 
PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU 
VERY SOON ABOUT MEASURES TO 
SANCTION INDIVIDUAL CANADIANS 
AND BUSINESSES AND OTHER 
MEASURES THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS 
PUTTING IN PLACE TO RAMP UP 
PRODUCTION, FOR INSTANCE, OF 
MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND RESEARCH.
THE PRIME MINISTER, AS YOU 
MIGHT REMEMBER, IS STILL IN 
SELF-ISOLATION.
HE ALSO, THOUGH, HAS A NUMBER 
OF PHONE CALLS HE WILL BE 
MAKING TODAY, BOTH A MEETING 
WITH CANADA'S PREMIERS LATER 
TODAY AND HE IS SPEAKING WITH 
THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, 
SHINZO ABE.
THIS COMES AFTER THE CANADIAN 
OLYMPIC COMMISSION -- COMMITTEE 
DECIDED THAT CANADA WOULD NOT 
BE SENDING ITS ATHLETES TO THE 
OLYMPIC GAMES, WHICH, FOR NOW, 
HAS STILL NOT BEEN POSTPONED.
I'M NOT SURE IF WE HAVE A LIVE 
LOOK -- YES, WE DO.
THE PRIME MINISTER'S HOME 
THERE, RIDEAU COTTAGE.
YOU'VE BECOME FAMILIAR TO IT AS 
THIS IS AROUND THE TIME THAT HE 
COMES OUT EVERY MORNING TO 
BRING US UP TO DATE ON SOME OF 
THE LATEST MEASURES THAT THE 
GOVERNMENT IS WORKING ON.
TO BOTH CONTAIN THE PANDEMIC, 
BUT ALSO ADDRESS THE VERY 
PRESSING AND REAL ECONOMIC 
ISSUES.
WE'RE EXPECTING HIM IN ABOUT 15 
MINUTES' TIME.
LET ME BRING YOU UP TO SPEED ON 
A COUPLE OF THE DEVELOPMENTS IN 
THIS COUNTRY.
FIRST OF ALL, WE ARE NOW AT 
MORE THAN 1500 POSITIVE CASES 
OF COVID-19 IN THIS COUNTRY.
20 DEATHS STILL.
ONE CANADIAN HAS DIED IN JAPAN.
THE LEADING NUMBER OF CASES IN 
THE COUNTRY REMAIN IN ONTARIO 
AND BRITISH COLUMBIA.
DR. TERESA TAM HAS SAID THAT 
THE CONCERN -- THEY REMAIN VERY 
CONCERNED ABOUT THE VIRUS 
GETTING INTO, QUOTE, HIGH RISK 
SETTINGS LIKE LONG-TERM CARE 
CENTRES, WHICH IS WHERE WE'VE 
SEEN MANY OF THE DEATHS OR 
OTHER VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES 
AND SHE AND THE GOVERNMENT HAVE 
BEEN CALLING AGAIN ON CANADIANS 
TO REALLY FOLLOW THOSE RULES 
AROUND SELF-ISOLATION AND 
SOCIAL DISTANCING.
ALL RIGHT.
WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE PRIME 
MINISTER, LET'S BRING IN THE 
HOST OF "POWER & POLITICS", 
VASSY KAPELOS AND THE CBC'S 
DAVID COCHRANE IN OUR 
PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU.
NO LONGER SURE OF THE DAY.
I'M TOLD IT'S MONDAY.
VASSY, WHAT ARE WE EXPECTING 
FROM THE PRIME MINISTER TODAY?
>> Vassy: OK.
TWO THINGS THAT I WOULD FLAG.
THE FIRST IS THAT YOU'LL 
REMEMBER I THINK IT WAS -- I'M 
LOSING TRACK OF TIME -- BUT A 
FEW WEEKS AGO THAT THE PRIME 
MINISTER MADE AN INITIAL AMOUNT 
OF MONEY FOR A VARIETY OF 
THINGS.
THIS IS BEFORE THE BIG $80 
BILLION PACKAGE LAST WEEK.
PART OF IT WAS $275 MILLION TO 
GO INTO RESEARCH AND 
ESSENTIALLY VACCINE RESEARCH AS 
WELL AS CLINICAL TRIALS WHERE 
TREATMENT IS CONCERNED.
I AM TOLD THAT WE'LL GET VERY 
SPECIFIC GRANULAR DETAILS ON 
WHERE EXACTLY THAT MONEY IS 
GOING, TO WHICH RESEARCH 
PROJECTS AND THE AIM OF THOSE 
RESEARCH PROJECTS IS.
THE SECOND THING I'M TOLD WE 
CAN EXPECT IS HELP FOR FARMERS.
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF SUPPORTS 
THROUGH FARM CREDIT CANADA.
SO THAT WOULD BE IN THE VEIN OF 
CREDIT, OBVIOUSLY, WHICH WE 
HAVE SEEN PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED 
FOR BUSINESSES WRIT LARGE.
THE IDEA OF ALLOWING BANKS TO 
HAVE MORE CREDIT AVAILABLE TO 
LEND TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND 
BIGGER BUSINESSES TO GET 
THROUGH THIS.
THIS WILL BE VERY MUCH TARGETED 
IN SUPPORT TOWARDS FARMERS.
SO, I'M TOLD UP TO $5 BILLION 
MADE AVAILABLE.
I'M EXPECTING THE PRIME 
MINISTER TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
THE OTHER THING IS FROM THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT QUESTIONS 
STILL REMAIN OUT THERE, I THINK 
THE PRIME MINISTER WILL BE 
GETTING QUESTIONS ON SOMETHING 
WE HEARD FROM PATTY HAJ, THE U 
YESTERDAY AND THAT IS THE 
POSSIBILITY OF IMPOSING, FOR 
EXAMPLE, FINES OR PENALTIES ON 
PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT 
SELF-ISOLATING WHEN THEY COME 
BACK.
WE HAVE SEEN A BIGGER 
DISCUSSION AMONG THE PROVINCES.
WE'VE SEEN VARIOUS MEASURES 
TAKEN INDIVIDUALLY BY PROVINCES.
WILL THERE BE SOME KIND OF 
FEDERAL COORDINATION WHERE THAT 
IS CONCERNED?
I'M TOLD BY AT LEAST A FEW 
PREMIERS THAT THERE ISN'T A 
CONSENSUS ON THAT.
I THINK THE FEDERAL ROLE IN ALL 
OF THIS, IN ENFORCING SO MUCH 
OF WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT 
WHEN IT COMES TO SOCIAL 
DISTANCING WILL BE A BIG 
QUESTION FOR THE PRIME MINISTER 
GOING TO WARD.
>> Rosemary: YEAH.
WE SAW THE MAYOR OF VANCOUVER, 
KENNEDY STEWART, WHO WE'RE 
HOPING TO GET ON OVER THE NEXT 
TWO HOURS, REALLY VERY VISIBLY 
FRUSTRATED YESTERDAY WITH THE 
FACT THAT MANY PEOPLE IN HIS 
CITY WERE NOT FOLLOWING THOSE 
MEASURES SO HE'S NOW CRACKED 
DOWN AS WELL, SAYING THERE WILL 
BE EXTENSIVE FINES FOR PEOPLE 
IF THEY CONTINUE TO GATHER IN 
LARGE NUMBERS IN PLACES.
AND I GUESS ONE OF THE 
QUESTIONS IS WHAT ELSE -- WHAT 
OTHER TOOLS ARE THERE IN THE 
TOOL BOX DO CITIES HAVE TO 
REINFORCE THAT MESSAGE?
>> Reporter: YEAH.
WE SAW AN ANGRY KENNEDY STEWART 
YESTERDAY AND VERY ANGRY 
STEPHEN MCNEIL, THE PREMIER OF 
NOVA SCOTIA WHO GOT IT GOING 
REALLY WITH HIS LECTURE OF NOVA 
SCOTIANS WHO BLATANTLY 
FLAUNTSED PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE 
BY GATHERING IN LARGE CROWDS IN 
PUBLIC SPACES AND EVEN SAY IF 
YOU GO TO ONE OF OUR PUBLIC 
PARKS NOW, WE'LL TOW YOUR CAR.
IF YOU WANT TO GO THERE, THAT'S 
FINE.
BUT YOU'LL HAVE A LONG WALK 
HOME BAZ WE'LL TAKE YOUR 
VEHICLE AWAY.
IT IS A HOPSCOTCHING ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY AS EVERYONE MOVES TO 
TOUGHEN THEIR MEASURES TO CLAMP 
DOWN ON CROWDS.
THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF 
QUESTIONS FROM JOURNALISTS AND 
THE PRIME MINISTER ABOUT USING 
THE MEASURES ACT WHICH WILL BE 
-- THE EMERGENCY ACT, EXCUSE 
ME, WHICH WILL BE AN 
EXTRAORDINARY THING FOR THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DO.
PATTY HAJDU IS GETTING TIRED OF 
RECOMMENDING AND WILL SOON 
START ORDERING AND THAT CAN BE 
DONE THROUGH THE QUARANTINE 
ACT, WHICH SHE IS RESPONSIBLE 
FOR AS THE MINISTER OF HEALTH 
AND THAT CAN PUT RESTRICTIONS 
ON CROWDS AND LEADING TO FINES 
IF PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES DEFY 
THE REGULATIONS AND THE ORDERS.
IT SEEMS TO ME, ROSEY, THAT A 
SHARPENING OF THE PUBLIC 
MESSAGING IS A VERY CLEAR THING 
THAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
BUT ALSO HOPING THAT THE 
COMBINED STACKED EFFECT OF 
MUNICIPAL AND PROVINCIAL STATES 
OF EMERGENCY AND PUBLIC HEALTH 
EMERGENCIES AND, IF NECESSARY, 
THE NATIONAL QUARANTINE ACT, 
WOULD BE WHAT THEY NEED TO USE 
TO REIN IN IRRESPONSIBLE BA *EF 
YOUR THAT THREATENS THE HEALTH 
OF AN ENTIRE COUNTRY.
>> Rosemary: OK.
THREE MORE FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN 
CONFIRMED BY THE MINISTER OF 
FOREIGN AFFAIRS FROM PERU FOR 
CANADIANS.
THAT WILL HAPPEN OVER THE 
COURSE OF THE WEEK AND THERE 
WILL BE MORE FLIGHTS TO COME.
HE CONTINUES TO UPDATE US AND 
WE'LL GO TO THE STORY OF THE 
OLYMPICS IN.
A DRAMATIC MOVE, AFTER LOTS OF 
UNCERTAINTY AROUND THE 2020 
GAMES IN TOKYO, CANADA HAS 
DECIDED THAT IT WILL NOT BE 
SENDING ITS ATHLETES.
THE DECISION CAME DOWN LATE 
LAST NIGHT FROM THE CANADIAN 
OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC 
COMMITTEES.
IT IS CALLING AT THIS STAGE FOR 
A ONE-YEAR POSTPONEMENT SAYING 
CANADIANS WILL NOT BE SENT TO 
JAPAN IF THE GAMES GO ON AS 
PLANNED.
LET'S BRING IN DIANA MATHESON, 
A MEMBER OF THE SOCCER TEAM.
I IMAGINE SORT OF MIXED 
FEELINGS ABOUT ALL OF THIS.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO THE GAMES 
THIS YEAR, BUT I THINK A LOT OF 
CANADIAN ATHLETES ARE FEELING 
PROUD TO BE PART OF A TEAM 
CANADA AND A CANADIAN OLYMPIC 
COMMITTEE THAT WAS ONE OF THE 
FIRST COUNTRIS TO TAKE THE 
STANDS.
I THINK IT IS THE RIGHT 
DECISION GIVEN THE GLOBAL 
COMMUNITY'S HEALTH.
THAT'S PARAMOUNT.
AND I THINK WE'RE PROUD AND 
DISAPPOINTED AT THE MOMENT.
>> Rosemary: SURE.
I GET THAT.
DOES IT SEEM CRAZY TO YOU THAT 
THEY'RE STILL THINKING ABOUT 
HAVING THE GAMES AT ALL?
>> YES.
HOPEFULLY CANADA AND NOW 
AUSTRALIA THAT THEY WON'T GO IN 
2020 AND WILL PUSH THISMO.C. TO 
HAVE IT NEXT YEAR.
IF I HAD TO GUESS, I THINK THEY 
WILL MAKE A DECISION TO 
POSTPONE AND JUST USE THE NEXT 
FEW WEEKS TO PICK A DATE THAT 
WILL WORK.
>> Rosemary: HOW HAS YOUR 
TRAINING BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS?
I GUESS THAT IS THE OTHER THING.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN TRAIN 
PROPERLY, GIVEN ALL THE SOCIAL 
DISTANCING MEASURES THAT ARE IN 
PLACE.
>> NOPE.
I MEAN, NONE OF US ARE REALLY 
TRAINING THE WAY WE WOULD BE 
TRAINING.
IT'S KIND OF SPORT BY SPORT.
OUR TEAM RETURNED FROM FRANCE 
ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.
WE'VE BEEN SOCIALLY ISOLATING.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO STAY IN 
SHAPE, BUT BY NO MEANS ARE WE 
PREPARING FOR AN OLYMPIC GAMES 
WITH THE WORKOUTS WE'RE DOING.
AND I'LL ADD TO SOME OF THE 
OTHER CONVERSATIONS GOING ON 
AND WE SEE GROUPS OF KIDS AND 
TEENAGERS PLAYING SOCCER AND IT 
HURTS TO SEE THAT BECAUSE WE'RE 
GIVING UP TRAINING FOR AN 
OLYMPICS AND TEAM CANADA IS 
GIVING UP THE CHANCE TO GO AND 
NOT SOCIALLY ISOLATE.
AND THAT HAS BEEN ECHOED BY 
OTHER ATHLETINGS AS WELL.
WE WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S 
IMPORTANT TO LEAD AND THE RIGHT 
THING TO DO AND WE AS OLYMPIANS 
ARE TRYING TO TAKE STEPS TO 
LEAD AND DOING THE RIGHT THING.
WORK OUT AT HOME.
BUT PLEASE STOP PLAYING SOCCER 
IN THE PARKS WITH 20 PEOPLE.
I'M NOT PLAYING ASSOCIATION YOU 
SHOULDN'T BE EITHER.
>> Rosemary: I SAW SOME GUYS 
PLAYING BASKETBALL WHEN I WENT 
FOR A WALK AND ATHOUGHT THE 
SAME THING.
I'LL LEAVE IT ON THIS, DIANA.
YOU'VE BEEN IN AN OLYMPICS 
BEFORE, I WOULD GUESS.
BUT MAYBE SOME OF YOUR 
COLLEAGUES AND YOUR TEAMMATES 
HAVE NOT.
HOW MUCH WORSE IS IT FOR PEOPLE 
WHO WERE, LIKE, JUST DESPERATE 
TO HAVE THEIR FIRST OLYMPIC 
EXPERIENCE?
>> YEAH.
I'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION 
WONDERING [INAUDIBLE] THIS 
WOULD BE MY FOURTH VISIT.
[INAUDIBLE] SO IT MIGHT BE 
THEIR ONLY.
I'M STILL VERY, VERY POSITIVE 
THE I.O.C. AND [INAUDIBLE] WILL 
POSTPONE THE NEXT YEAR SO ALL 
THESE ATHLETES HAVE A CHANCE TO 
GO TO GAMES.
THAT IS THE RIGHT THING AND 
THEY'LL COME TO THAT DECISION.
BUT EVEN FOR MYSELF, 
[INAUDIBLE].
I THINK IT COMES DOWN TO ALL 
CANADIANS AND THEY KNOW THIS IS 
THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR THE 
HEALTH OF OUR FAMILY, OUR 
SUPPORT TEAMS AND COMMUNITIES.
>> Rosemary: THANK YOU.
REAL GOOD LEADERSHIP EFFORTS AS 
MEMBER OF THE OLYMPIC SOCCER 
TEAM AND CANADIANS IN GENERAL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Rosemary: THANK YOU.
AS WE STAND BY AND WAIT FOR THE 
PRIME MINISTER, WE SHOULD BE 
OUT AND ABOUT FOR FOUR MINUTES.
NOVA SCOTIA HAS IMPLEMENTED NEW 
CONTROLS AT ITS BORDERS.
STARTING TODAY, ANYONE ENTERING 
THE PROVINCE IS REQUIRED TO 
SELF-ISOLATE FOR 14 DAYS.
DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU'RE 
COMING FROM.
IT'S PART OF THE STATE OF 
EMERGENCY DECLARED YESTERDAY.
BRETT RUSKIN IS NEAR AMHERST, 
NOVA SCOTIA WHERE THE NEW 
RESTRICTIONS ARE ENFORCED.
IF I CUT YOU OFF, IT'S ONLY 
BECAUSE THE PRIME MINISTER IS 
COMING OFF.
BUT OFF YOU GO.
>> Reporter: THE FOLKS THAT YOU 
SEE IN THE BRIGHT GREEN AND 
YELLOW VESTS, THIS AGAIN AT THE 
BORDER AND EVERYONE COMING INTO 
NOVA SCOTIA, WHETHER YOU'VE 
TRAVELED FROM ABROAD AND ACROSS 
THE BORDER IN NEW BRUNSWICK, 
QUEBEC OR ONTARIO, YOU'RE ASKED 
TO SELF-ISOLATE FOR 14 DAYS.
THAT WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT 
WAS MADE BY PREMIER STEPHEN 
MCNEIL YESTERDAY SAYING THAT 
THERE ARE EXEMPTIONS TO THAT 
RULE.
THE TRUCK DRIVER AS YOU JUST 
HEARD HONK AS WE WENT PAST AS 
WELL AS MEDICAL STAFF AND 
ESSENTIAL SERVICE PERSONNEL.
EVERYONE ELSE WHO IS ARRIVING, 
EVEN JUST FROM NEW BRUNSWICK, 
ACROSS THE WAY HERE, NEEDS TO 
SELF-ISOLATE AND THAT IS CAN 
WHAT PEOPLE ARE HANDED HERE 
ONCE THEY SELF-ISOLATE AND 
HEADED HERE TO IN NOVA SCOTIA.
>> Rosemary: AND THE PREMIER 
SEEMED FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THEY 
WERE STILL GATHERING IN LARGE 
GROUPS.
WHAT ELSE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT 
THE RESTRICTIONS NOW IN PLACE?
>> Reporter: LET'S TALK ABOUT 
THE FINES FOR VIOLATING THIS 
SELF-ISOLATION ACT, $1,000 PER 
INDIVIDUAL, PER DAY.
IF IT'S FOUND TO BE IN 
CONTRAVENTION OF THIS NEW RULE.
THAT'S FOR INDIVIDUALS.
$7500 AT LEAST FOR BUSINESSES 
THAT ARE FOUND TO BE 
ENCOURAGING OR ALLOWING 
GATHERINGS OF FIVE PEOPLE OR 
MORE.
STIFF FINES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE 
NOT KEEPING UP WITH THIS 
SELF-ISOLATION RULE.
ONE SLIGHT FLAW IN THE SYSTEM 
THAT WE SEE HERE IS THAT THE 
OFFICIALS AREN'T ACTUALLY 
COLLECTING ANY INFORMATION FROM 
PEOPLE.
THEY'RE NOT TAKING DOWN LICENSE 
PLATES OR NAMES OR ANYTHING 
LIKE THAT.
SO, WITNESS THEY GO PAST THIS 
CHECKPOINT AND START DRIVING 
INTO THE PROVINCE OF NOVA 
SCOTIA, THERE'S NO TELLING WHO 
SHOULD BE SELF-ISOLATING.
THEY'RE STILL WORKING OUT KINKS 
HERE AT THIS TIGHTENED BORDER 
CROSSING HERE IN NOVA SCOTIA.
>> Rosemary: A TIGHTENED 
INTERPROVINCIAL BORDER WHICH IS 
EXTREMELY UNUSUAL.
BUT SO ARE THE TIMES WE'RE 
LIVING IN.
BRETT RUSKIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT'S THE CBC'S BRETT RUSKIN 
IN AMHERST, NOVA SCOTIA.
WE'RE WATCHING THERE, LOOKING 
AT THE FRONT DOOR OF THE PRIME 
MINISTER'S HOUSE AS WE WAIT FOR 
HIM TO EMERGE AND TALK TO 
CANADIANS AS HE HAS BEEN EVERY 
DAY ABOUT WHAT MEASURES HIS 
GOVERNMENT IS MOVING FORWARD ON.
LET ME BRING IN VASSY KAPELOS 
AS WE STAND BY AND WAY.
