THIS COUNTRY IS EASING LOCKDOWN 
RESTRICTIONS.
ENTERING PHASE TWO OF ITS 
RE-OPENING PLAN BUT THERE ARE 
TROUBLING SIGNS IN SOME PARTS 
OF THE PROVINCE, NAMELY IN 
KINGSTON AND WINDSOR-ESSEX.
THEY'VE SEEN A SPIKE IN CASES 
RECENTLY.
WE'LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT ALL 
OF THAT COMING UP.
LET'S BRING IN MY COLLEAGUES, 
VASSY KAPELOS AND THE CBC'S 
CATHERINE CULLEN.
AS WELL AS THOSE TWO SORT OF 
HOTSPOTS IN ONTARIO, ONE OF 
THEM RELATED TO MIGRANT WORKERS 
AND IN THE CASE OF KINGSTON, 
WE'LL TALK TO THE MAYOR IN JUST 
A MOMENT, AN OUTBREAK THAT 
STARTED AT A NAIL SALON AND 
ALSO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE 
UNITED STATES, WHICH CONTINUES 
TO BE VERY TROUBLING FOR 
CANADA, ALTHOUGH THE BORDER 
REMAINS CLOSED TO NONESSENTIAL 
TRAVEL.
VASSY, I'LL GET YOU TO START 
OFF THERE AND ANYTHING YOU KNOW 
THAT THE PRIME MINISTER IS 
GOING SAY TODAY.
>> Vassy: FOR SURE.
OBVIOUSLY THE RESTRICTIONS 
REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL NEARLY 
THE END OF JULY BETWEEN CANADA 
AND THE UNITE AT THE BORDER.
BUT I THINK WE'VE KIND OF BEEN 
SAYING THE SAME THING OVER THE 
PAST TWO WEEKS.
EVERY TIME I TURN ON THE NEWS 
IN THE MORNING, SOUTH OF THE 
BORDER, YOU SEE STATE AFTER 
STATE REPORT INCREASES IN THE 
NUMBER OF CASES, BUT NOT ONLY 
THE NUMBER OF CASES IN THE 
NUMBER OF HOSPITALIZATIONS AS 
WELL.
A PLACE LIKE ARIZONA, FOR 
EXAMPLE, WHERE HOSPITAL WORKERS 
AND DOCTORS AND NURSES ARE 
PARTICULARLY SOUNDING AN ALARM 
ABOUT REACHING CAPACITY IN MANY 
OF THE HOSPITALS AND THEIR 
ABILITY TO EVEN TREAT SOME OF 
THESE PATIENTS.
OBVIOUSLY A WORRYING TREND 
BECAUSE THE ECONOMIES IN THOSE 
STATES OPENED UP MUCH FASTER 
THAN HERE IN CANADA 
PROVINCE-BY-PROVINCE.
BUT THERE ARE LESS RESTRICTIONS 
STILL IN PLACE IN MANY OF THOSE 
PLACES.
I THINK THERE IS A DESIRE, 
ESPECIALLY NOT ONLY WITH THE 
PRIME MINISTER, BUT THOSE 
MODELING NUMBERS TO FIGURE OUT 
WHAT CAN WE GLEAN FROM THE 
INFORMATION THERE THAT MIGHT 
IMPACT THE FORECAST OR OUR 
ABILITY TO MITIGATE THE SPREAD 
OF THE VIRUS HERE AND IN 
PARTICULAR ONE THING THAT I 
THINK IS GOING TO BE 
INTERESTING TO ZONE IN ON WHAT 
I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IS 
THE RISE IN CASES AMONG YOUNG 
PEOPLE.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE 
SEEN BE ESPECIALLY PERVASIVE 
THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES IN 
THOSE STATES IN PARTICULAR 
WHERE WE'RE SEEING THE SPIKE IN 
CASES AND SPIKE IN 
HOSPITALIZATIONS.
NOW THE MORTALITY RATE IS NOT 
NECESSARILY GOING UP.
YOUNG PEOPLE AREN'T DIEING FROM 
THE VIRUS AT THIS POINT.
TO THE SAME DEGREE THAT OLDER 
PEOPLE ARE AND WE KNOW THAT TO 
BE TRUE TO A CERTAIN EXTENT IN 
CANADA AS WELL.
BUT THE PROBLEM, OF COURSE, IS 
EVEN IF YOU ARE ASYMPTOMATIC 
AND YOUR SYMPTOMS AREN'T THAT 
BAD, YOU CAN TRANSMIT THE VIRUS 
TO SOMEONE WHO COULD VERY MUCH 
HAVE A DIRE CONSEQUENCE BECAUSE 
OF THAT OR PASS AWAY OR JUST 
SUFFER A LOT MORE THAN A 
YOUNGER PERSON DOES.
SO, NOW WE HAVE SEEN, IN SOME 
PROVINCES, I'M THINKING OF -- I 
KNOW IN ONTARIO, AND I KNOW IN 
ALBERTA AS WELL, A MAJORITY OF 
NEWER CASES ARE ACTUALLY AMONG 
YOUNGER POPULATIONS WHICH DOES 
ECHO SOME PATTERNS WE'VE SEEN 
EMERGE INTO THE UNITED STATES.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL HAVE 
THE SAME OUTCOME, BUT I'M 
CURIOUS TO HEAR FROM DR. TAM 
WHAT THE MODELING SHOWS HER 
ABOUT THAT.
AND ALSO JUST STUDYING AGAINST 
THE BACKDROP THAT YOU 
MENTIONED, ROSIE, THE ECONOMY 
-- ANYONE WHO WENT OUTSIDE FOR 
THE WEEKEND AND SAW ANYONE FOR 
THE FIRST OR SECOND TIME, WE 
ALL FEEL IT.
THINGS ARE CERTAINLY RELAXED 
COMPARED TO WHAT THEY WERE A 
MONTH AGO OR TWO MONTHS AGO.
BUT WHAT KIND OF EFFECT IS THAT 
GOING TO HAVE ON THE SPREAD OF 
THE VIRUS.
AS YOU MENTIONED WE SAW IN 
KINGSTON, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT 
HAPPENED THERE.
HOW ARE WE DEALING WITH 
INCIDENTS LIKE THAT.
WHAT KIND OF OVERALL TRAJECTORY 
OF THE VIRUS.
JUNE 4 WAS THE LAST DAY THAT THE
 MODELING WITH REFLEXIVE OF 
THAT.
A DIFFERENT SOCIETY WHEN WE 
WERE STILL VERY MUCH IN THE 
MONTH PRECEDING THAT LOCKED 
DOWN.
THIS WILL BE, I THINK, A 
DIFFERENT LOOK, MORE BASED IN 
THE KIND OF WAY OF LIFE THAT 
WE'LL HAVE OVER THE NEXT FEW 
MONTHS, AT LEAST.
>> Rosemary: PHIL, MY TRUSTEE 
PRODUCER, PULLED OUT SOME 
NUMBER AND WE'RE NOT SURE IF  
IF THEY'RE NEW NUMBERS OR THE 
NUMBERS WE'LL GET AT NOON WHERE 
IT DOES SAY THAT THE HIGHEST 
INCIDENTS IN AGE AND GENDER 
REMAIN IN CANADIANS OVER 80, 
WHICH IS THE TREND WE'VE BEEN 
SEING FROM THE BEGINNING BUT AS 
YOU RIGHTLY POINT OUT, YOUNGER 
ADULTS AGED 20 TO 29.
THEY NOW REPRESENT 22% OF THE 
CASES REPORTED IN THE LAST WEEK 
AND PEOPLE IN THAT AGE 
CATEGORY, 22 TO 29 COMPRISE 
JUST 14% OF THE CANADIAN 
POPULATION.
SO, WE'VE SEEN SOME STORIES OF 
HAMILTON, WE'VE SEEN NIT OTHER 
PLACES.
THERE IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING 
GOING ON THERE.
AND IT DOES SEEM TO BE THE CASE 
IN THE UNITED STATES AS WELL.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S 
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE FEELING 
RELAXED OR NO LONGER FOLLOWING 
THE PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE, THE 
SAME WAY, BECAUSE THINGS HAVE 
BEEN EASED?
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT'S ABOUT.
BUT THERE IS DEFINITELY 
SOMETHING GOING ON, SOMETHING 
TROUBLING AND SOMETHING TO 
WATCH AS YOU RIGHTLY POINT OUT.
DOESN'T MEAN THE SAME NUMBER OF 
DEATHS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
THEY USUALLY DON'T HAVE THE 
SAME KIND OF -- IT IS USUALLY 
NOT A SEVERE CASE, BUT 
SOMETHING VERY MUCH TO WATCH.
I'LL BRING IN YOU, CATHERINE, 
ON THAT POINT OR WHAT YOU'RE 
EXPECTING FROM THE PRIME 
MINISTER.
I KNOW YOU DID WORK ON FRIDAY 
AROUND THE BID TO TRY TO GET 
STUDENTS TO DO VOLUNTEER WORK.
AND THAT STORY CONTINUES A BIT 
TODAY AS WELL.
>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT.
THE CONSERVATIVES ARE TRYING TO 
PUSH THIS ISSUE FORWARD AND 
SAYING THAT THEY WANT SCRUTINY 
OF THIS PROGRAMME.
THE CANADA STUDENT SERVICE 
GRANT PROGRAMME.
FOLKS MAY REMEMBER THAT IS A 
$900 MILLION PROGRAMME AND THE 
AIM IS TO GET STUDENTS ACROSS 
CANADA, MANY OF WHOM WOULD HAVE 
HOPED TO HAVE SUMMER JOBS AND 
ARE NOT FINDING THEM, TO PUT 
THEM IN TOUCH WITH CHARITY 
ORGANISATIONS.
THEY WILL BE PAID FOR THAT 
WORK, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $1,000 
AND $5,000 DEPENDING ON HOW 
MUCH WORK THEY PUT IN.
THE GROUP THAT IS ADMINISTERING 
THIS PROGRAMME, IT IS NOT THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THEY PUT A GROUP CALLED THE WE 
CHARITY IN CHARGE OF THIS.
PEOPLE MAY KNOW, THEY MAY BE 
ABLE TO CAST THEIR MINDS BACK 
TO 2015 WHEN JUSTIN TRUDEAU 
MADE HIS VERY FIRST SPEECH 
ACTUALLY AFTER BEING SWORN IN 
AS PRIME MINISTER.
FIRST BIG PUBLIC EVENT WAS ONE 
OF THOSE WE DAY EVENTS WHERE HE 
WAS SPEAKING TO CROWDS OF 
THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE, 
GETTING HIS MESSAGE OUT.
NOW THE PRIME MINISTER DOESN'T 
GET PAID FOR HIS WORK NOR DOES 
HIS WIFE OR HIS MOTHER.
THEY ARE ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH 
THIS CHARITY.
BUT THE PRIME MINISTER WAS 
ASKED ON FRIDAY, IS THERE SOME 
IMPRESSION THAT COULD BE LEFT 
OF, FOR INSTANCE, FAVORITISM, 
PREFERENCE, CONFLICT OF 
INTEREST BECAUSE YOUR FAMILY SO 
CLOSE WITH THIS CHARITY.
HE DEFENDED THE DECISION TO 
GIVE THIS CHARITY THIS CONTRACT.
LISTEN, THIS IS WHAT 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICIALS TOLD US 
TO DO.
THEY SAID THIS IS THE ONLY 
CHARITY THAT COULD HANDLE, THE 
ONLY ORGANIZATION THAT COULD 
HANDLE WORK OF THIS NATURE.
SO, FINDING POSITIONS FOR ALL 
OF THESE STUDENTS, GETTING THEM 
CONNECTED WITH IT.
BUT THE QUESTIONS REMAIN, THE 
CONSERVATIVES NOW SAYING IT 
NEEDS SCRUTINY BY THE AUDITOR 
GENERAL, TALKING PARTICULARLY 
ABOUT THE OUTSOURCING OF THE 
PROGRAMME TO A THIRD PARTY, 
SAYING IT RAISES JUSTIFIABLE 
CONCERNS AND A NUMBER OF 
QUESTIONS AND, OF COURSE, 
RAISING THOSE CONNECTIONS 
BETWEEN THE PRIME MINISTER AND 
HIS FAMILY.
SINCE THEN, WE'RE HEARING ABOUT 
OTHER CONCERNS AS WELL.
I'VE RECEIVED E-MAIL AND YOU 
HAVE, TOO.
PERHAPS VASSY AS WELL FROM 
STUDENTS AND OTHERS, LABOUR 
LAWYERS AND WHATNOT QUESTIONING 
THE NATURE OF THE PROGRAMME 
ITSELF.
WHY GIVE STUDENTS A SUM OF 
MONEY, BUT NOT PAY THEM, FOR 
INSTANCE, THE MINIMUM WAGE.
IF YOU BREAK IT DOWN, IT IS 
LESS THAN THE MINIMUM WAGE.
SOME PEOPLE -- WELL, I THINK 
PEOPLE GENERALLY APPLAUDING 
GETTING STUDENTS OUT INTO THE 
COMMUNITY.
BUT QUESTIONING WHETHER OR NOT 
IT IS APPROPRIATE TO BE GIVING 
THEM SOME MONEY, WHETHER THAT 
MUDDIES THE SENSE OF 
VOLUNTEERISM, BUT NOT ENOUGH.
WE HEARD THE GOVERNMENT DEFEND 
THAT AND SAY LISTEN, THISES A 
TOUGH TIME.
THESE CHARITIES NEED HELP.
THIS IS A WAY TO HELP THEM.
STUDENTS NEED ADDITIONAL MONEY.
THIS IS ENCOURAGING WORK IN THE 
PUBLIC SERVICE.
BUT THE QUESTIONS DON'T PILE UP 
TODAY AND THE PRIME MINISTER 
MAY BE FACING MORE OF THEM 
TODAY AS WELL.
>> Rosemary: YEAH.
WORTH POINTING OUT THIS IS A 
VOLUNTEER POSITION SO YOU 
WOULDN'T NORMALLY GET MONEY AND 
THE GOVERNMENT POINTING OUT TO 
DEAL WITH TWO ISSUES AT THE 
SAME TIME.
ONE, CHARITIES THAT NEED LABOUR 
AT A TIME WHEN PANDEMIC IS 
HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND STUDENTS WHO ARE LOOKING 
FOR WORK AND THE WORK ISN'T 
CREATED.
I THINK YOU HAVE NEW NUMBERS ON 
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, TOO, THAT 
HAVE REACHED OUT AND -- OR PUT 
THEIR HAND UP AND SAID YEAH, I 
WANT TO DO THIS.
>> YES.
AND IT'S ALSO INTERESTING 
BECAUSE IT LINK BACK TO THE 
CONCERN BY THE CONSERVATIVES.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS SOME NUMBERS 
AND I THINK WE'LL HEAR MORE 
FROM THE PRIME MINISTER ABOUT 
THIS TODAY.
THEY SEE GOOD-NEWS NUMBERS.
25,000 APPLICATIONS THAT THEY 
RECEIVED.
I BELIEVE THE APPLICATIONS 
OPENED ON THURSDAY, THAT WAS 
WHEN THE PRIME MINISTER MARRIED 
HIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
SO THEY WERE HOPING TO GET 
20,000 STUDENTS IN PLACE.
THEY'VE ALREADY RECEIVED 25,000 
APPLICATIONS.
THEY SEE THAT AS GOOD NEWS.
THEY RECEIVED 1,000 IN JUST THE 
FIRST FEW HOURS.
THE DEMAND IS THERE.
STUDENTS ARE EAGER FOR THE 
OPPORTUNITIES AND THE MONEY 
THAT COMES ALONG WITH I.
BUT WHAT'S INTERESTING IN THAT 
IS WE'S INVOLVE INDEPENDENT 
THIS PROJECT IS SCRUTINIZED, OF 
THIS $900 MILLION-PLUS 
PROGRAMME, ACCORDING TO THE 
INFORMATION WE RECEIVED FROM 
THE GOVERNMENT -- NOW WE IS NOT 
GOING TO MAKE ANY KIND OF 
PROFIT THE PRIME MINISTER SAID 
ON FRIDAY, BUT THEY ARE GETTING 
PAID TO ADMINISTER THE 
PROGRAMME AND THAT AMOUNTS TO 
$19.5 MILLION.
ABOUT $5 MILLION OF THAT GOES 
TO OTHER AGENCIES.
BUT THAT NUMBER CAN KEEP GOING 
UP IF THERE IS MORE INTEREST IN 
THE PROGRAMME.
IF THE PROGRAMME ITSELF EXPANDS.
CERTAINLY THESE LATEST NUMBERS, 
IT'S ONLY BEEN A FEW DAYS 
SUGGESTS THAT THE INTEREST IS 
THERE.
THEREFORE, THE PROGRAMME CAN 
EXPAND.
THE OTHER TRICK IN ALL OF THIS 
IS ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES THERE 
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT'S 
SOMETHING THAT OTHER GROUPS 
SUCH AS VOLUNTEER CANADA, WHICH 
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN LISTENING 
TO NEWS NETWORK, OUR COLLEAGUE 
JANYCE McGREGOR HAS HEARD HER 
TALKING ABOUT TODAY BUT THEY 
HAVE A CONCERN AMOENSING OTHER 
THINGS, NOT ONLY MUDDYING THE 
SENSE OF VOLUNTEERISM BUT ALSO 
OF HAVING A RASH OF PEOPLE 
OFFER UP THEIR SERVICES AND 
THEN NOT ACTUALLY HAVE A SPOT 
FOR THEM AND THAT THEY FEAR 
THAT IN THE LONG-TERM THAT 
DAMPENS PEOPLE'S SENT OF 
ENTHUSIASM.
INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THAT 
PLAYS OUT.
IT IS A MULTIFACETED ISSUE AND 
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CONCERNS 
BEING RAISED.
AND THERE IS PEOPLE VERY 
INTERESTED IN THIS.
>> Rosemary: FOR SURE.
AND THAT MIGHT BE THE 
ENCOURAGING PART, I GUESS, FOR 
THE PROGRAMME AND FOR THE 
GOVERNMENT TO SEE YOUNG PEOPLE 
WANTING TO HELP OUT.
WE ARE STANDING BY FOR THE 
PRIME MINISTER AS HE COMES IN 
AND OUT ABOUT THREE MINUTES.
KINGSTON, ONTARIO IS DEALING 
WITH A SURGE OF COVID-19 CASES 
AFTER AN OUTBREAK AT A NAIL 
SALON.
BRIAN PATTERSON IS THE MAYOR OF 
KINGSTON.
HE JOINS ME NOW.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
>> Rosemary: THERE IS A PUBLIC 
HEALTH UPDATE AT 1:00.
BUT GIVE US A HINT OF WHAT WE 
SHOULD EXPECT.
HOW BIG IS THE PROBLEM RIGHT 
NOW IN KINGSTON BECAUSE OF THIS 
OUTBREAK?
>> WE ARE DEFINITELY SEEING AN 
INCREASE IN CASES.
WE EXPECT THAT NUMBER TO GO UP 
FOR THE NEXT LITTLE WHILE.
BUT THE SAME TIME, IT WAS GOOD 
THAT WE CAUGHT IT EARLY.
SO, WE HAVE DONE A TON OF 
TESTING.
THERE HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS OF 
PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME FORWARD 
AND DOING THE TESTS AND MAKING 
SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE 
CONTACT TRACING.
ALL OF THOSE BEST PRACTICES 
THAT WE KNOW WERE IMPORTANT AND 
I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING 
FROM MY PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS.
THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT?
THIS WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME.
WE'LL SEE THESE OUTBREAKS FROM 
TIME TO TIME AS WE LIVE WITH 
COVID OVER THE NEXT YEAR, YEAR 
AND A HALF.
SO, THE KEY IS TO CATCH IT 
EARLY AND MOVE QUICKLY AND GET 
THAT TESTING DONE.
SO, SO FAR WHAT I'M HEARING IS 
THAT IT'S NOT GREAT, BUT IT 
COULD BE A LOT WORSE.
>> Rosemary: YEAH.
