OBVIOUSLY, AN AWARENESS THAT
MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE.
PREVIOUSLY THEY MADE A PROMISE
OF $305 MILLION FOR INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES SUPPORT FUND.
THOSE ARE FOR FIRST NATIONS,
INNUIT AND METIS.
THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR MORE
THAN HALF OF THE INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY THAT LIVE
IN CITIES, OFF RESERVE.
SO WE WILL WAIT TO HEAR MORE
DETAILS FROM THE PRIME MINISTER
AS WE WATCH HIS FRONT DOOR FOR
HIM TO EMERGE.
I'LL BRING IN MY COLLEAGUES,
VASSEY KAPELOS AND CATHERINE
CULLEN.
WE ARE EXPECTING FOR THE PRIME
MINISTER TO GET A FAIR NUMBER OF
QUESTIONS TODAY ABOUT SOME OF
THE THINGS PROVINCES ARE
INCREASINGLY TALKING ABOUT, WHAT
WE WOULD EXPECT TO COME UP IN
THE PREMIER'S CALL TODAY THAT
THEY NOW HAVE WEEKLY AND THIS IS
AROUND TESTING AND CONTACT
TRACING, BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN
PRETTY STARK NUMBERS IN TERMS OF
TESTING IN ONTARIO OVER THE PAST
NUMBER OF DAYS, NOWHERE NEAR
HITTING WHAT THEIR TARGET WAS IN
ANY WAY, VASSY.
>> Vassy:  THIS IS THE PROVINCE
TO START THAT DISCUSSION AND A
POINT OF TENSION BETWEEN
PROVINCES AND THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
YOU'LL KNOW FOR SURE THAT LAST
WEEK IN THAT CALL, THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT ESSENTIALLY SAID,
WE'RE HERE TO GIVE YOU MONEY FOR
THAT, TO INCREASE TESTING NOT
ONLY CAPACITY BUT THE ACTUAL
NUMBER OF TESTS YOU'RE DOING, AS
WELL AS CONTACT TRACING.
IT DOES DEPEND WHERE YOU LIVE.
THIS IS BEING DONE VERY WELL IN
CERTAIN PROVINCES LIKE ALBERTA
AND B.C., FOR EXAMPLE, LESS SO
IN ONTARIO.
I POINT TO THE LAST FOUR DAYS AS
EVIDENCE OF THAT.
THE GOAL WHERE CAPACITY IS
CONCERNED, AS THE PREMIER HAS
SET OUT, IS 20,000 TESTS A DAY.
FOR THE LAST THREE DAYS, THEY
HAVE COME NOWHERE NEAR THAT.
THEY WERE AT 7,000 TESTS THE DAY
BEFORE AND WHILE THEY
OCCASIONALLY COME CLOSE TO THAT
GOAL, THEY'RE NOT DOING IT WITH
ANY CONSISTENCY.
THAT IS THE CENTRAL QUESTION AS
WE SEE PROVINCES REOPEN.
ARE WE DOING ENOUGH TO FEEL SAFE
IN THAT PROCESS?
SHOULD BUSINESSES HAVE FAITH
THAT THEY CAN REOPEN RIGHT NOW,
THAT IT IS SAFE TO DO SO AND HOW
CAN WE BE SURE OF THAT?
I SPOKE TO A DOCTOR WHO WORKS AT
MICHAEL GARRIN HOSPITAL, FOR
CONTACT TRACING, HE DOESN'T WAIT
FOR TWO DAYS TO GET THE TESTS
BACK, BUT HE HAS TO WAIT TO
NOTIFY PUBLIC HEALTH, AT LEAST
TWO OR THREE DAYS UNTIL THAT
OFFICIAL TEST RESULT COMES BACK
AND THEN THEY START THE CONTACT
TRACING, FINDING OUT WHO THIS
PERSON HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH.
HE SAYS, WHY CAN'T I LET PUBLIC
HEALTH KNOW AT THAT MOMENT AND
THEY START THAT PROCESS RIGHT
AWAY.
THERE'S A BIG LAG AND SAID IT
COULD COST LESS OR COULD BE
RIGHT NOW COSTING LESS.
I THINK THERE ARE SPECIFIC
QUESTIONS FOR PROVISIONAL
GOVERNMENTS AND ALSO FOR THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT THE
PRIME MINISTER LAID OUT HE WANTS
INCREASE CAPACITY AND WANTS TO
GIVE PROVINCES MONEY FOR CONTACT
TRACING AND TESTING, BUT THERE
IS SOMETHING THAT ISN'T
HAPPENING.
DO PROVINCES NEED TO BE MORE
EXPLICIT WITH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT ABOUT WHAT THE NEEDS
ARE AND HAVE A BETTER PLAN?
I KNOW THE PREMIER EXPRESSED
FRUSTRATION AND SAID THE NUMBERS
WILL GO UP, BUT I'M NOT HEARING
SPECIFICS ABOUT HOW, EXACTLY,
THEY PLAN TO MEET THE GOALS THEY
HAVE SET OUT.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS
ISN'T JUST A NUMBER'S GAME BUT
YOU AND I FEELING SAFE AND ALL
OF THE PEOPLE WATCHING RIGHT
NOW, WHEN THEY GO INTO A STORE
AND LEAVE THEIR HOME.
AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING A
LOT OF PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT
AS WE DO SEE ECONOMIES REOPEN.
>> Rosemary:  THE AGREEMENT IS,
I THINK, ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT
IF WE WANT TO REOPEN, THERE ARE
A FEW THINGS IN PLACE, MORE
TESTING, MORE CONTACT TRACING
AND THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO GO
INTO ISOLATION FOR 14 DAYS IF
THEY DO TEST POSITIVE.
AND YOU SEE PLACES LIKE, AS YOU
SAY DIFFERENT PICTURE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY LIKE SASKATCHEWAN AND
I'LL BRING YOU IN, CATHERINE,
TOO, THEY ARE ALLOWING PEOPLE
WORKING OUTSIDE OF THE HOME TO
GET TESTED AS OF MONDAY BECAUSE
THAT SEEMS TO BE IMPORTANT.
IF THERE'S SOMEONE GOING OUT
EVERYDAY DO THEIR JOB, THEY WILL
START TO GET A SENSE NOW, WELL,
AM I CARRYING IT OR NOT?
BECAUSE WE KNOW YOU CAN BE
ASYMPTOMATIC.
AND QUEBEC, TOO, IS NOT MEETING
ITS TARGETS AND YET, IT IS
MOVING AHEAD WITH REOPENING.
SO THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME SORT
OF DISCONNECT HERE.
>> THE PRIME MINISTER SAID THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS WELLING TO
INVEST IN A NATIONAL FRAMEWORK
FOR TESTING AND CONTACT TRACING
AND TALKING ABOUT THE NEED TO
RAMP THINGS UP.
ONTARIO'S PREMIER IS NOT
SATISFIED WITH THE TESTING
LEVELS AND FROM THE HEALTH
OFFICIAL IN QUEBEC, THAT HE'S
NOT SATISFIED WITH HOW THINGS
ARE GOING IN THAT PROVINCE.
YES, PROVINCES THAT HAVE BEEN
PARTICULARLY HARD HIT AND WE
DON'T WANT TO MINIMIZE QUEBEC IN
PARTICULAR, THE SITUATION ON THE
ISLAND OF MONTREAL, AROUND THE
ISLAND OF MONTREAL AND ONE OF
THE WORSE IN THE WORLD RIGHT
NOW.
THE CONCERN ABOUT THE LEVEL OF
TESTING IS SIGNIFICANT.
THERE SEEMS TO BE TWO PARTS,
SOME WITH THE PHYSICAL SUPPLIES.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MAKING SURE,
CAN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, FOR
INSTANCE, PLAY A ROLE IN
SUPPLYING THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER
OF SWABS, THE REAGENTS NEEDED TO
COMPLETE THESE TESTS.
IT'S A QUESTION OF WHO YOU TEST.
DR. THERESA TAM SAYS WE'VE
ENTERED A DIFFERENT PHASE OF
THINGS NOW.
WHERE BEFORE WE WOULD NOT HAVE
TESTED PEOPLE MILDLY
SYMPTOMATIC, THIS IS SOMETHING
TO THINK ABOUT, WHERE PEOPLE
ARE, WHERE THEY'RE PARTICULARLY
AT RISK, BE IT IN LONG-TERM CARE
CENTRES, CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTIONS AND PEOPLE AT RISK
FOR CATCHING COVID-19, HOW THE
CRITERIA NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED.
SO WE WILL ALL BE WATCHING TO
SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE PRIME
MINISTER BEHIND CLOSED DOORS HAS
HIS VIRTUAL CONVERSATION WITH
THE PREMIERS TONIGHT.
THERE'S BROAD AGREEMENT, BUT HOW
DO YOU GET THOSE NUMBERS UP?
CANADA AVERAGING ABOUT 28,000
TESTS A DAY, AND THERESA TAM
SAID YESTERDAY THAT THE PUBLIC
HEALTH LABS IS 60,000.
BUT WHO GETS TESTED?
>> Rosemary:  I'LL LEAVE IT
THERE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, TO
TALK TO SOMEONE WHO IS TRYING TO
WORK TOWARDS SOME OF THIS
CONTACT TRACING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE'LL
GET BACK TO YOU.
FRANÇOIS LEGAULT SAYS HIS
PROVINCE IS CONSIDERING
PARTNERING UP WITH MILA, AN
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
INSTITUTE BASED IN MONTREAL AND
IT HAS BEEN WORKING ON AN APP
DESIGNED TO HELP WITH CONTACT
TRACING.
THE COMPANY'S CEO JOINS ME FROM
MONTREAL AND NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO AS WE AS CANADIANS BETTER
UNDERSTAND HOW WE ARE GOING TO
LIVE WITH THIS FOR AN EXTENDED
PERIOD OF TIME AND UNDERSTAND IT
WILL INVOLVE CONTACT TRACING AND
IN SOME CASES APPS, WHICH
ALBERTA HAS BEEN WORKING, TELL
US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOUR
APP IS MEANT TO DO AND WHAT YOU
WOULD HOPE IT WOULD HELP WITH.
>> THE DIFFERENCE FROM THE OTHER
TECHNOLOGIES, SO ONCE THE APP IS
INSTALLED ON YOUR DEVICE, WHAT
IT'S TRYING TO DO IS TO COMPUTE
WHAT WE CALL A PERSONAL RISK
FACTOR.
ESSENTIALLY, THE APP IS TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE THE ODDS
THAT TODAY YOU'RE INFECTED WITH
THE VIRUS EVEN THOUGH YOU FEEL
PERFECTLY FINE.
WE NOTED THIS VIRUS SPREADS A
LOT IN BACTERIA WHERE PEOPLE ARE
NOT SYMPTOMATIC YET.
TO DO THIS, IT PUTS IN PERSONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT OUR AGE, OUR
GENDER AND HEALTH CONDITION, BUT
IT CONSIDERS WHAT'S GOING ON
AROUND US, RIGHT?
ESSENTIALLY COVI IS KEEPING
TRACK IN A PROTECTED WAY OF THE
SYMPTOMS AND TEST RESULTS OF THE
PEOPLE THAT WE'VE BEEN IN CLOSE
CONTACT WITH.
WHY?
TO HELP US MAKE DECISIONS ON A
DAILY BASIS ONLY THINGS LIKE
USING PUBLIC TRANSPORT, GOING
BACK TO WORK, GOING TO STORES
AND VISITING WITH RELATIVES.
IT IS MEANT AS A PERSONAL
DASHBOARD TO HELP US MAKE THESE
DECISIONS AS WE GO ABOUT OUR
DAILY LIVES.
>> SO IT MAKES ME A LITTLE
NERVOUS JUST HEARING YOU
DESCRIBE IT AND YOU SAID THIS
KEELS ALL DATA ANONYMOUS AND
PROTECTED.
SO GIVE ME A SENSE OF HOW YOU'RE
KEEPING THE INFORMATION AND HOW
LONG YOU'RE KEEPING IT FOR
BECAUSE THAT'S THE PART I THINK
PEOPLE ARE WARY ABOUT WITH ANY
SORT OF APP.
>> YEAH, SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO
SAY PRIVACY WAS AT THE VERY HELP
OF HOW WE THOUGHT ABOUT COVI
FROM DAY ONE.
IN THE SIMPLEST FORM, COVI DOES
NOT COLLECT ANY INFORMATION THAT
DIRECTLY IDENTIFIES SOMEONE.
IT NEVER KNOWS YOUR NAME, YOUR
HOME ADDRESS, AND ALL OF THE
DATA IS ENCRYPTED AND SECURED
AND DELETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE,
SO SPECIFICALLY ON PHONES,
THAT'S EVERY 30 DAYS.
THE ENTIRE PROJECT WILL BE
MANAGED BY A NON-FOR-PROFIT
ORGANIZATION WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE
IS TO HELP CANADIANS FIGHT THE
PANDEMIC.
>> HOW MUCH ONUS IS ON THE
PERSON WITH THE APP?
HOW MUCH SHOULD I INPUT ABOUT MY
OWN HEALTH AND HOW IMPORTANT IS
THAT TO THE ACCURACY OF WHAT THE
APP IS TELLING US?
>> WELL, RESEARCH IS SHOWING US
CLEARLY THAT SYMPTOMS ARE REALLY
IMPORTANT PREDICTER OF COVID-19
AND EVERY HALF DAY THAT WE SAVE
HERE, WE CAN SAVE LIVES.
ON THE USER'S SIDE, WE'RE ASKING
PEOPLE TO REPORT SYMPTOMS WHEN
THEY HAVE IT.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO IT
EVERYDAY.
IT COULD BE EVERY COUPLE OF
WEEKS.
THE CONTACT TRACING SIDE IS DONE
MORE AUTOMATICALLY.
SO ESSENTIALLY, PERSONAL RISK
FACTORS OF DIFFERENT USERS ARE
EXCHANGED IN A CONFIDENTIAL AND
ENCRYPTED WAY SO THAT IF YOUR
RISK FACTOR GOES UP AND MY RISK
FACTOR MIGHT GO UP, ALSO, AND I
MIGHT HAVE TO TAKE ADDITIONAL
PRECAUTIONS TO KEEP THE PEOPLE
AROUND ME SAFE.
>> IS THERE TRUST YOU'RE PLACING
ON THE INDIVIDUAL TO INPUT THAT
INFORMATION ON A REGULAR BASIS
AND BE TRUTHFUL ABOUT IT?
>> CONTACT TRACING TECHNOLOGY IN
GENERAL WILL BE INCREDIBLY
DEMOCRATIC AND A PERSONAL CHOICE
AND BE ABOUT EMPOWERING PEOPLE
AND GIVING THEM TO TOOLS TO DO
WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THEM AND
OTHERS.
FOR SYMPTOMS, IT'S
SELF-REPORTED.
FOR POSITIVE TEST RESULTS, WE'RE
TALKING WITH HEALTH AUTHORITIES
TO SEE HOW THAT COULD BE DONE IN
AN AUTOMATIC WAY AND TO GET A
POSITIVE TEST RESULT, PUBLIC
HEALTH AUTHORITIES WOULD SEND
LIKE A SECRET KEY OR SECRET
SIGNAL TO THE COVI APP SO WE
KNOW IT'S A VALIDATED TEST
RESULT.
>> WHAT WOULD I SEE, IF I WAS
GOING TO OPEN UP YOUR A AND
START MY DAY, WOULD IT TELL ME
HOT SPOTS IN THE CITY?
WOULD IT TELL ME PLACES I MIGHT
WANT TO AVOID OR PEOPLE I MIGHT
WANT TO AVOID OR WHAT WOULD IT
LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF
INFORMATION?
>> SO, REALLY, THE NUCLEUS IS A
PERSONAL RECOMMENDATION.
SO IT HAS A DAILY MESSAGE WITH
SOME PERSONALIZED INFORMATION
AND IT HAS A SURVEY TO GET A
SENSE OF WHAT PEOPLE THINK, BUT
REALLY, THE HEART OF IT IS YOUR
PERM RECOMMENDATION.
SO IT MIGHT SAY THINGS LIKE THIS
WEEK IT WOULD BE SAFE FOR
SOMEONE ELSE WHO DID THE
GROCERIES FOR YOU OR HEY, IT'S A
BEAUTIFUL, SUNNY DAY, YOU SHOULD
GO OUT AND GET FRESH AIR.
ONE DAY IT COULD SAY, I THINK
YOU SHOULD CALL PUBLIC HEALTH
AUTHORITIES OR GET TESTED.
SO THAT'S THE HEART OF HOW IT'S
DESIGNED.
IT WILL NEVER GIVE INFORMATION
ABOUT WHO IS AT RISK AND WHO IS
CONTAGIOUS.
IT DOESN'T CAPTURE THAT
INFORMATION OR SHARE IT WITH
USERS.
BUT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
AUTHORITIES, WE'LL DO WHAT YOU
SUGGESTED, WHICH IS WE'LL BE
ABLE TO CREATE HEAT MAPS.
ESSENTIALLY, AS RISK LEVELS GO
UP, DAYS AHEAD OF ACTUAL CASES,
COVI WILL BE ABLE TO SEE WHERE
THINGS ARE HEATING UP, IN WHICH
NEIGHBORHOODS OR WHICH CITIES TO
ALLOW PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITIES
TO MAKE LOCAL AND PRECISE
INTERVENTIONS BEFORE IT FIRES UP
ENTIRELY.
>> I KNOW THE PREMIER OF QUEBEC
SAYS HE'S LOOKING AT THE APP AND
HAVE YOU SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH
ANYONE?
HAS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COME
KNOCKING?
CAN YOU GIVE ME ANY SENSE OF
WHAT THE UPTICK IS?
>> THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST AND
I THINK WE'RE SUPER LUCKY HERE
IN CANADA TO HAVE ONE OF THE
GREATEST RESEARCH SCIENTISTS IN
THE WORLD THAT IS LEADING THIS
EFFORT WHO WAS INVITED TO BE A
ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, ALONG
OF PEOPLE LIKE EINSTEIN.
THERE'S INTEREST AMONG PEOPLE IN
GOVERNMENT AND THEY REQUIRE
CERTAIN TIME AND A LOT OF HARD
WORK AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN
DOING FOR LAST FEW WEEKS AND
GOING FORWARD.
>> I WAS TALKING WITH MY
COLLEAGUES BEFORE YOU CAME ON
ABOUT HOW TESTING IS NOT WHERE
IT NEEDS TO BE AND CERTAINLY
CONTACT TRACING IS NOT WHERE IT
NEEDS TO BE IN MANY PROVINCES.
HOW CRITICAL A PIECE DO YOU
THINK THIS IS TO US BEING SAFE
AND KEEPING SAFE IN THE WEEKS
AHEAD?
