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AS WE AWAIT THE PRIME MINISTER'S
DAILY BRIEFING AFTER TAKING A 
COUPLE OF DAYS OFF, WE ARE 
EXPECTING JUSTIN TRUDEAU TO 
REACT TO REMARKS MADE BY ANDREW 
SCHEER AHEAD OF A POTENTIAL 
RETURN TO THE HOUSE.
SCHEER SAYS THAT AN 
ACCOUNTABILITY SESSION NEEDS TO 
HAPPEN AND IT CAN'T HAPPEN 
VIRTUALLY.
SCHEER IS DEFENDING HIS CHOICE 
TO FLY HIS FAMILY TO OTTAWA ON A
GOVERNMENT JET.
SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER 
THAT FLIES IN THE FACE OF PUBLIC
HEALTH DIRECTIVES.
WE'RE ALSO EXPECTING HIM TO TALK
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT 
PROCUREMENT OF PERSONAL 
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND TO SEE 
OF WHAT HE MAKES WITH SOME OF 
HIS ONGOING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE
PROVINCES.
LET ME BRING IN MY COLLEAGUES, 
THE HOST OF "POWER & POLITICS," 
VASSY KAPELOS, AND DAVID 
COCHRANE.
I DO WANT TO GET TO THE 
ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY, BUT LET'S 
START WITH THE PROVINCES AND 
WHAT MAY BE A BIT OF PULLING 
APART AT A TIME WE THOUGHT 
EVERYONE WAS GETTING ALONG WELL.
VASSY, I'LL GO TO YOU BECAUSE 
THIS HAPPENED IN YOUR INTERVIEW 
WITH THE PREMIER OF ALBERTA 
WHERE HE HAD SOME FRUSTRATION.
>> Vassy: HE SAID HE WAS LOOKING
TO CONSIDER THE USE OF TESTS 
THAT WERE NOT YET APPROVED BY 
HEALTH CANADA, IF THEY WERE 
APPROVED BY ANOTHER REGULATOR IN
ANOTHER COUNTRY, HE WAS OPEN TO 
CONSIDER THEIR USE.
I ASKED HIM ABOUT THAT TWEET AND
ASKED HIM IF HE WAS EXPRESSING A
DISTRUST IN HEALTH CANADA AS A 
REGULATOR.
THAT LED TO A SERIES OF 
RESPONSES IN WHICH HE SAID 
BASICALLY THAT HE WAS NOT 
EXPRESSING A MISTRUST IN THEM, 
BUT THAT THEY WERE PLAYING 
CATCHUP.
THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS FROM 
HEALTH CANADA ABOUT THE VALIDITY
OF SUCH A TEST, THAT THERE HAS 
TO BE A VETTING PROCESS IN PLACE
AND THAT'S WHY IT WAS WORKING 
ITS WAY THROUGH THE APPROVAL 
PROCESS.
MR. KENNEY WENT ON TO CRITICIZE 
DR. TAM MORE SPECIFICALLY AND 
ACCUSED HER OF REPEATING TALKING
POINTS FROM THE PEOPLE'S 
REPUBLIC OF CHINA WHEN SHE 
EARLIER IN, HER AND OTHER PUBLIC
HEALTH OFFICIALS, IN JANUARY AND
FEBRUARY INSISTED THAT THE 
EVIDENCE OF HUMAN-TO-HUMAN 
TRANSMISSION OF THE VIRUS WAS 
VERY LOW.
SOME VERY POINTED WORDS FOR 
DR. TAM, FOR HEALTH CANADA FROM 
JASON KENNEY.
RAISES A WHOLE HOST OF QUESTIONS
THAT I THINK THE PRIME MINISTER 
WILL ADDRESS, THE JURISDICTIONAL
ISSUE.
CAN THE PROVINCES ACTUALLY 
EMPLOY A TEST OR USE A TEST THAT
HAS YET TO BE APPROVED BY THE 
FEDERAL REGULATOR AND ALSO A 
MORE DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE 
ACCUSATIONS THAT PREMIER KENNEY 
IS LEVELLING WHERE DR. TAM IS 
CONCERNED AND HER INTEGRITY IN 
ALL OF THIS.
VERY INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THE 
PRIME MINISTER AND/OR DR. TAM 
HAS TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
>> Rosemary: I WILL SAY, JUST SO
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, BUT HEALTH 
CANADA REGULATES THE APPROVAL 
PROCESS OF TESTING, MEDICINE, 
OTHER THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED.
THE PROVINCES DON'T.
SO THEY HAVE TO WAIT FOR HEALTH 
CANADA TO SIGN OFF ON THAT.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE 
COURSE OF THIS PANDEMIC THAT 
CANADA WILL LOOK TO OTHER 
AGENCIES, LIKE THE F.D.A. OR THE
C.D.C. IN THE UNITED STATES, TO 
SAY, OKAY, YOU'VE APPROVED IT.
WE CAN MOVE A LITTLE FASTER 
BECAUSE WE KNOW AN ALLY.
JASON KENNEY DID ALLUDE TO THAT,
BUT THERE IS NO ABILITY FOR A 
PROVINCE TO APPROVE A MEDICINE 
OR A DRUG OR A TEST OR ANYTHING 
LIKE THAT.
IT DOES SEEM TO ME THAT HE'S 
TRYING TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR HEALTH 
CANADA.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GOT THAT 
IMPRESSION, VASSY.
>> Vassy: SPECIFICALLY WHERE THE
TESTING IS CONCERNED, I IMAGINE 
HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE 
SEROLOGICAL TESTS THAT THE 
F.D.A. HAS APPROVED QUICKER THAN
HEALTH CANADA.
HEALTH CANADA DOES HAVE SPECIFIC
CONCERNS WHERE THE VALIDITY AND 
THE ACCURACY OF THOSE TESTS ARE 
CONCERNED.
I THINK EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE
NEED FOR SPEED RIGHT NOW.
WHEN IT COMES TO ANY KIND OF 
TREATMENT, ANY KIND OF TEST, ANY
KIND OF VACCINE.
BUT THERE IS ALSO A CONCERN 
ABOUT THE ACCURACY OF THOSE 
RESULTS BECAUSE A TEST IS ONLY 
AS GOOD AS IT IS ACCURATE.
I THINK THE CONCERNS AROUND THE 
SPEED AT WHICH THINGS HAPPEN, 
OUR COLLEAGUES HAVE COVERED 
THAT, THERE IS CONCERNS ABOUT 
THE INFORMATION BEING GIVEN 
ABOUT HUMAN-TO-HUMAN 
TRANSMISSION AND CLOSING THE 
BORDERS.
WHERE DR. TAM AND THESE TESTS 
ARE CONCERNED, CLEARLY HEALTH 
CANADA HAS SOME ISSUES WITH THE 
VALIDITY OF THEM.
THEY'RE TRYING TO VET THEM.
THE WHOLE JURISDICTIONAL PART OF
THIS AND WHETHER THE PROVINCE 
CAN DO THAT ARE DEFINITELY WORTH
FOLLOW UP.
>> Rosemary: THANK YOU FOR THAT,
VASSY.
DAVID, I'LL GO TO YOU AS WE WAIT
FOR THE PRIME MINISTER TO 
EMERGE.
HE'S BACK AT RIDEAU AFTER A 
COUPLE OF DAYS WITH HIS FAMILY.
WHAT ARE WE EXPECTING TODAY?
>> David: WE'RE GOING TO HEAR 
ABOUT PROCUREMENT.
SPEAKING OF TESTS.
HE'S GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THE 
SPARTAN BIOSCIENCE TESTS THAT 
WERE DEVELOPED IN OTTAWA AND THE
RAMP UP TO TRY TO MAKE CANADA AS
EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE IN THE 
WORLD OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND 
ALSO AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE 
DELIVERIES THEY'VE BEEN GETTING.
A CARGO JET PLANE TOUCHED DOWN 
IN HAMILTON BRINGING SUPPLIES 
BACK FROM CHINA AND THERE'S AIR 
CANADA FLIGHTS SCHEDULED TO MAKE
RETURN TRIPS INTO SHANGHAI WHERE
THE GOVERNMENT IS BUILDING A 
STOCKPILE IN A WAREHOUSE THERE, 
DEPENDING ON SOME DIPLOMATIC 
STAFF AND MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS
TO BUILD A SUPPLY CHAIN IN CHINA
TO CUT THROUGH THE CHAOS.
AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING 
THERE.
ALSO SOME EXPLANATION ON THE 
WIDENING OF BUSINESSES AND 
INDIVIDUALS TO QUALIFY FOR THE 
VARIOUS AID PROGRAMS, THE CERB, 
THE CEBA, THE CANADA EMERGENCY 
BENEFIT RESPONSE AND THE RELIEF.
THE CRITERIA TO QUALIFY FOR THIS
HAS BEEN WIDENING EACH AND EVERY
DAY.
IT SEEMS AS A NEW ROUND OF 
COMPLAINTS COME UP, A NEW ROUND 
OF CRITERIA IS PUT IN PLACE.
THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE 
WIDENING OF THE BROADER THINGS.
WHAT I UNDERSTAND, ROSIE, IS 
WE'LL GET A MENU OR A TABLE OF 
CONTENTS FROM THE PRIME 
MINISTER.
HERE'S WHERE WE ARE ON 
PROCUREMENT, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE 
DOING ON THE GLOBAL BENEFIT, AND
HERE'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO 
WITH THE SECTOR OF SPECIFIC 
PACKAGES.
THE OIL PATCH, RESTAURANTS, 
HOSPITALITY, AIRLINES, ALL 
LOOKING TO A PACKAGE THAT GOES 
ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT HAS 
ALREADY BEEN INTRODUCED.
THE PRIORITY HAS BEEN TO DO THE 
GLOBAL ONES AS BROADLY AS THEY 
CAN BF THEY MOVE ON TO 
SECTOR-SPECIFIC PLANS. 
>> Rosemary: I WILL COME BACK TO
BOTH OF YOU IN A MOMENT.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN 
HEARING OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF 
DEATHS IS THE NUMBER OF DEATHS 
THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN LONG-TERM 
CARE HOMES.
IT IS RAISING CONCERNS.
DR. TAM SAID MORE THAN HALF OF 
THE 800 DEATHS IN THIS COUNTRY 
ARE CONNECTED TO NURSING HOMES 
OR LONG-TERM CARE CENTRES.
THAT IS FELT EXTREMELY ACUTELY 
IN DORVAL, QUÉBEC, WHERE 31 
PEOPLE HAVE DIED.
HEALTH WORKERS WERE CALLED IN 
THERE AND THEY DESCRIBED THE 
DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS.
THE POLICE AND THE CORONERS ARE 
ALL INVESTIGATING.
WE SPOKE TO A MAN WHO LOST HIS 
FATHER TO COVID-19 COMPLICATIONS
AND HIS MOTHER IS IN HOSPITAL 
WITH MILD SYMPTOMS.
PETER WILL JOIN ME FROM 
MONTREAL.
I'M NOT SURE IF WE'VE GOT A SHOT
OF YOU YET, PETER, BUT WE'LL 
PUNCH YOU UP WHEN WE HAVE YOU.
FIRST OF ALL, PETER, MY 
CONDOLENCES ABOUT YOUR FATHER.
>> Interview: THANK YOU.
>> Rosemary: HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> Interview: WE'RE DOING PRETTY
WELL, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE MY 
MOTHER IS OUT OF HERRON.
SHE'S IN HOSPITAL AND BEING WELL
TAKEN CARE OF.
THEY THINK SHE HAS COVID-19, BUT
IT SEEMS TO BE A MILD CASE.
WE'RE HOPING SHE WILL RECOVER 
QUICKLY AND WE CAN GIVE HER A 
HUG IN PERSON VERY SOON.
>> Rosemary: TELL ME, WHAT WAS 
YOUR EXPERIENCE LIKE FOR YOUR 
PARENTS AT THE LONG-TERM CARE 
HOMES?
>> Interview: MY PARENTS HAD 
BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS.
WE MOVED MY FATHER OUT A COUPLE 
OF WEEKS AGO BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS
WITH THE CARE AND THE PRICES 
THEY WANTED TO CHARGE FOR HIS 
CARE.
WE MOVED HIM INTO ANOTHER PUBLIC
SENIORS FACILITY THAT, 
UNFORTUNATELY, WAS ALSO A HOT 
BED OF COVID CASES.
SO MY FATHER DIED ON THE 4TH OF 
COVID-19-RELATED COMPLICATIONS.
WE WENT FROM THAT -- THE FRYING 
PAN INTO THE FIRE IN A CERTAIN 
SENSE, BECAUSE THEN WE STARTED 
FOLLOWING THE CARE OF MY MOTHER 
AND WORRIED ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING
ON IN HERRON.
THEN WE HEARD THAT ABOUT THE 
PROBLEMS WITH CARE.
WE GOT MY MOTHER OUT.
THEN WE HEARD THE NEXT DAY THAT 
31 PEOPLE HAD DIED IN A PERIOD 
OF 26 DAYS THERE.
>> Rosemary: WHAT WERE THE 
PROBLEMS OF CARE?
WE'VE HEARD SOME OF THE STORIES,
GRAPHIC STORIES, BUT WHAT WERE 
THE PROBLEMS OF CARE THAT YOU 
OBSERVED WITH YOUR PARENTS?
>> Interview: WELL, TAKE MY 
FATHER, FOR EXAMPLE.
LIKE, HE HAD BEEN IN AND OUT OF 
HOSPITAL FROM NOVEMBER, 
DECEMBER, JANUARY, HE SPENT 
ABOUT NINE WEEKS IN HOSPITAL.
WHEN HE WAS BROUGHT BACK TO 
HERRON, THERE WAS SOME PROBLEMS 
WITH HIS CARE.
HE WENT FROM SOMEONE WHO LOOKED 
GOOD AND HARDY TO SOMEONE WHO 
COULDN'T GET OUT OF BED AND FEED
HIMSELF.
THE AMOUNT OF CARE WENT UP AND 
THEY WANTED TO INCREASE THE 
PRICE FROM $40,000 TO $60,000 A 
YEAR TO TAKE CARE OF HIM.
THEY WEREN'T TAKING GOOD CARE OF
HIM.
WHEN HE CAME BACK FROM HOSPITAL 
HE HAD SOME MINOR BED WOUNDS AND
THEY GOT SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE AT 
HERRON FOR A THREE OR FOUR-WEEK 
PERIOD BEFORE GOING BACK TO 
HOSPITAL.
WHEN HE CAME BACK FROM HOSPITAL,
THERE WAS INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO 
TREAT THE BED SORES, HE NEEDED 
TO BE MOVED EVERY TWO HOURS.
THERE WAS A CHART ON THE WALL 
WHEN TO MOVE HIM AND THEY 
ASSURED US THAT WOULD HAPPEN.
ONE DAY MY BROTHER WAS THERE FOR
SIX HOURS AND NO ONE HAD COME IN
AND WHEN HE CAME BACK THE NEXT 
DAY THERE WAS A TICK IN EACH OF 
THE BOXES AND MY BROTHER SAW NO 
ONE.
THAT'S AN INDICATION THAT THERE 
WAS FOG GOING ON -- ONCE MY 
FATHER HAD GONE TO THE OTHER 
RESIDENCE, SHE WAS LEFT ALONE.
WE WERE ABLE TO TALK TO HER ON 
THE PHONE.
THE LEVEL OF CARE WOULD GO UP 
AND DOWN EACH DAY, EVEN THOUGH 
THE REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY 
HAD COME IN RESCUED ALL THE 
RESIDENTS THERE, THERE WAS STILL
PROBLEMS.
SHE WAS LEFT IN HER WHEELCHAIR 
FOR THREE HOURS LAST TUESDAY 
WITH A FULL DIAPER AND GOT TO 
ASSISTANCE FOR THREE HOURS WHILE
MY SISTERS WERE CALLING 
FRANTICALLY AND LEAVING MESSAGES
AND TEXTS AND EVERYTHING TRYING 
TO GET SOMEONE IN TO CHANGE MY 
MOTHER'S DIAPERS.
IT WAS HORRIBLE.
BUT MY MOTHER WOULD BE THE FIRST
ONE TO SAY THAT HER CASE WAS 
MINOR COMPARED TO THE PEOPLE WHO
DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE TO ADVOCATE 
FOR THEMSELVES, WHO COULDN'T GET
OUT OF BED FOR THEMSELVES, WHO 
COULDN'T FEED THEMSELVES, WHO 
COULDN'T COMPLAIN ABOUT THE WAY 
THEY WERE TREATED.
IT'S HORRIFYING THINKING WHAT 
THEY FELT LIKE LAYING IN THEIR 
BEDS NOT BEING CARED FOR OR ABLE
TO TALK TO ANYBODY.
>> Rosemary: IT'S ALL 
HORRIFYING, FRANKLY.
IF ANYTHING, THIS PANDEMIC HAS 
SHOWN US THAT THE WAY WE ARE 
TREATING OLDER CANADIANS IS 
OBVIOUSLY NOT WHAT -- NOT HOW 
THEY SHOULD BE TREATED.
SO YOU MOVED YOUR MOTHER.
DID YOU MOVE HER BECAUSE SHE HAD
COVID OR YOU SUSPECTED SHE HAD 
COVID OR DID YOU MOVE HER 
BECAUSE OF THE ONGOING CONCERNS 
AROUND THE CONDITIONS AT HERRON?
>> Interview: IT WAS BOTH 
THINGS.
WE'D BEEN TRYING TO GET HERRON 
TO TEST HER FOR AT LEAST A WEEK 
NOW.
THEY KEPT TELLING US THEY 
WEREN'T GOING TO TEST HER AND 
SHE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE RIGHT 
SYMPTOMS, BASICALLY, SHE DIDN'T 
HAVE LOW BLOOD OXYGEN OR A 
FEVER.
SHE HAD DIARRHEA AND A SORE 
THROAT.
EVERY TIME WE TALKED TO HER, WE 
WERE LESS AND LESS ABLE TO HEAR 
HER.
HER VOICE WAS DISAPPEARING.
THERE IS A RANGE OF COVID, NOT 
JUST FEVER, BUT THEY REFUSED TO 
TEST.
THAT WAS A HUGE THING RIGHT 
THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO GET HER TESTED.
WE GOT HER TO THE HOSPITAL AND 
SHE WAS TESTED IMMEDIATELY AND 
THEY'RE PRETTY SURE THAT SHE 
DOES HAVE COVID.
SHE WASN'T GETTING CARE AND THEY
WEREN'T ADDRESSING HER CONCERNS 
AT ALL.
>> Rosemary: SO WHAT HAPPENS 
WHEN SHE GETS OUT OF HOSPITAL?
PRESUMABLY, AS YOU SAY, HER 
SYMPTOMS ARE NOT TOO SEVERE.
WE WOULD HOPE SHE WOULD GET OUT 
OKAY.
WHERE WILL SHE GO OF THAT?
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THAT?
>> Interview: WE'D BEEN PLANNING
ON MOVING MY FATHER AND MY 
MOTHER BEFORE THE WHOLE 
CORONAVIRUS QUARANTINE SITUATION
CAME UP.
MY MOTHER IS GOING TO BE GOING 
TO OTTAWA EVENTUALLY ONCE THEY 
OPEN UP THEIR PUBLIC HOMES 
THERE, WE'RE ALREADY ON A 
WAITING LIST FOR THAT.
MY SISTER LIVES IN OTTAWA.
MY SISTER WHO HAS MY MOTHER'S 
PRIMARY -- POWER OF ATTORNEY 
WILL BE TAKING CARE OF HER.