PROBABLY ONLY GOING TO GET TO 
ONE OF YOU, TO BE HONEST.
VASSY, I MEAN, THERE'S BEEN A 
LOT OF DIFFERENT MEASURES OVER 
A LOT OF DIFFERENT -- OVER A 
LONG SPACE OF TIME HERE.
AND TODAY WE ARE EXPECTING TO 
HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT 
THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT 
INDUSTRIES AND COMPANIS CAN DO 
TO SHORE UP SUPPLY AND MAKE 
SURE THAT CANADA REALLY HAS THE 
PRODUCTS, THE MEDICAL SUPPLIES 
I NEEDS GOING FORWARD.
>> Vassy: YEAH.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HEARD 
THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY TALK 
ABOUT A LOT IN THE LEADUP TO 
THIS PRESS CONFERENCE AND THAT 
IS WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE THE 
ABILITY TO ADEQUATELY TREAT THE 
KINDS OF NUMBERS THAT THEY SEE 
IN THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
WILL THEY HAVE THE EQUIPMENT 
NECESSARY.
IF THEY DON'T, WE SAW AN 
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM MINISTER 
NAVDEEP BAINS LAST WEEK 
DIRECTING ALL OF HIS MINISTRY'S 
CAPABILITIES TOWARDS THIS, 
QUOTE-UNQUOTE, FIGHT AGAINST 
COVID-19 AND SORT OF 
ENCOURAGING THE SCALING UP, FOR 
EXAMPLE, IF YOU ALREADY MAKE 
MASKS, OF MAKING MORE MASKS.
HOW DO THEY DO THAT?
IS THAT THROUGH AN INJECTION OF 
FUNDS OR RETOOLING EXISTING 
FACILITIES FROM OTHER COMPANIES 
IN ORDER TO PRODUCE THOSE MASKS 
OR HAND SANITIZER OR WHATEVER 
KIND OF P.P.E. OR PERSONAL 
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT THE 
MEDICAL COMMUNITY AND DOCTORS 
AND NURSES AND RESPIRATORY 
THERAPISTS NEED TO DO THEIR JOB.
WE'RE EXPECTING MORE DETAILS 
FROM MINISTER BAINS ABOUT HOW 
THEY'RE GOING DO THAT.
IN ONTARIO THERE WILL BE AN 
ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY THAT RETOOLS 
THEIR ENTIRE MINISTRY OF 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO FOCUS 
ON THIS AS WELL.
THEY SET UP A WEBSITE FOR 
BUSINESSS THAT HAVE REACHED OUT.
HOW CAN WE HELP?
HOW CAN WE CHANGE OUR BUSINESS 
MODEL IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE 
THE NEEDS OUT THERE.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT COMING OUT OF 
THE ONTARIO GOVERNMENT AND 
PREMIER FORD THIS AFTERNOON 
WILL BE A FOLLOW TO THAT.
THERE ARE EFFORTS PROVINCIALLY 
AND NOW FEDERALLY AS WELL TO 
ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.
>> Rosemary: EXCELLENT TIMING.
HERE'S THE PRIME MINISTER OF 
CANADA.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: I 
WANT TO BEGIN BY RECOGNIZING 
THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
STUCK AT HOME FOR A WEEK OR 
MORE BECAUSE OF COVID-19.
THAT'S STARTING TO TAKE A TOLL, 
IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE.
BUT WE CAN'T AFFORD TO STOP NOW.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR.
SOCIAL DISTANCING, PHYSICAL 
DISTANCING IS THE SINGLE BEST 
WAY TO KEEP THE PEOPLE AROUND 
YOU SAFE.
IT MEANS KEEPING METRES BETWEEN 
YOURSELF AND SOMEONE ELSE.
IT MEANS AVOIDING GROUPS.
IT MEANS STAYING HOME AS MUCH 
AS POSSIBLE.
IF YOU CHOOSE TO IGNORE THAT 
ADVICE, IF YOU CHOOSE TO GET 
TOGETHER WITH PEOPLE OR GO TO 
CROWDED PLACES, YOU'RE NOT JUST 
PUTTING YOURSELF AT RISK.
YOU'RE PUTTING OTHERS AT RISK, 
TOO.
YOUR ELDERLY RELATIVE WHO'S IN 
A SENIOR'S HOME OR YOUR FRIEND 
WITH A PREEXISTING CONDITION.
OUR NURSES AND DOCTORS ON THE 
FRONTLINES.
OUR WORKERS STOCKING SH *EFLS A 
A GROCERY STORE, THEY NEED YOU 
TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES.
THEY NEED YOU TO DO YOUR PART.
WE'VE ALL SEEN THE PICTURES 
ONLINE OF PEOPLE WHO SEEM TO 
THINK THEY'RE INVINCIBLE AND 
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
GO HOME AND STAY HOME.
THIS IS WHAT WE ALL NEED TO BE 
DOING.
AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE 
THIS HAPPENS, WHETHER BY 
EDUCATING PEOPLE MORE ON THE 
RISKS OR BY ENFORCING THE RULES 
IF IT'S KNEED.
NOTHING THAT COULD HELP IS OFF 
THE TABLE.
TODAY IS WATCHING FEDERAL 
ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.
YOU'LL SEE FACES THAT YOU KNOW 
AND TRUST.
GETTING OUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS 
FROM OUR HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
NOT HAVING HEARD THIS MESSAGE 
WON'T BE AN EXCUSE.
IT IS YOUR DUTY AND STAYING 
HOME IS YOUR WAY TO SERVE.
EVERY DAY THERE ARE MORE AND 
MORE PEOPLE WHO STEP UP AND 
HEED THIS CALL.
JUST YESTERDAY TEAM CANADA AND 
THE PARALYMPIC TEAM MADE THE 
TOUGH DECISION NOT TO SEND 
ATHLETES TO THE OLYMPIC AND 
PARALYMPIC GAME THIS IS SUMMER.
I KNOW THIS IS HEARTBREAKING 
FOR SO MANY PEOPLE.
ATHLETES, COACHES, STAFF AND 
FANS.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT 
CALL AND EVERYONE SHOULD FOLLOW 
THEIR LEAD.
NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, IF YOU 
ARE DOING YOUR PART, THEN I 
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
YOU ARE SAVING LIVES.
AND WHEN IT GETS HARD, KNOW 
THAT YOUR GOVERNMENT IS RIGHT 
THERE WITH YOU.
WE WILL UNVEIL AN $82 BILLION 
PLAN FOR BUSINESSES AFFECTED BY 
THE VIRUS.
IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT MAKING 
ENDS MEET, WE'RE PUTTING MORE 
MONEY IN YOUR POCKET.
IF YOU OWN A SMALL BUSINESS, 
WE'RE HELPING YOU BRIDGE TO 
BETTER TIMES.
TOMORROW, THE HOUSE OF COMMONS 
WILL RECONVENE TO PASS 
EMERGENCY LEGISLATION AND PUT 
THIS PLAN IN MOTION.
FOR FARMERS AND PEOPLE ACROSS 
THE AGRI FOOD BUSINESS, I KNOW 
THESE ARE HARD TIMES, TOO.
, SO WE'RE ALSO OPENING UP $5 
BILLION IN ADDITIONAL LENDING 
CAPACITY.
STARTING TODAY, FARMERS AND 
PRODUCERS CAN APPLY THROUGH 
FARM CREDIT CANADA FOR THE 
SUPPORT THEY NEED TO KEEP FOOD 
GROWING AND GETTING IT ON TO 
OUR TABLES.
ON THAT NOTE, I WANT TO SAY 
THANK YOU TO PEOPLE ACROSS THE 
ENTIRE FOOD SECTOR.
DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
YOU GROW, TRANSPORT AND STOCK 
THE FOOD THAT FEED OUR FAMILIES.
LAST WEEK, WE ALSO ANNOUNCED A 
PLAN TO MOBILIZE INDUSTRY SO 
OUR HOSPITALS HAVE THE MEDICAL 
SUPPORT AND EQUIPMENT THEY NEED.
LATER TODAY, I'LL HAVE A CALL 
WITH THE FIRST MINISTERS TO 
DISCUSS OUR CONTINUED 
COORDINATION ON QUARANTINE AND 
SELF-ISOLATION.
WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE 
SURE EVERYONE HAS WHAT THEY 
NEED, WHETHER THAT'S EQUIPMENT 
FOR TESTING OR MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
THIS EVENING T PREMIERS AND I 
WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT CONTINUING 
TO MOVE FORWARD WITH MEASURES 
TO SUPPORT FAMILIES AND SMALL 
BUSINESSES TO ENSURE OUR 
ECONOMY REBOUNDS.
FOR CANADIANS STRANDED ABROAD, 
WE'RE WORKING WITH AIRLINES TO 
GET PEOPLE HOME.
PEOPLE SHOULD BE RETURNING BY 
COMMERCIAL MEANS WHILE THEY'RE 
STILL AVAILABLE.
WESTJET AND SUNWING ALL HAVE 
FLIGHT THIS IS WEEK.
AS OF TODAY, WE SECURED 
AUTHORIZATIONS FOR AIR CANADA 
TO OPERATE THREE FLIGHTS FOR 
THIS WEEK FOR CANADIANS IN PERU 
AND THERE WILL BE TWO MORE 
FLIGHTS IN THE COMING DAYS FROM 
MOROCCO.
WE'VE ALSO HELPED SECURE AN AIR 
CANADA FLIGHT FROM SPAIN AS 
WELL AS TWO AIR TRANSAT FLIGHTS 
FROM HONDURAS, EL SALVADOR AND 
GUATEMALA.
IF YOU ARE A CANADIAN ABROAD, 
REGISTER WITH THE GOVERNMENT 
NOW SO WE CAN SEND YOU UPDATES 
AND CONTACT YOU.
YOU NEED TO DO THIS.
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: WE INVESTED 
$275 MILLION IN RESEARCH ON 
CORONAVIRUS AND THE DEVELOPMENT 
OF VACCINES.
WE CAN SEE THIS WITH THE FLU.
VACCINES PREVENT PEOPLE FROM 
GETTING ILL, FOR PROTECTING THE 
MOST VULNERABLE TO ENSURE THAT 
FEWER AND FEWER PEOPLE STAND UP 
IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.
TODAY I'M ANNOUNCING THAT WE 
WILL BE INVESTING $192 MILLION 
TO PROVIDE DIRECT SUPPORT TO 
THE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION 
OF VACCINES IN CANADA.
THIS WOULD BE A LONG-TERM 
SOLUTION TO THE CORONAVIRUS.
WE ARE WORKING WITH A COMPANY 
IN QUEBEC TO TEST VACCINES.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE 
PROVIDED FUNDS TO VACCINES AND 
INFECTIOUS DISEASE 
ORGANISATIONS IN SASKATCHEWAN 
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF VACCINES 
AND CLINICAL TRIALS.
CANADA NEEDS THAT IN ORDER TO 
PROVIDE MASS TREATMENT AS SOON 
AS POSSIBLE.
WE ARE ALSO INVESTING IN 
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
FACILITIES IN MONTREAL.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: $192 
MILLION TO DIRECTLY SUPPORT 
VACCINE DEVELOPMENT AND 
PRODUCTION IN CANADA.
WE'RE INVESTING IN A LONG-TERM 
SOLUTION TO COVID-19 RIGHT HERE 
AT HOME.
WE WILL BE WORKING WITH A 
VANCOUVER-BASED COMPANY TO 
DEVELOP A DRUG TO PREVENT AND 
TREAT COVID-19.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH A 
QUEBEC CITY-BASED COMPANY FOR 
VACCINE TESTING AND PRODUCTION.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE 
PROVIDING FUNDING FOR THE 
UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN'S 
VACCINE ORGANIZATION FOR 
DEVELOPMENT AND CLINICAL TRIALS.
ONCE THERE ARE PROMISINGSINGS, 
CANADA NEEDS THE CAPACITY TO 
MASS PRODUCE TREATMENTS AS 
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE INVESTING IN 
THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
OF CANADA'S FACILITY IN 
MONTREAL TO PREPARE FOR THE 
ROLL-OUT.
THESE ARE CRITICAL STEPS 
FORWARD.
BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT 
VACCINES WON'T BE READY 
OVERNIGHT.
THEY WILL TAKE MONTHS.
SO WHILE THAT'S HAPPENING, WE 
NEED TO WORK TO MITIGATE THE 
IMPACTS OF THIS VIRUS.
AND LUCKILY, WE HAVE THE TOOLS 
WE NEED RIGHT HERE AT HOME.
BLUE DOT IN TORONTO WAS AMONG 
THE FIRST IN THE WORLD TO 
IDENTIFY THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 
COMING IN NINE DAYS AHEAD OF 
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION'S 
PUBLIC WARNING.
WE'VE SIGNED A CONTRACT TO USE 
THIS CANADIAN SOFTWARE TO MODEL 
THE DISEASE.
IT WILL HELP US TRACK AND, 
THEREFORE, SLOW THE SPREAD.
MINISTER BAINS HAS ALSO SENT A 
CALL TO ACTION TO EVERY 
UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE, 
POLYTECHNIQUE AND CEGEP IN THE 
COUNTRY.
THEIR LABS HAVE THE RESOURCES 
AND EXPERTISE TO BE PART OF 
THIS FIGHT.
WE ASKED THEM TO IDENTIFY 
EQUIPMENT THEY GOT LIKE MASKS 
AND VENTILATORS.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE LOOKING 
AT INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS THEY 
CAN BE PART OF, INCLUDING 3D 
PRINTING OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
MANY INSTITUTIONS HAVE ALREADY 
STEPPED UP AND MANY MORE WILL 
DO THE SAME.
IF YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION, 
GO TO BUYANDSELL.GC.CA.
WE NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK.
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
TREP 
>> Interpreter: WE ALL HAVE A 
ROLE TO PLAY IN THE FIGHT 
AGAINST COIF.
EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT A FIRST 
RESPONDER OR RESEARCHER, YOU 
CAN SAVE LIVES BY REMAINING AT 
HOME AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, 
MAINTAINING A DISTANCE OF AT 
LEAST TWO METRES FROM OTHERS IF 
YOU MUST GO OUT.
YOU CAN DO AND MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE.
THAT'S HOW WE CAN PROTECT 
OURSELVES, PROTECT OUR NURSES 
AND DOCTORS AND HEALTH CARE 
PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE CARING 
PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP.
PLEASE FOLLOW THE 
RECOMMENDATIONS OF OUR PUBLIC 
HEALTH OFFICIALS.
WE HAVE TO TRUST THEM AND WE 
HAVE TO LISTEN.
YESTERDAY I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY 
TO TALK TO SOME PEOPLE AND 
TODAY I'M THINKING ABOUT OUR 
?ROIRS.
-- OUR SENIORS.
WE ALL HAVE LOVED ONES AT HOME 
WHO ARE EXTREMELY VULNERABLE.
CALL THEM.
TELL THEM THAT YOU LOVE THEM.
I MYSELF AM THINKING OF MY 
FATHER-IN-LAW.
WHO IS RECEIVING TREATMENT FOR 
A CANCER AND HAS BEEN A FEW 
MONTHS.
SO, WE HAVEN'T SEEN HIM FOR A 
WHILE.
TODAY IS HIS BIRTHDAY.
HE IS 77 TODAY.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
THINK OF YOUR OWN LOVED ONES 
AND DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO KEEP 
THEM SAFE.
THAT IS HOW WE CAN STOP 
COVID-19.
THANK YOU FOR DOING YOUR PART 
AND KNOW THAT OUR GOVERNMENT 
WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ALL THE 
TIME TO PROTECT YOU AND 
TOGETHER WE WILL COME THROUGH 
THIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Reporter: HI, MR. PRIME 
MINISTER.
IT'S ANNIE BERGERON -OLIVER 
WITH CTV NATIONAL NEWS.
YOU SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT 
HAS PUT IN PLACE SUSPENSIONS.
WHAT IMMEDIATE AND SPECIFIC 
ACTIONS IS THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT DOING TO INCREASE 
TESTING CAPABILITIES AND TO 
REDUCE THE TESTING BACKLOGS 
THAT PEOPLE ARE FACING RIGHT 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: AS 
WE SAID ON VACCINES, WE HAVE 
MOVED FORWARD ON INVESTING IN A 
NUMBER OF COMPANIES TO 
ACCELERATE THEIR MOVEMENT 
TOWARD CLINICAL TRIALS AND 
EVENTUAL PRODUCTION OF A 
VACCINE.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE 
INCREASING OUR TESTING CAPACITY 
EVERY SINGLE DAY.
MANY COMPANIES IN CANADA ARE 
INCREASING THEIR PRODUCTION.
WE'RE WORKING WITH LABS ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY TO ACCELERATE THE 
ARRIVAL OF TESTING RESULTS AS 
WELL.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS A 
SIGNIFICANT LOAD ON THE SYSTEM.
WE ARE LOOKING AT TECHNOLOGICAL 
AND CONCRETE SOLUTIONS THAT 
WILL ACCELERATE THIS PROCESS 
BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT MASS 
TESTING IS A KEY PART OF THE 
PATH FORWARD.
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: WE WILL BE 
HELPING A NUMBER OF COMPANIES 
TO HELP THEM TRANSITION TO  THE 
CLINICAL TRIAL PROCESS.
BUT ALL OF THIS WILL TAKE A 
NUMBER OF MONTHS.
FOR THE TIME BEING, WE KNOW 
THAT TESTING IS ABSOLUTELY 
ESSENTIAL AND WE'RE INVESTING 
TO EXPEDITE THE AVAILABILITY OF 
TEST KITS AND ALSO TO 
ACCELERATE THE PROCESS TO 
RECEIVE RESULTS.
THERE IS A HUGE BURDEN ON THE 
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AT THIS TIME.
BUT WE MUST DO MORE BECAUSE WE 
KNOW THAT TESTING IS PART OF 
HOW WE CAN SLOW THE SPREAD OF 
COVID-19.
>> Reporter: A LOT OF PEOPLE 
SITTING AT HOME RIGHT NOW 
WATCHING THIS PRESS CONFERENCE 
WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO CONTINUE 
PAYING THEIR RENT FOR 
THEMSELVES OR FOR THEIR 
BUSINESSES.
WHY HASN'T YOUR GOVERNMENT DONE 
MORE TO SPECIFICALLY HELP 
RENTERS?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WE 
KNOW THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT 
PRESSURES ON CANADIANS ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY WHO ARE FACING 
BILLS COMING IN, FACING 
PRESSURES ON CARING FOR THEIR 
FAMILIES.
THAT IS WHY WE ARE WORKING 
EXTREMELY QUICKLY TOGET MONEY 
OUT THE DOOR, INTO THE POCKETS 
OF CANADIANS DURING THIS 
EXTRAORDINARY TIME.
WE RECOGNIZE THERE ARE HUNDREDS 
OF THOUSANDS OF CANADIANS OUT 
THERE APPLYING FOR E.I. 
BENEFITS ONLINE.
WHAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH, 
INCLUDING WITH THE STEM OF 
RECALLING PARLIAMENT TOMORROW 
IS A LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE THAT 
WILL ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD 
EVEN QUICKER ON GETTING MONEY 
INTO POCKETS OF CANADIANS WHO 
NEED IT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: [SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: IS IT PRUDENT 
TO HOLD AN INTERNATIONAL EVENT 
OF THAT MAGNITUDE AT THIS TIME?
I KNOW THERE ARE MANY CONCERNS 
OUT THERE ABOUT ANY 
INTERNATIONAL GATHERING AND WE 
UNDERSTAND THAT PRESIDENT ABE 
OF JAPAN IS VERY MUCH AWARE OF 
THOSE CHALLENGES.
NOW THE CANADIAN OLYMPIC 
COMMITTEE DID MAKE THE DECISION 
THAT CANADIAN ATHLETES WOULD 
NOT ATTEND THE OLYMPICS THIS 
YEAR.
THEY ANNOUNCED THAT LAST NIGHT.
BUT I'M ENCOURAGING EVERYONE 
WHO IS THINKING OF GOING TO 
LARGE GATHERINGS TO NOT GO AND 
NOT HOLD THEM.
AND I MEAN NOT ONLY IN CANADA, 
BUT AROUND THE WORLD.
EVERYONE HAS TO STAY HOME.
LOOKING AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN 
CANADA, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE 
FACT THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO 
DON'T SEEM TO BE PAYING ANY 
ATTENTION TO THE ADVICE THEY'RE 
BEING GIVEN.