>> YEAH, THERE'S TO DOUBT THAT
THE BEST COMBINATION IS ONE THAT
USES DIGITAL CONTACT TRACING AND
ADDITIONAL TESTING.
THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE
DEVELOPED, FOR EXAMPLE, BY APPLE
AND GOOGLE MERELY REQUIRE A LOT
OF TESTING BECAUSE WHAT IT WILL
DO IS IT WILL ALERT SOMEONE THAT
THEY NOW NEED TO GET TESTED OR
SELF-ISOLATE AND UNTIL WE'VE
GONE THROUGH THE TESTING PROCESS
AND SEEN THE NEGATIVE TEST
RESULTS, YOU HAVE TO STAY HOME.
SADLY, A LOT OF PEOPLE WON'T
ERROR ON THE SIDE OF PRUDENCE
AND SEND IT INTO QUARANTINE AND
IT WON'T BE NECESSARY.
YOU HIT A SCENARIO WHERE YOU HIT
A THRESHOLD, WE RECOMMEND YOU
SELF-ISOLATE BUT A FEW DAYS
LATER, THE INFORMATION IS
UPDATED AND WE CAN PUT THE RISK
LEVEL BACK DOWN AND IT'S FINE TO
REENGAGE WITH YOUR FAMILY AND GO
BACK TO WORK.
SO MUCH MORE SOPHISTICATED TOOLS
THAN WHAT WE CALLED THE BINARY
OR DIRECT APPROACH, YES OR NO,
ISOLATE OR DON'T.
>> I NOTICE YOU DIDN'T QUITE
ANSWER MY QUESTION ABOUT ANYONE
SIGNED ON TO THE APP AND IS THAT
JUST BECAUSE CONVERSATIONS ARE
ONGOING AND THERE ARE
NEGOTIATIONS ONGOING, SO PEOPLE
HAVE A SENSE?
>> THE DIRECT ANSWER IS NO ONE
HAS SIGNED BUT THERE ARE A LOT
OF INTEREST FOR THE MANY
GOVERNMENTS.
>> I APPRECIATE DIRECT ANSWERS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MANY OF US WILL HAVE TO COME TO
TERMS WITH SOME KIND OF APP IN
THE FUTURE IS THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME TODAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THAT IS THE CEO IN ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE.
AS WE STAND BY FOR THE PRIME
MINISTER, WE'VE HAD OUR
TWO-MINUTE WARNING HE WILL
EMERGE TO GIVE US THE LATEST ON
HIS GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO THE
PANDEMIC.
AS WE MENTIONED OFF THE TOP, WE
DO EXPECT THE PRIMARY FUNDING
ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY TO BE
DIRECTED TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
LIVING OFF RESERVE OR IN URBAN
CENTRES WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN
$15 MILLION PREVIOUSLY DEDICATED
AND THERE WILL BE MORE MONEY
GIVEN, ABOUT HALF OF CANADA'S
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES LIVE OFF
RESERVE OR IN COMMUNITIES
ESPECIALLY WHERE.
SO THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THOSE GROUPS.
I'LL BRING BACK MY COLLEAGUES --
OH, THERE'S THE PRIME MINISTER,
SO I WON'T.
[ Laughter ]
>> I ALWAYS HAVE THE WORST
TIMING.
HERE IS THE PRIME MINISTER OF
CANADA.
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:  THE
FIRST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
TODAY IS WHAT WE'RE DOING TO
SUPPORT INDIGENOUS PEOPLE DURING
THE PANDEMIC.
SINCE DAY ONE, OUR GOVERNMENT
HAS BEEN ENGAGING WITH FIRST
NATIONS, INNUIT AND METIS NATION
LEADERS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST IN
VIRUS.
WE'VE BEEN LISTENING TO PEOPLE'S
CONCERNS AND WORKING WITH
LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP TOEN SUREE
COMMUNITIES ARE GETTING THE
RIGHT SUPPORT.
WE'RE INVESTING IN EMERGENCY
SHELTERS TO HELP INDIGENOUS
WOMEN AND CHILDREN FLEE VIOLENCE
AND OFFERING INTEREST-FREE LOANS
AND NONREPAYABLE INSTITUTIONS
AND HELPING FIRST NATIONS AND
METIS STUDENTS AND RECENT GRADS
FIND A JOB THIS SUMMER.
AND LAST WEEK WE ANNOUNCED MORE
FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE MOST
URGENT NEEDS OF INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES DEALING WITH THE
COVID-19 OUTBREAK.
WHILE ALL COMMUNITIES HAVE HAD
TO WRESTLE WITH COVID-19 THESE
PAST FEW MONTHS, THE EVERY-DAY
RELATE REALITIES OF THIS
REALITIES ARE DIFFERENT FOR
EVERYONE.
WE MUST ADAPT OUR APPROACH AND
OUR PROGRAMS TO RECOGNISE AND
MEET THE PARTICULAR NEEDS OF ALL
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, INCLUDING
THOSE LIVING IN URBAN AREAS AND
OFF RESERVE.
TO THIS END, WE ANNOUNCED
$15 MILLION BACK IN MARCH TO
SUPPORT INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS
THAT DELIVER SERVICES THESE
POPULATIONS AS A PART OF THE
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY SUPPORT
FUND WE SET UP TO HELP PREVENT
AND MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF THIS
VIRUS.
WITH THIS MONEY, ORGANIZATIONS
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE MEALS,
GROCERIES, CLOTHING AND SUPPLIES
TO THOSE IN NEED AND OFFER
MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING.
THEY'VE PROVIDED PERSONAL
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND
CLEANING SUPPLIES FOR SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING AND COMPUTER AND LAPTOPS
SO KIDS CAN KEEP UP WITH THEIR
SCHOOLWORK.
THIS IS HELPING VULNERABLE
PEOPLE LIKE YOUTH, WOMEN AND
ELDERS.
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR CITY AND
OFF RESERVE DO CRUCIAL WORK YEAR
ROUND, BUT THESE DAYS THEIR
SERVICES ARE IN HIGH DEMAND
BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE
THE RESOURCES TO ADAPT AND GROW
THEIR SERVICES SO THEY CAN
FULFILL THEIR IMPORTANT MISSION.
SO TODAY, OUR GOVERNMENT IS
ANNOUNCING AN ADDITIONAL
$75 MILLION IN NEW FUNDING FOR
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ADDRESS THE
CRITICAL NEEDS OF THE OVER ONE
MILLION INDIGENOUS PEOPLE LIVING
IN URBAN CENTRES AND OFF
RESERVE.
THIS IS CRITICAL WORK.
IF YOU LIVE OFF RESERVE OR IN A
CITY, WE'RE WORKING TO MAKE SURE
THAT YOU DON'T FULL THROUGH THE
CRACKS.
YOU NEED AND DESERVE SERVICES
THAT ARE CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH
TODAY'S INVESTMENT.
[TRANSLATOR SPEAKING]
>> OUR GOVERNMENT IS ANNOUNCING
A NEW INVESTMENT OF $75 MILLION
FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ADDRESS
THE MOST URGENT NEEDS OF MORE
THAN A MILLION INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
LIVING IN URBAN CENTRES OR OFF
RESERVE.
THIS IS MONEY THAT COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE ABLE TO
USE TO COMBAT FOOD INSECURITY,
SUPPORT VULNERABLE SENIORS, HELP
YOUNG PEOPLE AT RISK, PROVIDE
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND
PREVENT FAMILY VIOLENCE.
NOW I WOULD LIKE TO DIRECTLY
ADDRESS EMPLOYERS AND PROPERTY
OWNERS.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT
REOPENING THE ECONOMY THESE DAYS
AND THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR
EVERYONE.
BUT IF YOU HAVE HAD TO SLOW DOWN
OR STOP YOUR ACTIVITY IN RECENT
MONTHS, REOPENING WILL ALSO
PRESENT CERTAIN CHALLENGES.
SO WE ARE PUTTING MEASURES IN
PLACE TO SUPPORT YOU.
IF YOU NEED HELP TO REHIRE YOUR
EMPLOYEES, YOU CAN USE THE
EMERGENCY WAGE SUBSIDY.
WE HAVE JUST EXTENDED THAT
PROGRAMME UNTIL THE END OF THE
SUMMER.
IF YOU'RE EXPERIENCING LIQUIDITY
PROBLEMS, YOU CAN RECEIVE A LOAN
THROUGH THE EMERGENCY BUSINESS
ACCOUNT.
IF YOU'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE
TWO PROGRAMMES, WE INVITE YOU TO
ADDRESS OR GO DIRECTLY TO YOUR
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO HELP YOU.
WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THE
PROVINCES, THE TERRITORIES AND
THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND THEIR
TENANTS TO TRY TO LOWER RENTS
FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
OWNERS CAN UPLIE STARTING ON
MONDAY ON THE WEBSITE OF THE
CANADA MORTGAGE AND HOUSING
AGENCY.
WE'RE ALL ANXIOUS TO SEE LIFE
RETURN TO NORMAL, BUT IN ORDER
FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, EVERYONE
MUST DO THEIR PART AND EMPLOYERS
IN PARTICULAR HAVE AN IMPORTANT
ROLE TO PLAY.
WHEN PEOPLE ARE THINKING OF
RETURNING TO NORMALCY, ONE OF
THE FIRST THINGS THAT COMES TO
MIND IS GOING BACK TO WORK AND
IT'S ABOUT FINDING FINANCIAL
STABILITY, SEEING THEIR
COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS AGAIN AND
GETTING BACK INTO THEIR ROUTINE.
YOUR EMPLOYEES ARE COUNTING ON
YOU, YOUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL.
SO IF YOU NEED HELP BUT YOU'RE
NOT SURE WHERE TO START, PLEASE
GO TO CANADA.CA AND CONSULT THE
COVID-19 PAGE.
THERE YOU WILL FIND MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT ALL THE
PROGRAMMES AVAILABLE TO YOU AND
DIDN'T HOW TO GO ABOUT GETTING
SUPPORT.
WE ARE PREPARING TO RESTART OUR
ECONOMY AND I KNOW THAT TOGETHER
WE CAN COME BACK STRONG ONCE THE
CRISIS IS OVER.
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:  AS
WE GRADUALLY AND CAREFULLY
RESTART SOME ACTIVITIES, IT'S
NEVER BEEN MORE IMPORTANT TO
FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH
INSTRUCTIONS.
COVID-19 REMAINS A VERY SERIOUS
HEALTH THREAT.
YESTERDAY, DR. TAM SAID THAT
WHENEVER PHYSICAL DISTANCING IS
NOT POSSIBLE, CANADIANS SHOULD
WEAR A NONMEDICAL MASK OR FACE
COVERING WHEN THEY GO OUT.
I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT
PHYSICAL DISTANCING MEANS
KEEPING A TWO-METRE DISTANCE
WITH OTHERS.
AS WE START TO REOPEN THE
ECONOMY, IT MIGHT BE MORE
DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN THAT
DISTANCE AT ALL TIMES, SO
PLEASE, FOLLOW DR. TAM'S ADVICE,
KEEP WASHING YOUR HANDS, STAY
HOME AND IF YOU NEED TO, WEAR A
MASK.
THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT
BOTH YOURSELF AND OTHERS.
[TRANSLATOR SPEAKING]
>> AS WE START TO GRADUALLY
REOPEN THE ECONOMY, IT'S
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT
COVID-19 REMAINS A SERIOUS
THREAT TO HEALTH.
YESTERDAY, DR. TAM SAID THAT
CANADIANS SHOULD WEAR A
NONMEDICAL MASK WHEN THEY CANNOT
KEEP A DISTANCE OF TWO METRES
FROM OTHERS.
AS WE START TO REOPEN THE
ECONOMY, IT COULD BECOME MORE
DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW THE RULES
INVOLVING PHYSICAL DISTANCING.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE
DR. TAM'S INSTRUCTIONS.
WASH YOUR HANDS, STAY HOME AND
IF NECESSARY, WEAR A MASK.
THAT IS THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT
OUR HEALTH AND THE HEALTH OF
OTHERS.
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:  I
WANT TO END TODAY WITH A PIECE
OF GOOD NEWS.
TODAY MORE THAN 230 NEW OFFICERS
ARE GRADUATING FROM THE ROYAL
MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA.
THEY ARE PART OF A NEW
GENERATION OF EXCEPTIONAL WOMEN
AND MEN READY TO SERVE OUR
COUNTRY WITH DISTINCTION.
YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO STEP UP AND
SERVE YOUR COUNTRY AND WE COULD
NOT BE MORE PROUD OF YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXAMPLE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE OF
THE EXTRAORDINARY COUNTRY AND
MOSTLY, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING
YOU WILL DO FOR US IN THE COMING
YEARS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF
2020.
MERCI.
>> Operator:  THANK YOU, MERCI.
THE FIRST QUESTION IS FROM APPN,
LINE OPEN.
>> Question:  THANK YOU,
Mr. PRIME MINISTER.
THIS QUESTION -- I KNOW I TALKED
ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY, ABOUT
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES
PROTECTING THEIR MEMBERS AND
SPECIFICALLY IN MANITOBA'S KIOSK
DAM, YOU HAVE FOX LAKE CREATING
A BLOCKADE AND I'M WONDERING DO
YOU THINK, SPECIFICALLY FOX
LAKE, DO THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO
PROTECT THEIR COMMUNITY MEMBERS
LIKE THIS?
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:  I
THINK EVERY COMMUNITY NEEDS TO
MAKE DECISIONS TO PROTECT THEIR
MEMBERS AND THERE ARE MANY WAYS
TO GO ABOUT IT.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE ALL ORDERS
OF GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING
INDIGENOUS GOVERNMENTS ARE
WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE SAME
GOAL, WHICH WE ALL SHARE, WHICH
IS KEEPING CANADIANS AS SAFE AS
POSSIBLE, RECOGNISING THAT
CERTAIN COMMUNITIES AND CERTAIN
INDIVIDUALS ARE MORE VULNERABLE
AND I CERTAINLY KNOW THAT ACROSS
THE COUNTRY, THERE HAVE BEEN
EXCELLENT AND CONSTRUCTIVE
CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN INDIGENOUS
AND NONINDIGENOUS LEADERSHIP IN
AREAS OF OVERLAP SO THAT WE CAN
MOVE FORWARD IN A WAY THAT
PROTECTS CANADIANS BUT ALSO
ALLOWS FOR PROGRESSIVE RETURN TO
NORMALITY.
[TRANSLATOR SPEAKING]
>> Question:  I THINK IT'S
I KNOW ACROSS THE COUNTRY THERE
ARE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND
NONINDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES THAT
ARE CLOSEBY OR ADJACENT AND THEY
ARE TALKING ABOUT THE BEST WAY
TO PROTECT THEIR CITIZENS,
PARTICULARLY THERE IS TIME OF
REOPENING THE ECONOMY, BUT WE
ALL SHARE THE SAME DESIRE, WHICH
IS TO MITIGATE THE EXPANSION AND
THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 AND TO
KEEP OUR CITIZENS PARTICULARLY
THE MOST VULNERABLE SAFE.
AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT WE
WILL CONTINUE TO DO.
>> Question:  I KNOW I SPOKE TO
YOU ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY, BUT MY
NEXT QUESTION IS CONCERNING
EARLY RELEASE OF PRISONERS AND
MORE SPECIFICALLY.
PPN, WE'VE BEEN ASKING BILL
BLAIR ABOUT THE INMATES RELEASED
EARLY FROM FEDERAL PRISON AND
I'M WONDERING, DO YOU HAVE --
CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT INMATES ARE
BEING RELEASED EARLY AND DO YOU
KNOW WHEN WE'LL GET THESE
NUMBERS?
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:  COE
VERY BEGINNING, TAKEN EXTREMELY
SERIOUSLY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF
KEEPING BOTH INMATES AND STAFF
SAFE IN THEIR INSTITUTIONS
DURING THIS PANDEMIC.
NOW WE HAVE TAKEN A NUMBER --
THEY HAVE TAKEN A NUMBER OF
STEPS IN TERMS OF REDUCING
MOBILITY BETWEEN PRISONS,
INCREASING THE ACCESS FOR
PROTECTIVE MEASURES AND IN
CERTAIN CASES LOOKING AT RELEASE
CONDITIONS.
MINISTER BLAIR WILL HAVE MORE TO
ANSWER ON THAT.
>> Operator:  NEXT QUESTION.
NEXT QUESTION FROM THE NATIONAL
POST, LINE OPEN.
>> Question:  HI, PRIME
MINISTER, THANKS FOR TAKING THE
QUESTION.
I WAS HOPING TO GET A SENSE OF
YOUR GOVERNMENT'S THINKING ABOUT
A POTENTIAL SECOND WAVE OF
INFECTION IN THE FALL.
I KNOW THERE IS CONCERN THAT
CANADIANS MAY NOT TAKE TO A
SECOND LOCKDOWN OR EVEN A THIRD
OR FOURTH, IF IT COMES TO THAT.
COULD BE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
REASONS OR ECONOMIC SECURITY
REASONS OR JUST KIND OF AN
EXHAUSTION.
IS THIS SOMETHING YOU'RE ALSO
WORRIED?
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:  I
THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE KNOW
IS THAT IN PANDEMICS, THERE ARE
USUALLY SECOND WAVES.
THE QUESTION THAT WE'RE VERY
MUCH FOCUSED ON IS AS THAT
SECOND WAVE BEGINS OR AS WE
START TO SEE RESURGENCES IN A
REOPENED ECONOMY, HOW QUICKLY
ARE WE ABLE TO CONTAIN THEM AND
TO CONTROL THEM?
AND THAT COMES DOWN TO THE SCALE
OF TESTING, THE SCALE OF CONTACT
TRACING WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE RIGHT
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THAT'S WHY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT STEPPED UP IN ITS
OFFER TO PROVINCES TO SUPPORT
THEM IN MASSIVELY SCALING UP
TESTING CAPACITY AND CONTACT
TRACING CAPACITY.
WE KNOW PARTICULARLY IN THOSE
AREAS THAT ARE STILL WORKING TO
GET THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS
UNDER CONTROL THAT IT WILL BE
IMPORTANT TO INCREASE TESTING
NOW AS WE'RE SEEING IN THOSE
AREAS, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT
AS WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THE
SUMMER AND, OBVIOUSLY, INTO THE
FALL, THAT WE ARE READY TO ACT
EXTREMELY QUICKLY SO THAT THE
POPULATION AT LARGE WON'T BE IN
SITUATIONS OF HAVING TO GO BACK
INTO CONFINEMENT, BUT THAT
DEPENDS ON CITIZENS DOING THEIR
PART AND HAVING THAT TESTING
CAPACITY AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
MOVING FORWARD ON.
>> Operator:  FOLLOW-UP?