SHE'S NOT GOING BACK TO HERRON, 
THAT'S FOR SURE.
>> Rosemary: PETER, I'M WAITING 
FOR THE PRIME MINISTER.
HE'LL BE OUT IN ABOUT A MINUTE.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS, PROVINCIAL OR 
FEDERAL, ABOUT LONG-TERM CARE 
CENTRES AFTER THIS EXPERIENCE 
WITH YOUR PARENTS AND WHAT COULD
BE NEEDED TO HELP THEM?
>> Interview: YOU KNOW, I THINK 
THE BIG MISTAKE AT THE BEGINNING
WAS TO STOP FAMILY MEMBERS FROM 
BEING ABLE TO GO INTO THESE 
INSTITUTIONS.
THE METAPHOR I KEEP USING IS WE 
TRIED TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE 
LION THAT WAS IN THE CAGE BEFORE
REALIZING THE LION WAS THERE AND
NOBODY WAS ABLE TO GET IN.
THE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT WERE 
STRUGGLING WOULD LOVE TO SPEND 
ALL DAY WITH THEM TAKING CARE OF
THEIR NEEDS.
WE WEREN'T ALLOWED IN THE 
BUILDING.
YOU LOST A HUGE RESOURCE WHEN 
YOU SHUT THE BUILDING DOWN.
THEN YOU CREATED A NEW WORKLOAD 
FOR THE WORKERS WHO REMAINED WHO
NEVER HAD TO DO THIS BEFORE 
BECAUSE THE FAMILIES WOULD TAKE 
CARE OF THEM.
THEIR WORKLOAD EXPLODED AND THEY
GOT SICK AND ARE TOLD FOG HOME 
AND QUARANTINE.
THEN YOU HAVE THIS LOSS OF 
MANPOWER IN THE BUILDING.
THE PEOPLE LEFT THERE, NO WONDER
THEY'RE GOING CRAZY.
THE WORK THEY'RE BEING ASKED TO 
DO FOR LOUSY WAGES IN A SHORT 
PERIOD OF TIME, IT'S A 
NIGHTMARE.
>> Rosemary: PETER, THE PRIME 
MINISTER HAS COME OUT OF HIS 
HOME.
MY CONDOLENCES FOR YOUR FATHER 
AND I'M WISHING MY BEST TO YOUR 
MOTHER AND YOUR WHOLE FAMILY.
HERE IS THE PRIME MINISTER OF 
CANADA NOW.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: OVER THE WEEKEND, WE 
RECEIVED NEW SHIPMENTS OF 
ESSENTIAL PERSONAL PROTECTIVE 
EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING FOUR PLANES
WORTH OF N95 MASKS.
AS WE SPEAK, WORKERS ARE 
UNPACKING AND VALIDATING THESE 
SUPPLIES SO WE CAN START 
SHIPPING THEM TO THE PROVINCES 
AND TERRITORIES AS QUICKLY AS 
POSSIBLE.
THESE NEW N95 MASKS MASKS ARE IN
ADDITION TO THE 820,000 THAT 
WENT TO PROVINCES LAST WEEK.
ALL TOLD, THIS MEANS WE HAVE 1.1
MILLION N95 MASKS READY TO BE 
SHIPPED TO THE PROVINCES AND 
TERRITORIES WITH MORE TO COME.
WE HAVE ALSO RECEIVED MILLIONS 
OF PAIRS OF GLOVES AND WE'LL BE 
GETTING NEW PROTECTIVE GOWNS 
DELIVERED FROM DOMESTIC 
SUPPLIERS STARTING NEXT MONDAY.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] DURING THE WEEKEND,
WE RECEIVED FOUR PLANES' WORTH 
OF ESSENTIAL GOODS, INCLUDING 
N95 MASKS.
WE ALSO HAVE AN ORDER FOR 
QUÉBEC.
THESE NEW N95 MASKS CAN BE ADDED
TO THE 820,000 MASKS THAT WE 
RECEIVED LAST WEEK.
ALL TOGETHER, WE ARE PREPARED TO
SEND 1.1 MILLION N95 MASKS TO 
THE PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES IN
THE COMING DAYS.
WE ALSO RECEIVED MILLIONS OF 
PAIRS OF GLOVES AND WE WILL BE 
DISTRIBUTING THOSE TO HOSPITALS 
STARTING ON MONDAY.
WITH RESPECT TO TESTS, WE ARE 
MAKING IMPORTANT PROGRESS.
I'M THINKING OF SPARTAN 
BIOSCIENCE THAT IS BASED IN 
OTTAWA, WHICH WILL BE SUPPLYING 
THOUSANDS OF NEW TEST KITS EVERY
MONTH.
AS DR. TAM SAID YESTERDAY, MORE 
THAN 430,000 TESTS HAVE BEEN 
CARRIED OUT IN CANADA.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OUR
TESTING CAPACITY AND LOOK AT NEW
TECHNOLOGIES IN ORDER TO 
SIMPLIFY THOSE TESTS RIGHT 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
[end of translation] IN THE LAST
TWO DAYS WE'VE ALSO MADE 
PROGRESS ON TESTING.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD 
ON A RANGE OF RAPID TESTING 
KITS, BOTH FROM HERE IN CANADA 
AND INTERNATIONALLY.
THIS INCLUDES OTTAWA-BASED 
SPARTAN BIOSCIENCE WHO WILL BE 
SUPPLYING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF 
KITS AND POTENTIALLY MORE AS 
PRODUCTION INCREASES.
AS DR. TAM SAID YESTERDAY, MORE 
THAN 340,000 CANADIANS HAVE BEEN
TESTED FOR COVID-19.
OUR EXPERTS AND HEALTH 
PROFESSIONALS ARE WORKING HARD 
TO INCREASE OUR CAPACITY TO KEEP
RAMPING UP TESTS ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY.
DEMAND FOR THESE SUPPLIES IS 
GOING UP AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE
SURE CANADA CAN KEEP UP.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] COVID-19 HAS 
TRANSFORMED THE DAILY LIVES OF 
ALL CANADIANS, BUT IT'S CLEAR 
THAT THOSE WHO ARE IN THE ARCTIC
REGIONS ARE NOT FACING THE SAME 
ISSUES AS PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN 
CITIES.
FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW THAT THERE 
ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE 
CONCERNED TO SEE EMPTY GROCERY 
SHELVES.
OTHERS ARE WORRIED WHETHER THEIR
HEALTHCARE CENTRE HAS ENOUGH 
SPACE AND RESOURCES TO COMBAT 
THE VIRUS IF IT SPREADS INTO 
THEIR COMMUNITY.
I CAN ASSURE YOU WE ARE DOING 
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO AVOID THAT 
HAPPENING.
TODAY I AM ANNOUNCING THAT THE 
GOVERNMENT WILL INVEST ALMOST 
$130 MILLION TO HELP NORTHERN 
COMMUNITIES FIGHT COVID-19.
OF THAT MONEY, $72.6 MILLION 
WILL BE GIVEN TO THE YUKON, THE 
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, AND 
NUNAVUT TO BOOST THEIR 
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND HELP IT TO
FIGHT COVID-19.
WE ARE ALSO PROVIDING FUNDS TO 
NUTRITION IN THE NORTH SO THAT 
FOOD REMAINS AFFORDABLE WHICH 
WILL HELP FAMILIES TO REMAIN 
HEALTHY.
SO THAT MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND 
FOOD CAN GET TO THOSE REGIONS, 
WE'RE WORKING WITH AIRLINE 
COMPANIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT
CAN HAPPEN.
FINALLY, I KNOW THAT A NUMBER OF
BUSINESSES IN THE NORTH ARE 
PARTICULARLY AFFECTED BY THIS 
CRISIS.
WE ARE OFFERING SUPPORT TO 
BUSINESS OWNERS WHOSE EXPENSES 
ARE NOT ALREADY COVERED THROUGH 
OTHER MEASURES THAT WE'VE 
ALREADY PUT IN PLACE.
[end of translation] I CAN 
ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE INVESTING 
ALMOST $130 MILLION TO SUPPORT 
NORTHERN COMMUNITIES IN DEALING 
WITH COVID-19.
IF YOU LIVE IN THE NORTH, 
CHANCES ARE YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT
WHETHER YOUR LOCAL HEALTH CENTRE
HAS THE RESOURCES TO FIGHT 
COVID-19 AND TO COPE WITH CASES 
THAT MIGHT COME UP.
SO WE'RE PROVIDING $72.6 MILLION
TO THE YUKON, THE NORTHWEST 
TERRITORIES, AND NUNAVUT 
SPECIFICALLY FOR HEALTHCARE AND 
COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS.
WE'RE ALSO INVESTING MORE MONEY 
TO NUTRITION NORTH CANADA.
THIS WILL MAKE IT EASIER TO 
AFFORD THE FOOD AND BASICS THAT 
KEEP YOU AND YOUR FAMILY 
HEALTHY.
TO ENSURE THAT THINGS LIKE 
GROCERIES AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT 
CAN CONTINUE TO GET TO YOU, 
WE'RE PROVIDING FUNDING FOR 
NORTHERN AIR CARRIERS TO 
TRANSPORT THESE SUPPLIES.
THESE ARE TOUGH TIMES.
WE'RE GOING TO HELP YOU THROUGH 
THEM TO SET YOUR COMMUNITY UP TO
COME BACK STRONG WHEN THINGS GET
BETTER BECAUSE THEY WILL.
WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT SMALL 
BUSINESSES TOO.
I KNOW ENTREPRENEURS IN THE 
NORTH HAVE BEEN HIT ESPECIALLY 
HARD BY THIS CRISIS.
IF YOU OWN A BUSINESS AND YOUR 
COSTS AREN'T ALREADY COVERED BY 
OTHER MEASURES WE'VE PUT IN 
PLACE, WE'RE GIVING CANNOR MORE 
FUNDING TO HELP.
NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, IN A 
SMALL COMMUNITY OR A BIG CITY, 
WE'RE HERE FOR YOU.
THIS WEEKEND WE BROUGHT 
PARLIAMENT BACK TO PASS THE 
LARGEST ECONOMIC POLICY SINCE 
THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
WITH THE CANADIAN EMERGENCY WAGE
SUBSIDY, WE WILL PROTECT JOBS BY
HELPING BUSINESSES KEEP THEIR 
EMPLOYEES ON THE PAYROLL.
WE'LL BE ROLLING THIS MEASURE 
OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
NOW, AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE'VE 
ALREADY HELPED -- AND WE'RE 
TALKING ABOUT MILLIONS OF 
CANADIANS -- WE KNOW THERE IS 
MORE TO DO.
YOU MIGHT NOT CURRENTLY QUALIFY 
FOR THE CANADA EMERGENCY 
RESPONSE BENEFIT, BUT YOU STILL 
MIGHT NEED A HAND.
IF YOU ARE A STUDENT OR AN 
ESSENTIAL WORKER, FOR EXAMPLE, 
THIS WEEK WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT
HOW TO REACH YOU, WHILE ALSO 
SUPPORTING SECTORS THAT HAVE 
BEEN ESPECIALLY HARD HIT.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE WORKING 
TO ENHANCE THE CANADA EMERGENCY 
BUSINESS ACCOUNT, AS WELL AS NEW
SUPPORTS ON COMMERCIAL RENT FOR 
BUSINESSES THAT ARE HARDEST HIT.
I'LL HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT ALL 
OF THIS SOON.
IF YOU'VE COME BACK TO CANADA 
FROM ABROAD, AS OF TODAY WE ARE 
STRENGTHENING MEASURES.
NOW, IF ASYMPTOMATIC TRAVELLERS 
CANNOT EXPLAIN A CREDIBLE 
QUARANTINE PLAN, THEY WILL BE 
REQUIRED TO QUARANTINE IN A 
HOTEL.
THIS WILL COME INTO EFFECT AT 
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
WE ARE ALSO ANNOUNCING $20 
MILLION FOR THE CANADIAN FOOD 
INSPECTION AGENCY TO STRENGTHEN 
FOOD INSPECTIONS AND KEEP OUR 
FOOD SUPPLY SAFE.
THIS WILL MEAN WE CAN BUILD 
CAPACITY FOR MORE OVERTIME AND 
EXTRA SHIFTS FOR INSPECTORS TO 
FILL DEMAND.
IT ALSO MEANS WE CAN INVEST IN 
THINGS LIKE HIRING AND TRAINING 
TO GET MORE PEOPLE ON BOARD.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] WE ARE GOING 
THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES, BUT 
RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY I KNOW 
THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED, 
NOT ONLY ABOUT THEIR FUTURE OR 
THEIR HEALTH, BUT THOSE OF THEIR
PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS.
SENIORS ARE PARTICULARLY 
VULNERABLE TO COVID-19, WHICH 
MEANS THAT WE MUSTN'T VISIT THEM
IN SENIORS' HOMES OR LONG-TERM 
CARE FACILITIES.
TO HELP TO PROTECT THEM, WE HAVE
INTRODUCED NEW GUIDELINES FOR 
THIS TYPE OF FACILITY.
WE HAVE SET CLEAR RULES WITH 
RESPECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON 
VISITS AND CONTROLS ON PERSONNEL
AND WHAT TO DO IN CASES OF 
INFECTION.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE CONTINUE TO
WORK WITH THE PROVINCES AND 
TERRITORIES TO ENSURE THAT THEY 
HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO 
KEEP PEOPLE HEALTHY.
[end of translation] I WANT TO 
TAKE A MOMENT TO SPEAK DIRECTLY 
TO EVERYONE WHO'S LOST A LOVED 
ONE.
IF YOU'RE GRIEVING, KNOW THAT 
YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
WE ARE HERE FOR YOU, EVEN 
THROUGH THIS INCREDIBLY TOUGH 
TIME.
YOU REMIND US WHY IT'S SO 
IMPORTANT TO DO EVERYTHING WE 
CAN TO KEEP ONE ANOTHER SAFE.
WE ALL NEED TO DO OUR PART.
WE CAN'T LET UP NOW.
SO TO EVERYONE, STAY AT HOME.
NO MATTER WHAT, STAY 2 METRES 
APART IF YOU DO HAVE TO GO OUT.
WHEN IT GETS HARD, LET'S 
REMEMBER THAT WE'RE ALL IN THIS 
TOGETHER.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] I'M NOW READY TO 
TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS.
[end of translation]. 
>> THE FIRST QUESTION KATE 
BONGERO, BLOOMBERG.
LINE OPEN.
>> Question: HELLO, MR. PRIME 
MINISTER.
WHAT IS YOUR GOVERNMENT'S 
CONCRETE PLAN TO REOPEN THE 
ECONOMY, A ROLLING, STAGGERED, 
OR ALL-IN APPROACH AND CAN YOU 
SAY MORE ABOUT YOUR DISCUSSIONS 
WITH THE PROVINCES ABOUT 
REOPENING THE ECONOMY.
>> Answer: I KNOW EVERYONE IS 
INTERESTED WHEN THEY WILL BE 
ABLE TO GO BACK TO WORK AND 
NORMAL AND LEAVE THIS ISOLATION 
AT HOME AND KIDS CAN GO BACK TO 
SCHOOL, THE REALITY IS IT IS 
GOING TO BE WEEKS STILL.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS GOING TO
BE IMPORTANT TO GET OUR ECONOMY 
GOING AND THAT WE WILL HAVE TO 
DO IT IN PHASES.
WE WILL HAVE TO REMAIN VIGILANT 
UNTIL SUCH A POINT AS A VACCINE 
AGAINST COVID-19 IS FOUND.
WE ARE HAVING ONGOING 
DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PROVINCES 
AT THIS POINT.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT DIFFERENT 
REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY ARE AT 
DIFFERENT PLACES ALONG THE 
EVOLUTION OF THEIR COVID-19 
CURVE.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE TRY 
TO STAY COORDINATED AS BEST AS 
POSSIBLE, BUT THOSE DISCUSSIONS 
ARE ONGOING ABOUT HOW WE'RE 
GOING TO REOPEN THE ECONOMY.
IT'S JUST THAT IT'S GOING TO BE 
A WHILE STILL.
>> Question: AND YOU HAD JUST 
MENTIONED SECTORS -- 
>> Answer: SORRY, I'M JUST GOING
TO ANSWER IN FRENCH.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] OF COURSE PEOPLE 
WANT TO KNOW WHEN WE'RE GOING TO
BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO 
Y
NORMALCY, WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO 
GO BACK TO WORK OR SCHOOL.
THE REALITY IS THAT WE WILL HAVE
TO BE EXTREMELY VIGILANT.
AND IN THE CURRENT 
CIRCUMSTANCES, THAT WILL HAPPEN 
FOR SEVERAL MORE WEEKS.
BUT AT ONE POINT I DO HOPE WE 
WILL BE ABLE TO RELAX SOME OF 
THE MEASURES IN PLACE.
WE WILL DO THAT IN COORDINATION 
WITH THE PROVINCES, AND WE ALSO 
KNOW THAT DIFFERENT REGIONS 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE LOOKING 
AT DIFFERENT IMPACTS AND ARE AT 
DIFFERENT POINTS IN THEIR 
EVOLUTIONARY CURVE.
WE WILL REMAIN VIGILANT UNTIL WE
HAVE A VACCINE AVAILABLE.
THESE ARE CONVERSATIONS 
CONTINUING, BUT IT'S NOT GOING 
TO HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY.
[end of translation]. 
>> Question: YOU HAD MENTIONED 
SECTORS THAT HAD BEEN ESPECIALLY
HARD HIT BY COVID-19 AND WE 
WOULD HEAR NEWS ON THEM SOON.
WHEN IS THE OIL BAILOUT COMING?
>> Answer: FIRST OF ALL, WE 
RECOGNIZE THE MOST IMPORTANT 
THING FROM THE VERY BEGINNING 
WAS TO GET HELP OUT TO CANADIANS
RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, 
REGARDLESS OF THE SECTORS 
THEY'RE IN, REGARDLESS OF THEIR 
SITUATION OR THEIR LOCATION.
THAT'S WHY WE PUT FORWARD TWO 
EXTREMELY STRONG MEASURES THAT 
HELP ALL WORKERS ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, THE CANADA EMERGENCY 
RESPONSE BENEFIT FOR PEOPLE 
WHO'VE LOST A PAYCHEQUE AND THE 
EMERGENCY WAGE SUBSIDY SO THAT 
PEOPLE CAN KEEP THEIR JOBS AND 
BE READY TO COME BACK TO WORK 
WHEN THE ECONOMY COMES BACK.
AS I'VE SAID A NUMBER OF TIMES, 
WE WILL AND WE ARE LOOKING AT 
MORE SPECIFIC SECTOR-RELATED 
RELIEF AND SUPPORTS FOR THOSE 
SECTORS THAT ARE HARDEST HIT, 
WHETHER IT'S THE TOURISM SECTOR,
THE AIRLINE SECTOR, ALTERATION 
INDUSTRY, OR OTHERS.
AND WE WILL HAVE MORE TO SAY ON 
THAT SHORTLY.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT QUESTION.
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
MERCI.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] TVA.
>> Question: GOOD MORNING, PRIME
MINISTER.
WITH RESPECT TO SENIORS' HOMES, 
I UNDERSTAND THAT IS PROVINCIAL 
JURISDICTION, BUT OTHER THAN 
GUIDELINES WHAT CAN YOUR 
GOVERNMENT DO TO ADDRESS WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN MANY OF THESE HOMES
AND IN LONG-TERM CARE 
FACILITIES, SUCH AS THE ONE IN 
MONTREAL, HERRON?
