 
JUSTIN TRUDEAU'S DAILY ADDRESS 
ON THE PANDEMIC.
HE IS EXPECTED TODAY TO TALK 
MORE ABOUT THE NEED TO PRODUCE 
IN HOUSE IN THIS COUNTRY 
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
WE WILL SPEAK WITH ONE OF THE 
INDUSTRY LEADERS WORKING WITH 
GOVERNMENTS TO RAMP UP THAT 
MADE-IN-CANADA PRODUCTION OF 
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
WE'RE ALSO EXPECTING TODAY FOR 
QUÉBEC TO RELEASE PROJECTIONS 
LATER OF JUST WHAT THE COVID-19 
CRISIS COULD LOOK LIKE IN THAT 
PROVINCE.
IT'S THE PROVINCE THAT'S BEEN 
HIT THE HARDEST SO FAR AND IT'S 
THE SAME TYPE OF MODELLING DATA 
WE SAW IN ONTARIO LAST WEEK.
ALBERTA ALSO EXPECTED TO GIVE US
A GLIMPSE INTO THEIR MODELLING 
WITH THE PREMIER, WITH A FULL 
BRIEFING TOMORROW.
AND OF COURSE THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT STILL PROMISING TO 
RELEASE ITS OWN PROJECTIONS.
A COUPLE OF OTHER UPDATES FROM 
OVERNIGHT AND YESTERDAY.
THE CANADA EMERGENCY RESPONSE 
BENEFIT WHICH SO MANY PEOPLE 
WERE ANXIOUS TO GET GOING, IT 
CONTINUES TODAY OBVIOUSLY, BUT 
YESTERDAY THERE WERE CLOSE TO A 
MILLION NEW APPLICATIONS.
SINCE MARCH 15, THERE HAVE BEEN 
3.67 MILLION CERB CLAIMS.
THOSE INCLUDE THE CLAIMS FOR THE
EMERGENCY RELIEF BENEFIT AND 
EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.
EVERYTHING HAS NOW BEEN TUCKED 
INTO THE SAME RUBRIC.
IN TERMS OF SOME GOOD NEWS 
BECAUSE WE TRY TO GIVE YOU A 
LITTLE BIT OF THAT AS WELL.
IN B.C. YESTERDAY THEY REPORTED 
THAT HOSPITALIZATIONS AND ACTIVE
CASES HAVE BEEN FLAT FOR THE 
LAST WEEK, THAT THE GROWTH CURVE
AT ANY RATE HAS FLATTENED.
WE KNOW THAT THAT IS SOMETHING 
THAT IS KEY TO GET A HANDLE ON 
THE PANDEMIC.
SO THAT'S A BIT OF GOOD NEWS.
OF COURSE EVERYBODY LOOKING TO 
TRY TO FLATTEN THE CURVE AS THIS
PANDEMIC CONTINUES.
LET'S TAKE YOU TO RIDEAU COTTAGE
IF WE HAVE THAT SHOT.
THAT'S THE PRIME MINISTER'S HOME
HERE IN OTTAWA.
HE'S EXPECTED TO SPEAK IN 13 
MINUTES' TIME.
LET'S START WITH MY COLLEAGUES 
THE HOST OF "POWER & POLITICS", 
VASSY KAPELOS, AND DAVID 
COCHRANE.
I LIKE TO START WITH SOME GOOD 
NEWS BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT.
VASSY, WHAT ARE WE EXPECTING 
FROM THE PRIME MINISTER TODAY?
>> Vassy: IT SOUNDS LIKE THE 
ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE GOOD NEWS 
AND WE HAVE TO SEE THE DETAILS 
OF IT, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, ROSIE, 
IT WILL FOCUS ON PROCUREMENT AND
I'M TOLD ON THE PRODUCTION OF 
VENTILATORS IN CANADA AND AN 
AGREEMENT WITH THREE CANADIAN 
COMPANIES TO PRODUCE THOSE.
I'M NOT SURE OF THE TIMELINE.
TIMELINES ARE OBVIOUSLY VERY 
IMPORTANT BECAUSE THOSE 
VENTILATORS COULD BE IN NEED 
VERY SOON, BUT THE FOCUS IS VERY
MUCH ON FOLLOWING THE 
CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD OVER THE 
LAST FEW DAYS, DOMESTIC SUPPLY 
CHAINS, DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF 
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, 
AND THE MEDICAL SUPPLIES THAT 
ARE SO CRUCIAL AT THIS POINT.
SO THAT WILL BE THE FOCUS OF THE
PRIME MINISTER'S COMMENTS TODAY.
AGAIN, I'LL BE FOCUSING ON AGAIN
AS WELL THE TIMELINES LAID OUT, 
IF THERE ARE ANY TIMELINES.
ALSO SOMETHING TO NODE WE'VE 
BEEN COVERING EXTENSIVELY ON THE
NETWORK, THE HOSPITALIZATION AND
ADMISSION TO THE INTENSIVE CARE 
UNIT OF BRITISH PRIME MINISTER 
BORIS JOHNSON.
THE PRIME MINISTER IS EXPECTED 
TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS ON THAT AS
WELL, ROSIE.
>> Rosemary: THAT'S GREAT.
WE'LL TALK TO DOMINIC VALITIS IN
A MINUTE TO GET THE LATEST ON 
HIS HEALTH.
OUR COLLEAGUE MIKE CRAWLEY SAYS 
THAT IN I.C.U. BEDS IN ONTARIO 
NEARLY 2,000 BEDS HAVE 
VENTILATORS, AN INCREASE OF 50% 
SINCE MARCH.
THERE IS A RAMP UP EVERYWHERE.
YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE LAYING THE 
GROUNDWORK FOR A POTENTIAL 
SURGE.
DAVID, I KNOW YOU REPORTED ON 
THIS ON "THE NATIONAL" LAST 
NIGHT, BUT IN CASE ANYONE MISSED
IT.
THERE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN AN 
AGREEMENT WITH 3M.
>> David: YES, WHEN DOUG FORD 
FOUND OUT THAT 3 MILLION N95 
MASKS HAD BEEN STOPPED AT THE 
BORDER AND ONLY 500,000 WENT 
THROUGH.
THIS WAS AS A RESULT OF DONALD 
TRUMP STOPPING EXPORTS OF 
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT 
OUT OF THE UNITED STATES, 
TARGETING 3M.
DOUG FORD SAID WE ONLY HAD A 
WEEK'S SUPPLY OF EQUIPMENT.
FRANÇOIS LEGAULT WAS ALSO 
COUNTING DOWN HIS SUPPLIES, ALL 
SPEAKING TO THE INCREASE BURN 
RATE AS MORE AND MORE CASES 
APPEAR.
THE ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL NEED TO 
KEEP SUPPLIES OPEN.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT WOULD 
GO.
DONALD TRUMP GAVE A NEWS 
CONFERENCE AND SAID SOME THINGS 
THAT NEEDED SOME CLARIFICATION.
HE SAID HE HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH
3M TO GET 167 MILLION MASKS OVER
THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.
NO INDICATION OF WHAT THAT MEANT
FOR CANADA UNTIL LATER WHEN 3M 
RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING THE 
AGREEMENT WITH THE WHITE HOUSE 
ALLOWS THEM TO CONTINUE THEIR 
SHIPMENT OF SUPPLIES SO AS NOT 
TO CAUSE HUMANITARIAN ISSUES IN 
OTHER COUNTRIES AND THEY SINGLED
OUT CANADA AND LATIN AMERICA 
WHERE THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO 
SHIP GEAR.
A BIG SIGH OF RELIEF THERE AS AT
SUPPLY LINE STAYS OPEN FOR THESE
MASKS.
THIS IS CRITICAL ON THE 
FRONTLINE.
THIS WILL BE BACKSTOPPED ON THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY.
30,000 VENTILATORS BEING BUILT 
IN CANADA.
IDEALLY THAT WOULD BE A LOT MORE
THAN THE COUNTRY NEEDS.
THE OTHER DETERMINING STEP, 
ROSIE, IS THE NUMBER OF MEDICAL 
PROFESSIONALS WHO CAN ACTUALLY 
USE VENTILATORS.
YOU HAVE TO BE SPECIFICALLY 
TRAINED.
IT REQUIRES A TEAM.
THERE HAS BEEN A SUGGESTION THAT
YOU COULD DO TWO OR THREE 
VENTILATORS INSTEAD OF JUST ONE 
AS THINGS GET STRETCHED THESE 
DAYS AND EVEN CROSS TRAIN PEOPLE
DEALING WITH MACHINES TO TEACH 
THEM HOW TO USE VENTILATORS.
THE HUMAN CAPACITY AS WELL AS 
THE INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY OF 
BUILDING THESE THINGS.
THAT IS PART OF THAT WHOLE 
TILTING OF THE INDUSTRIAL POLICY
THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE PAY OFF 
TODAY IS THESE 30,000 
VENTILATORS FROM COMPANIES IN 
ADDITION TO THORNHILL MEDICAL, 
WHICH IS THE INITIAL ONE THAT 
PRODUCES PORTABLE VENTILATORS.
THESE ARE GOING TO BE 
FULL-SIZED.
>> Rosemary: GOOD INFORMATION 
THERE.
THIS IS PREPARING FOR THE 
WORST-CASE SCENARIO.
WHAT EVERYONE IS HOPING, 
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, PUBLIC 
HEALTH OFFICIALS, AND YOU AT 
HOME ARE HOPING WE CAN GET A 
HANDLE ON THE PANDEMIC.
PART OF THAT IS TO PRACTICE 
PHYSICAL DISTANCING, STAY HOME 
IF YOU CAN, DON'T LEAVE THE 
HOUSE EXCEPT TO GET GROCERIES.
AND THEN THIS NEW ADVICE FROM 
THE CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER 
OFFICER IS IF YOU FEEL 
COMFORTABLE WEARING A HOMEMADE 
MASK IN A PLACE YOU CAN'T GET 
SOCIAL DISTANCING, GROCERY 
STORE, TRANSIT, YOU CAN DO THAT 
AS WELL.
OBVIOUSLY THE FOCUS IS SPLIT 
HERE IN TERMS OF PREPARING FOR 
THE EVENTUAL OUTCOME, BUT HOPING
WE DON'T GET THERE OR GETTING 
THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM PREPARED 
IF WE DO GET THERE.
AS VASSY MENTIONED, LAST 
OVERNIGHT AND YESTERDAY WE HEARD
ABOUT U.K. PRIME MINISTER BORIS 
JOHNSON'S CONDITION.
WE ARE HOPING TO GET MORE 
DETAILS ABOUT THAT, BUT HE WAS 
HIMSELF TRANSFERRED TO THE 
INTENSIVE CARE UNIT IN THE 
UNITED KINGDOM.
HE HAS OF COURSE BEEN DIAGNOSED 
WITH COVID-19, AND OBVIOUSLY THE
SITUATION IS A FAIRLY SERIOUS 
ONE.
LET'S GO TO DOMINIC VALITIS IN 
THE UNITED KINGDOM, IN BRISTOL.
DOMINIC, WHAT IS THE LATEST WE 
KNOW?
>> Dominic: WE HAD AN UPDATE 
FROM THE PRIME MINISTER'S 
SPOKESPERSON.
HE WAS STABLE OVERNIGHT, IS 
BEING GIVEN OXYGEN, BUT IS NOT 
ON A VENTILATOR AND HAS NOT BEEN
DIAGNOSED WITH PNEUMONIA.
FINALLY ONE LINE TO SAY THE 
PRIME MINISTER IS IN GOOD 
SPIRITS.
SOME ENCOURAGING NEWS THERE 
ABOUT PRIME MINISTER BORIS 
JOHNSON'S MEDICAL CONDITION.
BUT OF COURSE THIS HAS ALL COME 
AT A HUGE SHOCK AND MESSAGES OF 
SUPPORT HAVE BEEN COMING IN FROM
AROUND THE WORLD ALL DAY TODAY.
EARLY THE QUEEN SENT A MESSAGE 
OF SUPPORT TO BORIS JOHNSON.
HIS PARTNER, CARRIE SYMONDS, WHO
OF COURSE IS EXPECTING THEIR 
FIRST CHILD IMMINENTLY.
AND HER MAJESTY'S MESSAGE 
READ -- HER MAJESTY SAID THEY 
WERE IN HER THOUGHTS AND THAT 
SHE WISHED THE PRIME MINISTER A 
FULL AND SPEEDY RECOVERY.
A MESSAGE OF SUPPORT TOO, ROSIE,
FROM PRINCE WILLIAM THIS 
AFTERNOON TO BORIS JOHNSON.
HE SAID, OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH 
THE PRIME MINISTER AND HIS 
FAMILY.
HE, LIKE SO MANY IN THE U.K., 
AND AROUND THE WORLD ARE 
AFFECTED BY CORONAVIRUS.
WE WISH HIM A SPEEDY RECOVERY.
ENCOURAGING NEWS THERE, ROSIE.
WE ARE EXPECTING ANOTHER UPDATE 
ON THE PRIME MINISTER'S HEALTH 
CONDITION LATER ON TODAY IN, I 
SUSPECT, AN HOUR FROM NOW DURING
THE DAILY BRIEFING.
>> Rosemary: GOOD.
WE WILL STAND BY FOR THAT.
OBVIOUSLY THE PRIME MINISTER DID
RECEIVE SOME OXYGEN, NOT ON A 
VENTILATOR.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE 
RUNNING OF GOVERNMENT?
IS HE INVOLVED?
HOW INVOLVED IS HE AT THIS 
STAGE?
>> Dominic: THIS IS WHERE THINGS
GET CONFUSING.
PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THE U.K. 
DOESN'T HAVE A WRITTEN 
CONSTITUTION.
THERE ARE NO WRITTEN RULES OR 
MANUAL OR HANDBOOK AS TO WHAT 
HAPPENS IF THE PRIME MINISTER --
IF A PRIME MINISTER, RATHER, IS 
INCAPACITATED.
EARLIER AS WELL AS GIVING THAT 
HEALTH UPDATE HIS SPEAKSPERSON 
WAS KEEN TO UNDERLINE THE FACT 
THAT THE PRIME MINISTER IS STILL
A PRIME MINISTER, AND THAT TIES 
INTO A SCHOOL OF THOUGHT HERE, 
ROSIE, THAT PRIME MINISTERS ARE 
PRIME MINISTERS UNLESS THEY 
RESIGN OR DIE.
NOW, DOMINIC RAAB, WHO IS THE 
FOREIGN SECRETARY, IS NOW 
STANDING IN AT BORIS JOHNSON'S 
REQUEST TO DEPUTIZE, BUT ONLY 
WHERE NECESSARY.
THAT'S BECAUSE AS WELL AS BEING 
THE FOREIGN SECRETARY, DOMINIC 
RAAB IS ALSO FIRST SECRETARY OF 
STATE.
THAT ADDITIONAL POSITION HAS 
BEEN INTERPRETED TO MEAN HE IS 
NOW THE CABINET MINISTER 
DESIGNATED TO STAND IN.
NOW, RAAB MAKING DECISIONS IN 
CERTAIN AREAS, CERTAIN MINOR 
AREAS LIKE APPOINTING JUDGES OR 
MINISTERS TO THE CHURCH OF 
ENGLAND IS VIEWED AS NOT TOO 
PROBLEMATIC.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MAJOR 
DECISIONS LIKE MILITARY ACTION, 
IT IS MORE SO.
PART OF THE PROBLEM IS WE DON'T 
HAVE A WRITTEN CONSTITUTION, BUT
WHAT WE DO HAVE IS SOMETHING OF 
A HISTORICAL PRECEDENT HERE.
IF YOU GO BACK TO 1953, SIR 
WINSTON CHURCHILL SUFFERED A 
STROKE.
RAAB BUTLER, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
EX-CHECKER WAS APPOINTED AS THE 
LEADER OF THE CABINET.
THAT IS SWINGING INTO PLACE, 
THAT THE CABINET WILL MAKE 
COLLECTIVE DECISIONS WITH 
DOMINIC RAAB AT THE HELM. 
>> Rosemary: DOMINIC VALITIS 
WITH THE VERY LATEST ON THE 
PRIME MINISTER'S HEALTH.
WE HOPE TO GET A BRIEFING IN AN 
HOUR.
APPRECIATE IT.
LET'S BRING BACK VASSY AND 
DAVID.
OBVIOUSLY THOSE KINDS OF STORIES
HIT HOME BECAUSE OUR PRIME 
MINISTER EXPERIENCED COVID-19 
WITH HIS WIFE, NOW BETTER AND 
DOING FINE, BUT THE PRIME 
MINISTER STILL SELF-ISOLATING TO
SOME EXTENT.
HE MADE IT CLEAR THE OTHER DAY 
THAT HE'S DOING WELL AND HAS NO 
SYMPTOMS, BUT HE WANTS TO SET AN
EXAMPLE FOR CANADIANS IN TERMS 
OF WORKING FROM HOME.
IT SHOWS YOU THIS PANDEMIC HITS 
ALL PEOPLE.
IT GOES AFTER EVERYONE AND IS 
EXTREMELY CONTAGIOUS.
WE WILL BRING YOU THE LATEST ON 
THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER AS WE
HAVE IS MORE.
LET'S GO BACK AS WE WAIT FOR OUR
PRIME MINISTER BACK TO THE CERB.
I AM GETTING TWEETS.
I PUT OUT THE NUMBERS OF THE 
HUGE NUMBER OF CLAIMS THAT HAVE 
BEEN MADE AND PROCESSED, BUT 
THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE LEFT OUT 
AND WE HOPE TO HEAR FROM THE 
GOVERNMENT ON SOME OF THOSE 
PEOPLE, VASSY.
>> Vassy: YEAH, I PRIME MINISTER
MENTIONED IT YESTERDAY.
WE ARE SPEAKING HERE 
PARTICULARLY OF PEOPLE WHO 
AREN'T COVERED BY THE CERB.
THE PRIME MINISTER DESCRIBED 
THEM AS PEOPLE WHO ARE REDUCED 
TO FEWER THAN 10 HOURS A WEEK OR
PART TIME OR THOSE IN CARE HOMES
WHERE IT'S MORE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR
THEM TO GO ON THE CERB INSTEAD 
OF WORKING.
THE WAY THAT IS TO BE ADDRESSED 
WILL BE UNVEILED.
THE PRIME MINISTER SAID IT'S 
COMING IN THE COMING DAYS.
THE EMPLOYMENT MINISTER SAID IT 
COULD BE PART OF LEGISLATION OR 
WORKED INTO THE WAGE SUBSIDY.