>> Question:  YES, THERE HAVE
BEEN SOME COUNTRIES EVEN THIS
THE FIRST WAVE HAVE MANAGED TO
FEND OFF A LARGE AMOUNT OF
INFECTIONS WITHOUT A LOCKDOWN
AND I'M THINKING OF HONG KONG
WHERE WE'VE HAD BARELY ANY
DEATHS, MAINLY BECAUSE OF MASK
WEARING AND A REALLY ROBUST
CENTRALIZED QUARANTINE.
I'M CURIOUS IN YOUR GOVERNMENT
HAS BEEN EXPLORING THESE OTHER
JURISDICTIONS.
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:  FRE
BEEN LOOKING CAREFULLY AT WHAT
OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE DONE AND
DRAWING FROM THEM ON ELEMENTS
THAT WE CAN PUT FORWARD IN OUR
RESPONSE THAT WOULD HELP HERE IN
CANADA.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE MANY
LESSONS AND MANY, MANY COUNTRIES
AROUND THE WORLD GOT SERIOUS IN
THEIR SITUATIONS BEFORE WE DID,
SO WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE SOME
VERY SMART CHOICES EARLY ON THAT
HAS LARGELY KEPT THE PANDEMIC
WITHIN CONTROLLABLE LEVELS IN
CANADA.
ALTHOUGH, THERE HAVE STILL BEEN
FAR TOO MANY DEATHS AND WE
CERTAINLY GRIEVE AND MOURN ALL
OF THOSE.
WE KNOW THAT THERE IS MORE TO DO
AND AS WE REOPEN, WE KNOW THAT
CITIZENS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
EXTREMELY VIGILANT AND CAREFUL
ABOUT HOW THEY ACT BECAUSE THAT
IS GOING TO BE A KEY PART OF
KEEPING US SAFE MOVING FORWARD.
SO GOVERNMENT WILL DO ITS PART,
CITIZENS, EMPLOYERS, EMPLOYEES
WILL BE DOING THEIR PART.
WE HEAD TO CONTINUE TO DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PREVENT THE
NEED FOR ANY FURTHER LOCKDOWNS
THE WAY WE'VE HAD UP UNTIL NOW.
[TRANSLATOR SPEAKING]
>> RIGHT FROM THE OUTSET, WE'VE
BEEN LOOKING AT OTHER COUNTRIES
HAVE BEEN DOING TO HELP US IN
CANADA AND WE DID TAKE
INSPIRATION FROM SOME OF THOSE
MEASURES WHILE ADAPTING THEM TO
OUR OWN REALITY.
AS WE MOVE TOWARDS MORE AND MORE
OPEN AND ACTIVE COMMUNITY, WE
WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO REMAIN
VIGILANT AS A GOVERNMENT AND TO
HAVE AN INCREASED CAPACITY TO
TEST AND TO DO CONTACT TRACING.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE EXPECT
CANADIAN CITIZENS TO DO THEIR
PART, AS WELL.
I KNOW THEY DON'T WANT TO END UP
IN ISOLATION ONCE AGAIN.
AND WHETHER PEOPLE ARE WEARING
MASKS OR KEEPING THEIR DISTANCE
FROM OTHERS OR WASHING THEIR
HAND REGULARLY OR BEING CAREFUL
AND EMPLOYERS DOING THEIR PART,
ALL OF THOSE THINGS WILL BE VERY
IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF OUR
ABILITY TO MANAGE A FURTHER WAVE
OF INFECTION AND GOING THROUGH
WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH IN THE
LAST FEW MONTHS.
>> Question:  GOOD MORNING.
I'D LIKE YOU TO COMMENT ON
PRIVATE DAY CAMPS.
WE'RE HEARING THAT 71% OF THEM
BELIEVE THAT WITHOUT FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, THEY WILL HAVE TO
SHUT DOWN.
NOW, THE ECONOMY IS STARTING TO
REOPEN.
DO YOU HAVE ANY INTENTION OF
HELPING THESE DAY CAMPS?
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:  WED
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WILL HAVE TO
MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS IN
ORDER TO KEEP CANADIANS SAFE.
THAT'S THEIR TOP PRIORITY, BUT
THERE ARE MANY INDUSTRIES AND
MANY SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY THAT
WILL HAVE TROUBLE THIS SUMMER.
BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF TOURISM,
BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF TRAVEL
AND BECAUSE OF COVID-19 AND THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE
TO REFLECT ON HOW WE CAN ENSURE
THAT WE DON'T DAMAGE THE ECONOMY
TOO MUCH BECAUSE WE NEED TO
ENSURE THERE CAN BE A STRONG
RECOVERY ONCE THIS IS OVER.
>> Question:  AT THE SAME TIME,
TO WHAT EXTENT DO YOU FEEL WITH
THE REOPENING OF THE ECONOMY
THOSE CAMPS ARE IMPORTANT NOT
ONLY FOR THE CHILDREN AND
TEENAGERS THAT WORK THERE, BUT
ALSO FOR THE PARENTS?
NOW, IF THE WAGE SUBSIDY
CRITERIA WERE RELAXED, THAT
WOULD HELP THOSE PEOPLE TO HIRE
MORE MONITORS.
ARE YOU PREPARED TO TAKE THAT
STEP?
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:  WEE
 TO
HAPPEN AND FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING, WE'VE SEEN THAT
COVID-19 SPREADS MORE READILY IN
CAMPS OR IN INSTITUTIONS WHERE
PEOPLE SPEND THE ENTIRE DAY
WORKING CLOSE BY OTHER WORKERS.
AND, OF COURSE, I THINK THE
OWNERS OF THESE DAY CAMPS WILL
HAVE TO REFLECT ON THIS AND TO
REMAIN VERY DILIGENT IN THEIR
THINKING.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THOSE
DECISIONS WILL BE, BUT I THINK
THAT PEOPLE ARE UNDER A LOT OF
PRESSURE FROM PARENTS, OF
COURSE, WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEND
THEIR CHILDREN TO THESE CAMPS,
BUT THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
SAFETY OF THEIR CHILDREN.
AND THESE ARE ALL THINGS WE'LL
HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IN THE
COMING WEEKS.
>> Operator:  LAST QUESTION.
>> Question:  I WOULD LIKE TO
COME BACK TO THE ISSUE OF
AIRLINE COMPANIES.
WE RECENTLY HEARD AIR CANADA
LOST $2.6 BILLION IN TICKETS
THAT WERE BOUGHT THAT WERE NOT
REFUNDED.
THE SAME WITH AIR TRANSAT.
SO WHEN WILL YOUR GOVERNMENT
PROVIDE SOME CONDITIONAL SUPPORT
TO THOSE AIRLINES AS LONG THEY
REFUND TRAVELERS?
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:  I
KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY
CANADIANS OUT THERE WHO ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT THE MONIES
THEY'VE ALREADY SPENT ON AIRLINE
TICKETS AND THAT THEY'RE NOT,
OBVIOUSLY, GOING TO BE ABLE TO
USE.
AND WE ALSO REALIZE THAT THE
AIRLINE SECTOR IS VULNERABLE AND
THAT IT'S FACING MAJOR
CHALLENGES.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT CANADIANS HAVE
ECONOMIC CONCERNS, SO WE WILL BE
WORKING WITH THE SECTOR AND
AIRLINES AND CANADIANS WHO ARE
WORRIED TO TRY TO FIND SOME
SOLUTIONS.
I THINK WE RECOGNISE HOW
IMPACTED AIR TRAVEL AND AIRLINES
ARE BY THIS COVID-19 PANDEMIC
AND WE ALSO RECOGNISE THAT MANY
CANADIANS ARE OUT OF POCKET FOR
TICKETS THAT THEY HAVE OBVIOUSLY
NOT GOING TO BE USING.
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE
SOME VERY CAREFUL DISCUSSIONS
WITH AIRLINES, WITH THE AIR
TRAVEL SECTOR AND, INDEED, WITH
CANADIANS WHO ARE CONCERNED TO
TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY FORWARD
WHERE WE CAN ENSURE THAT
CANADIANS ARE TREATED FAIRLY AND
OUR AIRLINE INDUSTRY REMAINS
THERE FOR WHEN OUR ECONOMY PICKS
UP AGAIN.
>> Question:  I UNDERSTAND WHAT
YOU'RE SAYING, BUT COULD YOU BE
A BIT MORE CLEAR ABOUT THIS?
YOU SAY YOU'RE SEEKING
SOLUTIONS, BUT AMONG THOSE
SOLUTIONS, COULD YOU DEMAND THAT
THE AIRLINES REFUND CANADIANS?
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:  WER
JURISDICTIONS AND OTHER
COUNTRIES ARE DOING.
WE ARE CURRENTLY TALKING TO THE
AIRLINES, AS WELL, AND WE'VE
HEARD CANADIAN'S CONCERNS.
WE NODE THAT THEY WANT TO BE KND
THEIR MONEY AND THEY WANT AN
AIRLINE IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE
NEED IT.
SO THAT BALANCE WILL BE REALLY
IMPORTANT.
THE CANADIANS BOTH WANT TO MAKE
SURE THEY'RE NOT OUT OF POCKET,
BUT THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT WE DO
HAVE A FUTURE FOR OUR AIRLINE
INDUSTRY IN CANADA.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING FOR
CANADIANS TO CONTINUE TO HAVE
AIRLINES IN THIS COUNTRY.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
GETTING THAT BALANCE RIGHT AND
WE'RE MAKING IT THROUGH THIS IN
THE RIGHT WAY.
>> Question:  I'M TOM PERRY FROM
CBC.
EVACUEE SEEN SHORTFALLS IN
PLACES LIKE ONTARIO AND QUEBEC
WITH TESTING.
YOU JUST SAID THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IS OFFERING TO INVEST
IN A NATIONAL FRAMEWORK TO LEAD
THE WAY ON TESTING AND CONTACT
TRACING.
YOU GOT A CALL WITH THE PREPS PS
TODAY.
IF THEY TAKE YOU UP ON YOUR
OFFER, WHAT'S STANDING IN YOUR
WAY AND GIVING THE SHORTFALLS
LIKE ONTARIO AND QUEBEC, SHOULD
THEY FEEL SAFE AS THESE
ECONOMIES REOPEN?
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:  WE
HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT RAMP-UPS
OF TESTING IN PLACES LIKE
ONTARIO AND QUEBEC, WHERE THERE
IS A NEED FOR EVEN GREATER
TESTING.
LAST WEEK WITH THE PREMIERS, I
LAID OUT THAT OFFER THAT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COULD TAKE IT
ON AND WE GOT POSITIVE RESPONSES
FROM RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE
DISCUSSING THAT TONIGHT AND TALK
PRECISELY HOW TO SCAPE UP
TESTING IMMEDIATELY IN PLACES
WHERE IT'S NECESSARY, LIKE IN
ONTARIO AND QUEBEC, AND BE READY
TO SCALE UP ALMOST INSTANTLY IN
INPLACES WHERE RIGHT NOW THE VIS
IS UNDER CONTROL AND ANY
FLARE-UPS NEED TO BE RESPONDED
TO.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE HELD BACK
FROM DOING ALL OF THE TESTING
THAT IS NECESSARY AND THAT'S
WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL
BE THERE FOR.
[TRANSLATOR SPEAKING]
>> Question:  WE KNOW THAT WE
NEED TO DO MORE TESTING AND
CONTACT TRACING.
, PARTICULARLY INONTARIO AND QUO
SAY, THERE'S BEEN A LARGE
INCREASE IN THE TESTING THAT HAS
BEEN CONDUCTED RECENTLY AND WE
WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
WE KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO RAMP
UP THE AMOUNT OF TESTING THAT'S
BEING DONE AND THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WILL BE THERE WITH
RESOURCES AND EQUIPMENT FOR THAT
TO HAPPEN JUST AS WE'VE BEEN
DOING NOW FOR SEVERAL WEEKS.
RIGHT NOW IN QUEBEC AND ONTARIO,
IN PARTICULAR, THEY NEED TO RAMP
UP THEIR TESTING IMMEDIATELY,
BUT THERE ARE OTHER PLACES IN
CANADA WHERE THE NEED IS NOT
THERE NOW FOR MORE TESTING
BECAUSE THE SITUATION IS PRETTY
MUCH UNDER CONTROL, BUT THEY
HAVE TO BE READY TO IMMEDIATELY
DO A LOT MORE TESTING IF THERE'S
A RESURGENCE OF THE INFECTION IN
ONE LOCATION OR ANOTHER OF
COVID-19.
AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL
BE THERE TO SUPPORT THE
PROVINCES TO GET THAT DONE.
>> Question:  THE PREMIER SAYS
HE WANTS A NATIONAL POLICY ON
PAID SICK LEAVE, SAID IT IS A
CRUCIAL PART OF PREVENTING THAT
SECOND WAVE OF KUHN.
 COVID-19.
YOU HAVE ECONOMIES OPENING UP
AND LOW-WAGE WORKERS FINDING IT
HARD TO TAKE SICK LEAVE AND WHAT
YOU BE WILLING TO LOOK AT A
NATIONAL POLICY?
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:  WEY
THE PROVINCES AND I'VE HEARD THE
PREMIER OF B.C. DIRECTLY AND
LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PROVINCES
TO BEST SUPPORT PEOPLE.
THERE'S THE ISSUE OF SICK LEAVE.
THERE'S THE ISSUE OF INCREASED
CHILDCARE SPACES AND THE ISSUE
OF MAKING SURE THAT OUR
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES ARE
BETTER SUPPORTED AND MORE
PROTECTED AND THERE ARE A NUMBER
OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TALK
ABOUT AS GOVERNMENTS TO ENSURE
THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD IN THE
RIGHT WAY.
>> Question:  CANADA'S SPY
AGENCIES, CICS IS WARNING OF A
NATIONAL RISK CLOSED BY FOREIGN
INVESTMENTS AND THREAT FROM
FOREIGN ACTORS TO MANIPULATE THE
CANADIAN PUBLIC AND INTERFERE
WITH OUR DEMOCRACY.
I'M WONDERING, HOW CONCERNED ARE
YOU ABOUT THESE REPORTS AND WHAT
ACTIONS IS YOUR GOVERNMENT
TAKING TO MITIGATE THESE
CONCERNS?
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:  OUR
NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCIES DO AN
EXCEPTIONAL JOB FLAGGING RISKS
TO CANADIANS AND TAKING ACTION
TO MITIGATE THOSE RISKS.
WE WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT THEM AND
TAKE ON THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS
AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROTECT
CANADIANS FROM MALICIOUS ACTORS,
WHETHER FOREIGN OR DOMESTIC.
[TRANSLATOR SPEAKING] JUSTIN
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:  OUR
SECURITY AGENCIES PLAY A
CRITICAL ROLE IN THREATS TO
CANADA AND THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT ALWAYS FOLLOWS THEIR
RECOMMENDATIONS AND WORKS WITH
THEM TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND
THE INTEGRITY OF OUR SYSTEMS IN
CANADA.
>> Question:  ON THE WEST BLOC,
WE SPOKE TO CHINA'S AMBASSADOR
TO CANADA AND WHEN WE ASKED HIM
ABOUT THE DETAINMENT OF THE TWO
MICHAELS DETAINED, HE SAID THEY
WERE TREATED VERY WELL AND THEN
HE WENT ON TO SAY, AND I QUOTE,
THAT ACTUALLY THE BIGGEST ISSUE
IN OUR BILATERAL ISSUE IS THE
MENG WANZHOU CASE AND THAT'S WHY
WE MADE OUR POSITION CLEAR, YOU
KNOW, TO MAKE SURE SHE'S BACK IN
CHINA SMOOTHLY AND SAFELY.
SO THE AMBASSADOR HAS LINKED HER
CASE TO THE TWO MICHAELS.
AND I WOULD LIKE YOUR THOUGHTS
ON THAT.
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:  WE
HAVE SEEN CHINESE OFFICIALS
LINKING THOSE TWO CASES FROM THE
VERY BEGINNING.
CANADA HAS AN INDEPENDENT
JUDICIAL SYSTEM THAT FUNCTIONS
WITHOUT INTERFERENCE OR OVERRIDE
BY POLITICIANS.
IT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS
DEEPLY DEAR TO CANADIANS IN OUR
SYSTEM, TO KEEP IT STRONG AND TO
ASSURE THE DIVISION OF POWERS
WITHIN OUR DEMOCRACY.
CHINA DOESN'T WORK QUITE THE
SAME WAY AND DOESN'T SEEM TO
UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO HAVE AN
INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY FROM
POLITICAL INTERVENTION.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW AND
UPHOLD THE INDEPENDENCE OF OUR
JUDICIAL SYSTEM WHILE WE
ADVOCATE FOR THE RELEASE OF THE
TWO MICHAELS WHO HAVE BEEN AR
TEMPORARILY DETAINED BY CHINA IN
RETALIATION FOR A JUDICIAL
SYSTEM THAT IS INDEPENDENT IN
THE WAY IT FUNCTIONS.
[TRANSLATOR SPEAKING]
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:  CAT
JUDICIARY AND THAT IS NOT
EXACTLY THE SAME CASE IN CHINA
AND THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THAT
WE HAVE NO INTENTION OF
INTERFERING IN OUR JUDICIAL
SYSTEM WHICH IS AN INDEPENDENT
ONE.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE
DEFEND OUR VALUES AND DEMOCRATIC
PRINCIPLES AND WE WILL ALWAYS DO
THAT.
SO THE FACT THAT CHINA IS STILL
REFUSING AN INDEPENDENT JUDICIAL
PROCESS AND TYING THAT TO THESE
ARBITRARY DETENTION OF THE TWO
MICHAELS, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS
A CHALLENGE THAT WE ARE WORKING
ON AND HAVE BEEN FOR A NUMBER OF
MONTHS NOW.
>> Question:  THERE ARE TONNES
OF CASES OF FRAUD WHERE PEOPLE
ARE USING PERSONAL INFORMATION
TO OPEN A BANK ACCOUNT AND THEN
THEY REQUEST THE EMERGENCY
BENEFIT IN THE NAME OF THAT
PERSON.
WHAT ABOUT THE EXTENT OF THAT
FRAUD PROBLEM AND WHAT CAN YOU
DO IN CONCRETE TERMS RIGHT NOW
TO STEM THAT KIND OF FRAUD?
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:  WEY
UNDERSTOOD THAT WE HAD TO TAKE
QUICK ACTION TO HELP THE
MILLIONS OF CANADIANS WHO HAVE
BEEN LOST THEIR JOB BECAUSE OF
COVID-19 THAT WOULD NOT HAVE ANY
MONEY TO PAY FOR THEIR GROCERIES
OR TO PAY THEIR RENT.
IT WAS AN EMERGENCY.
SO, WE INTRODUCED MEASURES WHERE
WE COULD QUICKLY PROVIDE MONEY
TO MILLIONS OF CANADIANS AND
MORE THAN EIGHT MILLION
CANADIANS HAVE RECEIVED THE
CANADA EMERGENCY RESPONSE
BENEFIT.