I THINK THE LAST THING I HEARD 
THIS MORNING WAS 3,000 PEOPLE 
HAD BEEN TESTED, ALL RELATED TO 
THIS CONTACT TRACING WHICH IS 
WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, OF 
COURSE, WHEN YOU GET THIS.
HOW MANY CASES DO YOU KNOW ARE 
CONFIRMED TO THIS OUTBREAK?
THE LAST NUMBER I HEARD ON THAT 
FRONT IS 25.
IS THAT STILL THE NUMBER?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT IS THE NUMBER WE HAVE 
RIGHT NOW.
I'LL HAVE A CALL VERY SHORTLY 
WITH OUR PUBLIC HEALTH 
OFFICIALS TO SEE IF ANY NEW 
CASES HAVE COME.
WHEN WE'RE TESTING THAT MANY 
PEOPLE, WE ARE EXPECTING THAT 
THERE WILL BE MORE POSITIVE 
CASES.
AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE 
THINGS WHERE WE'LL CONTINUE TO 
UPDATE IT AND WORK WITH THE 
COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE THAT 
EVERYBODY WHO HAS BEEN TO THAT 
NAIL SALON GETS TESTED.
WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT 500 
PEOPLE FROM THE LAST TWO WEEK, 
THAT  -- TWO WEEKS, THAT'S A 
LOT OF PEOPLE TO IDENTIFY.
>> Rosemary: SO, YOU ARE DOING 
AN ENFORCEMENT BLITZ RIGHT NOW 
TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE 
PRACTICING THE RIGHT KIND OF 
PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE.
SHOULD THAT NOT HAVE BEEN DONE 
PROACTIVELY OR WAS THE ONUS ON 
BUSINESSES TO DO THE RIGHT 
THING?
>> YEAH.
I THINK TO BE CLEAR, PUBLIC 
HEALTH HAD DONE A REALLY GOOD 
JOB ABOUT LETTING ALL THESE 
BUSINEES KNOW EXACTLY WHAT 
THE GUIDELINES AND WHAT THE 
RULES WERE.
URL SOME OF THOSE RULE AND 
GUIDELINES WEREN'T FOLLOW SOD 
THAT IS WHERE THE INSPECTION IS 
GOING FORWARD TO MAKE SURE 
EVERYONE ELSE IS FOLLOWING 
THOSE RULES.
IF NO, THEY WILL BE FINED.
OUR MEDICAL OFFICERS HAVE SAID 
THAT IF THEY FIND MORE CASES 
AND FURTHER PROBLEMS, THAT THEY 
MAY EVEN ISSUE AN ORDER TO 
CLOSE NAIL SALONS.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING WHERE WE 
IDENTIFY.
IT IS A HIGHER RISK ACTIVITY.
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT BEING IN 
CLOSE CONTACT WITH SOMEONE FOR 
ABOUT AN HOUR AND WE HAVE TO 
MAKE SURE THAT THOSE GUIDELINES 
ARE PUT IN PLACE.
>> Rosemary: WOULD YOU NOT -- I 
UNDERSTAND YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY 
TAKING THEIR ADVICE.
BUT WOULD IT NOT BE PERHAPS 
PRUDENT TO SHUT DOWN ALL SALON 
AND THEN DO SORT OF THE 
INSPECTIONS TO MAKE SURE IT'S 
HAPPENING BECAUSE THERE IS NOW 
TWO, RIGHT?
TWO OR THREE SALONS THAT HAVE 
HAD VIOLATIONS.
>> WE'VE ALREADY DONE A BLITZ 
AND I THINK WE HIT JUST ABOUT 
ALL THE SALONS IN THE CITY.
SO  WE'LL CONNECT AND SEE IF 
THERE ARE FURTHER PROBLEMS.
WE'RE CERTAINLY WILLING TO DO 
THAT.
IT IS A WAKEUP CALL FROM THE 
COMMUNITY TO SAY YOU KNOW, 
WE'VE GONE THROUGH A COUPLE OF 
MONTHS WITH HARDLY ANY CASES AT 
ALL AND UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU 
KNOW WHAT?
WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL AND STAY 
VIGILANT THAT WE'RE LIVING WITH 
THIS VIRUS.
IT IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY.
AS LONG AS WE DO, THAT WE'LL BE 
IN GOOD SHAPE.
>> Rosemary: IS THAT PART OF 
THE PROBLEM?
KINGSTON HAS BEEN A SUCCESS 
STORY, CERTAINLY IN ONTARIO, IN 
TERMS OF CONTAINING THE VIRUS.
DO YOU THINK PEOPLE LET THEIR 
GUARD DOWN A LITTLE BIT?
>> I THINK IN THIS PARTICULAR 
CASE WHERE THE PUBLIC 
GUIDELINES WEREN'T BEING 
FOLLOWED, THAT IS PROBABLY AN 
INDICATION THAT SOME PEOPLE HAD 
THEIR GUARD DOWN.
I THINK A WAKEUP CALL IS A GOOD 
THING.
THIS IS WHAT I'M HEARING FROM 
OUR LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH PEOPLE, 
THAT WE'LL HAVE OUTBREAKS LIKE 
THIS.
UNTIL WE HAVE A VACCINE.
SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 
CAN'T LET OUR GUARD DOWN.
THAT PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND 
HAND WASHING AND NOW WEARING 
MASKS, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT 
ARE THERE FOR A REASON TO MAKE 
SURE THAT WE CAN PREVENT THE 
SPREAD OF ANY NEW CASES.
>> Rosemary: AND THE HEALTH UNIT
 IS TALKING ABOUT WEARING MASKS.
>> SO, WE ISSUED AN ORDER THAT 
MASKS SHOULD BE WORN INSIDE ANY 
PUBLIC SPACES.
SO, THIS WOULD MEAN IF YOU'RE 
GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE OR 
LIBRARY, COMMUNITY CENTRE OR 
RIDING PUBLIC TRANSIT, FOR 
EXAMPLE, AND THE RESPONSE HAS 
BEEN PRETTY GOOD HERE IN OUR 
COMMUNITY.
EVERYBODY IS WEARING IT AND 
TAKING IT IN STRIDE.
JUST ABOUT EVERY STORE THAT 
WE'RE SELLING MASKS HAS SOLD 
OUT OF THEM.
I THINK GETTING THAT UPTAKE 
FROM THE COMMUNITY IS A REALLY 
GOOD SIGN.
>> 
>> Rosemary: I KNOW THAT 
CUSTOMS OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN 
WARNED ABOUT THIS AND AMERICANS 
COMING ACROSS ON THE WATER, FOR 
RECREATIONAL REGIONS INTO 
KINGSTON S. THAT ACTUALLY 
HAPPENING?
HAVE YOU SEEN EVIDENCE OF THAT?
HOW CONCERNING IS THAT FOR YOU?
>> OBVIOUSLY THAT IS A 
VIOLATION OF THE RULES THAT ARE 
IN PLACE.
WE HAD PEOPLE RAISE THOSE 
CONCERNS AND HAVE BEEN AND HAVE 
BEEN DOING INSPECTIONS AND 
MARINAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT 
ISN'T HAPPENING.
WE'RE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE.
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT IS A 
CONCERN TO CONTACT BORDER 
CONTROL DIRECTLY.
WE'RE LEARNING TO ABIDE BY 
THOSE RULES.
>> Rosemary: THANK YOU.
WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
AND WE'LL BRING THE NEWS FROM 
THE BRIEFING LATER TODAY AS 
WELL.
THAT IS THE MAYOR OF KINGSTON, 
ONTARIO.
ANOUT BREAK THAT STARTED IN 
KINGSTON HAS LED TO THE CITY 
TESTING MORE THAN 3,000 PEOPLE.
THE CASE LOAD IS STILL POSITIVE 
CASES, STILL QUITE LOW.
THAT IS THE KIND OF THING THAT 
EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF, 
THAT IT CAN HAPPEN AND PUBLIC 
HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE TO BE 
ABLE TO GO IN AND TEST AND 
CONTACT TRACE IN KINGSTON.
THE OTHER PLACE IS WHERE PEOPLE 
ARE A MAJOR CONCERN IS IN 
WINDSOR-ESSEX.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT LAST WEEK.
IF YOU WERE WATCHING ABOUT 
MIGRANT WORKERS AFTER THE DEATH 
OF A THIRD MEXICAN MIGRANT 
WORKER IN SOUTHERN ONTARIO AND 
NOW, AS OF TODAY, THERE ARE 117 
NEW CASES OF COVID-19.
IN THE REGION OF WINDSOR-ESSEX.
I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT MY 
COLLEAGUE CHRIS ENSING SAYS OF 
ALL THE CASES IN THAT PART OF 
THE REGION, MORE THAN 40% ARE 
IN THE FARM SECTOR.
OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A PUSH TO 
GET MIGRANT WORKERS TESTED BUT 
THERE IS A SENSE OF 
VULNERABILITY IN THAT PART OF 
THE INDUSTRY AS WELL.
SASKATCHEWAN HAS SEEN AN UPTICK 
AND SOME OF THAT IS TO BE 
EXPECTED AS RESTRICTIONS ARE 
EASED, BUT IT IS STILL 
SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE 
KEEPING AN EYE ON.
I'LL BRING BACK MY COLLEAGUES 
BEFORE THE PRIME MINISTER.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOTSPOTS BUT 
IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE THEN 
HOW PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS 
RESPOND TO THESE KINDS OF 
THINGS AND HOW QUICKLY YOU CAN 
CONTAIN IT WHICH IS WHAT THE 
GOAL IS.
>> Vassy: IF I CAN ZONE IN ON 
THE MIGRANT WORKER.
BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE 
QUESTIONS FOR THE PRIME 
MINISTER ON THAT.
THOUT BREAK IS IN A COUPLE OF 
AREAS OF ONTARIO.
THERE'S SHARED JURISDICTION 
OVER HOW THIS FILE IS HANDLED 
AND IN PARTICULAR HOW TO 
MITIGATE THE SPREAD OF THE 
VIRUS AMONG MIGRANT WORKERS.
I KNOW HE IS COMING RIGHT NOW.
BUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS 
SOME JURISDICTION RIGHT HERE, 
ESPECIALLY AROUND CONGREGANT 
LIVING SITUATIONS, WHICH IS A 
HUGE PART OF ALL THIS.
>> Rosemary: ALL RIGHT.
HERE WE GO.
HERE IS THE PRIME MINISTER OF 
CANADA.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: OUR 
GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN WORKING ON 
MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE SAFE AND 
SUPPORTED DURING THIS 
CHALLENGING TIME.
AS WE MOVE INTO THE SUMMER, 
THIS WORK CONTINUES.
WHILE WE MADE GOOD PROGRESS 
OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, THE 
VIRUS REMAINS A SERIOUS THROAT 
OUR HOUSE.
WITH PARTS OF THE ECONOMY SHUT 
DOWN FOR MANY MONTHS, A LOT OF 
PEOPLE NEED HELP GETTING BACK 
ON THEIR FEET.
SO, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE 
HELPING IN EVERY WAY WE CAN.
OUR GOVERNMENT HAS LAUNCHED NEW 
PROGRAMMES AND MADE NEW 
INVESTMENTS TO HELP BUSINESSES 
RE-OPEN SAFELY, GET PEOPLE BACK 
ON THE JOB AND LAY THE 
GROUNDWORK FOR OUR ECONOMY TO 
COME ROARING BACK.
IF YOU OWN A BUSINESS AND 
STRUGGLING WITH CASH FLOW, YOU 
CAN GET A LOAN THROUGH THE 
CANADA EMERGENCY BUSINESS 
ACCOUNT TO BRIDGE TO BETTER 
TIMES.
IF YOU ARE A STUDENT OR RECENT 
GRAD LOOKING FOR A JOB, WE'VE 
CREATED THOUSANDS OF NEW 
WORKPLACEMENTS THROUGH CANADA'S 
SUMMER JOBS AND STUDENT 
WORKPLACEMENT PROGRAMME.
IF YOU ARE AN EMPLOYER AND NEED 
HELP TO BRING BACK YOUR STAFF, 
THE CANADA EMERGENCY WAGE 
SUBSIDY IS THERE FOR YOU 
THROUGH THE SUMMER.
IN EVERY PART OF THE COUNTRY, 
BUSINESS OWNERS ARE STEPPING UP 
AND HIRING BACK THEIR STAFF FROM
 BROOK SIGNS IN ONTARIO TO 
ANCHOR OUTFITTING IN TURNER 
VALLEY, ALBERTA.
AND MOVING FORWARD, OUR 
GOVERNMENT WILL HELP EVEN MORE 
BUSINESSES BRING BACK THEIR 
WORKERS.
[Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: LIFE 
IS SLOWLY STARTING TO RETURN TO 
NORMAL AND THIS IS GOOD NEWS 
FOR EVERYONE.
THE RECOVERY ALSO PRESENTS NEW 
CHALLENGE.
OUR GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO 
FOLLOW THE SITUATION CLOSELY 
AND TO LISTEN TO CANADIANS.
WE WANT THE PROGRAMMES TO BE 
ADAPTED TO PEOPLE'S NEEDS AND 
REALITIES AND THAT IS WHY THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO 
EXTEND BY ONE MONTH THE 
EMERGENCY COMMERCIAL RENT 
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME AND WE'RE 
WORKING WITH THE PROVINCES AND 
TERRITORIS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
THIS PROGRAMMES ALLOWS SMALL 
BUSINESSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY 
TO PAY LESS FOR THEIR RENT.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT MANY OWNERS 
HAVE PROBLEMS WITH CASH FLOW 
RIGHT NOW AND WE'RE WORKING ON 
THAT THIS WEEK.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PLANS TO 
EXTEND THE RENT ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAMME BY ANOTHER MONTH AND 
WORKING WITH THE PROVINCES AND 
TERRITORIES TO DO JUST THAT.
THIS PROGRAMME IS HELPING 
THOUSANDS OF SMALL BUSINESSES 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY SAVE ON RENT.
WE KNOW THAT MANY BUSINESS 
OWNERS ARE STRUGGLING WITH CASH 
FLOW RIGHT NOW SO WE'RE WORKING 
ON A SOLUTION.
WITH SUMMER OFFICIALLY HERE, I 
KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE 
WONDERING WHAT TO EXPECT FOR 
THE COMING MONTHS.
SO, THIS AFTERNOON, DR. TAM AND 
DR. NJOO WILL RELEASE THE 
LATEST PUBLIC HEALTH MODELING.
WE'LL HAVE MORE DETAILS THEN, 
BUT HERE IS THE MAIN TAKEAWAY 
FROM THESE PROJECTIONS.
AFTER A VERY CHALLENGING 
SPRING, THINGS ARE CONTINUING 
TO MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
WE STILL HAVE SOME HOTSPOTS IN 
SOME PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, BUT 
NATIONALLY THE NUMBER OF CASES, 
HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS IS 
DECLINING OVER TIME AND THAT IS 
BECAUSE CANADIANS ARE DOING 
THEIR PART.
YOU TOOK THIS SERIOUSLY.
YOU FOLLOWED PUBLIC HEALTH 
INSTRUCTIONS AND MADE 
SACRIFICES SO WE COULD GET THIS 
VIRUS UNDER CONTROL.
OVER THE COMING WEEKS, WE'LL 
KEEP CANADIAN UPDATED INCLUDING 
THE LATEST NUMBERS CONTINUING 
TO BE PUBLISHED EVERY SINGLE 
DAY.
AS WE MOVE INTO THIS NEW PHASE, 
DR. TAM, DR. NJOO AND I WILL 
PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE 
PANDEMIC A FEW TIMES EVERY 
WEEK, INSTEAD OF EVERY DAY, 
WHEN WE HAVE BRIEFINGS OR 
INFORMATION TO SHARE.
I WANT TO STRESS, THOUGH, THAT 
WHILE WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK, 
THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19 IS 
NOT OVER YET.
AS WE START TO RE-OPEN THE 
ECONOMY, WE MUST CONTINUE TO 
FOLLOW LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH 
GUIDELINES TO KEEP EACH OTHER 
SAFE.
[Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: THIS 
AFTERNOON, DR. TAM AND DR. NJOO 
WILL BE PRESENTING THE LATEST 
PROJECTIONS FROM PUBLIC HEALTH.
THERE WILL BE FURTHER DETAILS 
PROVIDED AT THAT TIME, BUT THIS 
IS THE MAJOR TAKEAWAY.
AFTER A DIFFICULT SPRING, 
THINGS CONTINUE TO IMPROVE.
WE HAVE HOTSPOTS IN CANADA, BUT 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE NUMBER 
OF CASES OF HOSPITALIZATIONS 
AND DEATHS IS DECLINING.
AND THAT IS BECAUSE CANADIANS 
ARE DOING THEIR PART.
YOU TOOK THE SITUATION 
SERIOUSLY BY FOLLOWING PUBLIC 
HEALTH ADVICE AND MAKING 
SACRIFICES.
IN THE COMING WEEK, WE'LL 
CONTINUE TO UPDATE YOU ON THE 
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS AS WE HAVE 
BEEN DOING FROM THE OUTSET.
THE LATEST DATA ON COVID-19 
WILL CONTINUE TO BE PUBLISHED 
EVERY DAY.
GIVEN THAT WE'RE NOW ENTERING A 
NEW PHASE, DR. TAM AND DR. NJOO 
AND MYSELF WILL BE HOLDING 
UPDATES ONLY A FEW TIMES A 
WEEK, BUT NOT EVERY DAY.
I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR, 
HOWEVER, WE HAVE MADE 
SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS, BUT WE'RE 
NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET.
WE HAVE TO REMAIN PRUDENT AND 
CONTINUE TO FOLLOW PUBLIC 
HEALTH AND EXPERTS' ADVICE.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WITH 
CANADA DAY AROUND THE CORNER, 
WE HAVE ANOTHER BUSY WEEK AHEAD 
OF US.
IN ADDITION TO OUR ONGOING 
RESPONSE TO COVID-19, THE NEW 
NAFTA WILL COME INTO FORCE ON 
WED.
WITH TRADE BETWEEN NAFTA 
MEMBERS VALUED AT NEARLY $1.5 
TRILLION IN 2018, WE CAN'T 
OVERSTATE HOW VITAL IT IS TO 
MAINTAIN FREE AND FAIR TRADE 
BETWEEN OUR THREE COUNTRIES.
MILLIONS OF JOBS DEPEND ON A 
STRONG AND STABLE RELATIONSHIP 
WITH OUR PARTNERS.
THIS DEAL SECURES ACCESS TO THE 
NORTH AMERICAN MARKET FOR OUR 
BUSINESS OWNERS, ENTREPRENEURS 
AND CONSUMERS.
IT REMOVES UNCERTAINTY FOR OUR 
MANUFACTURERS, OUR INVESTORS 
AND OUR WORKERS.
THIS DEAL IS GOOD FOR CANADA 
AND GOOD FOR CANADIANS.
[Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: NOW 
WE WILL TAKE QUESTIONS.
>> [Speaking French].
>> Operator: THANK YOU, MERCI.
[Speaking French] 
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: GOOD 
MORNING, MR. TRUDEAU.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE YOU TO 
COMMENT ON THE CRITICISMS MADE 
BY THE QUOEB LABOUR MINISTER OF 
THE CERB.
APPARENTLY THE EXTENSION HAS 
NOT HELPED TO RELAUNCH THE 
ECONOMY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF HIS 
ANALYSIS?
HE IS SAYING THAT THAT IS 
HINDERING THE RE-OPENING OF THE 
ECONOMY RATHER THAN BOOSTING IT.
WELL, THERE ARE THOUSANDS, IN 
FACT MILLIONS OF CANADIANS OUT 
THERE WHO DON'T HAVE A JOB AND 
WANT JOB.
AND BECAUSE THE ECONOMY HAS 
SLOWED DOWN AND WAS AT A 
COMPLETE STANDSTILL FOR SEVERAL 
MONTHS, THERE ARE NO JOBS THERE 
FOR THEM.
SO, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO 
PROVIDE THEM THE NECESSARY HELP 
SO THAT THEY CAN SUPPORT THEIR 
FAMILY AND BUY THEIR GROCERIES.
THAT IS OUR PRIORITY.
