TALK MORE ABOUT THE FINANCIAL 
HARDSHIP THAT YOUNGER CANADIANS 
MAY BE FACING DURING THIS 
HEALTH CRISIS AND VERY 
SPECIFICALLY STUDENTS WHO MAY 
HAVE LOST WORK OR JUST CAN'T 
FIND WORK BECAUSE OF PANDEMIC 
AND MAYBE DON'T QUALIFY FOR THE 
CANADA EMERGENCY RESPONSE 
BENEFIT.
THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING STUDENTS 
HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR FOR A 
NUMBER OF WEEKS AND THE PRIME 
MINISTER HAS PROMISED.
WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING TO FOLLOW 
DEVELOPMENTS IN NOVA SCOTIA.
THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT 
CONTINUE TODAY ABOUT WHY THE 
RCMP DID NOT REQUEST THE 
PROVINCE ISSUE AN EMERGENCY 
ALERT DURING THAT VIOLENT 
RAMPAGE THAT TOOK AT LEAST 22 
LIVES.
WE'RE NOW HEARING THE U.S. 
CONSULATE IN HALIFAX DID ALERT 
DUAL CITIZENS IN NOVA SCOTIA.
OTHER PEOPLE IN THAT PROVINCE, 
THOUGH, WERE INFORMED ONLY OVER 
TWITTER.
WE KNOW THAT PORTAPIQUE IS 
WHERE THE VIOLENCE BEGAN.
THERE IS LOTS OF ACTIVITY THERE 
AGAIN TODAY SO THAT IS WHERE 
WE'RE GOING TO START BEFORE 
GETTING TO MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT 
THE PRIME MINISTER'S 
ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY.
AND THE CBC'S BRETT RUSKIN IS 
STANDING BY.
BRETT, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US 
ABOUT THE VERY LATEST?
>> Reporter: IT HAS BEEN A 
STEADY STREAM OF VEHICLES 
COMING AND GOING FROM THE AREA 
YOU SEE BEHIND ME HERE.
THIS IS THE POLICE CHECKPOINT 
THAT HEADED DOWN TO THE 
PORTAPIQUE CREAM SCENE, ONE OF 
15 CRIME SCENES ACROSS THIS 
PART OF THE PROVINCE.
WE HAVE LEARNED IN THE LAST 24 
HOURS OR SO, THAT THE AIR SPACE 
ABOVE US RIGHT NOW AND ABOVE 
THE CRIME SCENE HAS BEEN 
RESTRIXED.
THE RCMP ASKED TRANSPORT CANADA 
TO RESTRICT THE AIR SPACE TO 
ALL PLANES, DRONES UP TO 1500 
FEET.
ANYONE WHO WANTS TO GO UP AND 
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT POLICE ARE 
DOING THEY CAN'T DO THAT.
UPDATES FROM POLICE YESTERDAY 
IN A NEWS RELEASE WAS THE 
UPDATE FROM THE POLICE 
YESTERDAY WAS HEARING THAT THE 
DEATH TOLL HAD INCREASED TO 22 
PEOPLE.
23 INCLUDING THE SHOOTER IN 
THIS CASE.
WE ALSO HEARD THAT THE RCMP 
UNIFORM THAT HE WAS WEARING AT 
THE TIME THAT HE BEGAN THIS 
SHOOTING WAS AN AUTHENTIC RCMP 
UNIFORM.
STILL NO WORD YET ON HOW HE GOT 
HIS HANDS ON THAT UNIFORM.
ALSO OBVIOUSLY DRIVING THE 
VEHICLE THAT LOOKED ALMOST 
IDENTICAL TO AN RCMP VEHICLE 
ALSO.
SO, STILL LOTS OF QUESTIONS.
AS YOU MENTIONED, QUESTIONS 
ABOUT WHY THAT EMERGENCY ALERT 
WAS NOT ACTIVATED.
WHY THEY TURNED TO TWITTER 
INSTEAD.
PEOPLE ARE STILL ASKING LOTS OF 
QUESTIONS.
ONE MORE QUICK NOTE.
THERE HAVE BEEN FOLKS DROPPING 
OFF FOOD AND WATER FOR THE 
POLICE HERE IN EXCESSIVE 
QUANTITIES.
IT HAS BEEN REALLY, YOU KNOW, 
HEARTWARMING TO SEE THE 
COMMUNITY MEMBERS OVER THE LAST 
FEW DAYS BRINGING THE FOOD, 
BRINGING INDIVIDUAL TIMS 
COFFEES AND THEN BIG OLD BOXES 
OF TIM'S COFFEES, BOXES OF 
DOUGHNUTS AND COOKIES TRAYS OF 
SANDWICHES.
IT GOT SO EXTENSIVE THAT AT ONE 
POINT THE POLICE OFFICERS CAME 
TO THE MEDIA ON THE OTHER SIDE 
AND SAID DO YOU NEED SOME FOOD 
BECAUSE WE HAVE LOTS OF FOOD.
BUT IT IS NICE TO SEE THAT IS 
COMMUNITY IS REALLY COMING 
TOGETHER AND SUPPORTING THE 
POLICE OFFICERS HERE AS THEY 
CONTINUE THIS WORK IN WHAT WILL 
BE A LENGTHY INVESTIGATION, 
THIS UNPRECEDENTED 
INVESTIGATION IN ITS SIZE AND 
SCOPE AND JUST THE TRAGEDY HERE 
IN NOVA SCOTIA AND THIS PART OF 
THE PROVINCE.
>> Rosemary: THERE WAS NO PRESS 
CONFERENCE YESTERDAY.
INSTEAD, THE RCMP RELEASED A 
PRESS RELEASE ONLY.
ANY SENSE ON WHETHER THEY WILL 
SFAOEK MEDIA TODAY AND ANSWER 
THE MANY QUESTIONS THAT WE 
STILL HAVE?
>> Reporter: WELL, LET ME TOUCH 
ON THAT IN A MOMENT.
LOTS OF NEW RCMP VEHICLES ARE 
ARRIVING.
IT SEEMS THAT THEY'RE GOING 
FROM CRIME SCENE TO CRIME SCENE.
THE TRUCK WITH THE WHITE CAB ON 
THE BACK IS THE FORENSIC 
OFFICERS.
THEY WILL BE COLLECTING 
EVIDENCE AND TAKING PICTURES 
AND DOING EVIDENCE COLLECTION 
LIKE THAT.
SO, THIS IS THE TYPE OF SCENE 
THAT WE SEE THROUGHOUT THE DAY, 
OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS OF 
OFFICERS COMING AND GOING.
WE KNOW THAT AT LEAST THERE WAS 
A NEWS RELEASE COMING.
NO WORD IF THERE IS A PRESS 
CONFERENCE IN WHICH WE CAN CALL 
IN AND ASK QUESTIONS.
>> Rosemary: I HOPE THAT IS THE 
CASE. BRETT RUSKIN, THANK YOU.
LET ME BRING YOU UP TO DATE ON 
A FEW COUNTS ON WHAT WE ARE 
FACING IN THIS COUNTRY IN 
REGARDS TO COVID-19.
I WILL TELL YOU, FIRST OF ALL, 
THAT IS THE FRONT DOOR OF THE 
PRIME MINISTER.
HE IS EXPECTED TO BE OUT IN 
ABOUT 10 MINUTES' TIME TO MAKE 
AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
BUT JUST FOR PEOPLE IN 
SASKATCHEWAN TONIGHT, THE 
PREMIER THERE, SCOTT MOE, IS 
EXPECTED TO ADDRESS HIS 
PROVINCE LIVE TONIGHT.
AND WE DO KNOW THAT TOMORROW IN 
THAT PROVINCE, OFFICIALS ARE 
SCHEDULED TO START TALKING 
ABOUT HOW THEY MIGHT BE LIFTING 
PUBLIC HEALTH RESTRICTIONS AND 
GET THE ECONOMY BACK AND MOVING.
THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS HAPPENING 
IN OTHER PROVINCES AS WELL.
BUT IT REALLY DEPENDS ON HOW 
THE PANDEMIC IS BE, CONTAINED 
AND WE ALSO KNOW, AND THIS IS 
THE LATEST.
UPDATE ON THIS FRONT, THAT 
LONG-TERM CARE CENTRES IN 
ONTARIO AND QUEBEC, CONTINUE TO 
BE THE REAL EPICENTERS OF HOW 
THIS PANDEMIC IS PLAYING OUT.
128 
FACILITIES WITH OUTBREAKS IN 
ONTARIO AND THAT CONTINUES TO 
BE A GREAT SOURCE OF CONCERN 
FOR THE PROVINCES.
THEY WILL BE DOING ENHANCED 
TESTING.
PROACTIVE TESTING.
EVEN IF RESIDENTS OR STAFF ARE 
ASYMPTOMATIC AND CERTAINLY THEY 
WILL BE GOING TO THOSE HOTSPOTS.
THE PLACES THEY KNOW THE VIRUS 
HAS HAD AN OUTBREAK AND DOING 
SIGNIFICANT TESTING INSIDE 
THOSE LONG-TERM CARE CENTRES 
RIGHT AWAY TO GET A HANDLE ON 
THIS PROBLEM.
HOTEL ME GO BACK TO MY 
COLLEAGUES, VASSY KAPELOS, HOST 
OF "POWER & POLITICS", AND THE 
CBC'S DAVID COCHRANE.
THEY'RE BOTH HERE, OF COURSE N 
OTTAWA, TO HEAR MORE ABOUT WHAT 
WE'RE EXPECTING FROM THE PRIME 
MINISTER.
HE MENTIONED BEFORE THAT THE 
STUDENTS WERE ON THE 
GOVERNMENT'S RADAR AND THEY 
WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT HOW 
THEY GET MONEY , WHETHER THEY 
WOULD SAVE MONEY AND WHETHER 
THEY WOULD EVER GET A JOB.
WHAT DO WE KNOW?
>> Vassy: I THINK THE GENESIS 
OR THE CRUX OF WHAT WE HAD BEEN 
HEARING FROM STUDENTS OR WHAT 
I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM STUDENTS 
ARE THOSE TWO WERE FINISHING UP 
SCHOOL NOW AND THEN 
ANTICIPATING TO COME HOME FOR 
MAY, JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST AND 
WORK ADD 1U78ER JOB AND USE 
THAT MONEY TO PAY FOR TUITION 
OR WHATEVER SCHOOLING THEY HAD 
COMING UP IN THE FALL.
THEY WERE VERY CONCERNED 
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T MEET THE 
INCOME THRESHOLD OF AT LEAST 
$5,000 MADE LAST YEAR THAT IS 
REQUIRED TO ACCESS THE CERB, 
THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO 
ACCESS ANY FINANCIAL RELIEF OR 
FINANCIAL AID FROM THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE CAN 
EXPECT A TARGETED ANNOUNCEMENT 
FROM THE PRIME MINISTER 
DIRECTED TOWARD THAT GROUP OF 
STUDENTS.
STUDENTS WHO CAN'T ACCESS THE 
CERB, IT WILL ACT VERY MUCH AS 
A BENEFIT.
I'M TOLD IT WILL BE LESS THAN 
THE CERB, SOMEWHERE IN THE 
NEIGHBOURHOOD OF $1250 A MONTH 
FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, JUNE, 
JULY AND AUGUST.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE 
CONDITIONS OR REQUIREMENTS ARE 
TO ACCESS THAT MONEY, BUT IT 
WILL VERY MUCH BE DIRECTED AT 
THAT GROUP OF STUDENTS.
ON THE OTHER ITEM, I DO 
ANTICIPATE LONG-TERM CARE.
THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT 
DISCUSSION HAPPENING AROUND THE 
COUNTRY.
THE JURISDICTION IS PROVINCIAL, 
BUT WE HEARD THE PRIME MINISTER 
WEIGH IN AND SAY THAT HE WAS 
WILLING TO TOP UP THE PAY.
THE LAST CONVERSATION I HAD 
WITH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON 
THAT YESTERDAY WERE THOSE TALKS 
WERE DIFFICULT AND TAKING A 
LONG TIME AND THEY DIDN'T 
ANTICIPATE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR 
THE END OF THE WEEK.
BUT GIVEN THE SORT OF, YOU 
KNOW, ACUTE NATURE OF THE 
PROBLEM IN LONG-TERM CARE 
CENTRES RIGHT NOW ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, I THINK THAT SORT OF 
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE OR AT 
LEAST THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HEARING 
FROM GROUPS THAT REPRESENT 
THOSE WORKERS SO IT WILL BE 
INTERESTING TO SEE IF HE HAS 
ANYTHING TO SAY ON THE 
DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE TALKS.
>> Rosemary: DAVID, WHAT ARE 
YOU HEARING?
>> Reporter: THIS IS NOT A 
TWEAK TO THE CERB.
WHAT I'M ESSENTIALLY TOLD IS 
THIS IS AN ENTIRELY NEW 
PROGRAMME AIMED DIRECTLY AT 
STUDENTS.
I WILL HAVE THE INCOME 
REPLACEMENT THAT VASSY OUTLINED 
OF UP TO $1250 A MONTH AND THEN 
ALSO A SERIES OF GRANTS AND 
GRANTS FOR VOLUNTEERING SO THAT 
IF YOU FIND A WAY TO VOLUNTEER 
DURING THIS, DEPENDING ON THE 
NUMBER OF HOURS THAT A STUDENT 
PUTS IN, YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE 
FOR CASH FROM THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT THERE.
SOME STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO 
QUALIFY FOR CERB.
SO THIS IS AIMED SPECIFICALLY 
AT THE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT 
QUALIFY FOR THAT.
AND BY HAVING MONEY FOR 
VOLUNTEERING AND ALLOWS YOU TO 
MAKE A LITTLE BIT OF CASH, 
BECAUSE MAYBE YOU CAN GET 10 
HOURS A WEEK SOMEWHERE, THEY 
WANT TO SET THIS UP TO 
ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOLUNTEER IN A 
WAY THAT GETS YOU SOME 
EXPERIENCE.
SO IT WILL GET YOU MONEY, BUT 
MAYBE AS A STUDENT FINISHING A 
PROGRAMME, I'M TOLD THIS WILL 
HELP GRADUATES FINISHING THEIR 
PROGRAMMES AND GOING INTO THE 
WORKFORCE, IT LETS YOU POINT TO 
SOMETHING THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO 
DO IF A PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY 
DURING THIS PANDEMIC CRISIS SO 
YOU CAN BUILD EXPERIENCE THAT 
HELPS YOU TRANSITION FROM 
SCHOOL TO WORKFORCE WHEN ALL OF 
THIS EVENTUALLY IS LIFTED AND 
THINGS GO BACK TO NORMAL.
IT ALLOWS THEM TO FIND OTHER 
WAYS THAT THEY CAN HELP OUT AND 
BE FINANCIALLY COMPENSATED FOR 
I.
THERE IS AN URGENT NEED FOR 
VOLUNTEERS ROSEY LIKE MAYBE 
MEAL DELIVERY FOR SENIORS AND 
HELPING SOMEONE WITH A 
DISABILITY GET TO A MEDICAL 
APPOINTMENT.
THIS SORT OF THING.
THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO BUILD 
THAT OUT AS GIVING MONEY TO THE 
UNITED WAY AND OTHER 
ORGANISATIONS.
NOW A WAY TO MOBILIZE A 
POTENTIAL UNDERUSED WORKFORCE 
AND VOLUNTEER FORCE TO HELP 
WITH THAT WHILE MAKING SURE 
THEY GET SOME MONEY THEY NEED 
TO TRANSITION OR HELP PAY FOR 
SCHOOL WHEN EVENTUALLY CLASSES 
RESUME.
>> Rosemary: AND PUT SOME THING 
ON THEIR C.V., WHICH IS OFTEN 
WHAT THESE SUMMER JOBS ARE ALL 
ABOUT.
SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE.
I'M SURE EVERYONE ELSE DOES, 
TOO.
I'LL ALSO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT 
THE ISSUE UH-UH IS YOU'LL HAVE 
TO HAVE MADE $5,000 IN THE LAST 
12 MONTHS.
SOMETIMES IT'S POSSIBLE, 
SOMETIMES IT'S NOT AND THAT IS 
WHERE STUDENTS FELL THROUGH THE 
CRACKS.
THEY DID ALSO, JUST TO REMIND 
PEOPLE, MAKE SOME TERN  -- 
TEMPORARY CHANGES TO THE CANADA 
SUMMER JOBS PROGRAMME.
THAT HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 
FEBRUARY AND THEY ARE FUNDING 
MORE OF THAT GRANT PROGRAMME AS 
WELL AND THOSE COMBINED 
MEASURES, IF EVERYTHING WERE 
STAYING HERE IS ABOUT RIGHT.
THOSE COMBINED MEASURES WOULD 
CAPTURE MORE PEOPLE THAN 
PREVIOUSLY.
>> Vassy: IT SEEMS LIKE THAT IS 
THE INTENT OF THE GOVERNMENT.
WHETHER THAT IS REALISED OR NOT 
DEPENDS ON THE GRANULAR DETAILS.
ALSO WITH THE CANADA SUMMER 
JOBS PROGRAMME DECEMBER  -- 
DEPENDS ON HOW THE EXTENSION 
WORKS.
THE APPLICATIONS BEYOND THE 
NORMAL PERIOD HAVE TO GO 
THROUGH M.P.s OFFICES.
AGAIN, THE DETAILS AND HOW MANY 
EXTRA JOBS -- I THINK THEY SAID 
IT WOULD CREATE UP TO 70,000 
ADDITIONAL JOBS.