NOW, WE KNEW RIGHT AWAY THAT
THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY THAT
SOME INDIVIDUALS WERE TRY TO
DEFRAUD THE GOVERNMENT AND WE
PUT IN PLACE MEASURES NOT IN
ORDER TO FILTER APPLICATIONS
RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE THAT WOULD
HAVE SLOWED DOWN THE DELAYERY OF
DELIVERY OFMONEY FOR MONTHS ANDT
WE INTRODUCED MEASURES TO DETECT
AND RECOVER THAT MONEY AS THE
PANDEMIC CONTINUES.
AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE
CANADA REVENUE AGENCY AND THE
PUBLIC SERVICE ARE WORKING HARD
TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE
CONSEQUENCES AND THAT WE CAN
RECOVER THE MONEY FROM PEOPLE
WHO DEFRAUDED THE SYSTEM.
FRAUD IS UNACCEPTABLE AND THERE
WILL BE CONSEQUENCES.
THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE MOHAWK
COMMUNITY BLOCKING THE PARK AND
IT IS UP TO THE COMMUNITY TO
TAKE THAT KIND OF ACTION AND ARE
YOU AFRAID THAT THINGS MIGHT GO
OFF THE RAILS?
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:  I
THINK FIRST OF ALL, IT'S
IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT
WE'RE ALL SEEKING THE SAME
THING.
WE WANT TO PROTECT OUR CITIZENS
FROM COVID-19 AND ENSURE THE
SAFETY AND SECURITY OF EVERYONE
INCLUDING AND ESPECIALLY
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
THE GOVERNMENT AND THE
INDIGENOUS GOVERNMENTS HAVE TO
WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT
WE'RE MAKING THE APPROPRIATE
DECISIONS TO PROTECT CITIZENS,
EVEN, AS WE TRY TO RETURN TO
NORMALITY IS I THINK LEADERS IN
THESE COMMUNITIES SHOULD TRY TO
GET TOGETHER TO TRY TO DO THAT.
FIRST OF ALL, WE ALL WANT THE
SAME THING.
EVERY DIFFERENT ORDER OF
GOVERNMENT WANTS TO ENSURE THAT
CITIZENS ARE PROTECTED AND
THAT'S WHY DIFFERENT ORDERS OF
GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING INDIGENOUS
GOVERNMENTS NEED TO WORK WITH
NEARBY COMMUNITIES AND ENSURE
THAT WE'RE FINDING A BALANCE
THAT PROTECTS THE CITIZENS FIRST
AND FOREMOST BUT ALLOWS FOR THE
CAREFUL REOPENING AS APPROPRIATE
OF OUR ECONOMIES AND
COMMUNITIES.
>> Question:  PRIME MINISTER, I
WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE
AIRLINE TICKETS AGAIN BECAUSE
YOUR TWO PREVIOUS RESPONSES WERE
NOT CLEAR.
WILL YOU USE THE POWER AND
AUTHORITY OVER THEM TO INSIST
THE PEOPLE WHO PAID FOR TICKETS
AND WERE NOT GIVEN REFUNDS GET
THE REFUNDS?
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:  THO
CANADIANS THAT WE ARE WORKING
WITH THE AIRLINES AND WITH
CANADIANS CONCERNED ON AND WE'RE
LOOKING AT WHAT OTHER OTHER
COUNTRIES HAVE DONE IN THESE
MEASURES AND WE'RE LOOKING TO
MAKE SURE THAT CANADIANS ARE
SUPPORTED FINANCIALLY THROUGH
THIS TIME, BUT THAT ALSO, WE'RE
GOING TO COME BACK WITH AIRLINES
THAT FUNCTION IN CANADA FOR THE
LONG-TERM.
GETTING THAT BALANCE RIGHT WILL
BE DELICATE BUT SOMETHING WE'RE
WORKING ON.
>> Question:  DON'T YOU SEE THIS
IS UNFAIR, THAT THEY BOUGHT
TICKETS AND THEY'RE GIVEN
VOUCHERS TO USE?
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:  THL
CONCERNED PARTIES TO TRY TO FIND
A SOLUTION.
>> Rosemary:  THAT IS THE PRIME
MINISTER OF CANADA WITH THE
LATEST RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY,
$75 MILLION IN NEW FUNDING FOR
THE HALF OF THE INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY WHO LIVE
IN URBAN CENTRES OR OFF
RESERVES, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
DON'T, AS THE PRIME MINISTER
SAID, FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS
AND IT FOLLOWS OTHER
ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR FIRST NATIONS,
METIS COMMUNITIES AND INNUIT OF
MORE THAN $300 MILLION THAT HAD
BEEN MADE PREVIOUSLY.
BEFORE I TALK, THOUGH, TO MY
COLLEAGUES ABOUT WHAT A LOT OF
THE QUESTIONS ARE AROUND,
AIRLINE TRAVEL AND IF YOU SHOULD
GET YOUR MONEY BACK, ABOUT
CONTACT TRACING AND TESTING, I
WANT TO TURN OUR ATTENTION TO
THE STORY WE'VE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT THROUGHOUT THIS AS WE
CONCENTRATE WHAT HAS BECOME THE
EPICENTRE OF THIS VIRUS AND THAT
IS IN LOOK-TERM CARE CENTRES.
AND BECAUSE THAT HAPPENED,
PRIMARILY IN ONTARIO AND QUEBEC,
HARDEST HIT, HUNDREDS OF SOLDIER
AND MILITARY MEDICAL PERSONNEL
WERE DEPLOYED TO PLAY A CRITICAL
ROLE BOTH HERE IN ONTARIO, IN
THOSE LONG-TERM CARE HOMES AND
IN QUEBEC.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL JAMES STALKER
IS WITH BATTLE GROUP ONE AND HIS
SOLDIERS ARE HELP DOING SOME OF
THAT SCARE AND FACILITIES ACROSS
THE GREATER AREA.
THE LIEUTENANT JOINS US NOW.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> PLEASE CALL ME ROSEMARY.
[ Laughter ]
>> THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE
TIME, BECAUSE WE WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT THE WORK MANY SOLDIERS
HAVE BEEN DOING.
CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE OF
THINGS PEOPLE ARE DOING INSIDE
THE LONG-TERM CARE CENTRES?
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
INTEREST IN OUR WORK THERE.
THE WORK THEY'RE DOING,
SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND AVIATORS,
AS WELL IS TREMENDOUS WORK.
IT'S THE SHIFT BREAKDOWN IN THE
HOMES, A MIXFUL MEDICAL
PERSONNEL LEAD BY A NURSE AND
TEAM COMPOSED OF MEDICAL
TECHNICIANS.
SO THE MEDICAL TEAMS WILL DO
CLINICAL WORK AND DIRECT PATIENT
CARE FOR RESIDENTS IN THE
FACILITIES.
THEY DISINFECT, CLEANING,
LAUNDRY AND FOOD PORTERING AND
EVEN LIGHT ORGANIZATIONAL WORK
FOR THE HOMES.
IT'S AN INTEGRATED TEAM AND THE
TEAM ITSELF IS INTEGRATED INTO
THE LARGER STAFF METRIC WITHIN
THE HOME AND THE FACILITY
ITSELF.
>> SO THEY'RE DOING ANYTHING
THEY CAN TO HELP, WHETHER THEY
HAVE MEDICAL TRAINING OR NOT?
IS THAT FAIR TO SAY?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
WE'RE THERE AS A SUPPORTING
AGENCY, TO SUPPORT THE CIVIL
AUTHORITIES AND SUPPORT THOSE
PEOPLE IN ANY WAY WE CAN.
>> SO YOU YOURSELF HAVE BEEN
DEPLOYED TO KANDAHAR AND LEAD
OTHER BIG ORGANIZATIONAL,
LOGISTICAL MISSIONS WITH THE G20
20SUMMITS.
HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT, GIVEN THE
NATURE OF THE WORK AND HOW DID
YOU PREPARE FOR IT?
>> WELL, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I THINK THAT EVERY MISSION IS
SINGULAR AND EVERY MISSION HAS
ITS UNIQUE CHALLENGES BUT THIS
IS MORE UNIQUE THAN MOST.
THIS IS A WAY FOR US, REALLY, TO
SERVE.
AND I THINK THAT MILITARY
PERSONNEL ARE DRIVEN FIRST AND
FOREMOST BY A DESIRE TO SERVE
AND THIS IS HOW THEY CAN SERVE
CANADA AND CANADIANS IN THEIR
HOUR OF GREATEST NEED.
SO IF I WOULD OFFER ONE WORD TO
DESCRIBE THE MOOD OR THE TENOR
HERE IT WOULD BE MOTIVATED AND
MOTIVATED TO HELP HAS BROUGHT
OUT A GREATER RESPONSE TO THIS
CRISIS.
>> WHAT KIND OF TRAINING DID THE
NONMEDICAL SOLDIERS GET?
I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A
30-MINUTE VIDEO ON DO'S AND
DON'T'S AROUND COVID-19 AND I
WONDER WANT WAS THAT ENOUGH
PREPARATION, FOR, AS YOU SAY, A
MISSION SO UNUSUAL THAT IT'S
UNPRECEDENTED?
>> I WOULD OFFER THE SOLDIERS
HAVE BEEN PREPARING LONGER THAN
THAT.
TBG1 WAS FORMED AS A RAPID
RESPONSE UNIT IN RESPONSE TO THE
COVID CRISIS AND THE POTENTIAL
OF FOREST FIRES AND OTHER
DOMESTIC EMERGENCIES AND WE
DEPLOYED BACK IN EARLY APRIL.
THERE'S FREQUENT HANDWASHING,
PERSONAL AND TRAINING EQUIPMENT
AND DISTANCING, ET CETERA.
THERE WAS A SPECIFIC TRAINING
FOR THIS MISSION IN TERMS OF
CARE FOR EDERLY RESIDENTS AND
ADVANCED TRAINING IN THE DONNING
OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT.
SO I THINK THEY ARE QUITE WELL
PREPARED FOR THE TASK.
>> THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.
AND YOU TALKED ABOUT PPE.
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S CRITICAL FOR
ALL OF YOU KEEPING ONE ANOTHER
SAFE, AS WELL.
AND ARE SOLDIERS, ARE THEY
WEARING N95 MASKS AS A RULE OF
THUMB OR HOW DO YOU MAKE A
DECISION ABOUT WHO WEARS THEM
AND WHO DOESN'T?
>> IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
THE DECISION ON WHICH PPE TO
WEAR AND WHAT SITUATION IS
DRIVEN BY MEDICAL GUIDELINES, BY
THE PROVISION OF ADVICE OF
MEDICAL AUTHORITIES, BE IT THE
PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA,
BE IT OUR OWN HEALTH NETWORK.
SO THEY HAVE STARK GUIDELINES ON
WHAT PPE TO WEAR, IN WHAT
SITUATION, DEPENDING ON THE
LEVEL OF RISK AND DEPENDING ON
THE LEVEL OF POTENTIAL INFECTION
AND WE CONDUCT OURSELVES
ACCORDINGLY.
SO WHETHER IT'S A BREAKDOWN BY
ZONE OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY
BE, WE FOLLOW THE INFECTION AND
PATROL GUIDELINES FOR EACH.
>> SO YOUR SYSTEMATICALLY
WEARING AN N95 MASK, WOULD THAT
BE FAIR TO SAY?
SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT WEAR A
REGULAR SURGICAL MASK?
>> ALL I CAN OFFER IS THAT WE
FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES OF MEDICAL
ADVISERS.
THEY OFFER A RANGE OF GUIDELINES
ON THE SITUATION AND WE CONDUCT
OURSELVES ACCORDINGLY AND FOUND
THAT WOULD BE THE BEST PRACTISE.
>> WE HAD CONFIRMATION THERE WAS
ONE SOLDIER WHO CONTRACTED
COVID-19 IN ONTARIO AND THEN
MORE IN QUEBEC.
CAN YOU GIVE US ANY SENSE OF
WHETHER THAT NUMBER HAS
INCREASED AND HOW YOU ARE, THEN,
PROTECTING ONE ANOTHER, GIVEN
THAT HAPPENED AND EVERYONE WAS
AWARE THAT WAS A PART OF THE
RISK, I GUESS?
>> EVERY DEPLOYMENT HAS RISKED
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE RISKS ON
THIS DEPLOYMENT.
I'LL ANSWER THE SECOND PART OF
YOUR QUESTION FIRST.
I CAN'T GET INTO SPECIFICS
BECAUSE THERE'S MATTERS OF
MEDICAL PRIVACY.
THIS IS ALL SUBJECT TO THE BEST
ADVICE, AGAIN, OF THE MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE A PART OF
THE COMPREHENSIVE TEAM TO
ASSIST.
IN TERMS OF THE NUMBERS
THEMSELVES, UNFORTUNATELY, I'M
NOT THE AUTHORITY FOR THAT AND
ANY NUMBERS TO PROVIDE YOU WOULD
BE PRELIMINARY, SO THE NEXT
GOVERNMENT UPDATE IS SCHEDULED
TO BE RELEASED ON THE 29th,
PROVIDING THE MOST CONSOLIDATED
AND ACCURATE FIGURE.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
LET ME ASK YOU THIS, LIEUTENANT
COLONEL, IT WOULD SEEM THIS
COULD BE EMOTIONALLY DRAINING.
YOU KNOW, THE PRIME MINISTER
TALKED AT ONE POINT HOW SOLDIERS
SHOULDN'T BE LOOKING AFTER
SENIORS.
I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THIS IS
SOMETHING WE NEED TO CORRECT
MOVING FORWARD.
I ONLY HAVE ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT,
BUT HOW ARE YOU DEALING WITH
THAT, THE DEEP SADNESS OF THIS,
AS WELL, THE EMOTIONAL TOLL ITS
TAKING?
>> THERE IS CERTAINLY A SERIOUS
HUMAN ASPECT TO THIS AND HOW MY
SOLDIERS ARE DEALING WITH IT IS
IN TERMS OF GIVING BACK.
IN THE FEW OFF-MINUTES IN THE
HOMES, THEY HAVE BEEN GOING
ABOVE AND BEYOND TO HELP OTHER
RESIDENTS.
I DO WANT TO REPORT OF ONE
SOLDIER WHO IS QUITE A GIFTED
PIANO PLAYER AND IN HIS SPARE
TIME, HE PLAYS PIANO IN ONE OF
THE HOMES AND IMMEDIATELY LIFTS
THE SPIRIT AND ONE OF THE HUMAN
TOUCHES WE CAN ADD.
>> LIEUTENANT COLONEL STALKER,
THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU AND YOUR
COLLEAGUES FOR YOU'RE DOING.
WE DO APPRECIATE IT, SIR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, INDEED.
>> WE'LL TAKE A SHORT BREAK AND
MORE ON THE BATTLE AFTER THIS
SHORT BREAK.
YOU'RE WATCHING "CBC NEWS
NETWORK."
>> Rosemary: HELLO AGAIN.
I'M ROSEMARY BARTON HERE IN 
OTTAWA.
WELCOME TO OUR SPECIAL COVID-19 
COVERAGE ON CBC NEWS NETWORK, 
STREAMING, ON OUR WEBSITE 
AROUND THE WORLD.
OTTAWA HAS PLEDGED MORE SUPPORT 
FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE DURING 
THE PANDEMIC.
THE PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCED 
$75 MILLION IN NEW FUNDING FOR 
GROUPS THAT HELP INDIGENOUS 
PEOPLE LIVING OFF RESERVE AND 
IN URBAN CENTERS.
ALSO AHEAD, HARD-HIT ONTARIO 
AND QUEBEC ARE STRUGGLING TO 
REACH TESTING TARGETS SO WE'LL 
LOOK AT HOW THE PROVINCES ARE 
DEALING WITH THAT DURING THIS 
CRUCIAL RE-OPENING PHASE.
THIS IS HAPPENING AS SOME 
PROVINCES CONSIDER USING SOME 
CONTACT TRACING APPS.
AS WE KNOW, SOME PEOPLE FURTHER 
ALONG ON ALL OF THIS THAN 
OTHERS.
I'LL BRING IN MY COLLEAGUES, 
VAS SY KAPELOS AND CATHERINE 
CULLEN.
I DIDN'T SPEAK TO YOU AFTER THE 
PRIME MINISTER BECAUSE I WANTED 
TO GET OUR LIEUTENANT COLONEL 
IN TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF 
QUESTIONS, NOT SURPRISINGLY, 
ABOUT TESTING AND CONTACT 
TRACING IN LIGHT OF THE FACT 
THAT THERE WILL BE A CALL WITH 
FIRST MINISTERS, WITH PREMIERS 
TONIGHT, VASSY.
>> Vassy: YEAH.
AND WE KNOW THAT THIS WILL BE 
THE SUBJECT OF THAT -- OR ONE 
OF THE SUBJECTS OF THAT CALL AS 
I WAS EXACTLY A WEEK AGO WITH 
THE PREMIERS WHEN THE PRIME 
MINISTER CONDUCTED THE NOW 
WEEKLY CONFERENCE CALL WITH 
THEM.
THINK THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE 
OF QUESTIONS THAT REMAIN FOR 
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND FOR 
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS.
WE KNOW -- WE HEARD FROM THE 
PRIME MINISTER THAT THERE IS 
THE DESIRE ON THE PART OF THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SEE 
CAPACITY RAMP UP.
THERE IS OBVIOUSLY THE CAVEAT, 
THAT DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU LIVE.
THERE SIMPLY ISN'T THE DEMAND 
FOR TESTING IN, FOR EXAMPLE, 
BRITISH COLUMBIA RIGHT NOW AS 
THERE IS IN ONTARIO BECAUSE OF 
THE SORT OF PLACE WE ARE ON THE 
CURVE -- ON THE CURVE WHERE THE 
VIRUS IS CONCERNED.
BUT THERE AREN'T A LOT OF 
SPECIFICS BEING OFFERED BY THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OTHER THAN 
THE TESTING CAPACITY RIGHT NOW 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS 60,000.
IT SHOULD BE HIGHER.
HOW MUCH HIGHER?
WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU WANT TO SEE 
WHEN IT COMES TO CONTACT 
TRACING?
WHAT I'M NOT CLEAR ON AT THIS 
POINT, I GUESS, IS LIKE IF 
THERE IS A STRATEGY THAT'S 
GOING TO BE PUT IN PLACE, 
CLEARLY THE PROVINCIAL 
GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO SAY THIS IS 
WHAT WE NEED, DEPENDING ON 
WHATEVER PROVINCE YOU'RE IN.
BUT BESIDES MONEY, IS THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GOING TO 
PLAY MORE OF A ROLE, I GUESS?
AND I KNOW THERE ARE SORT OF 
POINTS OF CONFLICT THERE.