YES, THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY IS 
IMPORTANT AND WE HAVE SEEN 
MANY, MANY COMPANIES, MANY 
BUSINESSES USING THE WAGE 
SUBSIDY IN ORDER TO ASSIST THAT 
RECOVERY.
BUT WE ARE STILL IN A SITUATION 
WHERE TOO MANY CANADIANS STILL 
NEED THE CERB AND, THEREFORE, 
WE DECIDED TO EXTEND IT.
FOLLOW-UP?
YES.
I'D ALSO LIKE YOU TO COMMENT ON 
WHAT IS HAPPENING SOUTH OF THE 
BORDER IN SOME U.S. STATES 
WHERE WE'RE REALLY SEEING A 
SHARP RISE IN THE NUMBER OF 
COVID CASES.
TODAY ARE YOU ABLE TO RE-ASSURE 
CANADIANS BY TELLING THEM THAT 
THE RESTRICTIONS AT THE BORDER 
WILL REMAIN IN PLACE PAST JULY 
21?
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THE 
RESTRICTIONS AT THE BORDER WILL 
CONTINUE TO BE IN PLACE AND WE 
WILL ALSO CONTINUE IN THE 
COMING WEEKS AND THE COMING 
MONTHS, TALK ABOUT THE NEXT 
STEPS.
BUT RIGHT NOW THOSE 
RESTRICTIONS REMAIN IN PLACE 
UNTIL JULY 21.
IN TERMS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN 
THE UNITED STATES, I THINK WE 
HAVE TO LEARN FROM THE 
CHALLENGES OTHER COUNTRIES ARE 
FACING.
SO, YES, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE 
SLOWLY RE-OPENING THE ECONOMY, 
WE MUST CONTINUE TO TAKE THE 
RIGHT STEPS WEARING A MASK WHEN 
WE CAN'T KEEP A TWO-METRE 
DISTANCE FROM OTHERS, BEING 
CAREFUL ABOUT CONTACT WITH 
OTHER INDIVIDUALS IF WE DON'T 
WANT TO LOSE ALL THE PROGRESS 
THAT WE HAVE MADE IN THE RECENT 
MONTHS.
WE WILL SIMPLY HAVE TO CONTINUE 
TO BE VIGILANT EVEN AS THAT NEW 
PHASE BEGINS.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: 
OBVIOUSLY WE'LL DON'T PUT THE 
SAFETY OF CANADIANS AT THE TOP 
OF OUR PRIORITY LIST WHICH IS 
WHY WE HAVE EXTENDED THE BORDER 
MEASURES WITH THE UNITED STATES 
UNTIL JULY 21.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO ASSESS THE 
SITUATION AND WORK WITH THE 
AMERICANS ON WHAT STEPS NEED TO 
BE TAKEN INTO THE MONTH OF 
AUGUST.
WHAT THE SITUATION WE'RE SEEING 
IN THE UNITED STATES AND 
ELSEWHERE HIGHLIGHTS FOR US IS 
THAT EVEN AS OUR ECONOMY IS 
RE-OPENING, WE NEED TO MAKE 
SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO 
REMAIN VIGILANT, INDIVIDUALLY 
AND COLLECTIVELY.
THAT MEANS CONTINUING TO WEAR 
MASKS WHEN WE CAN'T KEEP TWO 
METRES APART, CONTINUING TO BE 
CAREFUL ABOUT COMING SBHAO 
CONTACT WITH PEOPLE.
CONTINUING TO PRACTICE WHAT THE 
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICERS ARE 
RECOMMENDING IN YOUR REGIONS.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO BE 
CAREFUL, EVEN AS WE RE-OPEN SO 
THAT WE DON'T LOSE ALL THE 
SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS WE'VE MADE 
THROUGH SOME VERY DIFFICULT 
SACRIFICES BY CANADIANS OVER 
THE PAST MONTHS.
>> THANK YOU.
OPERATOR, NEXT QUESTION OVER 
THE PHONE.
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
MERCI.
NEXT QUESTION -- BLOOMBERG NEWS.
LINE OPEN.
>> Reporter: HELLO, PRIME 
MINISTER.
I'M WONDERING ABOUT HOW YOUR 
GOVERNMENT HAS ROLLED OUT SOME 
OF THESE COVID-19 PROGRAMMES.
THERE'S BEEN SOME CRITICISM 
ABOUT HOW THE RESPONSE WAS 
HANDLED AND I'M WONDERING IF 
YOU COULD GET A REDO ON THIS 
RESPONSE, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE 
DONE DIFFERENTLY?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: I 
THINK THERE IS CERTAINLY PLENTY 
OF THINGS.
SOME THINGS WE MAY HAVE DONE A 
LITTLE SOONER AND SOME THING WE 
MAY HAVE DONE A LITTLE LATER.
BUT WE SPENT VERY LITTLE TIME 
ANALYZING, WISHING WE'D DONE 
THINGS DIFFERENTLY.
THOSE REFLECTIONS ARE ONGOING 
AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE ONGOING 
SO WE'RE BETTER POSITIONED FOR 
A POTENTIAL SECOND-WAVE AND 
MOVING FORWARD.
BUT THROUGHOUT, WE'VE DONE OUR 
VERY BEST EVERY STEP OF THE WAY 
TO MAKE SURE CANADIANS ARE 
SUPPORTED.
ON THAT MEASURE, WE WERE 
SUCCESSFUL.
IN TERMS OF THE SUPPORT THROUGH 
THE CERB, FOR -- OVER EIGHT 
MILLION CANADIANS WHO NEEDED 
IT, WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT 
FAMILIES WHO WERE THEN ABLE TO 
LOCK DOWN AND ABLE TO GET TO 
THE PLACE IN AN EXTREMELY 
NRAEENED EM  -- EPIDEMIOLOGICAL 
CURVE.
BUT IN GENERAL WHEN WE COMPARE 
TO OTHER COUNTRIES AND LOOK AT 
WHAT THE OECD SAID ABOUT CANADA 
HAVING HAD A RAPID AND 
SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE, WE KNOW 
THAT WE'VE DONE PRETTY WELL.
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: OF 
COURSE, IN THE COMING MONTHS, 
WE'LL HAVE A LOT TO THINK ABOUT 
WHETHER WE COULD HAVE DONE 
CERTAIN THINGS DIFFERENTLY OR 
SOONER.
BUT THE FACT IS WE DID THE 
RIGHT THING AT THE RIGHT TIME 
OVERALL IN ORDER TO HATE 
CANADIANS TO STAY HOME AND 
CONTINUE TO PAY THEIR GROCERIES 
AND KEEP OUR ECONOMY 
SUFFICIENTLY IN TACT TO BE ABLE 
TO RE-OPEN IT NOW.
BUSINESSES GOT SUPPORT.
THAT SUPPORT FOR BUSINESSES AND 
FAMILIES HAS WORK AND WE'LL 
LEARN FROM WHAT WE DID IN ORDER 
TO BETTER RESPOND IN THE FALL 
IF THERE IS A SECOND WAVE.
>> Reporter: AND YOU MENTIONED 
POSSIBLY THE SECOND WAVE.
I'M WONDERING WHAT IS THE 
GOVERNMENT'S CAPACITY TO 
RESPOND, GIVEN THAT THE ECONOMY 
HAS ALREADY BEEN SHUT DOWN FOR 
SEVERAL MONTHS AND THAT 
SPENDING HAS BEEN INCREASING 
DUE TO THE COVID-19 RESPONSE 
PROGRAMMES.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WE 
WENT INTO THIS PANDEMIC WITH 
ONE OF THE BEST BALANCE SHEETS 
IN THE G-7.
WE WERE, THEREFORE, ABLE TO 
GIVE THE PEOPLE SUPPORT 
NECESSARY AS WE GET THROUGH.
AS ALWAYS, WE WILL PREPARE 
OURSELVES FOR THE 
WORST-POSSIBLE SCENARIO, BUT WE 
WILL HOPEFULLY SEE THE BEST 
POSSIBLE SCENARIOS.
WE KNOW WE'LL BE WORKING VERY, 
VERY HARD TO CONTINUE THE 
TESTING, THE CONTACT TRACING 
INCLUDING ACROSS ALL ALL 
PROVINCES.
WE'LL BE ROLLING OUT AN APP 
THAT WILL BE AN EXTRA LAYER OF 
SUPPORT FOR CANADIANS TO KEEP 
THEM SAFE.
ON TOP OF THAT, WE ALSO KNOW 
THAT IF WE DO GET HIT IN 
CERTAIN REGIONS OR ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY IN THE FALL, WE'LL BE 
ABLE TO RESPOND TO WITHIN 
SUFFICIENT FISCAL ROOM TO BE 
ABLE TO DO THAT.
[Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: WE 
KNOW THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE TO 
PREPARE FOR THE WORST.
BUT HOPE FOR THE BEST.
IF THERE IS A SECOND WAVE THAT 
COULD HIT US HARD, I THINK THEN 
THAT OUR INVESTMENTS IN MORE 
TASTING AND -- TESTING AND 
CONTRACT TRACING WILL ALLOW US 
TO RESPOND QUICKLY IF THERE IS 
AN OUTBREAK IN THE COMING WEEKS 
AND MONTHS.
I THINK THAT IS THE RIGHT 
APPROACH TO TAKE UNDER THE 
CIRCUMSTANCES.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE'VE HAD ONE 
OF THE BEST BALANCE SHEETS OF 
ANY OF THE G-7 COUNTRIES AT THE 
TIME WE ENTERED THIS PANDEMIC 
AND THAT IS WHY WE WERE ABLE TO 
HELP SO MANY BUSINESSES AND 
FAMILIES GET THROUGH THESE 
RECENT MONTHS.
IF EVER WE FIND OURSELVES IN 
DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE 
FALL, WE'LL HAVE THE CAPACITY 
TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE HELP.
BUT AS I SAID, WE WANT TO 
ENSURE THAT WHAT WE HAVE IN 
TERMS OF CURRENT MEASURES OR 
MEASURES IN PLACE WILL, IF 
POSSIBLE, PREVENT A SECOND WAVE.
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
MERCI.
NEXT QUESTION, THE "GLOBE AND 
MAIL".
LINE OPEN.
>> Reporter: HI, PRIME MINISTER.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING OUR 
QUESTIONS.
THIS QUESTION IS ABOUT CANADIAN 
FOREIGN FIGHTERS IN SYRIA.
DESPITE YOUR GOVERNMENT'S CLAIM 
THAT IT IS TOO DANGEROUS TO 
SEND DIPLOMATS INTO 
NORTHEASTERN SYRIA TO 
REPATRIATE THESE CANADIANS, 
MORE THAN 20 COUNTRIES 
INCLUDING THE U.S., FRANCE AND 
GERMANY, HAVE REPATRIATED THEIR 
CITIZENS FROM NORTHEAST SYRIA.
WHY CAN'T CANADA DO THE SAME 
AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITS 
CITIZENS?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WE 
CONTINUE TO ENGAGE IN CONSULAR 
CASES AROUND THE GLOBE.
THE SITUATION IN SYRIA 
CONTINUES TO BE EXTREMELY 
DANGEROUS.
THERE ARE COUNTRIES THAT HAVE 
PRESENCE ON THE GROUND IN SYRIA.
CANADA IS NOT ONE OF THOSE 
COUNTRIES.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT 
WE'RE KEEPING AS A PRIORITY THE 
PROTECTION OF CANADIANS WORKING 
ABROAD, PARTICULARLY IN THIS 
COVID CONTEXT.
BUT IN EVERY CONTEXT.
OK.
[Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: 
WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK TO HELP 
CANADIANS IN DIFFICULTY RIGHT 
AROUND THE WORLD.
?
IN SYRIA, THERE ARE MANY, MANY 
COUNTRIES THAT ARE ON THE 
GROUND.
CANADA IS NOT ONE OF THOSE.
IT IS NOT ON THE GROUND IN 
SYRIA.
BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRY AND 
HELP CANADIAN WHILE AT THE SAME 
TIME, RECOGNIZING THAT THE 
HEALTH AND SECURITY OF THE 
MEMBERS OF OUR DIPLOMATIC CORPS 
MUST BE OUR TOP PRIORITY, 
PARTICULARLY IN THE MIDDLE OF A 
PANDEMIC.
BUT AT ALL TIMES.
>> Reporter: AS A FOLLOW-UP, 
LIBERIAN WARLORD BILL HORATH 
WHO HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF 
COMMITTING RAPE AND OTHER 
CRIMES HAS BEEN LIVING IN THE 
U.K. WITHOUT FACING CHARGES.
WHY DID CANADA FAIL TO BRING 
HIM TO JUSTICE?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: THIS 
IS A QUESTION ON WHICH WE WILL 
BE FOLLOWING UP AS A GOVERNMENT.
>> MERCI.
[Speaking French]
FRENCH
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
MERCI.
[Speaking French] 
>> Reporter: [Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: GOOD 
MORNING, MR. TRUDEAU.
I'D LIKE TO QUICKLY COME BACK 
TO WHAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER 
AND QUEBEC'S POSITION.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CRITICISMS 
OF YOUR PROGRAMMES.
AND THEY ARE SAYING THAT THE 
CERB IS NOT ASSISTING CERTAIN 
SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY.
IS THIS SOMETHING YOU WISH TO 
REFLECT ON POSSIBLY?
THE CERB WAS EXTENDED BECAUSE 
THERE IS STILL MILLIONS OF 
CANADIANS WHO WANT TO WORK.
BUT FOR WHOM THERE ARE SIMPLY 
NO JOBS AVAILABLE.
YES, WE HAVE BEEN HERE TO 
SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURS AND 
BUSINESSES, BUT OUR PRIORITY 
MUST ALWAYS BE CANADIAN 
FAMILIES AND WORKERS AND THAT 
IS THE CHOICE THAT WE MADE.
WE ARE ENCOURAGING THE 
BUSINESSES THAT CAN TO USE THE 
WAGE SUBSIDY IN ORDER TO BRING 
BACK THEIR WORKERS.
WE ARE ENCOURAGING THE ECONOMY 
TO RE-OPEN GRADUALLY AND AS 
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE WILL 
ALWAYS GIVE OUR TOP PRIORITY TO 
PEOPLE IN THIS PANDEMIC AND 
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN 
DOING.
FOLLOW-UP?
>> Reporter: [Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: YES, 
THANK YOU.
NOW ON THE QUESTION OF A 
VACCINE, WE'RE STILL FAR FROM 
HAVING ONE.
BUT IF A VACCINE WERE TO BE 
DEVELOPED, AND THERE WAS ONE, 
WHAT IS THE POWER OF THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHEN IT 
COMES TO IMPOSING OF A VACCINE 
SINCE VERY HIGH LEVELS OF 
VACCINATION WILL BE NEEDED TO 
BEAT COVID-19?
WELL, I THINK WE'RE VERY FAR 
AWAY FROM THAT SCENARIO.
I SAID THAT WHEN AND AS SOON AS 
A VACCINE IS AVAILABLE, PEOPLE 
WILL NOT BE FORCED TO BE 
VACCINATED.
FIRST OF ALL, THERE MUST BE 
ENOUGH VACCINE FOR EVERYONE AND 
THAT IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON 
NOW.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE PARTNERSHIPS 
WITH MANY COMPANIES HERE IN 
CANADA AND AROUND THE WORLD TO 
MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAKE A 
STRONG CONTRIBUTION TO 
DEVELOPING THAT VACCINE AND 
THEN AFTERWARDS PRODUCE ENOUGH 
OF IT IN ORDER TO HELP ALL 
CANADIANS AS WELL AS VULNERABLE 
COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD.
THAT IS OUR PRIORITY AND I AM 
CONFIDENT THAT CANADIANS, AS 
ALWAYS, AND AS THEY HAVE 
THROUGHOUT THIS PANDEMIC WILL 
DO THE RIGHT THING WHEN IT 
COMES TO A VACCINE.
RADIO-CANADA.
GOOD MORNING, MR. TRUDEAU.
WE'RE ENTERING A NEW PHASE, NEW 
PROJECTIONS, THE POSSIBILITY OF 
A SECOND WAVE.
WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF 
WEARING A MASK IN THIS CONTEXT?
NOW WILL YOU WEAR ONE?
IT HAS BEEN STRONGLY 
RECOMMENDED BUT THERE IS STILL 
PEOPLE WHO DON'T WEAR A MASK IN 
PUBLIC.
DOES THAT CONCERN YOU?
I THINK EVERYONE WILL HAVE TO 
MAKE THEIR OWN DECISION.
BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE 
MANY CANADIANS WHO HAVE BEEN 
FOLLOWING PUBLIC HEALTH AND 
EXPERTS' ADVICE.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING.
I WEAR A MASK WHEN I GO TO THE 
OFFICE OR CLOSE TO PEOPLE, WHEN 
I BELIEVE I CANNOT KEEP A 
TWO-METRE DISTANCE FROM OTHERS.
THIS IS A PERSONAL DISCIPLINE 
THAT I HAVE BEEN PRACTICING AND 
I'M SURE MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE 
DOING IT AS WELL.
NOW IF WE REALLY WANT TO 
PREVENT THAT SECOND WAVE FROM 
HAPPENING, AS WE RELAX THE 
RESTRICTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN 
AFFECTING THE GENERAL 
POPULATION, INDIVIDUAL MEASURES 
WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT.
KEEPING ONE'S DISTANCE, WASHING 
ONE'S HANDS, NOT TOUCHING YOUR 
FACE, WEARING A MASK WHEN YOU 
CAN'T KEEP A TWO-METRE DISTANCE 
FROM OTHERS.
THAT IS HOW WE CAN ENSURE THAT 
THERE WON'T BE A SECOND WAVE OR 
THAT THE SECOND WAVE, IF IT 
HAPPENS, WILL BE MINIMIZED.
WE HAVE TO REMAIN VIGILANT 
UNTIL WE DEVELOP A VACCINE AND 
IT'S ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: 
OBVIOUSLY I THINK IT IS 
IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE DON'T 
FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE.
EVEN AS WE ARE LOOSENING 
POPULATION CONTROLS, LOOSENING 
RULES AROUND BUSINESSES AND 
LEAVING HOME, IT'S GOING TO BE 
REALLY IMPORTANT THAT 
INDIVIDUALS CONTINUE TO BEHAVE 
CAREFULLY AND IN RESPONSIBLE 
WAYS.
OUR LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH 
OFFICIALS ARE ENCOURAGING 
CONTINUING TO KEEP TWO METRE'S 
DISTANCE.
WHEN YOU CAN'T DO THAT, TO WEAR 
A MASK.
CERTAINLY THAT'S THE CHOICE 
THAT I'M MAKING IN ORDER TO 
KEEP MYSELF AND OTHERS SAFE.
IT IS GOING TO BE REALLY, 
REALLY IMPORTANT THAT EVERYONE 
REMAINS ATTENTIVE AND VIGILANT 
TO THEIR OWN BEHAVIOURS SO THAT 
WE CAN PREVENT A SECOND WAVE 
FROM ARRIVING AS WE'VE SEEN IN 
MANY PLACES -- BEGINING TO SEE 
IN PLACES AROUND THE WORLD.
BUT ALSO SO WE CAN MINIMIZE ANY 
WAVE IF IT DOES HIT.
IT'S ON CANADIANS INDIVIDUALLY 
AND THAT IS WHY I HAVE 
TREMENDOUS CONFIDENCE BECAUSE 
WE'VE SEEN HOW CANADIANS HAVE 
ACTED AND REACTED OVER THESE 
PAST MONTHS, WHICH HAS ALLOWED 
US TO GET TO THIS NEXT PHASE.
>> Reporter: [Speaking French].
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: WITH 
RESPECT TO NAFTA COMING INTO 
EFFECT IN TWO DAYS, THE DAIRY 
INDUSTRY MADE SACRIFICES, THE 
ALUMINUM COUNTRY MADE 
SACRIFICES.
WE MADE CONCESSIONS TO THE U.S. 
IN OTHER WORDS TO SEW LID FI  
-- SOLIDIFY OUR ACCESS TO THE 
U.S. MARKET AND THE AGREEMENT 
IS NOT EVEN IN EFFECT YET AND 
THERE IS ALREADY TALK OF 
TARIFFS ON ALUMINUM AND OTHER 
GOODS.