DOES THAT HAPPEN, OVER WHAT 
PERIOD OF TIME?
DOES IT HELP THE  STUDENTS IT 
IS INTENDING TO.
WHETHER OR NOT IT MATERIALIZES 
IS STILL AN UNANSWERED QUESTION 
AND WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO GET 
SOME ANSWERS ON THAT.
SAME THING WITH THE 
ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY.
DOES IT ACTUALLY END UP HELPING 
THE PEOPLE WHO STILL NEED THE 
HELP WHO CAN'T ACCESS THE CERB 
AS YOU AND DAVID POINT OUT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WILL.
BUT IS THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY 
ENOUGH TO HELP WITH TUITION, 
ETC..
>> Rosemary: I WANT TO TURN 
BACK, IF I CAN, TO THE ONGOING 
STORY IN NOVA SCOTIA.
I THINK ONE OF THE THING TAS 
HAS EMERGED FAIRLY CLEARLY IS 
THE LACK OF EMERGENCY ALERT FOR 
THAT PROVINCE LEFT SOME PEOPLE 
IN THE DARK ABOUT WHAT WAS 
HAPPENING AND IT IS WELL KNOWN 
THAT, IN NOVA SCOTIA, THERE ARE 
MORE PEOPLE ON Facebook THAN ON 
TWITTER SO THE RCMP CHOOSING TO 
SEND THINGS OUT JUST OVER 
TWITTER DID DECREASE THEIR 
REACH, IF YOU WILL.
AND NOW HEARING TODAY THAT THE 
U.S. CONSULATE IN HALIFAX DID 
SEND OUT AN ALERT TO DUAL 
CITIZENS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY 
KNEW IT WAS HAPPENINGFUL THESE 
ARE ALL VERY CURIOUS THINGS AND 
THE RCMP DIDN'T GIVE A PRESS 
CONFERENCE YESTERDAY.
AND THE PREMIER SAID HE HAD 
EVERYONE IN PLACE TO ISSUE THIS 
ALERT AND DIDN'T HAPPEN.
I DON'T KNOW WHO WANTS TO WEIGH 
IN THERE.
MAYBE DAVID?
TO ME, IT IS PERPLEXING AND I'M 
SURE IT IS TO MANY CANADIANS 
THAT THE ONE SYSTEM WE HAVE 
CREATED FOR THESE MEASURES 
WASN'T USED.
>> Reporter: IF THERE IS ONE 
COMMON THEME OVER THE LAST 
SEVERAL MONTHS IN WORLD 
POLITICS AT EVERY LEVEL IS WHY 
DID LEADERS MAKE THE CHOICES 
THEY MADE AT THE POINT THAT 
THEY MADE THEM AND WHY DIDN'T 
THEY CONSIDER OTHER OPTIONS AND 
THIS HAS BEEN WRIT LARGE 
THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC AND 
CERTAINLY ON A VERY PARTICULAR 
CASE WITH THIS TRAGEDY IN NOVA 
SCOTIA.
I THINK THE EXPLANATION THAT 
HAS BEEN GIVE SEASON THIS IS 
WHAT THEY THOUGHT WOULD HIT THE 
MOST PEOPLE.
BUT THAT DOESN'T EXPLAIN WHY 
YOU DIDN'T USE EVERY OPTION IF 
YOUR GOAL IS TO HIT ALL THE 
PEOPLE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SO MANY 
FACTS WE DO NOT KNOW.
THERE IS SO MUCH FOG AROUND 
EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING 
REALLY IN THE WORLD, BUT 
PARTICULARLY AROUND THIS 
PARTICULAR INCIDENT.
I SUSPECT THAT WILL BE ONE OF 
THE PRIMARY QUESTIONS.
OFTEN A LOT OF THE SAFETY 
RESPONSE IMPROVEMENTS WE HAVE 
IN A COUNTRY ARE BORNE OUT OF 
EXPERIENCES FROM PREVIOUS 
TRAGEDIES.
AND THIS SEEMS LIKE AN 
INTERESTING ONE.
WE HEARD FROM PEOPLE SAYING HAD 
AN ALERT GONE OUT ON A PHONE 
SYSTEM I WOULD NOT HAVE ALLOWED 
MY LOVED ONE TO LEAVE THE HOUSE 
OR GO TO THEIR JOB.
THIS IS 
A QUESTION THAT PEOPLE DESEFRK 
AN ANSWER TO.
I DON'T EXPECT WE'LL GET AN 
ANSWER TODAY.
>> Rosemary: THAT'S FOR SURE.
AND I'LL LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT 
THE RCMP IN NOVA SCOTIA HAVE 
ABOUT 92,000 TWITTER FOLLOWERS 
AND THE POPULATION IS CLOSE TO 
ONE MILLION.
JUST THAT WOULD GIVE YOU A GOOD 
SENSE OF WHO THEY WERE AND WERE 
NOT REACHING AT THE TIME.
THERE IS SOME CERTAINLY 
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE RCMP ON 
THAT USUAL EWE.
AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW YET 
WHETHER THEY WILL GIVE A MEDIA 
BRIEFING TODAY OR TAKE ANY 
QUESTIONS.
THE PRIME MINISTER IS ABOUT A 
MINUTE AWAY, I HEAR.
AND HE IS, AGAIN TODAY, GOING 
TO SPEAK ABOUT SOME OF THE 
CANADIANS THAT THE GOVERNMENT 
WASN'T ABLE TO CAPTURE IN ITS 
INITIAL POLICY RESPONSE TO THE 
PANDEMIC AS THEY TRY TO SECURE 
PEOPLE ECONOMICALLY OVER THE 
NEXT -- WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG, 
FRANKLY.
AND THIS TIME TODAY IT WILL BE 
STUDENTS.
VASSY, DO YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN?
MAYBE ON THE WAGE SUBSIDY 
PROGRAMME THAT STARTS ON MONDAY 
AND THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT 
IMPORTANCE FAR LOT OF PEOPLE.
>> Vassy: WE'LL FIND OUT WHEN 
THE PRIME MINISTER EMERGES.
BUT YESTERDAY WE GOT DETAILS 
THAT BUSINESSES CAN, AS OF 
RIGHT NOW, GO ON THE C.R.A.'S 
WEBSITE AND FIGURE OUT HOW, IF 
THEY'RE ELIGIBLE, AND TO WHAT 
DEGREE FOR THE WAGE SUBSIDY 
PROGRAMME AND THEN APPLY ON 
MONDAY AND THEY SHOULD, 90% OF 
THEM THE GOVERNMENT SAYS SHOULD 
HAVE THE MONEY THAT THEY 
INITIALLY APPLY FOR, DEPOSITED 
IN THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS OR 
WHATEVER THROUGH WHATEVER 
MECHANISM ENDS UP WORKING BY 
ABOUT A WEEK LATER.
THAT IS A BIG DEAL TO A LOT OF 
BUSINESSES COUNTING ON THAT.
ONE OTHER THING.
AND THAT IS AROUND THE 
COMMERCIAL RENT PIECE THAT SO 
MANY BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT WITH US.
ALONGSIDE THAT CAULK WITH THE 
PREMIERS THAT THE PRIME 
MINISTER WAS GOING TO HAVE 
AROUND ESSENTIAL WORKERS WAS 
ALSO 
HE HAD BEEN WORKING ON 
COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES.
A FEW WEEKS AGO HE TALKED TO A 
LOCAL MANUFACTURER ABOUT WHAT 
THAE COULD DO IN THE FIGHT 
AGAINST COVID-19.
NOW, THEY'VE STARTED DESIGNING 
AND CREATING REUSABLE FACE 
SHIELDS FOR FRONTLINE WORKERS 
AND FELIX ISN'T THE ONLY ONE 
STEPPING UP.
FROM COAST TO COAST TO COAST, 
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE PITCHING IN 
AND DOING THEIR PART.
SO WI EEL DO THE SAMING THING 
FOR THEM.
MANY STUDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR 
PROGRAMMES WE'VE BROUGHT IN 
OVER OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
SOME PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT 
WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.
COVID-19 HAS MEANT THERE AREN'T 
AS MANY JOBS OUT THERE FOR 
STUDENTS.
WITHOUT A JOB, IT CAN BE HARD 
TO PAY FOR TUITION OR THE 
DAY-TO-DAY BASICS.
YOU MIGHT NORMALLY HAVE TURNED 
TO YOUR PARENTS FOR HELP.
BUT RIGHT NOW MOM AND DAD ARE 
STRETCHED, TOO.
AS YOUNG PEOPLE, WHAT YOU'RE 
GOING THROUGH MATTERS AND WE 
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'LL 
BE OK.
SO TODAY I'M ANNOUNCING OUR 
PLAN TO SUPPORT STUDENTS RIGHT 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE'RE LAUNCHING THE CANADA 
EMERGENCY STUDENT BENEFIT TO 
PROVIDE IMMEDIATE HELP AT THE 
SAME TIME WE'LL CREATE NEW 
STUDENT JOBS AND DOUBLE STUDENT 
GRANTS AMONG OTHER THINGS.
ALL OF THESE MEASURES WILL ADD 
UP TO APPROXIMATELY $9 BILLION 
FOR STUDENTS.
FOR TODAY, FOR THE SUMMER, FOR 
NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO BE 
THERE FOR YOU.
SO LET ME START WITH THE CANADA 
EMERGENCY STUDENT BENEFIT.
RIGHT NOW YOU MIGHT BE WORRIED 
ABOUT HOW TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
YOU PROBABLY CAN'T WORK YOUR 
NORMAL JOB AND THAT MIGHT BE A 
BIG PROBLEM FOR RENT OR FOR 
GROCERIES.
SO, WE'RE BRINGING IN THE 
CANADA EMERGENCY STUDENT 
BENEFIT TO HELP.
WITH THIS BENEFIT, YOU'LL GET 
$1250 A MONTH FROM MAY TO 
AUGUST.
AND IF YOU TAKE CARE OF SOMEONE 
ELSE OR HAVE A DISABILITY, THAT 
LAMENT GO UP TO $1750 EACH 
MONTH.
THIS BENEFIT IS DESIGNED FOR 
YOU.
IF YOU'RE A POST-SECONDARY 
STUDENT RIGHT NOW, IF YOU ARE 
GOING TO COLLEGE IN SEPTEMBER 
OR IF YOU GRADUATED IN DECEMBER 
2019.
IT IS THERE FOR YOU EVEN IF YOU 
HAVE A JOB BUT YOU'RE ONLY 
MAKING UP TO $1,000 A MONTH.
THE PERIOD COVERED BY THE 
BENEFIT WILL START ON MAY 1 AND 
YOUR PAYMENTS WILL BE DELIVERED 
THROUGH THE CANADA REVENUE 
AGENCY.
WE'LL BE WORKING WITH 
OPPOSITION PARTIS TO MOVE 
FORWARD ON LEGISLATION TO PUT 
THIS NEW BENEFIT IN PLACE.
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: TODAY, WE ARE 
INTRODUCING A $9 BILLION 
PROGRAMME FOR STUDENTS.
WE ARE ANNOUNCING THE STUDENT 
BENEFIT TO HELP PEOPLE GOING 
THROUGH TOUGH TIMES BECAUSE OF 
COVID-19.
FROM MAY TO AUGUST, YOU WILL 
RECEIVE $1250 A MONTH AND IF 
YOU ARE CARING FOR ANOTHER 
PERSON OR LIVING WITH A 
DISABILITY, YOU COULD RECEIVE 
$1750 PER MONTH.
THIS BENEFIT WAS DESIGNED TO 
HELP YOU IF YOU ARE IN SCHOOL 
NOW OR WILL BE IN SCHOOL IN 
SEPTEMBER OR IF YOU GRADUATED 
AFTER DECEMBER 2019, YOU ARE 
ELIGIBLE.
AND IF YOU HAVE A JOB, BUT YOU 
ARE EARNING $1,000 OR LESS PER 
MONTH, YOU ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE.
THE PAYMENTS WILL BE 
RETROACTIVE TO MAY 1 AND WILL 
BE PAID THROUGH THE CANADA 
REVENUE AGENCY.
WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE 
OPPOSITION PARTIS TO GET THE 
BILL PASSED THAT WILL ALLOW US 
TO INTRODUCE THIS NEW BENEFIT.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: FOR 
A LOT OF STUDENTS, THE MONTH OF 
MAY NORMALLY MARKS THE START OF 
A SUMMER JOB.
BUT RIGHT NOW IT MIGHT BE 
REALLY TOUGH TO FIND SOMETHING.
YOU MAY HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR 
WEEKS WITHOUT ANY SUCCESS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HELP.
OUR GOVERNMENT IS CREATING 
76,000 JOBS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, 
IN ADDITION TO THE CANADA 
SUMMER JOBS PROGRAMME.
THESE PLACEMENTS WILL BE IN 
SECTORS THAT NEED AN EXTRA HAND 
RIGHT NOW OR THAT ARE ON THE 
FRONTLINES OF THIS PANDEMIC.
WE'LL ALSO BE PROVIDING 
SPECIFIC SUPPORT FOR INDIGENOUS 
STUDENT AND FOR STUDENT 
RESEARCHERS AND GRADUATE 
STUDENTS, WE'LL INVEST OVER 
$291 MILLION TO EXTEND 
SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS AND 
GRANTS TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN 
KEEP WORKING, DEPENDING ON YOUR 
FUNDING, IT WILL BE EXTENDED BY 
EITHER THREE OR FOUR MONTHS.
OF COURSE A PEAING JOB ISN'T 
THE ONLY VALUABLE WAY TO SPEND 
YOUR SUMMER.
VOLUNTEERING CAN BE A FANTASTIC 
WAY TO BUILD SKILLS, MAKE 
CONTACTS OR JUST GIVE BACK.
IF YOU'RE VOLUNTEERING INSTEAD 
OF WORKING, WE'RE GOING MAKE 
SURE THAT YOU HAVE SUPPORT, TOO.
STUDENTS HELPING IN THE FIGHT 
AGAINST COVID-19 THIS SUMMER 
WILL SOON BE ELIGIBLE FOR 
$1,000 TO $5,000 DEPENDING ON 
YOUR HOURS THROUGH THE NEW 
CANADA STUDENT SERVICE GRANT.
YOUR ENERGY AND YOUR SKILLS CAN 
DO A LOT OF GOOD RIGHT NOW.
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: IF YOU ARE A 
STUDENT, IT IS TOUGH FINDING A 
SUMMER JOB NOW BECAUSE OF 
COVID-19.
OUR GOVERNMENT WILL BE CREATING 
76,000 ADDITIONAL JOBS FOR 
YOUNG PEOPLE IN THOSE SECTORS 
THAT NEED HELP RIGHT NOW OR ARE 
CONTRIBUTING DIRECTLY TO OUR 
RESPONSES TO THE PANDEMIC.
THESE JOBS ARE IN ADDITION TO 
THE ONE UNDER THE CANADA SUMMER 
JOBS PROGRAMME.
WE'LL ALSO BE PROVIDING 
TARGETED HELP TO INDIGENOUS 
STUDENTS THE AND WITH RESPECT 
TO RESEARCH, WE WILL BE 
INVESTING MORE THAN $291 
MILLION TO EXTEND GRANTS OR 
FELLOWSHIPS BY THREE OR FOUR 
MONTH AND, THEREFORE, ALLOW 
THEM TO CONTINUE THEIR WORK.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE 
CURRENTLY INTRODUCING THE 
CANADIAN STUDENT SERVICE GRANT.
IF YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER TO 
HELP FEETING COVID-19 THIS 
SUMMER YOU WILL BE ABLE TO 
RECEIVE FROM $1,000 TO $5 ,000 
DEPENDING ON YOUR HOURS.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: 
THINGS MAY BE HARD FOR THE NEXT 
LITTLE WHILE, BUT WE'RE GOING 
TO SUPPORT YOU THROUGH IT.
WE'RE DOUBLING THE STUDENT 
GRANTS THAT THE GOVERNMENT 
GIVES OUT FOR THE 2020-21 
SCHOOL YEAR.
FOR STUDENTS IN QUEBEC, THE 
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES AND 
NUNAVUT, WE WILL BE PROVIDING 
FUNDING TO THE PROVINCIAL AND 
TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENTS SO THEY 
CAN INCREASE THEIR FINANCIAL 
AID PROGRAMMES.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE'LL PROVIDE 
OVER $75 MILLION TO INCREASE 
SUPPORTS SPECIFICALLY FOR FIRST 
NATIONS, INUIT AND MÉTIS 
NATIONS STUDENTS.
>> Interpreter: TODAY, I'M ALSO 
ANNOUNCING THAT WE'LL DOUBLE 
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY BEING 
PROVIDED FOR 2020-2021 AND FOR 
STUDENTS IN QUEBEC, THE NORTH 
WEST TERRITORIES AND NUNAVUT, 
WE WILL BE GRANTING THAT 
FUNDING TO PROVINCIAL AND 
TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENTS SO THEY 
CAN EXTEND THEIR OWN FINANCIAL 
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE WILL BE 
INVESTING MORE THAN $75 MILLION 
TO SUPPORT INUIT FIRST NATIONS 
AND MÉTIS STUDENTS.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: TO 
ALL THE STUDENTS WATCHING 
TODAY, LET ME SAY THIS -- AS 
YOU'RE BUILDING YOUR FUTURE, 
THINKING ABOUT HOW TO 
CONTRIBUTE, ABOUT STARTING A 
FAMILY OR CAREER, ALL OF A 
SUDDEN YOU'RE FACED WITH A 
MASSIVE CRISIS.
THIS UNCERTAINTY THAT YOU FEEL 
CAN BE OVERWHELMING.