I DON'T THINK THAT THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT, FROM MY 
CONVERSATIONS, IS HAPPY WITH 
NECESSARILY ALL THE PLANS THAT 
HAVE BEEN PRESENTED SO FAR OR 
THE DEGREE TO WHICH THEY'RE 
BEING PRESENTED.
SO THEY'RE NOT COMPLETE AT THIS 
POINT.
SO I WONDER WHERE THAT 
CONVERSATION IS GOING AND I DO 
THINK IT IS SOMEWHERE TO WATCH.
DR. TERESA TAM, WHO WE'RE 
WAITING FOR RIGHT NOW, WILL BE 
ASKED MORE ABOUT THIS AND 
YESTERDAY HAD SOME VERY 
INTERESTING COMMENTS THAT I WAS 
INTERESTED IN JUST BECAUSE IT 
TALKED -- SHE TALKED ABOUT SORT 
OF THE REASONS WHY WE WEREN'T 
AT THAT CAPACITY.
WE WERE ONLY AT HALF THE 
CAPACITY RIGHT NOW.
AND A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH 
CRITERIA, WHICH CATHERINE AND 
YOU BOTH FLAGGED EARLIER.
SO, WHERE CAN YOU GET WITH 
SYMPTOMS, WITHOUT SYMPTOMS, HOW 
MANY TESTS.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO BE 
PRESENTING IN ORDER TO GET THE 
TESTS?
AND THAT WILDLY VARIES 
DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE IN 
THIS COUNTRY.
AND SO YOU WONDER IF THERE 
NEEDS TO BE A MORE CONSISTENT 
APPROACH WITH THAT OR -- I 
THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF 
FACTORS THAT GO INTO IT.
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS IF WE'RE 
RE-OPENING OUR ECONOMIES YOU 
NEED TO BE TESTING A LOT MORE 
AND AGGRESSIVELY CONTACT 
TRACING AND I DON'T KNOW WHO'S 
LEADING THE CHARGE THERE.
>> Rosemary: YEAH.
I THINK THAT THE CONVERSATION 
LAST WEEK, FROM WHAT I 
UNDERSTAND, PEOPLE WERE 
RECEPTIVE TO THE NOTION THAT 
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AS 
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IS WILLING 
TO PUT UP MONEY, PEOPLE, 
EQUIPMENT, WHATEVER THEY NEED 
FOR PROVINCES TO MOVE FORWARD 
WITH THIS.
I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, WHERE 
IS THE ASK FROM THE PROVINCE.
WHAT SPECIFICALLY ARE THEY 
ASKING FOR.
WHAT IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
WILLING TO DO?
BUT YOU'RE QUITE RIGHT THAT 
THAT BROADENING OF TESTING IS 
ALSO PART OF THIS.
WE TALKED ABOUT SASKATCHEWAN 
DOING THAT AS OF MONDAY.
VASSY BEFORE WE WENT ON AIR, 
YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ALBERTA 
BECAUSE CALGARY IS NOW TESTING 
ASYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE AND IT'S 
SHOWING WITH SOME PRETTY 
DRAMATIC THINGS, TOO.
>> YEAH.
IT'S SUPER INTERESTING.
I THINK THEY HAVE DONE, AS OF 
TWO DAYS AGO, 3500 ASYMPTOMATIC 
[INAUDIBLE] IN CALGARY AND THE 
BULK OF THE CASES BY FAR, THREE 
QUARTERS OF THEM R IN THE 
CALGARY AND BROOKS AREA.
THAT IS WHY THE A.H.S. AND DR. 
HINSHAW, THE CHIEF MEDICAL 
OFFICER, DECIDED TO TARGET 
ASYMPTOMATIC TESTING THERE AND 
WHAT IT SHOWED IS -- I CAN'T 
REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER.
I DON'T HAVE IT ON HAND.
OUT OF THE 3500, I THINK IT WAS 
100 ASYMPTOMATIC CASES, BUT 
STILL A NUMBER OF THEM.
PRESENTED POSITIVE.
SO, THAT'S FASCINATING BECAUSE 
WE KNOW ABOUT ASYMPTOMATIC 
TRANSMISSION BUT WE NOW HAVE 
DATA TO BACK IT UP VERY 
SPECIFICALLY IN A PROVINCE IN 
THIS COUNTRY.
AND THEN THEY ALSO FOUND THAT 
THE NUMBER OF ASYMPTOMATIC 
CASES WHO HAD HAD CONTACT WITH 
A KNOWN POSITIVE CASE WAS 
GREATER.
SO I THINK IT WAS SOMETHING 
AROUND 75 POSITIVE CASES THERE.
>> Rosemary: EXACTLY.
123 TESTED -- I ONLY KNOW THIS 
BECAUSE I WAS GIVEN THE NUMBERS.
>> Vassy: I NEED SOMEONE IN MY 
EAR, TOO.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Rosemary: 123 TESTED 
POSITIVE AND 75 TESTED POSITIVE 
AND THEY HAD CONTACT WITH 
SOMEONE WITH COVID-19.
>> Vassy: YEAH.
IT'S SUPER INTEREST BECAUSE 
WHAT IT SHOWS -- IT SHOWS THE 
IMPORTANCE OF SIGNIFICANCE OF 
CONTACT TRACING, FIRST OF ALL.
IT SHOWS, SECOND OF ALL, THAT 
ASYMPTOMATIC TRANSSUBMISSION A 
REAL THING AND HOW MUCH OF A 
REAL THING?
HOW PERVASIVE IS IT IN SOCIETY 
IN THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF OTHER 
PROVINCE YOU CAN LOOK AT RIGHT 
NOW TO FIND DATA TO DETERMINE 
THE ANSWERS TO THAT QUESTION.
AND THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION 
SO CENTRAL WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 
RE-OPENING THE ECONOMY.
WE HAVE TO KNOW TO WHAT DEGREE 
THIS VIRUS IS INVISIBLE AMONG 
US IN ORDER TO BE SAFE IN 
EMERGING BACK INTO SOCIETY.
>> Rosemary: AND LET ME BRING 
IN CATHERINE HERE.
IT IS SO FUNDAMENTAL FOR THE 
SECOND WAVE WHICH DR. BONNIE 
HENRY WAS TALKING TO MATT 
GALLOWAY ABOUT THIS MORNING ON 
"THE CURRENT" AND SAID, LISTEN, 
THERE ARE NO PANDEMIC WHERE 
THERE'S NO SECOND WAVE.
AND THE FEAR IS THAT THE SECOND 
WAVE IS WORST THAN THE FIRST.
>> Reporter: AND THAT MOMENT 
WHERE SHE SAYS I TRY TO BE AN 
OPTIMIST, BUT HISTORY HAS SHOWN 
US IT'S LED TO BE THE CASE.
AND THEN WE WANT TO SEE THEM 
RESPOND ALMOST INSTANTLY WHEN 
IT HITS AND THEY WANT THE 
SYSTEM TO BE UP AND MOVING SO 
EFFICIENTLY.
HE SAID THAT FINANCIAL AND 
LOGISTICAL CONCERNS REALLY 
SHOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE HERE.
IT SHOULD NOT HOLD US BACK.
IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE IT IS A 
MANNER OF SAYING THAT MONEY 
SHOULD BE NO OBJECT WHEN IT 
COMES TO THIS.
BUT I WOULD CONTRAST WITH THAT 
WHAT WE HEARD OF THE HEAD OF 
THE CANADIAN MEDICAL 
ASSOCIATION YESTERDAY AT A 
SENATE COMMITTEE SAYING THAT WE 
ARE NOT PREPARED FOR A SECOND 
WAVE, CERTAINLY SANDY BUCHMAN 
FLAGGED TESTING AS AN ISSUE.
ALSO THE AVAILABILITY OF 
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT 
AND JUST WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS 
AN AILING HEALTH CARE SECTOR IN 
GENERAL THAT HAS BEEN 
OVERWHELMED BY THIS.
ALL THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE 
DONE.
SO WE HEAR OPT   -- OPTIMISM 
FROM THE PRIME MINISTER BUT 
THERE'S CONCERN.
IT'S QUITE A PIVOT, BUT WE 
SHOULD TALK ABOUT AIRLINES AS 
WELL.
>> Rosemary: YES, PLEASE DO.
>> Reporter: JUST BECAUSE THERE 
WAS -- THE PRIME MINISTER FACED 
QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT 
THAT AND BECAUSE WE KNOW A LOT 
OF CANADIANS ARE INTERESTED IN 
THIS ISSUE.
MANY PEOPLE, OF COURSE, HAD 
THEIR TRIPS CANCELED BECAUSE OF 
THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK THAT HAS 
AFFECTED INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL 
AND I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS SO 
FASCINATING TO SEE THE WAY THE 
PRIME MINISTER REALLY SET UP A 
DICHOTOMY THERE, RIGHT?
YES, WE KNOW PEOPLE WANT THEIR 
MONEY BACK BUT ALSO WANT A 
FUNCTIONING AIRLINE SECTOR WHEN 
THIS IS ALL OVER AND WE HEARD 
HIM BEING NEEDLED BY OUR 
COLLEAGUES TO SAY SURELY PEOPLE 
WHO HAVE MONEY TIED UP THAT 
HAVE TRAVEL VOUCHERS THAT FEEL 
LIKE THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO USE 
THIS IS NOT FAIR TO THEM.
THE PRIME MINISTER WOULD NOT 
PUT IT IN THOSE WORDS.
HE TALKS ABOUT THESE TWO 
COMPETING CONCERNS THAT THERE 
ARE CONVERSATIONS GOING ON 
RIGHT NOW TO TRY TO FIND A FAIR 
OUTCOME FOR EVERYBODY.
BUT THE IDEA THAT FOLKS ARE 
SIMPLY GOING GET THEIR MONEY 
BACK, AS WE HAVE SEEN IN SOME 
OTHER JURISDICTIONS AROUND THE 
WORLD, I DON'T THINK THAT THE 
PRIME MINISTER OFFERED PEOPLE A 
LOT OF HOPE ON THAT FRONT.
THEY'RE WORK TOWARDS SOME SORT 
OF A SOLUTION.
BUT A FULL REFUND?
HE SEEMED TO SUGGEST SOMETHING 
LIKE THAT REALLY COULD SINK THE 
AIRLINE INDUSTRY IN CANADA.
>> Rosemary: WELL, THAT'S 
PROBABLY ACCURATE.
HE CALLED THEM CAREFUL 
DISCUSSIONS.
OUR COLLEAGUE ASHLEY BURKE HAS 
DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THIS, 
OBVIOUSLY.
BUT IT IS -- IT IS INTERESTING 
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK 
AT THE CASE OF AIR CANADA,, 
WHERE THEY HAVE NOW MOVED TO 
LAYOFF MORE THAN HALF OF THEIR 
WORKFORCE AND THEY OBVIOUSLY, 
YOU KNOW, CAN'T KEEP GOING EVEN 
WITH THE WAGE SUBSIDY, HAVE NOT 
YET TAPPED INTO THE LARGE 
BUSINESS OF EMERGENCY FUNDING 
AND IF THEY WERE THEN TO BE 
ASKED TO REPAY TO CANADIANS ALL 
THE LOST MONEY AND TICKETS THAT 
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN 
TO THEM.
AND I GUESS THAT IS THE PRIME 
MINISTER AND AIRLINES' REAL 
CONCERN.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT CANADIANS 
SHOULDN'T GET THEIR MONEY BACK.
IT'S JUST YOU CAN SEE HOW THE 
PRESSURE OF THAT WOULD BE 
ENORMOUS ON AN AIRLINE COMPANY 
RIGHT NOW.
MAYBE -- I DON'T KNOW.
WOULD THE GOVERNMENT STEP IN TO 
FUND THAT DIRECTLY?
THAT SEEMS PRETTY -- THAT SEEMS 
LIKE A PRETTY CRAZY IDEA, TOO.
I DON'T KNOW.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Reporter: WHEN YOU PUT THAT 
ON THE TABLE WITH THE OTHER 
CONCERNS THAT THE PRIME 
MINISTER RAID DURING THE COURSE 
OF THAT PRESS CONFERENCE, THIS 
DOES LEAVE INTO THAT QUESTION 
ABOUT SICK LEAVE.
B.C. PREMIER JOHN HORGAN WANTS 
A NATIONAL PROGRAM IN ORDER TO 
FUND SICK LEAVE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT N.D.P. 
LEADER JAGMEET SINGH HERE IN 
OTTAWA HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT 
AS WELL.
OF COURSE, THAT IS SO IMPORTANT 
WHEN YOU STOP AND THINK ABOUT 
IT IN THE CONTEXT OF ALL OF 
THIS BECAUSE EVERYBODY DOES 
AGREE THAT WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE 
GOING INTO WORK BECAUSE THEY 
DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY CAN AFFORD 
TO TAKE THE TIME OFF OF WORK 
EVEN IF FEEL LIKE THEY ARE SICK.
HOW DO WE FUND THAT?
WE KNOW THAT MAJOR BUSINESS 
ORGANIZATIONS IN B.C. OR 
BUSINESSES SHOULD NOT HAVE TO 
SHOULDER THIS COST, BUT WHEN 
THE PRIME MINISTER WAS ASKED 
ABOUT IT TODAY, HE SAID YES, 
IT'S A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE.
SO IS MAKING CHANGES TO 
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES AND 
TALKED ABOUT CHILD CARE AND SO 
THE LIST OF THINGS THAT NEED 
FUNDING AND ATTENTION IN ORDER 
GET SOCIETY BACK UP AND MOVING 
KEEPS GROWING, ROSEMARY.
>> Rosemary: YEAH.
OK.
ALL RIGHT.
I'LL LEAVE YOU BOTH RIGHT THERE.
THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH AS THE 
BRIEFING GETS UNDER WAY.
THERE IS ALSO -- THAT IS VASSY 
KAPELOS AND THE CBC'S CATHERINE 
CULLEN.
THERE IS ALSO A VIRTUAL 
COVID-19 COMMITTEE THAT IS 
HAPPENING TODAY.
THE PRIME MINISTER WILL NOT BE 
IN ATTENDANCE FROM WHAT WE 
UNDERSTAND.
AND SO THERE IS MICHELLE 
REMPEL, CONSERVATIVE M.P. FOR 
CALGARY.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE 
WATCHING THAT PART OF OUR 
COVERAGE, YOU CAN DO THAT STILL 
ON cbc.ca/POLITICS.
BUT WE WILL BRING YOU TODAY THE 
BRIEFING WITH CABINET MINISTERS 
AND PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS 
HERE NOW.
THAT IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE 
TREASURY BOARD.
LET'S BRING THAT TO YOU LIVE 
RIGHT NOW.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON AND BONJOUR.
I WILL START WITH THE LATEST 
NUMBERS ON COVID-19 IN CANADA.
THERE ARE NOW 80555 CASE, 
INCLUDING 6062 DEATHS AND 
41,108 CASES OF 51% HAVE NOW 
RECOVERED.
LABS ACROSS CANADA HAVE TESTED 
OVER ONE MILLION PEOPLE WITH 5 
A% TESTING POSITIVE.
WE'RE CURRENTLY TESTING AN 
AVERAGE OF 28,000 PEOPLE DAILY 
AND THE NUMBER CHANGE QUICKLY 
AND RUPP DATED ON 
CANADA.CA/CORONAVIRUS.
SO, IT IS TIME TO HAVE "THE 
TALK."
THAT IS THE TALK ABOUT WHAT 
SOME REFER TO AS QUARANTINE 
FATIGUE.
AS THINGS ARE BEGINING TO 
RE-OPEN, WE WANT TO GET OUT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, MANY OF 
US ARE STILL FEELING 
TREPIDATION.
IS THE TIME RIGHT?
HOW DO I KEEP MYSELF AND MY 
FAMILY SAFE.
THESE ARE VALID CONCERNS.
COVID-19 HAS NOT GONE AWAY AND 
THE STRUGGLE IS NOT OVER.
SO WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE 
PRACTICES THAT WILL ALLOW US TO 
GO OUT SMART AND STAY SAFE.
THERE ARE STILL UNCERTAINTIES 
AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE 
KNOW NOW THAT WILL KEEP US SAFE.
INCLUDING THAT WE NEED TO 
PROCEED WITH CAUTION.
SINCE WE'RE GOING TO BE LIVING 
WITH COVID-19 FOR THE 
FORESEEABLE FUTURE, WE'LL NEED 
TO PACE OURSELVES AND GO OUT 
SMART BY REMAINING VIGILANT 
WITH PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES TO 
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS 
AND THIS INCLUDES FISCAL 
DISTANCING.
TWO METERS FROM OTHERS.
KEEPS US FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM 
COMING INTO CONTACT WITH 
POTENTIALLY INFECTIOUS DROPLETS 
WHEN PEOPLE LAUGH, SPEAK, SING.
AVOIDING TOUCHING COMMON 
SURFACES AND OBJECTS REDUCES 
THE LIKELIHOOD OF CONTAMINATING 
OUR HANDS WITH INFECTIOUS 
DROPLETS TO AVOID TOUCHING OUR 
MOUTHS, EYES AND NOSE STOPS US 
FROM INFECTING OURSELVES.
CLEANING OUR HANDS AFTER WITH 
SOAP AND WATER FOR 20 SECONDS 
BUT WITH HAND SANITIZE ER WHILE 
YOU'RE OUT DESTROYS THE VIRUS 
AND MAKES SURE YOU DON'T INFECT 
YOURSELF.
EXTRA LAYERS LIKE WEARING A 
NONMEDICAL MASK OR FACE 
COVERING WHERE COVID-19 MAY 
STILL BE ACTIVE AND YOU CAN'T 
KEEP A TWO-METER PHYSICAL 
DISTANCE PROVIDES ADDITIONAL 
PROTECTION TO PREVENT THE 
SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS 
RESPIRATORY DROPLETS, EVEN IF 
THE CARRIER IS NOT SHOWING ANY 
SYMPTOMS.
THANK YOU.
MERCI.
>> Interpreter: THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
AS USUALLY, I WILL BEGIN WITH 
THE LATEST FIGURES ABOUT 
COVID-19 IN CANADA.
THERE ARE NOW 80555 CASES, 
INCLUDING 6062 DEATHS AND 41108 
HAVE NOW RECOVERED.
THIS IS EQUAL TO 51% OF THE 
CASES.
LABS ACROSS CANADA HAVE NOW 
TESTED OVER 1,377,000 PEOPLE 
WITH COVID-19 WITH ABOUT 5% OF 
THESE TESTING POSITIVE.
WE ARE CURRENTLY TESTING AN 
AVERAGE OF 28,000 PEOPLE EVERY 
DAY.
THESE NUMBERS CHANGE QUICKLY.
AND ARE UPDATED REGULARLY ON 
CANADA.CA/CORONAVIRUS.
SO IT'S TIME TO HAVE "THE TALK".
THAT'S THE TALK ABOUT WHAT SOME 
REFER TO AS QUARANTINE FATIGUE.