DO YOU FIND IT SHOCKING TO SEE 
THAT?
AND DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE 
SO-CALLED BORDERS BETWEEN THE 
PROVINCES SHOULD PERHAPS BE 
CLOSED?
WILL YOU BE DISCUSSING THAT 
WITH THE PREMIERS?
YES, WE'LL DEFINITELY BE 
TALKING ABOUT THAT WITH THE 
PREMIERS.
WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO 
CO-ORDINATE OUR APPROACH BUT 
OUR COMMUNICATIONS.
UNFORTUNATELY, AS WE'VE ALL 
SEEN, SOME PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE 
INVINCIBLE.
THEY CONTINUE TO GO OUTSIDE, 
ESPECIALLY SINCE THE WEATHER IS 
GETTING BETTER.
BUT THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO DO 
THAT.
PEOPLE HAVE TO KEEP A SAFE 
DISTANCE.
PEOPLE HAVE TO STAY HOME AS 
MUCH AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE IT'S 
NOT JUST ABOUT BEING VULNERABLE 
YOURSELF.
BUT MAKING SENIORS AND OTHER 
PEOPLE VULNERABLE OR PUTTING 
OTHERS AT RISK WHO WORK IN OUR 
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
WE NEED TO FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF 
EXPERTS.
THEY ARE ALL TELLING US TO STAY 
HOME AND TO KEEP AN APPROPRIATE 
DISTANCE FROM OTHER PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: HOW EXACTLY WILL 
YOUR GOVERNMENT ENFORCE SOCIAL 
DISTANCING?
CAN YOU SPELL OUT EXACTLY WHAT 
THAT WILL LOOK LIKE?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: 
SPEAKING WITH THE PREMIERS THIS 
EVENING AND TALKING ABOUT WAYS 
WE CAN CO-ORDINATE, WE 
RECOGNIZE THAT MANY 
COMMUNITIES, MANY PROVINCES 
HAVE DECLARED STATES OF 
EMERGENCY.
THEY HAVE TAKEN MEASURES TO 
CLOSE CERTAIN PUBLIC PLACES.
THERE IS MORE THAT CAN BE DONE.
THERE IS MORE THAT NEEDS TO BE 
DONE AROUND MESSAGING AND 
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE 
TALKING ABOUT.
BUT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, IF 
WE SEE THAT MEASURES AREN'T 
BEING TAKEN UP PROPERLY, THAT 
AREN'T BEING FOLLOWED, WE WILL 
LOOK AT DIFFERENT MEASURES THAT 
COULD BE NECESSARY TO ENFORCE 
THESE RULES.
WE'D RATHER NOT AND WE KNOW 
THAT MILLIONS OF CANADIANS ARE 
DOING THEIR PART.
BUT THOSE WHO ARE NOT DOING 
THEIR PART ARE PUTTING AT RISK 
EVERYONE ELSE, INCLUDING THE 
EVENTUAL RECOVERY OF OUR 
ECONOMY AND THE WELL-BEING OF 
MILLIONS OF CANADIANS.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK VERY 
CAREFULLY AT WHAT COULD BE NEXT 
STEPS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
>> Reporter: CAN YOU SPELL OUT 
EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF 
ENFORCEMENT MEASURES YOU ARE 
LOOKING AT AT THE NATIONAL 
LEVEL?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: I 
CAN TELL YOU THAT WE HAVEN'T 
TAKEN ANYTHING OFF THE TABLE 
FROM THE EMERGENCIES ACT TO NEW 
MEASURES OR EXISTING MEASURES 
UNDER THE QUARANTINE ACT.
THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT ACTS THAT 
ARE AT OUR DISPOSABLE.
WE'RE IMPRESSING UPON CANADIANS 
TO DO THIS OF THEIR OWN WILL, 
TO UNDERSTAND THAT INDIVIDUALS 
CAN AND MUST DO THEIR PART TO 
KEEP US ALL SAFE AND TO ENSURE 
THAT WE COME THROUGH THIS IN 
THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE.
>> Reporter: SHOULD ALL 
[INAUDIBLE] CLOSE THEIR BORDERS?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: I 
WILL BE SPEAKING WITH THE 
PREMIERS ABOUT MEASURES THAT WE 
CAN TAKE TO MOVE FORWARD AND I 
LOOK FORWARD TO THAT 
CONVERSATION.
>> Reporter: PRIME MINISTER, 
I'M WONDERING, THIS WEEK WILL 
BE THE END OF YOUR 14-DAY 
SELF-ISOLATION.
ARE YOU PLANNING TO RESUME 
QUASI-PUBLIC SCHEDULE OR 
PLANNING TO LEAVE THE HOUSE?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: AS 
MANY PEOPLE ARE, I'M LISTENING 
TO THE ADVICE OF EXPERTS.
I RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS STILL 
A WEEK TO GO IN MY 
SELF-ISOLATION AND WE'RE GOING 
TO CONTINUE DOING THAT.
THOSE DECISIONS ON WHAT NEXT 
WILL BE TAKEN IN THE RIGHT WAY 
DEPENDING ON WHAT PUBLIC HEALTH 
SAYS.
BUT CERTAINLY I AM GOING TO 
MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO 
FOLLOW ALL RECOMMENDATIONS OF 
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICERS, 
PARTICULARLY AROUND STAYING AT 
HOME, WHEREVER POSSIBLE AND 
SELF-ISOLATION.
AND SOCIAL DISTANCING WHICH 
MEANS KEEPING TWO METRES APART 
FROM EACH OTHER.
>> Reporter: IN TERMS OF THE 
MESSAGING, WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE AT 
BEACHES AND OUT ON TRAILS 
CLUSTEREDING TO AND PEOPLE AT 
LARGE PARTIES TOGETHER.
DO YOU THINK IT'S JUST A 
QUESTION OF PEOPLE NOT GETTING 
THE MESSAGE?
BECAUSE YOU ARE TALKING A LOT 
ABOUT MESSAGING TODAY.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: I 
THINK PEOPLE NEED TO GET THE 
MESSAGE THAT THIS ISN'T JUST 
ABOUT THEM.
THIS IS ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBOURS.
THIS IS ABOUT VULNERABLE 
SENIORS.
THIS IS ABOUT HEALTH WORKERS 
WHO ARE ON THE FRONT LINES 
TRYING TO KEEP US ALL SAFE.
CANADIANS CAN AND MUST DO THEIR 
PART TO KEEP US ALL SAFE.
WHEN WE SEE IMAGES OF PEOPLE 
OUT ENJOYING THE SUNSHINE IN 
LARGE GROUPS, THAT IS EXTREMELY 
CONCERNING BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT 
JUST PUTTING THEMSELVES AT 
RISK, THEY ARE PUTTING EVERYONE 
ELSE AT RISK.
WE NEED TO SLOW AND STOP THE 
SPREAD OF THIS VIRUS IF WE'RE 
GOING TO COME THROUGH THIS 
STRONGLY AS A COUNTRY, WITHOUT 
LOSING TOO MANY OF OUR LOVED 
ONES.
EVERY SINGLE CANADIAN HAS A 
RESPONSIBILITY TO ENGAGE IN 
KEEPING THEIR DISTANCE AND 
STAYING HOME WHENEVER POSSIBLE 
AND ENSURING THOSE WHO HAVE TO 
GO HOME FOR ESSENTIAL SERVICES 
AND KEEP US HEALTHY AND ALIVE 
AND FED ARE NOT AT RISK 
THEMSELVES.
>> Reporter: [INAUDIBLE].
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: 
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: IT IS 
FRUSTRATING FOR MANY CANADIANS 
STUCK AT HOME TO SEE THAT OTHER 
PEOPLE ARE DISREGARDING THE 
PROTOCOLS AND THE 
RECOMMENDATIONS BEING MADE BY 
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS.
SO IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING FOR A 
LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN THEY SEE 
THAT PEOPLE DON'T PAY ANY 
ATTENTION.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: AND 
STAYING HOME FOR THEIR SAFETY 
TO WATCH OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE 
PUTTING NOT JUST THEMSELVES AT 
RISK BUT EVERYONE WHO IS 
STAYING HOME AT RISK AS WELL.
>> Reporter: [SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> THE FIRST QUESTION IS FROM 
BRIAN LILLLEY OF THE TORONTO 
SUN.
IN WHAT EXPERT POWERS WOULD THE 
EMERGENCIES ACT OR QUARANTINE 
ACT GIVE YOU THAT YOU CURRENTLY 
DON'T HAVE.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: THE 
QUARANTINE ACT IS ALREADY IN 
PLACE AND GIVES YOU 
SIGNIFICANTLE TOOS.
ONE OF THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THE 
EMERGENCIES ACT IS THAT IT IS 
AN OVERRIDE OVER THE PROVINCES.
IT TAKES POWERS THAT ARE 
NORMALLY ONLY IN THE HANDS OF 
PROVINCES OR EVEN 
MUNICIPALITIES AND PUTS THEM AT 
THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
THAT IS WHY WE'VE BEEN WORKING 
CLOSELY AND CO-ORDINATING, 
WATCHING CLOSELY AS PROVINCES 
HAVE INVOKED THEIR EMERGENCIES 
ACT, WHICH HAS BEEN AN 
IMPORTANT STEP IN FIGHTING THE 
SPREAD OF THIS VIRUS.
IT'S ALSO WHY WE WILL CERTAINLY 
BE TALK ABOUT THE FEDERAL 
EMERGENCIES ACT AT THE 
PREMIER'S MEETING THIS EVENING 
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL 
UNDERSTAND WHAT TOOLS EACH 
DIFFERENT ORDER OF GOVERNMENT 
HAS AND WHERE WE MIGHT NEED TO 
DO MORE.
>> THANK YOU.
MERCI.
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: I'M SURE YOU'VE 
BEEN IN TOUCH WITH YOUR 
COUNTERPARTS ALREADY.
ARE THERE SOME PROVINCES THAT 
HAVE ASKED YOU TO INVOKE THE 
EMERGENCY MEASURES ACT.
NO PROVINCE HAS ASKED US TO 
ENACT THAT ACT.
BUT AS I SAID, MUCH OF THE 
EMERGENCY MEASURES ACT INVOLVES 
TAKING POWERS FROM THE 
PROVINCES AND PLACING THEM AT 
THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
THIS IS A CONVERSATION WE MUST 
HAVE WITH THE PROVINCES.
>> THANK YOU, MERCI.
THE LAST QUESTION IS FROM 
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> Reporter: YES.
THANK YOU, PRIME MINISTER.
IN THE UNITED STATES, 
CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK HAS 
ENACTED LOCKDOWN LEVELS AT THE 
STATE LEVEL.
YOU'RE NOT READY YET TO INVOKE 
THE EMERGENCIES ACT.
BUT WOULD YOU SUPPORT PROVINCES 
IN ENACTING SIMILAR MEASURES IN 
CANADA?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WE 
KNOW THAT PROVINCES AND CITIES 
ARE LOOKING AT WHAT NEXT STEPS 
THEY CAN TAKE.
WE, OF COURSE, WILL SUPPORT 
THEM IN THEIR DECISION-MAKING 
AND THE POWERS THEY HAVE, 
RECOGNIZING THAT MANY OF THEM, 
IF NOT ALL OF THEM, HAVE 
INVOKED THE EMERGENCIES ACT IN 
THEIR -- AT THEIR PROVINCIAL 
LEVEL.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO CO-ORDINATE 
AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE 
THE BACKING OF THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT WHERE NECESSARY.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR 
CLOSELY THIS SITUATION, TO WORK 
WITH EXPERTS ACROSS CANADA AND 
INDEED AROUND THE WORLD ON 
EVERYTHING WE NEED TO DO TO 
KEEP CANADIANS SAFE.
BUT EVEN AS WE DO THAT, WITH 
ALL THE LEVERS OF GOVERNMENTS 
AND  REGULATIONS AND POWERS, 
FUNDAMENTALLY IT COMES DOWN TO 
CITIZENS MAKING SMARTER CHOICES.
CHOOSING TO STAY HOME.
CHOOSING TO SELF-ISOLATE.
CHOOSING TO KEEP THEIR DISTANCE 
FROM EACH OTHER.
NOT GOING OUT AND PUTTING AT 
RISK PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO BE OUT 
FOR ESSENTIAL REASONS IN OUR 
HOSPITALS, IN OUR FOOD SUPPLY 
AND PHARMACIES.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT 
PEOPLE NEED TO BE DOING.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT NOT 
EVERYONE IS DOING YET AND THAT 
IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR 
CANADIANS TO STEP UP TO DO WHAT 
THEY CAN, NOT ONLY TO KEEP 
THEMSELVES SAFE BUT THEIR 
NEIGHBOURS AND THE REST OF US 
SAFE AS WELL.
MERCI.
>> Rosemary: AND THAT IS THE 
PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA, 
JUSTIN TRUDEAU UPDATING 
CANADIANS AGAIN ON THE COVID-19 
PANDEMIC, USING SOME OF HIS 
STRONGEST LANGUAGE YET, 
APPEALING TO CANADIANS AGAIN TO 
PRACTICE SELF-ISOLATION AND 
SOCIAL DISTANCING.
SAYING THAT IF YOU CHOOSE TO 
IGNORE THE ADVICE OF PUBLIC 
HEALTH OFFICIALS AND GOVERNMENT 
OFFICIALS, YOU ARE PUTTING 
YOURSELF AND OTHERS AT RISK, 
THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE THE RIGHT 
CHOICE AND IN A VERY STERN 
TONE, SAYING ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
YOU NEED TO GO HOME AND STAY 
HOME.
LET'S BRING IN VASSY KAPELOS 
AND DAVID COCHRANE.
SO, CERTAINLY THIS IS -- TO ME 
THIS SOUNDED LIKE, YOU KNOW, 
THIS IS THE LAST WARNING HERE 
BEFORE WE HAVE TO TAKE THINGS 
UP A NO.
AND CERTAINLY WE KNOW HE IS 
GOING TO SPEAK TO THE PREMIERS 
ABOUT THAT LATER TODAY.
I'LL START WITH YOU, VASSY.
>> 
>> Vassy: A COUPLE OF THINGS I 
WOULD HIGHLIGHT IS THE LANGUAGE 
TODAY.
I'VE BEEN TALKING TO A NUMBER 
OF PEOPLE AROUND THE PRIME 
MINISTER DURING THAT PRESS 
CONFERENCE.
EACH OF THEM UNEQUIVACALLY TOLD 
ME THAT IS THE FINAL WARNING, 
THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS USED 
TODAY TO SIGNAL TO CANADIANS.
IT SOUFNS LIKE THEY ARE VERY 
CLOSE TO MOVING IN SOME 
CAPACITY IN THAT DIRECTION.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW.
I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF THEY HAVE 
MADE THOSE DECISIONS.
BUT THEY WERE AS FRUSTRATED BY 
THOSE IMAGES OF PEOPLE 
CONGREGATING IN PUBLIC PLACES 
OVER THE WEEKEND AS OTHER 
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS LIKE THE 
PREMIER OF NOVA SCOTIA, AS 
DAVID HIGHLIGHTED EARLIER, WAS 
AS WELL.
HE SAID WE'VE ALL SEEN THE 
PICTURES ONLINE OF PEOPLE WHO 
SEEM TO THINK THEY'RE 
INVINCIBLE.
WELL, YOU'RE NOT.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
GO HOME AND STAY HOME.
IT COULDN'T BE MORE CLEARER 
THAN THAT.
EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE 
ANNOUNCEMENTS MIXED IN WITH 
THIS, SUCH AS HELP WITH FARMERS 
AND VACCINES.
CERTAINLY YOU COULD TELL AND 
EVERY MESSAGE SEEMED TO PIVOT 
TO THIS -- THAT WAS THE AIM OF 
THE PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY TO 
GET ACROSS TO CANADIANS THE 
BEHAVIOURS OF THE PAST TWO DAYS 
OF A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THIS 
COUNTRY, THAT CONGREGATION IN 
PUBLIC SPACES, IS JUST NOT 
PRODUCING A GOOD EFFECT T. IT'S 
NOT CONDUCIVE TO THE KIND OF 
END GOAL THAT EVERYONE HAS WHEN 
IT COMES TO THE SPREAD OF THIS 
DISEASE.
AND IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH, I 
THINK, AND FROM THE 
CONVERSATIONS THAT I'M HAVING 
THAT THEY ARE PREPARED TO TAKE 
ADDITIONAL STEPS.
NOTICE THAT THERE WAS EVEN A 
QUESTION FOR OUR OLIVIA 
STEFANOVICH AROUND CLOSING 
PROVINCIAL BORDERS.
THE PRIME MINISTER DIDN'T SAY 
NO.
HE SAID YEP, I'M TALKING ABOUT 
STUFF LIKE THAT WITH THE 
PREMIERS LATER TODAY.
I THINK IT IS A VERY SPECIFIC 
SHIFT IN TONE AND ONE TO NOTE 
AS WELL.
>> Rosemary: THIS IS, JUST SO 
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, THIS IS 
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW 
AS WE SEE THE NUMBER OF CASES 
GO UP.
BUT WE PROBABLY WON'T SEE THE 
RESULTS OF THIS MES ANDING FOR 
ANOTHER SEVEN TO 10 DAYS AS WE 
HEARD FROM DR. TAM AND PATTY 
HAJ, THE U.
I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THE PRIME 
MINISTER MADE IT CLEAR THAT 
HE'D RATHER NOT GO DOWN THE 
ROAD THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 
HERE.
I DON'T THINK ANY DEMOCRACY OR 
ANY GOVERNMENT WANTS TO SUSPEND 
CIVIL LITTLE  -- LIBERTIES IN 
ANY WAY.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT PROTECTING 
YOUR HEALTH AND OTHER PEOPLE'S 
HEALTH.
IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING YOUR 
PERSONAL FREEDOMS AND THE 
CHOICES YOU ARE MAKING.
>> Reporter: YEAH.
WE MIGHT NOT SEE THE RESULTS OF 
THE SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES 
IN THE DATA FOR A COUPLE OF 
WEEKS,  BUT WE MAY SEE CHANGES 
IN BEHAVIOURS RIGHT AWAY.
AFTER GATHERINGS IN THE PARK 
AND STEPHEN MCNEIL AND THE 
PRIME MINISTER SAID THINGS LIKE 
WHEN MY DAD USED TO SAY THAT I 
KNEW I WAS IN TROUBLE.
[LAUGHTER]
AND LISTENING IS YOUR DUTY AND 
STAYING HOME IS YOUR WAY TO 
SERVE.
SO, MOBILIZING CANADIANS TO 
PULL TOGETHER BY STAYING APART.
SOME SPECIFIC MEASURES ON 
FIGHTING THE VIRUS AND ALSO 
HELPING PEOPLE DEAL WITH THE 
FALLOUT OF THIS FROM THE PRIME 
MINISTER TODAY.
THERE ARE COMPANIES WORKING ON 
VACCINE DEVELOPMENT.
ALSO TO THE UNIVERSITY OF 
SASKATCHEWAN AND TO THE 
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
FACILITY IN MONTREAL TO HELP 
RAMPING UP OR SCALING OF MASS 
PRODUCTION OF A VACCINE ONCE AN 
ACCEPTABLE AND SAFE ONE IS 
IDENTIFIED AND WORKING WITH 
SOFTWARE COMPANIES TO HELP 
TRACK AND IDENTIFY WHERE THE 
DISEASE IS GOING.
AND A CALL TO POST-SECONDARY 
INSTITUTES TO TURN OVER ANY 
SURPLUS MASKS OR VENTILATORS 
YOU MIGHT HAVE AND, HEY, DO YOU 
HAVE A 3D PRINTER WE COULD USE 
TO PRODUCE THE MEDICAL SUPPLIES?
BECAUSE THE MARKET IS FLOODED 
WITH BUYERS AND SHORT OF 
SUPPLIES RIGHT NOW SO WE NEED 
TO BUILD THAT DOMESTIC CAPACITY.
THE OTHER BIT OF NEWS, SOME 
MORE INFORMATION ON THE $5 
BILLION IN EXTRA CREDIT FOR 
FARMERS AND MORE INFORMATION ON 
FLIGHTS.
THREE FOR FROM PERU, TWO MORE 
FROM MORE ROCK COAXER AIR 
CANADA TO SPAIN AND CHARTERS TO 
GUATEMALA, ECUADOR AND EL 
SALVADOR.
THE INTERNATIONAL REPATRIATION 
EFFORTS AS THE GOVERNMENT 
CONTINUES PIECE BY PIECE TO 
RESPOND TO THIS ENTIRE THING.