>> Answer: WELL, THIS IS A 
TERRIBLE SITUATION AND WE WANT 
TO EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST 
SYMPATHIES TO THE FAMILIES WHO 
HAVE BEEN AFFECTED, NOT ONLY 
THERE, BUT RIGHT ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY BY THESE DEATHS IN THESE
FACILITIES.
THAT'S WHY WE ARE SAYING AGAIN 
THAT PEOPLE MUST FOLLOW PUBLIC 
HEALTH GUIDELINES AND STAY HOME 
AND KEEP A PROPER DISTANCE IN 
ORDER TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF 
COVID-19.
AS YOU SAY, SENIORS' HOMES AND 
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES ARE 
WITHIN PROVINCIAL JURISDICTION.
WE HAVE ISSUES RECOMMENDATIONS 
ABOUT THIS AND WE WILL CONTINUE 
TO WORK WITH THE PROVINCES TO 
ENSURE THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT WE 
CAN TO HELP THEM AND TO KEEP OUR
SENIORS SAFE.
WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE THE MOST 
VULNERABLE PEOPLE WHEN IT COMES 
TO COVID-19.
THAT'S WHY AT ALL DIFFERENT 
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND ALL 
CANADIANS MUST DO WHATEVER WE 
CAN TO PROTECT THEM.
[end of translation] WE 
RECOGNIZE THE TERRIBLE AND 
TRAGIC STORIES THAT HAVE COME 
OUT OF SENIORS' RESIDENCES AND 
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY AND OUR HEARTS GO 
OUT TO FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST 
LOVED ONES IN SOME TERRIBLE 
WAYS.
WE KNOW WE NEED TO DO MORE, AND 
THAT IS WHY WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING 
HOW WEREN'T IT IS, NOT JUST FOR 
OURSELVES BUT FOR OUR LOVED 
ONES, FOR OUR HEALTHCARE 
WORKERS, FOR OUR SENIORS, THAT 
WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW 
DIRECTIONS, THAT WE STAY HOME AS
MUCH AS POSSIBLE, THAT WE KEEP 2
METRES APART WHEREVER WE CAN, 
AND WE CONTINUE TO WASH OUR 
HANDS REGULARLY.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR SENIORS
WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE ARE 
PROTECTED.
AS MENTIONED, SENIORS RESIDENCES
ARE PROVINCIALLY MANDATED, BUT 
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS PUT 
FORWARD GUIDELINES FOR ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY ON MAKING SURE THAT 
OUR SENIORS ARE PROTECTED.
>> Question: [Speaking French] 
[Voice of Interpreter] -- 
PROBLEM IN THE FACILITIES IS A 
LOSS OF STAFF.
DO YOU BELIEVE NURSES FROM THE 
C.I.H. COULD MAKE A 
DISTRIBUTION?
>> Answer: WE KNOW THERE ARE 
MEASURES BEING TAKEN BY THE 
PROVINCES AT THIS TIME TO 
REQUIRE THAT PEOPLE ONLY WORK IN
ONE FACILITY AND THAT WILL HELP 
TO PROTECT PEOPLE IN THESE 
FACILITIES.
BUT THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING TO HIRE
OTHER PEOPLE TO WORK IN THOSE 
HOMES AND FACILITIES TO HELP OUR
SENIORS.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE 
PROVINCES TO TRY AND ENSURE THAT
WE CAN BRING IN THE NECESSARY 
PEOPLE TO HELP OUT.
[end of translation] WE 
RECOGNIZE THAT SOME OF THE 
MEASURES TAKEN IN PLACE TO 
PROTECT OUR SENIORS IN OUR 
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES, SUCH 
AS ASKING PEOPLE TO ONLY WORK IN
ONE CENTRE INSTEAD OF A FEW OF 
THEM, WILL MEAN A NEED TO HIRE 
MORE PEOPLE TO SUPPORT OUR 
SENIORS AND TO WORK IN THOSE 
CENTRES.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK 
WITH PROVINCES ON WAYS TO ENSURE
THAT PEOPLE CAN BE FOUND TO DO 
THIS IMPORTANT WORK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Operator: ""LE DEVOIR."
>> Question: GOOD MORNING, 
MR. TRUDEAU.
I WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK TO 
YOUR STAY AT YOUR SECONDARY 
RESIDENCE AT THE LAKE.
FOR MANY WEEKS THE AUTHORITIES 
HAVE BEEN SAYING NOT TO GO TO 
COTTAGES AND THERE ARE EVEN 
BORDER CONTROLS IN PLACE BETWEEN
OTTAWA AND GATINEAU.
SO WHY IN THE CASE OF YOUR 
FAMILY WAS IT OKAY FOR YOU TO DO
THAT?
>> Answer: I ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK
THAT AFTER THREE WEEKS OF 
WORKING HERE AND MY FAMILY BEING
AT HARRINGTON LAKE THAT I WOULD 
SPEND EASTER WITH THEM, AND 
THAT'S WHAT I DID.
WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW ALL THE 
AUTHORITIES' RECOMMENDATIONS.
[end of translation] AS I 
MENTIONED LAST WEEK IN MY 
PRESENTATION, AFTER THREE WEEKS 
OF MY FAMILY LIVING UP AT 
HARRINGTON AND ME WORKING HERE, 
I WENT TO JOIN THEM FOR EASTER.
WE CONTINUED TO FOLLOW ALL THE 
INSTRUCTIONS FROM PUBLIC HEALTH 
AUTHORITIES.
>> Question: [Speaking French] 
[Voice of Interpreter] BUT WERE 
YOU TOLD IT WAS OKAY?
BECAUSE THIS IS THE QUESTION 
THAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING 
THEMSELVES ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
WHY WAS IT OKAY FOR YOU?
WHY WAS IT OKAY FOR YOU TO GO 
AND SEE YOUR FAMILY AT THE 
COTTAGE?
>> Answer: WELL, MY FAMILY HAS 
BEEN LIVING THERE FOR THREE 
WEEKS.
THAT'S WHERE MY WIFE AND MY 
CHILDREN ARE AT THIS TIME.
AS I ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK, I WENT
TO SPEND EASTER WITH THEM.
[end of translation]. 
>> Operator: NEXT QUESTION ALEX 
BOTTOMGOM "TORONTO STAR" LINE IS
OPEN.
>> Question: GOOD MORNING, PRIME
MINISTER.
YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR 
INTRODUCTION THAT PEOPLE 
TRAVELLING TO CANADA WILL NEED A
CREDIBLE QUARANTINE PLAN.
CAN YOU EXPAND ON WHAT THE 
GOVERNMENT'S DEFINITION OF WHAT 
A CREDIBLE QUARANTINE PLAN WILL 
BE AND IF THAT WILL BE AT 
AIRPORTS AS WELL AS LAND 
BORDERS?
>> Answer: THE ORDER GOING IN 
PLACE IS A STRENGTHENING OF THE 
QUARANTINE ORDER, TO GIVE THE 
AUTHORITIES THE ABILITY UPON 
EVALUATION OF THE PERSON 
ENTERING CANADA, THEIR PLAN TO 
SELF-QUARANTINE.
IF IT IS INADEQUATE THEY WILL BE
REQUIRED TO QUARANTINE IN A 
HOTEL.
EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT COULD BE
INADEQUATE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF 
THEIR PLAN IS TO GO STAY AT A 
PLACE WHERE THERE ARE MANY 
ELDERLY MEMBERS WITH COVID-19 OR
IF THEY DON'T HAVE A SET 
DESTINATION IF THEY'VE BEEN OUT 
OF THE COUNTRY FOR MANY YEARS, 
WE NOW HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO 
REQUIRE THEM TO SELF-ISOLATE FOR
TWO WEEKS IN A QUARANTINE 
LOCATION LIKE A HOTEL.
>> ON FOLLOW UP.
>> Question: I NOTICED IN THE 
DAILY UPDATES FROM PUBLIC HEALTH
THERE'S BEEN INCOMPLETE 
INFORMATION SORT OF STUBBORNLY 
OVER A PERIOD OF TIME WITH CASE 
REPORT FORMS ON ONLY 62% OF OUR 
CASES, HOSPITALIZATION DATA FOR 
LESS THAN HALF.
WHY IS THIS SUCH AN INCOMPLETE 
PICTURE AND ARE YOU CONCERNED 
THAT HAVING AN INCOMPLETE 
PICTURE WILL AFFECT OR MAKE IT 
MORE DIFFICULT TO ALLOCATE 
RESOURCES ACROSS THE COUNTRY?
>> Answer: I WANT TO ONCE AGAIN 
THANK THE PROVINCES FOR BEING 
TREMENDOUSLY ACTIVE ON IMPROVING
THE QUALITY OF THE DATA THEY 
SEND US IN OTTAWA.
THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT GAPS IN 
THE BEGINNING, BUT I CAN 
HIGHLIGHT THAT ALMOST ALL 
PROVINCES HAVE DONE A MUCH 
BETTER JOB IN SHARING THEIR DATA
WITH CANADIANS IN THEIR 
PROVINCES, BUT ALSO WITH THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT IS 
ALLOWING US TO HAVE A MUCH MORE 
COMPLETE PICTURE.
WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ON DATA 
COLLECTION AND COLLATION EVERY 
SINGLE DAY, BUT THAT IS 
SOMETHING, AS YOU HIGHLIGHT, IS 
A REALLY IMPORTANT WAY TO ENSURE
THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT 
THINGS AT THE RIGHT POINT TO 
KEEP CANADIANS SAFE.
>> Question: PRIME MINISTER, I'M
WITH GLOBAL NATIONAL.
I WANTED TO ASK YOU ALBERTA'S 
ENERGY MINISTER SAID SHE'S 
EXPECTING A FEDERAL RELIEF 
PACKAGE FOR THE OIL AND GAS 
SECTOR BETWEEN $20 AND $30 
BILLION AND SHE'S EXPECTING IT 
LATER THIS WEEK.
CAN YOU CONFIRM THOSE DETAILS 
AND SAY WHETHER THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT WILL BE TAKING EQUITY
STAKES IN FIRMS?
>> Answer: WHEN WE HAVE 
SOMETHING TO ANNOUNCE ON THOSE 
SUPPORTS, WE WILL MAKE AN 
ANNOUNCEMENT.
>> Question: AS A FOLLOW UP, 
SOME WORKERS IN THE OIL PATCH 
WORRY THAT KEY CANADIAN 
COMPANIES WILL BE VULNERABLE TO 
FOREIGN TAKEOVERS OR RELOCATE TO
OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
SHOULD YOUR GOVERNMENT FORBID 
TAKEOVERS OR RELOCATIONS DURING 
THIS PERIOD OF TIME?
>> Answer: WE ARE VERY CONCERNED
ABOUT A STATE OF A NUMBER OF 
INDUSTRIES IN THIS COUNTRY, 
INCLUDING THE OIL AND GAS 
INDUSTRY.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE WORKED ON 
MAKING SURE WE'RE GIVING THE 
RIGHT SUPPORTS FOR THE INDUSTRY 
AND PARTICULARLY FOR WORKERS 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
OUR FOCUS HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON 
ENSURING THAT GOOD CANADIAN JOBS
REMAIN.
WE KNOW THAT CANADIANS AND 
FAMILIES ARE SUFFERING AND 
THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO SUPPORT 
THEM.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] WE KNOW HOW 
IMPORTANT IT IS TO PROTECT OUR 
INDUSTRIES SO THAT WE CAN BRING 
THE ECONOMY BACK AND FORTH ONCE 
THE PANDEMIC IS OVER.
WE OF COURSE NEED TO SUPPORT THE
WORKERS IN THE INDUSTRIES 
AFFECTED BY COVID-19.
[end of translation]. 
>> Question: YOU SAID THAT 
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE NEWS 
ABOUT ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND THE 
CERB IN THE COMING WEEK, BUT 
EMPLOYEES IN LONG-TERM CARE 
FACILITIES ARE ALREADY LEAVING 
THEIR JOBS.
YOU BROUGHT PARLIAMENT BACK AND 
PASSED THE WAGE SUBSIDY, BUT 
THERE WAS NOTHING SPECIFIC 
INCLUDED FOR THIS INDUSTRY.
WHAT IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
GOING TO DO TO KEEP THESE 
FACILITIES STAFFED SO THE 
GUIDELINES CAN BE FOLLOWED?
>> Answer: WE'RE IN CONVERSATION
RIGHT NOW WITH THE PROVINCES ON 
MOVING FORWARD WITH A MODEL OF 
INCREASING SUPPORT FOR LONG-TERM
CARE WORKERS AND OTHER WORKERS 
IN ESSENTIAL INDUSTRIES, LIKE 
QUÉBEC HAS DONE, TO ENSURE THAT 
PEOPLE ARE MOTIVATED AND 
ENCOURAGED FINANCIALLY AS WELL 
AS BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT 
THEY BELIEVE IN DEEPLY TO 
CONTINUE CARING FOR OUR MOST 
VULNERABLE.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] WE RECOGNIZE THAT 
QUÉBEC, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS TAKEN 
CONCRETE STEPS TO ENCOURAGE AND 
COMPENSATE THOSE PEOPLE WHO WORK
IN ESSENTIAL JOBS, SUCH AS IN 
OUR SENIORS' HOMES, BECAUSE THEY
ARE SO IMPORTANT AT THIS POINT 
IN TIME.
WE ARE IN DISCUSSION WITH THE 
PROVINCES TO ENSURE THAT THAT 
CAN HAPPEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
[end of translation]. 
>> Question: SOME SECURITY 
EXPERTS ARE SAYING CANADA'S 
INTELLIGENCE NETWORK WAS NOT 
PREPARED FOR THE PANDEMIC AND 
INSTEAD OF BEING ABLE TO RELY ON
OUR OWN CANADIAN INTELLIGENCE, 
WE WERE DEPENDANT ON OUR 
AMERICAN ALLIES AS WELL AS THE 
FIVE EYES NETWORK.
WHEN SPECIFICALLY AND EXACTLY 
DID CANADIAN INTELLIGENCE TELL 
YOU ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A 
PANDEMIC AND WHEN DID YOU HEAR 
THAT INFORMATION FROM OUR 
ALLIES?
>> Answer: WE HAD MEETINGS OF 
THE INCIDENT RESPONSE GROUP AS 
OF LATE JANUARY TO TALK ABOUT 
THE COVID-19 POTENTIAL THREAT.
WE WERE WELL COORDINATED WITH 
OUR FIVE EYES ALLIES AND OTHER 
INTELLIGENCE SERVICES AROUND THE
WORLD AND BEING AWARE OF THIS 
POTENTIAL CHALLENGE ON THE 
HORIZON.
WE'RE DEALING WITH IT AS OF THE 
END OF JANUARY.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] WE HAD MEETINGS 
WITH INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY 
OFFICIALS IN JANUARY AND WE 
DISCUSSED OUR CONCERNS AT THAT 
TIME ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE 
CONTINUE TO FOLLOWING STARTING 
THEN IN CONCERT WITH OUR ALLIES 
IN THE FIVE EYES GROUPS AND 
OTHER ALLIES AROUND THE WORLD.
>> Question: CHRISTIAN NOEL, 
RADIO-CANADA.
YOU SPOKE EARLIER OF A GRADUAL 
AND PHASED-IN RETURN OF THE 
ECONOMY.
WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE IN 
CANADA FOR PEOPLE?
AND ALSO AT THE BORDER WITH THE 
UNITED STATES.
>> Answer: NOW, I UNDERSTAND 
PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHEN WE'RE 
GOING TO BE ABLE TO RETURN TO 
OUR NORMAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES 
THAT ARE CURRENTLY AT A 
STANDSTILL, BUT I MUST EMPHASIZE
THE FACT THAT WE MUST REMAIN IN 
THIS PHASE FOR SOME TIME TO 
COME.
WE ARE NOT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 
THE CURVE AT THIS POINT.
WE'RE NOT THROUGH THIS FIRST 
WAVE OF COVID-19.
THEREFORE, WE HAVE TO STAY THE 
COURSE UNTIL SCIENCE AND EXPERTS
TELL US THAT WE CAN START TO 
RELAX SOME OF THOSE MEASURES.
NOW, THERE WILL BE SOME 
INDUSTRIES OR SOME ECONOMIC 
SECTORS WHERE PEOPLE WILL BE 
ABLE TO RETURN TO WORK MORE 
SAFELY, AND THAT'S THE KIND OF 
THING WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT 
WITH THE PROVINCES IN THE COMING
WEEKS.
NOW, IN TERMS OF THE 
UNITED STATES, WE ARE STILL IN 
DISCUSSION WITH THE AMERICANS ON
A COORDINATED APPROACH, BUT 
CERTAINLY THE TRAVEL 
RESTRICTIONS WILL REMAIN IN 
PLACE FOR MANY WEEKS.
[end of translation] WE RESIDES 
THAT PEOPLE ARE EAGER TO KNOW 
WHEN WE'LL GET INTO THE NEXT 
PHASE AND BE ABLE TO LOOSEN SOME
OF THE RESTRICTIONS ON WORK AND 
SCHOOL.
WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT VERY 
CAREFULLY WITH THE PROVINCES IN 
DIFFERENT WAYS ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY TO MAKE SURE WHERE WE 
START WORK UP AGAIN IN THE WEEKS
WHERE WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT, 
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE ARE STIM 
VERY MUCH IN THIS PHASE AND WILL
NEEDLL 
VERY MUCH IN THIS PHASE AND WILL
NEED TO REMAIN IN THIS PHASE.
BUT AS WE OPEN UP WE WILL BE 
STRATEGIC WHAT WHAT WE DO IN A 
GRADUAL WAY.
IN REGARDS TO THE AMERICAN 
BORDER, WE RECOGNIZE THAT TRAVEL
RESTRICTIONS ARE GOING TO REMAIN
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF 
CONTAINING THE SPREAD OF 
COVID-19 IN CANADA AND WE'RE 
GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH 
THE AMERICANS AND PEOPLE AROUND 
THE WORLD TO ENSURE WE CONTINUE 
WITH THESE RESTRICTIONS.
>> Question: [Speaking French] 
[Voice of Interpreter] WITH 
RESPECT TO THE LONG-TERM CARE 
FACILITIES, YOU SAY YOU'RE IN 
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PROVINCES
TO SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP.
NOW, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
IS IT MONEY?
IS IT STAFF?
ARMY INTERVENTION?
ARE THOSE THINGS BEING 
DISCUSSED?
WHAT CAN THE GOVERNMENT DO IN 
CONCRETE TERMS TO HELP THEM, NOT
JUST GUIDELINES?
>> Answer: THERE ARE VARIED 
DISCUSSIONS HAPPENING WITH THE 
PROVINCES WITH RESPECT TO THESE 
SENIORS' HOMES BECAUSE THE 
VARIOUS REGIONS HAVE DIFFERENT 
CIRCUMSTANCES.
THERE ARE SOME PROVINCES THAT 
ARE VERY INTERESTED IN THE 
QUÉBEC MODEL, WHICH MEANS EXTRA 
PAY FOR PEOPLE WORKING IN THESE 
SENIORS' HOMES AND LONG-TERM 
CARE FACILITIES.
SOME ARE INTERESTED IN THAT AND 
PERHAPS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
COULD PARTICIPATE BY GIVING THEM
MONEY TO HIRE PEOPLE.
THERE ARE OTHER PROPOSALS FROM 
OTHER PROVINCES THAT WE'RE ALSO 
LOOKING AT.
WE KNOW THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT
TO BE THERE FOR OUR SENIORS.
AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE HAS NOT 
BEEN ANY OFFICIAL REQUEST TO 
BRING IN THE ARMY.
[end of translation] WE'VE BEEN 
LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS OF 
ENSURING THAT OUR LONG-TERM CARE
FACILITIES AND OUR SENIORS' 
RESIDENCES HAVE THE SUPPORT THAT
THEY ACTUALLY NEED, HAVE THE 
WORKFORCE THAT THEY NEED TO TAKE
CARE OF OUR SENIORS.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROVINCES 
LOOKING AT THE MODEL PUT FORWARD
BY QUÉBEC THAT INVOLVES A SALARY
TOP-UP FOR PEOPLE WORKING IN 
THESE ESSENTIAL JOBS.
WE ARE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN
THAT -- IN SENDING MONEY TO THE 
PROVINCES TO HELP IN THOSE AND 
WE'RE HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH 
THE PROVINCES ABOUT WHAT THAT 
IS.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT 
CONVERSATIONS AND NEEDS ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY AND WE'RE WORKING 
WITH DIFFERENT PROVINCES ON 
THEIR DIFFERENT PRIORITIES. 
>> Question: PRIME MINISTER, TOM
PERRY WITH CTV NEWS.
PRIME MINISTER JASON KENNEY SAYS
FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY IS USING 
POLITICS TO PREVENT DRUGS FROM 
BEING APPROVED.
HEALTH CANADA IS THE REGULATOR 
OF THESE DRUGS IN CANADA.
WHAT COULD BE THE CONSEQUENCE BE
OF NOT APPROVING THESE?
>> Answer: I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE 
CAN GET ANXIOUS AND IMPATIENT 
ABOUT THINGS, BUT AS A 
GOVERNMENT WE ARE GOING TO 
REMAIN GROUNDED IN SCIENCE, WE 
ARE GOING TO REMAIN GROUNDED IN 
OUR EXPERTS WHO ARE DOING AN 
EXCELLENT JOB IN ENSURING 
CANADIANS ARE KEPT SAFE AND 
HEALTHY.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] I KNOW THAT IN AN 
UNPRECEDENTED SITUATION LIKE 
THIS PEOPLE MAY BE ANXIOUS AND 
IMPATIENT, BUT WE ARE GOING TO 
REMAIN FOCUSED ON SCIENTIFIC 
RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE ADVICE 
OF OUR EXPERTS IN TERMS OF WHAT 
WE SHOULD BE DOING TO HELP 
CANADIANS AND KEEP THEM HEALTHY 
AND SAFE.
[end of translation]. 
>> Question: JASON KENNEY ALSO 
SPOKE ABOUT DR. THERESA TAM.
HE SAID SHE'S QUALIFIED TO BE 
CANADA'S CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH 
OFFICER, BUT HE ALSO SAID IN 
JANUARY SHE WAS REPEATING 
TALKING POINTS OUT OF THE 
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA OF 
THERE BEING NO EVIDENCE OF 
HUMAN-TO-HUMAN TRANSMISSION.
WHAT'S YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT AND
DO YOU THINK COMMENTS LIKE THIS 
UNDERMINE THE CREDIBILITY OF 
CANADIAN HEALTH OFFICIALS?
>> Answer: I THINK CANADIANS 
HAVE DEMONSTRATED THEY HAVE A 
TREMENDOUS LEVEL OF TRUST AND 
CONFIDENCE IN OUR PUBLIC HEALTH 
OFFICIALS AND MEDICAL SYSTEM.
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH TOP MEDICAL HEALTH 
OFFICIALS LIKE DR. THERESA TAM 
TO MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING 
EVERYTHING WE CAN DO AND HAVE 
DONE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY TO 
KEEP CANADIANS SAFE.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] CANADIANS ARE RIGHT
TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN OUR PUBLIC
HEALTH AUTHORITIES AND OUR 
MEDICAL EXPERTS BECAUSE THEY ARE
THERE TO HELP US AND PROTECT US.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH 
ALL OUR PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS TO
ENSURE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF 
ALL CANADIANS, INCLUDING OF 
COURSE THE WONDERFUL DR. TAM.
[end of translation]. 
>> Rosemary: AND THAT IS THE 
PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA 
SPEAKING AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS 
OFF, GOING BACK TO HIS REGULAR 
11:15 BRIEFING TO CANADIANS 
ABOUT HOW HIS GOVERNMENT IS 
HANDLING COVID-19.
LOTS OF NEWS IN THERE, LET'S DIG
INTO IT WITH BOTH VASSY KAPELOS 
AND DAVID COCHRANE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN
CONTEMPLATING OVER A COUPLE OF 
DAYS OFF WAS HEARING OTHER 
COUNTRIES, EUROPEAN COUNTRIES IN
PARTICULAR, START TO TALK ABOUT 
HOW THEY CAN UNLEASH THE ECONOMY
A LITTLE BIT, REMOVE SOME OF THE
RESTRICTIONS A LITTLE BIT.
THE PRIME MINISTER WAS ASKED 
ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
HIS RESPONSE TO REPORTERS ON 
THAT IDEA IS THE REALITY IS IT 
IS GOING TO BE WEEKS STILL.
THIS ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN IN 
CANADA ANY TIME SOON BECAUSE OF 
THE NUMBER OF CASES WE ARE STILL
SEEING.
VASSY, LET ME GO TO YOU.
YOU CAN START WHEREVER YOU WANT,
BUT MAYBE WE SHOULD START WITH 
THE QUESTIONS DIRECTLY RELATED 
TO THE NEWS OUT OF YOUR PROGRAM.
>> Vassy: THAT WAS FROM TOM 
PERRY BASED ON WHAT JASON KENNEY
SAID FIRST ABOUT HIS INTENT OR 
DESIRE TO NOT WAIT FOR HEALTH 
CANADA TO APPROVE I BELIEVE HE 
MEANT THE SEROLOGICAL TEST, 
THOSE ANTIBODY TESTS AND RELY ON
REGULATORS SUCH AS IN THE 
UNITED STATES OR THE EUROPEAN 
UNION TO GET THE TESTS QUICKER.
THE PRIME MINISTER SAID THAT HE 
UNDERSTANDS THESE ARE 
UNPRECEDENTED TIMES AND THERE 
IS -- PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS AND CAN
BE IMPATIENT, BUT HE DEFERRED TO
THE PROCESS THAT'S IN PLACE WITH
HEALTH CANADA.
HE ALSO DIDN'T DIRECTLY ADDRESS 
THE POINTED COMMENTS FROM 
PREMIER KENNEY TOWARDS DR. TAM.
PREMIER KENNEY, JUST TO REMIND 
OUR VIEWERS, SAID DR. TAM WAS 
REPEATING TALKING POINTS FROM 
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
WHEN SHE SUGGESTED THERE WAS NO 
EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT 
HUMAN-TO-HUMAN TRANSMISSION.
THAT'S WHAT PUBLIC HEALTH 
OFFICIALS WERE TELLING PEOPLE 
TWO MONTHS AGO AND THAT HAS BEEN
PROVEN TO BE WRONG.
HE DIDN'T TAKE THE BAIT THERE 
AND DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING DIRECTED
AT THE PREMIER OR SPECIFICALLY 
ABOUT DR. TAM, OTHER THAN HE 
CONTINUES TO RELY ON HER ADVICE 
AND BELIEVES IN IT AND BELIEVES 
CANADIANS HAVE CONFIDENCE IN IT 
AS WELL.
THAT IS ONE THING I WOULD 
HIGHLIGHT.
NOT A HUGE SPECIFICITY ON THE 
ALLEGATIONS FROM PREMIER KENNEY,
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE NOTHING WILL 
CHANGE WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S 
PROCEDURES AND PROCESSES WITH 
HEALTH CANADA AND THE POTENTIAL 
APPROVAL OF THOSE TESTS OR THE 
PROCESS BY WHICH THEY WILL BE 
APPROVED.
THE OTHER THING WAS A QUESTION 
TO HIM AS WELL ON THE WEEKEND HE
SPENT.
YOU MENTIONED HE TOOK TWO DAYS 
OFF.
HE RECEIVED LOTS OF QUESTIONS 
AND CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER 
HE SHOULD HAVE GONE TO SEE HIS 
FAMILY AT THE COTTAGE.
THE CENTRAL QUESTION THERE IS WE
HAVE HEARD FROM PUBLIC HEALTH 
OFFICIALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, 
DON'T GO TO YOUR COTTAGE.
THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO GO AWAY.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE STAYING 
HOME.
HE GOT A FEW QUESTIONS THERE IN 
FRENCH, IF THAT IS THE MESSAGE 
TO THE PUBLIC, WHY IS IT OKAY 
FOR YOU TO GO THERE.
AGAIN, HE DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY 
ADDRESS ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
THAT ALMOST JUXTAPOSITIONED.
HE REPEATED HE SAID HE WAS AFTER
THREE WEEKS IN SELF-ISOLATION 
GOING TO GO VISIT THEM OVER 
EASTER AND THAT'S WHAT HE DID.
>> Rosemary: AND I THINK THE 
PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE WOULD 
SAY THAT THAT IS NOT A COTTAGE, 
THAT IT IS ONE OF HIS OFFICIAL 
RESIDENCES.
THAT'S AT LEAST THE EXPLANATION 
THEY'RE USING.
BUT BOTH THE PRIME MINISTER AND 
ANDREW SCHEER GOT SIMILAR KINDS 
OF QUESTIONS TODAY ABOUT THE 
NATURE OF THEIR TRAVEL AND 
WHETHER THEY WERE ACTUALLY 
PRACTISING WHAT THEY PREACH.
NEITHER OF THEM REALLY GAVE 
SUBSTANTIVE ANSWERS FOR 
CANADIANS.
DAVID, OVER TO YOU MAYBE ON SOME
OF THE PROCUREMENT STUFF. 
>> David: WE'VE GOT NEWS OF FOUR
PLANES COMING IN HAD OVER THE 
WEEKEND DELIVERING 1.4 MILLION 
N95 MASKS AND GLOVES WHICH WILL 
BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE PROVINCES 
AS SOON AS THEIR VERIFIED BY 
FEDERAL OFFICIALS THAT THEY'RE 
UP TO INSUFFICIENT AND ALSO 
DOMESTIC GOWNS SUPPLY AND ALSO 
THE TESTS BEING DELIVERED FROM 
SPARTAN BIOSCIENCE.
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT HELP ON THE 
FRONTLINES.
THE PROVINCES ARE DOING THEIR 
OWN PROCUREMENT MEASURES FROM 
THE UNITED STATES.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS BUILT
ITS OWN SUPPLY NETWORK OUT OF 
CHINA TO BOUNCE OFF THE 
PROCUREMENT EFFORTS OF THE 
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OPENING UP.
LOOK AT THESE MEASURES.
THEY BROUGHT IN A BUNCH MORE 
MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
THERE'S $130 MILLION 
SPECIFICALLY FOR NORTHERN 
COMMUNITIES, TO RAMP UP THEIR 
HEALTH SYSTEMS AND GET FOOD UP 
THERE.
THERE IS A PROMISE FOR RENT 
SUPPORT COMING FOR BUSINESSES, 
WHICH IS A BIG DEMAND FOR THE 
SMALL BUSINESS SECTOR GOING BACK
THROUGH ALL OF THIS AND SUPPORT 
FOR STUDENTS AND SPECIFIC 
SECTORS AND A MANDATORY 
QUARANTINE REQUIREMENT COMING 
INTO PLACE AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT 
FOR PEOPLE RETURNING TO THE 
COUNTRY WHO DON'T HAVE A 
CREDIBLE QUARANTINE PLAN, 
THEY'RE GOING TO BE FORCED TO 
QUARANTINE IN A HOTEL.
THESE ARE HUNKER DOWN MEASURES, 
NOT OPEN-UP MEASURES.
IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT EVERYONE IS 
DOING, THERE IS SOME TALK OF IF 
THIS STAYS THIS WAY, MAYBE WE 
CAN OPEN UP.
THE NATIONAL EFFORT STILL IS ON 
HUNKERING DOWN, SUPPORTING 
PEOPLE AS MUCH AS THEY CAN, AND 
BUILDING CAPACITY IN DOMESTIC 
P.P.E. SUPPLY WHILE BUYING WHAT 
THEY CAN ON THE MARKET TO MAKE 
SURE THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM 
DOESN'T GET OVERWHELMED AS WE 
MOVE CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE 
PEAK OF THIS EPIDEMIC, 
PARTICULARLY IN CENTRAL CANADA, 
IN ONTARIO AND QUÉBEC.
IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THESE 
MEASURES TELL US AND NOT WHAT 
THE POLITICIANS ARE TELLING US, 
CANADA IS NOWHERE NEAR READY 
OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
KEEP EVERYONE HOME AND SAFE.
>> Rosemary: THE PRIME MINISTER 
SAID IT WOULD BE WEEKS.
AT THE SAME TIME, YOU'VE GOT THE
PREMIER OF SASKATCHEWAN WHO IS 
PLANNING TO GRADUALLY REOPEN THE
PROVINCE NEXT WEEK IF CASES 
REMAIN LOW.
OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE REGIONALIZED
PANDEMICS INSIDE THE COUNTRY SO 
IT WILL BE DIFFERENT, BUT IT 
WILL BE INTERESTING HOW THAT 
GETS FEDERAL COORDINATION. 
>> David: ONE THING ON THAT TOO,
ROSIE, IS YOU COULD GRADUALLY 
REOPEN SOMETHING AND THINK 
YOU'RE OKAY AND THEN THERE ARE 
MORE CASES AND YOU HAVE TO CLOSE
IT DOWN AGAIN.
THE STARTS AND STOPS IS WHAT 
PEOPLE ARE KEEN TO AVOID.
IT IS DIFFERENT IN PRINCE EDWARD
ISLAND WHERE YOU CAN CONTROL WHO
COMES IN AND OUT OF THE PROVINCE
VERSUS ONTARIO AND QUÉBEC.
THERE ARE SUBEPIDEMICS AT THE 
MUNICIPAL LEVELS.
>> Rosemary: I'M GOING TO LEAVE 
YOU TWO JUST FOR A MOMENT AS WE 
WAIT FOR THE FEDERAL BRIEFING 
FROM CABINET MINISTERS AND 
FEDERAL HEALTH OFFICIALS.
I WILL ADD THE PRIME MINISTER 
WAS ASKED ABOUT THE LONG-TERM 
CARE CENTRES SITUATION IN THIS 
COUNTRY.
IT IS A PROVINCIAL JURISDICTION,
SO IT IS LIMITED WHAT THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN DO BEYOND
THE GUIDELINES ISSUED, BUT HE 
SAYS THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS 
WITH PROVINCES PARTICULARLY TO 
SEE IF THEY CAN INCREASE 
BENEFITS AND SALARIES FOR THOSE 
WORKERS WHO DON'T GET PAID 
ENOUGH TO DO THE WORK THEY'RE 
DOING.
BEFORE WE GET TO THE TOP OF THE 
CLOCK AND INFORMATION FROM OUR 
OFFICIALS.
ADRIENNE ARSENAULT GOT A RARE 
LOOK INSIDE A HOSPITAL, 
TORONTO'S HUMBER RIVER HOSPITAL,
ONE OF THE MOST ADVANCED FOR 
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
ADRIENNE'S STORY REVEALED HOW 
WORKERS ARE STRUGGLING TO SAVE 
LIVES, THE EMOTIONAL BATTLES 
THEY ARE GOING THROUGH.
IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL STORY.
ONE OF THE PEOPLE IN THAT STORY 
WAS DR. NIMJEE AND SHE WAS ON 
"THE NATIONAL".
SHE WAS ON "THE NATIONAL" AND 
MAKES TIME FOR ME NOW.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE TIME 
FOR US.
>> Interview: MY PLEASURE.
>> Rosemary: IT WAS VERY 
DIFFICULT TO WATCH THAT PIECE 
THAT ADRIENNE DID.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FELT 
WATCHING IT YOURSELF, BUT IT WAS
VERY, VERY RAW.
SO I WANTED YOUR ASSESSMENT OF, 
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU 
ARE -- THAT YOU NEED AT THE 
HOSPITAL TO MAKE YOUR JOB 
EASIER?
THAT'S WHAT IT SEEMED TO ME THAT
IT WAS EXTREMELY -- YOUR JOB IS 
DIFFICULT ON A GOOD DAY, BUT 
MADE SO MUCH MORE COMPLICATED BY
THE PANDEMIC.
>> Interview: I MEAN, CERTAINLY 
THAT'S TRUE.
I THINK WHEN WE AGREED TO DO 
THIS PIECE WE REALLY WANTED TO 
BE ABLE TO GIVE THE PUBLIC A 
SIGHT LINE INTO WHAT'S HAPPENING
ON THE INSIDE OF HOSPITALS.
I THINK THIS PIECE ALLOWS FOR 
THAT TO HAPPEN AND REALLY TO PUT
SOME HUMAN FACES ON THIS STORY, 
NOT JUST OUR FACES AND THE FACES
OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS, BUT OF 
THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING AND OF 
THE FAMILIES AT HOME WHO CAN'T 
REACH THEIR LOVED ONES INSIDE 
THE HOSPITAL.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE WANTED TO 
GET ACROSS.
CERTAINLY I KNOW I WAS A PART OF
THAT STORY, BUT THERE ARE SO 
MANY PEOPLE LIKE ME AND IT TAKES
A VILLAGE.
>> Rosemary: OBVIOUSLY ONE OF 
THE THINGS THAT STRUCK, I'M SURE
EVERYONE WHO WATCHED IT, WAS THE
SITUATION WITH P.P.E. AND HOW 
CONTROLLED IT IS IN GETTING IT 
TO DOCTORS AND NURSES.
IF THE HOSPITAL KNEW THAT THERE 
WAS A MORE RELIABLE STOCKPILE, 
THE PRIME MINISTER JUST MINUTES 
AGO SAID THERE'S TONS MORE 
COMING IN TERMS OF MASKS AND 
GLOVES, BUT IF YOU KNEW THERE 
WAS A MORE RELIABLE STOCKPILE, 
WOULD THAT BE MORE REASSURING 
FOR YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES?
>> Interview: YEAH, THERE'S NO 
DOUBT ABOUT IT.
I THINK THE LEVEL OF COMMITMENT 
HERE IS EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH AND
THE ANXIETY THAT COMES FROM THE 
POTENTIAL OF GETTING YOURSELF 
SICK IS REALLY DECREASED WHEN 
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT, 
AND THAT'S THE P.P.E. THAT WE 
REQUIRE.
CERTAINLY WE ALL UNDERSTAND AND 
APPRECIATE WHY WE'RE DOING 
THINGS SO CAREFULLY HERE BECAUSE
WE KNOW THAT WE NEED THE P.P.E. 
TO LAST BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY IN 
THIS FOR THE LONG HAUL.
HEARING THAT WE HAVE MORE N95 
MASKS COMING OUR WAY AND WE'VE 
BEEN ABLE TO SECURE SURGICAL 
MASKS WELL AS WELL AND WE'RE 
WORKING ON A STRATEGY FOR GOWNS 
MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE. 
>> Rosemary: THERE WERE SOME 
PATIENTS IN THE STORY LAST NIGHT
AND WE DIDN'T KNOW THE OUTCOME 
FOR ALL OF THE PATIENTS, BUT 
GIVE ME A SENSE HOW IT IS TO 
TREAT PEOPLE WITH COVID-19 
VERSUS SOMEONE WHO HAS A 
REGULAR -- AN ILLNESS THAT YOU 
KNOW BETTER, FOR INSTANCE.