AS THINGS ARE BEGINING TO 
RE-OPEN, WE WANT TO GET OUT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, MANY, 
MANY OF US ARE FEELING 
TREPIDATION.
IS IT THE RIGHT TIME?
HOW DO I KEEP MYSELF AND MY 
FAMILY SAFE?
THESE ARE VALID CONCERNS.
COVID-19 HAS NOT GONE AWAY AND 
THE STRUGGLE IS NOT OVER SO WE 
NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE 
PRACTICES THAT WILL ALLOW US TO 
GO OUT SMART AND STAY SAFE.
THERE ARE STILL UNCERTAINTIES 
AND LOTS MORE THINGS TO LEARN.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE THINGS WE 
NOW KNOW THAT WILL KEEP US 
SAFE, INCLUDING THAT WE NEED TO 
PROCEED WITH CAUTION.
SINCE WE'RE GOING TO BE LIVING 
WITH COVID-19 FOR THE 
FORESEEABLE FUTURE, WE'LL NEED 
TO PACE OURSELVES AND GO OUT 
SMART BY REMAINING VIGILANT 
WITH PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES TO 
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS 
AND THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING 
MEASURES.
PHYSICAL DISTANCING, TWO METRES 
FROM OTHERS.
THIS  KEEPS US FAR ENOUGH AWAY 
TO PREVENT COMING INTO CONTACT 
WITH POTENTIALLY INFECTIOUS 
DROPLETS.
THESE DROPLETS ARE PRODUCED 
WHEN PEOPLE COUGH, SNEEZE, 
LAUGH, SING OR SPEAK.
AND THIS INCLUDES PEOPLE WHO DO 
NOT APPEAR TO BE ILL.
AVOID TOUCHING COMMON SURFACES 
AND OBJECTS.
THIS WILL REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD 
OF CONTAMINATING OUR HANDS WITH 
INFECTIOUS DROPLETS.
BY AVOIDING TOUCHING OUR MOUTH, 
NOSE AND EYES, WE WILL NOT 
INFECT OURSELVES.
CLEANING OUR HANDS, OFTEN WITH 
SOAP AND WATER FOR 20 SECONDS 
OR WITH HAND SANITIZER.
WHILE YOU'RE OUT AND AFTER YOU 
GET BACK THIS.
WILL DESTROY THE VIRUS AND 
ENSURE THAT YOU DON'T INADD 
VERDICT TENTLY INFECT YOURSELF 
OR CONTAMINATE THE THINGS THAT 
YOU TOUCH.
WEARING A NONMEDICAL MASK OR 
FACE COVERING WHERE COVID-19 
MAY STILL BE ACTIVE AND WHEN 
YOU CANNOT KEEP A TWO-METER 
PHYSICAL DISTANCE WILL PROVIDE 
ADDITIONAL PROTECTION.
THIS WILL HELP TO PREVENT THE 
SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS 
RESPIRATORY DROPLETS, EVEN IF 
THE WEARER IS NOT SHOWING 
SYMPTOMS.
BY CONTINUING WITH TRIED AND 
TRUE PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES WE 
GET OUT SAFELY AND ENSURE THAT 
WE CAN KEEP COVID-19 DOWN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MERCI.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
BONJOUR.
EARLIER TODAY, THE PRIME 
MINISTER RESPONDED TO THE CALLS 
FROM URBAN INDIGENOUS 
ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY FOR MORE SUPPORT AND 
ANNOUNCED AN ADDITIONAL $75 
MILLION FOR ORGANIZATIONS 
SUPPORTING FIRST NATIONS LIVING 
OFF RESERVE AND INUIT AND MÉTIS 
LIVING IN URBAN AREAS.
OVER THE PAST EIGHT WEEKS OR 
SO, WE SEE LEADERSHIP AT ALL 
LEVELS TO PROTECT THE MOST 
VULNERABLE.
OUR ELDERS AND YOUTH.
AND TO TAKE COLLECTIVE ACTION 
TO SUPPORT THOSE WHO NEED IT 
THE MOST.
WOMEN'S GROUPS, SHELTERS, 
HEALTH SUPPORTS, ASSISTANCE 
WITH FOOD DELIVERY HAS BEEN 
ASSISTED BY COMMUNITY-BASED 
ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS CANADA.
IN MARCH, WE PROVIDED $305 
MILLION IN IMMEDIATE SUPPORT 
THROUGH THE DISTINCTIONS-BASED 
COMMUNITY SUPPORT FUND.
THIS ENABLED FIRST NATIONS, 
INUIT AND MÉTIS COMMUNITIES TO 
ADDRESS THEIR SPECIFIC NEEDS AS 
THEY PREPARED FOR, TO REACT TO 
-- AND REACT TO THE SPREAD OF 
COVID-19.
THE FUND INCLUDED  $15 MILLION 
FOR SUPPORT TO FIRST NATIONS 
LIVING OFF RESERVE OR INUIT AND 
MÉTIS LIVING IN URBAN CENTERS.
NOT ONLY INCLUDING MAJOR 
CITIES, BUT ALSO SMALLER TOWNS 
LIKE TIMMINS, ONTARIO OR PRINCE 
GEORGE, B.C..
THIS FUNDING HELPED 94 
ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORT AGO 
VARIETY OF MEASURES TO HELP 
YOUTH, HOMELESS BY PROVIDING 
FOOD BASKETS, CHILD CARE, 
MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS AND 
SANITATION AND PROTECTIVE 
EQUIPMENT.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE, FOR EXAMPLE, 
TO SUPPORT THE IMPORTANT WORK 
OF COMMUNITY-BASED GROUPS LIKE 
THE URBAN NATIVE YOUTH 
ASSOCIATION WHO'S SUPPORTING 
INDIGENOUS YOUTH WITH 
SELF-ISOLATION ACTIVITY 
PACKAGES, TECHNOLOGY AND 
EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AS WELL AS 
FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR FRONTLINE 
YOUTH WORKERS.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO SUPPORT 
IQALUIT COMMUNITY TO THE -- WHO 
ARE PROVIDING INUIT ELDERS WITH 
CARE PACKAGE OF NUTRITIOUS FOOD 
AND PERSONAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS 
AND THE NORTH SLAVE MÉTIS 
ALLIANCE OFFERING ESSENTIALS 
LIKE GROCERIES, PRESCRIPTION 
REFILLS AND CHILD CARE EXPENSES.
OTHER INITIATIVES ARE PROVIDING 
ASSISTANCE MANY IN NAVIGATING 
AND ACCESSING A FULL RANGE OF 
GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY 
HEALTH, HOUSING AND SOCIAL 
SUPPORTS, HIRING EMERGENCY 
RESPONSE COORDINATORS, 
INCREASED EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND 
WELLNESS COUNSELING TO NAME A 
FEW EXAMPLES.
BUT THIS WASN'T ENOUGH.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO FUND 
ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE ENGAGING 
IN INDIGENOUS YOUTH DURING THIS 
PANDEMIC OR PROVIDING 
TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT IN THE FORM 
OF INTERNET CONNECTS FOR FAMILY 
COMPUT KERRS OR PREPAID PHONE 
CARDS FOR ELDERS JUST TO NAME A 
FEW.
TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT MARKS A 
FIVE-FOLD INCREASE IN THE 
AMOUNT OF FUNDING FOR URBAN 
INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND I 
WANT TO TAKE A BRIEF MOMENT TO 
ACKNOWLEDGE MEMBERS OF 
PARLIAMENT FROM ALL WHO PUSHED 
VERY, VERY HARD FOR THIS 
ANNOUNCEMENT TO HAPPEN.
[SPEAKING FRENCH]
>> Interpreter: SINCE MY LAST 
UPDATE LAST WEEK, THE NUMBER OF 
CASES ON INDIGENOUS RESERVES IS 
STABILIZING.
WE SAW 201 CONFIRMED CASES OF 
COVID-19 ON RESERVES, 156 HAVE 
RECOVERED.
WE CAN ALSO CONFIRM THAT THE 16 
CASES IN NUNAVUT NORTHERN 
QUEBEC HAVE ALSO RECOVERED BY 
LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF CASES 
THAT HAVE RECOVERED.
WE KNOW THAT THE CURVE IS 
FLATTENING.
THESE ARE ENCOURAGING RESULTS 
AND SUGGEST THAT A NUMBER OF 
COMMUNITIES HAVE STOPED THE 
SPREAD OF THE INFECTION.
HOWEVER, WE MUST REMAIN 
VIGILANT.
WE MUST CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE 
SITUATION CLOSELY.
>> UNFORTUNATELY WE'VE SEEN A 
STEADY INCREASE IN THE NUMBERS 
OF CONFIRMED CASES IN THE BLOOD 
TRIBE ALBERTA.
AS OF MAY 20, THERE ARE A TOTAL 
OF 13 CASE IN THE COMMUNITY AND 
WE'RE IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE 
BLOOD TRIBE DEPARTMENTS OF 
HEALTH TO SUPPORT THE 
COMMUNITY'S PANDEMIC RESPONSE 
PLAN, MITIGATING FURTHER SPREAD 
OF THE VIRUS BY ENSURING 
INDIVIDUALS SELF-ISOLATE AS 
APPROPRIATE.
INITIAL CONTACT TRACING HAS 
SHOWN SOME EVIDENCE OF 
HOUSEHOLD TRANSMISSION AND 
EXTENSIVE SOCIAL INTERACTIONS 
AMONG INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE 
TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS.
WHILE THESE INDIVIDUALS DID NOT 
PRESENT SEVERE CASES OF THE 
VIRUS THERE IS, OF COURSE, THE 
POTENTIAL FOR WIDER COMMUNITY 
SPREAD AND WANT TO REITERATE 
THE IMPORTANCE OF PHYSICAL 
DISTANCING, LIMITING SOCIAL 
GATHERINGS AND, WHEN POSSIBLE, 
STAYING AT HOME.
TOGETHER, BY MAKING THIS 
CONSCIOUS EFFORT, WE CAN SLOW 
THE SPREAD OF COVID-19.
[SPEAKING FRENCH]
>> Interpreter: AS THE FLOODING 
SEASON IS ENDING AND THE FOREST 
FIRE SEASON IS BEGINNING, WE 
UNDERSTAND THE ADDITIONAL 
COMPLEXITIS THAT COVID-19 WILL 
PRESENT IN THE CASE OF AN 
EMERGENCY EVACUATION.
INDIGENOUS SERVICES CANADA IS 
CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE 
PROVINCIAL AND TERRITORIAL 
GOVERNMENTS AND FIRST NATIONS 
PARTNERS TO PUT IN PLACE PLANS 
AND AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN 
THAT ARE EFFICIENT AND  
GUARANTEE THE SAFETY AND 
SECURITY OF ALL.
$48 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS 
STARTING OVER 2019-2020 AND 
UNDER THE FIRE SMART TO SUPPORT 
THIS CAPACITY OF FIRST NATIONS 
TO MANAGE FOREST FIRES.
THIS WILL CONTINUE AND WILL 
HELP TO ENSURE THE RESILIENCY 
OF FIRST NATIONS COMMUNITIES TO 
DEAL WITH THIS GROWING THREAT.
>> LASTLY, I WOULD ALSO LIKE 
THE ADD THAT THE DELIVERY OF 
ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND SUPPLIES 
IN FIRST NATIONS COMMUNITIES 
VIA CHARTER FLIGHTS CONTINUES 
WITH THE LATEST FLIGHT TAKING 
OFF YESTERDAY AND TO DATE 502 
NURSES AND OTHER HEALTH CARE 
PROVIDERS HAVE FLOWN TO OR FROM 
49 FLY-IN COMMUNITIES IN 
ONTARIO, MANITOBA AND ALBERTA.
IN ADDITION TO SUPPORTING THE 
NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES WE 
SERVE, THESE FLIGHTS ALSO HELP 
KEEP COMMUNITIES, NURSES AND 
OUR OTHER HEALTH CARE 
PROFESSIONALS SAFE.
FLIGHTS WILL CONTINUE EVERY 
FOUR WEEKS UNTIL IT IS SAFE TO 
RETURN TO THE PREVIOUS PROCESS.
IN CLOSING, I WOULD LIKE TO 
ONCE AGAIN THANK ALL HEALTH 
CARE PROFESSIONALS WORKING IN 
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY FOR THEIR 
DEDICATION AND TIRELESS EFFORTS 
TO ENSURE QUALITY AND 
CULTURALLY-APPROPRIATE CARE, 
TESTING AND TREATMENT DURING 
THIS PANDEMIC.
MEEGWETCH.
THANK YOU.
MERCI.
>> Interpreter: THANK YOU, MARK.
WE'RE PLEASED TO RESPOND TO 
YOUR QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, MINISTER.
AS USUAL, WE'LL PROCEED WITH 
THE PHONES FIRST AND THEN DO 
THE ROOM, ONE QUESTION AND ONE 
FOLLOW-UP EACH.
OPERATOR?
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
MERCI.
OUR FIRST QUESTION, [SPEAKING 
FRENCH].
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> Reporter: MERCI.
BONJOUR.
[SPEAKING FRENCH]
>> Interpreter: MR. MILLER, THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GAVE 
ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO KANESTAKE 
TO DEAL WITH THE CRISIS.
USING THIS MONEY, WHICH WAS 
USED TO PAY PEOPLE WHO WERE 
MANAGING THE ROAD CONTROLS HAS 
CRITICIZED THE FACT THAT THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS FUNDING 
BLOCKADES.
WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE?
WHEN YOU INTERVENE, WHAT ARE 
YOU DOING TO DEAL WITH THIS 
CRISIS IN THE OKA PARK?
MR. MILLER'S ANSWER -- FIRST, I 
WOULD SAY THAT IT IS DIFFICULT 
TO JUDGE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING 
TO PROTECT THEIR OWN COMMUNITY 
DUE TO THE SPREAD OF -- OR 
POTENTIAL SPREAD OF COVID-19.
I KNOW THAT IJ  -- INDIGENOUS 
COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN EXEMPLARY 
IN DEALING WITH THIS VERY 
DIFFICULT SITUATION.
THE MONEY THAT WAS GRANTED TO 
KANESTAKE AS WELL AS TO OTHER 
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY IS BEING USED TO 
ENSURE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY 
MEASURES AND BE SURE THAT 
PEOPLE CAN RESPECT TO T 
GUIDELINES SET OUT.
THE HEALTH AND MEDICAL ADVICE 
THAT IS BEING PROVIDED, FAR BE 
IT FROM ME TO JUDGE HOW THESE 
COMMUNITIES ARE EXERCISING 
THEIR RIGHT IN KANESTAKE.
THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE WHO 
SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE.
THERE ARE SOME 60 PEOPLE WHO 
SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE.
THESE ARE VERY VULNERABLE 
PEOPLE.
WE MUST RESPECT THAT 
SENSITIVITY ANYTIME SOMEBODY, 
AN ELDER DIES.
IT IS TRAGIC.
WE MUST UNDERSTAND THE 
SITUATION IN WHICH THEY ARE 
LIVING.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SECURITY 
CHECKPOINTS.
ALONG THE ROADS.
THESE ARE NOT BARRICADES, THERE 
IS A DIFFERENCE.
IN THE WAY THAT THESE 
CHECKPOINTS ARE BEING OPERATED.
IF YOU HAD FOLLOWED THE NEWS IN 
FEBRUARY, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
 HAS INDICATED IT COULD OFFER 
ITS SERVICES IF REQUESTED TO 
DATE.
AROUND THE MINISTER RESPONSIBLE 
HAS INTERVENED AND IS IN 
DISCUSSIONS WITH THE MAYOR AND 
GRAND CHIEF.
DISCUSSIONS ARE BEARING FRUIT.
IF THEY NEED ASSISTANCE AND IF 
THEY NEED HELP THEY NEED ONLY 
CALL.
THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA 
REMAINS PREPARED TO ACT IF 
NEEDED.
BUT THEY ARE MANAGING THE 
SITUATION.
AND AS YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY, IF I 
SAID EARLIER IF YOU FOLLOWED 
THE SITUATION IN FEBRUARY THERE 
IS CONSTANT COMMUNICATION.
WITH THESE COMMUNITIES TO 
RESOLVE THE DIFFERENT ISSUES.
FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MILLER.
MY QUESTION GOES PERHAPS TO DR. 
TAM.
PRESIDENT OF THE MEDICAL 
ASSOCIATION SAID THAT THE 
COUNTRY IS NOT PREPARED -- IS 
NOT PREPARED FOR A SECOND WAVE 
AND IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE 
LISTING OF THE CURRENT MAESHLS.
THERE'S A LACK OF MEDICAL STAFF 
AND I WAS THINKING WHAT DO YOU 
NEED TO DO AND DO YOU AGREE?
I CANNOT COMMENT ON THE OPINION 
OF ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL BY CAN 
TELL YOU THIS -- 
DR. TAM AND I CONTINUE TO WORK 
CLOSELY WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS 
IN THE PROVINCES AND 
TERRITORIES.
AND WITH ALL LEVELS OF 
GOVERNMENT.
EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT THERE 
MAY BE A SECOND WAVE.
PERHAPS IN THE FALL.
WE ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO 
ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE 
SUPPLIES OF EQUIPMENT REQUIRED 
AND THE HUMAN RESOURCES TO DO 
THE CONTRACT TRACING.
AND ENOUGH VACCINES FOR THE 
SEASONAL FLU.
THIS IS A CURRENT ISSUE.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK AND 
PREPARE AND PLAN.
WE WANT TO BE PREPARED FOR A 
SECOND WAVE THAT PERHAPS MIGHT 
OCCUR IN A FEW MONTHS.
>> THANK YOU, DOCTOR.
OPERATOR, NEXT QUESTION, PLEASE.
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
MERCI.
OUR NEXT QUESTION, APTN.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> Reporter: HI.
THANK YOU, MR. MILLER.
SORRY.
I'M WONDERING ABOUT THE 75 
MILLION URBAN INDIGENOUS THAT 
YOU ANNOUNCED TODAY.
HOW WILL THAT DIVVIED UP AND 
WILL THE [INAUDIBLE] GET THE $.
60 MILLION THAT IT WAS ASKING 
FOR.
>> IT'S JAMIE, RIGHT?
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, 
JAMIE.
THAT $75 MILLION WILL BE 
DIVIDED UP, ACCORDING TO THE 
SUBMISSIONS THAT WE HAVE 
RECEIVED AS I MENTIONED IN A 
PREVIOUS UPDATE.
THE $50 MILLION THAT WE 
ALLOCATED WAS WELL 
OVERPRESCRIBED AND SO IT IS A 
QUESTION OF ALLOCATING THE 
REMAINING AMOUNTS OR EVEN 
INCREATION CURRENT AMOUNTS THAT 
HAVE BEEN FUNDED TO 
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WORKING 
ON THE FRONTLINE TO PROVIDE 
SERVICES TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES 
LIVING IN URBAN SETINGS.