YOU KNOW, AND I WONDER, ROSEY, 
SIGNALING -- THE PRIME MINISTER 
TENDS TO GIVE ANSWERS IN THESE 
THINGS THAT SIGNAL WHERE THINGS 
MAY GO IN THE NEXT 24 TO 48 
HOURS.
THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE 
PREMIERS COULD VERY WELL BE 
CRITICAL IN TERMS OF CLAMPING 
DOWN IN A MASSIVE, MASSIVE WAY.
HE TALKED ABOUT THE QUARANTINE 
ACT T EMERGENCY MEASURES ACT.
THAT CONVERSATION WILL HAPPEN 
AT 5:30, 6:00 EASTERN AND THAT 
COULD START A WHOLE NEW PHASE 
OF THIS RESPONSE.
>> Rosemary: OK.
I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT THERE IF 
YOU DON'T MIND BECAUSE KENNEDY 
STAOUR T MAYOR OF VANCOUVER, IS 
INJOING US NOW AND IT WAS MR. 
STEWART YESTERDAY WHO SAW THE 
PICTURES OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING 
IN HIS CITY AND YOU ALSO HAD 
HARSH WORDS FOR YOUR CITIZENS 
YESTERDAY.
CAN I START BY JUST GETTING 
YOUR REACTION ABOUT WHAT YOU 
HEAR FROM THE PRIME MINISTER?
>> I THINK THAT IS EXACTLY THE 
TONE THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND I 
REALLY HAVE TO COMMEND THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR WHAT 
THEY'VE DONE SO FAR.
IT'S FILLING US WITH CONFIDENCE 
THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE 
PROBLEM AND THEY'RE DOING 
EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO HELP US.
MY DAY STARTS EARLY TRYING TO 
GET THE LATEST INFORMATION.
AND I'M SURE THAT IS HAPPENING 
IN OTTAWA AS WELL.
>> Rosemary: WHAT WAS HAPPENING 
IN THE CITY OVER THE PAST 
NUMBER OF DAYS THAT MADE YOU 
DROP THE HAMMER YESTERDAY.
>> WE'RE A CITY LIKE EVERYBODY 
ELSE, BUT WE HAVE THE UNIQUE 
SITUATION IN OUR DOWNTOWN 
EASTSIDE WHERE WE HAVE 10,000 
VULNERABLE PEOPLE HOMELESS OR 
LIVING IN SHELTERS SO THEY'RE 
EXTREMELY VULNERABLE AND ALL 
VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS.
UNTIL NOW, WE'VE BEEN ASKING 
NICELY FOR PEOPLE TO DISTANCE 
THEMSELVES, STAY HOME, WHERE 
POSSIBLE.
OVER THE WEEKEND, I SAW PEOPLE 
PLAYING SOCCER AND HAVING 
PICNICS AND ON THE BASKETBALL 
COURTS PLAYING HOCKEY.
I WAS A NICE DAY.
PLAYING BEER PONG.
I SAID TO COUNCIL WE HAVE TO 
ACT.
WE HAVE EMERGENCY POWERS NOW.
AND SO WE HAVE -- WE HAVE TO 
EXTEND THEM TODAY AND I'M 
HOPING THAT THEY WILL HELP.
>> Rosemary: WHAT'S THE RESULT 
OF THAT, IF YOU SEE PEOPLE 
OUTSIDE NOT FOLLOWING PUBLIC 
HEALTH ADVICE.
WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES?
>> WE'VE ALREADY DONE THIS WITH 
NUMEROUS BUSINESSES.
WE ISSUED ORDERS AND WE DON'T 
WANT ANYONE SPREADING THIS 
COVID-19 SO WE CAN FINE THEM 
NOW UP TO $50,000 IF THEY DON'T 
COMPLY.
BUT CAN WE ACTUALLY -- WE'RE 
GOING TO GIVE OURSELVES THE 
POWER TO BREAK UP, YOU KNOW, TO 
HAVE PEOPLE STAY AT HOME AND 
FINE PEOPLE IF THEY'RE 
CONGREGATING IN LARGE GROUPS 
BUT WE THE CHEATSER AS  -- BUT 
WE HAVE THE CHARTER.
>> Rosemary: IS THERE ANYTHING 
YOU'D LIKE TO SEE FROM THAT 
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT NEEDS 
TO HAPPEN NATIONALLY OR IS THIS 
SOMETHING YOU THINK YOU CAN GET 
A HANDLE ON LOCALLY?
>> I THINK 95% OF PEOPLE ON 
VANCOUVER ARE COMPLYING AND 
THEY HAVE BEEN GREAT.
IT'S JUST THE HEALTH MINISTER, 
ADRIAN DIX, SAID YESTERDAY WE 
NEED 100% COMPLIANCE.
IT'S REALLY THE PEOPLE AROUND 
THE MARGINS THAT AREN'T 
COMPLYING THAT ARE A BIG 
CONCERN.
AND, OF COURSE, OTHER 
MUNICIPALITIES ARE PROBABLY 
HAVING THE SAME THING.
SO, WE HAVE OUR OWN VANCOUVER 
CHARTER AND THE ABILITY TO DO 
THIS.
SO WE'RE GIVE, OURSELVES THE 
POWER TODAY IN COUNCIL AND 
WE'LL MOVE AHEAD IF OTHERS 
DON'T.
THE KEY THING IS NOT TO WORRY 
SO MUCH ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOUR 
DAY-TO-DAY LIFE, BUT MAKING 
SURE WE KEEP PEOPLE SAFE.
PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK 
THEMSELVES IN THE MIRROR AND 
SAID I DID EVERYTHING I COULD 
TO HELP OUT, TO PITCH IN AND 
RIGHT NOW THERE IS A NUMBER OF 
PEOPLE WHO CAN'T SAY THAT.
WE ALL NEED TO BE ABLE TO SAY 
THAT.
>> Rosemary: A GOOD MESSAGE TO 
END IT ON.
GOOD LUCK WITH THINGS OUT THERE.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Rosemary: THAT IS VANCOUVER 
MAYOR KENNEDY STEWART.
WE ALSO HEARD THERE FROM THE 
PRIME MINISTER ABOUT MORE 
EFFORTS TO REPATRIATE CANADIANS.
THREE ADDITIONAL FLIGHTS HAVE 
BEEN ANNOUNCED FROM PERU ALONE 
AND WE REACHED CHRIS TURIRAM IN 
PERU.
I HOPE I SAID YOUR LAST NAME 
RIGHT.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
MUCH BETTER NOW WITH THE RECENT 
NEWS FROM THE PRIME MINISTER.
THANK YOU.
>> Rosemary: WHAT DO YOU KNOW 
ABOUT THESE THREE ADDITIONAL 
FLIGHTS?
WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN TOLD?
>> ALL WE KNOW IS THERE ARE 
THREE FLIGHTS AND THE FIRST ONE 
IS GOING TO LIMA.
WE DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ONE 
COMING OR WE HAVE TO TAKE A BUS 
THAT IS 48 HOURS FROM HERE 
BECAUSE EVERYTHING WILL BE 
CLOSED.
WE ARE GETTING PIECES AND BITS 
OF INFORMATION AND 50% IS LIKE 
[INAUDIBLE], QUOTE-UNQUOTE.
HARD TO KEEP UP WITH WHAT'S 
REAL AND WHAT'S NOT.
>> Rosemary: SURE.
ANYTIME YOU GET A TEXT FROM THE 
GOVERNMENT, THEY ARE TEXTING 
PEOPLE AND PEOPLE FREAK OUT 
BECAUSE IT IS UNUSUAL, BUT THEY 
ARE SENDING YOU TEXTS.
I SPOKE TO ANOTHER LADY A 
COUPLE OF DAYS AGO THERE AND 
SHE SAID, CHRIS, THAT IT DOES 
TAKE A WHILE TO GET TO AN 
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
I THINK THERE IS ONE SLIGHTLY 
CLOSER THAN LIMA, THOUGH.
SO YOU DON'T KNOW YET WHETHER 
THERE WILL BE A FLIGHT CLOSER 
THAN THAT.
>> WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE.
WE WERE TOLD THERE WILL BE TWO 
AIRPORTS OPERATIONAL IN PERU 
AND THE SECOND ONE WILL BE 
WHERE WE ARE.
THAT IS THE GENERAL NEWS WE'RE 
GETTING.
>> Rosemary: I UNDERSTAND --
>> I'M PACKED AND WAITING TO 
LEAVE.
>> Rosemary: GOOD.
I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE SOME 
UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS 
THAT MAKE IT URGENT THAT YOU 
GET BACK HERE.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
I'M H.I.V. POSITIVE AND I'M 
ANTIRETROVIRAL AND TODAY I WAS 
SCHEDULED TO GO HOME TODAY.
TODAY WAS THE END OF MY HOLIDAY.
UNFORTUNATELY LAST MONDAY WHEN 
THE PERUVIAN GOVERNMENT SHUT 
DOWN EVERYWHERE AND GAVE US 24 
HOURS, WE WERE LIKE SOME 48 
HOURS AWAY.
WE DROPPED EVERYTHING AND TOOK 
A PRIVATE TAXI, WHICH COST US 
$500 U.S. TO GET HERE.
ONCE WE WERE HERE, WE COULD NOT 
GET OUT BECAUSE THE ARMY MEN 
WERE ALL OVER AND YOU COULD NOT 
LEAVE WITHOUT A SPECIAL PERMIT 
WITHOUT SOME KIND OF GOVERNMENT 
AGENCY OF YOUR COUNTRY.
SO, YES.
NOW WE'VE STILL BEEN HERE FOR A 
WEEK.
I DO HAVE MY MEDICATION.
SO I HAVE AN EXTRA MEDICATION 
FOR A WEEK.
THAT WAS MY BIGGEST CONCERN.
I HAVE MY PHARMACIES HERE.
>> Rosemary: IF YOU WERE TO 
HAVE TO GO BEYOND A WEEK, HOW 
TROUBLING WOULD THAT BE FOR 
YOUR HEALTH?
>> FOR ME THAT WOULD BE DEATH 
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF 
THE WAY MEDICATIONS ARE 
ADVANCED NOW, I'VE BEEN 
UNDETECTABLE FOR MY WHOLE 
H.I.V. LIFE.
AND THAT IS WHAT CAUSED MOE TO 
NOT BE ON THE UNDETECTABLE 
ANYMORE.
WHEN YOU ARE UNDETECTABLE, YOU 
CANNOT TRANSMIT THE VIRUS.
THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST THING.
I COULD TRANSMIT THE VIRUS.
THE SECOND THING IS I'M OPEN TO 
ALL KINDS OF OPPORTUNISTIC 
INFECTIONS AND THE TOP ONE 
RIGHT NOW AND SCARIEST IS THE 
COVID-19.
SO, THAT REALLY TROUBLES ME.
>> Rosemary: OK.
THREE FLIGHTS OVER THE COURSE 
OF THE NEXT WEEK.
I WOULD HOPE AND IMAGINE YOU 
GET ON ONE OF THEM, THAT'S WHAT 
I HOPE FOR YOU.
THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING TO US, 
CHRIS.
APPRECIATE IT.
>> CAN I I SPEAK ONE LAST -- I 
HOPE THAT I'M A LITTLE BIT MORE 
PRIORITY THAN THE PRIVILEGED 
KIDS WHO ARE HERE ON A SCHOOL 
TOUR.
>> Rosemary: OK.
MESSAGE RECEIVEDED.
CHRIS, WE'LL TOUCH BACK WITH 
YOU IF YOU DON'T MIND.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB, 
ROSEY.
>> Rosemary: THANK YOU.
CHRIS IS IN PERU, HOPING TO GET 
OUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 
WEEK.
BEFORE I BRING US TO THE 
MINISTERS TWO WILL BE SPEAKING 
AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR, LET'S 
GO TO DR. PETER LIN, A CBC NEWS 
MEDICAL CONTRIBUTOR.
HE JOINS US NOW.
I WANTED YOU TO WEIGH IN, IF 
YOU CAN, ON THAT IMPORTANT 
MESSAGE, THAT VERY STERN 
MESSAGE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER 
TODAY.
IN TERMS OF SOCIAL DISTANCING 
AND SELF-ISOLATING.
HOW IMPORTANT WAS IT TO HEAR 
THAT AND USING THAT TONE FROM 
HIM RIGHT NOW.
>> YEAH.
WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN TERMS OF 
CASES IS THERE IS TRAVEL, CLOSE 
CONTACT AND THEN THERE IS 
PENDING.
WHICH ENMOOS WE DON'T KNOW 
WHERE THESE PEOPLE GOT THE VAI 
RECESS FROM WHICH MEANS THAT 
THE VIRUS MAY BE ON THE BEACH 
WITH THOSE PEOPLE SO CLOSE 
TOGETHER.
AND I THINK THE REASON WHY 
PEOPLE ARE GOING OUT IS BECAUSE 
THEY'RE SAYING I FEEL FINE AND 
THE PEOPLE WHO GO TO A BEACH 
ARE HEALTHY SO THEY'RE NOT SICK 
PEOPLE SO THEY WON'T COME OUT 
TO THE BEACH.
I'M FINE TO BE WITH THEM AND 
I'M YOUNG SO THEREFORE, ALL THE 
NEWS IS ABOUT OLD PEOPLE SO 
THEREFORE THEY FORGOT THAT THE 
FIRST DOCTOR IN CHINA WAS A 
YOUNG 35-YEAR-OLD EYE 
SPECIALIST WHO DIED FROM THE 
VIRUS.
HE WAS THE FIRST ONE TO REPORT 
IT AND SO YOUNG PEOPLE DO DIE.
THE PROBLEM WITH THE VIRUS IS 
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE COUGHING 
OR SNEEZING, YOU STILL PRODUCE 
ENOUGH VIRUS THAT IF I'M CLOSE 
ENOUGH TO YOU, I CAN BREATHE 
THE AIR AND, THEREFORE, GET THE 
VIRUS INTO MY LUNGS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE 
DON'T UNDERSTAND.
PEOPLE SAY I WAS AT A SMALL 
PARTY, 10 PEOPLE.
NOBODY WAS COUGHING OR SICK AND 
NOW I'VE GOT COVID-19.
THAT IS THE STUFF WE NEED TO 
HEAR AS OPPOSED TO POLICE 
OFFICERS ARRESTING EVERYBODY.
I DON'T THINK WE WANT THAT.
WE DON'T WANT DRONES OUT THERE 
TRYING TO POLICE THE ROADS AND 
HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL GET THAT 
MESSAGE THAT HEALTHY-LOOKING 
PEOPLE CAN STILL PASS THE VIRUS 
AND THAT IS WHY THE SIX-FOOT 
DISTANCE SO IMPORTANT.
>> Rosemary: THERE IS, WITH 
YOUTH, THERE IS A SPIRIT OF 
INVINCIBILITY.
YOU DO THINK NOTHING BAD IS 
EVER GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU.
IF THERE IS NOW A TIME TO THINK 
ABOUT -- AND THIS IS WHAT THE 
PRIME MINISTER WAS TRYING TO 
MAKE THE POINT TODAY -- IT IS 
NOT ACTUALLY EVEN ABOUT YOU.
IT'S ABOUT ANYONE ELSE THAT YOU 
COULD INFECT AND HOW YOU MOVE 
FORWARD KNOWING THAT THAT 
HAPPENED AND YOU MAY HAVE BEEN 
RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
>> YEAH.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IS LET'S SAY 
THAT PERSON WENT TO THE BEACH 
AND SHE PICKED IT UP.
THEY COME HOME AND THEN THEY 
INFECT THE FAMILY.
SO WHENEVER WE SEE 
TRAVEL-RELATED AND CLOSE 
CONTACT -- WHENEVER WE SEE 
CLOSE CONTACT, IT MEANS THAT 
ONE PERSON INFECTED THE FAMILY 
SO THAT IS WHY I'M ALSO NERVOUS 
ABOUT ALL THE REPATRIATION 
PLANES COMING BACK BECAUSE 
WE'LL BRING BACK A LOT OF VIRUS.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 
MESSAGE GOES OUT TO THEM AS TO 
HOW TO SELF-ISOLATE PROPERLY.
OTHERWISE, ONE PATIENT WILL 
BECOME FIVE PATIENTS AND WHEN 
DR. TAM TALKED ABOUT FLATTENING 
THE CURVE, WE WANT TO TALK 
ABOUT THAT ONE PERSON BECOMING 
ONE PARTLY CLOUDY AND THAT'S 
HOW WE FLATTEN THE CURVE.
I WROTE AN E-MAIL MYSELF COULD 
YOU HAVE THE STEWARDISTS GO 
THROUGH A LIST OF THINGS.
GO HOME.
DON'T TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORT.
DO NOT STOP AT A SHOPPING MALL 
TO GET STUFF.
HAVE OTHER PEOPLE DELIVER THIS 
STUFF FOR YOU.
FAMILY MEMBERS.
AND MAYBE WHEN YOU GET HOME, 
YOU SHOWER AND WASH EVERYTHING 
AND WASH ALL YOUR CLOTHESFUL 
PUT YOUR SUITCASE SOMETHING 
ELSEWHERE IT'S SAFE.
THE VIRUS WILL DIE IN SIX OR 
SEVEN DAYS ON ITS OWN AND KEEP 
THAT SIX OR A SEVEN-FOOT RADIUS 
IN THE HOME.
IN ITALY, YOU DON'T SEE ANYBODY 
ON THE STREETS AND YET THEIR 
NUMBERS ARE CONTINUING TO CLIMB.
SO, WHY ARE THEY GETTING SICK?
IT'S NOT FROM STRANGERS, IT'S 
FROM WITHIN THE FAMILY.
WE CAN TAKE OUT THAT FAMILY 
TRANSMISSION OR HOME 
TRANSMISSION, THEN WE CAN SAVE 
AT LEAST 70% OF THE CASES.
IN CHINA, IT WAS ABOUT 70% OF 
THE CASES HAPPENING WITHIN THE 
HOME.
SELF-ISOLATION NEEDS TO BE DONE 
TO CONTAIN THE VIRUS TO THE ONE 
PERSON AND NOT LET IT SPREAD 
OUTWARD.
>> Rosemary: DR. LIN, DO 
APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
DR. PETER LIN IS A CBC NEWS 
MEDICAL CONTRIBUTOR.
WE'LL SPEAK WITH YOU AGAIN.
I'VE GOT ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT 
BEFORE WE SAY GOOD-BYE TO 
VAOERS ON THE MAIN NETWORK AND 
GO TO THE MINISTERS PRESS 
CONFERENCE.
VASSY, SOMETHING THEN THAT WE 
SHOULD WATCH FROM THE MINISTERS 
HERE.
MORE DETAILS ON HOW SOME OF 
THIS MONEY WILL BE DOLED OUT TO 
COMPANIS FROM MINISTER BAIN.
>> Vassy: YEAH.
I THINK BUILDING ON WHAT WE'VE 
BEEN HEARING OVER THE PAST HOUR 
FROM THE PRIME MINISTER, SOME 
SPECIFICS ABOUT EXACTLY HOW FAR 
THEY'RE PREPARED TO GO.
WHAT COULD THEY EMPLOY IF, IN 
FACT, ENFORCEMENT IS THE ROAD 
THEY WANT TO GO DOWN.
WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT THE 
EMERGENCIES ACT, WHAT CONTEXT 
ARE THEY HAPPENING NOW?
AS A LAST RESORT BROADLY 
SPEAKING BUT WHAT MIGHT BE PART 
OF THE DISCUSSION WHEN IT COMES 
TO INVOKING THE EMERGENCIES ACT 
WITH THE PREMIERS LATER TODAY.
THEY WILL BE PUSHED ON THOSE 
DETAILS CERTAINLY.
>> Rosemary: ALL RIGHT.
GREAT.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE 
ON CBC NEWS NETWORK.
AN UPDATE ON WHERE THINGS ARE 
AT.
THREE MORE FLIGHTS FROM PERU 
HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED AND ARE 
SCHEDULED THIS WEEK.
BUT MORE FLIGHTS FROM OTHER 
COUNTRIES.
MOROCCO, SPAIN, GUATEMALA, 
HONDURAS AND ECUADOR.
AND THE PRIME MINISTER REALLY 
USING STRONG LANGUAGE.