BE BUT IN CANADA, WE LOOK OUT 
FOR EACH OTHER.
WE VALUE HARD WORK, SERVICE, 
EDUCATION.
THESE MEASURES WILL HELP YOU 
GET THROUGH THIS SO YOU CAN 
BUILD THAT CAREER AND THE 
FUTURE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN 
LOOKING FORWARD TO, THAT WE 
HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO 
FOR YOU.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS, WHEN 
THE ECONOMY COMES ROARING BACK, 
YOU WILL DEFINE OUR PATH 
FORWARD A PATH TOWARDS A 
BETTER, MORE EQUAL SOCIETY.
THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DOINGING TO.
TODAY, ON EARTH DAY, WE'RE 
REMINDED THAT THE WAY FORWARD 
INCLUDES A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT 
AND A STRONG, SUSTAINABLE 
ECONOMY.
ALTHOUGH OUR IMMEDIATE FOCUS IS 
ON THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19, 
WE WILL ALWAYS DO OUR PART TO 
BUILD A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR 
TOMORROW.
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: TODAY, EARTH 
DAY REMAOENLS US THAT WE MUST 
SUSTAIN A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT.
ALTHOUGH RIGHT NOW WE'RE 
CONCERNED ABOUT FIGHTING 
COVID-19, WE WILL ALWAYS DO 
WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO BUILD 
A BETTER FUTURE FOR OUR 
GENERATION AND FUTURE 
GENERATIONS.
I KNOW THAT WITHIN THE LAST SIX 
WEEKS OUR LIVES HAVE CHANGED 
ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
RIGHT NOW THE FUTURE MAY SEEM 
EVEN MORE UNCERTAIN,BUT WHOEVER 
YOU MIGHT BE, WE ARE THERE FOR 
YOU.
WE NEED FOR YOU TO DO YOUR PART 
AS WELL.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO STAY HOME, 
WASH YOUR HANDS AND KEEP A 
TWO-METRE DISTANCE FROM OTHERS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> [SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Operator: THANK YOU, MERCI.
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Reporter: [SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: GOOD MORNING, 
PRIME MINISTER.
I'D LIKE YOU TO COMMENT ON THE 
HORROR STORIES THAT WE'RE 
HEARING IN MANY SENIORS HOMES.
PEOPLE WHO ARE DYING HOME 
ALONE, NO FOOD, TERRIBLE LACK 
OF STAFF.
YES, THIS IS A PROVINCIAL 
JURISDICTION, BUT GIVEN THE 
SERIOUSNESS OF THE SITUATION, 
DO YOU SFWOENLD INTERVENE AND 
RESPOND?
YES.
WE'RE HELPING THE PROVINCES AND 
WILL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY 
SUPPORT TO THEM.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM NOW TO 
ENSURE THAT EMPLOYEES WHO WORK 
AND HAVE LOW INCOMES WILL 
RECEIVE SUPPLEMENTAL INCOME AND 
WE ARE CURRENTLY PUTTING 
REGULATIONS IN PLACE TO ENSURE 
THAT OUR SENIORS CAN BE 
PROTECTED.
BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS IS AN 
EXTREMELY SERIOUS SITUATION FOR 
OUR SENIORS AND IN SENIORS 
HOMES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WE'RE 
SEEING THE  EFFECTS OF COVID-19.
PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING IN THESE 
HOMES ARE ALWAYS DOING AN 
OUTSTANDING JOB.
BUT NOW IT IS AN EVEN MORE 
DIFFICULT JOB.
FOLLOW-UP?
DO YOU THINK THAT QUEBEC IS 
CONTROL OF THE SITUATION RIGHT 
NOW?
WE'RE TAUGHT ABOUT A SERIOUS 
LACK OF STAFF.
WHY HAVE THEY NOT BEEN DEPLOYED 
IN REGARDS TO A POTENTIAL 
MILITARY SITUATION.
WE HAVE RECEIVED REQUESTS FROM 
QUEBEC AND WE DID SEND IN THE 
ARMY.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH QUEBEC 
TO PROVIDE AS MUCH HELP AS 
POSSIBLE.
BUT WE KNOW THAT QUEBEC IS 
WORKING VERY HARD TO RESOLVE 
THAT SITUATION.
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
MERCI.
NEXT QUESTION, TERESA WRIGHT, 
THE KNEADIAN PRESS.
LINE OPEN.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, 
PRIME MINISTER.
COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY 
WILL YOU NOT MAKE THE CERB A 
UNIVERSAL BENEFIT?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WE 
JUST MOVED FORWARD WITH SUPPORT 
TODAY.
THE CANADA EMERGENCY RESPONSE 
BENEFIT IS THERE FOR PEOPLE WHO 
LOST A PAYCHEQUE.
WE RECOGNIZE, BECAUSE OF 
COVID-19, THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE 
OUT OF WORK WHO WERE COUNTING 
ON A PAYCHEQUE TO BE ABLE TO 
PAY FOR THEIR GROCERIES, TO BE 
ANTIBIOTIC TO PAY THEIR RENT.
THOSE PEOPLE ARE HELPED BY THE 
CERB.
WE ARE MOVING TO WARD WITH 
DIRECT HELP FOR STUDENTS.
IN MANY CASES, SCHOOL YEAR TERM 
ENDS NOW, IT'S AROUND THE END 
OF APRIL AND NORMALLY THEY 
WOULD BE LOOKING FOR SUMMER 
JOBS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL NOT 
HAPPEN THE SAME WAY OR AS 
EASILY THIS YEAR.
THAT IS WHY WE'RE MOVING 
FORWARD WITH THE CANADA 
EMERGENCY STUDENT BENEFIT.
BUT ON TOP OF THAT, WE WILL BE 
HELPING STUDENTS ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY BY CREATING NEW JOBS 
WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN SERVE 
AND CONTRIBUTE AND GET JOBS.
IF THEY VOLUNTEER, WE WILL BE 
REWARDING THEM FOR VOLUNTEERING 
AS WELL.
WE NEED TO CREATE A RANGE OF 
MEASURES TO SUPPORT YOUNG 
PEOPLE AND THAT IS WHAT WE'VE 
DONE TODAY TO THE TOTAL OF $9 
BILLION.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE RECOGNIZE 
THAT THERE ARE FURTHER GAPS WE 
NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON IN 
TERMS OF COVERING.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ALLIES 
AND OPPOSITION PARTIES AND 
PARTNERS ACROSS AREAINGS OF THE 
COUNTRY TO DELIVER MORE HELP TO 
THOSE WHO NEED IT.
>> FOLLOW UP QUESTION?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: 
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: THE CANADA 
EMERGENCY RESPONSE BENEFIT IS 
ALREADY HELPING MANY PEOPLE WHO 
LOST A PAYCHEQUE AND WE NEED IT 
TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE.
BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT 
STUDENTS WHO ARE FINISHING 
THEIR SCHOOL YEAR WOULD 
NORMALLY BE LOOKING FOR JOBS 
NOW AND FOR THE SUMMER.
THEY WILL HAVE A TOUGH TIME 
FINDING ONE.
THEY WILL BE CREATING JOBS IN 
SECTORS THAT THEY CAN MAKE 
THEMSELVES USEFUL.
AT THE SEAM TIME, WE ARE 
DELIVERING AN EMERGENCY STUDENT 
BENEFIT TO ENSURE THEY HAVE 
MONEY TO PAY THEIR RENT AND 
THEIR GROCERIES.
>> Reporter: WE HEARD MANY 
CANADIANS WHO ARE FALLING 
THROUGH THE GAPS.
YOU SAID SO YOURSELF.
THERE IS A GROWING PUSH FOR 
UNIVERSAL BENEFITS.
WHY IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU 
ARE NOT DOING AT THIS POINT?
OUR FOCUS AT THIS POINT IS 
GETTING HELP TO PEOPLE WHO 
NEEDED IT.
THERE ARE MILLIONS OF CANADIANS 
WHO NEED HELP.
THERE ARE OTHERS WHO DO NOT 
NEED HELP AND WE FEEL THAT 
TARGETING THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF 
HELP TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEEDED 
IT QUICKLY WAS THE RIGHT WAY TO 
BEGIN TO GET THROUGH THIS 
PROCESS.
THAT IS WHAT WE DID WITH THE 
CANADA EMERGENCY RESPONSE 
BENEFIT THAT IS DELIVERING THAT 
HELP TO OVER EIGHT MILLION 
CANADIANS ALREADY.
WE NEED TO DO MORE, AND THAT IS 
WHY WE'RE ANNOUNCING THE CANADA 
STUDENTS BENEFIT.
BUT OUR APPROACH HAS BEEN TO 
GIVE AS MUCH HELP AS POSSIBLE 
TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT.
THAT IS WHY WE TOOK THE 
APPROACH THAT WE DID.
>> Interpreter: OUR APPROACH IN 
THIS CRISIS AND THIS SITUATION 
HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO PROVIDE AS 
MUCH HELP AS POSSIBLE TO THOSE 
WHO NEED IT.
THERE ARE MILLIONS OF CANADIANS 
WHO NEED THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE 
BENEFIT AND THE WAGE SUBSIDY SO 
WE MOVED QUICKLY TO DELIVER 
THOSE TWO PROGRAMMES.
BUT THERE ARE OTHER CANADIANS 
WHO DO NOT NEED HELP AT THIS 
TIME.
THESE PEOPLE CONTINUE TO WORK 
AND RECEIVE A PAYCHEQUE.
THEREFORE, WE CAN GIVE THE 
PEOPLE TO THOSE WHO NEED IT 
MOST INSTEAD OF UNIVERSAL HE.
WE NEED TO BE THERE FOR EACH 
OTHER AND WE DECIDED TO GIVE 
PRECEDENCE TO THE PEOPLE WHO 
NEED HELP.
>> NEXT QUESTION.
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
MERCI.
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Reporter: [SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: GOOD MORNING, 
MR. TRUDEAU.
I'D LIKE YOU TO COMMENT ON THE 
PLANS OF CERTAIN PROVINCES TO 
LIFT THE LOCKDOWNMENT THEY'RE 
SAYING THAT SLOWLY THEY HAVE TO 
RE-OPEN THEIR ECONOMY AND THIS 
IS URGENT.
ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THE 
BEGINNINGS OF THIS RELAXATION 
OF RULES AND WILL YOU BE GIVING 
SOME FLEXIBILITY TO THE 
PROVINCES IN TERMS OF THE 
BORDER WITH THE U.S.?
CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT YOU MEANT?
FOR EXAMPLE, COULD THE 
PROVINCES RE-OPEN THEIR BORDER 
WITH THE U.S., BEFORE A FEDERAL 
ORDER IN COUNCIL ENDS AT THE 
END OF APRIL OR IS YOUR 
FLEXIBILITY MEANING TO ONLY DO 
THAT LATER ON?
FIRST OF ALL, WE ALL RECOGNIZE 
THAT THE PANDEMIC IS ROLLING 
OUT DEFRNLLY IN DIFFERENT 
PROVINCES AND REGIONS.
THEREFORE, THE PROVINCES AND 
TERRITORIES WILL BE MAKING 
THEIR OWN DECISIONS AS TO THE 
NEXT STEPS WHEN I COMES TO 
RE-OPENING THE ECONOMY.
BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH THE 
PROVINCES IN CLOSE COORDINATION 
TO ENSURE THAT OUR PRINCIPLES 
AND OUR APPROACH ARE SIMILAR 
RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
SO THAT PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND 
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THEIR AREA 
AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WITH RESPECT TO THE U.S. 
BORDER, THE MEASURES THAT ARE 
NOW IN PLACE UNTIL MAY 21 WILL 
REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY AND IN TERMS OF WHAT 
HAPPENS AFTER MAY 21, WE'LL HAVE
 MORE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE 
UNITED STATES AND PROBABLY 
ACROSS PROVINCES ON THAT.
BUT THIS IS A CROSS-CANADA 
MEASURE.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WE 
RECOGNIZE THAT DEFRNL PROVINCES 
WILL MAKE DIFFERENT DECISIONS 
ABOUT HOW AND WHERE TO RESTART 
AND OPEN THEIR ECONOMIES.
WE WILL WORK TO CO-ORDINATE SO 
THAT WE'RE BASING OURSELVES ON 
SHEARED VALUES, PRINCIPLES AND 
SCIENTIFIC APPROACHES ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY.
YES, PROVINCES WILL TAKE THEIR 
DECISIONS THAT WE WILL WORK TO 
CO-ORDINATE IN A COHESIVE STORY 
FOR ALL CANADIANS.
IN REGARDS TO RE-OPENING THE 
BORDER WITH THE UNITED STATES, 
THAT IS A FEDERAL AND NATIONAL 
DECISION THAT WE WILL KAORD 
NAET.
BUT THE NATIONAL MEASURES WILL 
APPLY ACROSS THE CANADA-U.S. 
BORDER REGARDLESS OF PROVINCES 
OR JURISDICTIONS.
>> [SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: FOLLOW-UP?
>> Reporter: [SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: THANK YOU.
COMING BACK TO THE SITUATION IN 
QUEBEC, MORE THAN 50% OF THE 
DEATHS IN CANADA ARE IN QUEBEC 
FACILITIES.
AS A QUEBECER, WHAT DOES IT 
MEAN TO SEE THIS AND WHAT CAN 
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DO OTHER 
THAN BEEFING UP PEOPLE'S WAGES 
AND HELPING PEOPLE WITH RENT?
WHAT CAN YOU DO ON THE GROUND?
TO TRY AND FLATTEN THAT CURB 
AND LESSEN THE NUMBER OF DEATHS 
THAT ARE OCCURRING?
WE REPRESENT PROVINCIAL 
JURISDICTION AND I BELIEVE THAT 
QUEBEC IS DOING A GOOD JOB IN 
MANAGING THOSE ISSUES.
BUT OBVIOUSLY WE ARE THERE AS A 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE 
AID WHEN IT'S NEEDED AND WHEN 
QUEBEC ASKS US FOR THAT AID.
WE SENT IN THE C.A.F. IN QUEBEC.
THIS WAS A REQUEST FROM QUEBEC.
WE PROVIDED DIRECT SUPPORT 
THROUGH OTHER MEASURES THAT 
WILL HELP.
FOR EXAMPLE, REGULATIONS WITH 
REPRESENT TO SENIORS HOMES THAT 
ARE APPLIED ACROSS THE COUNTRY 
AND THAT ARE IN FULL ALIGNMENT 
WITH QUEBEC'S DECISIONS.
WE ARE THERE TO BE A PARTNER 
AND SUPPORT QUEBEC AND RESPOND 
TO ANY REQUESTS FOR P.P.E., FOR 
EXAMPLE.
WHICH QUEBEC HAS ASKED FOR.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS ITS 
ROLE TO PLAY.
BUT WE WILL ALWAYS RESPECT 
PROVINCIAL JURISDICTION AND 
SUPPORT THEM IN RESPONDING.
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
MERCI.
NEXT QUESTION, LINE OPEN.
>> Reporter: PRIME MINISTER, 
GOOD MORNING.
[INAUDIBLE] LAST WEEK DECIDED 
TO [INAUDIBLE] TO QUALIFY FOR 
$40,000 LOAN.
IT IS A WELCOMED STEP.
BUT STILL THERE ARE MANY SMALL 
BUSINESSES LEEK SMALL 
RESTAURANTS, CONVENIENCE 
STORES, DRY CLEANING SHOPS WHO 
WON'T BE EVER TO GET THIS 
BENEFIT BECAUSE OF MANY REASONS.
THESE ARE BUSINESSES ALREADY 
STRUGGLING AND NOW WE HAVE A 
REPORT THAT IN TORONTO 
[INAUDIBLE] WON'T RE-OPEN AFTER 
THREE MONTHS.
WHAT [INAUDIBLE] IS BEING DONE 
TO HELP THESE BUSINESSS?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WE 
KNOW THAT BUSINESSES, 
PARTICULARLY SMALL BUSINESSES, 
ARE FACING AN EXTREMELY 
DIFFICULT TEEM THROUGH COVID-19.
AND WE NEED TO SUPPORT THESE 
SMALL BUSINESSES, NOT JUST 
BECAUSE THEY ARE MAIN 
DRAO*EFERS OF OUR ECONOMY AND 
OF OUR EMPLOYMENT RIGHT ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY, BUT BECAUSE WE 
NEED THEM TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE 
WHEN THIS COVID-19 CRISIS IS 
THROUGH SO THEY CAN COME BACK.
THAT IS WHY OUR CRISIS HAS BEEN 
ON THOSE WHO LOSE A PAYCHEQUE 
AND THEIR JOBS WITH THE CANADA 
WORKERS SUBSIDY AND THE CANADA 
EMERGENCY RESPONSE BENEFIT.
WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT SMALL 
BUSINESSES, INCLUDING THE 
SMALLEST BUSINESSES NEED HELP 
WITH ACCESS TO CREDIT WHICH IS 
WHY WE PUT IN PLACE A 
2K4R0R,000 LOAN WITH A $10,000 
NONREPAYABLE ELEMENT THAT IS 
GOING TO BE HELPING SMALL 
BUSINESSES SIGNIFICANTLY.