WELL, WITH THE NEW NAFTA, WE 
WERE ABLE TO PROTECT OUR 
CULTURAL INDUSTRIES IN THE 
DIGITAL ERA AND FOR THE FUTURE.
WE WERE ABLE TO ENSURE BETTER 
PROTECTION FOR OUR AUTO 
INDUSTRY.
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS 
THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE 
TO PROTECT OUR PRIVILEGED 
ACCESS FOR THOUSANDS OF 
CANADIAN BUSINESSES TO THE U.S. 
MARKET AT A TIME OF 
PROTECTIONISM AND UNCERTAINTY 
AROUND THE WORLD.
SO, WE WERE ABLE TO PROTECT OUR 
ACCESS TO THE MARKET AND THAT 
IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
NOW IT'S TRUE THAT WE HAVE BEEN 
HEARING SOME CONCERNING 
PROPOSALS ABOUT TARIFF ON 
ALUMINUM AND WE'LL DON'T POINT 
OUT TO THE UNITED STATES THAT 
THEY NEED CANADIAN ALUMINUM FOR 
THEIR INDUSTRIES, INCLUDING THE 
AUTO INDUSTRY AND FOR 
TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES ACROSS 
THE UNITED STATES AND 
INCREASING THE PRICE OF 
ALUMINUM FOR THEIR WORKERS AND 
COMPANIES IS A BAD IDEA.
ONCE AGAIN, WE SEE THAT OUR 
ECONOMIES ARE CLOSELY 
INTEGRATED AND WILL CONTINUE TO 
POINT THAT OUT TO THE U.S. 
ADMINISTRATION.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: 
MOVING FORWARD ON A RENEWED 
NAFTA, THAT ACHIEVED MANY 
IMPORTANT GAINS FOR CANADIANS, 
PROTECTIONS ON INTELLECTUAL 
PROPERTY AND PROTECTIONS FOR 
OUR AUTO INDUSTRY, PROTECTIONS 
ON CULTURAL INDUSTRIES, WHICH 
WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT RIGHT 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, NOT JUST IN 
QUEBEC.
BUT MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL, WE 
SECURED CANADA'S ACCESS TO THE 
WORLD'S LARGEST MARKET IN A 
PRIVILEGED WAY AT A TIME OF 
PROTECTION AND UNCERTAINTY.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT 
MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE FOR 
CANADIANS, FOR CANADIAN 
BUSINESSES AND, INDEED, 
INVESTORS AROUND THE WORLD THAT 
CANADA CONTINUES TO HAVE 
PROTECTED AND PRIVILEGED ACCESS 
TO THE UNITED STATES.
IN REGARDS TO ALUMINUM, WE WILL 
-- WE HAVE HEARD OBVIOUSLY THE 
MUSINGS AND PROPOSALS FROM THE 
UNITED STATES THAT PERHAPS 
THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE TARIFFS 
ON ALUMINUMS.
WHAT WE SIMPLY HIGHLIGHT IS THE 
UNITED STATES NEEDS CANADIAN 
ALUMINUM.
THEY DO NOT PRODUCE ENOUGH, 
NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH ALUMINUM IN 
THE STATES TO BE ABLE TO FILL 
THEIR DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING 
NEEDS.
THEREFORE, IF THEY PUT TAIFRS 
ON CANADIAN ALUMINUM, THEY'RE 
SIMPLY INCREASING THE COSTS OF 
INPUTS, NECESSARY INPUTS TO 
THEIR MANUFACTURING BASE, WHICH 
WILL HURRY THE AMERICAN ECONOMY.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE 
FOR CONTINUED, FREE AND FAIR 
TRADE BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES 
IN A RELATIONSHIP THAT HAS BEEN 
EXTRAORDINARILY BENEFICIAL TO 
OUR TWO COUNTRIES FOR MANY, 
MANY DECADES.
>> Reporter: BRIAN MULLEN, 
GLOBAL NEWS.
TOLE TO UP ON AN EARLIER 
QUESTION, HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH 
SAYS CANADA MAY BE UNLAWFULLY 
WITH HOLDING OR LIMITING 
EFFECTIVE CONSULAR ASSISTANCE 
TO THE 47 CANADIANS, INCLUDING 
26 CHILDREN, DETAINED IN 
NORTHERN SYRIA.
WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS 
SPECIFIC ALLEGATION?
IS YOUR GOVERNMENT DELIBERATELY 
WITH HOLDING ASSISTANCE?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: THE 
PRIMARY PREOCCUPATION OF ANY 
GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO BE THE 
SAFETY AND SECURITY OF ITS 
CITIZENS.
IN THIS SITUATION, THE SAFETY 
AND SECURITY OF OUR DIPLOMATIC 
PERSONNEL NEEDS TO BE TOP OF 
MIND.
PARTICULARLY AT A TIME OF 
COVID, BUT IN REGULAR TIMES AS 
WELL.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK 
THROUGH THIRD PARTIES TO TRY 
AND PROVIDE CONSULAR ASSISTANCE 
TO CANADIANS BUT CANADA, UNLIKE 
MANY OTHER EUROPEAN AND 
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS DOES NOT 
HAVE ANY CANADIAN PERSONNEL IN 
SYRIA.
[Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: 
CANADA DOES NOT HAVE ANY 
INTERNATIONAL WORK WITH OUR 
PARTNERS.
THE PROTECTION OF OUR CANADIAN 
WORKERS IS ALWAYS OUR TOP 
PRIORITY.
>> Reporter: IS THE GOVERNMENT 
DELIBERATELY WITH HOLDING 
ASSISTANCE?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WE 
CONTINUE TO BE A GOVERNMENT 
THAT LOOKS TO SUPPORT CANADIANS 
IN DIFFICULTY OVERSEAS.
SOMETHING WE'VE DONE 
CONSISTENTLY AND WILL CONTINUE 
TO DO.
>> Reporter: I JUST WANT TO 
FOLLOW-UP ON THIS HUMAN RIGHTS 
WATCH REPORT.
THEY SAY THIS ACTION LEADING 
CANADIAN NATIONALS BEING 
SUBJECT TO TORTURE AND INHUMANE 
CONDITIONS AND IT'S A SERIOUS 
ALLEGATION FROM THIS 
ORGANIZATION.
HOW DOES IT AFFECT YOUR ABILITY.
YOU'VE OFTEN STOOD UP HERE AND 
SAID YOU'RE NEVER FRIED BRING 
THOSE ISSUES DIRECTLY TO OTHER 
COUNTRIES ACCUSED OF THIS.
HOW DOES THIS REPORT NOW AFFECT 
YOUR ABILITY AND CREDIBILITY TO 
DO THAT?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: AS A 
COUNTRY, WE HAVE ALWAYS STOOD 
UP TO CONDEMN THOSE ACTION AND 
WE'LL CONSISTENTLY STAND UP AND 
DEFEND CANADIANS AND CITIZENS 
RIGHTS TO LIVE IN SAFETY AND IN 
PEACE.
WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AS A 
GOVERNMENT TO ENSURE THAT 
CANADIAN CITIZENS, PARTICULARLY 
EMPLOYEES, ARE NOT PUT INTO 
DANGER, ARE NOT EXPOSED TO 
GRAVE SITUATIONS.
SYRIA IS AN AREA WHERE WE DO 
?ROT ANY DIPLOMATS OR ANY 
CANADIANS ON THE GROUND.
AND, THEREFORE, WE WORK THROUGH 
INTERMEDIARIES TO TRY TO 
PROVIDE CONSULAR ASSISTANCE AS 
BEST WE CAN.
OK.
[Speaking French] 
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: WE 
WILL CONTINUE TO CONDEMN 
VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
WE KNOW IT DESTABILIZES NOT 
ONLY PEOPLE LIVING IN THE 
REGION, BUT IT AFFECTS PEOPLE 
AROUND THE WORLD.
BUT WE MUST ENSURE THE SAFETY 
OF CANADIANS AND THAT IS WHY 
WE'RE WORKING WITH OTHER 
PARTNERS TO HELP CANADIANS IN 
DIFFICULTY.
>> Reporter: [INAUDIBLE] 
OUTSOURCED THE STUDENT GRANT 
PROGRAMME.
THE CONSERVATIVES HAVE ASKED 
FOR THE AUDITOR GENERAL TO LOOK 
INTO IT.
I THINK I WANT TO ASK YOU, HOW 
WILL THERE BE ACCOUNTABILITY 
FOR PARLIAMENT WITH THIS, YOU 
KNOW, $900 MILLION PROGRAMME 
BEING OUTSOURCED TO A THIRD 
PARTY?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: THE 
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA HAS 
EXTENSIVE PRACTICE OF WORKING 
WITH THIRD PARTIES, CHARITIES 
TO DELIVER PROGRAMMES WHEN WE 
WANDED TO MOVE FORWARD TO HELP 
VARIOUS FOOD BANKS ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY.
WE WORKED WITH THE CHARITY, 
FOOD BANKS CANADA, IN ORDER TO 
DELIVER THE PROGRAMME.
WHEN WE WANTED TO HELP 
GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY 
ORGANISATIONS, WE WORKED WITH 
UNITED WAY IN ORDER DELIVER 
THAT PROGRAMME.
THE WE CHARITIES ARE EVALUATED 
BY OUR PUBLIC SERVICE AS BEING 
THE BEST AND ONLY ORGANIZATION 
ABLE TO DELIVER ON THE SCALE 
THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT 
YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE SERVICE 
OPPORTUNITIES THIS SUMMER.
WE SAW 25,000 YOUNG PEOPLE FROM 
EVERY CORNER OF THE COUNTRY 
APPLY JUST OVER THE PAST FEW 
DAYS TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THEIR 
COUNTRY.
AND WE KNOW THAT THIS IS 
SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE 
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN THE 
COMING MONTHS.
[Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: THE 
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA REGULARLY 
WORKS WITH CHARITIES TO DELIVER 
PROGRAMMES ON FOOD SECURITY.
IN ONE CASE, WE DELIVERED THE 
PROGRAMME WITH FOOD BANKS 
CANADA.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK 
RIGOROUSLY WITH CERTAIN 
ORGANISATIONS TO PROVIDE MORE 
HELP FOR CANADIANS AND THE WE 
ORGANIZATION IS IN A VERY GOOD 
POSITION TO DELIVER THIS 
PROGRAMME RIGHT ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY.
AND, IN FACT, IN THE LAST TWO 
OR THREE DAYS, WE'VE SEEN SOME 
25,000 YOUNG CANADIANS APPLY 
FOR THE PROGRAMME SO THAT THEY 
CAN SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY.
SO IT'S CLEAR THAT YOUNG PEOPLE 
WANT TO GET INVOLVED, WANT TO 
VOLUNTEER AND SERVE THEIR 
COMMUNITIES AND THEIR COUNTRY.
AND WE HAVE TO ENCOURAGE THEM.
>> Reporter: TOM PARRY, CBC.
ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH 
REPORT, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU, IS 
YOUR GOVERNMENT IN ANY WAY 
RELUCTANT TO HELP THESE 
PARTICULAR CANADIANS, GIVEN 
THEIR CONNECTION TO ISIS?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau:s WE 
RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEED TO TRY 
TO HELP ALL CANADIANS.
IT IS MORE COMPLICATED WHEN WE 
TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT A 
NUMBER OF THESE PEOPLE COULD 
FACE CHARGES WHEN THEY RETURN 
TO CANADA FOR THEIR ACTIVITIES 
LINKED TO TERRORISM.
BUT THE ENGAGEMENT THAT WE NEED 
TO HAVE WITH PEOPLE AROUND THE 
WORLD IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE 
THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE 
SUPPORT THAT THEY HAVE A RIGHT 
TO AS CANADIANS CONTINUES TO BE 
SOMETHING WE WORRY ABOUT.
OK.
[Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: OF 
COURSE, IN SOME OF THESE CASES, 
INDIVIDUALS WERE CHARGED OR 
FACED ACCUSATIONS WHEN THEY 
RETURNED TO CANADA FOR 
SUPPORTING TERRORIST ACTIVITIES.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE 
AN OBLIGATION TO HELP 
CANADIANS, WHATEVER THEIR 
SITUATION.
AND THAT IS ALWAYS SOMETHING WE 
WILL SEEK TO DO.
>> Reporter: CAN YOU EXPLAIN 
WHY THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT 
CAN DO THIS JOB.
WHAT SKILLS DO THEY HAVE THAT 
NO ONE ELSE DOES AND SOME 
VOLUNTEER ORGANISATIONS SAY 
THAT YOU'RE BLURRING THE LINE 
BETWEEN PAID LABOUR AND 
VOLUNTEER WORK.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: THE 
WE ORGANIZATION IS THE LARGEST 
NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE 
ORGANIZATION IN THE COUNTRY.
THEY HAVE NETWORKS IN EVERY 
CORNER OF THE COUNTRY, AND 
ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY WORK 
WITH.
THEY ALREADY HAVE WORKED OVER 
THE PAST MANY YEARS TO DELIVER 
SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES IN EVERY 
CORNER OF THE COUNTRY AND, 
QUITE FRANKLY, WHEN OUR PUBLIC 
SERVANTS LOOKED AT THE 
POTENTIAL PARTNERS, ONLY THE WE 
ORGANIZATION HAD THE CAPACITY 
TO DELIVER THE AMBITIOUS 
PROGRAMME THAT YOUNG PEOPLE 
NEED FOR THIS SUMMER THAT IS SO 
DEEPLY IMPACTED BY COVID.
AN THE ISSUE OF SERVICE AND 
VOLUNTEERISM, WE KNOW THAT 
THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF 
YOUNG PEOPLE WANT TO STEP UP 
AND ENGAGE IN THEIR 
COMMUNITIES, SERVE IN THEIR 
COMMUNITIES, HELP THEIR COUNTRY 
AND THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS 
THROUGH THIS DIFFICULTY WHILE 
AT THE SAME TIME, DEVELOPING 
IMPORTANT WORK EXPERIENCE.
THE IDEA OF GIVING BONUS GRANTS 
TO YOUNG PEOPLE WHO SERVE HAS 
LONG EXISTED AND WE KNOW THAT 
IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY 
IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE 
VALUE OF SERVICE, BUT THESE 
YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BE 
VOLUNTEERING IN WAYS THAT WILL 
MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY.
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: WHEN 
THEY LOOKED AT VARIOUS 
CHARITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY 
THAT COULD HELP US IN EVERY 
CORNER OF THE COUNTRY ON A 
SCALE THAT WOULD AFFECT 
THOUSANDS OF CANADIANS, ONLY 
THE WE ORGANIZATION TURNED OUT 
TO BE CAPABLE OF DOING THAT.
THEY HAVE THE CONNECTIONS AND 
THE NETWORK AND THE EXPERIENCE 
FOR HAVING ALREADY DELIVERED 
SIMILAR PROGRAMMES RIGHT ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY.
AND, THEREFORE, WE'LL BE 
PROFITING FROM THEIR EXPERIENCE 
IN THIS CASE THROUGH THIS 
PROGRAMME THAT WILL HELP 
THOUSANDS OF CANADIANS TO SERVE 
THEIR COMMUNITIES.
AND THE IDEA OF GIVING SOME 
RECOGNITION AND SUPPORT TO 
THESE CANADIAN YOUTH IS 
SOMETHING THAT'S WELL KNOWN IN 
THE VOLUNTEER CONTEXT AND WE, 
AS A COUNTRY, WILL BE ABLE TO 
RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE AND 
VALUE OF THAT VOLUNTEER WORK.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALISE THAT 
YOUNG CANADIANS HAVE SO MUCH TO 
OFFER THEIR COMMUNITIES FOR OUR 
FUTURE AND RIGHT NOW AND THAT 
IS WHY WE'LL ALWAYS BE THERE 
FOR THEM.
>> [Speaking French].
>> Rosemary: ALL RIGHT.
THAT IS THE PRIME MINISTER OF 
CANADA ON THIS MONDAY MORNING 
WITH HIS NO LONGER DAILY 
BRIEFING AS HE MADE CLEAR AS WE 
MOVE INTO JULZ AND COME OUT 
INTO DARREN.
PHASE OF THIS PANDEMIC.
THE PRIME MINISTER AND PUBLIC 
HEALTH OFFICIALS WILL SCALE 
BACK WHAT WERE DAILY PRESS 
CONFERENCES UP UNTIL THE PAST 
COUPLE OF WEEK AND SIMPLY COME 
OUT A COUPLE OF TIMES A WEEK OR 
WHEN IS NEEDED TO BRING US NEWS.
SO THAT, TOO, A SIGN THAT IT'S 
SUMMER BUT ALSO A SIGN THAT 
WE'RE MOVING INTO A DIFFERENT 
PHASE OF THIS PANDEMIC.
I'LL BRING BACK VASSY AND 
CATHERINE BEFORE WE GET TO THE 
TOP OF THE HOUR WHEN PUBLIC 
HEALTH OFFICIALS WILL BRING US 
SOME OF THOSE NEW MODELING 
NUMBERS THAT THE PRIME MINISTER 
INDICATED SHOW THAT WE'RE 
MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
THE PRIME MINISTER ALSO DID 
ANNOUNCE AN EXTENSION TO 
ANOTHER PROGRAMME, VASSY, ONE 
THAT I KNOW YOU WERE TRACK AGO 
LOT BECAUSE THE UPTAKE DIDN'T 
SEEM TO BE NECESSARILY MOVING 
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND THAT IS COMMERCIAL RENT.
>> Vassy: THIS IS A TOUGH ONE 
FROM THE START BECAUSE, OF 
COURSE, COMMERCIAL RENT OR RENT 
PERIOD IS PROVINCIAL 
JURISDICTION.
SOME PROVINCES MOVED FAIRLY 
QUICKLY OUT OF THE GATE TO 
ISSUE MORATORIUMS ON COMMERCIAL 
EVICTIONS BUT OTHERS DIDN'T.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STEPPED 
IN, I THINK IT WAS IN LATE 
APRIL, I COULD BE WRONG THERE 
AND WORKED OUT A DEAL WITH THE 
PROVINCES TO BACKSTOP HELP FOR 
FOR TENANTS, BUT THROUGH 
LANDLORDS.
I WAS PREDICATED ON LANDLORDS 
TAKING A CUT ON A QUARTER OF 
THEIR RENT.
THEY HAD TO AGREE TO THAT.
AND THEN THE TENANT WOULD PAY A 
QUARTER OF IT AND THE REST 
WOULD BE SUBSIDIZED BY THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
IT APPLIED TO APRIL, MAY AND 
JUNE AND WHAT THE PRIME 
MINISTER ANNOUNCED TODAY IS 
THAT IT WILL BE EXTENDED 
ANOTHER MONTH.
THAT WILL COME AS A RELIEF TO 
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE 
PARTICIPATING IN IT BECAUSE 
RENT IS DUE ON WEDNESDAY AND WE 
HAD ALREADY BEEN HEARING, OUR I 
CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN, AND I'M 
SURE YOU HAVE, TOO, FROM 
BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE STILL 
CONCERNED ABOUT FIXED COSTS 
THEY'RE DEALING WITH.
IT'S TRUE THAT THE PRIME 
MINISTER AND THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT HAVE MADE AVAILABLE 
THAT EMERGENCY LOANS, $40,000 
THAT, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS OF BUSINESSES HAVE 
TAKEN THEM UP ON.
AND THAT ONLY GOES SO FAR AND 
AS WE SEE THIS RE-OPENING 
PROCESS TAKE PLACE, WHAT WE 
HAVE REALISED VERY, I THINK, 
ACUTELY IS IT DOESN'T HAPPEN 
OVERNIGHT.
AND THE BUSINESS DOESN'T COME 
BACK RIGHT AWAY.
ESPECIALLY IF YOU THINK ABOUT A 
RESTAURANT THAT JUST TWO WEEKS 
AGO GOT THE GREEN LIGHT TO OPEN 
UP 50% OF ITS PATIO, YOU'RE 
TALKING ABOUT BEING, YOU KNOW, 
A QUARTER MAYBE OF THE CAPACITY 
THAT YOU NORMALLY COULD HOST IN 
A RESTAURANT.