HIS STRONGEST TLAONG DATE TO 
SAY TO CANADIANS YOU NEED TO 
STOP SOCIALIZING AND NEED TO 
SELF-ISOLATE AND HE IS TELLING 
PEOPLE YOU ARE NOT INVINCIBLE.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
GO HOME AND STAY HOME.
HE HAS A CALL WITH PREMIERS 
LATER TODAY AND WE'LL SEE 
WHETHER THAT MESSAGE TODAY WAS 
ENOUGH FOR PREMIERS AND FOR ALL 
OF CANADA.
I'M ROSEMARY BARTON.
YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING SPECIAL 
CBC PROGRAMMING HERE ON CBC 
MAIN NETWORK AND YOU CAN 
CONTINUE TO WATCH ON CBC NEWS 
NETWORK AND cbc.ca.
THANK YOU.
HELLO AND WELCOME FROM WHEREVER 
YOU ARE JOINING US.
YOU ARE WATCHING OUR ONGOING 
CBC NEWS LIVE SPECIAL ON THE 
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC AND OF 
COURSE STREAMING AROUND THE 
WORLD ON cbc.ca.
I KNOW THERE ARE LOTS OF 
CANADIANS OVERSEAS LOOKING TO 
GET INFORMATION.
A STERN AND PERHAPS FINAL 
WARNING EVEN TODAY FROM PRIME 
MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU ON THE 
SOCIAL DISTANCING AND 
SELF-ISOLATION DIRECTIVE.
THE PRIME MINISTER USING THE 
STRONGEST LANGUAGE WE HAVE 
HEARD YET.
TO TRY AND FINALLY GET THAT 
MESSAGE ACROSS TO CANADIANS 
SAYING ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
WARNING PEOPLE TO DO THEIR 
PART, KEEP THEIR DISTANCE OR 
GOVERNMENTS WILL HAVE TO 
ENFORCE IT.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT ALL THIS THIS 
HOUR AND TAKE YOU LIVE TO THE 
BRIEFING BY THE COVID-19 
CABINET TEAM.
A NUMBER OF MINISTERS AND THE 
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS WILL 
SPEAK WITH US AND SPEAK TO 
CANADIANS SHORTLY AS WELL.
IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S ADDRESS 
EARLIER, HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT 
IS INVESTING IN RESEARCH AIMED 
AT DEVELOPING A POSSIBLE 
COVID-19 VACCINE, BUT THAT 
TAKES TIME.
TRUDEAU SAYS CANADIANS CAN HELP 
BUY THAT TIME BY STAYING HOME 
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND HE SAID 
THE GOVERNMENT WAS WILLING TO 
TAKE STEPS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: 
SOCIAL DISTANCING, PHYSICAL 
DISTANCING IS THE SINGLE BEST 
WAY TO KEEP THE PEOPLE AROUND 
YOU SAFE.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
IT MEANS KEEPING TWO METRES 
BETWEEN YOURSELF AND SOMEONE 
ELSE.
IT MEANS AVOIDING GROUPS.
IT MEANS STAYING HOME AS MUCH 
AS POSSIBLE.
IF YOU CHOOSE TO IGNORE THAT 
ADVICE, IF YOU CHOOSE TO GET 
TOGETHER WITH PEOPLE OR GO TO 
CROWDED PLACES, YOU'RE NOT JUST 
PUTTING YOURSELF AT RISK, 
YOU'RE PUTTING OTHERS AT RISK, 
TOO.
WE'VE ALL SEEN THE PICTURES 
ONLINE OF PEOPLE WHO SEEM TO 
THINK THEY'RE INVINCIBLE.
WELL, YOU'RE NOT.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
GO HOME AND STAY HOME.
THIS IS WHAT WE ALL NEED TO BE 
DOING.
AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE 
THIS HAPPENS, WHETHER BY 
EDUCATING PEOPLE MORE ON THE 
RISKS WHEREBY ENFORCING THE 
RULES IF THAT'S NEEDED.
NOTHING THAT COULD HELP IS OFF 
THE TABLE.
>> Rosemary: THAT IS THE PRIME 
MINISTER SPEAKING TO CANADIANS 
JUST IN THE LAST HOUR WITH 
REALLY HIS STRONGEST MESSAGE TO 
DATE TO TRY TO GET CANADIANS TO 
LISTEN WITHOUT GOVERNMENTS 
HAVING TO ENFORCE.
HE WAS ASKED DURING HIS PRESS 
CONFERENCE WHETHER ANY PROVINCE 
HAD YET REQUESTED THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT TO INVOKE THE 
EMERGENCIES ACT AND HE SAYS 
THAT IS NOT THE CASE.
THERE A SERIES OF MEASURES 
UNDER THAT ACT, THAT PIECE OF 
LEGISLATION AND THE QUARANTINE 
ACT THAT THE GOVERNMENT COULD 
BRING INTO EFFECT IN ORDER TO 
FINE PEOPLE OR ARREST PEOPLE.
SO THINGS ARE SERIOUS AND THE 
MESSAGE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER 
TODAY WAS A SERIOUS ONE AS WELL.
LET'S BRING IN THE HOST OF 
"POWER & POLITICS" VASSY 
KAPELOS AND DAVID COCHRANE AS 
WE STAND BY AND WAIT FOR THE 
CABINET MINISTERS TO COME AND 
BRING US A BRIEFING.
I THOUGHT I SHOULD UPDATE 
PEOPLE ON THE STATE OF 
LEGISLATION FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE 
WAITING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
PARLIAMENT TO BE RECALLED 
TOMORROW, DAVID.
SO THAT WILL HAPPEN REALLY 
QUICKLY AND WITH VERY FEW 
PEOPLE INSIDE THE HOUSE OF 
COMMONS.
>> Reporter: YEAH, IN AND OUT.
EVEN THE GREEN PARTY WILL BE 
ABLE TO MAKE IT.
WE THOUGHT YESTERDAY THEY 
WOULDN'T.
BUT THE NEW M.P. WILL DRIVE 
FROM NEW BRUNSWICK TO BE HERE.
THERE ARE PRIVATE PLANES GOING 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
GOVERNMENT PLANES TO BRING IN 
THE NECESSARY M.P.s TO PASS 
THIS $82 BILLION AID PACKAGE OR 
THE COMPONENTS OF IT THAT 
REQUIRE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY.
SO, THAT IS GOING TO BE QUICK 
IN AND OUT.
NOT A LOT OF DRAMA.
DRAMATIC AND UNUSUAL SESSION OF 
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND 
DRAMATIC AND UNUSUAL TIME.
BUT NO GREAT LEVEL OF 
UNCERTAINTY LIKE WE'RE SEEING 
SOUTH OF THE BORDER, FOR 
EXAMPLE.
WHETHER BIPARTISAN SQUABBLING 
IS GOING TO LEAD TO A 
CANCELLATION OF ONE AID PACKAGE 
AND BICKERING BACK AND FORTH.
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO EVIDENCE 
OF THAT HAPPENING HERE.
YOU KNOW, WE HEARD THE STRONG 
MESSAGE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER.
HE'S FED UP.
HE SAID ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
PEOPLE NEED TO STAY HOME THAT.
WILL EITHER SORT ITSELF OUT BY 
CHANGING THEIR BEHAVIOR OR BY 
THE GOVERNMENT CHANGING IT FOR 
THEM THROUGH EXTREME MEANS.
WE'RE HOPING TO HEAR FROM 
NAVDEEP BAINS, THE INDUSTRY 
MINISTER.
LAST WEEK WE GOT AN 
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM HIM WHERE HE 
IS WORKING WITH THREE COMPANIES 
TO MAKE MASKS, VENT LAYS TOER 
AND TEST KITS.
THOSE WERE ALL AT THE LETTER OF 
INTENT PHASE AND THERE IS SOME 
ANXIOUSNESS TO GET THOSE RAMPED 
UP.
WHILE THE SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR WILL 
TAKE CARE OF ITSELF, THE 
ONCOMING RUN ON MEDICAL SUPPLIS 
WILL NOT.
AND THE PROCUREMENT MINISTER 
SEARCHING THE GLOBE AND THE 
COUNTRY TO BUY SUPPLIES 
WHEREVER SHE CAN IS BUILDING 
WHAT THEY HOPE WILL BE ENOUGH 
FOR THE FIRST BIG WAVES OF 
COVID-19 IN CANADA.
NAVDEEP BAINS HAS TO MAKE SURE 
THERE'S A  PERMANENT DOMESTIC 
SOLUTION.
>> Rosemary: AND ONE OF THE 
ONGOING CONCERNS SEEMS TO BE 
AROUND TESTING KITS.
THERE DON'T SEEM TO BE ENOUGH 
OF THEM.
AT LAST COUNT THERE WAS MORE 
THAN 90,000 TESTS THAT HAD BEEN 
DONE.
THERE IS A DELAY ON GETTING THE 
RESULTS.
A HEAVY STRAIN ON THE HEALTH 
CARE SYSTEM FOR ALL OF THOSE 
DIFFERENT THINGS.
OK.
I'M TOLD THAT THE MINISTERS ARE 
ABOUT TO TALK TO US.
SO WE'LL SPEAK TO BOTH OF YOU 
AFTER THIS.
LET'S TAKE YOU LIVE TO THE 
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, CHRYSTIA 
FREELAND.
>> [SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> LET ME JUST START BY REPEAT 
AGO CLEAR MESSAGE THAT WE HAVE 
BEEN HEARING ALL THROUGH THE 
WEEKEND AND FOR MANY DAYS FROM 
MINISTER HAJDU AND WE JUST 
HEARD CLEARLY FROM THE PRIME 
MINISTER.
CANADIANS MUST PRACTICE SOCIAL 
AND PHYSICAL DISTANCING.
THAT MEANS STAY AT HOME UNLESS, 
OF COURSE, YOU ARE DOING 
ESSENTIAL WORK.
FOR EXAMPLE, STOCKING OUR 
GROCERY SHELVES, WORKING IN A 
DRUGSTORE OR PROVIDING MEDICAL 
CARE.
AND THERE ARE OTHER ESSENTIAL 
JOBS PEOPLE NEED TO CONTINUE TO 
DO BUT EVERYONE ELSE PLEASE 
STAY AT HOME.
LIMIT OR ELIMINATE CONTACT WITH 
PEOPLE AT HIGHER RISK SUCH AS 
ALL THOSE SENIORS WHO YOU LOVE 
AND PEOPLE AT -- IN POOR HEALTH.
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: ELIMINATING 
CONTACT WITH ALL AT-RISK PEOPLE 
SUCH AS SENIORS OR WITH PEOPLE 
WITH A LOWER LEVEL OF HEALTH IS 
ALSO ESSENTIAL.
>> WE'LL HEAR FROM DR. TAM, OUR 
CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER.
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: WHO WILL BE 
TALKING ABOUT SUPPORT FOR OUR 
FARMERS AND PRODUCERS WHO ARE 
DOING IMMINENT WORK FOR OUR 
COUNTRY.
>> INNOVATION, SCIENCE AND 
INDUSTRY, NAVDEEP BAINS WHO 
WILL DISCUSS COVID-19 RESEARCH 
THAT HE IS STRONGLY SUPPORTING 
AND WE HAVE, OF COURSE, ALSO 
AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
MINISTER OF HEALTH, PATTY HAJDU.
DR. HOWARD NJOO AND [SPEAKING 
FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: AND PRESIDENT 
OF THE TREASURY BOARD.
>> HELLO, EVERYONE.
GLOBALLY THERE ARE OVER 340,000 
CASES OF COVID-19.
IN 189 COUNTRIES.
IN CANADA, AS OF THIS MOMENT, 
THERE ARE 1474 CASES OF 
COVID-19 AND 20 DEATHS.
THE YUKON REPORTED ITS FIRST 
TWO CASES, WHICH WERE LINKED TO 
TRAVEL.
TOMORROW, REPATRIATED 
PASSENGERS FROM THE GRAND 
PRINCESS REMAIN SYMPTOM-FREE AT 
THE END OF THEIR 14-DAY 
QUARANTINE PERIOD AND WILL BE 
RELEASED FROM C.F.B. TRENTON.
PASSENGERS WHO TESTED POSITIVE 
FOR THE VIRUS AND ASYMPTOMATIC 
CONTACTS WHOSE QUARANTINE 
PERIOD WAS RESET WILL REMAIN AT 
C.F.B. TRENTON UNTIL THEIR 
EXTEND RELEASE DATE.
WE'VE NOW TESTED OVER 102,000 
PEOPLE IN CANADA.
WHICH IS AN AVERAGE OF 
APPROXIMATELY 10,000 A DAY.
MANY OF THOSE CASES WERE 
EXPOSED TO VIRUS OUTSIDE OF 
CANADA, BUT IN ADDITION WE ARE 
SEEING MORE CASES NOT LINKED TO 
TRAVEL.
MOST CONCERNING OF ALL ARE THE 
CASES OCCURRING AMONG HIGH-RISK 
POPULATIONS IN VULNERABLE 
SETTINGS AND COMMUNITIES.
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: WE NEED TO 
CONTINUE WITH STRICT PUBLIC 
HEALTH AND INFECTION CONTROL 
MEASURES.
BUT TO FURTHER PROTECT ALL OF 
THESE POPULATIONS AS WELL AS 
OUR HEALTH SYSTEM AND ALL OF 
OUR COMMUNITIES, WE MUST SLOW 
COMMUNITY SPREAD THROUGH 
UNRELENTING SOCIAL DISTANCING.
>> Caller: 
>> Interpreter: A KEY REASON WE 
WANT TO FLATTEN THE CURB IS FOR 
INNOVATION AND RESEARCH TO 
OCCUR.
IT HAS BEEN JUST UNDER THREE 
MONTHS AGO THAT SCIENTISTS 
FIRST IDENTIFIED THE NOVEL 
CORONAVIRUS.
DURING THIS TIME, CANADA HAS 
STEPPED UP ON A WIDE RANGE OF 
RESEARCH.
FROM BIOMEDICAL SOLUTIONS SUCH 
AS DIAGNOSTICS, VACCINES AND 
TREATMENTS TO SOCIAL AND 
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE.
WE SHOULD BE PROUD THAT 
CANADIAN RESEARCHERS ARE PART 
OF THE W.H.O. LARGE GLOBAL 
TRIAL CALLED SOLIDARITY.
THIS IS DESIGNED TO RAPIDLY 
GATHER DATA ON THE MOST 
PROMISING THERAPIES FOR 
COVID-19.
IT IS AN ALL-OUT COORDINATED 
APPROACH INVOLVING MULTIPLE 
COUNTRIES TO COLLECT ROBUST 
SCIENTIFIC DATA RAINEDLY DURING 
THIS PANDEMIC.
>> VULNERABLE POPULATION AND 
PREVENT AN EVEN GREATER 
ACCELERATION OF SPREAD IN 
HIGH-RISK SETTINGS, WE NEED TO 
CONTINUE WITH STRICT PUBLIC 
HEALTH AND INFECTION CONTROL 
MEASURES BUT TO FURTHER PROTECT 
ALL OF THESE POPULATIONS AS 
WELL AT THE HEALTH SYSTEM AND 
ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES, WE MUST 
SLOW COMMUNITY SPREAD THROUGH 
UNRELENTING SOCIAL DISTANCING.
A KEY REASON WE WANT TO DELAY 
AND FLATTEN THE EPIDEMIC CURVE 
IS TO BUY TIME FOR RESEARCH AND 
INNOVATION TO OCCUR.
IT HAS BEEN JUST UNDER THREE 
MONTHS AGO THAT SCIENTISTS 
FIRST IDENTIFIED THE NOVEL 
CORONAVIRUS.
DURING THIS TIME, CANADA HAS 
STEPPED UP ON A WIDE RANGE OF 
RESEARCH FOR BIOMEDICAL 
SOLUTIONS SUCH AS DIAGNOSTICS, 
VACCINES AND TREATMENTS TO 
SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE.
WE SHOULD BE PROUD THAT 
CANADIAN RESEARCHERS ARE NOW 
PART OF THE W.H.O. LARGE GLOBAL 
TRIAL CALLED SOLIDARITY, 
DESIGNED TO RAPIDLY GATHER DATA 
ON THE MOST PROMISING THERAPIES 
OF COVID-19 AS AN ALL-OUT 
COORDINATED PUSH INVOLVING 
MULTIPLE COUNTRIES TO COLLECT 
SCIENTIFIC DATA RAPIDLY DURING 
THIS PANDEMIC.
LET'S KEEP UP THE MOMENT AND 
LET'S GET THIS RIGHT.
EVERYONE WHO IS PRACTICING 
SOCIAL DISTANCE AND 
SELF-ISOLATION IS GIVING 
RESEARCHERS A CHANCE TO WORK ON 
NOVEL SOLUTIONS.
MERCI.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR. TAM.
>> Interpreter: WE'RE HELPING 
TO MANAGE THE IMPACT OF THE 
OUTBREAK.
>> THIS MORNING, THE PRIME 
MINISTER ANNOUNCED TWO NEW 
MEASURES WE'RE TAKING TO 
RESPOND TO THE AGRICULTURE 
SECTOR'S IMMEDIATE NEEDS.
FARM CREDIT CANADA.
SO, FIRST FARM CREDIT CANADA AS 
WE ALL CALL F.C.C. IS RECEIVING 
AN EXTRA $5 BILLION IN LENDING 
CAPACITY.
THIS INJECTION OF CREDIT WILL 
PERMIT F.C.C. TO HELP FOOD AND 
FARM BUSINESS OWNERS ON THE 
PRINCIPLE AND/OR INTEREST 
PORTIONS OF THEIR LOAN AND ADD 
ACCESS TO ADDITIONAL CREDIT 
LINE.
F.C.C. AGENTS ARE STANDING BY 
TO HELP.
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: I'M PLEASED TO 
ANNOUNCE THAT F.C.C. WILL SEE 
ITS CAPACITY INCREASE BY $5 
BILLION.
THIS INJECTION WILL ALLOW 
F.C.C. TO HELP PRODUCERS, 
AGRI-BUSINESS AND FOOD 
PROCESSORS ON A CASE-BY-CASE 
BASIS TO GRANT AN EXTRA LINE OF 
CREDIT.
F.C.C. FINANCE AUTHORITIES ARE 
READY TO HELP THEIR KLEINS.
>> I'M ALSO PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE 
THAT ALL ELIGIBLE FARMERS WHO 
HAVE AN OUTSTANDING ADVANCE 
PAYMENTS PROGRAMME LOAN 
DEADLINE ON APRIL 30 OR EARLIER 
WILL NOW RECEIVE A STAY OF 
DEFAULT FOR ADDITIONAL SIX 
MONTHS.
THIS REPRESENTS A TOTAL OF $173 
MILLION IN DEFERRED LOANS.
FOR THE FARMER AND FOOD 
PROCESSORS WHO ARE FACING TIGHT 
MARGINS IN A CASH CRUNCH 
TOGETHER, THE TWO MEASURES 
ANNOUNCED TODAY WILL HELP KEEP 
MONEY IN THEIR POCKET WHEN THEY 
NEED IT MOST.
>> Interpreter: I'M PLEASED TO 
ANNOUNCE THAT ELIGIBLE FARMERS 
AND PRODUCERS THAT HAVE A LOAN 
DEADLINE ON APRIL 30 WILL NOW 
RECEIVE A [INAUDIBLE] FOR AN 
ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS.
THIS REPRESENTS A TOTAL OF $173 
MILLION IN DEFERRED LOANS FOR 
FARMERS AND FRUIT PROCESSORS 
WHO ARE FACING TIGHT MARGINS 
AND A CASH CRUNCH, THESE 
MEASURES WILL HELP KEEP MONEY 
IN THEIR POCKETS WHEN THEY NEED 
IT MOST.
>> THEY ARE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES 
FOR OUR FARMERS AND FOOD 
BUSINESSES.
I AM IN REGULAR CONTACT WITH 
THE INDUSTRY AND MY PROVINCIAL 
AND TERRITORIAL COUNTERPARTS 
AND OUR GOVERNMENT IS WONGERING 
AROUND-THE-CLOCK TO TAKE ALL 
THE NECESSARY STEPS TO DEAL 
WITH THIS CRISIS.
ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK 
SINCERELY EVERYONE IN THE FOOD 
SUPPLY CHAIN.
EVERYONE WHO, DESPITE THE 
CONCERN, GOES TO WORK EVERY DAY 
SO THE REST OF US CAN HAVE FOOD 
TO EAT.
DURING THESE TIMES WE SEE JUST 
HOW CRITICAL THEY ARE TO OUR 
COUNTRY.