AS YOU SAID, WE HEARD FROM SOME 
VERY SMALL BUSINESSES THAT 
WEREN'T QUALIFYING AT THE 
THRESHOLD WITH $50,000, WHICH 
IS WHY WE DROPPED IT DOWN TO 
$20 240U THOUSAND, WHICH IS THE 
EQUIVALENT OF ONE FULL-TIME 
WORKER AT MINIMUM WAGE FOR THE 
YEAR.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE 
OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE 
NOT GETTING THE SUPPORT THEY 
NEED BECAUSE OF PARTICULARITIES 
IN THEIR CIRCUMSTANCE AND WE'RE 
CONTINUING TO WORK WITH FINANCE 
AND WITH BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS 
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GIVING 
THESE BUSINESSES THE SUPPORT 
THEY NEED, NOT JUST TO GET 
THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT TIME BUT 
MAKE SURE THEY COME BACK STRONG 
AT THE END OF IT.
>> AND A FOLLOW-UP?
>> Reporter: PRIME MINISTER, 
THE [INAUDIBLE] IS DOING ITS 
BEST TO BRING CANADIANS BACK 
HOME.
BUT THERE ARE 50,000 CANADIANS 
STUCK IN INDIA RIGHT NOW.
MANY OF THEM ARE CHILDREN.
FAMILIES ARE WORRIED ABOUT 
THEIR WELL-BEING.
THEY'RE FRUSTRATED THAT THE 
CANADIAN HIGH COMMISSION OFFICE 
HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE 
THEM TIMELY HELP.
EVEN OUR HIGH COMMISSIONER HAS 
APOLOGIZED TO THEM FOR THIS 
SITUATION.
IS THE PRIME MINISTER AWARE OF 
THE SITUATION AND ANY IMMEDIATE 
HELP FOR THEM?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau:s WE 
ARE VERY AWARE OF THE CHALLENGE 
OF CADIANS WANTING TO RETURN 
TO CANADA AT A TIME WHEN 
INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS ARE 
EXTREMELY LIMITED.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH 
GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD, 
INCLUDING THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT.
WE HAVE WELCOMED OVER THE PAST 
MONTH ABOUT 20,000 CANADIANS 
HOME FROM REPATRIATION FLIGHTS.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO 
BRING HOME CANADIANS.
THERE ARE PARTICULARLY HIGH 
DEMANDS IN SOME PARTS OF WORLD, 
INCLUDING INDIA, THAT WE'RE 
WORKING VERY, VERY HARD, DAY 
AND NIGHT TO TRY TO RESOLVE.
THERE'S BEEN MANY FLIGHTS BACK 
FROM INDIA, BUT THERE IS A NEED 
FOR MORE.
>> Reporter: [SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: GOOD MORNING, 
PRIME MINISTER.
OBVIOUSLY ROXHAM ROAD REMAINS 
CLOSED BUT PEOPLE COMING IN TO 
OFFICIAL BORDER POINTS WILL BE 
ABLE TO APPLY FOR REFUGEE 
STATUS AND BE SENT TO A HOTEL.
WHAT EXACTLY IS THE SAFE THIRD 
PARTY AGREEMENT STEL IN PLACE?
WE NEED SOME CLARIFICATION ON 
THIS.
BASED ON WHAT I KNOW, THE SAFE 
THIRD COUNTRY AGREEMENT STILL 
IN PLACE, IF THERE ARE NEW 
DIRECTIVES, WE WILL BE 
FOLLOWING UP TO GIVE YOU THAT 
INFORMATION.
BUT HAVE THINGS CHANGED SINCE 
LAST NIGHT?
NOT AS FAR AS I KNOW.
BUT I KNOW THAT MENSTER BLAIR 
WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE 
INFORMATION AS TO WHETHER OR 
NOT THERE ARE CHANGES.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: FARZ 
I'M E I'VE BEEN APPRISED THERE 
HAVEN'T BEEN ANY CHANGES AT THE 
BORDER.
BUT IF THERE HAVE BEEN, I'M 
SURE MINISTER BLAIR WOULD BE 
ABLE TO FILL YOU IN ON THOSE.
>> Reporter: [SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: ON THE QUESTION 
OF THE GUARANTEED MINIMUM 
INCOME, DO YOU NOT THINK IT 
WOULD HAVE BEEN SIMPLER TO PUT 
IN PLACE A MORE UNIVERSAL 
PROGRAMME, MORE OPEN 
ADMINISTRATIVELY SPEAKING?
IN OTHER WORDS, CREATE A SINGLE 
BENEFIT RATHER WHY NOT DO THAT?
WERE YOU AFRAID OF SIGNIFICANT 
ABUSE?
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO THINK 
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A SIMPLER 
SOLUTION BUT MAYBE NOT SIMPLER 
AT ALL IN TERMS OF ITS ADD 
MENTION.
-- ADMINISTRATION.
IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS SEND AGO 
CHEQUE TO EVERY SINGLE 
CANADIAN, WHATEVER THEIR AGE OR 
WHEREVER THEY LIVE.
IT IS ALWAYS BIT MORE 
COMPLICATED THAN THAT.
AND SECOND, AND THIS IS THE 
MAJOR REASON, WE DECIDED TO 
HELP FIRST AND FOREMOST, AND AS 
MUCH AS POSSIBLE, THE PEOPLE 
WHO REALLY NEED HELP.
SO ALL OF THESE MEASURES WE 
INTRODUCED RECOGNIZE THAT 
PEOPLE HAVE LOST JOBS AND 
LOSTER THAT INCOME BECAUSE OF 
COVID-19.
IT IS NOT THEIR FAULT AND THEY 
NEED INCOME IN ORDER TO PAY FOR 
THEIR GROCERIES AND SUPPORT 
THEIR FAMILY AND PAY THEIR RENT.
THAT IS WHY WE CHOSE TO MOVE IN 
A TARGETED FASHION VERY QUICKLY 
TO DELIVER ASSISTANCE TO THESE 
PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP AND THAT 
IS EXACTLY WHAT WE DID.
WE SEE THAT MORE THAN EIGHT 
MILLION CANADIANS ARE RECEIVING 
THE CANADA EMERGENCY RESPONSE 
BENEFIT AND JUST ANNOUNCED 
SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS AS WELL.
AND THERE WILL BE FUTURE 
ANNOUNCEMENTS TO HELP OTHERS 
WHO NEED HELP.
>> Reporter: YESTERDAY YOU CEDE 
YOU WOULD PROCEED WITH GUN 
CONTROL LEGISLATION AT THE 
APPROPRIATE TIME.
WE'VE SEEN OTHER COUNTRIES, 
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, ACT 
VERY QUICKLY AFTER MASS 
SHOOTINGS.
WHY DO YOU THINK THIS ISN'T THE 
APPROPRIATE TIME?
AND DO YOU NOT BELIEVE THE 
DEPARTMENT CAN'T DEAL WITH TWO 
PRESSING ISSUES AT THE SAME 
TIME?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WE 
ARE CERTAINLY LOOKING AT 
INTRODUCING THE GUN CONTROL 
MEASURES THAT WERE READY TO GO 
BUT WERE SUSPENDED BECAUSE OF 
COVID-19.
THE RULES THE TERMS OF 
PARLIAMENT IN A REDUCED STATE 
SPECIFICALLY SATE THAT WE NEED 
TO ONLY INTRODUCE MEASURES 
RELATED TO COVID-19 BUT WE WILL 
BE SEEING WITH OTHER PARTIES IF 
THERE IS AN APPETITE TO MOVE 
MORE QUICKLY IN PLACE GIVEN THE 
TRAGEDY WE JUST HAD.
>> Interpreter: WE WERE ALMOST 
IN THAT POSITION TO INTRODUCE 
THAT BILL BEFORE PARLIAMENT WAS 
SUSPENDED.
THE CONDITIONS OF PARLIAMENT 
MEETING IN RESTRICTED NUMBERS 
MEANS THAT THE LEGISLATION NOW 
THAT WE INTRODUCE MUST BE 
RELATED TO COVID-19.
BUT WE ARE PREPARED TO SPEAK TO 
THE OTHER PARTIS TO SEE IF 
THEY'RE PREPARED TO MOVE MORE 
QUICKLY ON STRENGTHENING GUN 
CONTROL.
>> Reporter: ARE COMPARATIVELY 
MODEST COMPARED TO OTHER 
COUNTRIES, PARTICULARLY 
AUSTRALIA AFTER THE PORT ARTHUR 
MASSACRE IN 1996.
ARE YOU WILLING NOW TO REVISIT 
THE MEASURES BEFORE PARLIAMENT 
AND STRENGTHEN THEM, 
PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO 
OWNERSHIP OF RESTRICTED WEAPONS 
LIKE HANDGUNS AND CERTAIN 
SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLES?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WE 
MADE STRONG COMMITMENT IN THE 
LAST ELECTION CAMPAIGN ON 
STRENGTHENING GUN CONTROL.
THERE WAS
>> A SIGNIFICANT DEBATE IN THIS 
COUNTRY THAT CONTINUES BETWEEN 
PARTIES IN FAVOUR OF 
STRENGTHENING GUN CONTROL AND 
OTHER PARTIES THAT WANT TO 
WEAKEN GUN CONTROL.
THERE CONTINUES TO BE A NEED 
FOR DEBATE BUT WE ARE RESOLUTE 
THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ON 
STRENGTHENING GUN CONTROL 
LEGISLATION IN SMALL, COMMON 
SENSE WAYS.
THEY HAVE NO PLACE IN OUR 
COMMUNITIES, IN OUR COUNTRY, 
AND THAT IS WHY WE'LL BE MOVING 
FORWARD WITH LEGISLATION TO BAN 
THEM.
>> Reporter: HI, PRIME MINISTER.
TOM PERRY WITH CBC.
YOU SAID IN YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT 
YOU'RE MAKING 76,000 JOBS FOR 
YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEY WILL BE 
IN SECTORS THAT NEED AN EXTRA 
HAND RIGHT NOW AND ARE ON THE 
FRONTLINES OF THE PANDEMIC.
WE HEARD ABOUT CONTACT TRACING, 
NEEDING PEOPLE THERE.
WHERE WILL THEY BE WORKING?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau:s 
WE'RE LOOKING AT CONTACT 
TRACING AND SECTORS THAT NEED 
EXTRA SUPPORT, PERHAPS 
AGRICULTURE AND OTHERS.
WE WILL HAVE MORE TO SAY IN THE 
COMING DAYS AS WE DEVELOP THIS.
BUT WE KNOW YOUNG PEOPLE WANT 
AND NEED GOOD SUMMER JOBS AND 
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT 
WE CAN GET THEM.
>> Reporter: YOU TALKED EARLIER 
ABOUT SENIORS HOMES AND THE 
TRAGEDY UNFOLDING THERE.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS ANNOUNCED 
SUPPORT FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS 
THERE.
HAS THERE BEEN MUCH BUY-IN?
IS THAT HELPING ANYONE YET?
AND DO YOU SEE A GREATER ROLE 
FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN 
ENSURING A STANDARD OF CARE.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WE 
SEE A COUPLE OF PROVINCES, LIKE 
B.C. AND QUEBEC, MOVE FORWARD 
ON SUPPORT FOR ESSENTIAL 
WORKERS WHO ARE LOW PAID BUT IN 
IMPORTANT AREAS LIKE IF 
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.
THAT IS WHY WE ARE TALKING WITH 
PROVINCES ABOUT EXPANDING AND 
SUPPORTING THEM IN THOSE 
PROGRAMMES.
THERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS 
ONGOING WITH THE PROVINCES, 
RECOGNIZING AS WAS POINTED OUT 
THAT IT IS VERY MUCH A 
PROVINCIAL JURISDICTION BUT 
RECOGNIZE THIS IS A PROBLEM WE 
WANT HELP WITH.
THE LARGER QUESTION WE'RE ALL 
FACING IS AN UNDERSTANDING THAT 
IN MANY PARTS OF THIS COUNTRY 
AND MANY PLACES ACROSS THIS 
COUNTRY, THE PEOPLE WHO CARE 
FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE ARE 
THEY THEMSELVES ARE THE MOST 
VULNERABLE AND WE NEED TO HAVE 
A REFLECTION AS WE GET THROUGH 
THIS CRISIS AND CERTAINLY AFTER 
IT ON HOW WE ENSURE THAT THE 
PEOPLE TAKING CARE OF THE MOST 
VULNERABLE ARE NOT THEMSELVES 
VULNERABLE.
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: I THINK IT IS 
CLEAR NOW THAT WE'RE WORKING 
WITH THE PROVINCES TO HELP 
ADDRESS ALL SORTS OF SITUATIONS 
ENI COLLUDING IN SENIORS HOMES 
BUT WE WILL HAVE TO REFLECT AS 
A COUNTRY AND AS A SOCIETY ON 
HOW WE CAN ENSURE THAT THE MOST 
VULNERABLE PEOPLE ARE NOT BEING 
HELPED BY PEOPLE WHO ARE ALSO 
EXTREMELY VULNERABLE.
WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE 
DOING THAT IMPORTANT WORK OF 
CARING FOR ELDERLY AND 
VULNERABLE CANADIANS ARE NOT 
THEMSELVES EXTREMELY VULNERABLE 
ECONOMICALLY.
>> Reporter: JUST TO FOLLOW-UP 
ON SENIORS.
THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF 
ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY FOR 
STUDENTS, PREVIOUSLY FOR 
BUSINESSES, ETC.
I WOFNLER SPECIFICALLY IN TERMS 
OF SENIORS AND RECENTLY RETIRED 
PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR 
SAVINGS OR SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT 
OF SAVINGS DUE TO COVID-19.
WILL THERE BE HELP FOR THEM?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau:s 
YES, THERE WILL BE HELP FOR 
SENIORS.
PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR INCOMES 
AND LOST THEIR JOBS, THAT IS 
WHAT WE DID WITH THE CANADA 
EMERGENCY RESPONSE BENEFIT AND 
THE WAGE SUBSIDY.
NOW, AS THE SCHOOL YEAR COMES 
TO AN END IN APRIL FOR 
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, WE'RE 
MOVING FORWARD WITH SUPPORT FOR 
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS BAZ THEY 
ARE GOING TO NEED HELP IN 
FINDING A JOB, IN GETTING 
INCOME REPLACEMENT AT A TIME 
WHEN THEY WOULD BE COUNTING ON 
MONEY TO HELP THEM PAY RENT AND 
PAY GROCERIES.
AT THE SAME TIME, EVEN THOUGH 
MANY SENIORS CONTINUE TO HAVE 
THE SAME FIXED INCOME THEY HAD 
FROM THE GOVERNMENT FROM 
PENSIONS, THERE ARE CONCERNS 
BOTH ABOUT THEIR LONG-TERM 
SAVINGS, WHICH IS WHY WE MADE 
CHANGE ON THE RRIF WITHDRAWALS 
AND RECOGNIZE THAT THE COST OF 
LIVING HAS GONE UP FOR SENIORS 
AS THEY'RE FACING CHALLENGES 
BECAUSE COVID-19 TARGETS 
SENIORS TO A GREATER DEGREE.
SO, WE'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW ON 
MEASURES FOR SENIORS.
I WANT TO THANK THE OTHER 
PARTIES THAT MADE EXCELLENT 
SUGGESTIONS AND WE'LL HAVE MORE 
TO ANNOUNCE IN THE COMING DAYS.
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: WE DECIDED TO 
GIVE A PRIORITY TO PEOPLE WHO 
HAD LOST THEIR PAYCHEQUES 
BECAUSE OF COVID-19.
WITH THE WAGE SUBSIDY AND THE 
RESPONSE BENEFIT, WE ARE 
HELPING THOSE PEOPLE TWO REALLY 
NEEDED HELP RIGHT AWAY, AS SOON 
AS THE COVID-19 SITUATION BEGAN.
AND TODAY, BECAUSE WE ARE 
COMING TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL 
YEAR FOR STUDENTS IN THE 
POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION 
CENTRE, WE REALISE WE HAD TO 
GIVE THEM HELP BECAUSE THEY 
WILL NEED TO FIND JOBS IN MAY 
OR JOBS FOR THE SUMMER, SO 
WE'RE INTRODUCING THE CANADA 
EMERGENCY STUDENT BENEFIT.
WE WILL ALSO BE LOOKING AT 
SENIORS SITUATIONS.
WE HAVE ALREADY BROUGHT IN SOME 
MERCKS TO HELP THEM, BE WE WILL 
BE DOING MORE AND WE WILL HAVE 
MORE TO SAY ABOUT THAT IN THE 
COMING DAYS.
>> Reporter: FINALLY, IN TERMS 
OF THOSE AWFUL  EVENTS THAT 
HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND IN 
NOVA SCOTIA, I'M WONDERING IF 
YOUR GOVERNMENT IS LOOKING AT 
INTRODUCING FEDERAL GUIDELINES 
OR HAVE A DEAL WITH AN ACTIVE 
SHOOTER?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: I 
THINK THERE ARE MANY FAMILIES 
THAT ARE GRIEVING INCREDIBLE 
LOSSES RIGHT NOW WHO ARE ASKING 
HOW THINGS COULD HAVE BEEN 
DIFFERENCE AND HOW THEY WOULD 
HAVE BEEN WARNED EARLIER.
THOSE ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT 
QUESTIONS THAT I KNOW WILL BE 
ADDRESSED THROUGH THE 
INVESTIGATIONS AND THE 
CONCLUSIONS.
WE NEED TO PROTECT CITIZENS IN 
EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE.
AND THOSE ARE SOMETHING THAT 
WE'LL BE TALK ABOUT IN THE 
COMING DAYS AND WEEKS.
MERCI.
>> [SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Rosemary: ALL RIGHT.
THAT IS THE PRIME MINISTER OF 
CANADA, TODAY WRAPPING UP HIS 
COVID-19 BRIEFING TO THE NATION.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY, ALL 
ABOUT STUDENTS AND MAKING SURE 
THAT THEY CAN GOAT ACCESS TO 
MONEY AND JOBS.