THEY WEREN'T CLEAR ON WHICH 
METHOD WOULD ADDRESS THOSE 
PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT COVERED BY 
THE CERB, BUT THEY ARE PROMISING
TO DO SO.
THEY DON'T WANT TO INTRODUCE A 
NEW SYSTEM FOR THOSE PEOPLE.
THEY DON'T WANT TO TAKE TWO 
WEEKS TO TEST OUT THAT SYSTEM.
IF THE TECHNICAL ASPECT OF THE 
CERB IS WORKING, IF THE 
TECHNICAL ASPECT OF THE WAGE 
SUBSIDY ENDS UP WORKING, THEY 
WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITHIN THOSE 
SYSTEMS TO TRY TO ADDRESS THOSE 
GAPS, BUT AGAIN NO SPECIFIC 
TIMELINE WHEN THAT WILL HAPPEN, 
OTHER THAN THE COMING DAYS. 
>> Rosemary: THAT MAKES SENSE.
WE'RE MORE THAN 24 HOURS IN, BUT
THE C.R.A. WAS ABLE TO PROCESS 
1,000 APPLICATIONS A MINUTE 
WHICH IS FAIRLY EXTRAORDINARY 
FOR ANYONE, INCLUDING 
GOVERNMENT, AND CERTAINLY BELIES
THE NOTION THAT GOVERNMENT 
CANNOT DO THINGS QUICKLY.
I GUESS THEY CAN IN EXTREME 
CIRCUMSTANCES.
YOU WOULD SEE WHY THEY WOULD 
WANT TO USE THE SAME METHOD 
GOING FORWARD TO CAPTURE PEOPLE.
OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU CREATE POLICY
SO QUICKLY, PEOPLE GET LEFT OUT.
WE'RE ONLY A MINUTE AWAY FROM 
THE PRIME MINISTER SO MAYBE THIS
ISN'T FAIR, DAVID, BUT WHAT IS 
THE LATEST WE'RE HEARING ON THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROJECTIONS 
BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT 
FROM QUÉBEC?
>> David: WE MAY HEAR THAT, BUT 
WE'RE GOING TO SEE THERE'S A 
SHORTAGE OF MEDICAL GOWNS AND WE
HAVE COMPANIES LIKE STANFIELD 
AND CANADA GOOSE MAKING THE 
GOWNS.
COMPANIES MAKING AIRBAGS AND A 
WRAP FOR A HOUSE DURING 
CONSTRUCTION, THEY'RE GOING TO 
RETOOL TO PROVIDE THE 
MEDICAL-GRADE FABRIC THAT THESE 
COMPANIES NEED TO TURN THESE 
GOWNS INTO ITEMS FOR THE 
FRONTLINES.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS POLICY 
IN CANADA THAT NAVDEEP BAINS 
ROLLED OUT COMING TO REALITY 
NOW.
THE 3,000-PLUS COMPANIES THAT 
RAISED THEIR HANDS AND SAID 
THEY'RE HERE, SHOW US HOW, 
THEY'RE GOING TO SWITCH TO 
MAKING VENTILATORS AND PEOPLE 
WHO MAKE AIRBAGS AND BUILDING 
SUPPLIES ARE GOING TO MAKE THE 
GOWNS NEEDED ON THE FRONTLINES.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE DOMESTIC
SECURITY THAT THE PRIME MINISTER
WHO IS WALKING OUT SAID WE 
WANTED, COMES TO FRUITION.
>> Rosemary: IT'S THE INGENUITY 
OF THESE COMPANIES MAKING THE 
SWITCH, IT'S AMAZING.
HERE IS THE PRIME MINISTER OF 
CANADA.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH 
PRIME MINISTER JOHNSON AND HIS 
FAMILY DURING THIS TIME.
I'VE WORKED WITH BORIS FOR SOME 
TIME NOW, AND I KNOW HOW 
COMMITTED HE IS TO SERVING THE 
PEOPLE OF THE U.K.
HE IS A FIGHTER AND HE WILL BE 
FIGHTING NOW TO REGAIN HIS 
HEALTH AND GET BACK TO THE JOB 
HE LOVES.
SOPHIE AND I AND ALL CANADIANS 
ARE WISHING HIM A SPEEDY 
RECOVERY.
TO OUR BRITISH FRIENDS, 
CANADIANS STAND WITH YOU.
WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS 
TOGETHER.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] EVERY TIME THAT WE 
HEAR SOMEONE HAS BEEN 
HOSPITALIZED BECAUSE OF 
9
COVID-19, WE'RE WORRIED.
BUT WE MUST REMEMBER THAT WE ARE
NOT POWERLESS IN THE FACE OF 
THIS SITUATION.
EVERYONE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE 
SOLUTION AND YOU KNOW WHAT TO 
DO.
STAY HOME AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, 
EVEN WHEN IT IS LOVELY OUTSIDE.
I KNOW THAT IT'S EVEN MORE 
DIFFICULT THESE DAYS WITH SPRING
COMING, BUT WE MUST CONTINUE TO 
FOLLOW THAT ADVICE NOW.
IF WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE 
ADVANTAGE OF SUMMER IN A FEW 
MONTHS.
ONLY GO OUT IF YOU NEED TO BUY 
GROCERIES, AND EVEN THEN TRY TO 
GO AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE AND 
THAT APPLIES TO EVERYONE, 
WHEREVER YOU MAY LIVE OR WHAT 
YOU DO IN LIFE.
HAVING SAID THAT, SOME PEOPLE 
ARE ABLE TO DO EVEN MORE BECAUSE
THEY HAVE SPECIAL SKILLS OR 
RESOURCES THAT WE NEED RIGHT 
NOW.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE ARE OFFERING 
FULL-TIME JOBS TO RESERVISTS IN 
THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES.
THAT WAY, IF COMMUNITIES NEED 
MORE SUPPORT, WE WILL BE READY.
HEALTH CANADA IS ALSO RECRUITING
VOLUNTEERS TO HELP OUT OUR 
FRONTLINE WORKERS.
A FEW WEEKS AGO WE ASKED FOR 
COMPANIES TO PRODUCE ITEMS THAT 
ARE VERY MUCH IN DEMAND NOW.
SINCE THEN, ALMOST 5,000 
CANADIAN COMPANIES HAVE GOTTEN 
IN TOUCH WITH US TO OFFER THEIR 
SERVICES.
ON BEHALF OF ALL CANADIANS, I 
THANK YOU.
IT'S TRULY INSPIRING TO SEE SO 
MANY PEOPLE WANTING TO HELP.
[end of translation] OVER THE 
PAST FEW WEEKS NEARLY 5,000 
CANADIAN COMPANIES HAVE 
STEPPED-UP TO FIGHT COVID-19.
ON BEHALF OF ALL CANADIANS, 
THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP.
AS THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19 
INTENSIFIES, THE NEED FOR 
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT IS
GOING UP.
TO KEEP OUR FRONTLINE WORKERS 
SAFE FROM COVID-19, WE NEED A 
SUSTAINABLE AND STABLE SUPPLY OF
THESE PRODUCTS, AND THAT MEANS 
MAKING THEM AT HOME.
WITH OUR PLAN TO MOBILIZE 
INDUSTRY, WE'RE HELPING 
COMPANIES TO RETOOL, REPURPOSE, 
AND INNOVATE TO FIGHT COVID-19.
WE'VE ALREADY SIGNED LETTERS OF 
INTENT WITH A NUMBER OF PARTNERS
TO PRODUCE THE THINGS WE NEED, 
AND TODAY WE HAVE MORE GOOD NEWS
TO SHARE.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THORNHILL, 
MEDICAL, C.A.O., VENTILATORS FOR
CANADIANS, AND A GROUP LED BY 
STARFISH MEDICAL TO PRODUCE UP 
TO 30,000 MADE-IN-CANADA 
VENTILATORS.
THESE PURCHASES WILL INCREASE 
OUR CAPACITY TO MAKE SURE THESE 
LIFE-SAVING MACHINES ARE MADE 
RIGHT HERE AT HOME.
WE'RE WORKING WITH NOBEL PRIZE 
WINNER DR. ART MCDONALD WHO IS 
WORKING ON MAKING VENTILATORS 
THAT ARE EASY TO MAKE.
AND TO MAKE GOWNS IN CANADA, WE 
ARE TEAMING UP WITH OVER 20 
COMPANIES, INCLUDING ACTERYX, 
CANADA GOOSE, AND STANFIELD.
WHAT IS GREAT TO SEE IS NOT JUST
HOW MANY COMPANIES ARE PRODUCING
THESE GOODS, BUT INNOVATING.
FOR EXAMPLE, AUTO LIVES IS 
LOOKING TO MAKE MEDICAL GOWNS 
OUT OF MATERIAL IT NORMALLY USES
TO MAKE AIRBAGS.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] AT THE SAME TIME, 
OUR GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO 
PURCHASE MASKS TO PROTECT OUR 
HEALTHCARE WORKERS WHO ARE DOING
EXTRAORDINARY WORK.
WE HAVE ORDERED MILLIONS OF 
SURGICAL MASKS FROM A NUMBER OF 
CANADIAN COMPANIES AND WE 
SUPPORT MEDICOM WHICH WILL 
INCREASE ITS CAPACITY OF N95 
MASKS.
WE ARE PURCHASING THE 
DISINFECTANT FOR THE HANDS AND 
HEALTH CANADA HAS AUTHORIZED THE
SALE OF MORE THAN 85 OF THESE 
PRODUCTS IN CANADA.
SOME PRODUCTS WILL TAKE LONGER 
TO MANUFACTURE THAN OTHERS, BUT 
EVERY SINGLE WEEK WE ARE MOVING 
FORWARD TO INCREASE OUR CAPACITY
TO PRODUCE THEM.
I WANT TO THANK MINISTER BAINS 
WHO IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB 
THESE DAYS.
I ALSO KNOW THAT A NUMBER OF 
PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT A 
SHORTAGE OF MATERIALS.
LOOKING AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN 
OTHER COUNTRIES, AND I 
UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS, 
PARTICULARLY IF YOU OR ONE OF 
YOUR LOVED ONES WORKS IN 
HEALTHCARE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU 
WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN 
TO AVOID THAT HAPPENING.
[end of translation] OUR 
GOVERNMENT IS WORKING 
AROUND-THE-CLOCK TO ENSURE OUR 
FRONTLINE WORKERS HAVE WHAT THEY
NEED TO SAVE LIVES AND STAY 
SAFE.
WHILE LOOKING TO GET EQUIPMENT 
FROM CANADIAN SOURCES, WE'RE 
ALSO IN TOUCH WITH THOSE AROUND 
THE WORLD WHO WANT TO SELL TO 
CANADA.
WE'RE EXPECTING 500,000 MASKS TO
CANADA.
WHETHER YOU'RE MAKING MEDICAL 
GOWNS, DELIVERING VENTILATORS, 
OR TREATING A PATIENT WITH 
COVID-19, WE HAVE YOUR BACK.
WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE FOR YOU.
WE ALSO HAVE A THREE-POINT 
ECONOMIC PLAN THAT SUPPORTS 
BUSINESS OWNERS, INCLUDING 
THROUGH NEW LOANS, WHILE 
SAFEGUARDING JOBS WITH THE WAGE 
SUBSIDY AND HELPING THOSE WHO NO
LONGER HAVE A PAYCHEQUE WITH THE
CERB.
YESTERDAY EVENING OUR GOVERNMENT
PROACTIVELY SHARED OUR PROPOSED 
LEGISLATION ON WAGE SUBSIDY WITH
OPPOSITION PARTIES.
I KNOW HOUSE LEADERS WILL BE 
SPEAKING THROUGHOUT THE DAY TO 
REACH AN AGREEMENT FOR THE HOUSE
OF COMMONS TO QUICKLY PASS THIS 
LEGISLATION, WHICH WILL GIVE 
MUCH-NEEDED FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO
CANADIAN WORKERS, WHILE HELPING 
EMPLOYERS TO KEEP THEIR STAFF ON
THE PAYROLL.
A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE 
SINCE WE ANNOUNCED OUR PLAN TO 
SUBSIDIZE WAGES.
WE CONTINUE TO RELY ON YOUR 
INPUT AND FEEDBACK AS WE REFINE 
IT, AND WE WILL HAVE MORE 
DETAILS TO SHARE VERY SOON.
YESTERDAY WAS ALSO THE FIRST DAY
PEOPLE COULD APPLY TO RECEIVE 
THE CERB.
ON THAT NOTE, I WANT TO 
RECOGNIZE THE TREMENDOUS WORK 
DONE BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE, WHO 
PROCESSED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS 
OF CLAIMS.
THEY'RE WORKING AROUND-THE-CLOCK
TO GET CANADIANS THE HELP THEY 
NEED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND I ALSO WANT TO REMIND 
EVERYONE IF YOU WERE BORN IN 
APRIL, MAY, OR JUNE, TODAY IS 
THE DAY YOU CAN APPLY.
FINALLY, AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, 
TODAY MARKS WORLD HEALTH DAY AND
NATIONAL CAREGIVER DAY.
THIS YEAR I'M ESPECIALLY 
GRATEFUL FOR OUR HEALTHCARE 
PROFESSIONALS AND CAREGIVERS WHO
ARE WORKING DAY AND NIGHT TO 
KEEP US SAFE AND TO CARE FOR OUR
MOST VULNERABLE.
AS CANADA CONFRONTS IN PANDEMIC,
MANY HAVE POINTED TO OUR 
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AS A MAJOR 
ASSET.
OURS IS A COUNTRY WHERE HEALTH 
IS A RIGHT RATHER THAN A 
PRIVILEGE.
THAT'S SOMETHING OF WHICH WE CAN
ALL BE PROUD, BUT OUR HEALTHCARE
SYSTEM IS ONLY AS STRONG AS THE 
PEOPLE IT EMPLOYS, WHETHER YOU 
ARE A DOCTOR OR A NURSE, SOMEONE
WHO KEEPS OUR HOSPITAL CLEAN, OR
A HOME CARE WORKER, THANK YOU 
FOR TAKING SUCH GOOD CARE OF US.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE 
DONE OVER THE YEARS TO HELP SO 
MANY OF US START A FAMILY, 
OVERCOME AN ILLNESS, AND ENJOY 
LONGER AND HEALTHIER LIVES.
WE DO NOT NEED A PANDEMIC OR A 
SPECIAL DAY TO RECOGNIZE YOUR 
ESSENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS 
COUNTRY, BUT I HOPE ALL 
CANADIANS WILL JOIN ME IN 
EXPRESSING OUR DEEPEST 
GRATITUDE.
I HOPE CANADIANS HONK A LITTLE 
LOUDER WHEN YOUR SHIFT ENDS 
TODAY AND ADD ANOTHER RAINBOW TO
THEIR WINDOW.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] FROM THE BOTTOM OF 
MY HEART, THANK YOU TO ALL OUR 
HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND 
PROFESSIONALS.
THANK YOU.
>> Operator: THE FIRST QUESTION 
IS FROM PETER MANSARU FROM "THE 
HILL TIMES."
YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
>> Question: GOOD MORNING, PRIME
MINISTER.
I WANT TO GO BACK QUICKLY TO ASK
YOU ABOUT YOUR DECISION ON MARCH
16 TO CLOSE THE BORDER TO 
FOREIGN NATIONAL SECURITY.
THE HEALTH MINISTER HAD BEEN 
SAYING FOR MORE THAN A MONTH BY 
THAT POINT THAT THERE WAS NO 
BENEFIT REALLY TO DOING THAT, IT
WOULDN'T KEEP CANADIANS SAFE.
YOU EXPLAINED YOUR DECISION AT 
THE TIME BY SAYING THAT THE 
ADVICE YOU HAD BEEN RECEIVING 
FROM PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS HAD
BEEN EVOLVING.
CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT 
MORE ABOUT HOW EXACTLY THAT 
ADVICE CHANGED.
>> Answer: I APPRECIATE THAT 
YOUR QUESTION IS TAKING US BACK 
TO MARCH 16, BUT I'M FOCUSED ON 
TODAY AND I'M FOCUSED ON 
TOMORROW.
THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF 
REFLECTIONS ON WHAT HAS BEEN 
DONE IN THE PAST.
WE'LL CERTAINLY KEEP REFLECTING 
ON THAT, BUT EVERYTHING I'M 
FOCUSED ON RIGHT NOW IS HOW TO 
MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE
HELP THEY NEED RIGHT NOW, HOW TO
KEEP CANADIANS SAFE, HOW TO GET 
THROUGH THIS PARTICULAR TIME, 
AND THAT'S WHAT I'LL STAY 
FOCUSED ON.
>> FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.
>> Question: YEAH, SURE.
WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR SOME 
CLARITY ON HOW EXACTLY THE 
PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE HAS BEEN 
CHANGING, HOW THE INFORMATION 
COMING FROM THESE OFFICIALS HAS 
BEEN CHANGING AND WHERE THEY'RE 
GETTING IT FROM.
>> Answer: THIS IS A 
NEVER-BEFORE-EXPERIENCED 
PANDEMIC THAT IS PRESENTING NEW 
CHALLENGES EVERY SINGLE DAY, NEW
FACTS, NEW DATA EVERY SINGLE 
DAY.
THROUGHOUT, WE'RE MAKING 
DECISIONS BASED ON THE BEST 
ADVICE THAT THOSE HEALTH 
OFFICIALS ARE GIVING US.
OBVIOUSLY THIS ADVICE IS BASED 
ON MODELLING, ON FACTS, ON 
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OTHER 
COUNTRIES, ON WHAT PREDICTIONS 
CAN BE MADE AROUND WHAT MIGHT 
HELP AND WHAT CAN MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE.
AS THAT EVOLVES AND THE 
INFORMATION EVOLVES, OF COURSE 
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ADJUSTING 
AND UPDATING OUR APPROACH.
WE HAVE DONE THAT FROM THE 
BEGINNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO 
DO SO.
>> Operator: THE NEXT QUESTION 
IS FROM CHRISTOPHER NARDI FROM 
"THE NATIONAL POST."
YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
>> Question: GOOD MORNING, 
MR. PRIME MINISTER.
I WANT TO COME BACK QUICKLY.
YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT A 
GROUP OF COMPANIES ARE GOING TO 
BE TEAMING UP TO PRODUCE 30,000 
MADE-IN-CANADA VENTILATORS.