LOTS OF BUSINESSES STILL 
STRUGLING WITH THOSE EXPENSES 
AND I DID GET SOME NUMBERS AS 
DID PHIL, YOUR PRODUCER, FROM 
THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE 
BECAUSE I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THE 
UPTAKE.
OUR COLLEAGUE HAD REPORTED 
QUITE EXTENSIVELY ON THIS 
PROGRAMME IN PARTICULAR, THE 
COMMERCIAL RENT ASSISTANCE.
AT THE TIME, AS OF JUNE 8, 
THERE WERE 5500 TENANTS THAT 
HAD BEEN ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM 
IT, REPRESENTING ABOUT $39 
MILLION IN FUNDING.
AS OF JUNE 25, THE LATEST 
NUMBERS THE DEPARTMENT HAS IS 
THAT 23500 SMALL BUSINESS 
TENANTS HAD BEEN APPROVED OR 
FUNDED, REPRESENTING ABOUT $178 
MILLION IN APPROVED FUNDING.
SO, THAT SOUNDS OK EXCEPT FOR 
WHEN YOU LOOK THAT $3 BILLION 
WAS ORIGINALLY ALLOTTED FOR IT.
SO IT'S NOT QUITE THE  UPTAKE 
THAT ANYONE HAD EXPECTED.
IT'S DEFINITELY NOT POSITIVE, 
BUT MANY OF THE PROVINCES HAD 
BEEN WAITING -- I'M THINKING 
PARTICULARLY OF ONTARIO -- TO 
SEE WHAT THE UPTAKE IN THIS 
PROGRAMME WOULD BE BEFORE 
ISSUING MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS 
AND SINCE THEN THEY HAVE ISSUED 
THOSE MORATORIUMS AT LEAST FOR 
THE DURATION OF THIS PROGRAMME 
THAT.
WILL HOPEFULLY BE EXTENDED 
ANOTHER MONTH, OFFERING A BIT 
OF RELIEF TO A LOT OF THESE 
BUSINESSES WHICH, AS I 
MENTIONED, ARE STILL DEALING 
WITH A LOT OF STRESS AND A LOT 
OF FINANCIAL PRESSURES ON THEM.
>> Rosemary: YEAH.
IT'S MOVING IN THE RIGHT 
DIRECTION IN TERMS OF UPTAKE, I 
GUESS.
PEOPLE ARE GETTING ACCESS TO 
IT, ALTHOUGH YOU'RE RIGHT, NOT 
WHAT THEY EXPECTED AT ALL.
I'LL GET YOU, VASSY AND THEN 
MOVE TO CATHERINE TO WEIGH IN, 
TOO, ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 
OUT TODAY.
SUGGESTING THAT CANADA NEEDED 
TO DO MORE FOR CITIZENS IN 
SYRIA.
AND I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT 
THESE ARE, YES, CANADIAN 
CITIZENS BUT THEY ARE ALSO 
CITIZENS WHO HAVE ALLEGED TIES 
TO ISIS WHO, IN SOME CASES, 
WENT OVER TO SYRIA TO FIGHT FOR 
ISIS.
AND HUMAN RIGHTS IS RAISING THE 
ALARM BELL ABOUT WHAT CANADA 
SHOULD DO, IF ANYTHING.
BUT IT IS A VERY COMPLICATED 
SITUATION AND I THINK THE PRIME 
MINISTER REFLECTED THAT.
>> Vassy: THAT IS THE EXACT 
WORD I WAS GOING TO USE.
COMPLICATED.
FIRST OF ALL, JUST 
LOGISTICALLY, RIGHT?
THE IDEA THAT -- AND MOST OF 
THESE CANADIANS -- SO 26 OF 
THEM HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH SAYS 
ARE CHILDREN.
SOME OF THEM UNDER THE AGE OF 6.
BUT THE ADULTS ARE MOSTLY 
CANADIANS WHO WENT OVER THERE 
TO FIGHT WITH ISIS.
AT LEAST THAT IS THE ALLEGATION.
AND THEY'RE NOW BEING HELD, 
SOME OF OF BY THE KURD, FOR 
EXAMPLE.
SOME OF THEM BY OTHER GROUPS IN 
NORTHERN SYRIA.
THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH 
THEY'RE HELD ARE TERRIBLE, 
ACCORDING TO HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH 
AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF 
ACADEMICKS IN THIS COUNTRY THAT 
HAVE DONE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON 
THEM.
I'M THINKING OF JESS DAVIS AS 
WELL AS LEO WEST.
THEY HAVE GONE OVER THERE AND 
SEEN THE CONDITIONS.
IT'S NOT GOOD, RIGHT?
LOGISTICALLY GOING OVER THERE 
TO GOAT THEM AND BRING THEM 
BACK IS A PROBLEM.
AS THE PRIME MINISTER POINTS 
OUT, THERE ARE NO CONSULAR 
SERVICES THERE.
CANADA DOESN'T HAVE A 
DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE IN SYRIA.
IT IS FURTHER COMPLICATED BY 
THE POLITICS AROUND ALL OF THIS.
RIGHT?
AND I ACTUALLY FOUND IT 
INTERESTING TODAY THAT THE 
PRIME MINISTER'S TONE, I WOULD 
SAY, HAS SHIFTED FROM WHAT WE 
USED TO HEAR FROM RALPH GOODALE 
WHO TOOK A VERY HARD LINE 
AGAINST THIS AND THE PRIMARY 
ARGUMENT THAT THEY USED BEFORE 
THE LOGISTICS OF ALL OF THIS IS 
WE DON'T THINK WE SHOULD GO 
OVER THERE TO AT LEAST RESCUE 
THE ADULTS OR BRING THE ADULTS 
BACK BECAUSE, A, THE BURDEN OF 
PROOF IF WE BRING THEM BACK FOR 
CHARGING OR CONVICTING THEM 
WITH TERRORISM IS EXTREMELY 
HIGH.
IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO IN 
CANADA.
BUT THEY MADE THE CHOICE TO DO 
THIS.
AND I'M PARAPHRASING, THEY'LL 
SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES.
THAT IS THE THAT THINGER RALPH 
GOODALE USED TO PUT FORWARD.
THE PRIME MINISTER LED WITH NOT 
THAT ARGUMENT, BUT THE 
LOGISTICS OF IT.
THE DIFFICULTY AND DANGER THAT 
YOU MIGHT BE PLACING CONSULAR 
OFFICIALS IN IF THEY WERE TO GO 
REPATRIATE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN 
THOSE -- WHO ARE GOING OVER 
THERE.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES 
SINCE THIS CALL TO ACTION WAS 
FIRST MADE OVER A YEAR AGO THAT 
HAVE REPATRIATED THEIR CITIZENS.
THE U.K., FRANCE, THE U.S. 
AMONG THEM.
NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT THEY HAVE 
DONE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF 
REPATRIATION.
SO WHY NOT CANADA?
THE PRIME MINISTER DIDN'T HAVE 
REALLY A SPECIFIC REASON OTHER 
THAN IT'S NOT PLAUSIBLE, IT'S 
NOT EASY TO GET OVER THERE AND 
YOU MIGHT BE ENDANGERING 
CANADIAN'S LIVES.
I THINK THAT WORK COMPLICATED 
BECOMES EXTREMELY PERTINENT 
HERE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE 
KIDS, RIGHT?
MANY OF THESE KIDS ARE, YOU 
KNOW, DID NOT GO OVER THERE TO 
FIGHT WITH ISIS.
YOU CAN'T USE THE SAME SORT OF 
MORAL ARGUMENT THAT YOU WOULD 
FOR THE ADULTS AND THERE HAVE 
BEEN -- THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNS 
THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS 
INTERESTED IN DOING SOMETHING, 
BUT, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SEE BY 
BASED ON WHAT THE PRIME 
MINISTER SAID THAT HAPPENING 
ANYTIME SOON.
>> Rosemary: NO.
AND THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
MINISTER WHEN HE RESPONDED TO 
THIS REPORT SAID IF CANADIAN 
CITIZENS MAKE THEIR WAY TO A 
CONSUL, FOR INSTANCE IN TURKEY 
AND SAY THEY NEED HELP, THEY 
WILL BE HELPED BUT IT IS NOT 
THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT'S 
INTENTION TO GO IN NOR CAN THEY 
GO INTO A CONFLICT ZONE TO 
RESCUE CANADIANS WHO WOULD, AS 
THE PRIME MINISTER RIGHTLY 
POINTS OUT, UNDOUBTEDLY BE 
CHARGED UPON RETURNING TO 
CANADA FOR THEIR ALLEGED CRIMES.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I'LL GO TO CATHERINE NOW AS WE 
WAIT FOR CANADA'S CHIEF PUBLIC 
HEALTH OFFICER, DR. TERESA TAM.
I FOUND IT INTERESTING, 
CATHERINE, THAT THE PRIME 
MINISTER, WHILE HIGHLIGHTING 
THAT THE MODELING NUMBERS WE'RE 
ABOUT TO GET TODAY ARE GOOD, 
SHOW THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THE 
RIGHT DIRECTION, THAT WE HAVE 
TO BE CAREFUL.
HE WAS ALSO ASKED EXTENSIVELY 
ABOUT MASKS BECAUSE THAT HAS 
BECOME A GROWING DEBATE IN THIS 
COUNTRY, TOO, ABOUT MANDATORY 
MASK WEARING IN PUBLIC PLACES.
>> Reporter: YEAH.
AND TALKED A LOT ABOUT HIS OWN 
BEHAVIOUR AS AN EXAMPLE AND 
REALLY TRIED TO KEEP THE FOCUS 
ON THE POSITIVE ABOUT THE -- 
HOW THIS IS ULTIMATELY ON THE 
SHOULDER OF ALL CANADIAN BUT 
THAT HE HAS FAITH THAT THINGS 
WILL BE WELL BECAUSE OF THAT.
THAT HE ESSENTIALLY BELIEVES IN 
CANADIANS.
I WAS GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT 
SOME OF THE COMMENTS WE HEARD 
FROM DR. TAM, AS VASSY POINTED 
OUT EARLIER, JUNE 4, THE LAST 
TIME SHE GAVE US THESE MODELING 
PROJECTIONS.
AND SHE DID SAY THE LARGEST 
NUMBER OF CASES WERE YOUNG 
ADULTS, MIDDLE AGED ADULTS.
THAT WAS EVEN AT THAT TIME AND 
REALLY HAS BEEN THROUGHOUT THIS 
WHERE WE'RE SEEING THE GREATEST 
NUMBER OF CASES.
WE KNOW, OF COURSE, WHEN IT 
COMES TO THE GREATEST NUMBER OF 
GUESTS, THOUGH, THOSE ARE 
PEOPLE ABOVE THE AGE OF 60.
SHE TALKED LAST TIME THAT 80% 
OF THE DEATHS BEING PEOPLE IN 
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT 
ANOTHER GROUP OF VULNERABLE 
PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY HIT BY 
THIS.
FARM WORKERS ARE OFTEN -- 
MIGRANT WORKERS COMING FROM 
OVERASSESS AND LIVING IN CLOSE 
QUARTERS.
ANOTHER THING THAT DR. TAM SAID 
LAST TIME THAT WE CAN EXPECT TO 
HEAR ONCE AGAIN, A LOT OF 
ATTENTION NEED HER COMMENTS 
ABOUT EXPLOSIVE GROWTH.
THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE 
GROWTH AS CANADIANS START TO 
LET THEIR GUARD DOWN.
SO I THINK WE'LL WANT TO HEAR 
FROM DR. TAM TODAY.
NO DOUBT SHE WILL TALK ABOUT IT.
WHERE SHE SEES US AS BEING, NOW 
THAT WE'RE IN THIS PLACE OF 
LOOSENING THESE RESTRICTIONS.
WHEN WE FIRST TALKED ABOUT 
THESE MODELING NUMBERS, I THINK 
A LOT OF THE EMPHASIS WAS ON 
THE LONGER TERM AND WHAT SORT 
OF PICTURE PUBLIC HEALTH 
OFFICIALS WERE WORKING WITH.
WE ALL KNOW IT IS NOT A CHRIS 
CAL BALL.
WHERE WERE WE GOING?
WE NOW UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS 
SUCH A BROAD RANGE OF SCENARIOS 
THAT, IN FACT, THESE UPDATES 
ARE MOST USEFUL FOR 
UNDERSTANDING WHERE ARE WE 
RIGHT NOW?
WHERE HAVE WE BEEN IN THE PAST 
FEW WEEKS, PERHAPS WHERE WE 
WILL BE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
BUT THOSE KINDS OF BIG PICTURE 
PROJECTIONS, REALLY THERE'S SO 
MUCH VARIATION AND WHAT'S 
HAPPENING AND YOU POINTED TO 
THE EXAMPLES OF WINDSOR-ESSEX 
AND KINGSTON.
THEY ARE ULTIMATELY, IN THE 
GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, TWO 
SMALLER THINGS BUT POTENT 
EXAMPLES SHOWING US HOW THINGS 
CAN GO -- NEW BRUNSWICK AS WELL 
WITHOUT CASES AND SAW THAT TURN 
AROUND QUITE QUICKLY.
>> Rosemary: IT IS ABOUT THE 
FLARE-UP AND HOW WE RESPOND TO 
THEM.
THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH.
I'M GOING TO SQUEEZE IN AN 
INTERVIEW BEFORE THE PUBLIC 
HEALTH OFFICIALS COME IN.
WE HAVE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 
FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO 
AND HE'LL HOPEFULLY COME BACK 
AFTER, TOO, IF WE NEED TO TALK 
TO HIM TO HELP US UNDERSTAND 
THE NUMBERS.
GOOD SEE YOU.
LET'S JUST LEAVE WHERE 
CATHERINE TALKED ABOUT THERE, 
THE FACT THAT WE ARE SEEING 
WHAT I THINK -- I DON'T KNOW IF 
THEY'RE HOTSPOTS OR FLARE-UPS, 
HOWEVER YOU WANT TO 
CHARACTERIZE THEM.
PLACES IN THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE 
HAD OUTBREAKS AND HOW IMPORTANT 
IS THE RESPONSE TO THOSE KINDS 
OF THINGS?
HOW WORRYING DO YOU SEE SOME OF 
THESE CASES, WHETHER IT BE 
WINDSOR-ESSEX OR IN KINGSTON, 
FOR EXAMPLE.
>> THERE WILL BE FLARE-UPS.
THAT IS THE WORD I LIKE TO USE.
BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO 
ACCELERATE ALL THE WAY TO AN 
OUTBREAK OR EVEN TO A HOTSPOT.
THOSE ARE INTENSE WORDS.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAPPEN FOR TWO 
REASONS.
ONE, THEY'RE STILL CIRCULATING 
COVID.
IT JUST IS.
AND IT'S SIMMERING AND 
UNDERGROUND BUT WILL POP UP 
FROM TIME TO TIME.
ALSO THERE IS INCREASING 
TRAVEL, WHICH IS EXTREMELY 
CONCERNING TO ME.
BUT TRAVEL EXPLAINS THE NEW 
BRUNSWICK CASES AND TRAVEL 
EXPLAINS THE WINDSOR ESSEX 
CASES.
SO, WE HAVE BOTH OF THESE TO 
CONTEND WITH AND THEY'RE A FACT 
OF LIFE AT THIS POINT, NO 
MATTER WHAT YOUR TRACK RECORD 
IS, AS A TOWN OR PUBLIC HEALTH 
UNIT.
THERE WILL BE FLARE-UPS, NO 
QUESTION.
>> Rosemary: THE OTHER THING WE 
WERE DISCUSSING OUT OF THESE 
NUMBERS THAT WE'VE SEEN ON THE 
PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY'S WEBSITE 
TODAY IS THAT, YES, THE HIGHEST 
NUMBER OF CASES CONTINUES TO BE 
IN THAT AGE CATEGORY OF OVER 80.
BUT NOW THERE ARE MORE CASES IN 
THE CATEGORY OF YOUNG PEOPLE, 
20 TO 29.
THAT, TO ME, SEEMS VERY 
WORRYING EVEN IF IT DOESN'T 
LEAD TO DEATH OR VERY SERIOUS 
CASES.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING ON 
THERE?
>> I THINK BACK TO WHEN I WAS 
IN MY 20s AND HOW I WOULD HAVE 
MANAGED MY OWN BEHAVIOUR DURING 
THIS TIME.
I THINK I WOULD HAVE LIKELY, TO 
BE HONEST, CONSTRUCTED A LITTLE 
LOGIC AND NARRATIVE TO MYSELF 
THAT SAYS I'LL BE OK.
I'LL BE SAFE.
I'M NOT CAUSING ANY HARM.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT 
REALLY EXPECTING ANYONE ELSE TO 
BE ANY BETTER THAN ME.
I THINK PEOPLE IN THEIR 20s ARE 
VERY INTERESTED IN SOCIALIZING, 
SOCIAL LIFE MATTERS A LOT.
I THINK THE LOCKDOWN AFFECTS 
PEOPLE IN THEIR 20s VERY 
HEAVILY WHEN YOUR SOCIAL LIFE 
MATTERS THAT MUCH.
I THINK THERE IS A LITTLE BIT 
OF RULE-BREAKING AND 
20-SOMETHINGS WILL LOOK AT THE 
STATISTICS AND SAY THIS IS JUST 
GOING TO BE A COLD FOR ME.
WORST CASE IF I GET IT, IT 
WON'T BE SO BAD FOR ME.
OF COURSE, THEY MAY NOT 
NECESSARILY REALISE THAT MAY 
MAY GET IT AND SPREAD IT AND 
CAUSE SUFFERING AND DEATH 
WITHOUT REALISING.
IT'S INVISIBLE AND HARD TO 
CHANGE YOUR BEHAVIOUR WHEN 
SOMETHING IS INVISIBLE.
>> Rosemary: THE FACT THAT YOU 
KNOW YOU ARE UNLIKELY, 
PERCENTAGE-WISE TO DIE FROM IT 
AND UNLIKELY EVEN TO GET 
SEVERELY ILL, PROBABLY ALLOWS 
PEOPLE IN THAT AGE CATEGORY TO 
BE, AS YOU SAY -- AND I 
PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN THE 
SAME -- TO NOT ALWAYS FOLLOW 
THE ADVICE AS CLOSELY AS THEY 
SHOULD.
>> YES.
I THINK THAT IS WHAT WE'RE 
SEEING.
HOWEVER, IF ENOUGH PEOPLE IN 
THEIR 20s GET INFECTED, YOU 
WILL SEE COMPLICATIONS, YOU 
WILL SEE SEVERE CASES AND YOU 
WILL SEE DEATH AND I'M HOPING 
WE CAN AVOID THAT.
>> Rosemary: LET ME ASK YOU 
THIS.
THE UNITED STATES, THERE'S NOW 
I THINK MORE THAN 30 STATES 
THAT ARE SEEING INCREASE IN 
CASES.
OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THESE STATES 
HAVE JUST RE-OPENED TOO QUICKLY 
OR ARE NOW HAVING TO DIAL SOME 
OF THIS BACK.
BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE 
FACT THAT THE BORDER REMAINS 
CLOSED UNTIL THE END OF JULY, 
IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE IT 
RE-OPENING ANYTIME SOON.
BUT KNOWING WE ARE IN PROXIMITY 
TO THAT KIND OF ONGOINGOUT 
BREAK, WHAT ARE YOUR CONCERN 
AROUND THAT?
THERE IS SOME TRAVEL HAPPENING.
IT IS ESSENTIAL TRAVELING, BUT 
IT IS STILL HAPPENING.
>> IT FRUSTRATES ME THAT WE 
HAVEN'T DEFINED WHAT ESSENTIAL 
TRAVEL IS.
IF I FEEL SELF-IMPORTANT 
ENOUGH, I CAN SAY MY TRAVEL IS 
ESSENTIAL.
WE NEED TO MINIMIZE IT AS MUCH 
AS POSSIBLE.
WE NEED TRADE GOODS.
WE NEED FOOD.
THERE'S ALL SORTS OF THINGS 
THAT NEED TO CROSS THE BORDER 
NO, QUESTION.