>> Interpreter: I WOULD LIKE TO 
THANK ALL WORKERS THROUGHOUT 
OUR COUNTRY WHO WORK IN THE 
FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN WHO GO TO 
WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY DESPITE 
THEIR WORRIES IN ORDER TO FEED 
US ALL.
MORE THAN EVER, WE REALISE HOW 
IMPORTANT THEIR WORK IS.
SO THANK YOU TO THEM.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CHRYSTIA.
I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE 
OUR FIRST-CLASS WORKERS.
>> OUR WORLD-CLASS SCIENTISTS 
AND RESEARCHERS AND IN 
PARTICULAR OUR CHIEF SCIENCE 
ADVISER FOR HER OUTSTANDING 
LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT THIS 
CRISIS.
AS WAS ANNOUNCED LAST FRIDAY, 
WE PUT IN PLACE CANADA'S PLAN 
TO PROBABLYIZE INDUSTRY TO 
FIGHT COVID-19.
AND TODAY WE'RE COMPLEMENTING 
THOSE EFFORTS WITH PLANS TO 
QUICKLY MOBILIZE CANADIAN 
RESEARCHERS WORKING ON 
COUNTERMEASURES TO COMBAT 
DAYTONA 500ED.
-- COVID-19.
FORTUNATELY OUR COUNTRY'S 
RESEARCH COMMITTEE IS AMONGST 
THE STRONGEST IN THE WORLD.
CANADIAN LABS DISCOVERED THE 
EBOLA VACCINE AND WERE THE 
FIRST IN THE WORLD TO SEQUENCE 
A D.N.A. FOR THE SARS VIRUS IN.
2018, YOU ARE GOVERNMENT 
ANNOUNCED THE LARGEST FUNDING 
TOWARD SCIENCE AND THOSE 
RESEARCHERS THAT WE COUNT ON 
TODAY.
WE'VE IDENTIFIED SEVERAL 
PROJECTS FOR INVESTMENT THAT 
ARE ALREADY UNDER WAY FROM 
UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS AND 
OTHERS TO RESFONLDS COVID-19.
A NATURAL PARTNER IN THIS 
REGARD IS THE UNIVERSITY OF 
SASKATCHEWAN'S INTERNATIONAL 
VACCINE CENTRE.
AS ONE OF WORLD'S MOST ADVANCED 
INFECTION DISEASE RESEARCH 
FACILITIES, IT WAS THE FIRST 
FACILITY IN CANADA TO RECEIVE 
CLEARANCE TO HARVEST SAMLE S OF 
THE COVID-19 VIRUS.
SO, WE'RE INVESTING $23 MILLION 
TO HELP THE CENTRE EXPAND AND 
RENOVATE ITS CURRENT ANIMAL 
VACCINE PRODUCTION FACILITY TO 
MEET THE STANDARDS REQUIRED FOR 
PRODUCING HUMAN VACCINES.
THIS WILL ALLOW THE CENTRE TO 
PRODUCE VACCINES FOR CLINICAL 
TRIALS AS WELL TO MEET EARLY 
PRODUCTION NEEDS WHEN A VACCINE 
IS READY.
WE ARE ALSO INVESTING $15 
MILLION TO EXPAND AND UPGRADE 
THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL'S 
HUMAN HEALTH THERAPEUTICS 
RESEARCH CENTRE IN MONTREAL.
THIS WILL ALLOW THE N.R.C. TO 
PARTNER WITH RESEARCHERS ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY TO PRODUCE VACCINES 
AND THERAPIES FOR CLINICAL 
TRIALS AND TO MEET EARLY NEEDS 
FOR FRONTLINE HEALTH CARE 
WORKERS WHEN AN APPROVED 
VACCINE BECOMES AVAILABLE.
NOW AS WE SPEAK ON FRIDAY, 
CANADA'S FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19 
REQUIRES ALL HANDS ON DECK.
AND THAT MOST CERTAINLY 
INCLUDES THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR COMPANIES 
AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS TO 
CONTRIBUTE TO VACCINE 
DEVELOPMENT, WE'VE HADED A NEW 
STREAM TO THE STRATEGIC 
INNOVATION FRONT.
TO BE FOCUSED ON THE FIGHT 
AGAINST COVID-19 AND WE TOPPED 
THAT FUND BY $192 MILLION TO 
ENSURE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED NEW PROJECTS 
THAT WILL BE PRIORITIZED UNDER 
THE DIRECT SUPPORT TO CANADIAN 
COMPANIES FOR LARGE SCALE 
PROJECTS.
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: THEY WILL 
RECEIVE FUNDS TO ACCELERATE ITS 
-- THEIR CLINICAL TRIALS.
>> THIS FUNDING WILL ACCELERATE 
CLINICAL TRIALS AND THEN 
PRODUCTION.
THEY WILL USE ITS PLATFORM TO 
DEVELOP ANTI VIRAL THERAPIES 
FOR COVID-19 TREATMENT AND 
PREVENTION.
THE AIM IS TO BEGIN CLINICAL 
TRIALS THIS SUMMER.
IN ADDITION TO THOSE TWO 
PROJECTS WE HAVE JUST SIGNED A 
CONTRACT FOR THE BLUE DOT.
TORONTO-BASED DIGITAL HEALTH 
FIRM WAS AMONG THE FIRST IN THE 
WORLD TO IDENTIFY THE SPREAD OF 
COVID-19.
THEY USE ARTIFICIAL 
INTELLIGENCE IN A RANGE OF A 
DATASET INCLUDING GLOBAL AIR 
TRAVEL TO CORRECTLY TRACK THE 
SPREAD OF THE DISEASE AROUND 
THE WORLD.
NOW OUR GOVERNMENT WILL USE 
BLUE DOT SOFTWARE TO SUPPORT 
MODELING AND MONITORING OF 
COVID-19 SPREAD AND INFORM 
FUTURE FEDERAL DECISIONS RELATE 
TOLTD THE VIRUS.
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: WE WOULD LIKE 
TO ACT AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE 
TO HELP ITS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM 
AND ITS WORKERS.
>> TODAY, AND WITH THE HELP OF 
OUR INDUSTRIAL-BASED AND 
RESEARCH COMMUNITY, WE'LL DO 
EXACTLY THAT.
MERCI BEAUCOUP.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND WE'RE NOW READY TO TAKE 
YOUR QUESTIONS.
>> OK.
AS DISCUSSED, WE'LL DO THREE 
QUESTIONS ON THE PHONE FIRST.
ONE QUESTION, ONE FOLLOW-UP AND 
THEN COME BACK TO THE ROOM.
SO, OPERATOR.
>> THANK YOU.
MERCI.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, 
PLEASE PRESS STAR 1 ON YOUR 
TELEPHONE KEY PAD.
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
FIRST QUESTION IS FROM THE 
"NATIONAL POST".
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> Reporter: HI, THIS IS FOR 
DR. TAM.
THISES A SPECIFIC QUESTION.
BUT IN SOME ASIAN COUNTRIES 
LIKE TAIWAN AND SINGAPORE AND 
SOUTH KOREA, THEY HAVE A LOT OF 
SUCCESS IN GETTING THE EPIDEMIC 
UNDER CONTROL BY USING TRIED 
AND TRUE EPIDEMIC KIND OF 
DETECTIVE WORK.
THE CONTACT TRACING AND 
STRICTLY ISOLATING PEOPLE.
IN SINGAPORE, THEY RECRUITED 
POLICE TO CONTACT TRACING 
PROCESS AND THEY'RE USING, YOU 
KNOW, CELL PHONES TO TRACK 
PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD CONTACT 
WITH INFECTED PEOPLE.
I HEAR A LOT ABOUT SOCIAL 
DISTANCING, BUT NOT MUCH ABOUT 
THAT KIND OF SORT OF DETECTIVE 
WORK IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING 
WHO'S INFECTED AND WHO'S HAD 
CONTACT WITH THEM.
I KNOW THAT [INAUDIBLE] LOCAL 
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICES.
BUT TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE S THAT 
STILL GOING ON?
OR HAVE WE GIVEN UP ON THAT?
>> VERY RIGOROUS CONTACT 
TRACING IS STILL BEING CARRIED 
OUT IN EVERY PROVINCE AND LOCAL 
MUNICIPALITY, LOCAL PUBLIC 
HEALTH RIGHT NOW.
THAT IS STILL CANADA'S STRATEGY 
SOPHOMORE IF YOU HAVE A 
TRAVELER WHO HAS COME IN WITH 
POSITIVE DIAGNOSIS, ALL OF 
THOSE CONTACTS ARE STILL BEING 
TRACKED.
IF YOU HAVE A COMMUNITY CLUSTER 
LIKE THE ONE IN VANCOUVER, FOR 
EXAMPLE, THAT IS LINKED TO A 
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY, ALL OF 
THOSE CONTRACTS COMPLETELY 
TRAKD.
AND SO ABSOLUTELY THAT IS A 
VERY INTENSIVE PIECE OF WORK 
RIGHT NOW THAT IS STILL GOING 
ON.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THIS.
>> Caller: THE COST OF THE 
CRUISE SHIP THAT LOCKEDED IN 
MARSEILLES A COUPLE OF DAYS 
AGO, THERE'S REPORTS THAT THERE 
ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH 
COVID-19 AND OTHER PEOPLE QUITE 
SEVERELY.
WHAT SORT OF EFFORTS HAVE WE 
MADE TO SORT OF TRACK THE 
CANADIANS THAT CAME OFF THAT 
SHIP AND APPARENTLY HAVE 
RETURNED TO NORTH AMERICA IN 
THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS?
>> SO, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY 
WITH GLOBAL AFFAIRS CANADA 
BECAUSE WE ARE WITH CANADIANS 
ON A NUMBER OF CRUISE SHIPS 
AROUND THE WORLD.
SO ANYTIME THAT CANADIANS COULD 
BE EXPOSED TO CORONAVIRUS ON 
ANY CRUISE SHIP, WE WILL TRACK 
THAT, WE WILL GET THE MANIFEST 
AND IF THEY SHOULD BE ENTERING 
CANADA, FLAG ANY PASSENGERS 
FROM THOSE CRUISE SHIPS IN 
OTHER WORDS TO IDENTIFY THEM.
AND IT COULD BE ANY NUMBER OF 
POTENTIAL SHIPS HAPPENING.
WE ARE TRYING TO TRACE THOSE 
VERY VIGOROUSLY.
>> AND IF I COULD SAY ALSO WE 
CAN'T HEAR YOU SO CLEARLY SO IF 
YOU ARE WORKING -- TELEWORKING, 
PLEASE SPEAK CLOSE TO THE PHONE 
AND MAYBE NOT INTO A 
SPEAKERPHONE BUT USE YOUR 
HANDSET TO BE SURE WE CAN HEAR 
YOU.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU, MERCI.
THE NEXT QUESTION.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> Reporter: [SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: GOOD MORNING.
A SPECIFIC QUESTION FOR DR. TAM.
COULD YOU GIVE US THE EXACT 
NUMBER OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE 
WHO REMAIN IN QUARANTINE IN 
C.F.B. TRENTON.
PEOPLE WHO ARE ILL.
HOW MANY PEOPLE REMAIN AFTER 
TOMORROW?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.
THERE ARE NOW 13 COVID-19 CASES 
THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN 
THE TRENTON GROUP.
THERE ARE ALSO EIGHT PEOPLE WHO 
HAVE BEEN IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH 
THESE PEOPLE.
FOR EXAMPLE, PEOPLE WHO STAY IN 
THE SAME ROOM AS THOSE WITH 
COVID-19.
THE DEPARTURE DATE WILL DEPEND 
ON THE DATE AT WHICH SYMPTOMS 
FIRST APPEARED.
AND THE LAST DATE WHEN THEY HAD 
EXPOSED CONTACT WITH SOMEONE 
WHO HAD COVID-19.
IT'S A DIFFERENT QUESTION FOR 
EVERY SINGLE CASE.
I UNDERSTAND.
MY OTHER QUESTION --
>> [SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Reporter: WHAT SIGNS ARE YOU 
LOOKING FOR IN THIS SITUATION 
IS COORDINATED ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY AND IF OTTAWA SHOULD OR 
SHOULD NOT BE STEPPING IN.
>> [SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Reporter: WOULD YOU LIKE AN 
ANSWER IN ENGLISH OR FRENCH?
>> I HAVE THE ANSWER.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT 
CONVERSATION.
WE ARE WORKING IN CLOSE 
COLLABORATION WITH THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT, THE PRIME MINISTER 
AND PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES 
LIKE THE PRIME MINISTER SAID.
HE WILL BE HERE TO DIALOGUE.
THE PRIME MINISTER WILL ASK 
PROVINCES WHAT THEY NEED.
I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ONE 
OTHER POINT.
THIS IS AN IMMINENT OPPORTUNITY 
FOR PROVINCES TO SHARE 
INFORMATION IN AND AMONGST 
THEMSELVES.
CANADA IS A VERY LARGE COUNTRY 
AND OUR CONVERSATION AND 
DIALOGUE WILL ALLOW PREMIERS 
AND THE PRIME MINISTER TO 
DETERMINE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN 
EACH PROVINCE ANDER THE.
AS WAS THE CASE WITH OUR 
CONVERSATION LAST WEEK WITH 
PREMIERS, WE WILL TALK ABOUT 
THE POSSIBILITY OF USING 
EMERGENCY MEASURES AND ASK 
PROVINCES WHAT THEY THINK OF 
THIS EVENTUALITY.
DO THEY NEED A STRONGER FEDERAL 
ROLE IN ALL OF THIS.
>> Reporter: MERCY.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT QUESTION IS FROM 
POLITICO.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU FOR 
TAKING MY QUESTION.
YOU ALL AND THE PRIME MINISTER 
HAVE ALL SAID THAT NO TOOL HAVE 
BEEN TAKEN OFF THE TABLE 
INCLUDING THE EMERGENCIES ACT.
IS THERE A CHANCE PARLIAMENT 
WILL BE ASKED TO VOTE FOR THIS 
TODAY AND WEDNESDAY OF THIS 
WEEK WHEN YOU ALL RECONVENE?
>> THANK YOU, LAUREN.
IT'S CHRYSTIA AGAIN.
THEMENT HAS BEEN CLEAR THAT THE 
EMERGENCIES ACT IS A MEASURE OF 
LAST RESORT THAT SHOULD BE USED 
ONLY WHEN ALL OTHER TOOLS HAVE 
BEEN EXHAUSTED.
THAT SAID, HE ALSO HAS BEEN 
CLEAR THAT EVERYTHING IS ON THE 
TABLE.
AND LATER TODAY THE MEETING 
WILL BE VERY USEFUL IN GETTING 
A CLEAR SENSE OF BOTH WHAT THE 
SITUATION IS ACROSS THE COUNTRY 
AND WHERE THE PREMIERS FEEL 
THEY DO OR DO NOT HAVE THE 
NECESSARY TOOLS IN THEIR OWN 
PROVINCIAL AND TERRITORIAL TOOL 
BOX.
>> Reporter: AND ONE FOLLOW-UP 
ON THE BORDER.
HAVE YOU SEEN AS THE NEW 
RESTRICTIONS ON THE BORDER 
BETWEEN CANADA AND THE U.S. 
PLAYED OUT OVER THE WEEKEND.
DID YOU SEE ANY CASES WHERE 
FURTHER CLARITY MAY BE NEEDED.
ANY PROBLEM AREAS OR DO YOU 
FEEL IT HAS BEEN ROLLED OUT 
PRETTY SMOOTHLY?
>> THAT IS A  GREAT QUESTION 
D I DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE THE 
HOTLINE NUMBER HERE WITH ME.
BUT YOU WILL FIND IT EASILY 
ONLINE.
CBSA HAS VERY SWIFTLY SET UP A 
HOTLINE AND A WEBSITE THAT 
PEOPLE CAN USE IF THEY ARE AT 
THE BORDER.
AND THEY FEEL THEY ARE ENGAGED 
IN ESSENTIAL CROSSING OF THE 
BORDER.
AND NEED SOME HELP GETTING 
ACROSS.
SO PLEASE LOOK THAT UP AND 
PLEASE, YOU KNOW, CANADIANS 
DOING ESSENTIAL WORK WHO MEET 
ACROSS THE BORDER, PLEASE USE 
THAT HOTLINE TO LET US KNOW IF 
YOU'RE HAVING DIFFICULTIES.
>> OK.
WE HAVE TIME FOR THREE 
COUNTRIES BEFORE GOING BACK TO 
THE PHONE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY QUESTIONS ARE FOR MADAME 
BIBEAU.
THE FIRST QUESTION IS YOU SAID 
LAST WEEK THAT THERE IS AN 
EXEMPTION FOR TEMPORARY FOREIGN 
WORKERS TO COME TO CANADA.
MOST OF THOSE WORKERS THAT 
CANADIAN FARMERS EMPLOY ARE 
COMING FROM COUNTRIES LIKE 
GUATEMALA AND THE PHILIPPINES 
WHERE THE AIRPORTS ARE SHUT OR 
THE BORDERS ARE CLOSED.
WONDERING HOW THE CANADIAN 
GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY PLANS TO 
GET THOSE WORKERS HERE IN TIME 
FOR SPRING PLANTING.
>> SO, THE PART THAT FALLS ON 
OUR GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY 
IS REALLY TO NEGOTIATE WITH 
THESE COUNTRIES AND GIET MALA 
IS A GOOD EXAMPLE.
MINISTER CHAMPAGNE IS ENGAGING 
WITH HIS COUNTERPART THERE FOR 
RIGHT TO GET A FLIGHT THERE AND 
BRING THESE WORKERS.
SO FOR THE LOGISTICS AROUND THE 
FLIGHT AND THE SUPERVISION OF 
THE APPLICATION OF THE 
ISOLATION PROTOCOL, IT FALLS 
UNDER THE RESPONSIBILITY AND 
THE COORDINATION OF FARM CANADA 
MAINLY.
WITH THE SUPPORT OF OTHER 
ASSOCIATIONS THROUGHOUT THE 
INDUSTRY.
>> Reporter: AROUND CFIA 
RESOURCES, I'M WONDERING IF 
THERE IS -- WE'RE HEARING 
RUMABILITYINGS ABOUT CONCERNS 
OF THE AVAILABILITY OF THE MEAT 
INSPECTORS AT CANADIAN PLANTS 
S. THERE A MEAT INSPECTOR 
SHORTAGE AT THE MOMENT OR HAVE 
THERE BEEN CHANGES TO HOW MEAT 
INSPECTIONS ARE BEING DONE IN 
LIGHT OF THE COVID-19?
>> THERE IS A CHALLENGE AROUND 
HUMAN RESOURCES AT CFIA, MAINLY 
FOR OUR INSPECTORS.
THE WHOLE WEEKEND WE'VE BEEN 
WORKING ON IT WITH THE 
COLLABORATION OF OUR 
COUNTERPART IN THE PROVINCES 
AND WITH THE INDUSTRY.
WE'RE STILL ASKING THE INDUSTRY 
TO HELP US MAKE THE PRIORITIES 
OUT OF THE PRIORITIES.
AND WE ARE ALREADY DOING THAT 
AND WE WILL HAVE FURTHER 
CONVERSATION WITH THE PROVINCES 
TO SEE HOW WE CAN SHARE SOME 
INSPECTORS, HOW WE CAN JUST, 
YOU KNOW, EASE THE DIFFERENT 
INSPECTION THAT ARE NORMALLY 
DONE FROM THE FEDERAL AND 
SOMETIMES SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT 
FROM THE PROVINCES SO WE'RE 
REALLY IN THE MODE RIGHT NOW TO 
FINDING DIFFERENT WAYS TO MAKE 
IT EASIER AND FASTER.
AND WE ARE ALSO CALLING BACK 
INSPECTORS WHO HAVE RETIRED 
RECENTLY.
>> Reporter: HI, JULIE VAN 
DUSEN, CBC.
MS. HAJDU, THE PRIME MINISTER 
SAID TODAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
IF PEOPLE DON'T FOLLOW THE 
RULES AS WE'VE SEEN EXAMPLES 
WHERE THEY SEEM TO BE OBLIVIOUS 
TO SOCIAL DISTANCING AND SO ON, 
COULD ONE EXPECT THE POLICE OR 
THE ARMY TO BE CALLED IN TO 
ENFORCE THE RULES?
>> WELL, I THINK WE'VE SEEN AT 
EVERY LEVEL OF JURISDICTION, 
LEADERS MORE STRINGENTLY ASKING 
CANADIANS, IN FACT DEMANDING 
CANADIANS, TO TAKE THESE ORDERS 
SERIOUSLY.