DOES THAT MEAN THAT YOU EXPECT 
WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO USE 
30,000 VENTILATORS THROUGHOUT 
THIS PANDEMIC?
>> Answer: WHAT WE'VE SAID FROM 
THE BEGINNING IS WE NEED TO BE 
READY FOR ANY AND ALL 
CIRCUMSTANCES.
THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE 
THAT WE HAVE VENTILATORS 
AVAILABLE IF WE NEED THEM IS 
GOING TO BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
SO WE HAVE TOLD THESE COMPANIES 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO HAVE PUT 
UP THEIR HANDS TO GO AHEAD AND 
GET BUILDING VENTILATORS AS 
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND AS MANY 
AS POSSIBLE IN CASE WE NEED THEM
IN CANADA.
WE CERTAINLY HOPE THAT WE WON'T 
BE NEEDING ALL THOSE 
VENTILATORS, BUT WE ALSO KNOW 
THAT THERE ARE COUNTRIES AROUND 
THE WORLD WHERE THEY ARE NOT 
ABLE TO TOOL UP TO CREATE MORE 
VENTILATORS.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE RELIANT ON A
GLOBAL SUPPLY THAT'S ALREADY 
STRETCHED THIN.
IF WE END UP MAKING MORE 
VENTILATORS THAN CANADIANS NEED 
BECAUSE CANADIANS KEEP SOCIAL 
DISTANCING AND CONTINUE TO 
FOLLOW BEST HEALTH ADVICE, THAT 
WILL BE GREAT NEWS AND WE WILL 
HAVE VENTILATORS TO SHARE WITH 
OTHER COUNTRIES FACING MORE 
DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.
FOR US DOING MORE RIGHT NOW AND 
QUICKER RIGHT NOW IS REALLY THE 
ONLY OPTION.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] WE RECOGNIZE THAT 
WE ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE 
MUST PREPARE FOR THE WORST.
WE ASKED CANADIAN COMPANIES WHO 
HAVE NOW VOLUNTEERED TO 
MANUFACTURE PRODUCTS, A LOT OF 
THEM, AND TO DO SO QUICKLY.
WE HOPE THAT WE WON'T NEED ALL 
OF THOSE VENTILATORS.
WE HOPE THAT WE WON'T NEED ALL 
OF THAT EQUIPMENT PRODUCED IN 
CANADA.
EVEN IF WE DON'T NEED IT, THERE 
WILL HOPEFULLY BE COUNTRIES THAT
DO AND WE CAN HOPEFULLY CONTROL 
THIS EPIDEMIC.
OUR DECISION IS TO DO MORE AND 
MORE QUICKLY BECAUSE THAT IS 
WHAT PEOPLE EXPECT.
[end of translation]. 
>> Question: AS A FOLLOW UP, I 
WANTED TO TALK ABOUT YOUR WAGE 
SUBSIDY PROGRAM.
YOU MENTIONED YESTERDAY THAT YOU
PASSED A BILL TO THE OPPOSITION.
DOES THAT MEAN A BILL AND 
PARLIAMENT NEEDS TO BE 
RECONVENED IN ORDER FOR THAT 
PROGRAM TO GO FORWARD?
>> Answer: MUCH OF THE WAGE 
SUBSIDY IS GOING TO BE EMBEDDED 
IN THE INCOME TAX ACT, SO THAT 
DOES REQUIRE US TO MOVE FORWARD 
ON PARLIAMENTARY LEGISLATION AND
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 
RIGHT NOW WITH PARLIAMENTARIANS.
>> Operator: THE NEXT QUESTION 
IS FROM KRISTY KIRKUP FROM THE 
"THE GLOBE AND MAIL".
YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
>> Question: HAS THE 
UNITED STATES GRANTED A FULL 
EXEMPTION FOR ITS IMPORT 
RESTRICTIONS OR IS THE SITUATION
WITH THE COMPANY 3M A ONE-OFF?
>> Answer: WE CONTINUE TO WORK 
WITH AMERICANS.
AS I'VE SAID, WE'VE HAD 
CONSTRUCTIVE AND PRODUCTIVE 
CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE ASSURED 
THAT THIS PARTICULAR SHIPMENT 
COMES THROUGH.
WE RECOGNIZE THERE'S STILL MORE 
WORK TO DO.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO 
HIGHLIGHT TO THE AMERICA 
SITUATION THE POINT TO WHICH 
HEALTHCARE SUPPLIES AND SERVICES
GO BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE 
BORDER AND IT IS IN BOTH OF OUR 
INTERESTS TO CONTINUE TO WORK 
TOGETHER WITH INTEGRATED SUPPLY 
CHAINS THAT MOVE BACK AND FORTH,
TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO 
PROTECT CANADIAN HEALTHCARE 
WORKERS WHILE THEY CONTINUE TO 
DO WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO KEEP 
AMERICANS SAFE.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] WE RECOGNIZE THAT 
IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT TO 
THE AMERICANS THAT WE HAVE A 
FULLY INTEGRATED BORDER AND 
SYSTEM.
NOW, IT'S VERY GOOD NEWS THAT 
WE'RE GOING TO GET THOSE 
SHIPMENTS FROM 3M, BUT WE HAVE 
TO CONTINUE TO WORK TO ENSURE 
THAT THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION 
UNDERSTANDS IT IS IN BOTH OF OUR
INTERESTS TO CONTINUE TO ENSURE 
A FREE FLOW OF GOODS AND 
EQUIPMENT -- ESSENTIAL GOODS AND
EQUIPMENT ACROSS THE BORDER IN 
THESE DIFFICULT TIMES.
[end of translation]. 
>> Question: ON ANOTHER MATTER, 
WHAT IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
PREPARED TO DO IF COVID-19 ENDS 
UP SPREADING LIKE WILDFIRE IN 
COMMUNITIES LIKE FORT HOPE IN 
NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO, GIVEN ITS 
HOUSING CRISIS AND IT'S BEEN ON 
A BOIL WATER CRISIS FOR MORE 
THAN 6800 DAYS.
>> Answer: FROM THE VERY 
BEGINNING WE HAVE BEEN CONCERNED
ABOUT THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF 
COVID-19 ON RURAL, REMOTE, 
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES THAT 
COULD BE EXTREMELY VULNERABLE 
BECAUSE OF PRE-EXISTING 
CHALLENGES AROUND HOUSING AND 
HEALTHCARE, BUT ALSO 
VULNERABILITIES IN THE 
POPULATION OF ELDERS AND PEOPLE 
WITH RESPIRATORY CHALLENGES.
THAT'S WHY FROM THE START WE'VE 
WORKED WITH THE A.F.N. AND WITH 
COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY 
TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE SENDING 
MORE MONEY, MORE COMMUNITY 
RESOURCES TO THOSE AREAS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO RESPOND IN 
EVERY WAY WE POSSIBLY CAN TO 
HELP THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE 
BEGINNING TO DEAL WITH COVID-19.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE 
PARTICULAR VULNERABILITIES THAT 
WE NEED TO WORK VERY CAREFULLY 
WITH AND WE CONTINUE TO DO SO.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] WE RECOGNIZE FROM 
THE OUTSET THAT INDIGENOUS 
COMMUNITIES RIGHT ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY COULD BE MORE VULNERABLE
TO THIS EPIDEMIC BECAUSE OF 
PRE-EXISTING PROBLEMS AND THE 
LACK OF HEALTHCARE.
SO WE HAVE ALREADY DONE A GREAT 
DEAL TO TRY TO SECURE THOSE 
COMMUNITIES, BUT WE ALSO KNOW 
THERE'S MUCH MORE TO BE DONE AND
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH 
THEM.
[end of translation]. 
>> Operator: THE NEXT QUESTION 
IS FROM MANON KORDIE FROM "LE 
DEVOIR."
>> Question: THE BANKS ANNOUNCED
THEY WOULD REDUCE THEIR INTEREST
RATES ON CREDIT CARDS, BUT ONLY 
FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T PAY THE 
MINIMUM AMOUNT AND FOR THE 
PERIOD THEY CAN'T PAY IT.
IN THE MEANTIME, THE INTEREST 
ACCUMULATES.
SO WHEN THEY COME OUT OF THAT 
PERIOD, THEY WILL HAVE VERY 
HEAVY DEBT.
NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW 
WHETHER YOU THINK IT'S 
REASONABLE OR NOT TO SAY THAT 
THE INTEREST RATES WILL BE LOWER
WHEN THE BANKS ARE MAKING $45 
BILLION IN PROFITS.
>> Answer: WELL, RIGHT FROM THE 
VERY BEGINNING WE'VE BEEN IN 
DISCUSSION WITH THE BANKS TO 
ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO MORE.
I HAVE OFTEN SPOKEN AT THIS 
PODIUM ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF 
LOWERING INTEREST RATES ON 
CREDIT CARDS.
WE'RE HAPPY THAT THE BANKS HAVE 
TAKEN SOME INITIAL MEASURES, BUT
WE REALIZE THEY CAN DO MORE AND 
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE.
THAT'S WHY THE GOVERNMENT OF 
CANADA IS WORKING ON OTHER 
SOLUTIONS IN ORDER TO GIVE 
PEOPLE ACCESS TO CREDIT AT LOW 
RATES.
WE WILL HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT 
THAT IN THE COMING DAYS AND 
WEEKS.
>> Question: YES, YOU ALSO DID 
BUY BLOCK MORTGAGES.
WILL YOU DEMAND MORE OF THE 
BANKS IN EXCHANGE FOR THE 
SUPPORT THAT YOU'RE GIVING THEM?
THEY HAVE THE MEANS.
>> Answer: WELL, BANKS IN CANADA
DEPEND ON A HEALTHY ECONOMY AND 
ON SUCCESSFUL CANADIANS.
THEY KNOW THAT IF WE'RE FACING 
VERY, VERY DIFFICULT 
CIRCUMSTANCES FOR CANADIANS AND 
BUSINESSES, THEY ALSO WILL END 
UP SUFFERING.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE ENCOURAGING 
THEM TO DO MORE AND WE CONTINUE 
OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM, WITH 
A MAIN FOCUS ON THE BANKS' NEED 
TO DO MORE.
WE KNOW THEY HAVE DONE CERTAIN 
THINGS, BUT THERE'S STILL MORE 
TO BE DONE.
EVERY SINGLE DAY WE'RE SEEING 
THAT THIS CRISIS IS BECOMING A 
MAJOR CHALLENGE FOR EVERYONE.
[end of translation]. 
>> Question: YESTERDAY DR. TAM 
SAID ONE SHOULD WEAR A 
NON-MEDICAL MASK IF PHYSICAL 
DISTANCING WAS NOT POSSIBLE, BUT
THERE'S STILL A LOT OF CONFUSION
ABOUT WHEN AND WHERE ONE SHOULD 
WEAR A MASK.
MAYBE YOU COULD CLARIFY FOR 
CANADIANS REGARDING NON-MEDICAL 
MASKS WHETHER A PERSON IS 
PRE-SYMPTOMATIC OR ASYMPTOMATIC,
SHOULD THEY WEAR A NON-SURGICAL 
MASK WHEN THEY GO OUTSIDE, EVEN 
IF THEY THINK THEY CAN PHYSICAL 
DISTANCE?
>> Answer: I THINK THOSE ARE THE
QUESTIONS PEOPLE SHOULD BE 
TAKING THE ADVICE OF MEDICAL 
EXPERTS FROM.
I AM NOT A MEDICAL EXPERT.
WHAT I HAVE HEARD FROM MEDICAL 
EXPERTS IS THAT THE MOST 
IMPORTANT THING IS FOR PEOPLE TO
STAY HOME.
IF THEY DO HAVE TO GO OUT, THEY 
NEED TO KEEP 2 METRES APART AND 
LOOK TO GO OUT AS MINIMALLY AS 
POSSIBLE, WASH YOUR HANDS 
REGULARLY, AND COUGH INTO YOUR 
ELBOWS.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE 
KNOW WILL SLOW AND ARREST OF 
THIS DISEASE THROUGH THIS 
COUNTRY.
MY UNDERSTANDING FROM DR. TAM 
YESTERDAY, IF PEOPLE WANT TO 
WEAR A MASK, THAT IS OKAY.
IT PROTECTS OTHERS MORE THAN IT 
PROTECTS YOU BECAUSE IT PREVENTS
YOU FROM BREATHING OR SPEAKING 
MOISTLY ON THEM -- WHAT A 
TERRIBLE IMAGE -- BUT IT 
ACTUALLY IS SOMETHING THAT 
PEOPLE CAN DO IN CERTAIN 
SITUATIONS.
OUR FOCUS IS MAKING SURE THAT 
PEOPLE DON'T THINK THAT WEARING 
MASKS CAN MEAN THAT THEY DON'T 
HAVE TO SOCIAL DISTANCE AS MUCH 
OR CAN GO OUT MORE OFTEN.
THE ADVICE REMAINS, STAY HOME 
AND KEEP 2 METRES APART.
>> Question: ALSO, WHEN YOUR 
GOVERNMENT SAW THE SPREAD OF 
COVID-19 BACK IN CHINA AND ASIA 
BACK IN JANUARY, DID YOUR 
GOVERNMENT START PROCURING EXTRA
MEDICAL SUPPLIES THEN?
BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT CANADA WAS
NOT PREPARED AND DID NOT SECURE 
ENOUGH P.P.E.s FOR OUR HOSPITAL 
WORKERS?
>> Answer: I THINK WE'RE SEEING 
NOW THAT THE ENTIRE WORLD WAS 
UNPREPARED TO HAVE AS MUCH 
P.P.E. AS NEEDED.
SOME PLACES ARE FACING FAR 
GREATER SHORTAGES THAN CANADA.
WE HAVE WORKED EXTREMELY HARD TO
STEP UP OUR PROCUREMENT OF 
P.P.E.s, BUT ALSO INCREASING THE
CANADIAN PRODUCTION OF PERSONAL 
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND 
MATERIALS LIKE VENTILATORS AND 
TESTING KITS.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS 
SOMETHING THAT WE'RE INCREDIBLY 
LUCKY THAT CANADIAN COMPANIES 
ARE STEPPING UP IN THE AND IN 
THE COMING WEEKS WE WILL SECURED
SUPPLY OF MANY OF THOSE PRODUCTS
FROM HERE IN CANADA.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE CONTINUE TO 
WORK TO BRING IN THE EQUIPMENT 
THAT IS GOING TO BE NECESSARY TO
KEEP OUR HEALTHCARE WORKERS 
PROTECTED AND OUR FRONTLINE 
WORKERS PROTECTED ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY.
>> Question: [Speaking French] 
[Voice of Interpreter] WHEN THE 
EQUIPMENT WILL BE READY, DO WE 
KNOW IF THERE WILL BE ENOUGH TO 
MEET THE DEMAND BECAUSE YOU 
DON'T SEEM TO KNOW THAT AND HOW 
WILL THAT BE REASSURING FOR 
HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS?
>> Answer: WELL, 30,000 
VENTILATORS IS A LARGE NUMBER 
AND WE HOPE IT WILL BE MUCH MORE
THAN ENOUGH TO MEET ANY 
WORST-CASE SCENARIO THAT MAY 
ARISE IN THE COMING WEEKS AND 
THAT WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH 
VENTILATORS.
BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT PREPARING 
IN ADVANCE FOR THE WORST-CASE 
SCENARIO IS THE RESPONSIBLE 
THING TO DO.
WE KNOW THAT THOSE VENTILATORS 
WILL BE READY IN THE COMING 
WEEKS AND MONTHS, AND WE WILL 
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM TO 
HAVE A CLEARER IDEA OF WHEN WE 
CAN ACTUALLY ACCESS THEM AND 
DISTRIBUTE THEM ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY.
[end of translation] WE 
RECOGNIZE THAT 30,000 
VENTILATORS IS A LARGE NUMBER OF
VENTILATORS, AND WE CERTAINLY 
HOPE THAT WE DO NOT GET ANYWHERE
NEAR THAT NUMBER.
BUT WE FIND IT MUCH BETTER TO BE
PREPARED AND TO CREATE THESE 
PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT ARE 
GOING TO BE NECESSARY IN CANADA 
AND CERTAINLY ELSEWHERE AROUND 
THE WORLD.
WE FORESEE THOSE VENTILATORS, 
THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT 
SUPPLIERS COMING IN A NUMBER OF 
WEEKS, SOME IN A MATTER OF 
MONTHS, BUT WE KNOW THAT 
CREATING THESE IS GOING TO BE 
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO HANDLE 
THE FUTURE PASS OF THIS 
EPIDEMIC.
>> Question: [Speaking French] 
[Voice of Interpreter] HUAWEI IS
GOING TO BE PROVIDING MASKS AND 
RESPIRATORS, BUT WE'RE IN A 
TENSE SITUATION WITH CHINA.
WILL CANADA ACCEPT THOSE 
PRODUCTS FROM HUAWEI AND ARE YOU
NOT CONCERNED THEY WILL ASK FOR 
SOMETHING IN RETURN, 
PARTICULARLY IN THE CASE OF MENG
WANZHOU?
>> Answer: WE WILL RECEIVE 
THINGS FROM VARIOUS COMPANIES 
AND WE'RE HAPPY THEY ARE 
OFFERING THAT.
WE WILL USE THEM ON THE 
CONDITION THEY MEET OUR NEEDS 
AND THEY ARE OF THE APPROPRIATE 
QUALITY, CONSIDERING THESE ARE 
FOR OUR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
AND WE ARE ACCEPTING THOSE 
DONATIONS QUITE OPENLY.
BUT NO, WE DO NOT EXPECT THIS TO
HAVE ANY IMPACT ON OUR -- THIS 
WILL NOT AFFECT OUR DECISION ON 
OTHER ISSUES IN THE YEARS TO 
COME.
[end of translation] WE ARE 
HAPPY TO BE RECEIVING DONATIONS 
AND SHIPMENTS FROM MANY 
COMPANIES IN CANADA AND AROUND 
THE WORLD.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT 
EQUIPMENT IS TO CANADIAN 
STANDARDS AND WE WILL MAKE SURE 
IT GETS TO THE HEALTHCARE AND 
FRONTLINE WORKERS WHO NEED IT.
THAT IS OUR PRIORITY RIGHT NOW, 
BUT RECEIVING GOODS FROM A 
PARTICULAR COMPANY WON'T 
NECESSARILY IMPLY AT ALL THAT WE
REGARD DIFFERENT SITUATIONS WITH
THAT COMPANY ANY DIFFERENT IN 
THE FUTURE.