>> Interview: CERTAINLY THERE'S 
A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY FOR THAT 
INDIVIDUAL, FOR THAT PATIENT, 
AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF EMPATHY 
AND COMPASSION FOR THAT.
I THINK ALSO FOR THE FACT THAT 
THEY'RE ALONE AND FEELING A LOT 
OF LONELINESS AND ANXIETY.
AND THEN YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL 
AND HEALTHCARE WORKER GOING IN 
AND OUT OF THE ROOM, NEEDING TO 
MAKE SURE YOU ARE METICULOUS 
ABOUT YOUR P.P.E. GOING IN AND 
OUT THAT ROOM SO YOU DON'T 
CONTAMINATE YOURSELF.
ALSO DOING MORE WITH YOUR ENTRY 
SO YOU CAN DECREASE THE NUMBER 
OF TIMES YOU HAVE TO GO IN AND 
OUT OF ROOM IF THIS IS A 
HIGH-RISK CASE.
THOSE ARE THINGS WE WOULDN'T 
NORMALLY WORRY ABOUT.
>> Rosemary: HOW DO YOU, WHEN 
YOU'RE UNDER SUCH PRESSURE AND 
EXHAUSTED, HOW DO YOU GET YOUR 
MIND TRAINED TO DO THAT SO YOU 
DON'T SLIP UP AT ONE MOMENT AND 
TOUCH YOUR FACE -- GIVE US A 
SENSE OF HOW YOU TRAIN YOUR 
MIND.
>> Interview: I THINK EVERYBODY 
IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BUT WE
DEPEND ON OUR TEAM.
EVERY TIME YOU'RE GOING IN TO DO
A HIGH-RISK PROCEDURE, YOU HAVE 
SOMEONE WATCHING AND SPOTTING TO
MAKE SURE YOU DO THINGS RIGHT IN
TAKING OFF YOUR P.P.E. SO THAT 
YOU DON'T CONTAMINATE YOURSELF.
WHEN WE'VE HAD A TOUGH CASE AND 
WE'RE FEELING LOW ON FUEL, SO TO
SPEAK, WE PROP EACH OTHER UP AND
REMIND OURSELVES WHY WE'RE DOING
THIS.
IT'S THAT TOGETHERNESS.
THIS IS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY 
COMING TOGETHER AND NOT ABOUT 
THE INDIVIDUAL.
THAT'S TRUE ON THE INSIDE OR THE
OUTSIDE OF THE HOSPITAL.
>> Rosemary: THE PRIME MINISTER 
WAS ASKED TODAY ABOUT WHEN SOME 
OF THESE RESTRICTIONS WILL BE 
RELAXED AND THE ECONOMY CAN 
START MOVING AGAIN.
HE SAID IT WOULD BE WEEKS STILL.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO CANADIANS 
WHO ARE MAYBE FEELING ANTSY AND 
WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO KNOW 
WHEN THIS WILL BE OVER?
>> Interview: I CAN EMPATHIZE 
AND UNDERSTAND YOU WANT YOUR 
NORMALCY BACK.
WE ALL DO.
UNTIL WE HAVE DECENT SEROLOGIC 
TESTING AND UNDERSTAND HOW MANY 
PEOPLE HAVE IMMUNITY, IT'S HARD 
TO OPEN THINGS UP AGAIN BECAUSE 
YOU RUN THE RISK OF LOOKING LIKE
A NEW YORK OR AN ITALY WHICH WE 
DON'T WANT TO DO.
I THINK OUR PUBLIC HEALTH 
OFFICIALS AND OUR LEADERS HAVE 
DONE A GREAT JOB OF MITIGATING 
THE RISKS AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE DOING THAT 
UNTIL WE HAVE SOME GOOD DATA 
THAT SAYS WE CAN CONFIDENTLY 
OPEN THINGS UP SAFELY.
>> Rosemary: THANK YOU, 
DR. TASLEMM NIMJEE FOR SHARING 
YOUR TIME AND COMING ON THE 
SHOW.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GOOD WORK 
YOU DO AND STAY HEALTHY.
>> Interview: THANK YOU.
>> Rosemary: IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN
THAT PIECE WITH DR. NIMJEE, YOU 
SHOULD CHECK IT OUT ON "THE 
NATIONAL'S" WEBSITE.
AS WE STAND BY FOR AN UPDATE 
FROM FEDERAL HEALTH OFFICIALS, 
WE WILL GIVE YOU A TASTE OF THE 
COUNTRY.
YOU CAN CONTINUE WATCHING ON CBC
NEWS NETWORK AND cbcnews.ca.
I'M ROSEMARY BARTON.
[ Please Stand By ]
>> Rosemary:  HE ADDRESSED
CONCERNS ABOUT THE RESTRICTIONS
AT CANADA'S BORDER WITH THE
UNITED STATES.
WE ARE STRENGTHENING MEASURES.
NOW, IF ASYMPTOMATIC TRAVELERS
CANNOT EXPLAIN A INCREDIBLE
QUARANTINE PLAN, THEY WILL BE
REQUIRED TO QUARANTINE IN A
HOTEL.
THIS WILL COME INTO EFFECT AT
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
WE'RE ALSO ANNOUNCING 20 MILLION
DOLLARS FOR THE CANADIAN FOOD
INSPECTION AGENCY TO STRENGTHEN
FOOD INSPECTIONS AND KEEP OUR
FOOD SUPPLY SAFE.
IN REGARDS TO THE AMERICAN
BORDER, WE RECOGNISE THIS WILL
BE IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF
CONTAINING THE COVID-19 IN
CANADA AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO
WORK WITH THE AMERICANS AND
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD TO
ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE WITH
THESE RESTRICTIONS.
>> Rosemary:  MY COLLEAGUES ARE
HERE AS WE WAIT FOR OUR FEDERAL
BRIEFING AND LET'S JUST TOUCH ON
SOME OF THE THINGS I'M NOT SURE
WE GOT TO IN THE LAST HOUR,
PARTICULARLY THE RETURN OF
PARLIAMENT.
IT IS SUPPOSED TO RETURN ON
MONDAY IF THEY CANNOT GET
AGREEMENT TO SUSPEND THE
SITTINGS AND IT DOES NOT SEEM
THAT AGREEMENT WOMEN BE EASILY
REACHED, VASSY.
ANDREW SCHEER SAYING HE WANTS
REAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND BELIEVES
THAT HAS TO HAPPEN OF SOME SORT
OF IN-PERSON FORM.
>> Vassy:  THIS WAS ATTACHED TO
THE CONSERVATIVE'S SUPPORT OF
THE WAIVE SUBSIDY PROGRAMME,
THEY CAMED TO HAVE THE TWO
INTERTWINED AND BACKED DOWN LAST
WEEKEND AND INSTEAD DECIDED TO
SUPPORT THE LEGISLATION AND
SEPARATE THIS ISSUE.
BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THEY BRING IT UP AND THEY WANT
MORE ACCOUNTABILITY.
THEY'RE STUDYING THE POSSIBILITY
OF A VIRTUAL PARLIAMENT AND HOW
THAT MAY WORK BUT THAT'S A
NUMBER OF WEEKS OFF.
AND THE CONSERVATIVES HAVE SAID
SO FAR, THEY'RE WILLING TO LOOK
THE THE POSSIBILITY OF THE
VIRTUAL SITTINGS BUT WANT THAT
DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH
SOMETHING IN-PERSON.
THE GOVERNMENT ARGUED IT WOULD
NOT BE INCLUSIVE TO NOT HAVE IT
ONLY IN-PERSON BECAUSE IT CAN
ONLY INVOLVE A FEWER NUMBER OF
M.P.S, BASICALLY, AND MOST WOULD
HAVE TO BE FROM THIS AREA.
SO THEY WOULD BE CONCENTRATED IN
AREAS IN CENTRAL CANADA.
THERE ARE PROVINCES, FOR
EXAMPLE, LET'S THINK ABOUT
QUEBEC OR IN ATLANTIC CANADA
WHERE YOU CAN'T EVEN LEAVE THE
PROVINCE RIGHT NOW AND IF YOU
COME BACK, YOU HAVE TO BE IN
SELF-ISOLATION AND THAT PREVENTS
ANOTHER IMPEDIMENT OF FULFILLING
THAT IN-PERSON SITTING AND
HAVING FULL REGIONAL
REPRESENTATION AND THE
CONSERVATIVES INSIST, THOUGH,
ACCOUNTABILITY IS NECESSARY AND
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DECISIONS
THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO
SCRUTINIZE OF THE GOVERNMENT AND
THEY WANT TO HAVE MORE SAY WHEN
IT COMES TO MEASURES LIKE THE
ONE PASSED THIS WEEKEND AROUND
THE WAGE SUBSIDY OR EXPANDING
THE CRV.
THEY WOULD LIKE MORE ABILITY TO
SCRUTINIZE THE GOVERNMENT.
>> Rosemary:  I THINK ALL OF
THAT MAKES SENSE.
I THINK THOSE ARE LEGITIMATE
CONCERNS, BUT IT SEEMS ODD AND
DAVID I'LL GET YOU TO WEIGH IN
HERE -- THAT THE REST OF THE
WORLD IS ABLE TO ADAPT TO
PUTTING THINGS ONLINE AND BEING
ABLE TO DO THEIR JOBS
DIFFERENTLY.
AND YET, PARLIAMENT SEEMS STUCK
IN SOME SORT OF, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT ERA, AND CAN'T WRAP ITS
HEAD UP AROUND DOING IT THROUGH
ZOOM.
IT DOESN'T INVOLVE FLYING 338
PEOPLE TO OTTAWA WHO SHOULDN'T
BE COMING TO OTTAWA, FRANKLY.
>> David:  THE BEDROCK PRINCIPLE
OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND DIRECT
ACCOUNTABILITY WITH THE
OPPOSITION PARTICULARLY IN A
MINORITY PARLIAMENT, BUT THEN
THERE IS THE ABSOLUTE HEALTH
RISK OF PUTTING A LOT OF PEOPLE
IN A TINY SPACE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD
HAVE A PARLIAMENTARY SITTING
THAT GOES ALONG THE LINES WE'VE
SEEN WITH THE SPECIAL SITTINGS,
LIKE 30 TO 35 PEOPLE IN THE
ROOM, ALL SPACED OUT.
BUT THAT BECOMES A CHALLENGE
WITH REGIONAL REPRESENTATION AS
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR ANY OF
THE ATLANTIC M.P.S TO GET THERE
BECAUSE OF THE MANDATORY
SELF-ISOLATION ORDERS THAT EXIST
IN THOSE PROVINCES.
AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG,
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS
OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN EVERY
PROVINCE, BUT SOME OF THE
PROVISIONAL LEGISLATURES HAVE
AGREED TO SUSPEND WITHOUT A
GREAT CLAMORING TO BRING THOSE
BACK.
SO THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN
THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC HEALTH
AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
SO THIS IS A PARTICULARLY
CHALLENGE.
IT HAS EXPOSED FUNDAMENTAL
WEAKNESSES HOW WE OPERATE AS A
COUNTRY.
THE MOST GLARING EXAMPLE HOW
SENIOR CARE AND HANDLED IN
CANADA AND THE SECOND IS HOW
MEDICAL SUPPLY, HOW RELIANT WE
ARE WITH OVERSEAS MANUFACTURING
FOR THINGS WE URGENTLY NEED ON
THE FRONT LINES IN CANADA IN THE
MIDDLE OF A CRISIS AND THE THIRD
IS HOW OUR GOVERNMENT EQUIPS TO
FUNCTION IN 2020 THE WAY
BUSINESSES ARE SUPPOSED TO
FUNCTION IN 2020 THROUGH A
VIRTUAL OPERATING FASHION.
THIS IS SOMETHING THE GOVERNMENT
COMMITTEES HAVE ALL FLIRTED
WITH.
IT'S TIME TO GET SERIOUS AND
MOVE BEYOND THE FLIRTATION PHASE
AND MOVE TO A SERIOUS COMMITMENT
TO FIND A WAY TO GET THIS UP AND
RUNNING BECAUSE IT'S QUITE
POSSIBLE THIS IS WAVE ONE OF
THIS PANDEMIC AND WE NEED TO
FIND A WAY TO FUNCTION.
>> Rosemary:  I THINK THE NEED
FOR ACCOUNTABILITY IN QUESTIONS
IS THE RIGHT ONE AND I APPLAUD
THE PUSH FOR THAT.
I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT
WORK, BUT THERE SEEMS THERE MUST
BE A SOLUTION.
JUST ON THE LONG-TERM CARE ISSUE
AS WE WAIT FOR A FEDERAL
BRIEFING, THIS WAS AN ISSUE WITH
DR. TAM SAYING MORE THAN HALF OF
THE 800 DEATHS ARE CONNECTED TO
NURSING HOMES, TO SENIOR'S HOPE,
TO LONG-TERM CARE CENTRES AND
CERTAINLY, WE'VE SEEN OUTBREAKS
IN THOSE IN QUEBEC AND ONTARIO
THAT HAVE SEEMED TO BE, FRANKLY,
IMPOSSIBLE ALMOST UNABLE TO
CONTROL.
VASSY, THIS SEEMS TO BE VERY
MUCH IN THE PROVINCE'S CONTROL
IN TERMS OF HOW TO CONTAIN THIS
OR CHANGE THINGS THAT A
FUNDAMENTAL WAY GOING FORWARD.
>> Vassy:  THE PROVINCES HAVE
JURISDICTION OVER THESE HOMES
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE ADDED
COMPLICATION OF SOME OF THEM
BEING PUBLICALLY FUNDED AND
PRIVATELY FUNDED.
THE PRIME MINISTER HIT ON THIS,
RELEASED A SET OF GUIDELINES FOR
HOMES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT
THEY ARE JUST THAT, BECAUSE OF
JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYS THEY
CAN JUST BE GUIDELINES.
THEY'RE NOT FORMAL RULES AND IF
YOU BREAK THEM, NOTHING SPECIFIC
HAPPEN.
ONE THING WORTH FOLLOWING UP AND
I'M INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT HAS
TO BE SAID IS AROUND THE NUMBER
OF STAFF.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, B.C. INTRODUCED
A RULE IN LONG-TERM CARE HOMES A
STAFF MEMBER CAN ONLY WORK AT
ONE.
SO THEY CAN'T WORK AT A BUNCH OF
THEM.
THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER
BELIEVES THAT CONTRIBUTED TO AN
EARLIER, AT LEAST SIGN, OF
FLATTENING THE CURVE THAN WE'VE
SEEN IN OTHER PROVINCES.
CERTAIN PROVINCES ARE SAYING,
OK, WE'LL GET ON THAT, BUT NOT
EVERY PROVINCE HAS.
IT'S INTERESTING THAT THE PRIME
MINISTER WOULD SAY THAT -- HE
HIT ON IT SAYING IT WAS A GOOD
IDEA.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
IS THERE ANY ABILITY FOR THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO COMPEL
PROVINCES GIVEN THE RATE AT
WHICH PEOPLE ARE DYING IN THESE
HOMES RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY
TO SORT OF ELEVATE THEMSELVES TO
ONE SET OF STANDARDS?
I TAKE THE POINT IT'S
GUIDELINES.
I TAKE THE POINT AROUND
JURISDICTION, CERTAINLY, BUT I
DO THINK THERE ARE VERY GENUINE
QUESTIONS.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOVED ONES IN
THESE HOMES AREN'T WORRIED
WHETHER IT'S THE PROVINCE OR
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN CHARGE.
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S A
SET OF STANDARDS TO BETTER KEEP
THEIR LOVED ONES SAFE IN THIS
PERILOUS TIME.
I THINK THE SITUATION FOR PEOPLE
WITH LOVED ONES IN THOSE HOMES
IS A REAL SCARRY ONE RIGHT NOW.
>> Rosemary:  FOR SURE.
MY PRODUCER EQUIPPED ME WITH
THIS, THERE ARE OVER 4,000
CANADIANS LIVING IN SENIOR HOMES
ACCORDING TO THE LAST CENSUS.
SO THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
THESE HOMES.
IT DOES SEEM, DAVID, AS YOU
POINTED OUT, TO HAVE EXPOSED
SOME PROBLEMS IN TERMS OF HOW WE
ARE LOOKING AFTER OLDER
CANADIANS IN THIS COUNTRY.
THE SITUATION WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT WITH PETER AND THE LOSS OF
HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER, THAT
WAS A PRIVATE HOME THAT CLEARLY
HAD ONGOING UNDERLYING ISSUES
THAT THE CORONER AND POLICE ARE
NOW INVESTIGATING.
BUT WHEN YOU PUT A PANDEMIC ON
TOP OF THAT, IT DOES SEEM TO
EXPOSE SOME FUNDAMENTAL FLAWS IN
TERMS OF CARE FOR OLDER
CANADIANS.
>> David:  YOU LOOK AT THE
MAKE-UP OF ELDER CARE IN THIS
COUNTRY, IT'S NOT WELL-TRAINED
PEOPLE LOOKING AFTER EVERYBODY
WHO IS IN SOME OF THESE ROOMS.
THERE'S FOUR TO A ROOM,
SEPARATED BY CURTAINS.
YOU HAVE ATTENDANTS, LONG-TERM
CARE WORKERS AND A LOT OF THEM,
AS HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT,
WORKING IN MULTIPLE HOMES TO GET
THE HOURS THEY NEED TO MAKE ENDS
MEET BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY OFTEN
AT THE END OF THE ECONOMIC
LADDER.
THERE HAVE BEEN SHORT SUPPLIES
OF PPE GOING INTO THESE PLACES
AND THIS HAS BECOME, REALLY, THE
FRONT LINE OF DEALING WITH THE
BREAK-OUT OF COVID-19 IN THIS
COUNTRY WHEN YOU JUST LOOK AT
THE SHEER NUMBER OF DEATHS AND
OUTBREAKS AND THE UNDERLYING
WEAKNESSES THAT EXIST IN THOSE
SYSTEMS THAT ARE ALLOWING THIS
TO HAPPEN.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS AN ISSUE
THEY CONSIDER ABOUT THE
EMERGENCIES ACT.
THE APPROACH HAS BEEN TO ALLOW
THE PROVINCES TO HANDLE ITSELF
UNTIL THEY SAY WE CAN'T DO IT
ANY MORE AND WE NEED TO STEP IN.
BUT YOU LOOK AT THE SUCCESS OF
BRITISH COLUMBIA, BONNIE HENRY
VERY SMARTLY AND EARLY WHEN THE
LYNN VALLEY OUTBREAK HAPPENED,
BROUGHT IN A RESTRICTION IF
YOU'RE A CAREHOMEWORKER, YOU
WORK IN ONE HOME AND THAT IS IT.
WE'VE SEEN SIMILAR THINGS IN
WINDSOR, WHERE THEY SAID YOU CAN
EITHER WORK IN A CANADIAN
HOSPITAL OR IN AN AMERICAN
HOSPITAL BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING
BACK AND FORTH INTO BOTH BECAUSE
WE NEED TO LIMIT CHAINS OF
TRANSMISSION AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
SO FAR, IT HASN'T WORKED THE WAY
EVERYONE HAD HOPED IN THE
LONG-TERM CARE HOMES AND THAT'S
WHERE THE URGENT NEED FOR
REMEDIES EXISTS RIGHT NOW.
>> Rosemary:  IT TAKES POLITICAL
WILL BECAUSE PREMIER HORGAN SAID
SOMETHING HIS GOVERNMENT WANTED
TO MAKE SURE HAPPENED AND
CHANGED IN THE PREVIOUS
GOVERNMENT.