THERE IS LEGITIMATE ESSENTIAL 
TRAVEL.
IF IT'S DON'T A SMALL AMOUNT, 
THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY ENFORCE 
THE QUARANTINE ORDERS, THE IDEA 
THAT SELF-ISOLATION HAS TO 
HAPPEN AND WE'LL ENFORCE THAT 
AND TRACK THAT.
YOU DON'T THAT WITH THOUSANDS 
AND THOUSANDS, BUT YOU CAN DO 
IT WITH HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS 
SO WE NEED TO KEEP THAT BORDER 
CLOSED.
MY GUESS IS IT'S GOING TO HAVE 
TO STAY CLOSED FOR MORE THAN 12 
MONTHS AND THAT IS NOT 
SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE TALK 
ABOUT.
IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE WHAT WILL 
HAPPEN IN THE U.S. UNTIL WE 
HAVE A VACCINE OR UNTIL THE 
POPULATION HAS BEEN 
SUFFICIENTLY INFECTED THAT YOU 
HAVE HERD IMMUNITY.
TO BE HONEST, I THINK THAT IS 
MORE LIKELY.
>> Rosemary: REALLY.
YOU EXPRESSED CONCERN AROUND 
TRAVEL.
YOU MEAN AS PEOPLE THINK ABOUT 
SUMMERTIME AND WHAT THEY WANT 
TO BE DOING.
DO YOU NOT THINK ANYONE SHOULD 
NOT BE DOING ANY TRAVEL AT ALL 
IN WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON 
THAT?
>> 
I THINK TRAVEL CAN BE DONE 
SAFELY.
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL, IF IT 
WERE UP TO ME, THERE WOULD BE 
NO INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL THAT'S 
NOT ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL, FULL 
STOP.
I SEE A LOT OF ADVERTISEMENTS 
FROM AIRLINES PROMISING TO BE 
FLYING PEOPLE WHEREVER THEY 
WANT TO GO.
AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
FOR DOMESTIC TRAVEL, I'M NOT AT 
THE POINT WHERE I FEEL SAFE IN 
AN AIRLINES PUBLIC SAFETY HERE.
THE ADS I SEE AND WHAT I'M 
HEARING FROM PEOPLE AROUND HOW 
FULL PLANES ARE, THEY CAN'T 
OPERATE AS A PROFIT AND PROTECT 
PEOPLE FROM COVID.
I'M AFRAID PROFIT IS GOING TO 
WIN.
I THINK AIRLINES SHOULD BE 
TAKING THEIR BUDGETS AND USING 
IT TO MOTHBALL PLANES.
WE NEED LESS TRAVEL AND MAYBE 
ONE WAY TO DO THAT IS MAKE IT 
MORE EXPENSIVE.
IT CAN BE DONE SAFELY BUT IT 
CAN BE DONE SAFELY AND 
PROFITABLY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T 
PACK AIRPLANES OR AIRPORTS THE 
WAY THEY USED TO.
>> Rosemary: YOU SAW OVER THE 
WEEKEND THAT WESTJET AND AIR 
CANADA ARE NO LONGER REMOVING 
THOSE MIDDLE SEATS AND THEY'RE 
PUTTING EVERYONE BACK IN WITH 
NO PHYSICAL DISTANCING UNLESS 
YOU CALL AHEAD AND, YOU KNOW, 
DEMAND SOME EXTRA SPACE.
THEY ARE NOT GIVING IT TO YOU 
ANYMORE.
>> IF IT WERE UP TO ME AS THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, I WOULD 
STEP IN AND IMPOSE A FEE ON 
TICKETS FOR THE AISLE AND THE 
WINDOW TO PAY FOR THE MIDDLE 
SEAT, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT 
STAYS EMPTY.
IT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE 
AIRLINES, I THINK, ACTING IN A 
WAY THAT I UNDERSTAND WHY 
THEY'RE DOING IT BECAUSE THEY 
CAN'T OPERATE AT A LOSS.
BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S 
UNACCEPTABLE TO OPERATE 
UNSAFELY.
I WOULD WORRY THAT AIRLINES 
WOULD BE SUBJECT TO 
CLASS-ACTION LAWSUITS DOWN THE 
ROAD.
THERE IS NOTHING I CAN IMAGINE 
WORSE THAN SITTING 
SHOULDER-TO-SHOULDER WITH A 
BUNCH OF STRANGERS HOURS ON END.
THAT IS EXACTLY HOW COVID MOVES 
AND HOW COVID MOVES AND I DON'T 
TRUST AIRLINES' ABILITY TO 
OPERATE SAFELY AND AT A LOSS AT 
THE SAME TIME.
>> Rosemary: ONE LAST QUESTION 
BEFORE I LET YOU GO.
I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME 
PICK YOUR BRAIN LIKE THIS ON TV.
WE HAVE SEEN SOME INCREASES IN 
THE WEEKLY NUMBER OF NEW CASES 
PER DAY.
IN ALBERTA, IN MAN  -- MANITOBA 
AND SASKATCHEWAN.
AND I CITE THOSE PLACES BECAUSE 
MANITOBA AND SASKATCHEWAN IN 
PARTICULAR HAD DONE WELL FOR 
WEEKS AND WEEKS.
SASKATCHEWAN'S RATE HAS NOW 
ALMOST TRIPLED, ALTHOUGH IT IS 
STILL IN A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF 
CASES, PER 100,000.
BUT WHEN YOU SEE THOSE UPTICKS 
AND WHEN PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE 
SEE THOSE UPTICKS, HOW SHOULD 
THEY FEEL ABOUT THEM?
HOW SHOULD THEY RESPOND TO THEM?
IT'S NORMAL OR WE SHOULD BE 
CONCERNED OR HOW SHOULD THEY 
RESPOND TO THOSE THINGS?
>> IT IS TO BE EXPECTED AND IT 
IS CONCERNING.
THE BIG QUESTION I HAVE FOR 
THOSE PROVINCES IS HOW ON TOP 
OF CONTACT TRACING ARE THEY?
DO WE KNOW WHERE THE CASES ARE 
HAPPENING AND CAN WE SHUT THAT 
DOWN?
I WORRY ABOUT WORKERS IN HAIR 
SALONS, FOR EXAMPLE.
I WORRY ABOUT GROCERY STORE 
CLERKS.
I WORRY ABOUT RESTAURANTS AND 
BARS AND PATRONS AS WELL.
THERE IS A LOT OF PLACES WE CAN 
POINT TO TO SAY THAT'S RISKY.
IF WE ACTUALLY COLLECT THE DATA 
WHERE PEOPLE ARE GETTING SICK, 
THEN WE CAN DESIGN 
INTERVENTIONS TO MAKE THAT STOP.
SO, IT IS NOT THE NUMBER OF 
CASES, IT IS NOT EVEN THE RATE.
IT'S THE KNOWLEDGE WHERE IT'S 
HAPPENING AND ENACT 
INTERVENTIONS TO MAKE THAT AND 
DO IT QUICKLY.
THAT IS WHAT MARES.
>> Rosemary: WHEN YOU SEE WHAT 
IS HAPPENING IN KINGSTON AT THE 
NAIL SALON, ONE PERSON 
INFECTED, NOW IT IS 26 PEOPLE 
AND NOW THEY'RE CONTACT TRACING 
3,000, THAT GIVES ME 
REASSURANCE THAT THEY'RE ABLE 
TO TEST THAT MANY PEOPLE.
>> THAT IS EXACTLY HOW TO STAY 
ON TOP OF THIS.
THAT IS HOW THE SECOND WAVE IS 
LIMITED TO SMALL, LOCAL 
OUTBREAKS.
I THINK PERSONAL CARE SERVICES 
ARE THE NEW CANARY IN THE COAL 
MINE.
IT USED TO BE GROCERY STORE 
WORKER WHEN THERE WAS A LOT OF 
COMMUNITY SPREAD.
NOW IT IS PEOPLE DOING CLOSE 
FACE-TO-FACE WORK.
DENTAL HYGIENISTS I'M WORRIED 
ABOUT, BUT I KNOW THEY KNOW HOW 
TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.
BUT HAIR CARE, SALON WORKER, 
TATOO ARTISTS, PEOPLE UP CLOSE 
OCCUPATIONALLY.
THAT IS WHERE I'M EXTREMELY 
WORRIED AND WE SHOULD BE DOING 
RANDOM, PROACTIVE TESTING OF 
THOSE GROUPS.
>> Rosemary: YEAH, OK.
I STILL HAVE TO CALL YOU COLIN 
BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE TO BE 
CALLED MR. FURNESS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING 
THE TIME.
I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME 
PICK YOUR BRAIN ON ALL THAT 
STUFF VERY MUCH.
>> MY PLEASURE.
>> Rosemary: COLIN IS AN 
INFECTION CONTROL 
EPIDEMIOLOGIST.
WE'RE STANDING BY AND WAITING 
TO HEAR FROM OUR OWN PUBLIC 
FEDERAL HEALTH OFFICIALS ON 
UPDATED MODELING.
REMEMBER THAT IT TOOK A NUMBER 
OF WEEKS TO GET THE FEDERAL 
DEPARTMENT TO PUT FORWARD THE 
MODELING NUMBER AND NOW I THINK 
WE'RE ON THE THIRD OR FOURTH 
TIME OF GET UP THING DATED 
NUMBER AND IT SEEMS TO BE 
SOMETHING THAT WE'RE BETTER 
ABLE TO DIGEST AND TAKE IN AND 
UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY MEAN.
OBVIOUSLY A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE 
WE'VE BEEN AND SOMETIMES A 
SENSE OF ALSO WHERE WE'RE GOING.
A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT THE 
PRIME MINISTER HIGHLIGHTED THAT 
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AS WELL.
FIRST OF ALL, ON JULY 1 MARKS 
THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE NEW 
NAFTA.
IT'S ALSO CANADA DAY.
SO, UNLIKELY THAT THERE WILL BE 
BIG NAFTA FESTIVITIES.
HE WANTED TO MAKE THE POINT 
THAT THAT IS, IN FACT, 
HAPPENING ON JULY 1.
SO ON WEDNESDAY.
AND ON THURSDAY, JULY 2, THE 
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO WILL BE THE 
FIRST PROVINCE TO START TESTING 
THE NEW CONTACT TRACING APP 
WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA 
ANNOUNCING A COUPLE OF WEEKS 
NOW THAT THE PRIME MINISTER 
HIMSELF ANNOUNCED THAT, OF 
COURSE, IS MEANT TO TRY AND 
GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHERE  -- 
WHETHER YOU OR YOUR PHONE HAS 
BEEN IN CONTACT WITH SOMEONE 
WHO HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR 
COVID-19.
ALL RIGHT.
I CAN SEE DR. TERESA TAM MAKING 
HER WAY INTO THE PRESS 
CONFERENCE.
OBVIOUSLY THAT CONTACT TRACING 
APP STARTING IN ONTARIO.
BUT THE GOVERNMENT'S GOAL WOULD 
BE FOR IT TO ROLL OUT 
NATIONALLY AND FOR MANY PEOPLE 
TO DOWNLOAD IT.
IT DOESN'T USE GEOLOCATORS, IT 
USES BLUETOOTH SO THERE IS A 
CERTAIN DEGREE OF PROTECTION 
AROUND THAT.
LET ME BRING YOU NOW BACK TO 
THAT FLECK OTTAWA WITH THE 
CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER, 
DR. TERESA TAM, GETTING READY 
TO GIVE US HER LATEST MODELING 
NUMBERS FOR THE COMING MONTHS 
IN THIS COUNTRY.
HERE SHE IS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
[Speaking French] 
TODAY I'LL BE SHARING AN UPDATE 
ON THE NATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY 
AND THE MODELING WORK THAT 
WE'RE USING TO INFORM ONGOING 
CONTROL OF COVID-19 IN CANADA.
BUT FIRST, I'LL BEGIN BY 
PROVIDING THE LATEST NUMBER ON 
COVID-19 IN CANADA.
THERE HAVE BEEN 103,250 CASES 
REPORTED IN CANADA TO DATE.
INCLUDING 8520 NEW DEATHS AND 
64% OF THOSE WITH COVID-19 HAVE 
NOW RECOVERED.
LABS ACROSS CANADA HAVE TESTED 
OVER 2,676,000 PEOPLE FOR 
COVID-19 TO DATE.
AND OVER THE PAST WEEK, AN 
AVERAGE OF 36,767 PEOPLE WERE 
TESTED DAILY WITH 1% TESTING 
POSITIVE.
THESE NUMBERS DO CHANGE QUICKLY 
AND THEY ARE DATED DAILY IN THE 
EVENINGINGS ON 
CANADA.CA/CORONAVIRUS.
>> BONJOUR.
[Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: 22 
DEATHS, 64% OF THE CASES HAVE 
NOW RECOVERED.
LABS HAVE TESTED 2,676,000 
PEOPLE FOR COVID-19 TO DATE.
OVER THE PAST WEEK, AN AVERAGE 
OF 36,767 PEOPLE WERE TESTED 
DAILY WITH 1% TESTING POSITIVE.
THESE NUMBERS CHANGE QUICKLY 
AND ARE UPDATED DAILY IN THE 
EVENINGINGS ON 
CANADA.CA/CORONAVIRUS.
>> OK.
I'LL BEGIN WITH AN UPDATE ON 
THE LATEST EPIDEMIOLOGY.
SLIDE THREE.
ALTHOUGH MOST HEALTH REGIONS IN 
CANADA HAVE REPORTED CASES, 
THIS MAP SHOWING THE INCIDENTS 
RATE FOR 100,000 POPULATION 
ILLUSTRATES THAT SOME AREAS 
HAVE EXPERIENCED MORE ACTIVITY 
THAN OTHERS.
IN PARTICULAR, QUEBEC AND 
ONTARIO HAVE HAD SOME HEAVILY 
AFFECTED AREAS AND CONSIDERING 
THE LARGER POPULATIONS, THESE 
JURISDICTIONS ACCOUNT FOR 86% 
OF OUR CASES OVERALL.
CURRENTLY HOTSPOTS LINGER WITH 
PERSISTENT COMMUNITY 
TRANSMISSION IN AND AROUND THE 
TORONTO AND MONTREAL AREA.
SO, THE -- IN LOOKING AT THE 
BOXS TO THE RIGHT.
THE LOWER BOX SHOWS THAT THE 
PROPORTION OF CASES WHO DIED 
HAS REMAINED AT ABOUT 8%.
THE CASE FATALITY RATIO CHANGES 
OVER TIME AS NEW CASES AND 
DEATH ARE REPORTED.
BASED ON THE AVAILABLE 
INFORMATION, 15% OF CASES HAVE 
REQUIRED HOSPITALIZATION AND 
JUST OVER 3% HAVE REQUIRED 
INTENSIVE CARE.
>> [Speaking French] 
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: I'LL 
BEGIN WITH AN UPDATE ON THE 
LATEST EPIDEMIOLOGY OF COVID-19 
ACROSS CANADA.
SLIDE TRY.
ALTHOUGH MOST HEALTH REGIONS IN 
CANADA HAVE APPROVED CASES OF 
COVID-19, THIS MAP SHOWING 
INCIDENTS RATES PER 100,000 
PEOPLE ILLUSTRATES THAT SOME 
JURISDICTIONS AND REGIONS 
WITHIN HAVE EXPERIENCED MORE 
ACTIVITY THAN OTHERS.
IN PARTICULAR, QUEBEC AND 
ONTARIO HAVE HAD SOME HEAVILY 
AFFECTED AREA AND CONSIDERING 
THEIR LARGER POPULATIONS, THESE 
JURISDICTIONS ACCOUNT FOR 86% 
OF CASES OVERALL.
NOW WITH COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION 
IN AND AROUND TORONTO AND 
MONTREAL.
IF WE LOOK AT THE BOXES TO THE 
RIGHT, AND THE LOWER BOXES 
REGARDING DEATHS.
THIS CASE FATALITY RATIO 
CHANGES OVER TIME AS NEW CASES 
AND DEATHS ARE REPORTED.
BASED ON AVAILABLE INFORMATION, 
15% OF CASES HAVE REQUIRED 
HOSPITALIZATION AND JUST OVER 
3% HAVE ACQUIRED INTENSIVE CARE.
>> SLIDE FOUR.
THESE GRAPHS SHOWING THAT DAILY 
NUMBER OF NEW CASES AND DEATHS 
ON TOP AND THE DAILY TOTALS OF 
HOSPITALIZED AND CRITICAL CARE 
CASE PATIENTS ON THE BOTTOM, 
ALL ILLUSTRATE THE STEADY 
DECLINE IN COVID-19 ACTIVITY 
SINCE THE PEAK OF THE EPIDEMIC 
IN LATE APRIL.
MONITORING THESE INDICATORS 
TELL US THE PUBLIC HEALTH 
MEASURES HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL 
IN SLOWING THE TRANSMISSION IN 
THE COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY ALL 
FOUR SHOW A STEADY DECLINE.
>> [Speaking French] 
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: NOW 
FOR SLIDE FOUR.
THESE GRAPHS SHOWING THAT DAILY 
NUMBER OF NEW CASES AND DEATHS 
ON TOP AND THE DAILY TOTALS OF 
HOSPITALIZED AND CRITICAL CARE 
CASE PATIENTS ON THE BOTTOM, 
ALL ILLUSTRATE THE STEADY 
DECLINE IN COVID-19 ACTIVITY 
SINCE THE PEAK OF THE EPIDEMIC 
IN LATE APRIL.
MONITORING THESE INDICATORS 
TELL US THE PUBLIC HEALTH 
MEASURES HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL 
IN SLOWING THE TRANSMISSION IN 
THE COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY ALL 
FOUR SHOW A STEADY DECLINE.
>> SLIDE 5.
ANOTHER INDICATOR OF EPIDEMIC 
CONTROL IS R.T. OR REPRODUCTIVE 
NUMBER.
IT REPRESENTS HOW MANY PEOPLE 
ARE AFFECTED BY EACH NEW CASE.
IN OTHER WORDS FOR THE EPIDEMIC 
TO DIE OUT, R.T. NEEDS TO 
SQUINTLY REMAIN BELOW AVERAGE.
MEANING ON AVERAGE EACH NEW 
CASE AFFECTS ONE LESS THAN 
ANOTHER PERSON.
NATIONALLY IT HAS BEEN BELOW 
ONE FOR MORE THAN EIGHT WEEKS.
AT THIS POINT, WITH 
TRANSMISSION UNDER CONTROL IN   
JURISDICTIONS ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, GREEN SHADING IS NOW 
THE RESULT OF SMALLER NUMBERS 
AND LOCALIZED OUTBREAKS.
>> [Speaking French].
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: 
SLIDE FIVE.
ANOTHER INDICATOR OF EPIDEMIC 
CONTROL IS R.T. OR REPRODUCTIVE 
NUMBER.
IT REPRESENTS HOW MANY PEOPLE 
ARE AFFECTED BY EACH NEW CASE.
IN OTHER WORDS FOR THE EPIDEMIC 
TO DIE OUT, R.T. NEEDS TO 
SQUINTLY REMAIN BELOW AVERAGE.
MEANING ON AVERAGE EACH NEW 
CASE AFFECTS ONE LESS THAN 
ANOTHER PERSON.
NATIONALLY IT HAS BEEN BELOW 
ONE FOR MORE THAN EIGHT WEEKS.
AT THIS POINT, WITH 
TRANSMISSION UNDER CONTROL IN   
JURISDICTIONS ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, GREEN SHADING IS NOW 
THE RESULT OF SMALLER NUMBERS 
AND LOCALIZED OUTBREAKS.
>> SLIDE SIX.
SO, ALL AGE GROUPS HAVE BEEN 
AFFECTED BY THIS PANDEMIC.
ALTHOUGH INCIDENTS AMONGST 
CHILDREN AND YOUTH HAS REMAIN 
RELATIVELY LOW THROUGHOUT.
ON THE LEFT, THE SHARP PEAK IN  
INCIDENTS AMONG ADULTS IS 
LARGELY ATTRIBUTED TO OUTBREAKS 
IN LONG-TERM CARE HOMES.