>> Question: IT'S ANNIE 
BERGERON-OLIVER WITH CTV NEWS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE 
SITTING AT HOME DEALING WITH 
ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, AND STRESS,
WHETHER BECAUSE THEY CAN'T 
FIGURE OUT TO PAY THEIR UPCOMING
BILLS, DEALING WITH COVID-19 ON 
THEIR OWN, OR THEY'VE LOST A 
LOVED ONE AND CAN'T HAVE A 
FUNERAL OR A CELEBRATION OF 
LIFE.
WHY HAS YOUR GOVERNMENT NOT DONE
MORE FOR THOSE PEOPLE AND WHAT 
SPECIFICALLY WILL YOU BE DOING?
>> Answer: FIRST OFF, WE KNOW IT
IS IMPORTANT TO GET HELP TO AS 
MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
THE MONEY WE HAVE PUT TO THE 
WAGE SUBSIDY AND THE CANADA 
EMERGENCY RESPONSE BENEFIT HAS 
GONE TOWARDS ALLEVIATING THE 
STRESS PEOPLE ARE FACING.
PEOPLE ARE FACING MANY THINGS, 
WHETHER IT'S KIDS STUCK ALONE 
AND NOT ABLE TO PLAY WITH 
FRIENDS, OR SENIORS WORRIED 
ABOUT THEIR OWN VULNERABILITY, 
OR CANADIANS WHO ARE REALLY 
WORRIED ABOUT THEIR SITUATION 
AND THEIR FUTURE AND ARE FEELING
ALONE AND REALLY CHALLENGED.
WE NEED TO BE THERE FOR EACH 
OTHER.
THAT'S WHY I SAID A FEW WEEKS 
AGO, REACH OUT IF YOU NEED HELP.
THERE ARE SUPPORT LINES AND 
MEASURES IN PLACE TO GIVE US 
POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT AND 
SUPPORT, BUT EACH OF US 
INDIVIDUALLY CAN ALSO LOOK OUT 
FOR OUR NEIGHBOURS AND LOVED 
ONES.
HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS AND TRY 
TO CREATE A SUPPORTIVE SYSTEM 
WHERE WE'RE THERE FOR EACH OTHER
AND ABLE TO GET THROUGH THIS 
TOGETHER.
THIS IS A DIFFICULT SITUATION 
AND PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT ON A 
NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE 
CARING FOR EACH OTHER AND WE 
HAVE DONE THINGS AND NEED TO DO 
MORE TO SUPPORT CANADIANS 
THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
EVERYONE HAS TO DO EVERYTHING TO
KEEP OUR WORKERS SAFE AND 
MINIMIZE THE IMPACT OF THIS 
DISEASE.
>> Question: A GROWING NUMBER OF
POLICE OFFICERS AND BYLAW 
OFFICERS RIGHT ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY ARE STARTING TO LAY 
FINES AND CHARGES TO PEOPLE NOT 
OBEYING PHYSICAL DISTANCING 
MEASURES.
DO YOU SUPPORT FINING 
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT 
FOLLOWING SOCIAL DISTANCING 
MEASURES?
NOW WITH A NUMBER OF PEOPLE 
BEING ISSUED THESE TICKETS, DOES
THAT INDICATE TO YOU MANY PEOPLE
ARE STILL NOT TAKING THIS 
PANDEMIC SERIOUSLY?
>> Answer: WE KNOW THAT ONE OF 
THE BEST WAYS TO ENSURE THAT 
THIS PANDEMIC IS AS SHORT AS 
POSSIBLE, IS AS UNSERIOUS OR AS 
NON-CONSEQUENTIAL AS POSSIBLE, 
THAT THE FEWEST NUMBER OF 
CANADIANS DIE, THAT OUR 
HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS DON'T GET 
OVERWHELMED, WE NEED TO STAY 
HOME AND ENGAGE IN SOCIAL 
DISTANCING.
THAT HAS BEEN THE MESSAGE FOR 
WEEKS NOW AND IT WILL CONTINUE 
TO BE THE MESSAGE FOR A NUMBER 
OF WEEKS.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS
DOING THEIR PART.
I RECOGNIZE THAT A LOT OF POLICE
FORCES AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS
AND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS ARE 
LOOKING AT WAYS OF ENSURING 
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW SERIOUS IT
IS.
WE OF COURSE EXPECT PEOPLE TO 
USE GOOD JUDGMENT, BOTH ON 
BEHALF OF CITIZENS TRYING TO 
MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SOCIAL 
DISTANCING AND NOT GOING OUT IF 
THEY DON'T HAVE TO, BUT ALSO ON 
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN TERMS OF
APPLYING FINES.
WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
WE NEED TO GET THROUGH THIS 
TOGETHER ASK BE THERE FOR EACH 
OTHER, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE 
EVERYONE IS DOING THEIR PART AS 
WELL.
>> Question: 
[ Indiscernible ] -- 
>> Answer: [Speaking French] 
[Voice of Interpreter] WE 
RECOGNIZE THAT WHAT IS ESSENTIAL
IN THIS SITUATION IS THAT PEOPLE
CONTINUE TO KEEP THEIR DISTANCE 
AND STAY HOME AS MUCH AS 
POSSIBLE.
WE KNOW THAT'S THE BEST WAY OF 
GETTING THROUGH THIS.
WE SEE THAT THERE ARE POLICE 
SERVICES AND MUNICIPALITIES THAT
ARE STARTING TO APPLY FINES AND 
GIVE TICKETS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE 
NOT FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEALTH 
ADVICE.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT 
PEOPLE BE MOTIVATED AND 
ENCOURAGED AND THAT THEY KNOW 
THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES IF 
THEY DO NOT FOLLOW THAT ADVICE.
THE MOST SERIOUS CONSEQUENCE 
WILL BE MORE DEAD CANADIANS AND 
MORE PRESSURE ON OUR HEALTHCARE 
SYSTEM.
BUT IF THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO GET 
THOSE TICKETS, AS WE ASK ALL 
CANADIANS TO USE THEIR GOOD 
JUDGMENT IN TERMS OF KNOWING 
WHAT TO DO OR NOT TO DO, WE 
EXPECT OUR POLICE OFFICERS AS 
WELL TO USE THEIR GOOD JUDGMENT 
WHEN HANDING OUT FINES AND 
TICKETS.
[end of translation]. 
>> Question: I WOULD LIKE TO ASK
YOU ABOUT TESTING FOR THE VIRUS.
WHAT'S HOLDING UP HEALTH CANADA 
FROM APPROVING CERTIFY  -- 
SEROLOGIC TESTING AND WHAT IS 
KEEPING US FROM ADOPTING 
WIDESPREAD TESTING TO GET THIS 
UNDER CONTROL?
>> Answer: AS I'VE SAID OVER THE
WEEKS, RAPID AND WIDESPREAD 
TESTING IS ESSENTIAL IN 
CONTROLLING THIS VIRUS.
CANADA IS DOING WELL IN TERMS OF
THE NUMBER OF TESTS WE'RE DOING,
BUT WE KNOW WE CAN AND SHOULD BE
DOING BETTER.
THAT'S WHY NATIONALLY EVERY DAY 
WE'RE TESTING MORE PEOPLE THAN 
THE DAY BEFORE, AND WE NEED TO 
MAKE SURE THAT PROVINCES ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY ARE DOING THE TESTS 
THAT ARE NECESSARY.
THE SEROLOGIC TESTS ARE BEING 
LOOKED AT CAREFULLY TO SEE WHO 
HAS THE ANTIBODIES.
BUT WE'RE IN THE EARLY DAYS OF 
REFLECTING ON THE SOCIETAL AND 
MEDICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THOSE 
TESTS.
WE'RE LOOKING TO PURSUE EVERY 
AVENUE GETTING US THROUGH THIS, 
KEEPING THE NUMBERS OF CANADIANS
SEVERELY INFECTED TO THE LOWEST 
LEVEL AND OF COURSE TO BRINGING 
OUR ECONOMY BACK STRONGLY AS 
SOON AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN KEEP 
DOING THE THINGS THAT WE LOVE TO
DO AS CANADIANS.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] WE RECOGNIZE THAT 
IT IS ESSENTIAL TO CARRY OUT 
MORE TESTING AS A STRATEGY, NOT 
JUST FOR NOW BUT OVER THE LONG 
TERM, TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE 
COVID-19 UNDER CONTROL.
THAT IS WHY EVERY SINGLE DAY AT 
THE NATIONAL LEVEL WE ARE 
TESTING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE AND
WE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE 
THOSE NUMBERS.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE VARIOUS 
JURISDICTIONS TO MAKE SURE 
EVERYONE CAN DO MORE BECAUSE 
THAT IS A CRITICAL PIECE OF THE 
FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STRATEGIES
BEING LOOKED AT, INCLUDING 
SEROLOGICAL TESTING.
WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL POSSIBLE 
AVENUES TO ARRIVE AT A SOLUTION 
FOR OUR COUNTRY, SO THAT WE CAN 
GET BETTER, BE HEALTHY AS 
INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES IN 
THE COMING DAYS.
[end of translation]. 
>> Question: YOUR GOVERNMENT 
ASKED CORRECTIONAL OFFICIALS TO 
CONSIDER EARLY RELEASE FOR SOME 
INMATES BECAUSE OF COVID-19.
I'M WONDERING WHAT'S HAPPENED.
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES SAYS 
THEYEER STUDYING THIS, BUT THERE
ARE SOME OUTBREAKS.
WHAT IS TAKING SO LONG TO ACT?
>> Answer: WE'RE TAKING MEASURES
TO ENSURE WE'RE KEEPING INMATES 
AND CORRECTIONS OFFICERS MORE 
SAFE FROM COVID-19, BUT WE'RE 
STILL LOOKING AT OTHER STEPS.
I'M SURE MINISTER BLAIR WILL BE 
ABLE TO HAVE FURTHER UPDATES ON 
THAT IN THE COMING DAYS.
>> Rosemary: AND THAT IS THE 
PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA WITH 
HIS DAILY BRIEFING ON THE 
PANDEMIC.
I'LL START ON THE POINT WHERE HE
ENDED AND THAT IS THE 
SEROLOGICAL TESTS, THE BLOOD 
TESTS, THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE 
SUGGESTING MIGHT BE VALUABLE IN 
TERMS OF DETERMINING WHO HAS 
ANTIBODIES WITHIN THEIR SYSTEM 
AND SORT OF THE LEVEL OF 
IMMUNITY IN THE POPULATION.
THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS THEY'RE 
LOOKING AT THOSE, BUT THERE ARE 
SOCIETAL IMPLICATIONS.
AND DR. TAM SAID SHE IS ALSO 
LOOKING AT THOSE TESTS.
LET'S BRING BACK VASSY KAPELOS 
AND DAVID COCHRANE.
LOTS OF NEWS THERE IN TERMS OF 
THE PRODUCTION OF DIFFERENT 
THINGS THAT THIS COUNTRY 
REQUIRES.
I WOULD JUST POINT OUT THE SPEED
WITH WHICH THIS HAS HAPPENED.
I WOULD POINT OUT THE ORIGINAL 
CALL WENT OUT THREE WEEKS AGO.
VASSY, OVER TO YOU.
>> Vassy: CAN I PICK UP ON WHAT 
YOU SAID ABOUT THE SEROLOGICAL 
TESTS.
DR. GOLDMAN HAS HIGHLIGHTED THE 
ISSUE ON TWITTER.
THE CANADIAN COMPANY THAT 
PRODUCES AND MANUFACTURERS THOSE
TESTS HAS BEEN SHIPPING THEM TO 
THE UNITED STATES FOR USE.
SO THE QUESTION IS WHY AREN'T 
THOSE TESTS BEING USED HERE IF, 
IN FACT, THEY CAN BE HELPFUL.
DR. TAM AND THE PRIME MINISTER 
SAID THEY'RE BEING REVIEWED.
HEALTH CANADA FIVE DAYS AGO SAID
THE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING WITH 
THE NATIONAL MICROBIOLOGY LAB TO
VERIFY THE RESULTS SO WE CAN 
HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE RESULTS 
AND ALSO TO NOTE THE WORLD 
HEALTH ORGANIZATION IS NOT 
SPECIFICALLY RECOMMENDING THEIR 
USE.
THAT HIGHLIGHTS AND MAYBE FLAGS 
THE RELATIONSHIP -- THE ADVICE 
OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
AND HOW IT IS INCORPORATED INTO 
OUR OWN COUNTRY'S POLICY.
BUT I THINK THE SORT OF DRIVER 
OF THE STORY IS THAT THERE ARE 
THESE CANADIAN COMPANIES AND ONE
IN PARTICULAR THAT IS PRODUCING 
THESE AND MANY ARE BEING 
EXPORTED TO THE UNITED STATES 
FOR USE.
AND WHY ARE THEY NOT STAYING 
HERE.
THAT'S SOMETHING TO PAY 
ATTENTION TO, HOW MUCH ATTENTION
IS PAID TO IT AT HEALTH CANADA 
AND WHEN AND IF THEY MIGHT BE 
AVAILABLE FOR USE HERE IN 
CANADA.
ON YOUR ORIGINAL QUESTION FOR 
SURE, THE VENTILATORS, WAS THE 
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT.
UP TO 30,000 VENTILATORS BEING 
MADE BY CANADIAN COMPANIES AFTER
AGREEMENTS REACHED WITH THE 
CANADIAN GOVERNMENT.
I THINK THE SAILIAN  -- SALIENT 
POINTS ARE, IS THAT WHAT YOU 
WERE EXPECTING AND HOW FAST WILL
THEY BE MADE?
THE FIRST QUESTION, WE HOPE NOT,
WE HOPE WE DON'T NEED THAT MANY.
THE QUESTION OF TIMING, THE 
PRIME MINISTER SAID HE HOPED 
THEY WOULD BE READY IN THE 
COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS, WE HEAR
THAT A LOT, COMING DAYS, WEEKS, 
MONTHS.
HERE HE PUT A COMING WEEKS AND 
MONTHS ON IT.
THE QUESTION OF NEED IS DIRECTLY
ATTACHED TO THE INCREASE IN 
CASES AND THE POTENTIAL INCREASE
IN HOSPITALIZATIONS.
VENTILATORS ARE USED IN THE 
I.C.U.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE SO CLOSELY 
WATCHING THE CURVES IN ALL THE 
PROVINCES AND THE NUMBERS OF 
CASES IN ALL THE PROVINCES TO 
SEE WHEN THAT SURGE HAPPENS.
THE SURGE CORRESPONDS WITH AN 
INCREASE OF CASES IN HOSPITAL 
AND IN THE I.C.U.
SO WILL THERE BE ENOUGH 
VENTILATORS, THE QUESTION IS, 
FOR CASES IN THE I.C.U.
I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN THAT.
I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S ALSO UNPREDICTABLE AT THIS 
POINT.
THE QUESTION OF TIMING IS AN 
IMPORTANT ONE IF WE SEE 
INCREASES OVER THE COMING WEEKS 
AND MONTHS AND THERE ARE 
HOSPITALIZATIONS, WE WILL SEE IF
EVERY PROVINCE HAS ENOUGH 
VENTILATORS OR IF THESE BEING 
PRODUCED IN CANADA ARE READY IN 
TIME.
>> Rosemary: OR IF THEY'RE BEING
SENT TO SURGE AREAS.
DAVID, TO MY OTHER POINT, IT WAS
ON MARCH 20 THAT THE GOVERNMENT 
PUT THIS CALL OUT.
I MEAN, AGAIN, THE SPEED AT 
WHICH THIS IS HAPPENING BY 
PRIVATE COMPANIES IS FAIRLY 
REMARKABLE, EVEN IF WE DON'T 
KNOW RIGHTLY AS VASSY POINTED 
OUT WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO COME 
OFF THE PRODUCTION LINES.
>> David: YEAH, IT SEEMS LIKE 
THIS IS WELL UNDERWAY.
WILL WE NEED 30,000 VENTILATORS,
MAYBE.
WILL WE NEED THEM ALL AT THE 
SAME TIME, THAT WOULD BE A 
NIGHTMARE SCENARIO FOR CANADA IF
IT ACTUALLY GOT TO THAT POINT.
SO I THINK THIS IS AN EXERCISE 
IN A BUNCH OF THINGS, PRUDENCE, 
INNOVATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
BECAUSE THIS KEEPS PEOPLE 
WORKING AND DOING THINGS, AND 
THE BUILD-UP OF AN EXPORT 
CAPACITY TO SEND TO OTHER 
COUNTRIES SO THEY DON'T GET 
OVERWHELMED AND SWAMPED.
I'M SURE SOUTH OF THE BORDER, 
THEY COULD FIND USE BASED ON 
THEIR POPULATION AND WHAT IS 
HAPPENING WITH THEIR EPIDEMIC 
CURVE.
WITH THE TESTING, WHATEVER 
STESING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, 
SWABS OR SEROLOGICAL TESTS, THE 
NUMBERS COMING OUT ARE SOBERING 
FROM OUR COLLEAGUE MIKE CRAWLEY.
ONTARIO WANTED TO BE DOING 5,000
TESTS A DAY, THEY'RE UP TO 
2,500.
THERE IS A LAG IN TESTING 
BECAUSE THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED, 
ONTARIO HAS, 13,000 -- THE LAB 
CAPACITY TO PROCESS 13,000 TESTS
A DAY.
THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE SAMPLES 
AND WHAT THEY NEED TO TEST.
BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE 
WORLD AND WE TALK ABOUT THE BEST
OPTIONS AND WAYS TO DEAL WITH 
THIS, THE COUNTRIES THAT HAVE 
DONE RAPID, WIDE-SCALE TESTING 
AND TRACING TO ISOLATE AND 
SUPPORT THOSE SICK HAVE HAD THE 
BEST SUCCESS GETTING THIS UNDER 
CONTROL.
THE LAG IN CANADA'S BIGGEST 
PROVINCE, COMPARED TO 
BRITISH COLUMBIA, WHAT THEY'VE 
DONE AND HOW THEIR NUMBERS ARE 
BENDING.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE GOT TO 
FIGURE OUT.
WE WANT A NATIONAL MODEL FROM 
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT IF 
YOU'RE NOT GETTING A ROBUST 
NUMBER OF SAMPLES FROM THE 
PROVINCES, IT'S A REAL 
CHALLENGE.
>> Rosemary: YEAH, I WAS GOING 
TO SAY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO 
OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY.
B.C. IS TESTING AT A HIGHER RATE
THAN EVERYONE ELSE AND SOME 
CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM WITH THE CURVE
FLATTENING.