I'LL LEAVE IT THERE AND COME
BACK.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP AND
WE'LL GO TO THE FEDERAL BRIEFING
WITH FEDERAL CABINET MINISTERS
AND HERE IS THE DEPUTY PRIME
MINISTER CHRYSTIA FREELAND.
>> AS OF TODAY, THE GOVERNMENT
OF CANADA IS AMENDING THE
FEDERAL QUARANTINE ACT.
ALL OF THOSE WHO ARRIVE IN
CANADA BY LAND, SEA OR AIR WILL
HAVE TO SELF-ISOLATE FOR 14
DAYS.
THIS UPDATE TO THE FEDERAL
QUARANTINE ORDERS WILL MAKE IT
SUCH THAT ALL OF THOSE WHO
ARRIVE IN CANADA, WHETHER OR NOT
THEY HAVE SYMPTOMS WILL HAVE TO
ISOLATE SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY
WILL NOT BE ENDANGERING
VULNERABLE PEOPLE SUCH AS
SENIORS OR ALL PEOPLE WITH
PREEXISTING, UNDERLYING MEDICAL
CONDITIONS.
TRAVELERS WILL HAVE TO
DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY HAVE AN
APPROPRIATE SELF-ISOLATION PLAN
WHERE THEY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO
FOOD AND MEDICATION.
THEY WILL HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE
THAT THEY WILL NOT BE NEAR
VULNERABLE PEOPLE.
PEOPLE TRAVELING TO CANADA WILL
HAVE TO PLAN THEIR QUARANTINE
LOCATION AHEAD OF TIME.
AND ALL THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE AN
APPROPRIATE SELF-ITIS ALLEGATION
OR QUARANTINE PLAN WILL HAVE TO
SELF-ISOLATE IN A LOCATION
SELECTED BY THE CHIEF PUBLIC
HEALTH OFFICER OF CANADA.
THIS COULD BE, FOR INSTANCE, A
HOTEL.
THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL STEP THAT
CANADA IS TAKING TO PROTECT THE
HEALTH OF ALL CANADIANS.
>> THE PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCED
THIS MORNING AS OF TONIGHT AT
MIDNIGHT, THE GOVERNMENT OF
CANADA IS UPDATING THE EMERGENCY
ORDER UNDER THE QUARANTINE ACT
THAT REQUIRES ALL PERSONS
ENTERING CANADA WHETHER BY LAND,
AIR OR SEA TO ISOLATE OR
QUARANTINE FOR 14 DAYS.
WITH THE UPDATED ORDER, ANY
TRAVELER ARRIVING IN CANADA,
WHETHER THEY ARE SYMPTOMATIC OR
ASYMPTOMATIC IS FORBIDDEN TO
ISOLATE IN A PLACE WHERE THEY
WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH PEOPLE
WHO ARE VULNERABLE, SUCH AS
ADULTS OF 65 YEARS OF AGE OR
OLDER AND PEOPLE OF ALL AGES
WITH PREEXISTING MEDICAL
CONDITIONS.
UPON ARRIVAL, TRAVELERS WILL
ALSO NEED TO CONFIRM THAT THEY
HAVE A SUITABLE PLACE TO ISOLATE
WHERE THEY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO
BASIC NECESSITIES SUCH AS FOOD
AND MEDICINE AND WILL NOT COME
INTO CONTACT WITH VULNERABLE
PEOPLE.
TRAVELERS ARRIVING INTO CANADA
NEED TO MAKE PLANS IN ADVANCE
FOR WHERE THEY WILL ISOLATE OR
QUARANTINE.
ANY TRAVELER WHO DOES NOT HAVE
AN ADEQUATE PLACE IN WHICH TO
ISOLATE OR QUARANTINE THEMSELVES
MUST GO TO A PLACE DESIGNATED BY
THE CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTHSTER OF .
THESE NEW MEASURES ARE AN
ADDITIONAL LAYER IN CANADA'S
ACTIONS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF
ALL CANADIANS.
THIS FOLLOWS CONVERSATIONS WITH
MANY PROVINCES AND THE NEW
MEASURES WE ANNOUNCED TOGETHER
WITH BRITISH COLUMBIA LAST WEEK.
THE MEASURES WHICH INCLUDE A NEW
LEGAL REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE A
SELF-ISOLATION PLAN SUPPORT
TRAVEL ORDERS AND SUPPORT THIS
UNDER THE QUARANTINE ACT
REQUIRING PEOPLE ENTERING CANADA
TO SELF-ISOLATE FOR 14 DAYS.
AND NOW TODAY, WE WILL HEAR FROM
CANADA'S CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICER, DR. THERESA TAM AND DRR
OF NORTHERN AFFAIRS.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> WE WILL HEAR FROM THE
MINISTER OF HEALTH.
SO DR. TAM, PLEASE.
>> BON JOUR.
OUR USUAL UPDATE ON THE NUMBER
OF COVID-19 CASES IN CANADA AND
THERE ARE NOW 26,631 CASES
INCLUDING 823 DEATHS.
THESE RESULTS, OF COURSE, CHANGE
OVER THE DAY.
SO THE LAB TESTING, WE'VE
COMPLETED TESTS FOR OVER 450,000
PEOPLE WITH NOW CLOSE TO 6%
CONFIRMED POSITIVE AS CANADA
CONTINUES TO IMPROVE OR TESTING
TO PRACTISE WHETHER DISEASE IS
SPREADING.
THESE TIMES HAVE BEEN
CHALLENGING FOR ALL OF US, BUT
THEY CAN BE ESPECIALLY HARD FOR
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN'S DAILY ROUTINES HAVE
BEEN TURNED UPSIDE DOWN EXPECT
THINGS THEY HAVE BEEN MOST
LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVE BEEN
CANCELED.
AS FOR US, IT IS FOR THEM.
SILENCE AND SECRETS DO NOT
PROTECT CHILDREN.
HONESTY AND OPENNESS DO.
WE CAN TALK TO KIDS HONESTLY AND
REASSURING THEM WE WILL GET
THROUGH THIS.
OPEN DISCUSSION HELPS KIDS TO
SEPARATE FACT FROM FICTION AND
TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO HAVE SOME
CONTROL AND BE MINDFUL OF THEIR
CONSUMPTION.
WE CAN SHOW CHILDREN HOW TO
EXPRESS GRATITUDE FOR THE
EFFORTS OF EVERYONE WHO IS
HELPING US THROUGH THIS TIME,
LIKE HEALTHCARE WORKERS ON THE
FRONT LINE AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE
WORKING TO KEEP OUR ESSENTIAL
SUPPLIES OPEN AND GROCERY STORES
STOCKED.
AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S A LESSON
IN ALL OF THE MANY ROLES THAT
PEOPLE PLAY ALL ACROSS CANADA TO
KEEP OUR SOCIETY RUNNING.
OVER THE WEEKEND, I WAS REMINDED
THAT THIS APRIL MARKS THE 40th Y
FOX'S MARATHON OF HOPE.
TERRY BELIEVED THAT ANYTHING IS
POSSIBLE IF YOU TRY AND THAT
EVEN ONE PERSON CAN MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
ALTHOUGH TERRY WAS NOT ABLE TO
COMPLETE HIS JOURNEY, HIS SPIRIT
OF HOPE REMAINS WITH CANADIANS
ALL THESE YEARS LATER.
RIGHT NOW, WE NEED TO HEED HIS
MESSAGE MORE THAN EVER.
THE SACRIFICES WE ARE MAKING TO
MAINTAIN PHYSICAL DISTANCING ARE
MAKING A DIFFERENCE TO SLOW THE
SPREAD OF COVID-19.
SO STAY HOME, SAVE LIVES AND
LET'S GIVE OUR BEST EFFORTS TO
PLANK THE CURVE AND THEN CRUSH
IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR. TAM.
>> AND NOW OVER TO YOU,
DR. NYOO.
>> THANK YOU.
HELLO.
I WILL BEGIN WITH OUR USUAL
UPDATE ON THE NUMBER OF COVID-19
CASES IN CANADA.
THERE ARE NOW 26,631 CASES OF
COVID-19 IN CANADA, INCLUDING
823 DEATHS.
THESE RESULTS CHANGE DAILY AND
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
AS FOR LAB TESTING, WE HAVE
COMPLETED TESTS FOR OVER 450,000
PEOPLE WITH NOW CLOSE TO 6%
CONFIRMED POSITIVE.
CANADA CONTINUES TO IMPROVE
TESTING TO BETTER TRACK WHERE
THE DISEASE IS SPREADING.
THESE TIMES HAVE BEEN
CHALLENGING FOR ALL OF US, BUT
IT CAN BE ESPECIALLY HARD FOR
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN'S DAILY ROUTINES HAVE
BEEN TURNED UPSIDE DOWN EXPECT
THINGS THEY'VE BEEN MOST LOOKING
FORWARD TO HAVE BEEN CANCELED.
CHILDREN ARE THE SAME AS US IN
THAT SILENCE AND SECRETS DO NOT
PROTECT THEM.
HONESTY AND OPENNESS DO.
WHEN WE TALK TO CHILDREN
HONESTLY AND REASSURE THEM WE
CAN GET THROUGH THIS, WE CAN
HELP THEM REBUILD THEIR
RESILIENCE.
OPEN DISCUSSIONS HELP KIDS TO
SORT FACT FROM FICTION.
OPEN DISCUSSION HELPS KIDS LOOK
FOR WAYS OF HAVING CONTROL AND
TO BE MINDFUL OF THEIR MEDIA
CONSUMPTION.
WE CAN ALSO SHOW OUR CHILDREN
HOW TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE FOR THE
EFFORTS OF EVERYONE HELPING US
THROUGH THIS TIME, LIKE
HEALTHCARE WORKERS ON FRONT
LINES AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO
ARE WORKING HARD TO KEEP OUR
ESSENTIAL STORES OPEN AND
STOCKED.
AT THE SAME TIME, THIS IS A
LESSON IN THE MANY ROLES THAT
PEOPLE PLAY IN CANADIAN SOCIETY
TO KEEP OUR SOCIETY RUNNING.
APRIL 2020 MARKS THE 
40th ANNIVERSARY OF TERRY
FOX'S MARATHON OF HOPE.
TERRY BELIEVED THAT ANYTHING IS
POSSIBLE IF YOU TRY AND THAT
EVEN ONE PERSON CAN MAKE A BIG
DIFFERENCE.
ALTHOUGH TERRY WAS NOT ABLE TO
COMPLETE HIS MARATHON OF HOPE,
HIS SPIRIT OF HOPE REMAINS WITH
CANADIANS 40 YEARS LATER.
RIGHT NOW, WE NEED TO HEED
TERRY'S MESSAGE WHICH IS MORE
IMPORTANT TODAY THAN EVER
BEFORE.
THE SACRIFICES WE ARE MAKING NOW
TO MAINTAIN PHYSICAL DISTANCING
ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN
SLOWING THE SPREAD OF KUHN.
 COVID-19.
SO LET'S STAY HOME AND SAVE
LIVES AND GIVE IT OUR ALL TO
PLANK THIS CURVE AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
>> THANK YOU, DR. NJOO.
A VIDEO LINK FROM WINNIPEG, DAN
VANDELL.
>> I HAVE BEEN IN CONSTANT
COMMUNICATION WITH TERRITORIAL
PREMIERS AS WELL AS FIRST NATION
INUIT AND METIS PARTNERS ACROSS
THE NORTH.
WE RECOGNISE THAT MANY CANADIANS
ARE FACING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP
AND WE HAVE CONCERNED FOR THEIR
HEALTH, THEIR JOBS, THEIR LOVED
ONES AND THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE IN
CANADA'S NORTH.
THERE ARE EXCEPTIONAL CHALLENGES
IN MEETING THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF
NORTHERNERS IN THIS PANDEMIC.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> LAST MONTH WE ANNOUNCED
305 MILLION IN FUNDS TO SUPPORT
THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND
ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS CANADA TO
ADDRESS IMMEDIATE NEEDS RELATED
TO COVID-19.
THIS IS IN ADDITION TO INUIT
HEALTH AND COMPLEMENTS OTHER
SUPPORTS INCLUDING FIRST
NATIONS, INUIT AND METIS.
THERE ARE PRIORITIES TO PREPARE
FOR AND TO RESPOND TO THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND TO AVOID
THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.
TODAY WE ARE ANNOUNCING
SIGNIFICANT NEXT STEPS TO
ADDRESS CONCERNS FACING THE
NORTH INCLUDING SUPPORT TO
HEALTHCARE, NUTRITION AND FOR
AIR TRANSPORT.
THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA IS
TRANSFERRING $89.9 MILLION TO
THE TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENTS AND
TO SUPPORT CONTINUITY OF AIR
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TO
NORTHERN COMMUNITIES.
A MAJORITY OF THIS FUNDING IS
PRIMARILY FOR TERRITORIAL
HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS INCLUDING
CRITICAL HEALTHCARE NEEDS,
PREPAREDNESS AND MITIGATION
EFFORTS.
AND AS WE KNOW, AIRLINES ARE A
CRITICAL LINK TO MAINTAINING THE
SUPPLY CHAIN FOR THE MOVEMENT OF
ESSENTIAL GOODS AND SERVICES.
IN ORDER TO DO THIS, THE
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA PROVIDING
$17.3 MILLION IN IMMEDIATE
RELIEF TO SUPPORT CRITICAL AIR
TRANSPORTATION LINKS ON KEY
CENTRAL ROUTES IN NUNAVUT AND
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES AND IN THE
YUKON.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> TODAY'S FUNDING BUILDS ON THE
FUNDING FROM MARCH 11th FOR
PROVISIONAL AND TERRITORIAL
HEALTHCARE NEEDS AND TO SUPPORT
THE INCREASED COSTS AND SPECIAL
CIRCUMSTANCES FACING TERRITORIAL
GOVERNMENTS.
FAMILIES ARE FACING INCREASED
FINANCIAL PRESSURES AND SHOULD
NOT BE WORRIED ABOUT HOW TO PAY
FOR NUTRITIOUS FOOD OR ESSENTIAL
HOUSEHOL
HOUSE SUPPLIES.
WE HAVE INVESTING $25 MILLION TO
SUPPORT NORTHERN FAMILIES, IN
ACCESS BE SAFE, NUTRITIOUS FOOD
BY INCREASETHE SUBSIDY RATE ON
THE GOODS FAMILIES DEPEND ON.
WE HAVE ALSO ADDED CLEANING IS
PERSONAL HYGIENE TO ELIGIBLE
ITEMS IN NORTH CANADA TO ALL OF
THE NORTHERN COMMUNITIES.
I'M ALSO VERY PLEASED THAT
FUNDING FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF
THE HARVESTER'S SUPPORT GRANT
HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO INDIGENOUS
NATIONS AND PARTNERS AND WE ARE
WORKING DILIGENTLY TO FLOW THE
NEXT WAVE OF MONEY QUICKLY.
THIS GRANT WHO DEVELOPED WITH
INDIGENOUS PARTNERS HELPS
NORTHERNERS TO RETURN TO
TRADITIONAL HARVESTING AND
FOOD-SHARING PRACTISES BY
ALLEVIATING THE HIGH COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRADITIONAL
HUNTING AND HARVESTING OF FOODS.
AS YOU KNOW, THIS CRISIS IS
EVOLVING VERY RAPIDLY AND WE
WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF
NORTHERNERS.
WE WILL COLLABORATE WITH
TERRITORIAL, PROVISIONAL AND
OTHER PARTNERS TO DETERMINE
FUTURE RESPONSES AS A PART OF
OUR ONGOING EFFORTS TO FIGHT
COVID-19.
BY ENSURING WE MAINTAIN OUR
PHYSICAL DISTANCING, BY STAYING
HOME AND CONNECTING REMOTELY AS
I AM TODAY, WE CAN PLANK THE
CURVE AND GET THROUGH THIS
TOGETHER.
THANK YOU.
>> OK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DAN.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> WE WILL NOW HEAR FROM THE
PRESIDENT OF THE TREASURY BOARD.
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, AND HELLO
EVERYONE.
THE PRIME MINISTER SPOKE TODAY
ABOUT PROTECTION, ABOUT
PROTECTING THOSE WHO WORK IN
HEALTHCARE AND ARE PROTECTING
US.
THE PRIME MINISTER SPOKE OF THE
IMPORTANCE OF COLLABORATION OF
WORKING WITH THE PROVINCES,
ESPECIALLY IN DISTRIBUTING AND
SHARING PPE AND TESTS THAT ARE
SO IMPORTANT FOR THOSE WORKING
IN THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.
ANOTHER LAWYER OF PROTECTION WAS
JUST PRESENTED TO US BY MINISTER
VANDAL, AND THAT IS TO PROTECT
THOSE LIVING IN CANADA'S NORTH
AND THEY FACE SUBSTANTIAL
HARDSHIP IN SOCIAL SERVICE'S
TRANSPORTATION AND GETTING
CRITICAL SUPPLIES, SUCH AS FOOD
AND MEDICATION.
WE MUST ALSO PROTECT OUR SENIORS
LIVING IN LONG-TERM CARE
FACILITIES, LIVING IN RESIDENTS,
FRONT-LINE WORKERS HELP THEM AND
PROTECT THEM.
AND WE ARE WORKING WITH
PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES.
WE'RE CONSTANTLY IN TALKS WITH
PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES TO
BETTER REMUNERATE WORKERS WHO
HELP OUR SENIORS.
ONE FINAL MESSAGE AND LAYER OF
PROTECTION.
CANADIANS NEED TO BE ABLE TO
MAKE ENDS MEET, STAY HEALTHY AND
KEEP OTHERS HEALTHY AND THAT'S
WHY THE CANADIAN EMERGENCY
RESPONSE BENEFIT IS SO
IMPORTANT.
LAST WEEK, WE RECEIVED
3.5 MILLION APPLICATIONS FOR THE
CERB AND WE HAVE RECEIVED SIX
MILLION APPLICATIONS FOR THE
CERB AND 5.5 MILLIONS OF WHICH
HAVE BEEN PROCESSED.
>> WE ARE PROTECTING THE ABILITY
OF CANADIANS TO MAKE ENDS MEET
AND TO LOOK AFTER THE HEALTH OF
THEIR LOVED ONES IS DONE BY THE
PROVISION OF THE CANADA
EMERGENCY RESPONSE BENEFIT SO A
TOTAL OF 3.5 MILLION
APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN POSTED IN
OF THE LAST WEEK AND A TOTAL OF
SIX MILLION SINCE MARCH 
15th AND 5.4 MILLION HAVE BEEN
TREATED.
>> THANK YOU, JEAN-YVES.
>> WE WILL START WITH ONE
QUESTION ON THE PHONE AND ONE
QUESTION, ONE FOLLOW-UP.
>> OPERATOR, OVER TO YOU.
>> PLEASE PRESS STAR 1 AT THIS
TIME IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
OUR FIRST QUESTION, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> QUESTION, LENA DIBB.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE NEW
ANNOUNCEMENT, ABOUT THE FEDERAL
QUARANTINE ORDERS.
WHY IS IT NECESSARY TO TAKE THIS
STEP NOW?
I THOUGHT THAT WHEN THE ACT WAS
ORIGINALLY ANNOUNCED, QUARANTINE
WOULD NECESSARILY BE MANDATORY
FOR EVERYONE ARRIVING IN CANADA.
SO HAVE YOU BEEN NOTICING, FOR
EXAMPLE, NONCOMAPPLIANCE THAT
MAKES THIS STEP NECESSARY.