AS WE KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN AN 
ISSUE FOR MANY STUDENTS.
AND I'LL GO INTO DETAILS WITH 
MY COLLEAGUES AFTER 12:00.
BUT I WANT TO GET A  REACTION.
KEEGAN BLACKMORE IS A 
FIRST-YEAR STUDENT AT McGILL 
YAOUFRMENTS HE WAS LISTENING 
CLOSELY TO WHAT THE PRIME 
MINISTER HAD TO SAY.
KEEGAN, DID IT SOUND LIKE 
ANYTHING THERE WILL BE ABLE TO 
HELP YOU IMMEDIATELY?
>> YES.
TRUTHFULLY, I THINK THIS IS A 
VERY ENCOURAGING FIGURE.
$9 BILLION TOTAL.
I DO LIKE PARTICULARLY THE FACT 
THAT YOU CAN HAVE A TANDEM OF 
SUPPORTS, THE STUDENT BENEFIT 
AND THEN SEEK OUTSIDE RESOURCES 
OR VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE.
I THINK THAT IS VERY 
ENCOURAGING.
>> Marcy:  --
>> Rosemary: YOU ARE A 
FIRST-YEAR LAW STUDENT.
WOULD YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT 
WORK IN YOUR FIELD OR TAKEN ANY 
JOB SORT OF THING?
>> ORIGINALLY, I HAD BEEN 
WORKING IN A LEGAL FIELD.
I HAVE SOME  IN POLICY ANALYSIS 
SO THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A FIELD 
I WAS LOOKING AT.
AFTER THE COVID EXPERIENCE, I 
DID START TO FALL BACK ON MY 
UNDERGRAD DEGREE, BUT I WAS 
UNABLE TO FIND ANY EMPLOYMENT.
>> Rosemary: AND WHAT DO YOU 
USE YOUR SUMMER JOB MONEY FOR?
>> FOR MYSELF, I'M ONE OF 
STUDENTS, AND I'M SURE THERE 
ARE MANY OUT THERE, WHO DOES 
REQUIRE THE FUNDING IN OTHER 
WORDS TO PAY FOR HIS EDUCATION.
I FUNDED MY UNGRAD AND I'M 
DOING THE SAME FOR MY LAW 
DEGREE.
HAVING EMPLOYMENT IN THE SUMMER 
IS AN ESSENTIAL ASPECT OF MY 
SUMMER EXPERIENCE.
>> Rosemary: THERE IS THE $1250 
PER MONTH FROM MAY TO AUGUST.
AND THERE IS ALSO, AS YOU SAID, 
THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY AND GET 
A JOB.
AS ONE OF THESE FRONTLINE 
ESSENTIAL KIND OF JOBS IN THOSE 
FIELDS.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU 
PERHAPS WOULD LOOK AT NOW?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
ANY WAY TO MAKE MY LIFE EASIER 
IN TERMS OF MY FINANCIAL BASE, 
I WILL BE LOOKING AT 
VOLUNTEERING AND I DO THINK 
THAT HAVING THE GRANT IN PLACE 
FOR NEXT SUMMER -- SORRY, NEXT 
SCHOOL YEAR ALSO WILL ALLOW ME 
TO HAVE SOME MORE FINANCIAL 
FREEDOM IN THE TIMES.
>> Rosemary: I KNOW THERE WAS A 
LOT OF CONCERNS FROM STUDENTS 
ON TWETER.
PEOPLE WERE AT ME EVERY DAY 
SAYING WE DON'T QUALIFY FOR THE 
CERB BECAUSE WE DIDN'T MAKE 
$5,000 OR DIDN'T HAVE A JOB 
THAT WE LOST DUE TO COVID-19.
SO IT WAS ONE OR THE OTHER.
WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF 
THERE WAS NO PACKAGE, NOTHING 
OFFERED TO YOU AT ALL?
>> WELL T PRAOE MARRY THING 
I'VE BEEN DOING IS APPLYING FOR 
SCHOLARSHIPS THROUGH McGILL.
FOR THE MOST PART, IT WOULD 
HAVE BEEN TAKING ON SOME SORT 
OF LOAN OR MAYBE A LINE OF 
CREDIT IN OTHER WORDS TO BE 
ABLE TO CONTINUE MY EDUCATION 
WHICH BRINGS WITH IT SOME 
INTEREST AND OTHER CONSEQUENCES.
SO IT COULD HAVE BEEN QUITE 
TOUGH.
>> Rosemary: I WOULD IMAGINE.
AND YOU CAN'T ALWAYS TURN TO 
YOUR PARENTS FOR HELP, EITHER.
THAT WASN'T AN OPTION FOR YOU 
EITHER.
>> NO, I WAS NOT.
>> Rosemary: NO.
SO, HOW DO YOU FEEL KNOWING 
THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE, I 
THINK, UP AND RUNNING BY MAY.
IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH?
HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT IT?
>> I AM QUITE ENCOURAGED, AS I 
SAID.
THERE MAY GAPS FOR STUDENTS IN 
THE MOST EXPENSIVE PROVINCES.
ONTARIO, B.C..
I DO THINK, AS I SAID, THE FACT 
THAT YOU CAN HAVE BOTH THE 
EMERGENCY FUND AND THEN ALSO 
SOME FUNDING THROUGH 
VOLUNTEERING WILL TRY TO -- 
WILL HOPEFULLY MET GAIT  -- 
MITIGATE SOME OF THESE GAPS.
IT IS AN ENCOURAGING FIRST 
STEP, BUT THERE STILL MIGHT BE 
SOME GAPS.
>> Rosemary: NEIGH YOU SEE 
YOURSELF DOING IN TEMPLES OF 
VOLUNTEER WORK?
>> HONESTLY, FARMING SOUNDS 
QUITE INTERESTING.
[LAUGHTER]
I DO HAVE A BACKGROUND IN 
ATHLETICS.
SO, I'M NOT ADVERSE TO ROLLING 
UP THE SLEEVES AND GETTING OUT 
THERE AND DOING WHATEVER I CAN 
DO TO SUPPORT FELLOW CANADIAN 
AND ALSO MYSELF.
FARMING, CONTACT TRACING.
ANY WAY THAT I CAN HELP WITH 
THE CURRENT EFFORTS, I WILL BE 
EXPLORING.
>> Rosemary: WELL, YOU ARE THE 
PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT THEY 
WANT, KEEGAN.
I HOPE THAT ALL COMES THROUGH 
FOR YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PERSPECTIVE 
RIGHT AWAY AND WISHING YOU ALL 
THE BEST NOW THAT YOU KNOW YOU 
HAVE A LITTLE MORE SECURITY TO 
COUNT ON IN THE MONTHS AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT WAS MY PLEASURE.
>> Rosemary: KEEGAN BLACKMORE 
OF McGILL UNIVERSITY.
LET ME SUMMARIZE WHAT THE PRIME 
MINISTER HAD TO SAY AS WE 
SWITCH OVER TO CBC NEWS NETWORK.
AS YOU HEARD FROM KEEGAN, IT IS 
A $9 BILLION PACKAGE THAT THE 
GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY, 
TARGETING STUDENTS.
SO $1250 PER MONTH FROM MAY TO 
AUGUST WILL NOW BE AVAILABLE 
FOR STUDENTS AND THERE ARE 
CERTAIN CRITERIA, BUT IT IS 
OPEN ENDED.
THAT IS ESSENTIALLY THE STUDENT 
VERSION OF THE CERB CAN WE NOW 
KNOW AT LEAST SIX MILLION, 
SEVEN MILLION CANADIANS HAVE 
APPLIED FOR.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL ALSO CREATE 
76,000 JOBS FOR STUDENTS AND 
WILL TARGET ESSENTIAL JOBS THAT 
ARE NEEDED RIGHT NOW TO DEAL 
WITH THE PANDEMIC INCLUDING As  
--, AS YOU JUST HEARD THERE 
FROM KEEGAN, GETTING STUDENTS 
TO WORK IN THE FARMING INDUSTRY.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL ALSO EXTEND 
SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS BY 
THREE TO FOUR MONTHS.
THEY WILL ALSO CREATE A GRANT 
CALLED THE CANADIAN STUDENT 
SERVICES GRANT.
SO IF YOU GO TO VOLUNTEER AT 
ONE OF THE PLACES THAT NEED 
HELP RIGHT NOW, YOU WILL BE 
PAID ANYWHERE FROM $1,000 TO 
$5,000.
FINALLY FOR LOW-INCOME STUDENTS 
GETTING GRANDS, THOSE GRANTS 
WILL BE DOUBLED FROM $3,000 TO 
$6,000 GOING TO WARD.
MEANING DEPENDING ON WHAT 
PROVINCE YOU'RE IN, YOU MIGHT 
END UP HAVING YOUR TUITION NEAR 
FREE FOR THE YEAR AHEAD.
OK.
THAT IS OUR COVERAGE HERE ON 
CBC TELEVISION.
WE'LL GET INTO  REQUESTS AND 
MORE DETAILS AT THE TOP OF HOUR 
ON CBC NEWS NETWORK.
I'M MARRY BARTON.
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.
[PLEASE STAND BY [
[PLEASE STAND BY]
>> Rosemary:  WE ARE NOW HEARING
THAT A WARNING DID GO OUT TO
DUAL CITIZENS IN THE PROVINCE.
THE RCMP SENT OUT A TWEET ON
SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING.
LET'S GO NOW TO PORTAPIQUE,
WHERE THE VIOLENCE BEGAN AND
WHERE BRETT RUSKIN IS TODAY AND
HE HAS NEW DETAILS FOR US.
BRETT.
>> Reporter:  WELL, SOME NEW
DETAILS ACCORDING TO COURT
RECORDS ABOUT THIS SUSPECT.
WE NOW KNOW CBC NEWS LEARNED
THAT HE WAS CONVICTED OF AN
ASSAULT BACK IN 2001.
HE WAS CONDITIONALLY DISCHARGED
AND GO INTO ANGER MANAGEMENT
COUNSELING.
THIS IS A BIT MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT THIS SUSPECT, BUT IN TERMS
OF THE INFORMATION ITSELF, IN
PORTAPIQUE, YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE
OF POLICE VEHICLES AND THERE
HAVE BEEN POLICE VEHICLES COMING
IN AND OUT ALL DAY LONG AND THIS
IS ONE OF 16 DIFFERENT SITES
ACROSS THE PROVINCE.
INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL COMBING
THROUGH THE SCENE AND THEY
INVOLVE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN
COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY FIRE AND
THEY'RE COMBING THROUGH THEM
CAREFULLY AND THERE WAS AN
EXCAVATOR ON SITE YESTERDAY
SLOWLY TAKING APART THAT RUBBLE
AND LOOKING FOR ANY ADDITIONAL
CASUALTIES IN MASS MURDER AND SO
WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT AND
WAITING FOR THE UPDATE FROM
RCMP.
WE'RE TOLD THERE MAY BE A NEWS
RELEASE, POSSIBLY A NEWS
CONFERENCE, BUT AT LEAST SOME
TEXT INFORMATION AT THE VERY
LEAST COMING OUT TODAY.
>> BRETT RUSKIN CONTINUING TO
TRACK THAT IMPORTANT STORY AND
WE WILL CHECK IN WITH YOU AS YOU
GET MORE NEWS, APPRECIATE
IMPROVEMENT.
AS WE STAND BY FOR THE CABINET
MINISTERS AND PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICIAL'S BRIEFING HERE IN
OTTAWA, LET ME BRING IN THE HOST
HOST, VASSEY KAPELOS AND THE
GOVERNMENT FOCUSED ON STUDENTS
WHO ARE COMING TO THE END OF
THEIR SCHOOL YEAR WITH NO
PROSPECT OF WORK OR VERY LITTLE
PROSPECT OF WORK, $9 BILLION IN
TERMS OF THE TOTAL PACKAGE AND
VASSY, WHAT STOOD OUT FOR YOU?
>> Vassy:  QUICKLY WHAT YOU WERE
TALKING ABOUT WITH BRETT AND
WHETHER OR NOT AN ALERT SHOULD
HAVE BEEN ISSUED, THE PRIME
MINISTER DID TOUCH ON THAT AT
THE END OF HIS PRESS CONFERENCE
AND RECOGNISED THERE ARE
QUESTIONS AROUND THAT,
PARTICULARLY TO THE TIMING THAT
AND WOULD IT HAVE MADE A
DIFFERENCE.
HE SAID THE INVESTIGATION WOULD
TAKE PLACE AND DID ADDRESS THAT
AND SIGNIFICANT THAT THE PRIME
MINISTER NOTED THOSE QUESTIONS
DO EXIST RIGHT NOW.
ON STUDENTS, A VERY BIG
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THEM TODAY.
OBVIOUSLY THE IMPACT OF IT STILL
HAS YET TO BE JUDGED AND YOU
INTERVIEWED WHO SEEMED TO THINK
IT WOULD HELP HIM.
THE MARQUIS PART IS ANOTHER ONE
OF THOSE EMERGENCY BENEFITS.
IT SEEMS LIKE, THIS ONE, THE
CANADA EMERGENCY STUDENTS
BENEFIT, $1250 A MONTH FOR
STUDENTS WHO DON'T QUALIFY FOR
THE CERB.
THE BIG PART THAT MAKES IT HARD
FOR THEM TO QUALIFY IS THEY HAD
TO HAVE MADE AT LEAST $5,000 IN
THE LAST 12 MONTHS.
THIS IS FOR THEM, 1250 A MONTH
AND UP TO 750 A MONTH FOR
ELIGIBLE STUDENTS WITH
DEPENDENTS OR DISABILITY.
SO A BIT MORE FROM THEM.
YOU WENT OVER THE OTHER STUFF,
DOUBLING OF GRANTS, AS WELL AS
MORE JOB PLACEMENT, THE
GOVERNMENT SAYS THROUGH THE
CANADA SUMMER'S JOB PROGRAMME
AND THEY SET IT UP TO 70,000 AND
NOW SAYING 76,000 AND ALSO A
GRANT, AS WELL, FOR STUDENTS WHO
CHOOSE TO VOLUNTEER FOR ALL OF
THIS AND MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR
THEM TO ACCESS MONEY THAT THEY
WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
ACCESS PRIOR TO THIS.
I THINK THAT, AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE
TO SEE HOW MUCH IT HELPS.
IT IS 1250, NOT 2,000 BUT A LOT
MORE THAN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO
ACCESS YESTERDAY.
THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT IS GUN LEGISLATION.
AND THE CHANGE IN POSTURE FROM
THE PRIME MINISTER TODAY WHO
YESTERDAY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT WAS
SOMETHING THEY WERE READY TO
INTRODUCE, MORE GUN CONTROL
LEGISLATION.
THEY HAVE CAMPAIGNED EXTALKED
ABOUT IT LAST YEAR AND HE SAYS
THAT HE'S WILLING TALK TO
OPPOSITION PARTIES ABOUT KIND OF
CHANGING THE RULES OF PARLIAMENT
WHICH IS STRUCTURED TO ONLY DEAL
WITH COVID-19-RELATED
LEGISLATION AND SEE IF THEY WERE
OPEN TO INTRODUCING THAT PRIOR
TO, IN THIS SORT OF SETTING.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT STAGE THOSE
DISCUSSIONS ARE AT.
THE CONSERVATIVES WOULD NOT
SUPPORT THAT LEGISLATION AND I
DON'T KNOW WHAT FORM IT WOULD
TAKE, SO IT DEPENDS WHETHER THE
OPPOSITION PARTIES WILL, AS
WELL.
THAT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING
MOVEMENT, AS WELL.
>> Rosemary:  THAT DEFINITELY
WAS NEW.
HARD TO SEE HOW THEY WOULD REACH
SOME SORT OF COMPROMISE IN A
REDUCED PARLIAMENT TO PASS
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD BE HIGHLY
CONTROVERSIAL FOR SOME PARTS OF
THE COUNTRY, ANYWAY, WHO WOULD
TAKE ISSUE WITH A BAN ON SOME
ASSAULT RIFLES THAT HAVE BEEN
APPROVED OR IN THE HANDS OF SOME
CANADIANS.
I WOULD BE VERY CURIOUS TO SEE
HOW THAT WOULD HAPPEN.
THAT'S THE KIND OF EXAMPLE YOU
WOULD NEED FULL REPRESENTATION
OF THE COUNTRY TO BEST REFLECT
HOW CANADIANS FEEL ABOUT GUN
LAWS.
SO ANYWAY, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
>> Vassy:  WE DON'T KNOW MANY OF
THE DETAILS WHAT HAPPENED IN
NOVA SCOTIA.
WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE FIREARMS
THAT WERE USED, SO THAT THE
LENGTH BETWEEN THAT LEGISLATION
AND THE CRIME THAT TOOK PLACE,
OBVIOUSLY THERE COULD BE ONE,
BUT WE DON'T KNOW FOR CERTAIN.
>> Rosemary:  DAVID, I'LL LET
YOU GO WHERE YOU WANT BUT ONE OF
THE INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT THE
ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY WAS THE
ABILITY OR THE INTENT TO TRY TO
HELP STUDENTS WHO WON'T GET
JOBS, BUT TO PUSH THOSE STUDENTS
TO THE PLACES THAT THE ECONOMY
AND SOCIETY NEEDS THE HELP,
WHETHER IT BE VOLUNTEERING,
AGRICULTURE, AND I THINK THAT'S
AN INTERESTING WAY TO SOLVE A
COUPLE OF PROBLEMS AT ONCE.
>> David:  TWO THINGS STUDENTS
ARE DEALING WITH, LOST INCOME
AND LOST OPPORTUNITY, RIGHT.