I'M GOING TO PUT YOU ON HOLD 
FLAVIO VOLTE IS STANDING BY.
HE SAYS HIS INDUSTRY AND THE 
GOVERNMENT ARE WORKING IN LOCK 
STEP TO GET THIS GOING.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> Interview: THANKS FOR HAVING 
ME.
>> Rosemary: TELL ME HOW 
INVOLVED ARE YOU AND YOUR 
INDUSTRY INVOLVED IN THESE 
30,000 VENTILATORS?
>> Interview: WE'RE RIGHT IN THE
THICK OF IT.
YOU TALKED ABOUT THE CALL TO 
ACTION ON MARCH 20.
WE MADE A CALL TO ACTION ON 
MARCH 15.
WE SAID WE COULD MAKE COMPLEX 
THINGS LIKE VENTILATORS.
LET'S CALL THE COMPANIES THAT 
HAVE THE I.P. AND SEE IF THEY 
CAN GET IN AGREEMENT WITH US.
UNDER LICENCE, CAN THEY HELP US 
MANUFACTURE THESE, THE BIGGEST 
CANADIAN SUPPLIER COMPANIES HAVE
BEEN WORKING ON THIS SINCE THE 
MIDDLE OF LAST MONTH.
ALMOST ALL OF THOSE VENTILATOR 
DISCUSSIONS ARE ABOUT WHEN CAN 
WE GET THEM HERE AND WHAT SCALE 
CAN WE MANUFACTURE.
AUTOMOTIVE IS THE ONLY INDUSTRY 
HERE THAT MAKES THAT SCALE AND 
CAN PIVOT.
AT LAST COUNT WE HAD 165 
AUTOMOTIVE AND TOOLING COMPANIES
THAT VOLUNTEERED TO BE PART OF 
THIS EFFORT.
A LOT OF THEM IN CONTRACT WITH 
VARIOUS LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT TO 
MANUFACTURE PRODUCT, INCLUDING 
VENTILATORS.
THIS MORNING PREMIER FORD SHOWED
UP A AT WOODBRIDGE GROUP IN 
VAUGHAN, THAT IS AS OF YESTERDAY
MANUFACTURING LEVEL 3 MASKS AND 
GETTING MILLIONS OF THEM OUT A 
WEEK.
THE REINFORCEMENTS ARE COMING. 
>> Rosemary: IT IS REMARKABLE, 
AS I SAID, THE FAST TURN THAT 
INDUSTRY HAS MADE.
DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF HOW MANY 
VENTILATORS AND HOW QUICKLY YOU 
CAN GET THEM OUT THE DOOR AT 
THIS STAGE?
IS THIS. 
>> Interview: THE VENTILATOR IS 
A COMPLEX MACHINE AND A LOT OF 
THE SUBCOMPONENTS HAVE A LONG 
LEAD TIME, TWO OR THREE WEEKS 
FOR ELECTRONIC MOTHERBOARDS, BUT
WE WERE PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS
FOR DELIVERY IN THE NEXT FEW 
WEEKS.
WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS A CURVE, AS
SOON AS THOSE SUPPLY CHAINS GET 
GOING AND THEN, BOOM, THEY'RE 
GONE.
IN A MONTH OR SO YOU WILL SEE 
EVERYTHING WE NEED SHOW UP.
AS THEY'RE AVAILABLE IN BATCHES,
THEY WILL BE PICKED UP AT THE 
FACTORY GATES.
I KNOW SOME OF THOSE CONTRACTS 
INCLUDE DELIVERIES THIS WEEK.
I KNOW PLACES LIKE O2 IN 
BRAMPTON, THE WORK IS ALREADY 
UNDERWAY.
>> Rosemary: SO YOU'RE JUST 
BUILDING WITH WHAT YOU HAVE FOR 
NOW AS YOU WAIT FOR THE OTHER 
PARTS.
HOW ARE THE WORKERS, THE PEOPLE 
WHO WERE DOING OTHER THINGS 
BEFORE, FEELING ABOUT HOW TO DO 
THIS NOW?
I WOULD THINK THEY'RE EMBRACING 
IT, BUT GIVE ME YOUR SENSE.
>> Interview: IT'S 100,000 
PEOPLE WHO WORK IN AUTOMOTIVE 
SUPPLY IN THIS COUNTRY AND MOST 
OF THEM ARE ON LAYOFFS.
THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN CALLED 
TO WORK ON P.P.E.s AND 
VENTILATORS ARE DOING SO WITH AN
INCREDIBLE SENSE OF PRIDE.
OUR COMPANIES HAVE ESTABLISHED 
WORKPLACE PROTOCOLS SO WE'RE 
KEEPING EVERYONE SAFE, WEARING 
P.P.E.s AS THEY MAKE P.P.E.s.
BUT IT'S A SENSE OF DUTY AND 
CANADIAN PRIDE.
WE'VE BEEN CALLING IT THE 
LARGEST PEACE-TIME ORGANIZATION 
OF CANADA'S INDUSTRIAL MIGHT 
EVER.
THESE WORKERS, WE'LL TELL THEM 
STORIES, I'LL NAME THOUSANDS OF 
THEM WHEN THIS IS ALL OVER.
IT'S ACTUALLY -- PEOPLE ARE 
SHOWING UP WITH A SMILE ON THEIR
FACE AND SAYING, WE HEARD THE 
PREMIER OF QUÉBEC AND ONTARIO 
SAY WE MIGHT BE A WEEK AWAY.
AND OUR REINFORCEMENTS MADE BY 
US ARE SHOWING UP JUST IN TIME. 
>> Rosemary: I ONLY HAVE 10 OR 
20 SECONDS.
DO YOU THINK THIS COULD BE THE 
BEGINNING OF A NEW INDUSTRIAL 
MODEL IN THIS COUNTRY?
>> Interview: I THINK IF WE 
THINK ABOUT THESE WORST-CASE 
SCENARIOS WHERE WE NEED THINGS 
TO SAVE OUR LIVES AND APP 
DEVELOPMENT AND I.T. IS 
IMPORTANT, BUT NURSES AND 
DOCTORS NEED THINGS IN THEIR 
HANDS.
I THINK THIS WILL BE A NEW SHIFT
AND A NEW EMBRACE OF 
MANUFACTURING IN THIS COUNTRY.
>> Rosemary: FLAVIO VOLPE, GOOD 
TO SPEAK WITH YOU AND THANK YOU 
FOR YOUR WORK.
WE WILL LEAVE YOU THERE ON CBC 
TELEVISION.
YOU CAN CONTINUE WATCHING ON CBC
NEWS NETWORK AND cbcnews.ca.
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>> Rosemary:  WE ARE ALSO TODAY
LOOKING AHEAD TO THE RELEASE OF
MODELING DATA FROM QUEBEC ON HOW
BAD OR ENCOURAGING THE SITUATION
COULD GET THERE.
THERE WILL BE MAYBE A SILVER
LINING IN IT, AS WELL.
IT CERTAINLY HAS THE LARGEST
NUMBER OF CASES IN THE COUNTRY
AT THIS STAGE AND THOSE
PROJECTIONS WILL BE REVEALED
LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
FOR THAT, WE WILL GO TO CBC
MONTREAL NEWS, DEBRA ARBEC.
LIKE HERE IN OTTAWA, PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN PUSHING FOR THESE NUMBERS.
>> Reporter:  THE HEAD OF PUBLIC
HEALTH IN QUEBEC SAYS THE BOSS
WANTS THE NUMBERS SO HE'S
PROVIDING THEM.
HIS BOSS, OF COURSE, THE PREMIER
OF QUEBEC.
IF LEGAULT WANTS FULL
TRANSPARENCY FOR QUEBECORS TO
KNOW WHAT LIES AHEAD, BUT ARUDA
WOULD RATHER NOT RELEASE THESE
PROJECTIONS AND WORRYING IF
QUEBECORS ARE PRIVY TO THE
INFORMATION THAT SHOWS THE PEAK
IS NOW OR AROUND THE CORNER,
THEY'LL LET THEIR GUARD DOWN.
HE LIKES THE END OF APRIL TO
ASTROLOGY AND WHAT KIND OF MODEL
SHOULD WE EXPECT AND HOW DO WE
READ THEM?
I SPOKE WITH QUEBEC'S LEADING
INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST
WHO AGREES IT'S VERY DIFFICULT
FOR EXPERTS TO CREATE MODELS AND
IF THE NUMBERS ARE OFF, THE
CORRECT IS, OF COURSE, ON THE
LINE.
SHE SAYS TO EXPECT A BEST-CASE
SCENARIO OR WORSE-CASE SCENARIO
IS AVERAGE.
KEEP AN EYE ON TWO STATISTICS,
THE NUMBER OF HOSPITALIZATIONS
AND NUMBER TWO, THE NUMBER OF
DEATHS.
SHE SAYS THOSE ARE REALLY THE
ONLY VARIABLES WE KNOW CERTAIN.
COUNTY NUMBERS OF CASES ISN'T
RELIABLE BECAUSE OF THE
SURPRISINGLY HIGH NUMBER OF
ASYMPTOMATIC NUMBER OF
TRANSMISSIONS IN QUEBEC AND THEY
WERE LARGELY UNDERESTIMATED AND
THAT AFFECTS THE CURVE
SIGNIFICANTLY.
WHEN I ASKED HER IF OUR
SCENARIOS WOULD REFLECT THOSE OF
ONTARIO, BETWEEN 3,000 AND
15,000 DEATHS, SHE SAYS YOU
CAN'T COMPARE THE TWO PROVINCES.
TREMBLE SAYS SHE DOESN'T KNOW
WHAT THE MODELS WILL SHOW BUT
DOES EXPECT WE WON'T SEE A
CATASTROPHY.
WE HAVE 121 DEATHS IN 885 CASES.
MOST OF THE CASES IN QUEBEC HAVE
BEEN EDERLY PEOPLE, PEOPLE OVER
70 AND SENIORS HOMES, AS YOU
WELL KNOW, ARE HARD HIT WITH
SEVERAL OUTBREAKS IN THE GREATER
MONTREAL AREA AND WE'RE
REPORTING TODAY THREE OF FIVE
HOMES IN LAVAL ARE REPORTING
DEATHS.
EIGHT PEOPLE HAVE DIED AT ONE
HOME AND ALMOST HALF OF THEIR
250 RESIDENTS HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE AND HALF OF THEIR STAFF
HAS BEEN HIT HARD, TOO.
FAMILIES ARE ASKING FOR
QUESTIONS, BUT THEY'RE NOT
GETTING MUCH INFORMATION BECAUSE
THESE HOMES ARE SO SHORT WITH
STAFF, THEIR FIRST PRIORITY IS
TAKING CARE OF RESIDENTS AND,
UNFORTUNATELY, NOT ANSWERING
QUESTIONS FROM FAMILIES.
>> Rosemary:  WE WILL WATCH THAT
LATER TODAY AND AN
EPIDEMIOLOGIST TOLD ME LAST WEEK
AND IT STUCK IN MY HEAD, ALL
MODELS LIE AND SOME LIE BETTER
THAN OTHERS.
I'LL LEAVE THAT WITH OTHERS AS
WE WAIT FOR NUMBERS.
OF COURSE, WE KNOW THAT OTHER
PLACES ARE ALSO ARE REVEALING
THEIR MODELING.
ALBERTA, YOU'LL START TO GET A
SENSE OF THAT LATER TONIGHT WITH
A SPECIAL ADDRESS FROM PREMIER
JASON KENNEY.
SASKATCHEWAN EXPECTED TO RELEASE
MODELING THIS WEEK AND, OF
COURSE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
PROMISING TO DO SO, AS WELL,
ONCE IT HAS A CLEARER PICTURE OF
THINGS FROM THE PROVINCES.
BEFORE WE GO TO THE FEDERAL
CABINET MINISTER'S BRIEFING, I
WANT TO MAKE SURE TO GET IN THIS
FELLOW, CHRIS DAY, A PARAMEDIC
JUST WEST OF OTTAWA AND HE'S A
PART OF THIS SPECIALTY-TRAINED
TEAM GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR CARRYING
OUT TESTS SO PATIENTS DON'T HAVE
TO LEAVE THEIR TESTS UNLESS
NECESSARY.
CHRIS IS TAKING EXTRA STEPS TO
TAKE STAGE BUT THERE CONCERNS
THERE, AS WELL.
TELL ME WHAT YOUR JOB IS AND
WHAT YOU'RE DOING ON A REGULAR
BASIS.
>> WELL, EVERY MORNING, WE HAVE
A BRIEF VIDEO CONFERENCE WHERE
WE CHAT AND DISCUSS THE PLAN OF
THE DAY, BUT WE WORKING IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH PUBLIC HEALTH,
WITH THE METRO COUNTY HEALTH
UNIT AND SO EVERYDAY THAT
THEY'RE DOING SCREENING, PHONE
CALLS, THEY SEND US REQUISITIONS
FOR SWABBING THAT NEEDS TO GET
DONE ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY.
SO WE PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF THE
PEOPLE THAT NEED TO GET SWABBED
THAT DAY AND THEN WE'RE OUT IN
THE COMMUNITY DOING THOSE KIND
OF SWABS.
SO WHETHER IT'S A NASAL SWAB OR
ORAL SWAB, WE GOING RIGHT INTO
PEOPLE'S HOMES AND DOING IT
RIGHT THERE AND TRYING TO KEEP
PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE SO THAT WE'RE
RESPECTING THE GUIDELINES OF
SOCIAL DISTANCING AND NOT HAVING
PEOPLE TRAVEL TO US.
>> Rosemary:  AND THAT MAKES A
LOT OF SENSE BECAUSE WE'RE
OBVIOUSLY NOT TRYING TO BRING IT
INTO HEALTH CENTRES OR HOSPITALS
OR CLING.
CLINICS.WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR?
BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING INTO
SOMEONE'S HOME SHOWING SYMPTOMS
OF COVID-19.
HOW WORRIED ARE YOU?
>> IT'S DEFINITELY ON THE FRONT
OF YOUR MIND, YOUR WHOLE 
WORKDAY.
WE TAKE PRECAUTIONS AND HAVE A
SPOTTER WITH US SO WE HAVE OUR
FACE SHIELDS, GOGGLES, MASKS AND
GOWNS AND GLOVES AND SOMEONE IS
THERE WATCHING US TO SEE WE'RE
DOING IT SAFELY.
AFTER WE COME OUT OF THE HOME,
AFTER WE COLLECTED THE SAMPLE,
THEY'RE WE'RE PROPERLY DOFFING
OUR EQUIPMENT AND FOLLOWING ONE
STEP AT A TIME AND THAT WE ARE
DOING IT IN A COMPLETE, SAFE
MANNER AND THAT TRIES TO REDUCE
AND MITIGATE THE RISKS TO US.
>> CHRIS, THE DEPUTY PRIME
MINISTER IS SPEAKING, BUT I WANT
TO TAKE 30 SECONDS IF YOU'RE
WORRIED ABOUT YOUR HEALTH, YOUR
FAMILY'S HEALTH AND HOW YOU'RE
DEALING WITH THAT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE'VE TAKING PRECAUTIONS HERE AT
HOME.
I'VE MOVED DOWN IN THE BASEMENT
SO I'M AWAY FROM THE REST OF THE
FAMILY.
I GO TO WORK IN STREET CLOTHES,
GO COME HOME IN STREET CLOTHES
AND NOTHING COMES HOME.
BY BEING DOWN IN THE BASEMENT,
I'M ABLE TO SEPARATE MYSELF.
SO IF I SHOULD AT ANY POINT, YOU
KNOW, SHOW ANY SIGNS OR
SYMPTOMS, THEN WE KEEP THAT
DISTANCE FROM THE REST OF THE
FAMILY GETTING SICK.
>> WELL, THAT'S PRETTY
EXTRAORDINARY.
IN CASE NO ONE HAS TOLD YOU
LATELY, THANK YOU, APPRECIATE
IT.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.
THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY
PARAMEDICS THROUGHOUT THE
COMMUNITY ARE WORKING VERY HARD
AND WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE SOME OF
THE LOAD OFF THE FRONT-LINE
CREWS AND SO IT'S A GREAT TEAM
EFFORT BY EVERYONE INVOLVED.
>> KEEP AT IT AND HEALTHY AND
SAFE AND SAME TO YOUR FAMILY.
CHRIS DAY IS AN ONTARIO
PARAMEDIC IN RENFREY COUNTY.
NOW LET'S TO GO CHRYSTIA
FREELAND WITH A DAILY UPDATE.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> THIS YEAR CELEBRATIONS WILL
SEEM DIFFERENT BUT IT IS
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY FOR US TO
CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE RULES IN
ORDER TO PROTECT OUR FAMILIES
AND OUR NEIGHBOURS.
>> WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM
CANADA'S CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICER, DR. THERESA TAM, THE
MINISTER OF HEALTH AND THE
MINISTER OF INNOVATION, SCIENCE
AND HISTORY.
.AND WITH US IS OUR DEPUTY PUBLC
CHIEF OFFICER, DR. HOWARD NJOO
TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
DR. TAM, PLEASE.
>> HELLO, EVERYONE.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> HELLO, EVERYONE.
>> WITH AN UPDATE ON THE NUMBER
OF COVID-19 CASES IN CANADA.
THERE ARE 7,300 CASES, INCLUDING
345 DEATHS.
ON THE LAB FRONT WE HAVE
COMPLETED TESTING FOR OVER
346,000 PEOPLE IN CANADA.
OF THESE, 5% ARE CONFIRMED AS
POSITIVE.
SO WE ARE ABLE TO TRACK WHERE
THE SPREAD IS OCCURRING.
THERE ARE NUMEROUS OUTBREAKS IN
HIGH-RISK SETTINGS, AS WELL AS
SEVERE OUTCOMES IN VULNERABLE
PEOPLE AND THESE SETTINGS
INCLUDE LONG-TERM CARE, HOSPITAL
AND CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES, BUT
ALSO AN INCREASING NUMBER OF
FIRST NATIONS IN ONE INUIT
COMMUNITY.
A SINGLE CASE IN ANY METIS
COMMUNITY IS HIGH CAUSE CONCERN.
THEY ARE AMONG THE MOST
VULNERABLE TO COVID-19 DUE TO
DISTANCES, ACCESS TO NECESSARY
RESOURCES AND UNDERLYING HEALTH
CONDITIONS.