ANSWER, THANK YOU FOR THE
QUESTION.
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THAT
SELF-ISOLATION AND QUARANTINE
FOR IN-COMING TRAVELERS HAVE
BEEN MANDATORY SINCE THE OUTSET.
BUT WE ARE TAKING ADDITIONAL
STEPS.
THIS WILL GIVE MORE TOOLS IN
TOOLBOXES TO ENFORCE QUARANTINE.
DR. NJOO SPEAKING.
THE FEDERAL ORDERS UNDER THE
QUARANTINE ACT ARE ALREADY
ENFORCED, BUT WE ARE TAKING THIS
ADDITIONAL STEP BECAUSE THOSE
WHO ARRIVE TO CANADA MUST HAVE
AN ADEQUATE PLAN.
WE DON'T WANT INCOMING TRAVELERS
GOING TO SELF-ISOLATE WITH
SENIORS OVER THE AGE OF 65 OR
WITH THOSE WHO HAVE PREEXISTING
UNDERLYING MEDICAL CONDITIONS.
THOSE WHO ARRIVE IN CANADA WILL
HAVE TO PROVIDE A DETAILED PLAN.
THEY WILL HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE
THAT THEY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO
ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES SUCH AS FOOD
AND MEDICATION.
TO GIVE YOU A BIT MORE
INFORMATION, WE WILL BE GIVING
MASKS TO ALL INCOMING TRAVELERS,
WHETHER THEY HAVE SYMPTOMMING OR
NOT.
SO WE ARE TAKING THIS ADDITIONAL
STEP IN ORDER TO CLARIFY AND
ENFORCE WHAT IS MANDATORY.
FOLLOW-UP QUESTION, LENA DIBB.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> Question:  GOOD AFTERNOON,
EVERYBODY.
I'M DIRECTING THIS QUESTION TO
THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER BUT,
PERHAPS, OTHERS WILL WANT TO
ANSWER.
THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION
THIS MORNING WAS RAISING
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION AND HE SAID HE HAS
CONCERNS ABOUT THE RELIABILITY
OF THE DATA, THE RELATIONSHIP
WITH CHINA AND WE'VE SEEN NEW
REPORTING, RAISING SOME
QUESTIONS RELATED TO THIS IN
RECENT DAYS.
AND SO HOW MUCH FAITH SHOULD
CANADIANS HAVE RIGHT NOW WHERE
THEY SHOULD BE EXERCISING
CAUTION OR TAKING A SECOND LOOK
AT WHAT THEY'RE HOLD BY THE
W.H.O.?
>> THANKS FOR THE QUESTION,
MIKE.
WHEN IT COMES TO MEDICAL
EXPERTISE AND HEALTH EXPERTISE,
THE FIRST PEOPLE WE RELY ON ARE
CANADA'S OUTSTANDING PUBLIC
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.
, OUR GREAT
TEAM IN OTTAWA AND THE
PROFESSIONALS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
WE ARE LUCKY IN CANADA TO HAVE
AN EXCELLENT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
AND VERY, VERY SMART PUBLIC
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.
WHEN IT COMES TO INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION, I THINK WE ALL
APPRECIATE THAT THE NOVEL
CORONAVIRUS IS A GLOBAL
PANDEMIC.
AND THAT DOES REQUIRE
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION,
MULTILATERAL COLLABORATION.
THE W.H.O. IS THE INTERNATIONAL
BODY THAT COORDINATES
INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE TO
PANDEMICS AND SO, OF COURSE, WE
WORK ACTIVELY WITH THE W.H.O.
WE ALSO COLLABORATE CLOSELY WITH
OTHER ALLIES IN OTHER FORA.
OUR MINISTER OF HEALTH HAS
REGULARLY BEEN MEETING WITH,
INCLUDING JUST LAST WEEK, THE G7
HEALTH MINISTERS, FOR EXAMPLE.
I DON'T KNOW, PATTY, IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING.
>> I'LL JUST SAY A COUPLE OF
WORDS, YES.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT I
THINK THAT THE W.H.O. IS NOT A
STAND-ALONE ORGANIZATION WITHOUT
MULTIPLE SOURCES OF RESEARCH
FEEDING INTO IT.
AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE
EXPERT COMMITTEE THAT DR. TAM
SITS ON, IN FACT, THOSE
COMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT FOR THE WORLD TO
COORDINATE ITS RESPONSE TO
CORONAVIRUS AND I THINK THAT THE
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER IS EXACTLY
RIGHT, THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT
ILLNESS AND DISEASE IN A GLOBAL
SETTING, IN FACT, WE CANNOT
DEFEAT THIS VIRUS OR ANY VIRUS
OR ILLNESS WITHOUT OR GLOBAL
PARTNERS AND WE'VE SEEN THAT
MULTIPLE TIMES WITH A VARIETY OF
DIFFERENT ILLNESSES.
SO I THINK WE HAVE THESE
STRUCTURES INTERNATIONALLY AND
THEY PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE AND
IT IS ABOUT THE COORDINATION OF
RESPONSE.
I THINK, DR. TAM, WOULD YOU LIKE
TO SAY A FEW THINGS ABOUT THE
KINDS OF THINGS DISCUSSED AT THE
SPECIAL COMMITTEE?
THAT MIGHT HELP TO HIGHLIGHT HOW
THE THINKING HAS EVOLVED, FOR
EXAMPLE, AS THE RESEARCH HAS.
>> I THINK THE W.H.O. DOES
CONSIST OF ALL OF THE MEMBER'S
STATES, OF WHICH CANADA IS ONE.
IT TAPS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF
SCIENTISTS, RESEARCHERS,
EPIDEMIOLOGISTS AND I THINK IT
HAS MULTIPLE COMMITTEES AND SOME
LOOK AT THE RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT AND SOME WILL LOOK
AT THE SURVEILLANCE IN TRYING TO
KEEP THE WORLD APPRAISED OF THE
LATEST EVOLUTION IN THE VIRUS,
FOR EXAMPLE.
SO THERE ARE MULTITUDES OF MANY
LAYERS OF EXPERT COMMITTEES AND
THAT IS ONE OF THE KEY ROLES.
FOR SURE, NOBODY SORT OF CAN
ANTICIPATE THIS EVOLUTION IN
KNOWLEDGE, OF COURSE, OF THE
VIRUS.
PEOPLE TRIED TO GET THE
INFORMATION AS FAST AS THEY CAN.
I THINK AS WE PROGRESS,
ABSOLUTELY, THE WHOLE WORLD HAS
TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE EPIDEMIC
CONTROL OF THE VIRUS FOR CANADA
AND THE REST OF THE WORD TO LOOK
AT WHAT THE NEW NORMAL MIGHT
LOOK LIKE.
BUT WE'RE DEPENDENT ON OTHER
COUNTRIES, ALSO, BEING ABLE TO
CONTROL THEIR ILLNESS.
AND SO I THINK NOW MORE THAN
EVER INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
IS KEY.
>> MIKE?
>> Question:  I UNDERSTAND,
PERHAPS, YOU MAY NOT WANT TO BE
SHOWING DOUBT IN A MAJOR
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AT
THIS TIME.
BE THAT AS IT MAY, DR. ALRED WAS
SUPPOSED TO GIVE US AN INSIGHT
INTO THE W.H.O. AND NOW THE
OPPOSITION IS SAYING THAT'S
UNFORTUNATE, THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE
HAPPENED.
AND THEY WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT
HOW CANADA IS ENGAGING WITH THE
W.H.O. IN LIGHT OF CRITICISMS
THAT, AGAIN, KEEP CONTINUING TO
SURFACE ABOUT WHETHER CHINA HAS
BEEN LIVING UP TO ITS
OBLIGATIONS, PERHAPS, OR NOT IN
RELATION TO ITS WORK WITH THE
W.H.O.
COULD SOMEONE PLEASE ADDRESS
THAT CONCERN THAT THE W.H.O.,
THAT IT WAS RAISED BY THE LEADER
OF THE OPPOSITION, VERY CLEARLY
THIS MORNING IN A PRESS
CONFERENCE.
>> WELL, I'LL JUST ADD TO WHAT
WE'VE ALREADY SAID ABOUT THE
ROLE OF THE W.H.O. AND THE
IMPORTANCE IN TERMS OF
UNDERSTANDING THE GLOBAL
PANDEMICS AND THE TRAJECTORY OF
ILLNESS AROUND THE WORLD AND HOW
WE WORK TOGETHER TO MANAGE THAT.
I WILL SAY IN TERMS OF THE
HEALTH COMMITTEE, WE HAVE BEEN
REGULAR PARTICIPANTS AT THE
HEALTH COMMITTEE AND AS I'VE
MENTIONED, DR. TAM IS AN EXPERT
ADVISER TO THE COMMITTEE AT
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION THAT'S
BEEN LEADING THE RESPONSE
CORONAVIRUS AND WE'VE BEEN
AVAILABLE TO THE HEALTH
COMMITTEE AT EVERY REQUEST.
IN FACT, WE SPENT NUMEROUS HOURS
A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I THINK
DR. TAM, DR. NJOO AND MYSELF
ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS OF THE
COMMITTEE AND WE'LL CONTINUE DO
THAT.
THIS IS, I BELIEVE, A TIME WHERE
WE DO NEED TO PULL TOGETHER, NOT
JUST INTERNATIONALLY, BUT ALSO
NATIONALLY.
THIS IS AN ACTUAL HEALTH CRISIS
FOR CANADA AND WE WORK VERY HARD
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE OPPOSITION
HAS AN ABILITY TO ASK THOSE
QUESTIONS AND HAS THE
INFORMATION AT THEIR FINGERTIPS
WHEN THEY ASK FOR IT.
>> THANK YOU, MINISTER.
OPERATOR, NEXT QUESTION, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, MERCI.
OUR NEXT QUESTION FROM
RADIO-CANADA.
>> Question:  HELLO.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT PROVINCES
ARE ASKING OF YOU, WHAT SUPPORT
ARE PROVINCES ASKING FOR AS
CONCERNS, RETIREMENT HOMES AND
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES AND
WHAT TYPE OF HOPE COULD THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROVIDE?
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
WE CAN OFFER DIFFERENT TIMES OF
SUPPORTS.
TODAY THE TYPE OF SUPPORT THAT
WE ARE LOOKING TO GIVE, IN FACT,
THAT WE'VE ALREADY GIVEN WAS
RAISED BY THE PRIME MINISTER
THIS MORNING.
WE HAVE ISSUED GUIDELINES THAT
WERE CODEVELOPED BY THE
PROVINCES, TERRITORIES AND THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
PROVINCES PLAY A KEY, KEY ROLE
IN HELPING OUR SENIORS.
ANOTHER WAY THAT WE CAN HELP IS
BY SHARING AND DISTRIBUTING
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT NOT JUST IN
HOSPITALS BUT IN SENIOR'S HOMES.
WE ARE SENDING OUT THIS MEDICAL
EQUIPMENT AT BREAK-NECK SPEED.
AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO BE ABLE
TO HELP THESE ESSENTIAL WORKERS
SUCH AS NURSES AND CAREGIVERS IN
LONG-TEM CARE FACILITIES.
WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP THESE
WORKERS DOING ESSENTIAL WORK IN
QUEBEC AND ELSEWHERE IN CANADA.
PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU ANNOUNCED
LAST MONDAY THAT WE WANT TO
ENSURE THAT THESE WORKERS HAVE
WORKING CONDITIONS THAT ARE
GOOD.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HIRE AND
KEEP PEOPLE IN THESE POSITIONS.
FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.
>> Question:  ARE YOU
CONSIDERING FINANCIAL SUPPORT?
ARE YOU CONSIDERING GIVING
FUNDING TO HELP OUT THESE
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES IN SO
IN SO MANY FACILITIES, THEY
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF AND
EQUIPMENT.
WILL YOU HELP OTHER PROVINCES?
YOU HAVE TOUCHED ON IMPORTANT
THINGS.
FIRST, QUEBEC HAS TAKEN A STEP
THAT IS VERY, VERY POSITIVE,
WHICH IS TO INCREASE THE
SALARIES OF ESSENTIAL WORKERS
AND YOU'VE ALSO RAISED THE
IMPORTANT POINT THAT NEEDS ARE
SIMILAR EVERYWHERE IN CANADA.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS
CONSIDERING FINANCIAL SUPPORTS
FOR PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES SO
THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO OFFER
SERVICES IN LONG-TERM
FACILITIES.
MINISTER FREELAND SPEAKING.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, WE ARE
DISCUSSING THIS WITH OTHER
PROBLEMS.
THANK YOU, AND I WILL TAKE ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS IN THE ROOM.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE ON
THE LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.
WHO ARE OUR LEADERS ON THIS
ISSUE?
LIKE, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO IS
GETTING IT RIGHT AND THAT WE CAN
LEARN FROM?
>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE
QUESTION.
AND FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO
THANK MINISTER DEB SCHULTZ IN
WORKING WITH OUR TEAM TO COME UP
WITH THE LONG-TERM CARE
GUIDANCEDOCUMENT TAZ ARE NOW POD
THERE ARE PEOPLE GETTING IT
RIGHT.
IT'S SLOW BUT COMING.
THIS IS UNLOCKING SOME OF THE
ANSWERS ON HOW WE REDUCE THE
TRANSMISSION OF THE ILLNESS.
I THINK THE GUIDANCE IS QUITE
BROAD AND I'M SURE IF YOU TAKE A
LOOK, YOU'LL SEE THE NUMBER OF
RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT I DO THINK
THAT THERE IS A VALUE IN HAVING
A LARGER CONVERSATION IN
LONG-TERM CARE HOMES AND THE WAY
WE MANAGE THOSE HOMES IN
GENERAL.
CORONAVIRUS AND COVID WILL BE
WITH US FOR SOME TIME AND GIVEN
THE EPIDEMIOLOGY WE KNOW ABOUT
THIS VIRUS, THE DISEASE PATTERN
WE KNOW NOW, WE'LL NEED TO BE
PROTECTING OUR SENIORS FOR A
LONG TIME AND I THINK THERE'S AN
ARGUMENT TO BE MADE THAT THIS
HAS BEEN AN AREA THAT'S NEEDED
SOME ATTENTION FOR A LONG TIME,
AS WELL.
>> YOU MENTIONED B.C. AND I WAS
WONDERING IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER
PROVINCES TAKING STRATEGIES OR
STRATEGIES TO SEND ACROSS THE
BOARD THAT ARE LATCHED ON AND
WORKING THAT WE CAN APPLY ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
>> I'LL GIVE THIS OVER TO
DR. TAM.
SHE MAY HAVE MORE FROM THE WORK
SHE'S BEEN DOING ON THE SPECIAL
COMMITTEE.
>> I WOULD SAY THAT EVERY
PROVINCE AND TERRITORY ARE
SEIZED WITH DOING BEST
PRACTISES, SO YOU'VE PROBABLY
SEEN THEM PUBLICALLY, UPDATING
CANADIANS ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THEY INCLUDE THINGS LIKE
RESTRICTIONS OF VISITORS AND THE
NEW RECOMMENDATION ABOUT WEARING
MASKS AND ALSO LOOKING AT
IMPROVING HOWHEHE FACILITIES CAN
SCREEN HEALTH WOKERS, VISITORS
AND RESIDENTS.
THEY ARE TRYING HARD TO DO THIS
AND EXCHANGING THEIR IDEAS
ACROSS THE BOARD.
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS,
YOU'VE SEEN MANY PROVINCES
TRYING TO STRENGTHEN WHAT
THEY'RE DOING BECAUSE OF KNOWING
THE EPIDEMIOLOGY ITSELF.
>> Question:  IAN WOOD, CTV
NEWS.
YOU'VE TOLD US THAT CANADA HAS
RELIED ON THE W.H.O. FOR
INTELLIGENCE ON A GLOBAL LEVEL,
KNOWING WHAT'S HAPPENING ABROAD
FOR INFORMATION AND DATA
REGARDING COVID-19.
BUT WAS CANADA ASSISTED BY ANY
OTHER SOURCES OF INTELLIGENCE,
IN OUR OWN INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY IN KNOWING WHAT WAS
GOING ON ABROAD?
IF SO, WHEN DID WE FIRST GET AN
ALERT FROM THIS INTELLIGENCE
SOURCE THAT THERE WAS A PANDEMIC
ISSUE?
>> SO WE ACTUALLY SCAN GLOBAL
MEDIA AND OTHER OPEN SOURCES FOR
INFORMATION ON A DAILY BASIS.
WE HAVE A SYSTEM IN CANADA
CALLED THE PUBLIC INTELLIGENCE
NETWORK AND WE DO THAT FROM A
PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE.
WE WERE ABLE TO DETECT, AS WELL
AS OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH
INTELLIGENT SOURCES, THE UNUSUAL
OUTBREAK IN WUHAN WHEN WE WERE
ALERTED AND I HAD ALREADY
COMMUNICATED BY THE 2nd OF
JANUARY WHEN WE THOUGHT THIS
LOOKS A BIT UNUSUAL.
THAT WAS BEFORE WE KNEW WHAT
VIRUS CAUSED THIS.
SO THAT PUBLIC INTELLIGENCE IS
VERY MUCH ALIVE.
>> WE HAVE PERSONAL CONTACTS
WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS ACROSS THE
WORLD, INCLUDING THE U.S.
AND I HAD DAILY PHONE CALLS WITH
THE HEAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ON THE HEAD OF THE CDC EVEN FROM
THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY.
THERE WAS A LOT OF SHARING OF
INFORMATION BETWEEN OURSELVESES
AND THE CD C.
>> Question:  MY SECOND QUESTION
I'LL DIRECT TOWARDS THE DEPUTY
PRIME MINISTER.
INTELLIGENCE EXPERTS HAVE
SUGGESTED AS WE'VE JUST TALKED
ABOUT THAT WE HAVE AN
OVERRELIANCE ON OPEN-SOURCE
DATA, WHAT WAS BEING GIVEN, SAY,
TO THE W.H.O. WE RECEIVED,
MONITORING MEDIA, THAT SORT OF
THING.
SO WITH REGARD TO THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, WHEN DID
WE GET INTELLIGENCE FROM CHINA
THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING BIGGER,
GREATER THAN WHAT WAS BEING SEEN
ON OPEN-SOURCE DATA?
AND WAS OUR INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY PRIME TO ACT ON THIS
SORT OF INFORMATION THEY WERE
RECEIVING?
>> WELL, AS YOU'VE ALREADY
HEARD, IAN, OUR PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICIALS WERE VERY SEIZED OF
THIS ISSUE FROM THE BEGINNING OF
JANUARY AND WERE VERY INVOLVED
IN CONVERSATIONS BOTH IN CANADA
AND AROUND THE WORLD ABOUT WHAT
THIS NOVEL CORONAVIRUS WAS.
WHEN IT COMES TO CANADA'S
INTELLIGENCE PARTNERS AND
INTELLIGENCE SHARING, WE HAVE,
OF COURSE, TALKED ABOUT THE
CORONAVIRUS WITH OUR
INTELLIGENCE PARTNERS VERY
ENERGETICALLY THROUGHOUT THIS
CRISIS.
FOR REASONS OF CONFIDENTIALITY,
I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO THE
SPECIFICS, BUT THERE HAS BEEN,
IN A DECISION TO THE WORK DONE
BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS,
THERE HAS BEEN INTELLIGENCE
CONVERSATIONS AROUND THIS.
 WITH
OUR CLOSEST ALLIES.
>> Question:  JULIE VANDUESEN
WITH CBC.