THE SUMMER JOBS AND THE JOBS YOU
WORK PART-TIME IN HIGHER
EDUCATIONER CERTAINLY HELP YOU
TO BUILD PATHWAYS TO CAREERS
POST-GRADUATION.
YOU CAN DO THAT VIEW
VOLUNTEERING AND GETTING JOBS
SEMI RELATED TO YOUR FIELD.
YOU HAVE A CERB LIGHT, UP TO
1750 A MONTH IF YOU'RE
DIS-DISABILITIED.
AND THEN STUDENT AGE CHANGES,
THEY MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE
TO QUALIFY FOR STUDENT LOANS
HELPING PEOPLE PAY AND THERE'S
THE STUDENT EMPLOYMENT ASPECT OF
THIS.
THERE WAS THE CHANGES MADE TO
THE CANADA STUDENTS JOB'S
PROGRAMME ROLLED OUT EARLIER AND
NOW 76 JOBS ON TOP OF IT, THE
NEWS RELEASE FROM THE GOVERNMENT
SAYS, THIS SUITE OF PROGRAMMES
WILL CREATE UP TO 116,000 JOB
PLACEMENT AND OTHER TRAINING
OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP STUDENTS
FIND EMPLOYMENT AND DEVELOP
VALUABLE SKILLS.
>> Rosemary:  SO IT'S ON TOP OF
THE THING FROM LAST WEEK?
>> David:  ABSOLUTELY.
THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL 75,000
JOBS ON TOP OF THE CANADA
STUDENTS LOAN PROGRAMME AND ADDS
UP TO 116,000.
I WON'T THROUGH THE MATH BECAUSE
I'LL GET SOMETHING WRONG.
SO THIS TRIES TO COVER UP SOME
OF THE SYSTEM GAPS.
THE PROBLEM, THE CRITICISM WITH
THE WAY THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING
THIS IS THERE IS TIME GAPS.
WE HEARD HELP IS COMING FOR
SENIORS AND THAT'S COMING SOON
AND SO THE NEW DEMOCRATS, IN
PARTICULAR, SAYING WHY DIDN'T
YOU JUST MAKE THIS UNIVERSAL?
IT'S A QUESTION THEY DEAL WITH
ALL OF THE TIME.
IF THEY HAD DONE THAT, THE MONEY
WOULD BE ROLLING TO ALL OF THESE
PEOPLE BY NOW THROUGH THE CERB
PROGRAMME BUT THEY TRIED TO MAKE
IT TARGETED AND SPECIFIC RATHER
THAN TOTALLY UNIVERSAL AND
GIVING A PILE OF MONEY TO A
GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO COMPLETELY
DON'T NEED IT.
WHAT THEY THINK IS AN EFFECTIVE
WAY WITH STUDENTS IS YOU HAVE A
COMBINATION OF METHODS.
IF YOU FINISHED YOUR PROGRAMME
AT THE END OF 2019, YOU QUALIFY
FOR THE 1,250 BUCKS FROM MAY TO
AUGUST AND YOU CAN WORK AND
STILL GET THAT BENEFIT.
MY UNDERSTANDING, ON SEEKING
CLARIFICATION FROM THE PRIME
MINISTER'S OFFICE, YOU CAN ALSO
VOLUNTEER ON TOP OF THAT.
>> Rosemary:  YES.
>> David:  AND GET EXTRA MONEY
UP TO $5,000 AS COMPENSATION FOR
YOUR VOLUNTEER TIME AND YOU CAN
COBBLE TOGETHER A DECENT LIVING
WHICH GIVES YOU SOME EXPERIENCE
AND VOLUNTEER SERVICE IN A TIME
OF CRISIS AND A PANDEMIC FOR THE
AVERAGE STUDENTS.
THERE WILL BE STUDENTS WITH,
LIKE, CHILDREN AND DISABILITIES
THAT WILL REQUIRE EXTRA HELP AND
WE NEED TO SEE THE INTERACTION
OF ALL OF THESE PROGRAMMES AND
THE GRANTS AND HOW IT COMES
TOGETHER.
IT'S THE REACTION ON SOCIAL
MEDIA FROM STUDENT LEADERS AT
DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES AND THEY
SEE THIS AS A BIG HELP.
THOUGH, LIKE, EVERYBODY IN THIS
PANDEMIC, ROSIE, NO ONE
PROGRAMME WILL SOLVE EVERYTHING.
PEOPLE ARE STILL LOSING.
>> Rosemary:  TO THE PEOPLE ON
TWITTER, AS WELL, SAYING, WELL,
THIS IS HELPING ME BUT I STILL
HAVE STUDENT LOANS.
A REMINDER THOSE LOANS HAVE BEEN
SUSPENDED, AT LEAST THE FEDERAL
PORTION OF THOSE LOANS UNTIL
SEPTEMBER.
AND SO, IT MIGHT BE ENOUGH FOR
MANY PEOPLE, BUT I TAKE YOUR
POINT, WITH THESE POLICY MOVES,
GENERALLY THERE ARE GAPS AND AS
THE GAPS GET EXPOSED, THE
GOVERNMENT DOES TRY TO SOLVE FOR
THOSE, AS WELL, BECAUSE THE IDEA
IS TO MAKE THIS AS BROAD AS
POSSIBLE.
ALTHOUGH TO DAVID'S POINT, IF
YOU WANTED TO DO THAT, THE
UNIVERSAL INCOME BENEFIT AS THE
N.D.P. HAS BEEN SUGGESTING WOULD
HAVE DONE JUST THAT BUT WOULD
HAVE CAPTURED PEOPLE MAKING TOO
MUCH MONEY AND NOT IN NEED OF
IT.
HERE IS CHRYSTIA FREELAND, THE
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER WITH
CABINET MINISTERS AND LET'S
BRING THAT TO YOU LIVE.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> WE WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT
THAT IT'S THE START OF RAMADAN.
PLEASE STAY HOME TO PROTECT
FRIENDS AND FAMILIES.
IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE NOT
WASTE OUR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS.
PLEASE MEET VIRTUALLY INSTEAD.
THERE ARE ALSO MULTIPLE CANADIAN
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WORKING
HARD IN ORDER TO CREATE A
VIRTUAL COMMUNITY THIS RAMADAN.
>> THIS WILL MARK THE BEGINNING
OF THE MONTH OF RAMADAN.
THIS RAMADAN, IN ORDER TO
PROTECT YOUR FAMILY, YOUR
FRIENDS AND YOUR NEIGHBOURS,
PLEASE STAY HOME.
WE MUST NOT SQUANDER OUR
COUNTRY'S COLLECTIVE HARD WORK.
THIS DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE TO
CELEBRATE RAMADAN ALONE.
VIRTUAL GATHERINGS CAN STILL
TAKE PLACE IN MANY CANADIAN
GROUPS.
THEY'RE WORKING TO BRING
TOGETHER A VIRTUAL COMMUNITY
THIS RAMADAN.
SO TODAY, WE WILL HEAR FROM
CANADA'S CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICER, DR. THERESA TAM, CARLA
QUALTRO, THE SOCIAL MINISTER OF
FINANCE AND ALSO BY VIDEO LINK,
THE MINISTER OF DIVERSITY AND
INCLUSION AND YOUTH IS JOINING
US.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> AND THE CHAIR OF THE PRIVY
COUNCILLOR, HOWARD NEIL.
DR. TAM, PLEASE.
>> HELLO, EVERYONE.
AS USUAL WITH THE LATEST NUMBERS
ON COVID-19 IN CANADA, THERE ARE
NOW 28,422 CONFIRMED CASES,
INCLUDING 1,834 DEATHS.
WE ARE TESTED OVER 576,000
PEOPLE TO DATE WITH ABOUT 6.5%
TESTING POSITIVE.
AS WE CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS
IN SLOWING THE SPREAD OF
COVID-19, WE ARE SEEING SOME
BUMPS IN THE ROAD THAT REMINDS
US WE CAN'T LET DOWN OUR GUARD.
WE HAVE TO ACT QUICKLY WEAK
POINTS BEFORE THE VIRUS JUMPS
AHEAD OF US AGAIN.
THE FIRST HARD LESSON WE LEARNED
WAS SEEING HOW ONE OR TWO CASES
IN THE LONG-TERM CARE SETTING
COULD QUICKLY ACCELERATE INTO
LARGER OUTBREAKS WITH
DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES BUT
THIS WAS THE START OF WHAT'S
GROWN INTO A DRIVING FORTUNE
BEHIND THE EPIDEMIOLOGY IN
CANADA'S HARD-HIT PROVINCES.
THE RISK FACTORS IN THESE TYPES
OF SETTINGS AREN'T NEW.
THE FACT THAT THE RISKS AS
PANDEMICS IN SPACES WITH LARGE
POPULATIONS THAT SHARE COMMON
AREAS AND CAN'T MAINTAIN OPTIMAL
PHYSICAL DISTANCING ARE AT RISK
OF OUTBREAKS.
IF WE ARE TO CONTROL THE
COVID-19 EPIDEMIC, WE MUST
CONTAIN THE SPREAD AND STAMP OUT
THE BURNING EMBERS THAT CAN LEAD
TO NEW CHAINS OF TRANSMISSION.
TO PREVENT SIMILAR OUTBREAKS IN
SHELTERS AND OTHER CROWDED
LIVING CONDITIONS, WE'VE GOT TO
BUILD UP PROTECTIONS AND ADDRESS
VULNERABILITIES.
THE RISK FACTORS IN THIS TYPE OF
SETTING AREN'T NEW.
THE FACT THAT IN CLOSE SPACES
WITH LARGE POPULATIONS THAT
SHARE COMMON AREAS AND CAN'T
MAINTAIN OPTIMAL PHYSICAL
DISTANCES ARE AT RISK FORCE
OUTBREAKS.
AND WE ARE TO CONTROL THE
COVID-19 EPIDEMIC, WE MUST
CONTAIN SPREAD AND STAMP OUT THE
BURNING EMBERS THAT CAN LEAD TO
NEW CHAINS OF TRANSMISSION.
TO PREVENT SIMILAR OUTBREAKS IN
SHELTERS AND OTHER CROWDED
LIVING CONDITIONS, WE HAVE TO
ADDRESS FORMER VULNERABILITIES.
TO SWITCH GEARS, I WOULD LIKE TO
RECOGNISE NATIONAL VOLUNTEER
WEEK AND EXPRESS MY THANKS TO
THE COUNTLESS CANADIANS WHO ARE
GIVING UP THEIR TIME TO HELP
DURING THESE DIFFICULT TIMES.
WHETHER YOU ARE REACHING OUT BY
GETTING GROCERIES OR MEDICINES
FOR ELDERS, FINDING NEW WAYS TO
KEEP VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
INVOLVED IN PROGRAMMING OR
PROVIDING CARE PACKAGES AND
SUPPORT TO ESSENTIAL WORKERS ON
THE ROAD AND ON THE FRONT LINES,
YOUR SUPPORT AND KINDNESS
MATTER, PROVIDING MUCH-NEEDED
CARE TO SUSTAIN OUR SPIRITS AND
SHARED HUMANITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, DR. TAM, AND NOW
WE WILL HEAR FROM THE MINISTER
OF EMPLOYMENT AND INCLUSION,
CARLA QUATRO.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> YOUNG CANADIANS FACE A SERIES
OF CHALLENGES THROUGH THIS
DIFFICULT TIME, WHETHER IT BE
INTERRUPTED STUDIES, REDUCED
WORK OPPORTUNITIES OR
DISRUPTIONS TO SUMMER INTERNSHIP
PLANS.
WITH THE SUITE OF MEASURES WE
ARE ANNOUNCING TODAY, WE ARE
TAKING ACTION.
CANADA'S POST-SECONDARY STUDENTS
ARE WORRIED HOW THEY WILL BE
ABLE TO AFFORD TUITION AND RENT
IF THEY CAN'T FIND SUMMER WORK.
WE'RE INTRODUCING A FOUR-MONTH
CANADA EMERGENCY STUDENTS
BENEFIT.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE
$1,250,000 PER MONTH BETWEEN MAY
AND AUGUST.
STUDENT ISES WITH PERMANENT
DISABILITIES AND DEPENDENTS
COULD RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL $500
A MONTH.
WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU.
THIS IS DESIGNED TO REACH THE
MAJORITY OF POST-SECONDARY
STUDENTS.
IN ADDITION, WE WILL FUND
ELIGIBILITY FOR THE CANADA
STUDENT LOAN'S PROGRAMME FOR
SEPTEMBER AND WE WILL DOUBLE THE
VALUE OF STUDENT GRANTS AND
CREASE THE CAP ON STUDENT
LOANS FROM $210 TO $350 PER WEEK
OF STUDY.
I KNOW THAT MANY YOUNG CANADIANS
ARE ANXIOUS ABOUT THE JOB
PERSPECTIVES FOR THIS SUMMER AND
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR JOBS IN
STABLE SECTORS.
WE ANNOUNCED TEMPORARY CHANGES
TO THE CANADA SUMMER JOB'S
PROGRAMME, AND THAT'S JUST THE
START.
THERE WILL BE TRAINING
OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP STUDENTS
FIND EMPLOYMENT AND DEVELOP
VALUABLE SKILLS THIS SUMMER AND
OVER THE COMING MONTHS AND WE
WILL CREATE MORE
PAID-WORKPLACEMENTS ACROSS
CRITICAL FACTORS LIKE AGRI-FOOD
AND eCOMMERCE.
WE WILL CREATE PLACEMENTS FOR
YOUNG CANADIANS IN CRITICAL
SECTORS SUCH AS CANADIAN
SERVICES AND INVESTING IN
BRINGING IMPORTANT WRAP-AROUND
SERVICES ONLINE FOR THE SUPPORT
OF STUDENT LEARNING PROGRAMMES,
LIKE MENTORING AND TUTORING TO
YOUNG PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THEY
ARE NOT FURTHER MARGINALIZED BY
COVID-19.
WE HOPE THAT THESE MEASURES AND
OTHERS MADE AS PART OF
COVID-19'S RESPONSE PLAN WILL
HELP YOUNG PEOPLE WHETHER THE
ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF THIS
PANDEMIC WHILE ENSURING HEALTH
AND SAFETY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CARLA, AND NOW WE
WILL HEAR FROM THE ASSOCIATE
MINISTER OF FINANCE.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> THANK YOU.
AS CANADIANS ARE FIGHTING
COVID-19, WE RECOGNISE THAT MANY
YOUNG CANADIANS ARE FACING AN
UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGE.
STUDENTS IN YOUTH IS SIMPLE, WE
HAVE YOUR BACK.
IN ADDITION TO THE MEASURES
ANNOUNCED BY MY COLLEAGUES,
WE'LL PROVIDE 291,000.6 MILLION
TO SUPPORT UP TO 40,000 STUDENT
RESEARCHERS AND POST DOCTORAL
FELLOWS THROUGH THE COUNCILS AND
THIS FUNDING WOULD SUPPORT A
SINGLE SEMESTER EXTENSION FOR
ELIGIBLE STUDENTS WHO INTEND TO
CONTINUE THEIR STUDIES BUT WHOSE
RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS OR
FELLOWSHIPS ARE SET TO END
BETWEEN MARCH AND AUGUST OF 20.
2020.
ON TOP OF THE MEASURES ANNOUNCED
BY MY COLLEAGUES, THERE WILL BE
$291,000 IN ORDER TO SUPPORT
40,000 STUDENTS RESEARCHERS
THROUGH DIFFERENT FEDERAL
ORGANIZATIONS.
THIS FUNDING WILL ALLOW US TO
PROLONG BY ONE SEMESTER FOR
STUDENTS WHO WOULD LIKE TO
CONTINUE THEIR STUDIES BUT FOR
WHOM FELLOWSHIPS -- WE KNOW THIS
HAS IMPACTED STUDENTS AND
INDIGENOUS YOUTHS IN A UNIQUE
WAY.
THAT'S WHY TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT
INCLUDES 75.2 MILLION IN
ADDITIONAL DISTINCTIONS BASED
SUPPORT TO FIRST NATIONS, METIS
AND INUIT FIRST POST-SECONDARY
STUDENTS.
WE KNOW THAT THIS PANDEMIC HAS A
DIFFERENT IMPACT ON INDIGENOUS
STUDENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND
THAT IS WHY $75.2 MILLION WILL
BE OFFERED FOR ADDITIONAL
SUPPORT BASED ON THE DIFFERENCES
FACED BY FIRST NATION'S
INDIGENOUS AND INUIT STUDENTS.
THESE NEW SUPPORT MEASURES WILL
HELP YOUNG CANADIANS TO GET
THROUGH THIS CRISIS.
THIS WILL ALLOW CANADA TO COME
OUT OF THIS STRONGER THAN EVER.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MONA.
AND NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM THE
MINISTER OF DIVERSITY AND
INCLUSION AND YOUTH ALSO BY
VIDEO YOUTH.
AND COULD WE HAVE A BIGGER IMAGE
OF BARTISH, PLEASE, AND BE SURE
SHE IS NOT ON MUTE.
>> I THINK I'M HERE.
>> WE CAN HEAR, BUT CAN WE TRY
TO MAKE THE IMAGE BIGGER?
START AGAIN.
IT'S PERFECT.
HERE WE GO.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
WE KNOW THAT COVID-19 DOES NOT
DISCRIMINATE AND IT HAS IMPACTED
EVERY SEGMENT OF OUR SOCIETY AND
CANADA'S YOUTH ARE NO EXCEPTION.