IN RESPONSE TO THE HEIGHTENED
RISK, I'M HEARTENED TO HEAR THAT
LEADERS OF THE COMMUNITIES ARE
TAKING TO PROTECT THEIR
POPULATION AND WE NEED TO ORDER
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SLOW THE
SPREAD OF THIS EPIDEMIC AND
PROTECT ALL VULNERABLE
CANADIANS.
WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT MASKS
OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS EXECUTIVE
AND IWANT TO MAKE A FEW IMPORTAT
POINTS.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> I WANT TO START BY SAYING
THAT MEDICAL MASKS ARE IN SHORT
SUPPLY ALL OVER THE WORLD AND
THEY MUST BE CONSERVED FOR
HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND OTHER
PEOPLE PROVIDING DIRECT CARE TO
A COVID-19 PATIENT.
WEARING A NONMEDICAL MASK OR A
FACIAL COVERING CAN BE
ADDITIONAL LAYER TO PROTECT AND
NOT INFECT OTHERS.
EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT CURRENTLY
SYMPTOMATIC.
THIS CAN HELP REDUCE THE SPREAD
OF RESPIRATORY DROPLETS TO
OTHERS WHEN YOU CAN'T MAINTAIN A
PHYSICAL DISTANCING OF TWO
METRES FROM OTHERS, SUCH AS
WHILE YOU'RE ON PUBLIC TRANSIT
OR GETTING GROCERIES.
HOWEVER, WEARING A FACE COVERING
DOES NOT PRECLUDE THE NEED FOR
FREQUENT HAND HYGIENE AND
PHYSICAL DISTANCING.
WITHOUT FREQUENT HAND WASHING
AND PHYSICAL DISTANCING, YOU
CANNOT CONSIDER YOURSELF
PROTECTED AGAINST COVID-19.
>> MEDICAL MASKS MUST BE
CONSERVED FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS
AND OTHERS PROVIDING CARE TO A
COVID PATIENT.
WEARING A FACIAL LAYERING CAN BE
AN ADDITIONAL MEASURE TO NOT
INFECT OTHERS, EVEN IF YOU'RE
NOT CURRENTLY SYMPTOMATIC.
THIS CAN HELP TO REDUCE SPREAD
THE RESPIRATORY DROPLETS TO
OTHERS WHEN YOU CAN'T MAINTAIN A
TWO METRE DISTANCE, SUCH AS ON
PUBLIC TRANSIT OR GETTING
GROCERIES.
HOWEVER, WEARING A FACE COVERING
DOES NOT PRECLUDE THE NEED FOR
FREQUENT HAND HYGIENE AND
PHYSICAL DISTANCING.
WITHOUT THESE, YOU CANNOT
CONSIDER YOURSELF PROTECTED FROM
COVID-19 BUT FACES COVERINGS ARE
NOT PROTECTIVE FOR EVERYTHING OR
AGES.
IT COULD PRESENT A SUFFOCATION
RISK AND ANYONE WHO HAS
DIFFICULT BREATHING AND ANYONE
UNABLE TO REMOVE THE MASK BY
THEMSELVES.
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH, DEPUTY
PRIME MINISTER.
>> WE'RE WITH THE FAMILIES OF
THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES
TO COVID-19 AND I WANT TO THANK
THE COMPANIES THAT ARE WORKING
SO HARD TO RETOOL, REPURPOSE AND
INNOVATE TO FIGHT THIS DISEASE
TOGETHER.
AND THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE
A CANADIAN, COMING TOGETHER TO
KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE AND
STRONG, TO HELP PROTECT OUR
FRONT-LINE HEALTHCARE WORKERS
AND SAVE THE LIVES OF CANADIANS
WHO BECOME SEVERELY ILL WITH
COVID-19.
AND I ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE AS
MANY OTHERS HAVE SAID HERE TODAY
THAT WE ALL HAVE A VERY
IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY TO DEFEAT
THIS VIRUS.
AS IT GETS WARMER OUTSIDE AND
WITH RELIGIOUS CELEBRATIONS LIKE
EASTER AND PASSOVER, AND RAMADAN
COMING, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP
AVOID GATHERING WITH OTHERS AND
THIS MEANS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO
POSTPONE OUR BARBECUES AND OUR
FAMILY DINNERS FOR NOW.
SO STAY AT HOME, DON'T INVITE
OTHERS TO YOUR HOUSE, EVEN IF
THEY ARE MEMBERS OF YOUR OWN
FAMILY, LIMIT YOUR COMINGS AND
GOINGS AND IF YOU MUST, KEEP A
TWO METRE DISTANCE, A
HOCKEY-STICK LENGTH AND USE THE
COVID-19 APP TO LEARN HOW TO
PROTECT YOURSELF AND OTHERS.
ALL CANADIANS HAVE AN IMPORTANT
ROLE GETTING THROUGH THIS
DIFFICULT TIME.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, AND WE WILL NOW
HEAR FROM THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC
SERVICES AND PROCUREMENT.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> HELLO, EVERYTHING.
MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH THOSE WHO
ARE SUFFERING AND THOSE WHO HAVE
LOST LOVED ONES.
AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK IN THIS
TRULY EXTRAORDINARY SITUATION, I
WANT TO THANK THE WEEKS THAT ARE
WORKING DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO
ENSURE THAT CANADIANS WILL HAVE
THE EQUIPMENT THEY NEED.
YOUR WORK IS ESSENTIAL TO THE
EFFORTS AGAINST COVID-19 AND WE
ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL.
PUBLIC SERVICES AND PROCUREMENT
CANADA IS AGGRESSIVELY AND
PROACTIVELY BUYING IN BULK FROM
ALL AVAILABLE SUPPLIERS AND
DISTRIBUTERS.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> AS THE PRIME MINISTER
MENTIONED, THERE WAS A DELIVERY
FROM CHINA YESTERDAY.
WE RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY EIGHT
MILLION SURGICAL MASKS AND
ORDERS MADE DIRECTLY BY NOVA
SCOTIA AND QUEBEC WHO WERE ALSO
ON BOARD.
WE ARE EXPECTING MORE DELIVERIES
IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS TO COME.
AS THE PRIME MINISTER MENTIONED,
THERE WAS A DELIVERY FROM CHINA
YESTERDAY.
WE RECEIVED ROUGHLY EIGHT
MILLION SURGICAL MASKS AND
ORDERS MADE DIRECTLY BY NOVA
SCOTIA AND QUEBEC WERE ALSO ON
BOARD.
WE ARE EXPECTING MORE DELIVERIES
FROM CHINA IN THE DAYS TO COME
AS I WILL DESCRIBE.
THE REALITY IS THAT WE ARE
OPERATING IN A HIGHLY
COMPETITIVE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
AND INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS ARE
CHALLENGING.
WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR
PARTNERS AROUND THE WORLD
INCLUDING EMBASSIES, AS WELL,
WITH ON-THE-GROUND LOGISTICS TO
ENSURE THAT SUPPLIES CAN MOVE
FROM SOURCE TO WHERE THEY ARE
NEEDED IN CANADA RIGHT HERE,
RIGHT NOW.
WITH HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF
PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ORDERED,
THIS IS A COMPLEX UNDERTAKING,
EVEN AS THOSE SUPPLIES ARRIVE IN
CANADA.
AS THE PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCED
LATE LAST WEEK, WE HAVE ENTERED
INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH AMAZON
CANADA WHICH WILL USE ITS
CANADIAN DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
INCLUDING KEY PARTNERS, CANADA
POST AND PURALATOR TO MANAGE THE
DISTRIBUTION OF PERSONAL,
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND
SUPPLIES PURCHASED THE
GOVERNMENT.
 BY THE
GOVERNMENT.
AS PART OF OUR EFFORTS TO ENSURE
THESE SUPPLIES ARE DELIVERED
ABSOLUTELY AS FAST AS POSSIBLE
WHEN THEY ARE READY TO SHIP,
AMAZON IS PROVIDING THESE
SERVICES TO CANADIANS AT COST
WITHOUT PROFIT.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> WHEN IT COMES TO
COLLABORATION BETWEEN
JURISDICTIONS, I CAN CONFIRM
THAT LAST FRIDAY I HELD MY FIRST
CALL OF THE FEDERAL PROVISIONAL
AND TERRITORIAL MEETING.
>> THIS IS ESSENTIAL TO SECURING
AS MANY SUPPLIES AS POSSIBLE IN
HIGHLY COMPETITIVE MARKETS AND
WE ARE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY
TOGETHER AND IT IS TRULY
HEARTENING TO SEE.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT
WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH ALL
PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES TO
OFFER SPACE ON OUR CARGO FLIGHTS
IN ORDER TO HELP THEM BRING
THEIR SHIPMENTS BACK TO CANADA.
THE ORDERS FROM NOVA SCOTIA AND
QUEBEC YESTERDAY ARE EXAMPLES OF
THAT COLLABORATIVE SHIPPING
APPROACH.
AS AN UPDATE ON EQUIPMENT
ORDERED, INCLUDING THIS ORDER
DELIVERED YESTERDAY, WE HAVE
SOURCED MORE THAN 230 MILLION
SURGICAL MASKS TO SUPPORT THE
RESPONSE, OVER 16 MILLION HAVE
BEEN DELIVERED TO DATE.
WE HAVE ALSO ROUGHLY
75 MILLION N95 MASKS ON ORDER.
WE EXPECT TO HAVE ROUGHLY
2.3 MILLION MASKS IN CANADA'S
POSSESSION BY THE END OF THE
WEEK.
AMONG OTHER SUPPLIERS, WE HAVE
ALSO ORDERED OVER 113,000 LITERS
OF HAND SANITIZER, MOST OF WHICH
IS EXPECTED TO BE DELIVERED THIS
MONTH.
WE HAVE RECEIVED 20,000-LITERS
IN THE PAST 24 HOURS AND ARE
EXPECTING ANOTHER ROUGHLY TEN
THOUSAND LITERS THIS WEEK ALONE.
ON VENTILATORS, AS THE PRIME
MINISTER MENTIONED, WE HAVE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH CAE
VENTILATORS FOR CANADIANS AND
STARFISH MEDICAL FOR THOUSANDS
MORE OF THESE LIFE-SAVING
MACHINES.
THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT A LOT
OF WORK IS GOING INTO SOURCING
ALL OF THESE HEALTH SUPPLIES AND
MANY MORE SUPPLIES IN CANADA AND
AROUND THE WORLD.
BUT I KNOW THAT THE WORK DOES
NOT END THERE.
WE WILL NOT REST UNTIL THESE
SUPPLIES ARE IN CANADA, IN OUR
HANDS AND ULTIMATELY IN THE
HANDS OF THE MANY HEALTHCARE
WORKERS ON THE FRONTLINES THIS
CRISIS.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT
CANADIANS HAVE THE EQUIPMENT
THEY NEED TO FIGHT COVID-19.
>> YOU CAN BE ASSURED WE HAVE
DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN, DAY AND
NIGHT, IN A CHALLENGING,
INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ANITA.
AND NOW WE WILL HEAR FROM THE
INNOVATION OF SCIENCE AND
INDUSTRY.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> THANK YOU.
FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS, THE
GOVERNMENT HAVE BEEN MOBILIZING
THE CANADIAN INDUSTRIAL
MANUFACTURE SECTOR IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST COVID-19.
IN ORDER TO OVERCOME THE CRISIS,
MANY ARE COMING TOGETHER TO
ADOPT NEW TOOLS AND NEW GOALS
LIKE NEVER BEFORE AND CANADIANS
SHOULD BE PROUD.
NEARLY 5,000 CANADIAN COMPANIES
HAVE CONTACTED US TO OFFER THEIR
EXPERTISE SINCE OUR CALL TO
ACTION.
WE ACTED QUICKLY TO ISSUE A CALL
FOR ACTION, TO ANALYZE LETTERS
OF INTENTION AND TO PLAY
ORDERED.
I'M VERY PROUD TO SEE IN A SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME WE'VE HELPED TO
CREATE NEW PARTNERSHIPS TO
SECURE A SUPPLY OF
MADE-IN-CANADA VENTILATORS FROM
THORNHILL, CAE AND A GROUP LEAD
BY STARFISH MEDICAL AND THIS
WILL ALLOW US 30,000
VENTILATORS.
THESE COMPANIES AND PARTNERSHIPS
ARE LEVERAGING CANADIAN PROPERTY
AND MANUFACTURING EXPERTISE.
IN GREATING THESE PARTNERSHIPS,
WE ASSEMBLED AN EVALUATION PANEL
TO RUN A DUE DILIGENCE PROCESS
FOR MADE-IN-CANADA VENTILATORS.
AND THIS IS COMPRISED OF HEALTH
SPECIALISTS, MEDICAL
SPECIALISTS, ENGINEERS,
INFORMING SPECIALISTS AND
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
WE'RE WORKING WITH DR. ART
MCDONALD DEVELOPING AN EASY TO
PRODUCE VENTILATOR USING
OFF-THE-SHELF ACCESSIBLE PARTS
AND THE GOAL IS TO DEVELOP A
VENTILATOR FIT FOR CURRENT NEEDS
THAT CAN BE CONSTRUCTED QUICKLY
AND RELIABLY IN CANADA.
AS WE'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'RE
ALSO SUPPORTING METACOM TO
PRODUCE THE BOOSTING OF MEDICAL
MASKS AND THE GOAL IS TO HELP
THE COMPANY SCALE UP TO MAKE
TENS OF MILLIONS OF MASKS PER
YEAR RIGHT HERE IN CANADA.
THESE STEPS WILL REDUCE CANADA'S
RELIANCE ON INTERNATIONAL
SUPPLIERS FOR MASKS AND
VENTILATORS AND THIS IS
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW.
HERE IS ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE.
WE HEARD THAT OUR MEDICAL
WORKERS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT NOT
HAVING ENOUGH MEDICAL GOWNS TO
KEEP THEM SAFE IN THE FRONTLINE.
THE MATERIAL FOR GOWNS HAS NOT
BEEN PRODUCED DOMESTICALLY AND
SO WE NEEDED TO FIND A
MADE-IN-CANADA SOLUTION TO
SECURE OUR PRODUCTION CAPACITY
AND KEEP OUR FRONTLINE
CAREWORKERS SAFE.
BY ENGAGING WITH INDUSTRY AND
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX, WE
WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH
INNOVATIVE S SOLUTIONS AND TURNS
OUT SOME MATERIALS USED FOR
CONSTRUCTION, HOUSE WRAP AND CAR
AIRBAGS CAN BE REPURPOSED FOR
MEDICAL GOWNS.
WE'RE PRODUCING MILLIONS OF
GOWNS WITH MADE-IN-CANADA
FABRIC.
WHAT I WANT CANADA'S HEALTH
OFFICIALS TO HERE IS WE ARE
DOING EVERYTHING AS A GOVERNMENT
TO SECURE THE EQUIPMENT THEY
NEED TO KEEP THEM SAFE IN THE
FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19.
THIS IS ABOUT HELPING THOSE
REAL-LIFE HEROES SAVE CANADIAN
LIVES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I GIVE THE FLOOR TO THE
PRESIDENT OF THE TREASURY BOARD.
YES, THANK YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO QUICKLY GIVE AN
UPDATE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH
THE REQUEST FOR THE CANADA
EMERGENCY RESPONSE BENEFIT.
YESTERDAY WE GOT OVER 967,000
APPLICATIONS FOR THE CERB AND
THAT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF WHAT
THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT USUALLY
RECEIVES IN SIX MONTHS WHEN IT
COMES TO EI APPLICATIONS.
SINCE MARCH 15th, OVER
3.6 MILLION APPLICATIONS FOR
BENEFITS HAVE BEEN MADE AND OF
THOSE, THREE MILLION HAVE BEEN
PROCESSED.
WE ARE, OBVIOUSLY, VERY THANKFUL
TO THE OFFICERS AND TO THE
PEOPLE WORKING AT SERVICE CANADA
FOR THEIR DILIGENT WORK.
WE ARE ALSO VERY GRATEFUL TO
CANADIANS WHO HAVE CHARLOTTETOWN
DISCIPLINE AND YESTERDAY, WE
WILL REPEAT THIS FOR EVERYONE.
SO TODAY, THOSE BORN IN APRIL,
MAY AND JUNE CAN MAKE THEIR
APPLICATION FOR THE CERB.
ON THE STATE OF APPLICATIONS FOR
THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE BENEFIT
AND YESTERDAY WE RECEIVED OVER
966,000 APPLICATIONS FOR THE
CANADA EMERGENCY RESPONSE
BENEFIT AND THIS IS IN ONE DAY
THE EQUIVALENT OF WHAT WE
TYPICALLY RECEIVE IN SIX MONTHS
IN TERMS OF ENTRANCE BENEFIT
APPLICATIONS.
SINCE MARCH 15th, WE HAVE
RECEIVED OVER 3.6 MILLION
APPLICATIONS FOR EMERGENCY
BENEFITS.
OVER THREE MILLIONS OF THESE
APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN PROCESSED
AND, OF COURSE, WE ARE VERY
GRATEFUL FOR THE HARD WORK OF
CANADA AND CANADA REVENUE AGENCY
WORKERS WHO HAVE WORKED VERY
HARD, NOT ONLY TO RECEIVE BUT
ALSO TO PROCESS THESE
APPLICATION.
WE'RE ALSO VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE
CANADIANS FOR THEIR DISCIPLINE
YESTERDAY AND WE REMIND EVERYONE
BORN IN APRIL, MAY AND JUNE,
THEY CAN ALSO SUBMIT THEIR
APPLICATION FOR THE CANADA
EMERGENCY RESPONSE BENEFIT.
>> THANK YOU.
WE ARE READY TO ANSWER YOUR
QUESTIONS.
>> THERE ARE QUESTIONS ON THE
PHONE BEFORE TURNING TO THE
ROOM.
OPERATOR.
>> PLEASE PRESS STAR 1 AT THIS
TIME IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> THE FIRST QUESTION IS FROM TV
NUVELLE.
QUESTION, THIS IS A QUESTION FOR
MINISTER BAINS.
YOU CAN ANSWER IF ENGLISH, IF
YOU WISH.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW THIS, BEFORE
THE VENTILATORS, THERE ARE
30,000 THAT WILL BE MADE HERE IN
CANADA.
CAN YOU TELL US HOW LONG,
APPROXIMATELY, IT WILL TAKE TO
GET THEM?
IS IT A QUESTION OF WEEK OR MORE
A QUESTION OF MONTHS?
YES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
QUESTION.
