -- I WILL 
BE AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF FORD 
BANGING ON THEIR DOOR SELLING 
WHY ONTARIO IS THE BEST PLACE TO
MANUFACTURE CARS ANYWHERE IN THE
WORLD.
WE HAVE THE BEST PEOPLE IN THE 
WORLD MANUFACTURING CARS RIGHT 
HERE IN ONTARIO.
I'LL PUT OUR PEOPLE UP AGAINST 
ANYONE IN THE WORLD.
WE HAVE THE BEST HERE IN 
ONTARIO.
>> NEXT QUESTION.
>> Operator: NEXT QUESTION COMES
FROM CHRISTINA TANALIA FROM CP 
24.
>> Question: HI, PREMIER.
MORE SPECIFICALLY WONDERING WHAT
YOUR RESPONSE IS TO THE MAYOR OF
MARKHAM'S CALLS TO MAKE MASKS 
MANDATORY IN PUBLIC PLACES 
BECAUSE OF THE CONCERNS THAT 
PEOPLE FROM TORONTO AND PEEL 
WILL GO TO MARKHAM, WHO ARE 
MOVING INTO STAGE TWO ON FRIDAY.
>> Answer: I'LL BE HAVING A 
CONVERSATION WITH THE MAYOR THIS
AFTERNOON REGARDING THAT.
WE HAVE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE -- I
APOLOGIZE, THIS IS THE REASON WE
STARTED EARLY BECAUSE THIS IS 
WHEN THE BELLS GO OFF.
I'LL BE HAVING A CONVERSATION 
AND I HIGHLY, HIGHLY RECOMMEND 
YOU GO OUTSIDE AND YOU'RE IN 
LARGE GROUPS OR SHOPPING 
CENTRES, WEAR A MASK.
I THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT YOU 
DO THAT.
BUT POLICING 14 MILLION PEOPLE 
IS DIFFICULT.
WE DON'T HAVE THE MANPOWER FOR 
BYLAW AND POLICE OFFICERS TO BE 
CHASING PEOPLE WITHOUT MASKS.
EVERYONE'S BEEN GREAT.
LET'S CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD.
THE NUMBERS ARE GOING DOWN, ALL 
BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF ONTARIO 
HAVE FOLLOWED THE PROTOCOL.
>> WE'LL WRAP IT THERE.
>> Premier Doug Ford: SORRY 
ABOUT THE BELLS.
THAT'S THE REASON WE STARTED AT 
12:30.
WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW AT 
12:30.
THANK YOU.
>> Rosemary: THAT'S THE PREMIER 
OF ONTARIO WRAPPING UP.
WE CARRIED SOME OF IT ONLINE.
THAT WAS THE BELLS CALLING THEM 
INTO THE LEGISLATURE.
THAT IS ONE OF THE ISSUES YOU 
HAVE TO DEAL WITH WITH LIVE TV.
THE PREMIER SAYS THEY'LL BE BACK
AROUND THE SAME TIME.
ONTARIO, AS YOU KNOW, MOVING 
INTO A REOPENING IN A VAST 
MAJORITY OF THE PROVINCE, WITH 
SOME EXCEPTIONS AROUND TORONTO 
AND THE G.T.A.
AGAIN, REGISTERING LESS THAN 200
CASES AGAIN FOR ANOTHER DAY IN A
ROW, WHICH SHOWS A REAL POSITIVE
SIGN.
THE PREMIER WAS ALSO ASKED ABOUT
THE MIGRANT WORKER SITUATION.
AS YOU KNOW, MEXICO HAS PUT A 
STOP TO SENDING MORE MIGRANT 
WORKERS INTO CANADA BECAUSE OF 
THE DEATH OF TWO OF THOSE 
WORKERS.
A TESTING CENTRE HAS BEEN OPENED
IN ESSEX WHICH IS PART OF THE 
REGION THOSE WORKERS WILL BE 
GOING.
FARMERS AND EMPLOYEES ARE URGED 
TO USE IT.
THAT WILL BE A CONCERN FOR 
ONTARIO, QUEBEC, AND MANY 
PROVINCES WHO DEPEND SO MUCH ON 
THOSE TEMPORARY FOREIGN WORKERS.
>>> I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH THE 
NEWS THE PRIME MINISTER GAVE AND
THAT IS THE CERB, OR CANADA 
EMERGENCY RESPONSE BENEFIT, WILL
BE EXTENDED FOR THE TWO MILLION 
OR SO CANADIANS THAT NEED IT, 
THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL TWO MONTHS 
OF $2,000 TO GET YOU THROUGH 
THIS DIFFICULT TIME IF YOU FIND 
YOURSELF WITHOUT UNEMPLOYMENT.
I'LL PASS ON TO ANDREW NICHOLS.
>> Andrew: ROSIE, THANK YOU.
THIS IS CBC NEWS NETWORK.
AS THE PRIME MINISTER MENTIONED,
AN EIGHT-WEEK EXTENSION TO THE 
EMERGENCY RESPONSE BENEFIT.
WE HAVE THE DETAILS AND REACTION
TO THAT.
>>> WE'LL TAKE YOU TO OTTAWA FOR
A LIVE EVENT.
IN HALF AN HOUR T