MY COLLEAGUES AND I, MY RIDING
OF WATERLOO HOME IS HOME TO
SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE CONCERNS
WHICH INCLUDE FINANCIAL
STABILITY, JOBS AND HOUSING.
ENHANCEMENTS TO PROGRAMMES AND
THIS PROGRAMME IS DESIGNED TO
CONNECT YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 15 TO
30 WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE.
WE'RE INCREASING THE NUMBER OF
AVAILABLE MICROGRANTS FROM 1800
TO 15,000.
THESE GRANTS ENABLE YOUNG PEOPLE
TO DESIGN AND PUT INTO ACTION
PROJECTS THAT WILL MAKE A
POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO
LIVE AND WORK IN THE COMMUNITIES
KNOW THEM BEST.
FOR EXAMPLE, OMAR OF QUEBEC WAS
GRANTED $1500 TO PROVIDE MEALS
TO RESIDENTS SEVERELY IMPACTED
BY THE CORONAVIRUS.
IN THE COMING WEEKS, WE WILL
LAUNCH A NEW STUDENT GRANT.
STUDENTS WHO GET INVOLVED TO
HELP WITH THE COVID-19 CRISIS,
WILL BE PROVIDED WITH A POST
SECONDARY COST THIS FALL.
WE KNOW THAT YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE
DIFFERENT NEEDS WHICH IS WHY THE
OPTIONS HAVE THE SUPPORTS THEY
NEED TO BOTH HELP THE
COMMUNITIES AND GAIN SKILLS AND
EXPERIENCE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, BARDISH.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> HELLO, EVERYONE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DIRECTLY
TO STUDENTS WHO ARE LISTENING TO
US FROM HOME.
TODAY, OUR GOVERNMENT IS PUTTING
FORWARD MEASURES THAT WILL ALLOW
YOU TO WEATHER THIS CRISIS.
WE ARE AWARE YOU ARE CONCERNED
AND WE COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND.
OUR YOUTH, OUR STUDENTS, OUR
FUTURE AND WE HAVE HEARD YOU.
I SPENT MOST OF MY CAREER
TEACHING YOU AND HELPING YOU TO
PREPARE FOR LIFE OUTSIDE OF THE
CLASSROOM AND I UNDERSTAND THAT
THIS SITUATION CAN BE STRESSFUL
AND DIFFICULT.
WE ARE GOING THROUGH AN
UNPRECEDENTED CRISIS, BUT WITH
THE PRIME MINISTER'S
ANNOUNCEMENT, AS WE PROMISED,
THE GOVERNMENT IS OFFERING YOU
THE SUPPORT AND OPPORTUNITIES
THAT YOU NEED IN ORDER TO GET
THROUGH THIS CRISIS AND TO KEEP
MOVING FORWARD.
WE'RE TEACHING STUDENTS AND
TRYING TO PREPARE THEM FOR LIFE
OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM AND
UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT AND
STRESSFUL THE SITUATION WAS
BEFORE THEM.
THESE ARE CHALLENGING TIMES, BUT
WITH TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT, THE
PRIME MINISTER HAS PROMISED, OUR
GOVERNMENT IS PROVIDING STUDENTS
THE OPPORTUNITIES THEY NEED TO
GET THROUGH THIS CRISIS AND KEEP
MOVING FORWARD.
FOR STUDENTS IN QUEBEC WHO ARE
LISTENING TO US, I WOULD LIKE TO
CONFIRM THAT YOU WILL ALSO BE
ELIGIBLE FOR THIS EMERGENCY
RESPONSE BENEFIT FOR STUDENTS.
FURTHERMORE, AS YOU KNOW, QUEBEC
HAS IT'S OWN SYSTEM FOR LOANS
AND BURSARIES AND I WOULD LIKE
TO BE CLEAR.
THE GOVERNMENT OF QUEBEC WILL
HAVE ACCESS TO A SPECIFIC
TRANSFER IN ORDER TO HELP QUEBEC
STUDENTS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, JEAN-YVES AND WE
ARE NOW READY TO ANSWER YOUR
QUESTIONS.
>> Operator:  ONE QUESTION, ONE
FOLLOW-UP.
PLEASE PRESS STAR 1 AT THIS TIME
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
THE FIRST QUESTION, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> Question:  HELLO, MY QUESTION
IS FOR Mr. DUCLOS.
REGARDING THE MEASURES THAT WERE
ANNOUNCED TODAY FOR STUDENTS,
YOU'VE STATED THAT THIS BENEFIT
WILL APPLY TO THOSE WHO WOULD BE
STARTING THEIR STUDIES IN
SEPTEMBER.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, DOES THIS
INCLUDE SECONDARY FIVE STUDENTS
ENTERING IN SEPTEMBER AND DOES
THIS ALSO INCLUDE PEOPLE WHO MAY
HAVE TAKEN A BREAK FROM THEIR
STUDIES OR WHO HAVEN'T BEEN
STUDYING IN THE PAST YEAR BUT
WHO WOULD BE STARTING A
BACHELOR'S OR MASTERS DEGREE IN
SEPTEMBER?
DOES THAT APPLY TO THEM?
CARLA?
>> HELLO.
MY ANSWER TO BOTH QUESTIONS IS
YES.
YOU CAN QUALIFY.
IF SOMEBODY IS STARTING OR
CONTINUING THEIR STUDIES IN
SEPTEMBER, THEY ARE ELIGIBLE.
PERFECT, THANK YOU.
AND REGARDING QUEBEC NOW, THE
PRESS CONFERENCE STATED THAT YOU
WOULD BE DOUBLING BUDGET FOR
GRANTS FOR STUDENTS AND QUEBEC
WON'T BE COMPENSATED AND HOW
MUCH MONEY WOULD QUEBEC BE
RECEIVING TO OFFER ITS OWN
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO
STUDENTS?
WHO WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND?
CARLA.
I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT AMOUNT,
BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT IT
WILL BE FAIR.
IT WILL DOUBLE GRANTS AND LOAN
AMOUNTS AND WE WILL BE HAVING
THESE DISCUSSIONS WITH QUEBEC
AND WITH THE OTHER PROBLEMS THAT
ARE NOT USING OUR SYSTEM, BUT
ABSOLUTELY, THIS NUMBER WILL BE
DOUBLED DESPAIR.
 AND FAIR.
>> Operator:  THANK YOU, NEXT
QUESTION.
THE NEXT QUESTION, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> Question:  HELLO.
THE UNION FOR THE BORDERS SAY
THAT IMMIGRANTS WOULD BE ABLE TO
CROSS THE BORDER AND THE PRIME
MINISTER WAS NOT ABLE TO ANSWER
MY QUESTION THIS MORNING.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THESE CHANGES
TO THE REGULATIONS?
I CAN GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION
THAT I HAVE.
WE RENEWED THE AGREEMENT WE HAVE
WITH THE UNITED STATES FOR 30
ADDITIONAL TO DAYS, SO THIS IS A
BORDER AGREEMENT.
THIS AGREEMENTRESTRICTS ONLY
ESSENTIAL TRAVEL BECAUSE OF
COVID-19 AND BECAUSE OF THE
REALITIES FACED IN CANADA EXPECT
UNITED STATES.
WE MADE THE RIGHT DECISION AND
WE STATED THAT STAYING HOME IS
THE BEST WAY TO MAINTAIN THE
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR
CITIZENS.
THIS AGREEMENT, AS YOU KNOW
INCLUDES AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN
CANADA AND THE U.S.
CANADA CAN REDIRECT ASSYLUM
SEEKERS TO THE UNITED STATES.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASSURE YOU THAT
THROUGH THIS AGREEMENT WITH THE
UNITED STATES, CANADA WILL
MAINTAIN ALL OF ITS
INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS.
I'VE STATED THAT MIGRANTS WOULD
BE REDIRECTED TOWARDS THE UNITED
STATES BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT
ESSENTIAL TRAVELERS.
DO YOU TURN THEM TOWARDS THE
UNITED STATES OR ARE THEY
WELCOMED IN CANADA?
I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND.
HAVE THINGS CHANGED?
>> Answer:  NO, THIS DECISION
HAS NOT CHANGED AND I WOULD LIKE
TO BE VERY CLEAR.
CANADA IS TAKING ITS
INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS QUITE
SERIOUSLY REGARDING REFUGEES
INCLUDING TURNING PEOPLE TOWARDS
THE UNITED STATES.
I WOULD LIKE TO REASSURE
CANADIANS THAT THIS AGREEMENT
THAT WE HAVE WITH THE UNITED
STATES REGARDING TURNING ASSYLUM
SEEKERS TOWARDS THE UNITED
STATES IS NOT COMPROMISING OUR
COMMITMENTS.
THAT'S ALL.
THANK YOU.
NEXT QUESTION ON THE PHONE.
>> Operator:  THE NEXT QUESTION,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> Question:  HELLO.
I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE
DISTANCE FOR STUDENTS.
WILL THIS BE OFFERED TO CANADIAN
STUDENTS ABROAD OR ONLY THOSE
WHO ARE HERE IN CANADA?
WHY DID YOU DECIDE OF THE
AMOUNT, THAT SPECIFIC AMOUNT
INSTEAD OF OFFERING THE SAME
$2,000 THAT IS OFFERED TO
WORKERS WHO ARE NOT STUDENTS?
>> Answer:  I THINK THAT IS A
QUESTION FOR CARLA.
CARLA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
RESPOND.
YES, STUDENTS NEED TO BE
STUDYING IN CANADA IN SEPTEMBER.
IT IS NOT FOR STUDENTS STUDYING
ABROAD.
THE AMOUNT OF $1250 WAS CHOSEN
BECAUSE OF OTHER SERVICES THAT
STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO OVER THE
SUMMER THROUGH THE CANADA
STUDENT LOAN AND CANADA STUDENT
GRANT.
YOUR FRENCH IS VERY GOOD,
MINISTER.
MY NEXT QUESTION HAS DO WITH
SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
PRISONS, FROM THE BEGINNING YOU
SAID YOU ARE FOLLOWING THE
SITUATION AND THAT YOU ARE
TRYING TO PROTECT THAT
POPULATION.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT CERTAIN
AREAS IN WHICH PEOPLE ARE TOO
CLOSE TOGETHER AND NOW THERE ARE
ISSUES REGARDING SITUATIONS IN
PRISON.
HOW DID WE GET HERE AND WHY WE
WERE NOT ABLE TO PROTECT
CONVICTS?
PERHAPS DR. TAM WOULD LIKE TO
ADD AN ANSWER AFTER MY ANSWER.
WE STATED FROM THE BEGINNING
THAT PRISONERS ARE A VULNERABLE
POPULATION BECAUSE OF THE
REALITY OF CONDITIONS IN
PRISONS.
WE ARE TAKING THIS SITUATION
VERY SERIOUSLY IN THE DIFFERENT
PRISONS.
MINISTER BLAIR TALKED ABOUT THIS
DURING OUR COMMITTEE MEETING
YESTERDAY.
WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH
PROVISIONAL AUTHORITIES,
ESPECIALLY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
WE ARE TAKING ADDITIONAL
MEASURES IN ORDER TO PROTECT
PRISONERS AND THOSE WHO WORK IN
THOSE INSTITUTIONS.
FOR EXAMPLE, MASKS WERE SENT
FORTHOSE WORKING IN QUESTIONS.
PERHAPS DR. TAM WOULD HAVE
SOMETHING TO ADD.
AT THE PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF
CANADA WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH
OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE PROVINCES
AND TERRITORIES.
THEY PUT A NURSE WHO SPECIALIZED
IN PREVENTION IN THE SPREAD OF
DISEASES IN ORDER TO OFFER
SUPPORT TO PRISON STAFF.
WE ARE ALSO CONTINUING TO WORK
CLOSELY WITH OUR COLLEAGUES FROM
THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN
ORDERTO ENSURE THERE IS A
PROGRAMME TO PREVENT INFECTIONSE
THESE PROGRAMMES IN PRISONS THAT
FALL UNDER FEDERAL
ADMINISTRATION.
THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M WITH THE TORONTO STAR .
DR. TAM, WE'VE HEARD PROVINCES
LIKE SASKATCHEWAN, ALBERTA,
B.C., TALK ABOUT THEIR KEENNESS
TO REOPEN SOON, BUT LOOKING AT
THE TESTING NUMBERS AND YOUR
EMPHASIS ON THE NEED FOR MASS
TESTING BEFORE WE REOPEN, CAN
YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE
WOULD BE THE OPTIMUM TESTING
LEVEL.
WHAT CAPACITY DO YOU WANT TO
SEE, NOT ONLY NOW AT EVEN 20,000
A DAY, YOU SAID, BUT THE NUMBERS
YOU POST ONLINE SUGGEST THAT
WE'RE FAR FROM WIDELY TESTING IN
CANADA.
SO WHAT'S THE OPTIMUM NUMBER AND
HOW DO YOU SEE THAT UNROLLING?
>> INTERESTINGLY NOT -- MAJORITY
OF THE COUNTRIES DON'T HAVE AN
OPTIMAL NUMBER, BUT WE NEED A
BIT OF A TARGET TO WORK WITH.
I KNOW THAT WE COLLABORATE
ACROSS CANADA WITH PROVISIONAL
TERRITORY LABORATORIES AND THAT
THE CAPACITY RIGHT NOW CAN
INCREASE TO TRIPLE THAT AMOUNT,
ESSENTIALLY, TO CLOSE TO 60,000
AND WE NEED THE WHOLE SYSTEM TO
BE WORKING AND PEOPLE BEING
TESTED.
BUT THERE ARE ESSENTIALLY AN
INCREASE IN CAPACITY BEING BUILT
WITHIN THE PROVINCE AND
TERRITORIES.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO, OF COURSE,
PROVIDE SUPPLIES AND FIGURE OUT
ALL LINES OF SLIGHT, WHETHER
IT'S REAGENTS OR SWABS AND THAT
HAPPENS ON A VERY DAILY BASIS
AND WE'RE ABLE TO SATISFY THE
REQUEST OF THE PROVINCE AND
TERRITORIES.
I THINK THAT'S JUST THE FIRST
LAYER.
WE'RE TRYING TO ASSERT IN HOW
MUCH OF THE POINT OF CARE
TESTING THE DEVICES WE CAN
ACQUIRE AND THAT'S THE CANADIAN
COMPANY.
BUT WE'RE ACQUIRING
INTERNATIONAL SOURCES, AS WELL.
THOSE ARE EXPECTED TO BE
DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE COUNTRY
BUT ARE TARGETING AT THE MORE
RURAL AREAS WHERE THEY CAN'T
ACCESS BIGGER LABS RIGHT NOW.
SO WE ARE AT THE MOMENT WORKING
OUT SOME OF THE OPTIMAL LAB
TESTING STRATEGIES GO FORWARD.
AND THAT IS JUST ON THE VIRUS
TESTING AND AS THE SEROLGIC
TESTINGS COME ON BOARD, WE'LL BE
LOOKING HOW TO ASSERT THOSE AND
ONCE THEY'RE VALIDATED, WHAT
THEIR ROLE IS IN THE ACTUAL
SUPPORT OF THE DIAGNOSTICS, AS
WELL.
SO IT IS A BIT OF A TARGET AND
EVOLUTION, BUT AS A FIRST
TRAUNCH, ROUGHLY CLOSE TO 60,000
IS WHERE THE PROVINCES CAN
POTENTIALLY EXPAND TO AS A
TARGET ALREADY.
>> Question:  JUST TO CLARIFY,
THAT 60,000 IS THE NATIONAL
FIGURE PER DAY.
YOU'RE NOT SAYING IN EACH
PROVINCE THAT WANTS TO REOPEN.
>> THAT'S THE NATIONAL.
>> Question:  YOU MENTIONED THE
SEROLOGICL TESTING AND I'M
CURIOUS YOU THINK HEALTH CANADA
IS TO APPROVING THOSE.
THEY SAID THEY'RE WORKING WITH
THE NATIONAL LAB IS HAVE
MENTIONED WITHIN WEEK.
SO HOW CLOSE ARE YOU TO HAVING
THOSE TESTS APPROVE AND HOW DO
YOU SEE THEM WORKING?
DO YOU SEE THEM AS SOMETHING
THAT IS WELL DOWN THE ROAD IN
TERMS OF ASSESSING POPULATION
IMMUNITY?
AND GIVEN THE REPORTS WE HEARD
ABOUT ASYMPTOMATIC TRANSMISSION,
HOW CRUCIAL ARE THEY?
>> YES.
SO AS THE FIRST APPLICATION, I
THINK, OF SEROLOGIC TESTING IS
TO DETECT ACROSS CANADA, WHAT
POPULATION HAD, IN FACT, BEEN
EXPOSED TO THE VIRUS BECAUSE WE
DO KNOW THAT LAP-CONFIRMED CASES
RIGHT NOW OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
PRESENTED OR WHO HAVE BEEN
TESTED IS THE TIP OF THE
ICEBERG, SO SEROLGIC TESTING
OFFERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET A
HANDLE ON WHAT THE LEVEL OF
IMMUNITY MAY BE IN CANADA.
SO THAT'S DEFINITELY ONE OF THE
KEY OBJECTIVES.
AND I THINK OUR LAB IS WORKING
REALLY HARD AT VALIDATING THE
SEROLGIC
>> I THINK THEY'RE LOOKING AT
WHAT KIND OF PUBLIC HEALTH
MEASURES CAN BE EASED OFF A BIT.
I THINK AS I'VE SAID, WE HAVE TO
TREAD CAREFULLY AT THIS POINT.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS NOT
HEEDING THAT ADVICE, IS THAT WE
NEED TO SEE PASSED THE PEAK AND
COME DOWN THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
CURVE VERY CAREFULLY AND
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN ANY GIVEN
DAY.