I THINK THAT WITH THE SYSTEM AS
IT STANDS NOW, WE CAN GET
ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT IN A MATTER
OF WEEKS.
WE CAN SEE THE PRODUCTION OF
THESE VENTILATORS FOR CANADIAN
USE.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> THANK YOU, ANOTHER QUESTION
FOR MISS FREELAND.
SO YES, THE ISSUE OF MASKS FROM
THE 3M COMPANY IN THE U.S., THAT
COMPANY HAS BEEN SOLVED, BUT THE
PRIME MINISTER SEEMED TO IMPLY
THAT THERE COULD BE OTHER
PROBLEMS IN THE COMING WEEKS AND
MONTHS WITH OTHER TYPES OF
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT.
HAVE THERE BEEN ANY
NEGOTIATIONS?
WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME
AREAS IN THE UNITED STATES THAT
MORE VENTILATORS.
HAVE YOU NEGOTIATED AND ARE WE
READY TO SEND THEM SOMETHING IN
EXCHANGE SO THAT WE CAN GET WHAT
WE NEED FOR OUR HEALTHCARE
WORKERS?
ANSWER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
QUESTION.
WE TRULY DID FIND A GOOD
SOLUTION WITH 3M AND I WANT TO
THANK 3M AND OUR AMERICAN
PARTNERS AND NEIGHBOURS AND ALL
OF THE TEAM IN CANADA WHO WORKED
ON THAT.
WITH REGARD TO THE FUTURE, WE
TOLD OUR AMERICAN PARTNERS THAT
WE HAVE A MUTUAL RELATIONSHIP
THAT IS VERY BALANCED WHEN IT
COMES TO MEDICAL CARE AND
SERVICES.
WE ARE INTERDEPENDENT AND THE
BEST RESULTS FOR CANADA AND FOR
THE UNITED STATES IS TO CONTINUE
TO WORK TOGETHER.
OUR PARTNERS AGREED AND WE CAN
SEE THAT WITH THE RESULTS THAT
WE OBTAINED YESTERDAY.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH OUR PARTNERS USING THAT
ARGUMENT AND WE WON'T ONLY USE
THAT ARGUMENT, BUT WE WILL ALSO
TRULY WORK TOGETHER.
WE DID HAVE A GOOD OUTCOME
YESTERDAY WITH THE 3M MASKS.
IT WAS A REALLY TEAM CANADA
EFFORT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED
AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE
LEADERS OF 3M WHO HAVE BEEN
ACTING IN A REALLY RESPONSIBLE
WAY AND ALSO, OF COURSE, OUR
AMERICAN PARTNERS.
WE ACHIEVED THAT RESULT BY
MAKING THE CASE TO OUR AMERICAN
FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS THAT WHEN
IT COMES TO MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
AND MEDICAL SERVICES, THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CANADA AND
THE UNITED STATES IS ONE OF
INTERDEPENDENCE.
IT IS A RECIPROCAL RELATIONSHIP
AND BOTH COUNTRIES DO BEST WHEN
WE WORK TOGETHER AND THAT'S WHY
WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE A
WIN-WIN OUTCOME.
THAT WILL BE THE ARGUMENT THAT
WE CONTINUE TO MAKE AND ADVANCE
IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
UNITED STATES IN THESE TRULY
DIFFICULT AND COMPLICATED TIMES.
I THINK IT'S GOOD NEWS FOR
CANADIANS AND FOR AMERICANS THAT
THAT ARGUMENT RESONATED WITH OUR
PARTNERS AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO
KEEP GOING IN THAT VEIN.
>> THANK YOU, DEPUTY PRIME
MINISTER.
NEXT QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM TERESA
WRIGHT FROM THE CANADIAN PRESS
AND YOUR LINE IS OPEN, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS BEST
ANSWERED BY DR. HAMMOND OR
DR. HJDU.
I'M LOOKING TO SEE HOW MANY
VENTILATORS WE HAVE IN CANADA
RIGHT NOW AND HOW MANY YOU
BELIEVE WE WILL NEED.
>> SO THE ACTUAL VENTILATOR
CAPACITY WITHIN THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE
PARLIAMENTS, OF COURSE.
THEY'VE CANCELED ELECTED
SURGERIES TO MAKE SURE THERE'S
CAPACITY IN THE ICUS.
WE HAVE PROVIDED VENTILATORS TO
A WHOLE NUMBER OF PARLIAMENTS
AND TERRITORIES AND WE ARE
ACQUIRING MORE AS YOU'VE HEARD.
SO BEFORE ANY REQUESTS WERE MADE
BY PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES, WE
PREEMPTIVELY ALREADY PURCHASED
ANOTHER 600, CLOSE TO 600, AND
THEN, OF COURSE, ALL OF THE
INNOVATION OF THE CHANNELINGS OF
ACQUISITION CAME INTO PLAY, AS
WELL.
BUT I THINK IT'S AN AREA THAT
YOU HAVE TO MONITOR IN A DYNAMIC
WAY, BECAUSE EVERYDAY THERE WILL
BE PEOPLE ADMITTED TO ICUS AND
AVAILABLE OF ICU BEDS WILL BE
BASED ON LOCAL EPIDEMIOLOGY AND
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE SICK IN THAT
AREA.
SO IT'S NOT AN EVEN DISTRIBUTION
IN TERMS OF CAPACITY ON ANY
GIVEN DAY.
>> AND ALSO, DR. TAM, I'M
WONDERING IF YOU COULD TALK
ABOUT THE SCIENCE FOR THE DATA
THAT YOU'VE LOOKED AT IN TERMS
OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING MOST
IMPACTED BY THIS ILLNESS.
I'M TALKING ABOUT GENDER, RACE,
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS.
ARE YOU COLLECTING THIS DATA AND
WHAT IS IT TELLING YOU?
>> YES, WE ARE COLLECTING THIS
INFORMATION AND THE DETAILED
INFORMATION IS ACTUALLY
AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE DO KNOW THAT CERTAIN GROUPS
HAVE A LOT OF IMPACT IN TERMS OF
SEVERE AND DEATH.
AND THOSE ARE PEOPLE IN THE
OLDER AGE GROUPS.
AND SO IN TERMS OF DEATH, THE
VAST MAJORITY AND OVER 92 92% OF
DEATHS OF THOSE 62 OR OLDER AND
I THINK THAT REFLECTS SOME OF
THE EPIDEMIOLOGY WE'RE SEEING
WHERE THE AVERAGE AGE OF THE
RESIDENTS ARE QUITE HIGH AND
THAT'S WHY WE'RE SEEING THAT
IMPACT RIGHT NOW.
AND IN TERMS OF
HOSPITALIZATIONS, AGAIN, IT'S
GEARED TO THE OLDER AGE GROUPS
AND WE KNOW THAT IT HAS BEEN
APPROXIMATELY 60% OF
HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE OVER THE
AGE OF 60, BUT WE HAVE SEEN
YOUNGER AGE GROUPS IMPACTED FOR
SURE AND WITH EVEN YOUNG PEOPLE,
20S AND 30S, SEVERAL OF THOSE
VERY TRAGIC REPORTS ARE PEOPLE
IN THOSE AGE GROUPS ALSO HAVING
FATALITIES.
AND ANOTHER WAY IS TO TRACK ICU
ADMISSIONS.
WE HAVE ABOUT, OF THE CASE
REPORTS WE RECEIVED, ABOUT 5%
HAVE BEEN ADMITTED TO ICU.
I WOULD SAY OVERALL, THE GENDER
DISTRIBUTION OR THE SEX, MALE
TO-FEMALE, IS EQUAL AND ANOTHER
PHENOMENON TO REMEMBER IS THAT,
IN FACT, IS ADULTS, PARTICULARLY
THE WORKING AGE GROUP, ADULTS
HAVE THE MOST ILLNESSES
REPORTED.
BUT THE SEVERITY OF ILLNESS IS
SKEWED TOWARDS THE OLDER AGE
GROUPS.
>> THANK YOU, NEXT QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM
RADIO-CANADA.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO ASK MY QUESTION.
SO THE PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCED
THIS MORNING THAT CANADA WOULD
BE PRODUCING VENTILATORS AND
OTHER EQUIPMENT DOMESTICALLY AND
I'M WONDERING HOW LONG DO YOU
THINK THAT CANADA WILL BE ABLE
TO COUNT ON THIS DOMESTIC MARKET
TO MEET ITS NEEDS FOR VARIOUS
TYPES OF EQUIPMENT, NOT ONLY
VENTILATORS?
WILL WE ALWAYS HAVE TO COUNT ON
THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET AND TO
WHAT EXTENT?
ANSWER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
QUESTION.
WE HAVE A CLEAR STRATEGY AND
IT'S BUY, BUY, BUY, AND MAKE,
MAKE, MAKE.
IT IS A VERY CLEAR STRATEGY.
AND THAT IS WHY WE CREATED A
PLAN TO MAKE VENTILATORS AND
OTHER ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT HERE
IN CANADA.
WHAT EXTENT AND WHAT PERCENTAGE?
IT'S DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE THAT
RIGHT NOW, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE
TO WORK EVERYDAY TO SEE WHAT
CAPACITY WE HAVE HERE IN CANADA.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE A STRATEGY TO
ACCUMULATE THE NECESSARY
EQUIPMENT BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONLY
NECESSARY FOR CANADIANS BUT FOR
OTHER COUNTRIES, AS WELL.
THANK YOU, MINISTER.
FOLLOWUP QUESTION.
YES, THANK YOU.
QUESTION, SHOULD CANADA HAVE
SUCCESSIVE WAVES, A BIT LIKE
ONTARIO WAS SUGGESTING LAST
WEEK?
THIS IS DR. NJOOM.
IT'S HARD TO PREDICT WHAT WILL
HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, BUT I
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO PAY
ATTENTION TO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN
THE COMING WEEKS.
WE HAVE EXPECTING GOOD NEWS IF
EVERYONE CONTINUES TO PRACTISE
PHYSICAL DISTANCING IN CANADA.
AND WITH THE ENTIRE POPULATION
BEING MOTIVATED, WELL, THAT IS
AN IMPORTANT FACTOR AND THEN
WE'LL SEE WHAT IMPACT THAT WILL
HAVE ON THE FUTURE.
>> WE'LL TURN TO THE ROOM
STARTING WITH MOLLY FROM CTV.
>> MINISTER, YOU TALKED ABOUT
THE SOURCING, AND DOES SOURCING
MEAN A GUARANTEE THOSE WILL COME
INTO THE COUNTRY?
AND CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND A
ROUGHLY TIMELINE WHEN WE'RE
LOOKING AT 230 MILLION SURGICAL
MASKS, 75 MILLION N 95 MASKS?
BECAUSE WE'RE SITTING IN A
PROVINCE WHERE THE PREMIER SAID
WE'LL RUN OUT OF MASKS BY NEXT
WEEK?
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
I WANT TO BEGIN BY SAYING WE'RE
OPERATING IN A VERY FLUID AND
EVOLVING MARKET FOR PPE.
EVERY SINGLE DAY WE ARE
AGGRESSIVELY ORDERING IN THIS
MARKETPLACE, BUT WE MUST
RECOGNISE THAT ARE RISKS POSED
BY FRAGILE SUPPLY CHAINS AND
THERE IS A FLUIDITY OF THIS
CURRENT SITUATION THAT MUST BE
UNDERSTOOD IN THIS PERIOD OF
EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH DEMAND.
IN TERMS OF YOUR QUESTION
RELATING TO SUPPLIES AND
TIMELINES, ORDERING, OF COURSE
DOES NOT GUARANTEE A DELIVERY.
ORDERING MEANS THAT WE HAVE
PLACED AN ORDER AND CONTRACT FOR
PRODUCTS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE
SURE FIND THEIR WAY BACK TO
CANADA.
AND IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT
GOODS FIND THEIR WAY BACK TO
CANADA, WE ARE TAKING VERY
SERIOUS STEPS ON THE GROUND, IN
TOMAKE SURE IT MEETS THE
REQUIREMENT THAT COUNTRIES HAVE
BEFORE THE LEAVE THE
JURISDICTION.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN CHINA, WE HAVE
ENGAGED OUR EMBASSY ON THE
GROUND IN EFFORTS TO ENSURE OUR
ORDERS ARE DELIVERED ON SCHEDULE
AND THOSE PARTIES ARE ALSO
IDENTIFYING NEW OPPORTUNITIES
FOR US.
WE ARE ALSO ENGAGING DIRECTLY
WITH MANUFACTURERS ON THE GROUND
IN CHINA.
WE ARE ALSO ENGAGED WITH PRIVATE
FIRMS WHO ARE ASSISTING US WITH
QUALITY ASSURANCE, OPPORTUNITIES
IN COUNTRY LOGISTICS, ARRANGING
TRANSPORTATION AND, FOR EXAMPLE,
ASSISTING US IN LEASING A
WAREHOUSE IN SHANGHAI THAT CAN
STORE GOODS ONCE THEY ARE
SOURCED AND READY TO EXPORT.
FINALLY, WE ARE ARRANGING OUR
OWN TRANSPORTATION FROM CANADA.
YOU'VE BEEN TOLD THAT TWO PLANES
HAVE ALREADY LEFT CHINA AND
LANDED HERE SUCCESSFULLY.
AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING
THIS WEEK.
AND YOU CAN SEE THESE SUPPLY
CHAINS ARE COMPLEX, BUT WE ARE
TAKING EVERY EFFORT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE GET THOSE GOODS BACK TO
CANADA AND IN THE HANDS OF
FRONT-LINE HEALTHCARE WORKERS.
>> DIFFICULT TO GIVE A TIME
LINE.
>> IT IS DIFFICULT, BUT I WILL
SAY WE ARE WORKING ON SHORT-TERM
AND LONG-TERM TIMELINES.
AND WE HAVE 2.3 MILLION N95
MASKS ARRIVING IN CANADA BY THE
END OF THIS WEEK.
SO WE ARE SEEING PROGRESS ON
THAT FRONT.
>> THE SECOND QUESTION HAS TO DO
ABOUT EI.
WHAT HAPPENS IF A PERSON RUNS
OUT OF EI IN THE COMING WEEKS?
THESE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW CAN'T
QUALIFY FOR THAT EMERGENCY
BENEFIT BUT WE KNOW THAT COULD
BE BROADENED.
COULD PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE ANY
MORE EI IN THE COMING WEEKS BE A
PART OF THAT?
>> VERY GOOD QUESTION AND THERE
ARE TWO THINGS HAPPENING.
FIRST ONE IS THE IMPLEMENTATION
AT THE RAPID SPACE OF THE CANADA
EMERGENCY RESPONSE BENEFIT WHICH
INITIALLY HAD THE OBJECTIVE OF
BEING EMERGENCY NOT ONLY IN NAME
BUT IN ACTION.
SO WE KNEW THAT THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING TO DO WAS TO
SECURE THE ABILITY OF PEOPLE TO
MAKE ENDS PEOPLE FOR THOSE THAT
HAD NO INCOME WHATSOEVER.
NOW WE ARE MOVING INTO A SECOND
PHASE AND THE PRIME MINISTER
MADE IT CLEAR YESTERDAY THAT WE
ARE CONSIDERING OTHER ACTIONS TO
HELP OTHER PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT
HAVE LOST ALL OF THEIR INCOME,
THAT, IN FACT MAY BE WORKING IN
CONDITIONS WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE
THE INCOME THAT THE $2,000
CANADA EMERGENCY RESPONSE
BENEFIT WOULD OTHERWISE PROVIDE.
>> CONSIDERING THIS IS A GLOBAL
EPIDEMIC, WHEN WILL WE KNOW IT'S
OVER?
>> THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION
AND TIES INTO WHAT I'VE BEEN
SAYING ALL ALONG, WHICH IS THAT
WE CANNOT FIGHT THIS ALONE AS
ONE COUNTRY.
THAT, IN FACT, IT HAS TO BE A
GLOBAL SOLUTION AND WHY IT'S SO
IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK WITH
PARTNERS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY
AND YOU HEARD MINISTER BAINS
REFERENCE IF WE DON'T NEED ALL
OF THE VENTILATORS, THEY WOULD
GO TO ANOTHER COUNTRY.
THESE ARE THE KIND OF ACTIONS I
THINK COUNTRIES WILL HAVE TO
TAKE TOGETHER.
IF THERE IS ONE CASE OF
COVID-19, WE ARE ALL AT RISK,
BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU THINK ABOUT
PREVIOUS PANDEMICS, HUNDREDS OF
YEARS AGO, THEY WERE GLOBAL
PANDEMICS, DESPITE THE FACT
THERE WAS LESS GLOBAL TRAVEL,
VIRUSES AND BUGS HAVE A WAY OF
MAKING THEIR WAY AROUND HUMAN
POPULATION.
AND SO THE WORK THAT WE DO WITH
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION IN
ORDER TO PARTNER WITH OTHER
COUNTRIES, TO UNDERSTAND THE
SCIENCE TOGETHER, TO ACCELERATE
THE SCIENCE AND RESEARCH AS A
PARTNER COUNTRY AND THAT
ORGANIZATION IS EXTREMELY
PORSCHE.
IMPORTANT.
YOUR QUESTION IS A WISE ONE
BECAUSE, IN FACT, WHAT WE SEE IN
COUNTRIES THAT HAVE CRESTED
THEIR FIRST WAVE IS THAT THEY
HAVE TO KEEP A VERY CLOSE EYE ON
NEW CASES.
AND UNTIL WE ALL HAVE A GLOBAL
SOLUTION, THIS VIRUS WILL BE
WITH US AND WE'LL ALL HAVE TO
WORK TOGETHER TO PREVENT ITS
REEMERGENCE IN ANY OF OUR
COUNTRIES.
>> DID YOU WANT TO TAKE A JAB AT
THAT, DR. TAM?
CONSIDERINGIT'S STILL JUST ONE
QUESTION, THOUGH.
[ Laughter ]
>> I THINK THAT'S PRECISELY THE
CASE.
CANADA WILL TRY EXTREMELY HARD
AS WE HAVE BEEN DOING TO REDUCE
THIS FIRST WAVE, BUT THE GLOBAL
POPULATION IS NOT COMPLETELY
IMMUNE.
SO UNTIL THE POPULATION OBTAINED
A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF IMMUNITY, WE
WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THIS VIRUS
HAVING THE ABILITY TO HIT ANY
COUNTRY.
SO THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
POINT IN TERMS OF INTERNATIONAL
COLLABORATION.