INCREASED AMOUNTS AND THAT IS A 
DECISION THAT WILL BE TAKEN 
WITHIN INDIGENOUS SERVICES 
CANADA AND ROLLED OUT IN THE 
MOST EXPEDIENT FASHION.
OBVIOUSLY WE STRIVE WITHIN THE 
DEPARTMENT TO ALLOCATE THESE 
FUNDS IN AN EQUITABLE FASHION 
TO SERVE THOSE WHO NEED IT THE 
MOST IN THE MOST EXPEDIENT 
FASHION.
>> JAMIE, FOLLOW-UP?
>> Reporter: YEAH, THANKS.
YOU MENTIONED THAT -- OBVIOUSLY 
YOU'VE HEARD FROM CAP.
BUT WHAT ASSURANCES ARE YOU 
THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE ENOUGH?
HAVE YOU HEARD FROM OTHER 
INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS?
>> WELL, IT IS HARD TO COMMENT 
ON THE SUFFICIENCY OF FUNDS 
THAT WE ALLOCATE.
WE LOOKED AT THE PROFILE OF THE 
AMOUNTS THAT WERE ASKED THROUGH 
A VERY OPEN PROCESS THAT 
INDIGENOUS SERVICES RAN IN A 
VERY OPEN SUBMISSION PROCESS IN 
A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
AND NOTING THAT IT WAS WELL 
OVERPRESCRIBED IS A 
PRESCRIPTION OF NEED.
BUT I CAN'T FRAIS THE PANDEMIC 
CURVE OR WHETHER SECOND AND 
THIRD WAVES WILL HIT AND WHERE 
AND HOW.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO SAY THAT 
WILL BE SUFFICIENT.
CERTAINLY THIS FUNDING IS ONE 
OF THE LARGEST ENVELOPES FOR 
THE URBAN INDIGENOUS SPACE, 
NOTING THAT THEY ARE SERVICE 
PROVIDERS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN 
PARTICULARLY WELL-FUNDED IN THE 
PAST SO IT IS A VERY 
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT AND WHETHER 
IT IS SUFFICIENT OR NOT ISN'T 
FOR ME TO DECIDE.
WE'LL HAVE TO, AS THE PRIME 
MINISTER SAYS, CONSTANTLY 
REEVALUATES AS WE TRACE THE 
COURSE OF PANDEMIC.
>> THANK YOU, MINISTER.
[SPEAKING FRENCH]
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
MERCI.
OUR NEXT QUESTION, [SPEAKING 
FRENCH].
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> Reporter: [SPEAKING FRENCH]
>> Interpreter: QUESTION.
THIS QUESTION IS FOR MINISTER 
DUCLEAU WITH REGARD TO AIRLINES.
WHY IS IT WE CANNOT SAY TODAY 
TO CONSUMERS THAT THEY WILL BE 
REFUNDED?
AND THAT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
REQUIRES REFUNDS TO CONSUMERS 
WHO PURCHASE TICKETS.
THANK YOU.
THERE IS THREE PARTS TO THE 
ANSWER I WILL GIVE.
FIRST, WE FULLY UNDERSTAND THE 
FRUSTRATION OF CONSUMERS IN 
QUEBEC AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT TICKETS, MADE 
RESERVATIONS AND PAID AND NOW 
WHO ARE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING 
A REFUND.
WE ALSO UNDERSTAND A VERY 
DIFFICULT SITUATION IN WHICH 
AIRLINES FIND THEMSELVES.
WE KNOW THAT THE SHORT-TERM 
PROSPECTS FOR THESE AIRLINES 
ARE QUITE MODEST AND EVEN OF 
CONCERN.
AIRLINES SHOULD DO EVERYTHING 
THEY NEED TO DO TO DEAL 
RESPECTFULLY WITH THEIR CLIENTS.
IF THESE COMPANIES WANT TO 
RE-OPEN ONCE THE CRISIS HAS 
PASSED, THEY WILL NEED 
CUSTOMERS AND THE WAY THAT THEY 
TREAT THEIR CUSTOMERS NOW IS 
ESSENTIAL.
AT THE SAME TIME, TO RESPOND 
MORE DIRECTLY TO YOUR QUESTION, 
I WOULD SAY THIS.
WE ARE OFFER AING LIQUIDITY 
TERMS TO COMPANIES, INCLUDING 
AIRLINES.
BUT ALSO HAVE SOME FOR LATER.
>> SO WE UNDERSTAND  --
>> Reporter: WHAT --
>> I'LL ANSWER YOU BRIEFLY IN 
ENGLISH.
SO, WE UNDERSTAND FULLY THE 
FRUSTRATION THAT CONSUMERS IN 
CANADA HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO 
GETTING THEIR AIR TICKETS 
GETTING REIMBURSED.
THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF 
FRUSTRATION FOR THEM, GIVE THEY 
HAVE RESERVED AND PAID FOR 
THEIR TICKETS.
WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THE 
DIFFICULT SITUATION IN WHICH 
AIR COMPANIES EVERYWHERE ON 
EARTH AND IN CANADA IN 
PARTICULAR ARE GOING THROUGH 
NOW AND WILL BE GOING THROUGH 
IN THE NEXT WHILE.
SO WE KNOW THIS IS A CRISIS 
THAT IS GOING TO AFFECT THEM 
FOR LITTLE TIME.
AND THIRD, WE BELIEVE THAT THEY 
ARE BEST ABLE AND PRESENTLY 
EXPECTED TO UNDERSTAND THAT IF 
THEY WANT TO HAVE CONSUMERS IN 
THE FUTURE THEY NEED TO BE 
TREATING THEM WITH RESPECT.
SO, GIVEN ALL OF THIS, WE ALSO 
ARE OFFERING THESE COMPANIES 
AND MANY OTHER COMPANIES WAYS 
TO INCREASE THEIR LIQUIDITIES 
AND PAY THEM EMERGENCY WAGES SO 
THEY CAN GO THROUGH THE CRISIS 
AND WORK WITH THEIR CUSTOMERS 
IN THE APPROPRIATE MANNER.
>> Reporter: [SPEAKING FRENCH]
>> Interpreter: COMPLEMENTARY 
QUESTION.
WHY, WHEN WE LISTEN TO THE LACK 
OF AN ANSWER, THAT YOU'RE ING 
THE AIRLINES RATHER THAN 
CONSUMERS?
AND I'D LIKE TO ASK ABOUT 
SENIORS.
WILL THEY GET THE ASSISTANCE 
YOU ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK?
ANSWER -- WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT 
IS A DIFFICULT SITUATION FOR 
EVERYBODY.
IT'S AN EMERGENCY THAT HAS A 
NEGATIVE IMPACT ON MANY, MANY 
PEOPLE.
BUT ALSO ON COMPANIES AND WE 
EXPECT THESE COMPANIES, AS I 
SAID A FEW MOMENTS AGO, TO 
TREAT FAIRLY AND REPRESENTFULLY 
THEIR CUSTOMERS.
WITH REGARD TO ASSISTANCE FOR 
SENIORS, WE ARE WORKING QUICKLY.
THE MINISTER SAID SO LAST WEEK 
THAT WE HOPE THAT THE MAJOR 
INVESTMENTS THAT WILL BE MADE 
WILL BE MADE AS QUICKLY AS 
POSSIBLE.
AS WELL AS ENSURING THAT THEY 
ARE MADE PROPERLY SO THERE IS 
NO ERRORS MADE IN THE PAYMENT 
OF THESE FUNDING.
>> Reporter: JULIE VAN DUSEN, 
CBC.
DR. TAM, CONSIDERING ALL THE 
COMPLAINTS ABOUT TESTING, THAT 
NOT ENOUGH TESTING IS BEING 
DONE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, CAN 
ONE ASSUME THAT CANADIANS 
AREN'T GETTING THE FULL STORY 
THEN ON HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE 
INFECTED?
IN OTHER WORDS, THE NUMBERS YOU 
REVEAL EVERY DAY, CAN ONE 
ASSUME THEY'RE MUCH HIGHER?
>> I THINK THROUGHOUT THIS 
EPIDEMIC, WE KNOW THAT THE 
NUMBERS WILL BE HIGHER THAN THE 
PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY GOT TESTED.
SO DURING THE HEIGHT OF THIS 
EPIDEMIC, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN 
PEOPLE WHO STAYED AT HOME OR 
HAD MILD ILLNESS WHO WOULD NOT 
HAVE BEEN TESTED.
AT THIS PHASE, THE STRATEGY 
INVOLVES INCREASING TESTING IN 
THE COMMUNITY SETTING FOR 
PEOPLE WITH EVEN MILD SYMPTOMS.
NOW IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE -- AND 
I KNOW I'VE HEARD FROM CHIEF 
MEDICAL OFFICERS THAT, IN FACT, 
PEOPLE ARE NOT NECESSARILY 
SHOWING UP TO GET TESTED, MAYBE 
THEY'RE NOT HAVING SYMPTOMS.
BUT THERE IS ALSO THEN NEEDS TO 
BE MORE SORT OF SYSTEMATIC 
SURVEILLANCE, SYSTEMS SET UP TO 
TEST DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE 
COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY IN 
HIGH-RISK SETTINGS.
SO I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE 
STRATEGY GOING FORWARDS.
ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT, YOU 
KNOW, I THINK THERE IS GOOD 
COLLABORATION WITH PROVINCES 
AND TERRITORIES.
EVERY LEVEL, AS YOU HAVE SEEN 
AT THE VERY HIGHEST LEVELS OF 
GOVERNMENT, PEOPLE ARE CEASED 
WITH THE NEED TO INCREASE 
LABORATORY CAPACITY AND TESTING.
SO I THINK THE -- AS I THINK I 
MENTIONED YESTERDAY, THE KEY IS 
TO BE ABLE TO JUMP ON ANY 
INCREASE IN CASES AND CONTACT 
-- DO CONTACT TRACING REALLY, 
REALLY FAST.
SO THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY 
IS THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE 
IMMUNITY TASK FORCE AND THE 
SEROLOGIC TESTING BECAUSE WE 
KNOW THAT THERE IS A BIRTH OF 
THE ICEBERG UNDERNEATH THAT WE 
ARE -- DON'T KNOW ABOUT IN 
TERMS OF THE TRUE PREVALENCE OF 
THE INFECTION AND WHO HAD 
PREVIOUSLY BEEN INFECTED.
SO, THE SEROLOGICAL STUDIS WILL 
HELP US TO FURTHER UNDERSTAND 
WHAT IS THE SORT OF PROPORTION 
OF THE PERCENTAGE OF THE 
POPULATION THAT MAY BE AFFECTED 
AND IT HAS TO BE DONE ACROSS 
DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE COUNTRY, 
IN DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS AND 
SETINGS AS WELL.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU.
I'M WONDERING WHEN YOU THINK 
THE SECOND WAVE WILL BE COMING.
WE HAVE NICE WEATHER, THINGS 
OPENING UP AND A LOT OF 
CANADIANS ARE TALKING ABOUT 
GETING IN THEIR CAR THIS IS 
SUMMER AND DRIVING AROUND.
>> SO WE'VE BEEN MESSAGING THE 
IMPORTANCE TO ADHERE TO PUBLIC 
HEALTH MEASURES.
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS QUITE A 
DIFFICULT PERIOD.
IT'S ONE OF MOST DIFFICULT 
PERIODS OF TIME WHERE PEOPLE 
HAVE BEEN OBSERVING THIS PUBLIC 
HEALTH ADVICE AND NOW SOME 
THINGS ARE EASING UP AND THERE 
IS AN EXUBERANCE OF GETTING OUT 
THERE MEANS THAT PEOPLE MAY 
FORGET TO DO PUBLIC HEALTH 
MEASURESFUL IT  IS IMPORTANT 
THAT WE KEEP REITERATING THESE 
MESSAGES.
I SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD, 
BUT I WILL BE DOING THIS ALL 
THE TIME.
RIGHT NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO 
FORGET THOSE CORE PUBLIC HEALTH 
MEASURES LIKE THIS.
IT'S CALLED WASHING YOUR HANDS, 
COVERING YOUR COUGH, ETC., AND 
WEARING A NONMEDICAL NAFK YOU 
CAN'T KEEP THE TWO-METRE 
DISTANCE IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE 
THE VIRUS MAY STILL BE 
CIRCULATING.
I THINK WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS IF 
WE DON'T CLAMP DOWN ON ANY 
SPARKS, THE IMMUNITY IN THE 
POPULATION, WE DON'T KNOW THE 
TRUE IMMUNITY YET OR TRUE 
INFECTION RATE, IF YOU LIKE.
IF THEY IGNITE ANOTHER TRAIN OF 
TRANSMISSION, YOU HAVE TO JUMP 
ON IT REALLY FAST.
THIS  VIRUS CAN ACCELERATE 
REALLY QUICKLY SO WE EVE SEEN 
IT ACCELERATING REALLY FAST IN 
THE FIRST WAVE.
SO, WE HAD TO BE REALLY 
CAUTIOUS BECAUSE IT MIGHT NOT 
TAKE MUCH FOR ANOTHER CHAIN OF 
ESCALATION FOR TRANSIN ADDITION 
TO OCCUR.
BE IT SMALL WAYS THAT THEY 
CLAMP DOWN AND NEED TO SUPPRESS 
THOSE SO IT DOESN'T OVERWHELM 
THE HEALTH SYSTEM.
DR. NJOO TALKED ABOUT PLANNING 
AHEAD FOR DIFFERENT SCENARIOS 
AND ONE OF THEM IS PLANNING 
AHEAD FOR THE NEXT FULL WINTER 
SEASON.
WE DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THIS 
CORONAVIRUS.
BUT MANY RESPIRATORY VIRUSES 
INCREASE IN THE WINTER TIME 
INCLUDING INFLUENZA ITSELF.
AND THE PLANNING INCLUDES 
MAKING SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH 
INFLUENZA VACCINE AND 
CONTINUOUSLY WE INCREASE OUR 
CAPACITY.
WE'RE STILL ACQUIRING 
VENTILATORS, STILL BUILDING OUR 
P.P.E. CAPACITY.
THE TESTING CAPACITY, ALL OF 
THOSE THINGS HAS TO CONTINUE TO 
INCREASE.
SO THAT WE WILL BE PREPARED 
FOR, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT 
SCENARIOS, INCLUDING EVEN A 
BIGGER SECOND WAVE.
>> THANK YOU, DOCTOR.
MR. McGREGOR?
>> Reporter: FOLLOWING UP ON 
JULIE'S QUESTION.
SOME CANADIANS ARE CONSIDERING 
FLYING THIS SUMMER AS WELL.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN THE 
PICTURES FROM INSIDE AIRPLANES 
RECENTLY, BUT IT IS PRETTY MUCH 
A BREAKDOWN OF PHYSICAL 
DISTANCING, ESPECIALLY GETTING 
OFF THE PLANE, PASSENGERS SIT 
ONE ROW AFTER EACH OTHER, NOT 
ANYWHERE CLOSE TO BEING TWO 
METERS APART.
I'M WONDERING DO YOU THINK, 
CONSIDERING THAT AIRLINES ARE 
FEDERALLY REGULATED, THAT THERE 
NEEDS TO BE TOUGHER AND MORE 
ENFORCEMENT OF AIR TRAVEL RIGHT 
NOW.
>> I THINK -- SORRY.
SO, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD 
QUESTION BECAUSE RIGHT NOW 
WHAT'S IN PLACE, OF COURSE, IS 
SCREENING BEFORE SOMEONE GETS 
ON THE PLANE TO CANADA.
.
AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, FEDERAL 
CANADA HAS INSTITUTED 
NONMANDATORY WEARING OF MEDICAL 
MASKS ON PLANES AND OTHER 
FEDERALLY REGULATED 
TRANSPORTATION.
BUT BECAUSE IT IS FUNDAMENTALLY 
ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE ON A PLANE SO 
THE CORRIDORS, ETC.
THERE IS MORE BEING DONE BY THE 
ASSOCIATIONS FOR THE AIRLINES 
AND ALSO TO LOOK AT THERE IS 
ALSO OTHER MEASURES INSIDE THE 
PLANE YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO 
IN TERMS OF HOW DO PEOPLE GET 
TO THE WASHROOM.
HOW DO YOU DO PROPER 
ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANING.
HOW DO YOU PROTECT THE STAFF 
AND THE TRAVELERS AND THE 
ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANING ASPECTS.
ALSO, OF COURSE, WE WILL BE 
CONTINUING THE BORDER MEASURES 
IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE PEOPLE 
GO INTO MANDATORY QUARANTINE.
OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE LOTS OF 
MEASURES.
ANY TRAVELER FLYING SOMEWHERE 
ELSE NEEDS TO BE VERY COGNIZANT 
OF WHAT THOSE ARE.
YOU MAY ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE 
ISOLATED FOR 14 DAYS SOMEWHERE 
ELSE.
SO, BE PREPARED FOR ALL OF 
THOSE THINGS.
BUT I THINK THAT THIS IS 
ACTUALLY A VERY ACTIVE PIECE OF 
DISCUSSION IN THAT SECTOR.
IN ALL BUSINESSES, CHIEF 
MEDICAL OFFICER IS ADVISING 
PEOPLE WHO HAVE A PLAN TO LET 
US SEE WHAT THAT IS.
I THINK THE BACK SECTOR IS 
TRYING TO PULL TOGETHER ALL THE 
DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF THE 
LAYERS OF PROTECTION THAT IT 
NEEDS IN ORDER FOR TRAVELER 
CONFIDENCE, I THINK, TO BE 
BUILT UP.
BUT FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH 
PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE PRETTY 
EXTREMELY VIGILANT ABOUT THIS 
BECAUSE THE VIRUS HAS TRAVELED 
TO EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
THERE'S DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES 
STILL IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
WE DON'T WANT THAT IMPORTATION 
TO OCCUR.
SO AS BOTH FOR TRAVELER 
PROTECTION GOING OUT THERE AND 
FOR PEOPLE SORT OF COMING BACK 
IN, YOU WOULD EXPECT THAT LEVEL 
OF VIGILANCE AND SCREENING AND 
ISOLATION TO CONTINUE.
BUT, OF COURSE, I WILL SAY THAT 
WE'LL HAVE TO KEEP EVALUATING 
THESE THINGS ON AN ONGOING 
BASIS AND I KNOW THAT I'M NOT 
SURE IF THE MINISTER AND OTHERS 
WILL TALK ABOUT THIS.
BUT OBVIOUSLY 
INTERDEPARTMENTALLY THERE'S 
LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW 
TO SAFELY LOOK AT AIR TRAVEL.
ACTUALLY, THE OTHER FORMS OF 
TRAVEL AS WELL.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU.
FOLLOW-UP FOR MINISTER DUCLEAU.