SO I I THINK IT IS SOMETHING
THAT THE PROVINCES ARE
REEVALUATING ALL OF THE TIME,
BUT THE OTHER WORK I'M DOING
WITH THE SPECIAL ADVISORY
COMMITTEE WITH THE CHIEF MEDICAL
OFFICERS OF HEALTH IS LOOKING AT
SOME OF THE CRITERIA FROM A
HEALTH PERSPECTIVE AS TO WHAT
THOSE INDICATORS MIGHT BE IN
ORDER TO ASSIST IN SOME OF THOSE
DECISIONS.
>> Question:  CAN YOU ELABORATE,
THEN?
IS IT TOO SOON TO BE PUTTING A
DATE ON REOPENING THE ECONOMY,
FIRST OFF?
AND WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA THAT
YOU'RE DEALING WITH WHEN TALKING
WITH CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICERS AROUND THE COUNTRY IN
TERMS OF EVALUATING WHEN IT'S
APPROPRIATE TO RELEASE OR REDUCE
SOME OF THESE PUBLIC HEALTH
MEASURES?
>> SOME OF THE CRITERIA ARE
FAIRLY TECHNICAL, BUT
ESSENTIALLY, WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT YOU'RE RIGHT AT THE
BOTTOM OF THAT EPIDEMIC CURVE.
SO INDICATIONS INCLUDING THINGS
LIKE HOSPITALIZATIONS AND CASES
REPORTED EVERYDAY AND SOME OF
THE REPRODUCTION NUMBERS.
FOR EXAMPLE, SOME OF THE TYPES
OF THINGS UNDER DISCUSSION, BUT
ALSO, THERE'S OTHER CRITERIA IN
ENSURING THAT THE HEALTH SYSTEM
IS READY TO ABSORB MORE CASES
SHOULD THAT OCCUR AND THAT ANY
OUTBREAKS, IN FACT, OF WHETHER
THEY BE IT LONG-TERM CARE
FACILITIES AND OTHERS ARE
RAPIDLY MANAGED.
IT'S TO MAKE SURE THOSE MEASURES
ARE IN PLACE AND SO THAT'S
ACTUALLY UNDER ACTIVE DISCUSSION
AND WE'RE WORKING REALLY, REALLY
HARD AT THAT, RECOGNISING WHERE
WE'RE AT THE EPIDEMIC IN CANADA
BUT DO NOT LET GO OF WHAT WE'RE
DOING NOW.
THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT
MESSAGE.
I'VE SAID THERE'S A DIFFERENT
KIND OF EPIDEMIC GOING ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
SO THE TIMING OF SOME OF THE
MEASURES AND CHANGES IN WHAT
HAPPENS, THERE MAY BE SOME
VARIATIONS IN THAT, BUT WE
WANTED TO GET A NATIONAL
APPROACH IN SOME OF THE PUBLIC
HEALTH CRITERIA.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
>> Question:  GOOD MORNING.
THERE'S THOUSANDS OF CANADIANS
HERE RIGHT NOW THAT ARE KIND OF
TRAPPED THERE AND WE'RE
WONDERING TODAY IF THERE'S ANY
PLANS TO HAVE THESE EIGHT PLANES
FROM ARMATRAK TO COME AND GET
THEM.
HOW FAR ALONG ARE WE ON THAT?
>> WE ARE VERY AWARE OF THE
PROBLEMS BEING FACED BY
CANADIANS IN INDIA.
SPEAKS AN A CONSTITUENCY M.P.
AND THERE ARE TWO OTHER M.P.s
SITTING HERE WITH ME AND TWO ON
VIDEO LINK, ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT CONSTITUENCY M.P.s ARE IN
CLOSE TOUCH WITH IS THE PERSON
SITUATION OF CANADIANS AND
THAT'S A REALLY GOOD THING.
AND WE ARE WORKING HARD TO BRING
THOSE CANADIANS BACK.
I WILL BE CANDID WITH YOU, MIKE,
AND WITH CANADIANS.
THIS IS COMPLICATED AND
CHALLENGING BECAUSE OF THE
RESTRICTIONS WHICH ARE IN PLACE
IN INDIA AROUND THE CORONAVIRUS
AND I DO ALSO WANT TO BE QUITE
CLEAR THAT THOSE CANADIANS
COMING BACK, THAT IS NOT THE END
OF THE STORY.
ANYONE WHO COMES INTO CANADA IS
SUBJECT TO MANDATORY QUARANTINE
ORDERS AND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT,
NO MATTER HOW DELIGHTED AND
RELIEVED PEOPLE ARE TO BE COMING
HOME AFTER HAVING BEEN IN A
DIFFICULT SITUATION, IT IS
ESSENTIAL THAT THEY QUARANTINE
AS SOON AS THEY GET HERE AND
WE'RE VERY FOCUSED ON THAT, TOO.
>> Question:  THERE WERE MEMBERS
OF THE B.C.'S INNUIT COMMUNITY
TRYING TO ARRANGE DELIGHTS AND D
THAT WAS SHUT DOWN.
THEY HAD PERMITS TO GET FLIGHTS
OUT.
WAS THAT SHUT DOWN ON THE
CANADIAN'S END, SOMEWHERE IN
INDIA OR DO WE HAVE ANY MORE
DETAILS ON THAT?
>> YOU KNOW, MIKE, IT IS A
DELICATE AND COMPLICATED
SITUATION, SO I'M NOT GOING TO
GO INTO THE DETAILS, APART FROM
PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OUR
OBJECTIVE NEEDS TO BE NOT TO DO
ANYTHING THAT WOULD COMPROMISE
THE ABILITY TO GET PEOPLE HOME.
WE HAVE VERY SYMPATHETIC WITH
THE CONCERNS OF PEOPLE IN CANADA
TRYING TO GET THEIR FRIENDS AND
FAMILY HOME AND WE ARE WORKING
VERY, VERY HARD TO HELP MAKE
THAT HAPPEN AND I DO REALLY WANT
TO EMPHASIZE THE SECOND PART OF
THAT IS PEOPLE COMING HOME HAVE
TO AND THEY ARE LEGALLY OBLIGED
TO ISOLATE FOR 14 DAYS.
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT PIECE THAT
WE'RE COMMITTED TO.
I DO WANT TO, AS YOU MENTIONED
B.C., THANK THE PROVINCE OF B.C.
WHICH HAS BEEN AN EXCELLENT,
VERY COMMITTED PARTNER IN
ENSURING THE QUARANTINE OF
EVERYONE ARRIVING INTO B.C.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> THANK YOU, WE'RE GOING TO
MOVE BACK TO THE PHONE FOR THREE
QUESTIONS.
THE NEXT QUESTION, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> Question:  THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
MY NEXT QUESTION IS FOR
MISS FREELAND.
I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO
ASSYLUM SEEKERS AT THE BORDER.
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND.
YOU'RE SAYING THAT NOTHING HAS
CHANGED.
HOWEVER, IN THE DEGREE THAT I
HAVE, ONE CAN SEE THAT IF PEOPLE
COME TO CANADA SEEKING ASYLUM,
THAT'S NOT INCLUDED, AND CAN YOU
EXPLAIN THAT TO ME MORE, PLEASE.
I BELIEVE WE WERE CLEAR FROM THE
START.
THERE IS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE
UNITED STATES IN ORDER TO
RESTRICT NONESSENTIAL TRAVEL.
ONE ELEMENT OF THAT AGREEMENT
WAS A DECISION MADE BETWEEN
CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES
WHICH ALLOWS CANADA TO REDIRECT
INDIVIDUALS TO THE UNITED STATES
TO ASSYLUM SEEKERS,
SPECIFICALLY.
I KNOW THERE ARE CANADIANS AND
THAT INCLUDES THE GOVERNMENT
THAT HAVE CONCERNS REGARDING
THIS PROCESS AND I CAN ASSURE
YOU THAT THROUGH THIS AGREEMENT,
WE ARE MAINTAINING OUR
INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS
REGARDING REFUGEES AND THAT
TURN-AROUND.
I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT IN WHAT
WE'RE DOING, WE ARE CERTAIN THAT
WE ARE MAINTAINING OUR
OBLIGATIONS REGARDING THOSE WHO
ARE TURNED SENT TO THE UNITED
STATES.
FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.
I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND, MADAM
FREELAND, IF AN ASYLUM SEEKER
ARRIVES AT A REGULAR BORDER
CROSSING AND HAS NO SYMPTOMS OF
COVID-19, WILL THAT PERSON BE
ABLE TO ENTER THE COUNTRY?
AND IF AN ASYLUM SEEKER TRIES TO
GO THROUGH PASSAGE, WHAT WILL
HAPPEN TO THAT PERSON?
THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH
THE UNITED STATES CONCERNS
NONESSENTIAL TRAVEL.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
CAN TRAVEL FROM THE U.S. TO
CANADA AND FROM CANADA TO THE
U.S.
SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ARE NO
LONGER ALLOWED TO ENTER INTO
CANADA.
A NEW ELEMENT REGARDING
IRREGULAR ASSYLUM SEEKERS IS
THAT IRREGULAR ASSYLUM SEEKERS
WHO TRY TO TAKE THE ROXAM PATH,
FOR EXAMPLE, ARE REDIRECTED TO
THE UNITED STATES.
I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT
WE ARE DOING THINGS IN A WAY
THAT ALLOWS US TO ENSURE PROPER
TURN-AROUND.
>> Operator:  NEXT QUESTION ON
THE PHONE, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> Question:  HI, THANK YOU.
MY FIRST QUESTION IS CONCERNING
MODELING.
CANADA HAS BEEN A COUPLE WEEKS
NOW SINCE THEY REVEALED MODELING
DATA FOR CANADA, BUT WHY IS THE
GOVERNMENT REFUSING TO RELEASE
MODELING NUMBERS FOR THE
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES?
>> SO I DIDN'T CATCH THE VERY
LAST PART OF YOUR QUESTION.
>> Question:  SORRY.
I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY THE
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA IS NOT
RELEASING NUMBERS, MODELING
NUMBERS FOR INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES.
>> SO I THINK WE COLLABORATE
WITH OUR INDIGENOUS PARTNERS AND
ANY DEPARTMENTS CAN UTILIZE.
I THINK JUST TO REEMPHASIZE THAT
MODELING IS A PLANNING TOOL, SO
AS LONG IT IS USEFUL FOR THEIR
PLANNING PURPOSES WITHIN I THINK
, I THINK THEYCAN APPLIED.
THEY HAVE VERY UNIQUE SITUATIONS
AND I THINK THAT HAS TO BE DONE
IN FULL CONSULTATION WITH
COMMUNITIES OR INDIVIDUAL
INDIGENOUS FIRST NATIONS AND
ORGANIZATIONS, AS WELL.
BUT IT IS JUST A TOOL FOR ANY
SORT OF PLANNING OR PREPAREDNESS
PURPOSES.
>> Question:  I WOULD LIKE
CLARIFICATION TO THE 75 MILLION
FOR INDIGENOUS STUDENTS.
IS THIS A PART OF THE 9 BILLION
THAT'S EARMARKED FOR EACH OF THE
CATEGORIES?
YOU SAID THERE WAS MONEY FOR
SUMMER JOBS AND MONEY FOR
SCHOLARSHIPS AND SUCH.
IS THIS ON TOP OF THAT?
OR IS THIS PART OF IT?
>> CARLA, I THINK THAT'S FOR
YOU.
MAYBE UN-MUTE YOURSELF.
>> YES, IT IS A PART OF THE
BROADER 8.$8 BILLION PACKAGE
THAT WE ANNOUNCED TODAY,
INCLUDING THE PROGRAMMING,
CANADA STUDENT LOANS, THE NEW
BENEFITS AND, OF COURSE, THE
SERVICE BENEFIT MY COLLEAGUE
TALKED ABOUT.
SO IT'S A PART OF THE BIGGER
PACKAGE, YES.
>> Operator:  THE NEXT QUESTION
FROM RADIO-CANADA.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
(SPEAKING FRENCH.
>> Question:  I WOULD LIKE TO GO
BACK TO ASSYLUM SEEKERS AT THE
BORDER.
THIS MORNING, THE UNION OF
EMPLOYEES STATED THAT CHANGES
HAPPENED YESTERDAY AND THAT IT
WAS RESERVED FOR THESE ASSYLUM
SEEKERS SO THAT THEY MIGHT SPEND
14 DAYS IN QUARANTINE THERE
BEFORE THEIR REQUEST WAS
PROCESSED.
IS THAT TRUE?
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE
QUESTION.
OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED
STATES HAS NOT CHANGED.
WHEN WE RENEWED THIS AGREEMENT
FOR 30 DAYS, THE AGREEMENT WAS
THE SAME -- IT'S THE SAME AS IT
WAS IN MARCH.
I HAVE NOT SPOKEN DIRECTLY WITH
THE UNION.
HOWEVER, WE WILL BE TALKING WITH
THE UNION OR MINISTER BLAIR WILL
DO SO IN ORDER TO CLARIFY
INFORMATION, BUT I CAN ASSURE
YOU THAT THE AGREEMENT HAS NOT
CHANGED.
FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.
>> Question:  YES, THANK YOU.
MY NEXT QUESTION REGARDING
SWABS.
IN NEW BRUNSWICK, ONTARIO AND IN
QUEBEC, QUEBEC STATED HAVING
RECEIVED SWABS THAT WERE
CONTAMINATED.
ARE THESE SWABS COMING FROM THE
SAME PROVIDER THAT WAS
PROBLEMATIC LAST TIME?
CAN YOU TELL US THE NECESSARY
MEASURES WERE TAKEN SO THAT
DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN?
REGARDING SWABS, THEY ARE AN
ESSENTIAL ELEMENT FOR US BECAUSE
SWABS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR TESTING.
THERE WAS A PROBLEM TEN DAYS AGO
WITH SWABS RECEIVED FROM CHINA.
WHEN THAT HAPPENED, WE MADE THE
DECISION TO DIVERSIFY THE
SERVICES OF SWABS AND NOW WE
WORK WITH DIFFERENT COMPANIES
WHO SEND SWABS TO CANADA.
>> Rosemary:  WE'LL PULL AWAY
FROM THE FEDERAL BRIEFING FROM
CABINET MINISTERS GIVING US
DETAILS.
PERHAPS I'LL HIGHLIGHT ONE OF
THE THINGS BY DR. TAM AND THAT'S
IN REGARD TO TESTING WHICH WE
KNOW IS KEY TO GETTING THE
PUBLIC HEALTH RESTRICTIONS
EASED A LITTLE BIT IS SHE
BELIEVES THE COUNTRY CAN GET UP
TO 20,000 A DAY.
LET ME BRING IN DAVID COCHRAN
AND AGAIN, JUST MORE DETAILS,
REALLY, ABOUT HOW STUDENTS ARE
BEING OFFERED SOME ADDITIONAL
SUPPORTS TODAY, DAVID.
>> David:  IT'S ALMOST A
FOUR-PART AID PROGRAMME FOR
STUDENTS.
AN INCOME-REPLACEMENT PROGRAMME
TO THE CERB.
STUDENT AID CHANGES MAKING IT
EASIER TO QUALIFY.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT CHANGES AND
THEN GRANTS FOR VOLUNTEERING AND
THE WAY IT WORKS, THE INCOME
REPLACEMENT IS FOR ANYBODY WHO
IS A POST-SECONDARY STUDENT NOW
OR GRADUATED AT THE END OF LAST
YEAR OR WILL BE A STUDENT IN
SEPTEMBER, FROM MAY TO AUGUST,
$250,000 IS YOURS FOR THE TAKES
AND THAT CAN INCREASE TO 1750 IF
YOU HAVE SOMEONE TO CARE FOR.
ROSIE, SOMETHING I DID GET
CLARIFICATION ON FROM THE PRIME
MINISTER'S OFFICE, YOU CAN GET
THE INCOME SUPPORT.
YOU CAN MAKE A THOUSAND DOLLARS
WORKING AND THE VOLUNTEER GRANTS
THAT THEY PUT ON THE TABLE,
PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEER IN THE
BATTLE AGAIN COVID-19, YOU CAN
GET A GRAND UP TO $5,000,
DEPENDING ON VOLUNTEER HOURS AND
YOU CAN GET ALL THREE.
YOU CAN STACK THE INCOME SUPPORT
ON TOP OF PART-TIME AND THAT
WILL HELP YOU TRANSITION IN THE
TIME OF CRISIS AND YOU CAN GET
ALL THREE LEVELS OF THAT.
THAT'S ON TOP OF THE DOUBLING OF
STUDENT GRANTS WE'VE SEEN FOR
LOW-INCOME STUDENTS GOING INTO
NEXT YEAR AND MAKING IT EASIER
TO QUALIFY FOR STUDENT LOANS.
A SUITE OF THINGS DESIGNED TO
PAY FOR ONE OF THE BIG CRACKS
LEFT OUT OF THE ROLL-OUT OF THE
CERB.
>> Rosemary:  AND 75 MILLION FOR
METIS AND A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON
THEM.
MY THANKS TO YOU DAVID AND VASSY
KAPELOS I'LL LET YOU KNOW THAT
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYS
THERE'S MORE SUPPORT COMING ARE
COMING FORSENIORS.
I'LL TURN AWAY FROM OUR COVERAGE
HERE IN OTTAWA AND LEAVE YOU FOR
THE DAY.
ANDREW HAS BREAKING NEWS THAT WE
CONTINUE TO COVER ON NEWS
NETWORK.