FINDING THOSE SOLUTIONS LIKE
TREATMENTS AND VACCINES, OF
COURSE, WILL BE KEY IN THE
COMING MONTHS AND ANY TIME THAT
WE CAN BUY FOR THAT TO OCCUR IS
CRUCIAL.
BECAUSE IF GLOBAL SOLUTIONS ARE
NOT FOUND, THIS VIRUS COULD
POTENTIALLY CONTINUE TO
CIRCULATE FOR SOME TIME.
WE ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW, AS
DR. NJOO SAID, THAT WE DON'T
KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN, YOU KNOW,
AFTER THE FIRST WAVE AND IN THE
MONTHS TO COME BECAUSE THERE ARE
DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES AS TO
WHETHER THIS VIRUS BECOMES MORE
ENTRENCHED IN THE HUMAN
POPULATION LIKE INFLUENZA,
WHETHER IT WOULD UNDERGO
MUTATIONS.
SO ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE
UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME, BUT EVERY
COUNTRY IN THE WORLD IS AFFECTED
NOW AND NONE OF US WILL BE ABLE
TO MANAGE THIS WITHOUT
COORDINATION.
>> SO CONSIDERING ALL OF THIS
TALK ABOUT MASKS, AND I'M
TALKING ABOUT CLOTH MASKS, DO
YOU OR DR. HAJDU, PLAN TO WEAR
ONE, CONSIDERING SO MANY OF US
COULD BE POSITIVE AND DON'T KNOW
IT?
>> IF I GO OUT AND CAN'T
MAINTAIN PHYSICAL DISTANCING,
THAT'S ONE OPTION.
I WANT TO RECOGNISE THE EVIDENCE
IS NOT QUITE THERE BUT THERE IS
AN ADDED LAYER OF PREVENTION AND
PROTECTING THE SPREADING TO
OTHERS.
AND, AGAIN, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY
THERE TO PROTECT MYSELF.
I THINK THERE HAS TO BE THAT
REALITY CHECK AND THE FACT I
STILL HAVE TO DO THE HANDWASHING
AND STILL DO THE PHYSICAL
DISTANCING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
I THINK THAT IS REASONABLE AND
FEASIBLE ADVICE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IF THERE WAS NOT A WAY FOR ME
TO PRACTISE SOCIAL DISTANCING, I
WOULDN'T HESITATE TO WEAR THAT
AND WITH THE DIRECTION OF
DR. TAM IN TERMS OF HOW TO DO IT
PROPERLY AND BEING VERY AWARE
THAT IT WOULD BE A NEW
EXPERIENCE FOR ME.
I HAVEN'T WORN ONE YET AND I
WOULD FEEL LIKE I WOULD WANT TO
FIDDLE WITH THAT MASK, GIVEN THE
NEWNESS.
I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE RISKS
ABOUT WEARING A MASK, IS TO WEAR
IT PROPERLY AND TO UNDERSTAND
THAT IT IS AN UNCOMFORTABLE
EXPERIENCE AND THERE WILL BE TO
BE SELF-AWARENESS TO WANT TO
ADJUST IT.
AT THIS POINT, I HAVEN'T HAD TO
WEAR A MASK.
I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PRACTISE
SOCIAL DISTANCING WITHOUT ONE.
>> THANK YOU, MINISTER.
OPERATOR, OVER TO YOU.
>> THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM 
MORA FOREST, POLITICAL.
YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
GO AHEAD.
>> I THINK THIS IS FOR PRIME
MINISTER CHRYSTIA FREELAND.
THERE ARE 500,000 MASKS FROM 3M
COMING IN TOMORROW, BUT I WANT
TO BE VERY CLEAR, THAT'S NOT TO
SAY THAT WE HAVE A FULL
EXEMPTION FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
AT THIS POINT.
AND I GUESS FURTHER TO THAT, ARE
THERE OTHER SHIPMENTS COMING IN
OF N95 MASKS THIS WEEK?
>> SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, AND THE
STATEMENT THAT 3M PUT OUT
YESTERDAY WAS VERY CLEAR.
3M HAS RECEIVED CLEAR ASSURANCES
FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
UNITED STATES THAT SHIPMENTS TO
CANADA WILL CONTINUE UNIMPEEDED.
AS THE PRIME MINISTER SAID, WE
ARE EXPECTING A SHIPMENT VERY
SOON OF 500,000 MASKS AND MORE
SHIPMENTS FROM 3M TO COME.
WE HAVE OTHER PENDING SHIPMENTS
FROM OTHER SOURCES IN THE UNITED
STATES AND WE ARE WORKING
COLLABORATIVELY WITH OUR
AMERICAN PARTNERS TO BE SURE
THAT THOSE SHIPMENTS ALSO CAN
MAKE IT TO CANADA.
JUST AS OUR AMERICAN PARTNERS
ARE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH
CANADA TO MAKE SURE THE MEDICAL
SUPPLIES AND SERVICES THAT THE
UNITED STATES' SERVICES DEPENDS
ON FROM CANADA CAN CONTINUE TO
FLOW TO THE UNITED STATES.
I DON'T KNOW ANITA IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT IT'S
A FULL COURT PRESS ON
PROCUREMENT RIGHT NOW.
SO WHEN A SITUATION CROPS UP
WITH REGARDS TO SUPPLIES COMING
INTO CANADA, WHETHER IT BE FROM
THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER
COUNTRY, WE WORK DIPLOMATICALLY
AND ENSURING THE SUPPLIES MAKE
THEIR WAY BACK INTO CANADA AND
THAT'S WHY I DESCRIBED THAT
SITUATION WITH CHINA AND
CHRYSTIA HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.
WE ARE DETERMINED TO MAKE SURE
SUPPLIES GET BACK TO CANADA ONCE
THEY ARE ORDERED AND PROCURED
AND THAT IS OUR MAIN TASK DIDN'E
WON'T STOP UNTIL WE GET IT DONE.
>> I'LL BE FAIRLY BRIEF BECAUSE
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE,
AS WE RECOGNISE AS ANITA HAS
SAID AND CHRYSTIA HAVE
HIGHLIGHTED.
THERE'S STRAIN AND STRESS ON OUR
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN BUT WE'RE
LOOKING AT MADE-IN-CANADA SUPPLY
CHAIN LOOKING AT DOMESTIC
SOURCES.
THE GOWNS MADE IN CANADA, THOSE
RAW MATERIALS ARE PART OF THE
LOCAL SUPPLY CHAIN AND THIS
FURTHER INSULATES US FOR OTHER
CHALLENGES THAT WE MAY SEE IN
THE NEAR FUTURE.
I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT
ASPECT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IT'S
MADE IN CANADA, IT'S NOT ONLY
THE FINAL PRODUCT BY THE RAW
MATERIALS THAT GO INTO BUILDING
THAT PRODUCT.
>> MINISTER?
>> THANK YOU.
AND MINISTER ANAND, YOU
MENTIONED 2.5 MILLION N95 MASKS
COMING IN THIS WEEK.
CAN YOU SAY WHERE THOSE ARE
COMING FROM.
BUT IT SEEMS LOW.
DO YOU REALISTICALLY THINK WE'LL
BE ABLE TO FILL THAT ORDER OF
7.5 MILLION MASKS?
>> THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.
LET ME START OFF BY SAYING THAT
TALKING ABOUT THE SUPPLY CHAIN
AND THE STRESSES ON THE SUPPLY
CHAIN AT THE CURRENT TIME
REQUIRES US TO BE SANGUIN ABOUT
I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT NOW, THAT
THE 3M SHIPMENT IS COMING ACROSS
THE BORDER AND WILL ARRIVE
TOMORROW.
>> I CAN ALSO ASSURE YOU WE HAVE
A PLANE THAT WILL LEAVE CHINA
THIS WEEK WITH ANOTHER SHIPMENT
OF N95 MASKS ON IT.
APART FROM THAT, I WON'T BE ABLE
TO AND I'M SURE PEOPLE HERE WILL
AGREE WITH ME THAT WE ARE IN AN
ERA OF VOLATILITY IN GLOBAL
MARKETS.
AND SO EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, WE
 MAKING SURE THAT THE SUPPLY
CHAIN CAN FUNCTION AS IT SHOULD.
AND WHERE WE SEE SHORTFALL, WE
WILL BE DEFINITELY RELYING ON
DOMESTIC SUPPLY CHAINS TO BE
RAMPED UP AND PROVIDING
EQUIPMENT TO CANADIANS SO THAT
WE HAVEINS OPERATING AT THE SAME
TIME, BOTH DOMESTIC AND
INTERNATIONAL.
>> THANK YOU, MINISTER.
OPERATOR, NEXT QUESTION, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> I WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK TO
THIS ISSUE OF MASKS,
MISS FREELAND.
YOU SAID, I THINK, LAST WEEK,
THAT 3M IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT
SUPPLIER FOR CANADA, BUT I WOULD
LIKE TO KNOW THIS, ARE THERE
OTHER AMERICAN COMPANIES THAT
PROVIDE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT TO US
ON A SIGNIFICANT SCALE?
AND HAVE THOSE COMPANIES
OBTAINED THE SAME EXEMPTION SUP?
ANSWER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
QUESTION, YES, OF COURSE, THERE
ARE OTHER AMERICAN COMPANIES
THAT ARE MAJOR SUPPLIERS FOR
CANADA.
AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK ON
A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS TO WORK
WITH THOSE SUPPLIERS AND,
OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE AMERICAN
GOVERNMENT.
QUESTION, SO I WILL TAKE IT FROM
THAT THE SAME
OBTAINED BY THOSE COMPANIES?
I WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK TO A
QUESTION A COLLEAGUE ASKED ABOUT
THE EI BENEFITS AND I'M LOOKING
FOR AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION
AND I HAVE BEEN FOR AWHILE.
BENEFITS AND WHOSE BENEFITS ARE
COMING TO AN END OR IN A FEW
DAYS, THOSE PEOPLE WILL PROBABLY
NOT FIND A NEW JOB IN THE
CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES, SO CAN
THEY APPLY FOR THE CERB?
ANSWER, AS I SAID IN ENGLISH
EARLIER AND I'M HAPPY TO REPEAT
IT IN FRENCH NOW, THERE ARE TWO
MAIN OBJECTIVES THAT WE'VE BEEN
FOLLOWING SINCE THE BEGINNING.
FIRST TO SET UP THE CERB AND TO
MEET THE EMERGENCY NEEDS FOR CAD
NOT HAVE HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO
MAKE ENDS MEET.
SO WE DID THAT QUICKLY AND THEN
THE SECOND THING WE DID THAT
 TO GO FURTHER.
WE REALIZE THAT THE HUGE SOCIAL
SAFETY NET LETS PEOPLE DROP TO
THE HOLES IN THAT NET, SO WE'VE
BEEN WORKING ACTIVELY ON A
NUMBER OF CASES SUCH AS PEOPLE
WHO, FOR EXAMPLE, MIGHT BE
LOSING THEIR EI BENEFITS.
THANK YOU, MINISTER.
NEXT QUESTION, PLEASE.
YES, NEXT QUESTION
QUESTION, MY QUESTION IS FOR
MINISTER
THERE IS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT
REQUESTS FOR PROCUREMENT OF
EQUIPMENT THAT'S BEEN DONE IN
THE LAST WEEK FROM ABROAD.
BUT I THINK IT'S BEEN EXACTLY A
WEEK, I THINK IT WAS LAST
TUESDAY THAT THERE WERE
60 MILLION MASKS TEEN
ORDERED WITHIN CANADA SO I'M
WONDERING FOR QUEBEC, CAN YOU
TELL US HOW MANY MASKS HAVE
ARRIVED IN QUEBEC AS OF
YESTERDAY?
ANSWER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT QUESTION IS NOT JUST FROM
MINISTER HADJU OR DR. TAM.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WHEN WE
ORDERED MASKS, WE HAD TO ENSURE
THAT THE GOODS WILL ACTUALLY
ARRIVE.
SO IT'S NOT JUST A QUESTION OF
ORDERING.
IT'S A QUESTION OF GETTING THEM
IN.
SO FOR QUEBEC ONE WOULD I WOULDO
ASK IF DR. TAM HAS SOMETHING TO
ADD.
WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH ALL OF
THE PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES
AND THE AGREEMENT SPECIFIES THE
QUANTITY OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
THIS IS DR. NJOO AND I WOULD
JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT THE
SITUATION IS VERY FLUID.
WEVE YOU EXACT NUMBERS
BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING
DELIVERIES FROM ONE DAY TO THE
NEXT AND AS A MINISTERJU
ALSO SAID, WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT
WHICH IS A FRAMEWORK TO ALLOCATE
THE SUPPLIES TO THE PROVINCES
AND TERRITORIES.
AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND PROVINCES AND
TERRITORIES.
(PLEASE STAND BY)
>> TO ENSURE THAT ALL REGIONS, 
INCLUDING QUÉBEC HAVE WHAT THEY 
NEED, INCLUDING MEDICAL 
EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR QUÉBEC TO 
BE SITTING AT THE TABLE WITH 
EVERYONE ELSE.
THAT IS THE CASE AND WE 
REGULARLY DISCUSS THESE ISSUES.
[end of translation]. 
>> I JUST WANT TO REMIND 
EVERYONE, THIS IS WORLD HEALTH  
INCREDIBLE WORK OF NURSES AND 
MIDWIVES.
[SPEAKING FRENCH] 
[ APPLAUSE ]. 
>> Rosemary: ALL RIGHT.
AND THAT IS THE END OF OUR DAILY
FEDERAL BRIEFING FROM FEDERAL 
CABINET MINISTERS AND PUBLIC 
HEALTH OFFICIALS.
MOST OF THE FOCUSHAT PRESS 
CONFERENCE TODAY REALLY ABOUT 
EQUIPMENT AND PROCUREMENT.
I'LL BRING IN MY COLLEAGUE DAVID
COCHRANE FROM OUR PARLIAMENTARY 
BUREAU TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
I THOUGHT THE BEST LINE FROM 
THAT PRESS CONFERENCE WAS FROM 
NAVDEEP BAINS SAYING OUR CLEAR 
STRATEGY IS BUY, BUY, BUY, MAKE,
MAKE, MAKE.
UNFORTUNATELY HE ONLY SAID IT I 
TRYING TO DO HERE.
MINISTER ANAND IS ON THE BUYING 
PART AND HE IS ON THE MAKING 
PART.
>> David: YES, HEARD WHAT THE 
DOMESTIC CAPACITY IS GOING TO 
LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF MAKING 
SUPPLIES.
THERE ARE NOW FOUR COMPANIES WHO
ARE GOING TO PUMP OUT  GOAL IS  
VENTILATORS FOR DOMESTIC USE AND
PERHAPS SHIPPING 
INTERNATIONALLY, HELPING THE 
GLOBAL FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19.
AN EXPLANATION ON TIMING THERE.
I'M TOLD BY A GOVERNMENT 
OFFICIAL THAT THEY HAVE IN THE 
STOCKPILE WHAT THEY NEED IN THE 
SHORT TERM.
THE FIRST OF THESE VENTILATORS 
SHOULD BE ROLLING OFF THE 
ASSEMBLY L
USING WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE IS 
DESIGNED TO BE A BRIDGE BEFORE 
THE CAPACITY CAN FULLY RAMP UP.
YOU HAVE A COMPANY MAKING 
AIRBAGS NOW MAKING MEDICAL 
GOWNS.
AND CONSTRUCTION-TYPE WRAPPING, 
THEY'RE GOING TO USE THAT FOR 
THE HIGHER LEVELS OF PROTECTION 
BECAUSE THERE'S DIFFERENT GRADES
IN MEDICAL GOWNS.
WE'RE ALL BECOMING EXPERTS IN 
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT ON THE FLY, 
ROSIE.
THEY ARE GOING TO SUPPLY THAT TO
ACTYRX ANDO MAKE THIS.
NOW WE HAVE A DOMESTIC SUPPLY OF
THE RAW MATERIALS.
NOT ONLY MADE IN CANADA, BUT 
SUPPLIED BY CANADA, WHICH 
FURTHER BUILDS SUPPLY CHAIN SO U
DON'T RUN INTO ISSUES LIKE THE 
UNITED STATES HAVE HAD WITH THE 
EXPORT BAN.
YOU, CHRYSTIA FREELAND ASSURING 
US TODAY, THE DEPUTY PRIME 
MINISTER, SAYING THAT HAS BEEN 
RESOLVED.
3M SUPPLIES WILL CONTINUE 
UNINTERRUPTED.
BUT THIS GOVERNMENT HAS A LOT OF
EXPERIENCE DEALING WITH THE 
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND THE 
ONLY CERTAINTY IS THE LACK OF 
CERTAINTY.
WHO KNOWS WHAT OTHER BARRIERS 
COULD COME UP.
A BREAKDOWN THERE OF WHAT 
THEY'RE DOING, BUT ALSO ON THE 
MAKING SIDE, ROSIE, AN ORDER, I 
SHOW UP, IT'S NOT WHAT YOU 
WANTED.
THAT'S THE BIG CHALLENGE TRYING 
TO KEEP FRONTLINE WORKERS 
SUPPLIED.
>> Rosemary: THERE WILL BE MORE 
N95 MASKS COMES AS WELL LATER.
THANK YOU, DAVID.
DAVID WILL PROBABLY BE ON "THE 
NATIONAL" LATER TONIGHT.
>>> JUST AN UPDATE OF WHAT'S 
HAPPENING FEDERALLY.
THE PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCED 
30,000 VENTILATORS WILL BE MADE 
IN CANADA.
 
TIMELINE PROBABLY REACHING INTO 
MAY.
A REAL MOVE TO PROTECT THE 
SUPPLY CHAIN.
IN QUÉBEC WE ARE EXPECTING THE 
MODELLING PROJECTIONS OF HOW TH.
THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN LATER.
LET'S FIRST GO TO THE PREMIER 
AND PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS.
THEY ARE PROVIDING AN UPDATE 
WITH 29 NEW DEATHS AND 760 
CASES.
ANDREW NICHOLS WILL PICK UP OUR 
COVERAGE FROM HERE.
THANKS FOR WATCHING.
I AM ROSEMARY BARTON.
>> Premi[Speaking French] [Voic 
Interpreter] THERE IS THE 
MATERIAL TO DO THE SCREENING 
TESTS, THE RE-AGENTS, AND RIGHT 
NOW WE HAVE ENOUGH FOR SIX OR 
SEVEN DAYS' WORTH AND WE ARE 
WORKING VERY HARD.
I KNOW T