AS THE EPIDEMIC HAS SLOWED, THE 
INCIDENT RATES HAVE STEADILY 
DECLINED IN ALL AGE GROUPS.
SO THE DECLINE HAS BEEN 
RELATIVELY SLOWER IN YOUNGER 
AGE GROUPS.
BECAUSE TRANSMISSION RATES ARE 
DECLINING SO DEEPLY IN THE 
OLDEST AGE GROUPS, INDIVIDUALS 
UNDER THE AGE OF 40 NOW ACCOUNT 
FOR A GREATER PROPORTION OF 
TOTAL CASES IN RECENT WEEKS.
>> [Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: 
SLIDE SIX.
SO, ALL AGE GROUPS HAVE BEEN 
AFFECTED BY THIS PANDEMIC.
ALTHOUGH INCIDENTS AMONGST 
CHILDREN AND YOUTH HAS REMAIN 
RELATIVELY LOW THROUGHOUT.
ON THE LEFT, THE SHARP PEAK IN  
INCIDENTS AMONG ADULTS IS 
LARGELY ATTRIBUTED TO OUTBREAKS 
IN LONG-TERM CARE HOMES.
AS THE EPIDEMIC HAS SLOWED, THE 
INCIDENT RATES HAVE STEADILY 
DECLINED IN ALL AGE GROUPS.
SO THE DECLINE HAS BEEN 
RELATIVELY SLOWER IN YOUNGER 
AGE GROUPS.
BECAUSE TRANSMISSION RATES ARE 
DECLINING SO DEEPLY IN THE 
BECAUSE TRANSMISSION RATES ARE 
DECLINING SO DEEPLY IN THE 
OLDEST AGE GROUPS, INDIVIDUALS 
UNDER THE AGE OF 40 NOW ACCOUNT 
FOR A GREATER PROPORTION OF 
TOTAL CASES IN RECENT WEEKS.
>> SLIDE SEVEN.
THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF COVID-19 IN 
CANADA IS A COMPOSITE DIFFERENT 
REGIONAL EPIDEMICS.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS CANADA'S THREE 
LARGE OUTBREAKS ACROSS THE TOP 
OR HAVE EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT 
COMMUNITY SPREAD AND DAILY 
CASES INTO THE HUNDREDS, 
ESPECIALLY IN QUEBEC AND 
ONTARIO AND TO A LESSER EXTENT 
ALBERTA.
THE CENTRE ROW SHOWS PROVINCES 
WITH OUTBREAKS AND LIMITED 
COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION WITH 
DAILY CASE COUNTS REMAINING 
BELOW 100 AND TRANSMISSION 
BROUGHT LARGELY UNDER CONTROL.
THE LOWER ROW WITH DAILY CASE 
COUNTS IN THE LOW DOUBLE-DIGITS 
SHOW PROVINCES THAT EXPERIENCED 
ISOLATED AND LARGELY CONTAINED 
OUTBREAKS WITH MINIMAL TO NO 
COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION.
FINALLY, THE MULTIPLE DISTINCT 
PEAKS IN THE CURVE ALONG THE 
RIGHT-HAND SIDE FOR ALBERTA, 
SASKATCHEWAN, AND NEW 
BRUNSWICK, SERVES AS REMINDERS 
THAT RESURGENCE CAN HAPPEN IN 
ANY PLACE, IN ANY TIME, EVEN IN 
AREAS WITH NO LEVELS OF 
TRANSMISSION.
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, THE YUKON 
AND NORTHWEST TERRITORIES HAVE 
HAD NO COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION, 
WHILE NUNAVUT HAD REPORTED NO 
CASES TO DATE.
>> [Speaking French].
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: 
SLIDE SEVEN.
THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF COVID-19 IN 
CANADA IS A COMPOSITE DIFFERENT 
REGIONAL EPIDEMICS.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS CANADA'S THREE 
LARGE OUTBREAKS ACROSS THE TOP 
OR HAVE EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT 
COMMUNITY SPREAD AND DAILY 
CASES INTO THE HUNDREDS, 
ESPECIALLY IN QUEBEC A 
ONTARIO AND TO A LESSER EXTENT 
ALBERTA.
THE CENTRE ROW SHOWS PROVINCES 
WITH OUTBREAKS AND LIMITED 
COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION WITH 
DAILY CASE COUNTS REMAINING 
BELOW 100 AND TRANSMISSION 
BROUGHT LARGELY UNDER CONTROL.
THE LOWER ROW WITH DAILY CASE 
COUNTS IN THE LOW DOUBLE-DIGITS 
SHOW PROVINCES THAT EXPERIENCED 
ISOLATED AND LARGELY CONTAINED 
OUTBREAKS WITH MINIMAL TO NO 
COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION.
FINALLY, THE MULTIPLE DISTINCT 
PEAKS IN THE CURVE ALONG THE 
RIGHT-HAND SIDE FOR ALBERTA, 
SASKATCHEWAN, AND NEW 
BRUNSWICK, SERVES AS REMINDERS 
THAT RESURGENCE CAN HAPPEN IN 
ANY PLACE, IN ANY TIME, EVEN IN 
AREAS WITH NO LEVELS OF 
TRANSMISSION.
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, THE YUKON 
AND NORTHWEST TERRITORIES HAVE 
HAD NO COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION, 
WHILE NUNAVUT HAD REPORTED NO 
CASES TO DATE.
>> SLIDE EIGHT.
CURRENT PATHENS OF COVID-19 
INCIDENTS AND THIS IS IN THE 
PAST 14 DAYS, SHOW LIMITED TO 
NO TRANSMISSION IN MOST AREAS 
OF THE COUNTRY.
AREAS OF INCREASED INCIDENTS 
SHOWN AS DARKER BLUE AREAS ON 
THE MAP RATHER THAN AREAS 
EXPERIENCING OUTBREAKS AS SEEN 
IN AREAS OF SASKATCHEWAN AND 
HOTSPOTS OF PERSISTENT 
COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION SEEN IN 
AND AROUND TORONTO AND MONTREAL.
>> [Speaking French].
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: 
SLIDE EIGHT.
CURRENT PATHENS OF COVID-19 
INCIDENTS AND THIS IS IN THE 
PAST 14 DAYS, SHOW LIMITED TO 
NO TRANSMISSION IN MOST AREAS 
OF THE COUNTRY.
AREAS OF INCREASED INCIDENTS 
SHOWN AS DARKER BLUE AREAS ON 
THE MAP RATHER THAN AREAS 
EXPERIENCING OUTBREAKS AS SEEN 
IN AREAS OF SASKATCHEWAN AND 
HOTSPOTS OF PERSISTENT 
COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION SEEN IN 
AND AROUND TORONTO AND MONTREAL.
>> AND I'LL JUST ADD THAT YOU 
CAN SEE ALSO THE WINDSOR-ESSEX 
AREA LIGHTING UP AT THE MOMENT 
AS WELL.
SO, THE NEXT SLIDE.
SLIDE NINE.
COVID-19 HAS EXPLODED SOCIAL 
AND ECONOMIC VULNERABILITIES 
AND INEQUALITIES ACROSS 
CANADIAN SOCIETY, TAKING HOLD 
IN SETTINGS AMONG COMMUNITIS 
THAT EXPERIENCE OVERCROWDING, 
LOWER INCOMES AND HEALTH 
DISPARITIES.
LONG-TERM CARE AND ASSISTED 
LIVING HOMES HAVE BEEN HIT THE 
HARDEST WITH OVER 1,000 
SEPARATE OUTBREAKS ACCOUNTING 
FOR ABOUT 20% OF CONFIRMED 
CASES AND TRAGICALLY OVER 80% 
OF ALL DEATHS.
OUTBREAKS IN OTHER CONGREGANTS 
LIVING AND WORK SETTINGS ARE 
ALSO DRIVING CASE COUNTS IN 
SOME PROVINCES.
THESE SETTINGS INCLUDE 
HOSPITALS, CORRECTIONAL 
FACILITIES, SHELTERS AND 
WORKPLACES, INCLUDING CANADA'S 
LARGEST OUTBREAK LINKED TO A 
MEAT PROCESSING PLANT.
>> [Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: 
SLIDE NINE.
COVID-19 HAS EXPLODED SOCIAL 
AND ECONOMIC VULNERABILITIES 
AND INEQUALITIES ACROSS 
CANADIAN SOCIETY, TAKING HOLD 
IN SETTINGS AMONG COMMUNITIS 
THAT EXPERIENCE OVERCROWDING, 
LOWER INCOMES AND HEALTH 
DISPARITIES.
LONG-TERM CARE AND ASSISTED 
LIVING HOMES HAVE BEEN HIT THE 
HARDEST WITH OVER 1,000 
SEPARATE OUTBREAKS ACCOUNTING 
FOR ABOUT 20% OF CONFIRMED 
CASES AND TRAGICALLY OVER 80% 
OF ALL DEATHS.
OUTBREAKS IN OTHER CONGREGANTS 
LIVING AND WORK SETTINGS ARE 
ALSO DRIVING CASE COUNTS IN 
SOME PROVINCES.
THESE SETTINGS INCLUDE 
HOSPITALS, CORRECTIONAL 
FACILITIES, SHELTERS AND 
WORKPLACES, INCLUDING CANADA'S 
LARGEST OUTBREAK LINKED TO A 
MEAT PROCESSING PLANT.
>> I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT 
ALSO ON THIS SLIDE, WE'RE 
LOOKING AT THE MORE RECENT 
OUTBREAK OF CLUSTERS IN THE 
EAST AS SOCIETY BEGINS TO 
RE-OPEN AGAIN AND THESE DO 
INCLUDE INDOOR FAMILY 
GATHERINGS.
SLIDE 10.
SO, REALLY IN SOME WAY, THE 
EPIDEMIOLOGY INDICATES THAT 
TRANSMISSION IS LARGELY UNDER 
CONTROL, WHILE ALSO SHOWING US 
THAT CASES CAN RE-EMERGE 
ANYTIME OR PLACE.
IN TODAY'S UPDATE, I'LL TALK 
ABOUT HOW WE'RE USING MODELING 
TO IDENTIFY THE COMBINATIONS 
AND INTENSITY OF PUBLIC HEALTH 
MEASURES WE NEED TO MAINTAIN 
CONTROL, STAMP OUT OUTBREAKS 
AND MODELS PROVIDE A WIDER 
REDICTION OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN 
UNDER HYPOTHETICAL SCENARIO, 
ALLOWING US TO DRIVE OUR PUBLIC 
HEALTH ACTIONS TOWARDS A BEST 
POSSIBLE OUTCOME.
>> [Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: 
SLIDE 10.
SO, REALLY IN SOME WAY, THE 
EPIDEMIOLOGY INDICATES THAT 
TRANSMISSION IS LARGELY UNDER 
CONTROL, WHILE ALSO SHOWING US 
THAT CASES CAN RE-EMERGE 
ANYTIME OR PLACE.
IN TODAY'S UPDATE, I'LL TALK 
ABOUT HOW WE'RE USING MODELING 
TO IDENTIFY THE COMBINATIONS 
AND INTENSITY OF PUBLIC HEALTH 
MEASURES WE NEED TO MAINTAIN 
CONTROL, STAMP OUT OUTBREAKS 
AND MODELS PROVIDE A WIDER 
REDICTION OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN 
UNDER HYPOTHETICAL SCENARIO, 
ALLOWING US TO DRIVE OUR PUBLIC 
HEALTH ACTIONS TOWARDS A BEST 
POSSIBLE OUTCOME.
>> SLIDE 11.
THIS IS A REMINDER, CANADA IS 
AIMING FOR STRONG EPIDEMIC 
CONTROL OVER THE COURSE OF THE 
PANDEMIC.
WHERE LESS THAN 10% OF THE 
POPULATION IS AFFECTED OVERALL.
THANKS TO THE COMMITMENT OF ALL 
CANADIANS WHO HAVE BEEN 
FOLLOWING PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE 
TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND 
OTHERS, WE ARE WELL ON OUR WAY 
DOWN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BIG 
FIRST PEAK.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE NOVEL 
CORONAVIRUS HAS  NOT BEEN 
ELIMINATED AND WE DON'T HAVE AN 
EFFECTIVE VACCINE AT THIS TIME.
AS OF PUBLIC HEALTH 
RESTRICTIONS ARE LIFTED TO 
MINIMIZE THE UNINTENTED HEALTH, 
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC 
CONSEQUENCES, WE EXPECT TO SEE 
SOME RESURGENCE OF CASES T. KEY 
IS TO KEEP THE NUMBER OF CASES 
SMALL THROUGH ONGOING CORE 
PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICES.
WE MUST BE ABLE TO RAPIDLY 
DETECT AND ISOLATE CASES AND 
QUARANTINE THEIR CONTACTS IN 
ORDER TO KEEP ANY RESURGENCE AT 
A SMALL AND MANAGEABLE SIZE.
>> [Speaking French].
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: 
SLIDE 11.
THIS IS A REMINDER, CANADA IS 
AIMING FOR STRONG EPIDEMIC 
CONTROL OVER THE COURSE OF THE 
PANDEMIC.
WHERE LESS THAN 10% OF THE 
POPULATION IS AFFECTED OVERALL.
THANKS TO THE COMMITMENT OF ALL 
CANADIANS WHO HAVE BEEN 
FOLLOWING PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE 
TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND 
OTHERS, WE ARE WELL ON OUR WAY 
DOWN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BIG 
FIRST PEAK.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE NOVEL 
CORONAVIRUS HAS  NOT BEEN 
ELIMINATED AND WE DON'T HAVE AN 
EFFECTIVE VACCINE AT THIS TIME.
AS OF PUBLIC HEALTH 
RESTRICTIONS ARE LIFTED TO 
MINIMIZE THE UNINTENTED HEALTH, 
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC 
CONSEQUENCES, WE EXPECT TO SEE 
SOME RESURGENCE OF CASES.
KEY IS TO KEEP THE NUMBER OF 
CASES SMALL THROUGH ONGOING 
CORE PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICES.
>> SLIDE 12.
DYNAMIC MODELS ARE TELLING US 
THAT IF WE RELAX TOO MUCH OR 
TOO SOON, THE EPIDEMIC WILL 
MOST LIKELY REBOUND WITH 
EXPLOSIVE GROWTH AS A DISTINCT 
POSSIBILITY.
MODELING SIMULATIONS SHOW US 
THAT, AS WE LIFT STAY AT HOME 
POLICIES, BUSINESS AND SCHOOL 
CLOSURES, WE MUST STRENGTHEN 
OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES TO 
CONTAIN EPIDEMIC CONTROL.
THE ENHANCED PUBLIC HEALTH 
MEASURES INCLUDE RAPID CASE 
DETECTION, TESTING AND TIMELY 
CONTACT TRACING AND  QUARANTINE 
TO  PREVENT ANY OUTBREAKS IN 
COMMUNITY SETTINGS.
>> [Speaking French].
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: 
SLIDE 12.
DYNAMIC MODELS ARE TELLING US 
THAT IF WE RELAX TOO MUCH OR 
TOO SOON, THE EPIDEMIC WILL 
MOST LIKELY REBOUND WITH 
EXPLOSIVE GROWTH AS A DISTINCT 
POSSIBILITY.
MODELING SIMULATIONS SHOW US 
THAT, AS WE LIFT STAY AT HOME 
POLICIES, BUSINESS AND SCHOOL 
CLOSURES, WE MUST STRENGTHEN 
OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES TO 
CONTAIN EPIDEMIC CONTROL.
THE ENHANCED PUBLIC HEALTH 
MEASURES INCLUDE RAPID CASE 
DETECTION, TESTING AND TIMELY 
CONTACT TRACING AND  QUARANTINE 
TO  PREVENT ANY OUTBREAKS IN 
COMMUNITY SETTINGS.
>> SLIDE 13.
FAST AND THOROUGH CASE 
DETECTION AND CONTACT TRACING 
MEANS THAT CASES, INCLUDING ANY 
CONTACTS THAT GO ON TO BECOME 
CASES, WILL BE LESS LIKELY TO 
SPREAD INFECTION TO OTHERS.
SO THE HIGHER PROPORTION OF 
CASES THAT CAN BE DETECTED AND 
ISOLATED EARLY IN THE COURSE OF 
THE ILLNESS, THE FEWER PEOPLE 
THEY'RE LIKELY TO INFECT AND 
WILL BE LESS LIKELY TO SPREAD 
INFECTION TO OTHERS.
LIKEWISE, WHERE MOST OR ALL 
CONTACTS ARE IDENTIFIED EARLY 
AND PLAYS INTO QUARANTINE, 
FEWER ARE LIKELY TO SPREAD 
INFECTION TO OTHERS IF THEY DO 
BECOME ILL.
SO THESE MODELING SIMULATIONS 
ILLUSTRATE THE IMPACT OF RAPID 
CASE DETECTION, WHICH IS THE 
GRAPH ON THE LEFT AND CONTACT 
TRACING, THE GRAPH ON THE 
RIGHT, COMBINED ON ACADEMIC 
CONTROL.
THE FASTER WE ARE, THE MORE WE 
DRIVE, THE PERCENTAGE OF THE 
POPULATION INFECTED DOWN.
SO, I'M GOING TO TAKE A VERY 
BRAVE ATTEMPT AT TAKING YOU 
THROUGH A COUPLE OF THESE 
GRAPHS.
SO, JUST REMEMBER WE'RE TRYING 
TO AIM FOR THE LOWER, THE 
BOTTOM OF THAT Y AXIS, THE 
LOWER PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE 
INFECTED.
SO, THE RED DOT ON THE MODEL, 
ON THE LEFT, SHOWS THAT IF WE 
DETECT CASES WITHIN FIVE DAYS 
OF BECOMING INFECTIOUS, WE NEED 
TO REACH MORE THAN 50% OF ALL 
CASES AND ISOLATE THEM TO KEEP 
THE  EPIDEMIC UNDER CONTROL.
SO, KEEPING THAT DOT LOW.
THE MODEL ON THE RIGHT SHOWS 
THAT IF WE TRACE CONTACTS 
WITHIN TWO DAYS OF THEIR 
EXPOSURE, WE NEED TO REACH MORE 
THAN 50% OF ALL CONTACTS AND 
QUARANTINE THEM TO KEEP THE 
EPIDEMIC UNDER CONTROL.
>> OAKER.
[Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: 
SLIDE 13.
FAST AND THOROUGH CASE 
DETECTION AND CONTACT TRACING 
MEANS THAT CASES, INCLUDING ANY 
CONTACTS THAT GO ON TO BECOME 
CASES, WILL BE LESS LIKELY TO
OTHERS.
SO THE HIGHER PROPORTION OF 
CASES THAT CAN BE DETECTED AND 
ISOLATED EARLY IN THE COURSE OF 
THE ILLNESS, THE FEWER PEOPLE 
THEY'RE LIKELY TO INFECT AND 
WILL BE LESS LIKELY TO SPREAD 
INFECTION TO OTHERS IF THEY DO 
BECOME ILL.
SO THESE MODELING SIMULATIONS 
ILLUSTRATE THE IMPACT OF RAPID 
CASE DETECTION, WHICH IS THE 
GRAPH ON THE LEFT AND CONTACT 
TRACING, THE GRAPH ON THE 
RIGHT, COMBINED ON ACADEMIC 
CONTROL.
THE FASTER WE ARE, THE MORE WE 
DRIVE, THE PERCENTAGE OF THE 
POPULATION INFECTED DOWN.
SO, I'M GOING TO TAKE A VERY 
BRAVE ATTEMPT AT TAKING YOU 
THROUGH A COUPLE OF THESE 
GRAPHS.
SO, THE RED DOT ON THE MODEL, 
ON THE LEFT, SHOWS THAT IF WE 
DETECT CASES WITHIN FIVE DAYS 
OF BECOMING INFECTIOUS, WE NEED 
TO REACH MORE THAN 50% OF ALL 
CASES AND ISOLATE THEM TO KEEP 
THE  EPIDEMIC UNDER CONTROL.