YOU MENTIONED THE DIFFICULTIES 
THE AIRLINES ARE HAVINGFUL ONE 
OF THOSE CHALLENGES THAT 
AIRLINES ARE FEDERALLY 
REGULATED UNDER THE CANADA 
LABOUR CODE WHICH CAN BE MORE 
ONEROUS IN SOME CASES, 
ESPECIALLY DEALING WITH 
TERMINATION OF EMPLOYEES.
HAVE YOU GIVEN ANY 
CONSIDERATION, YOUR GOVERNMENT 
ANY CONSIDERATION TO RELAXING 
OR WAIVING ANY OF THE 
PROVISIONS OF THE CODE SO THAT 
AIRLINES CAN RESPOND MORE 
AGILELY TO THE CRISIS WE'RE 
FACING RIGHT NOW?
>> THAT QUESTION IS NOT ONLY 
IMPORTANT, BUT OF COURSE WOULD 
BE BEST PLACED WITH MY 
COLLEAGUE.
WHAT I CAN SAY, HOWEVER, IS 
THAT OUR TOP PRIORITIES OF 
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF WORKERS.
WE DO FEEL AND DO UNDERSTANDS 
THAT MANY COMPANIES GO THROUGH 
DIFFICULT TIMES.
PROTECTING THE HEALTHS AND 
SAFETY OF THE WORKERS 
ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL.
WHILE WE BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE 
EXTRA COSTS TO DOING THIS, WE 
ARE ALSO OFFERING ALL SORTS OF 
DIFFERENT SUPPORT TO MAKE SURE 
THAT THEY NOT ONLY IS THE 
GOVERNMENT'S PRIORITY BUT ALSO 
THE PRIORITY OF BUSINESSES.
>>  THANK YOU, MINISTER.
MIKE?
>> Reporter: HELLO, MINISTER 
DUCLOS.
SO, MUNICIPALITIS ARE TALK 
ABOUT CUTS FROM EVERYTHING FROM 
ARENAS AND POOLS TO ESSENTIAL 
SERVICES LIKE FIRE AND POLICE.
WILL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 
EITHER ON ITS OWN OR IN 
COLLABORATION WITH THE 
PROVINCES, PROVIDE THE $10 TO 
$15 BILLION THAT IS BEING 
REQUESTED BY THE F.C.N.?
>> VERY GOOD.
MINISTER FREELAND JUST 
YESTERDAY AND PRIME MINISTER 
TRUDEAU A COUPLE OF TIMES IN 
THE LAST FEW DAYS AS WELL HAVE 
REPEATEDLY SAID THAT WE ARE 
FULLY MINDFUL OF THE 
DIFFICULTIES THAT CITIES AND 
MUNICIPALITIES GO THROUGH IN 
CANADA.
WE ARE, THEREFORE, HEALING THEM 
AND READY TO HELP THEM.
HOWEVER, THIS HAS TO BE 
ABSOLUTELY IN COLLABORATION AND 
WE HAVE THE FULL SUPPORT OF 
PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES.
SO, THIS DISCUSSION IS ONGOING 
AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING 
I.
>> THANK YOU, MINISTER.
TURN BACK TO THE PHONE.
OPERATOR?
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
MERCI.
OUR NEXT QUESTION, PLEASE GO 
AHEAD.
>> Reporter: [SPEAKING FRENCH]
>> Interpreter: QUESTION -- MY 
QUESTION IS FOR MINISTER MILLER.
I'D LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION ON 
BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES 
REGARDING THE CHECKPOINTS NEAR 
OKA.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID 
ABOUT SECURITY.
BUT IN YOUR OPINION, ARE THESE 
CHECKPOINTS LEGITIMATE?
ANSWER -- FROM THE BEGINNING 
WHEN IT COMES TO INDIGENOUS 
COMMUNITIES, I WAS IMPORTANT TO 
ENSURE THE RELATIONSHIP WITH 
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO 
ENSURE THAT HEALTH AND SAFETY 
PROTOCOLS WERE IN PLACE.
WITH RESOURCES, FUNDING 
RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THIS.
OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW THE 
RELATIONSHIP THAT THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT HAS WITH INDIGENOUS 
COMMUNITIES.
IF WE WANT SELF-GOVERNMENT, WE 
MUST RESPECT THE CHOICES THEY 
MADE.
I HAVE SAID THIS TO YOUR 
COLLEAGUE, INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY 
HAVE BEEN EXEMPLARY.
WE SEE THE PROOF OF THIS WHEN 
IT COMES TO THE NUMBER OF 
INFECTIONS AND THE MEASURES 
THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN THESE 
COMMUNITIES.
TO ENSURE THAT IF THERE WAS AN 
OUTBREAK, IT WAS STOPPED WITH 
THE AGGRESSIVE INTERVENTION AND 
HEALTH MEASURES PUT IN PLACE 
WITH, LET'S BE FRANK, LIMITED 
RESOURCES.
THEY HAVE RICH HISTORIES AND 
VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS LIVING 
IN THESE COMMUNITIES.
THE CHIEF BAND COUNCIL IS 
CONCERNED, IN PARTICULAR WITH 
THESE ELDERS.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT 60 PEOPLE 
REMAINING WHO SPEAK A LANGUAGE, 
YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.
THEY HAVE PUT IN ROADBLOCK, 
CHECKPOINTS AT OKA AND 
KANESTAKE.
IT IS NOT A BARRICADE.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A 
CRISIS.
WE KNOW WHAT IT IS AND IF YOU 
FOLLOW THE NEWS FROM FEBRUARY, 
YOU WOULD SEE THIS KIND OF 
SITUATION AS THE ECONOMY 
RE-OPENS WILL PERHAPSS BE 
REPEATEDAND I HAVE BEEN IN 
CONTACT WITH THE CHIEF AND THE 
LATEST NEWS THAT I HAD WAS THAT 
THINGS WERE BEING RESOLVED BUT 
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A 
DISPUTE.
WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTH AND 
WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS AND A 
DESIRE TO PROTECT THOSE 
VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS.
FAR BE IT FROM ME FROM JUDGING 
THE WAY IN WHICH THESE XLUNLS 
CHOOSE TO IMPLEMENT THE HEALTH 
PROTOCOLS.
WE MUST CONTINUE THE DIALOGUE, 
OF COURSE.
AND THE LATEST NEWS THAT I HAD 
WAS THAT THIS WAS A SITUATION 
THAT WAS BEING RESOLVED.
>> Rosemary: OK.
WE'RE GOING TO PULL AWAY FROM 
THIS FEDERAL BRIEFING.
THAT IS THE MINISTER OF 
INDIGENOUS SERVICES, MARC 
MILLER, TALKING ABOUT A 
SITUATION IN A FIRST NATIONS 
COMMUNITY WHERE THEY ARE 
LOCKING DOWN SOME ACCESS TO 
PROTECT THEIR COMMUNITY.
BUT I'LL BRING IN MY COLLEAGUE, 
CATHERINE CULLEN, TO TALK ABOUT 
THE OTHER THINGS THAT CAME UP 
DURING THAT PRESS CONFERENCE.
SOME REALLY INTERESTING 
COMMENTS FROM TERESA TAM AROUND 
TESTING AND CONTACT TRACING, I 
THOUGHT, THERE TO HELP US SORT 
OF BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY 
ARE ALSO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 
RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF VIRUS, 
CATHERINE.
>> Reporter: YEAH.
NOTABLY WHO IT IS THAT THEY'RE 
GOING TO TEST AND THIS IS 
SOMETHING THAT WE HEARD HER 
TOUCHING ON LATELYLATELI THAT 
IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO TEST THE 
POPULATION.
GENERALLY YOU WANT TO FOCUS ON 
THE AREAS THAT THERE IS A 
VULNERABLE POPULATION.
IN THE PAST SHE'S TALKED ABOUT 
INSTITUTIONS AND INDIGENOUS 
COMMUNITIES AS WELL.
NOT JUST TEST BROADLY BECAUSE, 
OF COURSE, THAT IS NOT 
NECESSARILY GOING TO GET 
MEANINGFUL RESULTS, ALTHOUGH WE 
DID HEAR VASSY TALKING EARLIER 
ABOUT SOME INTERESTING WORK 
GOING ON IN ALBERTA IN TERMS OF 
TESTING ASYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE BUT 
FIGURING OUT PRECISABLY WHO 
NEEDS TO BE TESTED AND THE KEY 
TO MAKING THIS WORK IS TO DO IT 
VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR HER 
TALK ABOUT THE WORK GOING ON 
BEHIND THE SCENES WHEN IT COMES 
TO THE PROSPECT OF A SECOND 
WAVE, TALKING ABOUT THE FACT 
THAT SHE SAID THEY'RE STILL 
ACQUIRING VENT LAYS TOER RIGHT 
NOW, WHICH I THINK WOULD 
PROBABLY COME AS A SURPRISE TO 
MANY CANADIANS.
PERHAPS NOT THAT THEY'RE STILL 
ACQUIRING PERSONAL PROTECTIVE 
EQUIPMENT, WHICH SHE TALKED 
ABOUT, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF 
WORK GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES 
TO PREPARE TO SCALE UP AS WE 
LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF THIS 
OUTBREAK, SO MUCH TALK TODAY 
PARTICULARLY ABOUT THE PROSPECT 
OF A SECOND WAVE COMING IN THE 
FALL.
ALSO THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT 
WHAT THE TO DO WHEN THAT 
INTERACTS WITH THE PROSPECT OF 
FLU SEASON.
RIGHT?
THE NEED TO GIVE EVERYBODY 
SEASONAL FLU VACCINE.
HOW DO YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN 
THE SYMPTOMS OF THE FLU AND OF 
COVID-19.
SO, PREPARING TO HAVE THE 
VACCINE, PREPARING TO DEAL WITH 
THAT SITUATION.
ALL OF THAT WAS QUITE 
INTERESTING.
>> Rosemary: YEAH.
SHE SAID SOMETHING -- THE -- WE 
NEED TO FIND THE ICEBERG 
UNDERNEATH, I THINK S WHAT SHE 
SAID.
MEANING THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE 
HAD THE DISEASE, HAD THE VIRUS 
BEFORE, WHO MAYBE DON'T HAVE IT 
ANYMORE, OR HAVE ANTIBODIES 
AGAINST IT, IT WAS JUST -- IT'S 
VERY INTERESTING TO TALK ABOUT 
THAT AND ALSO SHE WAS ASKED 
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF 
TRAVEL, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS 
PARTICULARLY INTERESTING, TOO.
BECAUSE THERE ARE -- THERE ARE 
PEOPLE WHO ARE THINKING ABOUT 
IN THE SUMMER, DO I WANT TO GO 
SEE MY PARENTS OR MY 
GRANDPARENTS AND GETTING INSIDE 
A PLANE, THE PROSPECT OF THAT 
WHERE TWO METERS VIRTUALLY 
IMPOSSIBLE, HOW WOULD THAT WORK?
AND SHE SAYS THERE ARE SOME 
CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING AROUND 
THAT, TOO.
>> Reporter: YEAH.
IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, AIR CANADA 
IN PARTICULAR IS THE ONE THAT 
I'M AWARE OF.
THEY'RE OFFERING OPTIONS FOR 
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL.
BUT REALLY, LET'S NOT JUST TALK 
ABOUT SEEING FAMILIES BUT 
VACATIONS AS WELL.
IS THAT SOMETHING PEOPLE ARE 
PREPARED TO DO UNDER THE 
CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES.
SHE DMRAGED THE INTERESTING 
ISSUES, NOT ONLY THE SPACING ON 
THE AIRPLANE IN TERMS OF GETING 
INTO YOUR SEAT AND PERHAPSS A 
LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SAOEFNL I 
KNOW THERE WAS ONE ARTICLE IN 
PARTICULAR, A JOURNALIST 
DESCRIBING WHAT IT IS LIKE TO 
GET ON AN AIRPLANE RIGHT NOW.
I BELIEVE THIS WAS AN AMERICAN 
JOURNALIST, BUT NOT A 
PARTICULARLY PLEASANT 
EXPERIENCE BECAUSE YOU MIGHT 
EXPECT THAT ON ALL FLIGHTS 
YOU'LL HAVE THAT TWO METERS OF 
DISTANCING BUT IN THIS 
JOURNALIST'S EXPERIENCE THAT 
WASN'T THE CASE.
EVEN IF YOU COULD SPACE PEOPLE 
OUT, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU 
START MOVING AROUND THE 
AIRPLANE.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE TO 
USE THE BATHROOM.
IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR HER 
SAY THAT MANY DEPARTMENTS ARE 
DISCUSSING TRAVEL, NOT JUST AIR 
TRAVEL, BUT ALL KINDS OF TRAVEL 
RIGHT NOW AND WHAT DOES THE 
FUTURE OF THAT LOOK LIKE?
OF COURSE, THAT DISCUSSION 
INTERSECTS WITH THE OTHER ONE 
WE WERE HAVING ABOUT WHEN WE'LL 
SEE A SECOND WAVE.
WHAT KIND OF TIMEFRAME?
JUST SO MANY MOVING PIECES TO 
THIS DISCUSSION AND I'LL 
QUICKLY MENTION ON THE TOPIC OF 
AIR TRAVEL, IT WAS INTERESTING 
TO HEAR MINISTER DUCLOS SAY, 
VIS-A-VIS PEOPLE GETTING THEIR 
MONEY BACK FOR TICKETS F YOU 
WANT TO HAVE CUSTOMERS IN THE 
FUTURE, YOU NEED TO BE TREATING 
THEM WITH RESPECT.
SO, ADDING ANOTHER DYNAMIC TO 
ALL OF THIS.
THE AIRLINES, CASH STRAPPED, 
PEOPLE WANT THEIR MONEY BACK.
ANOTHER ELEMENT TO THE FUTURE 
OF AIR TRAVEL IN ALL OF THIS.
>> Rosemary: OK.
CATHERINE CULLEN, MY THANKS FOR 
YOUR HELP WITH ALL OF OUR 
COVERAGE TODAY AND MY THANKS TO 
VASSY KAPELOS AS WELL.
YOU CAN SEE BOTH OF THEM LATER 
TONIGHT.
VASSY'S SHOW IS, OF COURSE, AT 
5:00 EASTERN.
AS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY BEGIN 
TO RE-OPEN AS WE'VE BEEN TALK 
ABOUT, WE SEE BUSINESSES DOING 
CREATIVE THINGS TO INSTALL NEW 
PROTECTIVE MEASURES, INCLUDING 
PHYSICAL BARRIERS.
I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN IT BEFORE.
ADELE IS THE OWNER OF 
PLEXIGUARDS IN VANCOUVER.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Rosemary: YOU WERE IN THE 
FABRIC BUSINESS BEFORE AND NOW 
YOU MOVED TO PLEXIGLAS.
HOW BUSY HAVE YOU BEEN?
>> WE WERE IN THE FABRICATION 
BUSINESS SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING 
WITH PLEXIGLAS AND OTHER 
MATERIALS LIKE WOOD AND OTHER 
PLASTICS.
AND WE PIVOTED INTO CREATING 
THESE BARRIERS, MAINLY TO HELP 
THE COMMUNITY AND STAY IN 
BUSINESS AS EVERYTHING ELSE 
SLOWED DOWN.
AND IT SNOW BALLED.
WE DIDN'T EXPECT IT TO SNOW 
BALL TO THIS EXTENT AND IT'S 
GOT TON THE POINT WHERE WE'RE 
EXTREMELY BUSY AND WE'RE JUST 
TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE 
DEMAND AND GET EVERYBODY READY 
TO OPEN UP FOR BUSINESS.
>> Rosemary: WHEN SO MANY 
BUSINESSS ARE SUFFERING OR 
TRYING TO GET RE-OPENED, AS YOU 
SAY, CAN YOU GIVE ME A SENSE 
OF, YOU KNOW, PERCENTAGE-WISE 
OR ANY KIND OF NUMBER ABOUT HOW 
BIG AND HOW FAST YOUR -- THIS 
BUSINESS HAS GROWN?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, IN THE LAST 
TWO MONTHS, I WOULD SAY, IT'S 
-- WHEN WE STARTED, IT WAS A 
MATTER OF GETTING ONE OR TWO 
ORDERS, MAYBE A DAY OR EVERY 
TWO DAYS.
AND NOW EVERYONE IS SCRAMBLING 
TO GET OPEN BECAUSE NOW THEY'VE 
REALIZED THAT YOU NEED THESE 
BARRIERS TO STAY SAFE AND KEEP 
YOUR EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS 
SAFE.
SO, IT'S GONE UP TO MAYBE 30 TO 
40 ORDERS A DAY.
IF NOT MORE.
WITH THE PHONE RINGING 
LITERALLY EVERY MINUTE.
AND E-MAILS GOING OFF THE HOOK.
SO, WE ARE ADAPTING.
WE BROUGHT A BIGGER TEAM ON TO 
CREATE THESE BARRIERS AND GET 
THEM OUT AND THE CUSTOMERS 
THEMSELVES, THE BUSINESSS THAT 
ARE TRYING TO OPEN, THEY ARE 
SCRAMBLING TO GET OPEN AND THE 
NEWS TO THEM THAT THEY NEED 
THESE BARRIER HAS HIT SO 
EVERYONE NEEDS IT IN THREE DAYS 
OR ACTUALLY I NEED IT YESTERDAY.
>> Rosemary: YEAH.
I HAVE ONLY A MINUTE, SADLY.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S GREAT FOR YOU 
AND FOR YOUR BUSINESS.
BUT I WONDER, DO YOU FEEL SORT 
OF LIKE A BIGGER SENSE OF 
HELPING KEEP PEOPLE SAFE AND 
GET BUSINESSES GOING?
HAVE YOU HAD TIME TO THINK 
ABOUT THAT PART OF IT?
>> EVERY TIME SOMEBODY COMES 
AND PICKS UP THE PRODUCT, THEY 
ARE SO GRATEFUL THAT THEY HAVE 
IT AND THAT MAKES US FEEL LIKE 
WE'RE HELPING BECAUSE THEY SAY 
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GETTING 
IT OUT TO ME.
NOW I CAN GET BACK TO WORK.
AND THAT FEELS GOOD.
>> Rosemary: YEAH.
IT SHOULD.
I'VE BEEN TO LOTS OF BUSINESSES 
WITH LOTS OF PLEXIGLAS, HANGING 
FROM WEIRD PLACES.
[LAUGHTER]
BUT DOING A GOOD JOB AT 
PROTECTING ME AND THE 
BUSINESSES, TOO.
ADDEL SILLAVI, THANK YOU SO 
MUCH.
HE IS CO-OWNER OF PLEXIGUARDS 
IN VANCOUVER, JUST ONE OF THE 
THINGS THAT BUSINESSES ARE 
HAVING TO THINK ABOUT AS THEY 
ADAPT AND GET READY FOR MORE OF 
US TO COME TO THEM.
ALL RIGHT.
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