THIS IS ABOUT JASON KENNEY AND
WHAT HE SAID ABOUT JUMPING ON
TESTS AND VACCINE, CIRCUMVENT
HEALTH CANADA IF IT TAKES TOO
LONG AND HE TOOK SOME SWIPES AT
YOU ABOUT YOUR POSITIONS ON
BORDERS AND HUMAN TRANSMISSION.
WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT THAT?
AND MAYBE YOU WOULD LIKE TO JUMP
IN, TOO.
>> WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND
FIRST OF ALL, JUST TO SAY THAT
WE ARE SO GRATEFUL AS A DEPUTY
PRIME MINISTER HAS SAID TO HAVE
THE LEADERSHIP OF DR. TAM AND
DR. NJOO AND THE ENTIRE HEALTH
TEAM WORKING DAY AND NIGHT TO
HELP US AS A COUNTRY MANAGE THE
CORONAVIRUS, COVID-19 AND OUR
RESPONSE TO IT.
I WILL ALSO SAY THAT I ALSO HAVE
CONFIDENCE IN HOW HARD HEALTH
CANADA IS LOOKING AT EVERY
POTENTIAL TOOL, EVERY POTENTIAL
DRUG, EVERY POTENTIAL AVENUE TO
BOTH TREAT AND PROTECT
CANADIANS.
BUT I WILL ALSO SAY IT'S
IMPORTANT AND I THINK CANADIANS
WOULD WANT TO KNOW THIS, THAT WE
VALIDATE THESE THINGS USING
SCIENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
ARE EFFECTIVE, THAT THEY ARE NOT
DANGEROUS AND THAT THEY ARE USED
IN APPROPRIATE WAYS WITH
SCIENTIFIC GUIDANCE.
AND SO, WE WORK, AS I SAID,
EXTREMELY DILIGENTLY, AS ALWAYS,
BUT MORE SO NOW DURING THIS TIME
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE
PUBLIC SERVANTS FOR HOW HARD
THEY ARE WORKING TO EXPEDITE
APPROVALS OF TESTS, FOR EXAMPLE,
OR OTHER KINDS OF EQUIPMENT THAT
WE NEED.
>> Question:  THERESA TAM, MAYBE
YOU COULD ANSWER.
DO YOU THINK HE'S TRYING TO
UNDERMINE YOU?
>> I THINK COLLABORATION WITH
THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICERS,
INCLUDING THE CHIEF MEDICAL
OFFICER IN ALBERTA AND WE WORK
REALLY WELL TOGETHER AND ALL OF
US ARE TRYING VERY HARD THAT
CANADA ACROSS THE BOARD IS
GIVING US OUR BEST RESPONSE.
AND I DO THINK THAT CANADA
COLLEAGUES HAVE AUTHORIZED A LOT
THAT CANADIANS CAN USE.
THEY'VE SORT OF AUTHORIZED 51
DEVICES AND 13 AUTHORIZATIONS
FOR TEST KITS, 39 AUTHORSES FOR
NON-IN-VITRO DIAGNOSIS AND THE
LIST GOES ON.
BUT WE WANT TO ENSURE SAFETY AND
I THINK THE HEALTH COMMUNITY
UNDERSTANDS THAT.
CERTAINLY WE ENCOURAGE, ALSO,
THE USE OF MEDICATIONS THAT THEY
BE USED IN THE CONTEXT OF
CLINICAL TRIALS, AS WELL,
BECAUSE THAT ENSURES THE FASTEST
WAY TO GET SOME RESULTS, AS TO
WHETHER THEY'RE EFFECTIVE OR NOT
AND WHETHER THEY ARE SAFE AND I
THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
>> Question:  THERE WOULD BE A
THIRD QUESTION, JULIE.
WE'RE ALREADY A LITTLE SHORT ON
TIME.
SO ONE QUESTION ON THE PHONE.
>> ONE FINAL SENTENCE OR TWO
SENTENCES, IF I MAY.
SO JULIE, I THINK WHEN IT COMES
TO CANADA'S RESPONSE TO THE
NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, I WOULD
HIGHLIGHT TWO REAL STRENGTHS
THAT WE HAVE SHOWN AS A COUNTRY.
THE FIRST IS ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
WE HAVE SHOWN THAT WE ARE A
COUNTRY THAT DOES BELIEVE IN THE
VALUE OF EXPERTISE AND IN THE
VALUE OF SCIENCE AT THE FEDERAL
LEVEL.
THAT HAS MEANT WE'VE UNDERSTOOD
THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR PUBLIC
HEALTH OFFICIALS, DR. TAM AND
DR. NJOO, PLAYING A CENTRAL ROLE
AND IN PROVINCES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, THE PUBLIC CHIEF HEALTH
OFFICERS HAVE BEEN CENTRAL TO
RESPONSES IN MUNICIPALITIES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, CHIEF PUBLIC
HEALTH OFFICERS HAVE BEEN
CENTRAL TO MUNICIPAL RESPONSES.
I HAVE OBSERVED AS A FORMER
JOURNALIST THAT CHIEF PUBLIC
HEALTH OFFICERS ACROSS THE WHOLE
COUNTRY HAVE BECOME THIS
GENERATION'S ROCK STARS AND THAT
IS ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE.
THE SECOND STRENGTHFUL OUR
NATIONAL RESPONSE, I THINK, HAS
BEEN A VERY STRONG COLLABORATION
BETWEEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
AND PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENTS.
THAT'S ESSENTIAL ALWAYS, BUT IT
IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT WHEN
WE FACE A SHARED HEALTH CRISIS,
A CRISIS WHERE PROVINCES DELIVER
FRONT-LINE HEALTHCARE AND WHERE
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO
PLAY AN ESSENTIAL ROLE, AS WELL.
OUR APPROACH IS GOING TO BE TO
CONTINUE TO BUILD UP AND USE
THOSE TWO CORE STRENGTHS OF
CANADA'S RESPONSE.
>> THANK YOU, DEPUTY PRIME
MINISTER.
WE'RE ALREADY RUNNING SHORT ON
TIME SO ONE LAST QUESTION ON THE
PHONE BEFORE WE TURN BACK TO THE
ROOM FOR ONE LAST QUESTION.
OPERATOR.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT QUESTION, PLEASE.
>> Question:  GOOD AFTERNOON.
THE NEW QUARANTINE RULES FOR
IN-COMING TRAVELERS, I HAVE A
QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
FOR THOSE WHO WILL HAVE TO BE
QUARANTINED IN A HOTEL, WILL
THAT BE AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE OR
WILL THE GOVERNMENT BE FOOTING
THE BILL.
DR. NJOO TALKING.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL BE
PAYING COSTS IF WE HAVE TO
QUARANTINE SOMEONE, THEN THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL BE
PAYING THE BILL.
FOLLOW-UP QUESTION, AND IN
IUNDERSTAND NO PROBLEMS HAVE
REQUESTED THAT THE CANADIAN ARM
FORCES HELP OUT BUT CAN THE
MEDICAL CORPS HELP WORKERS IN
SENIOR CENTRES AND SENIOR
RESIDENCES THAT ARE REALLY
OVERWHELMED?
PATTY HADJU, ANSWER.
WE HAVE AN ONLINE PORTAL IN
WHICH VOLUNTEERS CAN OFFER THEIR
SERVICES TO HELP PROBLEMS WITH A
NUMBER OF THINGS, INCLUDING
HELPING OUT IN SENIOR CENTRES.
ANSWER, CHRYSTIA FREELAND, THE
MEDICAL CORPS OF THE MEDICAL
ARMED FORCES ARE TODAY ALREADY
PARTICIPATING IN CANADAs
EFFORTS TO FIGHT THE VIRUS ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY.
ANSWER, THE CANADIAN ARMED
FORCES HAVE THE ABILITY TO HELP
OUT IF THE PROVINCES MAKE A ARE
REQUEST.
QUESTION FOR MINISTER DUCLOVES.
WHAT IS OCCURRING?
THE SITUATION IN LONG-TEMPLE
CARE FACILITIES, WE COULD HAVE
SEEN IT COMING AND DO YOU THINK
THESE FACILITIES UNDERPREPARED
OR NOT PREPARED MOREOVER SHOULD
SOME HOSPITAL RESOURCES HAVE
BEEN TRANSFERRED DIRECTLY TO
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES FOR
SENIORS?
THIS IS A GREAT QUESTION THAT
YOU'RE ANSWERING AND YOUR
QUESTION IS ABOUT PROVISIONAL
AND TERRITORY LOGISTICS AND
PERHAPS MINISTER HAJDU WOULD
LIKE TO ANSWER.
I WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER IN
ENGLISH BECAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT
FOR ME TO EXPRESS MYSELF IN
FRENCH.
>> I HEARD THE QUESTION.
>> PERFECT.
>> I THINK YOUR QUESTION IS ONE
THAT I ANSWERED EARLIER FOR
ANOTHER REPORTER, BUT I THINK
I'LL EXPAND A BIT BECAUSE I
THINK IT'S A REAL IMPORTANT
QUESTION ABOUT THE WAY THAT WE
VALUE PEOPLE WHO CARE FOR PEOPLE
AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT
AND I'M GOING TO STEP OUT ON A
LIMB AND TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN
TODAY.
AND I WAS THE MINISTER OF STATUS
WOMEN, AS YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS
FIRST APPOINTED AND WORKED ON
THE GENDER WAGE GAP.
YOU MAY ASK, HOW IS THIS
RELATED?
BUT IT IS RELATED BECAUSE, IN
FACT, WE TEND TO DEVALUE THE
WORK OF CARING FOR PEOPLE AND I
THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
CANADA TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE
VALUE THOSE WHO SERVE THE MOST
VULNERABLE IN OUR SOCIETIES,
WHETHER IT IS OLD PEOPLE OR
WHETHER IT IS CHILDREN AND I
USED TO WONDERS WHEN I WAS THE
MINISTER OF STATUS WOMEN WHY IT
IS WE VALUE MORE PEOPLE WHO
CARED FOR VEHICLES THAN PEOPLE
WHO CARED FOR PEOPLE.
I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR CANADA TO ACTUALLY THINK
MORE ABOUT HOW WE WILL MOVE
FORWARD WITH THE STRONGER SYSTEM
OF CARE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
AGING.
BECAUSE, IN FACT, ALL OF THE US
IN THIS ROOM WILL END UP THERE
AND THESE ARE OUR MOTHERS AND
FATHERS AND OUR GRANDPARENTS AND
AUNTS AND UNCLES.
MOST OF US HAVE HAD AN
EXPERIENCE OF VISITING SOMEONE
WE LOVE IN A LONG-TERM CARE
HOME.
THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE RUN
VERY, VERY WELL AND NOT
UNIVERSALLY TERRIBLE BUT THERE
ARE OTHERS THAT STRUGGLE AND
SOME OF IT IS AROUND THE WAY WE
PAY PEOPLE AND SOME OF IT IS THE
WAY WE CARE FOR THOSE FACILITIES
AND SOME OF IT IS THE WAY THAT
WE CAN CONCEPTUALIZE AGING.
THAT IS A LARGE PROJECT FOR
CANADA BUT IT'S ONE I'M EXCITED
ABOUT, TALE.
 ACTUALLY, BECAUSE I THINK
IN EVERY CRISIS THERE'S A SILVER
LINING AND WITH PROVINCES AND
TERRITORIES TO THINK ABOUT HOW
WE WILL MOVE FORWARD FROM THIS
TIME AND REALLY REFOCUS OR
EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYBODY HAS OPPORTUNITY TO AGE
IN DIGNITY WITH THE CARE THEY
DESERVE AT THE END OF THEIR
LIFE.
>> FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.
THIS IS A QUESTION FOR MINISTER
FREELAND.
>> Question:  CAN YOU TELL US
WHAT STAGE YOUR DISCUSSIONS ARE
AT WITH THE UNITED STATES WITH
REOPENING OUR SHARED BORDER WITH
NONESSENTIAL TRAVEL?
ANSWER, MINISTER FREELAND.
WE PUT IN PLACE RESTRICTIONS ON
NONESSENTIAL TRAVEL AT OUR
SHARED BORDER AND WE SAID AT
THAT TIME THAT WE WOULD REASSESS
IN 30 DAYS.
WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR
AMERICAN PARTNERS.
WE TALK TO OUR AMERICAN
NEIGHBOURS AND COUNTERPARTS
SEVERAL TIMES A DAY.
HERE IS CANADA'S STANCE.
WE FEEL THAT AT THIS POINT, IT
IS TOO EARLY TO ENVISION LIFTING
TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS.
AS THE PRIME MINISTER SAID THIS
MORNING, WE FEEL THAT IT'S
IMPORTANT TO ADD TOOLS TO OUR
TOOLBOX TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
BORDER RESTRICTIONS BE FULLY
ENFORCED AND MANDATORY.
NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO BE
LIFTING RESTRICTIONS.
I AM ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT OUR
SHARED BORDER WILL BE OPEN AGAIN
ONE DAY, OPEN TO ALL, BUT FOR
NOW, WE MUST CONTINUE TO
PRIORITIZE THE HEALTH OF
CANADIANS AND AMERICANS.
THANK YOU, DEPUTY PRIME
MINISTER, THAT CONCLUDES THE
PRESS CONFERENCE.
>> Rosemary:  AND THAT IS OUR
DAILY FEDERAL BRIEFING FROM THE
CABINET MINISTERS AND FEDERAL
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS.
THEY'RE GIVING US A POSSIBILITY
OF HOW CANADA IS COPING WITH THE
CHINATOWN.
COVID-19.
I'LL START ON THE LONG-TERM CARE
ISSUE.
(PLEASE STAND BY)
>> Rosemary: THAT BECOMES AN 
ISSUE OF THE SPREAD OF VIRUSES 
OR ILLNESSES WHEN THEY'RE 
WORKING AT DIFFERENT PLACES. 
>> David: I HEARD FROM THE 
HEALTH MINISTER WHO SAID WE TEND
TO DEVALUE THE CARE OF THOSE 
THIS WAY.
IN THE CRISIS UNFOLDING IN THIS 
PANDEMIC, THAT MAY START A 
CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO FIX IT
AND MAKE ELDER CARE BETTER.
A TRANSIENT WORKFORCE BOUNCING 
BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN 
FACILITIES AND PEOPLE IN A ROOM 
WITH JUST A CURTAIN OR A DRAPE 
SEPARATING EACH OTHER.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE PUBLIC
HEALTH GUIDELINE IS TO LIMIT 
CONTACT AND PHYSICALLY DISTANCE 
AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, THOSE ARE 
NOT THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE 
EXISTING IN THESE LONG-TERM CARE
HOMES IN THIS COUNTRY AND THE 
SPECIAL NEEDS HOMES THAT ARE 
PROBLEMATIC AS COVID-19 MOVES 
THROUGH THE POPULATION.
WE SAW A VERY SMART AND EARLY 
MOVE BY BRITISH COLUMBIA TO 
LIMIT THE WORKERS TO A SINGLE 
PLACE SO THEY WEREN'T BOUNCING 
BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN 
LOCATIONS, THEY WERE ONLY IN ONE
HOME, AND THAT WOULD LIMIT 
CONTACT AND REDUCE THE SPREAD.
THAT SEEMS TO HAVE WORKED THERE.
BRITISH COLUMBIA SEEMS TO HAVE A
BETTER HANDLE ON THIS THAN SOME 
OTHER PROVINCES, BUT MOST 
NOTABLY IN LONG-TERM CARE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE FACILITIES 
REPORTING AN OUTBREAK AND LOOK 
AT THE TERRIBLE NUMBER OF DEATHS
THAT WE'RE SEEING, RIGHT NOW 
THESE ARE THE HOT SPOTS IN THE 
COUNTRY.
THIS IS -- LAST WEEK WE WERE 
TALKING URGENT ABOUT P.P.E. AND 
SEEING SUPPLIES COMING IN.
WE ARE SEEING ALBERTA THAT HAS A
MARVELLOUS AND SUPER-ADVANCED 
DIGITAL PROCUREMENT SYSTEM 
GENEROUSLY SHARING ITS SUPPLIES 
WITH OTHER PROVINCES IN NEED.
THE URGENT FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS ON
THIS ONGOING CRISIS IN LONG-TERM
CARE HOMES IN CENTRAL CANADA, IN
ONTARIO AND QUÉBEC.
>> Rosemary: WE HEARD ABOUT THE 
CASES IN QUÉBEC.
I'LL UPDATE ON THE SITUATION IN 
ONTARIO IN TERMS OF THE CARE 
CENTRES.
THERE'S OUTBREAKS IN 89 CARE 
HOMES RIGHT NOW.
AT LEAST 120 DEATHS AS OF 
SUNDAY.
SO THEY ARE CERTAINLY THE MOST 
VULNERABLE PEOPLE TO THIS VIRUS.
UNFORTUNATELY, NO ONE SEEMS TO 
HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON HOW TO 
DEAL WITH IT AT THIS STAGE.
LET'S GO BACK TO SOME OF THE 
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PRIME 
MINISTER IF WE CAN DO THAT.
THAT IS I THINK WHERE THE NEWS 
PRIMARILY CAME FROM TODAY.
HE DOES SUGGEST THAT THERE WILL 
BE -- I MEAN, IT DOES SOUND LIKE
THERE'S A LOT MORE MEASURES 
COMING TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THE 
PEOPLE WHO WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN 
INCLUDED IN THE PREVIOUS 
MEASURES ANNOUNCED IN BENEFITS, 
BUT THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME 
SECTORAL ANNOUNCEMENTS VERY SOON
AS WELL.
WE KNOW THAT THE OIL AND GAS 
SECTOR IN PARTICULAR, 
TRANSPORTATION, OTHERS ARE ALL 
WAITING ANXIOUSLY FOR THAT TOO, 
DAVID.
>> David: YOU SAW A LOT OF 
THINGS FROM THE PRIME MINISTER, 
PROCUREMENT, 1.1 MILLION N95 
MASKS AND GLOVES AND THE 
CAPACITY THEY'RE BUILDING UP.
WE SAW THE BENEFITS OF THAT IN 
TERMS OF THE GOWN SUPPLY AS WELL
AS THE RAPID TEST KITS THAT WERE
DEVELOPED BY SPARTAN BIOSCIENCE 
HERE IN OTTAWA.
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF THOSE ARE 
GOING TO BE READY FOR USE IN 
CANADA BASICALLY NOW.
YOU'RE RIGHT, THE ECONOMIC 
INITIATIVES, THERE'S $130 
MILLION FOR THE NORTH BECAUSE OF
THEIR ACUTE NEEDS TO BRING IN 
FRESH FOOD AND ALSO THE PROMISE 
OF RENT HELP.
FIXED COSTS LIKE RENT HAVEN'T 
BEEN COVERED BY ANYTHING.
THE PROMISE THERE AND ALSO FOR 
STUDENTS.
>> Rosemary: THANK YOU, DAVID, 
WITH YOUR HELP ON OUR COVERAGE.
YOU CAN CATCH DAVID ON "THE 
NATIONAL."
MY THANKS TO VASSY AS WELL.
YOU CAN WATCH VASSY ON "POWER & 
POLITICS" LATER.
I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH THE 
BRIEFING FROM QUÉBEC CITY.
FRANÇOIS LEGAULT, THE PREMIER, 
AND OTHER OFFICIALS GIVING THE 
BRIEFING.
I'LL HAND YOU OVER TO ANDREW 
NICHOLS, MY COLLEAGUE, AND SEE 
YOU TOMORROW.
>> Premier François Legault: 
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] OF COURSE OUR GREA