VARIOUS DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS 
HAVE VARIOUS DIFFERENT PIECES 
OF LEGISLATION THAT THEY CAN 
USE TO COMPEL CITIZENS TO 
COMPLY WITH THE QUARANTINE 
ORDERS THAT ARE IN PLACE OR THE 
CLOSURES OR DIFFERENT MEASURES 
THAT ARE IN PLACE.
I THINK THE PRIME MINISTER HAS 
BEEN CLEAR THAT WE WILL USE 
EVERY TOOL AVAILABLE AND WE ARE 
LOOKING RIGHT NOW AT STRONGER 
TOOLS FOR THOSE PEOPLE COMING 
BACK TO THE COUNTRY TO MAKE 
SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND 
THAT THIS IS NOT NICE TO HAVE 
IN TERMS OF PEOPLE STAYING IN 
THEIR HOMES WHEN THEY RETURN 
FROM THEIR MARCH BREAK OR 
RETURN AS SNOW BIRDS OR VARIOUS 
OTHER RETURNS TO THE COUNTRY.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL.
AND YESTERDAY I SAID -- I WAS 
VERY CLEAR AND I WILL SAY THAT 
AGAIN.
WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMING BACK 
AFTER INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL, IT 
IS ESSENTIAL THAT THEY DON'T 
STOP FOR GROCERIES OR VISIT 
THEIR FRIENDS OR FAMILY ON THE 
WAY HOME, THAT THEY'RE NOT 
STOPPING ANYWHERE BUT GOING 
DIRECTLY HOME AND DOING SO 
SAFELY.
WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO 
PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR 
PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE CAPACITY 
TO TRANSPORT THEMSELVESS IN A 
WAY THAT'S PRIVATE.
IT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT 
PEOPLE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY.
THIS IS A VERY, VERY SERIOUS 
SITUATION.
I KNOW WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT 
THE NEEDS OF VULNERABLE PEOPLE.
BUT LET ME REMIND YOU THAT THE 
GREATEST AGE PERCENTAGE THAT 
WE'RE SEEING AFFECTED WITH 
CORONAVIRUS RIGHT NOW ARE 
WORKING AGE ADULTS AND CAN HAVE 
VERY SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS AS A 
RESULT.
SO, YES, OF COURSE, THE RISK OF 
 DYING IS MUCH GREATER IF YOU 
ARE OLDER OR YOU HAVE 
UNDERLYING CONDITIONS.
BUT EVEN FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO 
ARE MIDDLE AGED, THERE ARE 
SIGNIFICANT COMPLICATIONS FOR 
ABOUT 15% OF THEM.
AND THAT IS WAY TOO HIGH.
SO WE WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE THIS 
SERIOUSLY AND WE'LL BE LOOKING 
AT ADDITIONAL TOOLS THAT WE CAN 
PUT INTO PLACE SHOULD WE SEE NO 
PROGRESS IN THE NEXT LITTLE 
WHILE.
>> SO IT POSSIBLE THE POLICE OR 
THE ARMY COULD BE CALLED IN?
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW S. 
THAT DOWN THERE AS A 
POSSIBILITY?
>> THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS 
THAT QUARANTINE ORDERS CAN BE 
ENFORCED.
THOSE COULD INCLUDE RANDOM 
INSPECTIONS.
THOSE COULD INCLUDE HOTLINES.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS THAT 
THESE THINGS COULD BE ENFORCED 
AND LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT 
VARIETY OF MEASURES SHOULD WE 
TAKE THAT STEP.
>> THANK YOU.
RACHEL, CTV.
>> Reporter: RACHEL HANSON, CTV.
THE FIRST QUESTION IS FOR 
EITHER MINISTER HAJDU OR 
FREELAND.
A LOT OF CITIS HAVE ORDERED 
NONESSENTIAL BUSINESSES LIKE 
BARS, SALONS, SPAS, RESTAURANTS 
TO CLOSE DOWN.
IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GOING 
TO ISSUE A BLANKET ORDER TO 
CLOSE ALL NONESSENTIAL 
BUSINESSES NOW?
>> I'LL TAKE THAT ANSWER AND 
TURN TO DR. TAM FOR WHY.
LISTEN, THE MEASURES THAT WE 
TAKE HAVE TO BE BASED ON THE 
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF THE PARTICULAR 
PLACE IN WHICH THEY ARE 
IMPOSEDLE.
YOU'VE HEAR MY COLLEAGUES TALK 
ABOUT THE NEED, FOR EXAMPLE, 
FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERSFUL IT IS 
VERY IMPORTANT THAT WHAT WE DO 
IS STRATEGIC AND BASED ON THE 
PRESENTATION OF DISEASE AND 
WHAT WE SEE AS THE EPIDEMIOLOGY 
OF THAT DISEASE AND HOW IT IS 
EVOLVING IN THE PARTICULAR 
AREAS UNDER THOSES MERCKS.
-- MEASURES.
AS A RULE T MAJORITY OF 
PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES HAVE 
CONFINED SOCIAL GATHERINGS TO 
UNDER 50 AND SOME HAVE CONFINED 
THEM TO LESS THAN THAT.
SOME PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES 
HAVE CHOSEN TO CLOSE DOWN 
ESTABLISHMENTS THAT ARE 
CONSIDERED NONESSENTIAL.
IN OUR MIND, THESE ARE ALL VERY 
GOOD MEASURES.
I'LL TURN TO DR. TAM TO TELL US 
MORE ABOUT THE WORK THAT SHE IS 
DOING AT THE SPECIAL ADVISORY 
COMMITTEE ON TRYING TO 
COORDINATE THAT ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY.
>> THERE IS ABSOLUTELY 
CONSENSUS AMONG THE CHIEF 
MEDICAL OFFICERS THAT PEOPLE 
SHOULD STAY AT HOME AND DO 
SOCIAL DISTANCING AS MUCH AS 
POSSIBLE.
I THINK WE HAVE SEEN ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, ALL SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED 
FROM KINDERGARTEN GRADE 12.
AND ALSO IN THE AREA OF MASS 
GATHERING, AS THE MINISTER HAS 
SAID OR GATHERINGS IN THE 
DESCRIPTION.
SOME JURISDICTIONS ARE VERY 
SMALL AND THEIR CAPACITY TO 
DEAL WITH THE SITUATION IS 
LIMITED AND FOR THEM, THE 
GATHERINGS MIGHT BE LOWER THAN 
50 THAT THEY WOULD BE SORT OF 
TRYING TO PREVENT.
SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES, THERE 
ARE, OF COURSE, A STRONG PUBLIC 
HEALTH MEASURES LIKE QUARANTINE 
ACTS WHILE YOU CAN ENGAGE PEACE 
OFFICER AS PART OF THOSE ACTS 
TO DO SOME OF THE ENFORCEMENT.
I USE SOCIAL DISTANCING.
FOR SOME YOU NEED TO REDUCE 
YOUR CAPACITY BY 50% IN ORDER 
TO INCREASE THAT SOCIAL 
DISTANCING.
AND OTHERS DEPENDING ON THE 
TEMPORARY BASIS.
THERE ARE WAYS IN WHICH YOU CAN 
MONITOR WHETHER PEOPLE ARE 
COMPLAINT AS WELL.
>> THERE ARE SOME BUSINESSS 
THAT DO REMAIN OPEN BECAUSE 
THEY AREN'T CLEAR.
THEY ARE WORRY ABOUT HAVING TO 
LAY OFF WORKERS.
WHAT WOULD YOU TELL BUSINESSES 
NOW WHO ARE STILL OPEN AND NEED 
MORE GUIDANCE?
>> WE ARE MAINTAINING GUIDANCE 
OF MAINTAINING SOCIAL 
DISTANCING, OBSERVING HYGIENIC 
MEASURES AND DOING ALL OF THAT.
SOME GOOD EXAMPLES ARE LIKE 
GROCERY STORES.
SO PROVIDING GUIDANCE TO THOSE 
ESTABLISHMENTS.
BECAUSE PEOPLE DO HAVE TO EAT 
AND THEY HAVE TO GO THERE.
EVEN AS I WAS SHOPPING THIS 
WEEKEND, PEOPLE HAVE INCREASED 
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN PEOPLE AS 
THEY LINE UP FOR THE CASHIER.
BUT WE ARE PROVIDING THAT TYPE 
OF GUIDANCE TO BUSINESSES.
YOU KNOW, I THINK ALL OF US 
KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO TAKE 
SOME TIME FOR US TO REDUCE AN 
IMPACT AND LEVEL THIS EPIDEMIC 
BUT ESSENTIAL SERVICES MUST 
CONTINUE.
THOSE ARE ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL 
AND IN THE OTHER CASES, 
DEPENDING ON YOUR LOCAL 
INSTRUCTIONS ON THINGS LIKE 
RESTAURANTS, BUT OUR ADVICE IN 
GENERAL IS STOP ALL 
NONESSENTIAL ASPECTS OF SOCIAL 
GATHERING.
>> AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT AS WE 
WORK THROUGH THOSE ESSENTIAL 
SPACE, ONE OF THE ESSENTIAL 
SPACES THAT STAYS OPEN IS 
ACTUALLY HOMELESS SHELTERS, AS 
YOU KNOW.
AND JUST TODAY THERE WERE 
GUIDELINES POSTED FOR EMPLOYEES 
AND FOR HOMELESS SHELTERS TO 
PROTECT THEIR STAFF AND TO BE 
ABLE TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE THAT 
THEY'RE SERVING.
CLEARLY THERE ARE MANY 
ORGANIZATIONS THAT CANNOT SHUT 
THEIR DOOR DURING THIS TIME.
BECAUSE THEY ARE PROVIDING AN 
ESSENTIAL SERVICE TO A GROUP OF 
PEOPLE OR ANOTHER.
THE MESSAGE THAT DR. TAM AND I 
HAVE BEEN PROVIDING TO 
CANADIANS OVER AND OVER AND 
OVER, IF POSSIBLE, WORK FROM 
HOME.
EMPLOYERS, IF YOU HAVE A 
CAPACITY TO FACILITATE WORKING 
FROM HOME, DO SO.
AND IF YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, ON 
THE WEEKEND THINKING OF GOING 
TO A RESTAURANT AND IT REMAINS 
OPEN IN YOUR JURISDICTION, 
THINK AGAIN AND STAY HOME.
WE'RE ASKING CANADIANS TO 
CONDUCT ONLY ESSENTIAL BUSINESS.
GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE, 
GOING TO THE POST OFFICE, GOING 
TO THE PHARMACY.
YES, GOING FOR A WALK.
BUT WITHIN A SAFE DISTANCE, SIX 
FEET AWAY FROM THE NEXT NEAREST 
PERSON TO YOU AND THESE ARE THE 
KINDS OF MEASURES THAT WE ALL 
NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT EVERY 
DAY.
NOT WHETHER OR NOT A PARTICULAR 
FACILITY REMAINS OPEN BUT 
WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO VISIT 
THAT FACILITY FOR ANY REASON.
IS THERE ANOTHER WAY WE WOULD 
GET WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE NEED 
DELIVERED TO OUR DOOR, FOR 
EXAMPLE.
>> THANK YOU.
OPERATOR, BACK ON THE PHONE FOR 
THREE QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
MERCI.
WE HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE GO 
AHEAD.
>> Reporter: YEP.
TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, MINISTERS.
THERE ARE SOME MUNICIPAL 
GOVERNMENTS REQUESTING STILL 
TODAY THAT ALL THOSE WORKERS 
SHOW UP FOR WORK UNLESS THEY 
CAN'T FIND A SOLUTION FOR, YOU 
KNOW, TAKING CARE OF THEIR KIDS.
IS THAT THE RIGHT MESSAGE TO 
SEND WHEN YOU'RE A 
GOVERNMENTTAL BODY?
>> I'LL JUST REPEAT THAT 
EMPLOYERS SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR 
WAYS, WHEN POSSIBLE, TO BE LOOK 
FOR PEOPLE TO WORK FROM HOME.
REGARDLESS OF WHAT ORGANIZATION 
OR SECTOR.
THERE ARE SOME SERVICES THAT 
CANNOT BE PROVIDED FROM HOME.
BUS DRIVERS, FOR EXAMPLE, 
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC 
TRANSIT.
ALTHOUGH I KNOW THAT MANY 
MUNICIPALITIS ARE LOOKING AT 
WAYS TO MAKE THAT SAFER FOR BUS 
DRIVERS LIKE HAVING PEOPLE 
ENTER IN THE BACK DOOR AND 
ENSURING THAT IT IS HAPPENING 
ON PUBLIC TRANSIT.
THERE ARE SOME ASPECTS OF LIFE 
THAT NEED TO CONTINUE ANZ AND I 
APPEAL TO ALL EMPLOYERS, 
REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY ARE, TO 
LOOK FOR WAYS THAT THEY CAN 
ALLOW THAT YOU ARE EMPLOYEES TO 
WORK FROM HOME AND/OR ENSURE 
THEY'RE USING THE BEST POSSIBLE 
GUIDANCE TO PROTECT THEIR 
WORKERS WHEN THEY ARE PROVIDING 
ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
>> AS A FOLLOW-UP, THE PRIME 
MINISTER MENTIONED TODAY THAT 
THERE WOULD BE A PUBLICITY 
CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED SOME TIME, I 
DON'T KNOW WHEN.
WILL YOU PROVIDE DETAILS AS TO 
WHO WILL BE PART OF IT, WHEN IT 
IS LAUNCHED AND HOW MUCH IT IS 
GOING TO SDMO *S
>> I CAN PROVIDE SOME OF THOSE 
DETAILS AND NOT ALL OF THEM.
WE WILL GET YOU SOME THAT I 
CANNOT PROVIDE.
WE HAD AN INITIAL AMOUNT OF $50 
MILLION FOR A NATIONAL MEDIA 
CAMPAIGN.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SOME OF 
THAT PRODUCT, BUT THAT HASN'T 
STOPPED US FROM DISTRIBUTING 
INFORMATION PRIOR TO THE LAUNCH 
OF THIS MEDIA CAMPAIGN.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT 
WAYS WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH 
CAMPAIGNS WHETHER IT IS PRINT 
IN SOCIAL MEDIA AND PRINT, ETC.
WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL MESSAGING 
TO CANADIANS LA *UFRNING  -- 
LAUNCHING LATE THIS WEEK, EARLY 
NEXT.
>> THANK YOU, MERCI.
THE NEXT QUESTION, PLEASE.
YOUR LINE IS NOW OPEN.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU.
MINISTER HAJDU, YOU WERE SAYING 
THAT THE GOVERNMENT COULD 
PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR THE 
GOVERNMENT COMING BACK FROM 
DIFFERENT PLACES.
CAN YOU GIVE US MORE DETAILS?
HOW DOES IT WORK?
HOW DO YOU PUT THAT IN PLACE?
>> THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AREA 
WHERE IS I'LL QUOTE MY 
COLLEAGUE, MINISTER FREELAND, 
WHO SAID SOMETIMES WE'RE MAKING 
DECISIONS AND PLANING THE 
DETAILS AFTERWARDS.
WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THAT SOME 
PEOPLE ARE OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE 
PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION FROM THE 
AIRPORT WHEN THEY'RE RETURNING 
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT MEASURES 
THAT WE CAN PUT INTO PLACE TO 
MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT 
UNWITTINGLY COMING INTO CONTACT 
WITH OTHER PUBLIC 
TRANSPORTATION RIDERS AND WE'LL 
HAVE MORE TO SAY WHEN WE HAVE 
THOSE DETAILS SORTED OUT.
>> Reporter: [INAUDIBLE].
>> Interpreter: A QUICK 
QUESTION FOR MINISTER BIBEAU.
YOU ADDED $5 MILLION TO 
PRODUCERS.
THIS IS A LOAN, HOWEVER, WHICH 
HAVE A DIFFICULT FINANCIAL 
SITUATION.
THIS MIGHT NOT BE ENOUGH.
HOW DO YOU THINK THAT THIS $5 
AMOUNT WILL HELP THEM?
THE MEASURES UNDERTAKEN TO HELP 
THEM WILL  EVOLVE AS A 
SITUATION EVOLVES OVER THE NEXT 
FEW WEEKS.
IT'S ESSENTIAL AND, THEREFORE, 
HAS TO CONTINUE.
THAT IS WHY I CALL UPON WORKERS 
OF THE FOOD SECTOR.
CURRENTLY, I'M IN CONSTANT 
CONTACT WITH THE INDUSTRY AND 
EVERY SINGLE SECTOR.
THESE PEOPLE NEED OXYGEN.
THEY NEED FLEXIBILITY.
LOAN DEFERRAL IS, THEREFORE, A 
QUESTION OF HOW MUCH CASH THEY 
HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM NOW.
IT'S NOT EXTRA LOANS, IT'S JUST 
A QUESTION OF THE FACT THEY 
HAVE TO PAY THEIR INPUTS AS 
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
BUT WHAT THEY GET PAID FOR 
THEIR OUTPUTS IS SLOW IN COMING.
THIS IS A CONTINUATION FUND FOR 
THEM RATHER THAN NEW LONG-TERM 
SUBSTANTIAL LOANS.
>> THANK YOU.
MERCI.
WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM THE 
"NATIONAL POST".
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> Reporter: [SPEAKING FRENCH].
HI.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL.
DR. TAM, TODAY A DRUG COMPANY 
ANNOUNCED IT WAS DONATING ONE 
MILLION DOSES OF MEDICINE TO 
HOSPITALS TO USE WITH COVID-19 
PATIENTS EXPERIENCING 
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS.
HOWEVER, THE SOCIETY OF 
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE 
CONCLUDED THAT THERE'S 
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO 
SUPPORT THE USE OF ANTI MALARIA 
DRUGS FOR COIF.
I'M WONDERING YOUR THOUGHTS ON 
THIS.
SHOULD WE BE SENDING MALARIA 
TABLETS INTO THE HOSPITALS IF 
THE EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THEIR 
USE IS WEAK?
>> YEAH.
SO ABSOLUTELY WE NEED THE 
EVIDENCE BEFORE YOU CAN PROVIDE 
MEDICATION TO PEOPLE.
WE HAVE IDEAS FROM ALL OVER THE 
WORLD.
MANY RESEARCHES SAYING WELL, 
THIS DRUG MIGHT WORK OR ANOTHER 
DRUG MIGHT WORK.
I THINK CANADA IS PART OF AN 
INTERNATIONAL EFFORT AND OTHER 
INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS WHERE 
THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED A REALLY 
VAST SUITE OF POTENTIAL DRUG 
THERAPIES AND COMBINATIONS OF 
DRUGS THAT ARE ALREADY IN 
EXISTENCE THAT HAVE BEEN 
REPURPOSED, IF YOU LIKE, FOR 
COVID-19 TREATMENT.
SO THE TRIAL THAT I JUST TALKED 
ABOUT, WHICH IS CALLED 
SOLIDARITY, RAN BY THE W.H.O., 
WITHSTOOD THAT REALLY, REALLY 
FAST AND ONE OF THE KEY DRUGS 
THAT THEY WILL BE DOING A 
RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL ON IS 
THE MALARIA -- ANTI MALARIAL 
DRUG AND THAT FORMS ONE ASPECT 
OF THAT.
GIVEN THAT CANADA IS NOW PART 
OF THE NETWORK, THERE ARE 
APPROPRIATE WAYS AT WHICH 
CANADA CAN BE ENGAGED AND MAKE 
SURE THAT OUR PATIENTS WHO ARE 
RECEIVING THESE DRUGS ARE DOING 
IT IN THE MOST SCIENTIFIC AND 
SAFEST WAY POSSIBLE.
THERE ARE MECHANISMS.
I ALSO KNOW THAT THE REGULATORY 
AUTHORITIES, HEALTH CANADA, 
H.H.R., THEY ARE SUPPORTING 
THESE EFFORTS IN DIFFERENT WAYS 
OF FUNDERS OF RESEARCH BUT ALSO 
AS REGULATORS.
IT ISIMPERATIVE THAT WE 
PRIORITIZE THE TOP ONES THAT 
THE WORLD SCIENTISTS THINK ARE 
IMPORTANT AND THEN DO PROPER 
TRIALS.
I'M REALLY IMPRESSED THAT THIS 
MEGATRIAL, IF YOU LIKE, 
GLOBALLY WHERE NUMEROUS 
COUNTRIS CAN JOIN IN, IS SET UP 
IN SUCH A WAY THAT MAKES IT 
REALLY, REALLY SIMPLE TO JOIN 
AND THEN THE RESULTS CAN BE 
ANALYZED IN REAL TIME.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITE ABOUT THAT.
>> Reporter: AND ONE FOLLOW-UP 
IF I CAN.
THERE ARE REPORTS THAT 
CANADIANS ARE TRYING TO HOARD 
THESE TABLETS, MUCH THE WAY 
THEY DID WITH TAMIFLU DURING 
THE BIRD FLU OUTBREAK.
IS THIS A WISE THING FOR 
CANADIANS TO BE DOING?
>> MY MESSAGE IS THAT YOU 
SHOULD NOT TAKE MEDICATION 
WITHOUT THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE.
IT CAN BE QUITE DANGEROUS.
THESE DRUGS ARE NOT WITHOUT 
SIDE EFFECTS.
IN FACT, THEY'RE QUITE 
SIGNIFICANT SIDE EFFECTS AND SO 
THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO BE REALLY, 
REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT THIS.
DON'T DO IT.
FROM A HEALTH CANADA 
PERSPECTIVE, THEY ARE THE 
REGULATORS BUT THEY ALSO 
MAINTAIN A VERY CLOSE LINK TO 
THE MANUFACTURERS AND THE 
SUPPLY AND WHERE THAT SUPPLY IS 
GOING SO THERE ARE MECHANISMS 
TO ACTUALLY MONITOR TO SEE WHAT 
THE DISTRIBUTION LOOKS LIKE.
THE MANUFACTURERS HAVE BEEN 
REALLY, REALLY RESPONSIBLE IF 
THEY'RE SPOTTING SOME SIGNALS 
THAT SUPPLIES ARE GOING IN A 
CERTAIN DIRECTION, THERE'S A 
MECHANISM SET UP TO ENSURE THAT 
THAT DOESN'T ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
>> THANK YOU.
WE'RE SHORT ON TIME.
TWO MORE FROM THE ROOM AND TWO 
MORE FROM THE PHONE.
>> Reporter: I'M WONDERING IF 
ANY EQUIPMENT HAS ACTUALLY GONE 
OUT SO FAR OR IF THAT IS 
INTENDED FOR LATER, HOW YOU ARE 
GOING TO PRIORITIZE THESE 
REQUESTS AND IF YOU HAVE ANY 
SORTS OF NUMBERS ON THINGS 
GOING OUT THES DOOR.
>> DR. TAM IS INVOLVED IN THE 
SPECIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE 
LOOKING FOR BOTH THE 
PROCUREMENT SIDE AND 
DISTRIBUTION SIDE.
>> WE MIGHT HAVE TO GET BACK TO 
YOU WITH THE DETAILS BECAUSE OF 
THINGS COMING AND GOING AND 
THERE ARE MANY ITEMS ON THAT 
LIST.
I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE 
CERTAIN TYPES OF VIRAL SWABS 
FOR THE TEST KIT THAT HAVE BEEN 
DISTRIBUTED AS WELL AS SOME OF 
THE SORT OF OTHER PERSONAL 
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
BUT I DON'T HAVE THAT SPECIFIC 
-- THOSE SPECIFIC NUMBERS.
BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY GET BACK 
TO PEOPLE.
CERTAINLY WE'RE GETTING MORE 
AND MORE PARTICIPATION FROM 
DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS TO LOOK 
AT A MORE OF A BULK PURCHASING 
APPROACH.
>> AND JUST ON THE COORDINATION 
OF SUPPLIES, I'VE HAD MANY 
CONVERSATIONS WITH VARIOUS 
MINISTERS FROM ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY OVER THE WEEKEND AS YOU 
CAN IMAGINE ABOUT THIS VERY 
TOPIC AND IT DOES APPEAR THAT 
THERE IS A REFLECTION GOING ON 
ABOUT HOW WE BEST DISTRIBUTE 
THOSE TO MEET THE PREPARATION 
NEEDS OF VARIOUS JURISDICTIONS 
AND ALSO THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF 
JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE REALLY 
STRUGGLING WITH PARTICULAR 
OUTBREAKS AND WE HAVE TO 
BALANCE BOTH OF THOSE.
OBVIOUSLY EACH JURISDICTION 
WANTS TO BE PREPARED BUT WE 
ALSO KNOW THAT THERE IS A 
SOMEWHAT OF A SURGE IN CERTAIN 
AREAS AND WE HAVE TO ALSO BE 
RESPONSIVE TO THOSE NEEDS.
>> AND A QUESTION ABOUT DATA 
SHARINGFUL IT APPEARS THERE IS 
A PATCHWORK OF DATA THAT THE 
PROVINCES ARE PUBLISHING.
DAVID MILLER HAS SAID THAT 
ALBERTA IS THE ONLY ONE SHOWING 
US AGGREGATE ON ZONES, 
DEMOGRAPHICS, GROWTH RATES, THE 
KIND OF STUFF THAT THE PUBLIC 
NEEDS AND RESEARCHERS NEED.
HAVE YOU ASKED THE PROVINCES TO 
RELEASE MORE PRECISE DATA AND 
WHY IS THE DASH BOARD NOT THAT 
GRANULAR RIGHT NOW?
>> YES, WE HAVE AND THAT ASK 
CONTINUES AND WE HAVE OFFERED 
RESOURCES TO PROVINCES AND 
TERRITORIES AS WELL SHOULD 
THERE BE A HUMAN RESOURCE 
CHALLENGE IN TERMS OF GETTING 
THAT DATA TO US QUICKLY.
THAT IS ONE OF THE LIVE 
DISCUSSIONS THAT IS HAPPENING 
AND ONE OF THE AREAS THAT I 
HOPE THE MM RAISE WITH THE 
PREMIERS THIS EVENING.
>> YEAH.
I PROMISE WE'LL HAVE LOTS OF 
FOLLOW-UPS.
YEAH.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT PATTY 
AND DR. TAM HAVE BEEN FOCUSED 
ON AND WILL BE INVOLVED IN THE 
CALL WITH THE PREMIERS THIS 
AFTERNOON.
>> Reporter: OK.
SO, WE HAVE NURSES AND DOCTORS 
ALL LICENSED IN DIFFERENT 
PROVINCES.
THEY WANT PROVINCES SUPER SUPER 
FULL OF STUFF AND YOU GOT THE 
DOCTORS AND NURSES.
THERES NO BEDS.
CAN WE TAKE NURSES AND DOCTORS 
FROM OTHER PROVINCES?
DO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO 
THAT NOW OR WHAT WOULD BE THE 
SITUATION WHERE WE COULD DO 
THAT?
>> SO, THIS IS ACTUALLY PART OF 
THE YEARS OF PANDEMIC PLANNING.
WE DO HAVE A FRAMEWORK OR THE 
OPERATIONAL FRAMEWORK ON MUTUAL 
AID AND MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS.
BUT IT IS UP TO, OF COURSE, WE 
HAVE DIFFERENT LICENSING BODIES 
FOR DIFFERENT HEALTH 
PROFESSIONAL GROUPS.
BUT EACH OF THEM HAVE THOUGHT 
ABOUT EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND 
EMERGENCY LICENSING.
SO, THAT IS VERY MUCH PART OF 
THE STRATEGY.
>> Reporter: A FOLLOW-UP, DR. 
TAM.
ACTUALLY IF I HAVE ONE, DR. 
FREELAND, THERE'S A 50% 
INCREASE IN GASOLINE.
IS THAT A GOOD IDEA?
>> I THINK OUR GOVERNMENT HAS 
BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT THIS IS A 
TIME WHERE OUR FIRST PRIORITY 
IS PROTECTING THE HEALTH AND 
SAFETY OF CANADIANS AND THAT IS 
WHAT EVERYONE HERE HAS BEEN 
VERY FOCUSED ON.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE VERY 
AWARE OF THE ECONOMIC COST OF 
FIGHTING THIS VIRUS AND TAKING 
CARE OF OUR HEALTH.
SO THAT MEANS WE ARE THINKING 
VERY CAREFULLY ABOUT OUR WHOLE 
APPROACH TO WHAT WE'RE DOING 
ECONOMICALLY.
BOTH IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE 
SUPPORTING WORKERS AND 
BUSINESSES AND ALSO WHAT WE'RE 
DOING ON THE TAX SIDE.
AND YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN SOME 
ACTION FROM THE GOVERNMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH BACK TO 
THE PHONE.
TWO MORE QUESTIONS AND THAT IS 
IT.
>> THANK YOU.
A QUESTION FROM EMILY BERGERON.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> Reporter: HI.
MY QUESTION IS FOR MINISTER 
HAJDU.
YESTERDAY YOU TALKED ABOUT 
MAKING SURE ALL THE DIRECTIVES 
ARE UNIFORMIZED.
WHERE ARE YOU INER THES OF 
MAYBE CLOSING THE 
INTERPROVINCIAL BORDERS.
>> YESTERDAY I TALKED ABOUT THE 
NEED FOR A CLEAR AND 
COORDINATED APPROACH.
THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN 
THAT IT HAS TO BE THE SAME 
EVERYWHERE.
IT IS BASED ON EPIDEMIOLOGY AND 
THE BEST ADVICE OF PUBLIC 
HEALTH.
IN TERMS OF ADVISING AROUND THE 
CLOSURES OF INTERPROVINCIAL 
BORDERS YOU KNOW THAT SOME 
JURISDICTIONS HAVE DONE THAT 
BASED ON THEIR OWN PARTICULAR 
SITUATION AND A THINK DR. TAM 
TALKED ABOUT THAT.
IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, 
FOR EXAMPLE, KNOWING THAT THEY 
HAVE A VULNERABLE HEALTH CARE 
SYSTEM AND VULNERABLE 
POPULATION.
THOSE ARE ONGOING WITH THE 
ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND I'LL 
GIVE DR. TAM A FEW MOMENTS TO 
SPEAK ABOUT SOME OF THAT 
CONVERSATION YOU'RE HAVING 
AROUND UNIFORMTY AND ADVICE TO 
MADE THE YAFNS.
-- TO CANADIANS.
>> I THINK ALL OF US AGREE 
AROUND THE COMMITTEE AND CHIEF 
MEDICAL OFFICERS THAT THE TIME 
TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN TERMS 
OF STOPPING THE SORT OF  
PROPULGATION OF THE VIRUS AND 
THE SPREAD IS OF PARAMOUNT 
IMPORTANCE.
BUT WE ALSO AGREE NATIONALLY 
PROTECTING VULNERABLE 
COMMUNITIES AND IT IS AN 
OBJECTIVE THAT WE WOULD ALL 
PRACTICE.
SO THAT MEANS PROTECTING THE 
NORTHERN TERRITORY -- THE 
NORTHERN AREAS BUT ALSO, OF 
COURSE, THE TERRITORIES.
PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES 
RECOGNIZE THAT THEY ARE VERY 
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATIONS AS 
WELL AND THERE MAY BE QUITE A 
VAST AREA OF CANADA THAT HASN'T 
REALLY SEEN ANYTHING OTHER THAN 
A SPECIFIC INTRODUCTION BY 
TRAVELERS WHICH IS WHY YOU'RE 
SEEING SOME OF THESE MEASURES 
BEING DONE TO PROTECT SOME OF 
THESE AREAS.
THERE IS ALSO SOME UNDERLYING 
CRITERIA OF FACTORS THAT MAY 
NOT BE IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS.
SOME OF THESE MEASURES MIGHT BE 
TEMPORARY BECAUSE THEY ARE 
COPING WITH HUGE NUMBERS OF 
PEOPLE COMING BACK, FOR 
EXAMPLE, TO A TERRITORY AT THIS 
MOMENT IN TIME.
SOME OF THESE MEASURES ARE JUST 
TO COPE WITH THE INFLUX AS WELL 
BY REDUCING THE NUMBERS OF 
OTHER PEOPLE WHO MAY BE COMING 
INTO THE TERRITORIES.
SO, THEY EACH HAVE VERY 
INDIVIDUAL REQUIREMENTS SO I 
THINK WE'RE ALL VERY SUPPORTIVE 
OF THAT TYPE OF APPROACH BUT 
RECOGNIZING THAT WE HAVE 
SIGNIFICANT CONCURRENCE AROUND 
ESSENTIALLY ALL OF THE SOCIAL 
DISTANCING MEASURES AND CLOSING 
DOWN SCHOOLS AND REDUCING MASS 
GATHERINGS, ETC.
SO, I THINK THAT.
-BUT THE OTHER ASPECT THAT ALL 
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICERS WERE 
CONCERNED ABOUT IS OF COURSE 
MAINTAINING ESSENTIAL SERVICE 
AND MAKING SURE THAT THE -- THE 
SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED.
THEY ARE FLY-IN, FLY-OUT 
COMMUNITIS THAT MUST BE 
MAINTAINED AND ALSO THE LONGER 
TERM IMPACTS, WHETHER IT'S 
MENTAL HEALTH OR OTHER IMPACTS.
BECAUSE IF YOU START IMPACTING 
SOCIAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS THAT 
CAN HAVE A SEVERE IMPACT ON 
HEALTH.
IT'S NOT THE KIND OF DECISIONS 
THAT CAN BE TAKEN LIGHTLY, BUT 
I'M HAPPY THAT PEOPLE ARE 
DECISIVE ABOUT HOW TO PROTECT 
THEIR COMMUNITIES.
[PLEASE STAND
S... MORE AT RISK OF DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE AND HOW WE SUPPORT 
FAMILIES WHO ARE CAUGHT IN A 
CONDO, FEELING FEAR AND PRESSURE
AROUND THE FUTURE AND THE 
CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT 
THEIR FAMILIES.
THESE ARE REAL AND LIVE ISSUES 
WE HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN ABOUT.
AND WE'RE WORKING ON EVERY 
MOMENT TO HELP PEOPLE IN THIS 
VERY DIFFICULT TIME.
>> THANK YOU, MINISTER.
OPERATOR, ONE LAST QUESTION ON 
THE PHONE.
>> THANK YOU.
WE HAVE A MESSAGE FROM "THE 
GLOBE AND MAIL".
THE LINE IS OPEN.
>> Reporter: HELLO, THIS IS A 
QUESTION FOR DR. TAM.
THE NEWS RELEASE THEY SAY THE 
PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY WILL BE 
WORKING WITH BLUE DOT.
CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT 
YOU ARE LOOKING FOR FROM THE 
COMPANY AND WHAT INFORMATION 
THEY'RE PROVIDING AND THE VALUE 
OF THE CONTRACT?
>> BLUE DOT IS A COMPANY AND A 
COLLEAGUE THAT WE WORK WITH ON 
AN ONGOING BASIS ACTUALLY.
THERE IS A LOT OF INNOVATIVE 
THINKING IN TERMS OF HOW THE 
APPLICATIONS THAT THEY HAVE, BUT
ALSO NOT JUST THE TOOLS, BUT THE
INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF EXPERTISE 
THAT IS BEHIND THE TOOLS CAN BE 
USED.
SO WHILE SOME OF THE WORK HAS 
BEEN DONE LOOKING AT THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPREAD OF 
COVID-19, WE CAN POTENTIALLY USE
THIS TOOL TO LOOK AT WHAT IS 
HAPPENING WITHIN THE CANADIAN 
CONTEXT.
SO THAT'S SOME OF THE AREAS OF 
FOCUS.
>> FOLLOW-UP.
NO FOLLOW-UP?
OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> BEFORE WE FINISH, I WOULD 
LIKE TO HAND THE FLOOR FOR A FEW
MINUTES FOR A FRENCH CONCLUSION.
VERY RAPIDLY TO GIVE OVERVIEW OF
THE PAST FEW DAY'S PERSPECTIVE 
WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC HEALTH 
AND EPIDEMIOLOGY.
WE ALL HAVE TO ACT.
THAT IS THE MODE WE MOBILIZED 
CANADA'S INDUSTRIAL SECTOR.
WE HAVE MADE SURE THAT FIGHTING 
THIS VIRUS IS ALSO AN ECONOMIC 
FIGHT.
THIS MORNING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT 
SOCIAL MOBILIZATION, THE PRIME 
MINISTER CLEARLY STATED THAT 
WE -- EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US 
HAVE A SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO 
PROTECT NOT ONLY OURSELVES BUT 
OUR LOVED ONES.
TODAY, WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT, WE
ARE MOBILIZING THE AGRIFOOD 
SECTOR.
AGRIFOOD IS AN ESSENTIAL PILLAR 
OF CANADIAN NEEDS.
IF I MAY FINISH, I WOULD LIKE TO
STAY TODAY WE ARE PARTICULARLY 
MOBILIZING THE R & D SECTOR.
WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE IN CANADA A 
WORLD CLASS SCIENTIFIC 
COMMUNITY.
THAT IS TRUE FROM COAST TO 
COAST.
IT'S TRUE FOR MEDICAGO IN QUÉBEC
AND IN THE GREATER QUÉBEC CITY 
AREA.
IT'S ONE OF THE JEWELS OF THE 
INDUSTRY.
WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE 
POTENTIALLY ALREADY IN 
POSSESSION OF A VACCINE THAT 
COULD VACCINATE CANADIANS 
AGAINST THIS CORONAVIRUS.
THIS IS A PLANT-BASED VACCINE.
WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT AS THE
$300 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR 
COMPANIES SO THEY MAY ACCELERATE
CLINICAL TRIALS LIKE DR. TAM 
SAYS, THIS IS ALL ESSENTIAL TO 
THEM TO PRODUCE AND DISTRIBUTE 
THIS VACCINE LARGE SCALE.
WE HAVE TO FLATTEN THE CURVE, 
BUT ONCE AGAIN, OUR 
ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE COHERENT, ARE 
CONSISTENT, SO WE HAVE ALL THE 
TOOLS NECESSARY TO TAKE CARE OF 
OURSELVES AND OF ALL CANADIANS.
THANK YOU.
>> THAT IS OUR REGULAR BRIEFING 
FROM CABINET MINISTERS PART OF 
THE COVID-19 CABINET COMMITTEE 
GIVING US AN UPDATE ON DIFFERENT
MEASURES THE GOVERNMENT IS 
TAKING TODAY.
FOR INSTANCE, $5 BILLION BEING 
MADE AVAILABLE TO THE MORE THAN 
250,000 FARMERS IN THE COUNTRY 
TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ENOUGH 
CREDIT GOING FORWARD TO PRODUCE 
FOOD, TO SHORE UP OUR FOOD 
SUPPLY.
ALSO PROJECTS ANNOUNCED TO HELP 
DISCOVERY AND THE CREATION OF 
VACCINES FOR COVID-19.
BUT ESSENTIALLY, THE MESSAGE 
TODAY, BOTH FROM DR. TAM, WHO 
SAID WE MUST BE UNRELENTING IN 
OUR SOCIAL DISTANCING AND FROM 
CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER, ENOUGH 
IS ENOUGH, SAID JUSTIN TRUDEAU.
IT IS IMPORTANT NOW THAT YOU 
STAY HOME AND YOU START 
PRACTISING SOCIAL DISTANCING AND
SELF-ISOLATING.
A REMINDER THAT THE PRIME 
MINISTER WILL SPEAK WITH 
PREMIERS LATER TODAY TO SEE IF 
THEY NEED STRONGER MEASURES FROM
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO HELP 
ENFORCE THIS.
PARLIAMENT RETURNS TOMORROW TO 
PASS CRITICAL LEGISLATION TO GET
CANADIANS FINANCIAL AID THEY 
NEED SO MUCH.
WE HAVE LOTS OF BRIEFINGS FROM 
PROVINCES CONTINUING THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON.
WE'RE GOING TO QUÉBEC CITY NOW 
WHERE PREMIER FRANCOIS LEGAULT 
IS PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON THE 
CORONAVIRUS IN THAT PROVINCE.
I'M ROSEMARY BARTON.
THANKS FOR WATCHING.
HERE'S THE PREMIER NOW.
>> Translator: WE'RE NOW 
ENTERING TODAY, A NEW STEP IN 
THE FIGHT AGAINST CORONAVIRUS.
WE HAVE EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE 
THERE IS STARTING TO HAVE 
COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION.
YOU WILL SEE THE NUMBER OF CASES
IS INCREASING QUICKLY AND IT IS 
IMPORTANT TO SPECIFY, IN ORDER 
TO BETTER FOLLOW IN REALTIME, 
THE NUMBER OF CASES.
WE HAVE CHOSEN TO INCLUDE T