THE MODEL ON THE RIGHT SHOWS 
THAT IF WE TRACE CONTACTS 
WITHIN TWO DAYS OF THEIR 
EXPOSURE, WE NEED TO REACH MORE 
THAN 50% OF ALL CONTACTS AND 
QUARANTINE THEM TO KEEP THE 
EPIDEMIC UNDER CONTROL.
>> SLIDE 14.
SO, THE GRAPH ON THE LEFT, 
FOCUS ON THAT FOR NOW.
CANADA HAS BEEN TESTING MORE 
PEOPLE OVER TIME WITH A LOWER 
PERCENTAGE OF TESTING COMING 
BACK POSITIVE.
INDICATING THAT OUR 
SURVEILLANCE IS SENSITIVE AND 
CASTING THE NET WIDE TO PICK UP 
CASES.
IF WE SWITCH TO THE RIGHT-HAND 
SIDE OF THE SLIDE, THE SHORTER 
THE TIME INTERVAL BETWEEN 
INSPECTION, THE QUICKER THE 
CASES ARE ISOLATED AND DETECTED 
TO PREVENT FURTHER SPREAD.
SO, THE GRAPH ON THE RIGHT THAT 
SHOWS THIS TIME INTERVAL HAS 
DECREASED OVER TIME FOR MORE 
THAN EIGHT DAYS, AROUND THREE 
DAYS CURRENTLY.
>> [Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: 
SLIDE 14.
CANADA HAS BEEN TESTING MORE 
PEOPLE OVER TIME WITH A LOWER 
PERCENTAGE OF TESTING COMING 
BACK POSITIVE.
INDICATING THAT OUR 
SURVEILLANCE IS SENSITIVE AND 
CASTING THE NET WIDE TO PICK UP 
CASES.
IF WE SWITCH TO THE RIGHT-HAND 
SIDE OF THE SLIDE, THE SHORTER 
THE TIME INTERVAL BETWEEN 
INSPECTION, THE QUICKER THE 
CASES ARE ISOLATED AND DETECTED 
TO PREVENT FURTHER SPREAD.
SO, THE GRAPH ON THE RIGHT THAT 
SHOWS THIS TIME INTERVAL HAS 
DECREASED OVER TIME FOR MORE 
THAN EIGHT DAYS, AROUND THREE 
DAYS CURRENTLY.
>> SLIDE 15.
PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITIES ARE 
MONITORING THE NUMBER OF CASES 
THAT CANNOT BE LINKED TO OTHER 
CASES AS A MEASURE OF EFFECTIVE 
CONTACT TRACING.
WITH THE AIM OF KEEPING THIS 
NUMBER TO A MINIMUM.
SO, ON THE GRAPH, THIS IS THE 
RED PART.
THE MORE CASES THAT ARE 
UNLINKED, THAT IS TO SAY WE 
DON'T KNOW HOW THEY WERE 
EXPOSED, THE HARDER IT IS TO 
STOP COMMUNITY SPREAD.
LOWER DAILY CASE COUNTS 
FACILITATES TO LINK CASES AND 
BREAK CHAINS OF TRANSMISSION.
>> [Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: 
SLIDE 15.
PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITIES ARE 
MONITORING THE NUMBER OF CASES 
THAT CANNOT BE LINKED TO OTHER 
CONTACT TRACING.
WITH THE AIM OF KEEPING THIS 
NUMBER TO A MINIMUM.
THE MORE CASES THAT ARE 
UNLINKED, THAT IS TO SAY WE 
DON'T KNOW HOW THEY WERE 
EXPOSED, THE HARDER IT IS TO 
STOP COMMUNITY SPREAD.
LOWER DAILY CASE COUNTS 
FACILITATES TO LINK CASES AND 
BREAK CHAINS OF TRANSMISSION.
>> SLIDE 16.
AS SOCIETY RE-OPENS, THE 
AVERAGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE 
MEET EACH DAY WILL INCREASE AND 
THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL PLACES 
AND SITUATIONS WHERE THERE IS A 
HIGHER RISK OF VIRUS 
TRANSMISSION.
THESE TABLES SHOW DIFFERENT 
COMBINATIONS OF CASE DETECTION 
AND CONTACT TRACING THAT CAN 
KEEP THE EPIDEMIC UNDER CONTROL.
SO, THE COLORED CELL SHOWS 
SUCCESSFUL COMBINATIONS, 
ACCORDING TO THREE MODELING 
STUDIES THAT WILL KEEP THE 
EPIDEMIC UNDER CONTROL.
SO, THE TOP TABLE SHOWS THAT 
WITH RESTRICTIVE MEASURES, 
SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY, WORKPLACE 
CLOSURE, FOR EXAMPLE, MANY 
DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS CAN KEEP 
THE EPIDEMIC SPECIALLY DEMOCRAT 
UNDER CONTROL.
THE LOWER TABLE SHOWS THAT WITH 
INCREASING NUMBER OF CONTACTS 
BETWEEN PEOPLE, IT BECOMES 
INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT FOR HOW 
TO DO CASE DETECTION AND 
CONTACT TRACING TO CONTROL THE 
EPIDEMIC.
SO THE LESS OF THOSE COLORED 
CELLS.
THEREFORE, AS SOCIETY OPENS AND 
PUBLIC HEALTH RESTRICTIONS ARE 
RELAXED, TEST VETERAN  -- IT IS 
EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAT 
CANADIANS CONTINUE WITH EFFORTS 
TO MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING 
AND GOOD HYGIENE TO KEEP 
COVID-19 UNDER CONTROL.
THIS ENSURES THAT PUBLIC HEALTH 
CAPACITY IS NOT OVERWHELMED AND 
CAN USE CASE DETECTION AND 
CONTACT TRACING TO CONTROL THE 
EPIDEMIC.
>> [Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: 
SLIDE 16.
AS SOCIETY RE-OPENS, THE 
AVERAGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE 
MEET EACH DAY WILL INCREASE AND 
THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL PLACES 
AND SITUATIONS WHERE THERE IS A 
HIGHER RISK OF VIRUS 
TRANSMISSION.
THESE TABLES SHOW DIFFERENT 
COMBINATIONS OF CASE DETECTION 
AND CONTACT TRACING THAT CAN 
KEEP THE EPIDEMIC UNDER CONTROL.
SO, THE COLORED CELL SHOWS 
SUCCESSFUL COMBINATIONS, 
ACCORDING TO THREE MODELING 
STUDIES THAT WILL KEEP THE 
EPIDEMIC UNDER CONTROL.
SO, THE TOP TABLE SHOWS THAT 
WITH RESTRICTIVE MEASURES, 
SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY, WORKPLACE 
CLOSURE, FOR EXAMPLE, MANY 
DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS CAN KEEP 
THE EPIDEMIC SPECIALLY DEMOCRAT 
UNDER CONTROL.
THE LOWER TABLE SHOWS THAT WITH 
INCREASING NUMBER OF CONTACTS 
BETWEEN PEOPLE, IT BECOMES 
INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT FOR HOW 
TO DO CASE DETECTION AND 
CONTACT TRACING TO CONTROL THE 
EPIDEMIC.
SO THE LESS OF THOSE COLORED 
CELLS.
THEREFORE, AS SOCIETY OPENS AND 
PUBLIC HEALTH RESTRICTIONS ARE 
RELAXED, IT IS EVEN MORE 
IMPORTANT THAT CANADIANS 
CONTINUE WITH EFFORTS TO
MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING AND 
GOOD HYGIENE TO KEEP COVID-19 
UNDER CONTROL.
THIS ENSURES THAT PUBLIC HEALTH 
CAPACITY IS NOT OVERWHELMED AND 
CAN USE CASE DETECTION AND 
CONTACT TRACING TO CONTROL THE 
EPIDEMIC.
>> SLIDE 17.
CANADA HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT 
PROGRESS TO BRING THE EPIDEMIC 
UNDER CONTROL.
THANK TO THE COMMITMENT OF 
CANADIANS, MAINTAINING PUBLIC 
HEALTH PRACTICES TO MAINTAIN 
THEMSELVES AND OTHERS.
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, 
JURISDICTIONS CONTINUE TO 
OPERATE WITH APPROPRIATE 
CONDITIONS AND CONTROLS IN 
PLACE TO MINIMIZE SPREAD OF THE 
VIRUS.
DUE TO THE PROGRESS THAT 
CANADIANS HAVE MADE, WE'LL BE 
DECREASING THE NUMBER OF MEDIA 
AVAILABILITIES THAT WE'LL BE 
HOLDING EACH WEEK FOR THE TIME 
BEING.
WE'LL BE PROVIDING UPDATES IN 
PERSON TWICE A WEEK OVER THE 
COMING WEEK, UNLESS THERE IS 
SOMETHING WE NEED TO URGENTLY 
BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO.
WE'LL BE ISSUING STATEMENTS 
EACH DAY TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON 
THE LATEST NUMBERS AND ANY NEWS 
ON THE DAYS THAT WE'RE NOT 
HOLDING A MEDIA AVAILABILITY.
SO, WE WANT EVERYONE TO 
REMEMBER THE VIRUS HAS NOT 
DISAPPEARED AND RESURGENCE CAN 
HAPPEN ANYTIME OR AT ANY PLACE.
UNTIL THERE IS A VACCINE OR 
EFFECTIVE TREATMENT, WE NEED TO 
CONTINUE TO LIVE WITH COVID-19 
BY BALANCING THE RISK OF SPREAD 
OF COVID-19 WITH THE UNINTENDED 
SOCIAL AND HEALTH CONSEQUENCES 
OF RESTRICTIVE PUBLIC HEALTH 
MEASURES.
SO, YOU SHOULD ASK YOURSELF, IF 
YOU DO TEST POSITIVE, CONSIDER 
THAT THE FEWER PEOPLE THAT YOU 
HAVE CONTACT WITH, THE QUICKER 
AND THE EASIER IT WILL BE FOR 
PUBLIC HEALTH TO TRACE THEM OR 
DOWN AND INTERRUPT CHAINS OF 
TRANSMISSION TO KEEP THE SPREAD 
OF COVID-19 UNDER CONTROL.
>> [Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: 
SLIDE 17.
CANADA HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT 
PROGRESS TO BRING THE EPIDEMIC 
UNDER CONTROL.
THANK TO THE COMMITMENT OF 
CANADIANS, MAINTAINING PUBLIC 
HEALTH PRACTICES TO MAINTAIN 
THEMSELVES AND OTHERS.
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, 
JURISDICTIONS CONTINUE TO 
OPERATE WITH APPROPRIATE 
CONDITIONS AND CONTROLS IN 
PLACE TO MINIMIZE SPREAD OF THE 
VIRUS.
DUE TO THE PROGRESS THAT 
CANADIANS HAVE MADE, WE'LL BE 
DECREASING THE NUMBER OF MEDIA 
AVAILABILITIES THAT WE'LL BE 
HOLDING EACH WEEK FOR THE TIME 
BEING.
WE'LL BE PROVIDING UPDATES IN 
PERSON TWICE A WEEK OVER THE 
COMING WEEK, UNLESS THERE IS 
SOMETHING WE NEED TO URGENTLY 
BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO.
WE'LL BE ISSUING STATEMENTS 
EACH DAY TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON 
THE LATEST NUMBERS AND ANY NEWS 
ON THE DAYS THAT WE'RE NOT 
HOLDING A MEDIA AVAILABILITY.
REMEMBER THE VIRUS HAS NOT 
DISAPPEARED AND RESURGENCE CAN 
HAPPEN ANYTIME OR AT ANY PLACE
UNTIL THERE IS A VACCINE OR 
EFFECTIVE TREATMENT, WE NEED TO 
CONTINUE TO LIVE WITH COVID-19 
BY BALANCING THE RISK OF SPREAD 
OF COVID-19 WITH THE UNINTENDED 
SOCIAL AND HEALTH CONSEQUENCES 
OF RESTRICTIVE PUBLIC HEALTH 
MEASURES.
SO, YOU SHOULD ASK YOURSELF, IF 
YOU DO TEST POSITIVE, CONSIDER 
THAT THE FEWER PEOPLE THAT YOU 
HAVE CONTACT WITH, THE QUICKER 
AND THE EASIER IT WILL BE FOR 
PUBLIC HEALTH TO TRACE THEM OR 
DOWN AND INTERRUPT CHAINS OF 
TRANSMISSION TO KEEP THE SPREAD 
OF COVID-19 UNDER CONTROL. 
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
AND THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL 
DATA THAT WE HAVE IN THE 
ANNEXES TO THESE SLIDES WHICH 
WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO 
THROUGH ALL OF THEM.
BUT JUST AN UPDATE ON SOME OF 
THE ONES THAT YOU'VE SEEN 
BEFORE.
SO, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, DOCTORS.
WE'LL NOW OPEN THE LINE TO 
QUESTIONS.
[Speaking French] 
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: YOU 
CAN ASK YOUR QUESTION IN EITHER 
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE.
>> WE ASK THAT YOU MAKE YOUR 
WAY TO THE FREESTANDING MIC.
OVER TO YOU, OPERATOR, EMILY.
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
MERCI.
PLEASE PRESS STAR 1 ON YOUR 
TELEPHONE KEYPAD IF YOU'D LIKE 
THE ASK A QUESTION.
[Speaking French] 
OUR FIRST QUESTION IS FROM 
JORDAN PRESS WITH THE CANADIAN 
PRESS.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
[Speaking French]
>> Reporter: GOOD AFTERNOON, 
DOCTORS.
DR. TAM, I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT 
ACTUALLY THE FIRST KNOWN CASE 
OF COVID WAS I BELIEVE A 
GENTLEMAN WHO HAD FLOWN BACK 
FROM CHINA AND I'M CURIOUS, DID 
HE FULLY RECOVER OR ARE WE 
WATCHING ANYMORE A SCIENTIFIC 
WAY?
WERE YOU ABLE TO TRACE ANY 
OTHER CASES OF INFECTION TO HIM?
I'M CURIOUS IF YOU CAN GIVE US 
AN OUTLINE OF THAT VERY FIRST 
CASE THAT SPARKED AN OUTBREAK 
OF AN EPIDEMIC IN THIS COUNTRY.
>> I THINK OBVIOUSLY ANY 
DETAILS SHOULD GO TO THE LOCAL 
PROVINCIAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES.
AS I RECALL, THAT PARTICULAR 
INDIVIDUAL WAS WITH A TRAVELING 
COMPANION OR MEMBER OF THE 
FAMILY.
I THINK THERE WAS THE HUSBAND 
AND WIFE AND -- BUT AS TO WHAT 
HAPPENED EXACTLY TO THEM, I 
THINK THAT IS BEST ANSWERED BY 
THE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS AND WE 
DON'T SORT OF DISCUSS THOSE 
INDIVIDUAL DETAILS BASED ON 
PRIVACY AND OTHER ISSUES.
BUT I THINK ONE POINT YOU ARE 
TRYING TO MAKE PERHAPS IS THAT 
THERE'S MORE AND MORE 
INFORMATION THAT WE CAN LEARN 
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE, 
NOT JUST IMMEDIATELY AFTER THEY 
GOT SICK, THEIR JOURNEY THROUGH 
THEIR CLINICAL ILLNESS, BUT 
THERE ARE MORE AND MORE STUDIES 
THAT IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE 
ONGOING TO LOOK AT ANY LONGER 
TERM IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ON 
COVID-19.
THESE ARE STILL THE BEGINNINGS 
OF LEARNING ABOUT THE IMPACT OF 
THE VIRUS.
>> IT'S DR. NJOO HERE.
MAYBE JUST ADD TO WHAT DR. TAM 
SAID.
YOU SAID YOU THINK THE FIRST 
CASE SPARKED THE EPIDEMIC IN 
CANADA.
THIS WAS THE FIRST CASE THAT 
WAS DETECTED, REPORTED IN 
CANADA.
AND SUBSEQUENT CASES REPORTED 
IN CANADA HAD NO CONNECTION TO 
THAT FIRST CASE SO IT WASN'T 
THAT THIS CASE THEN LED TO 
FURTHER CHAINS OF TRANSMISSION.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT 
OBVIOUSLY THERE WERE 
SUBSTANTIVE CASES THAT WERE 
DETECTED INDEPENDENTLY IN 
CANADA AND WEREN'T ALL LINKED 
TO THAT FIRST CASE AS YOU MIGHT 
HAVE ALLUDED TO.
THANK YOU.
>> THAT IS AN IMPORTANT 
CONVERSATION.
THE INITIAL CASES WERE 
WELL-MANAGED.
THEY DIDN'T -- THE FIRST FEW 
CASES DIDN'TED THREE 
TRANSMISSION THAT WE'RE AWARE 
OF.
>> THANK YOU.
FOLLOW-UP?
>> Reporter: YEAH.
I JUST WANDED TO MENTION 
SOMETHING ELSE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FEWER OF 
THESE BRIEFINGS.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 
THEN WHAT A TYPICAL BIT --
[NO AUDIO]
>> YOU CUT OFF.
DO YOU WANT TO START YOUR 
QUESTION AGAIN?
>> Reporter: OH.
I WAS WONDERING BECAUSE YOU 
MENTIONED THERE WAS GOING TO BE 
FEWER OF THESE MEDIA 
AVAILABILITIES, IF YOU CAN 
DESCRIBE WHAT YOUR REGULAR DAY 
HAS BEEN LIKE OVER THE PAST FEW 
WEEKS GIVEN EVERYTHING YOU'VE 
BEEN DOING AND WHAT THE NEXT 
FEW LIKES WILL BE LIKE FOR YOU 
AS YOU TRY TO RECHARGE FOR THE 
FALL AND A POTENTIAL SECOND 
WAVE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASKING 
THAT QUESTION.
NOT MANY PEOPLE HAVE REALLY 
ASKED ME THAT.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO 
RECHARGE.
RIGHT NOW, THOUGH, WHILE WE'RE 
NOT MAYBE DOING NOT EVERY DAY 
DURING THE WEEK, PRESS 
CONFERENCES THERE IS NO DOUBT 
THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING 
NONSTOP.
A LOT OF WORK THAT WE'RE DOING 
RIGHT NOW IS NOT JUST EXTREMELY 
VIGILANT AND CURRENT PHASE OF 
RE-OPENING.
IT IS ALSO TIME TO MAKE SURE WE 
RECHARGE EVERYTHING SO THAT 
WE'RE READY FOR ANY RESURGENCES.
SO, RECHARGING ALL AROUND.
BUT THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT 
BECAUSE I THINK MOST OF THE 
PUBLIC HEALTH WORKERS AND 
ANYONE IN THE HEALTH SYSTEM, I 
KNOW ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE 
BEEN WORKING EXTREMELY HARD AND 
I THINK ON ANOTHER INTERVIEW, I 
WAS SAYING THAT I WAS PROBABLY 
WORKING ABOUT 20 HOURS A DAY.
IT HASN'T CHANGED AN AWFUL LOT 
RIGHT NOW.
SO I THINK I NEED TO SORT OF 
TAKE MY OWN ADVICE PERHAPS ON 
PEOPLE BALANCING THEIR MENTAL 
AND PHYSICAL HEALTH AND TRYING 
TO DO THAT BETTER MYSELF.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
CERTAINLY DR. TAM AND MYSELF 
ARE STILL CONTINUING WITH 
REGULAR TELECONFERENCES WITH 
OUR COUNTERPARTS AND THE 
SPECIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, YOU 
KNOW, WITH ALL THE PROVINCES 
AND TERRITORIES AND WHAT SHE 
DIDN'T SPOKESMENSING THAT SHE 
AND I HAVE BEEN HAVING ACTIVE 
DISCUSSIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT 
SHE TAKES SOME VACATION TIME 
OFF AND I SORT OF COVER FOR HER 
AND VICE VERSA BECAUSE I DO 
THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT 
WE CELEBRATE CANADA DAY COMING 
UP AND OUR WONDERFUL SUMMER 
HERE COMING UP.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OPERATOR, NEXT QUESTION.
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
MERCI.
OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM 
RADIO-CANADA.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: YES, 
GOOD AFTERNOON.
I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING 
IMMUNITY.
PEOPLE WHO ARE ASYMPTOMATIC 
MIGHT BE IMMUNE TO COVID-19 OR 
MAY NOT BE.
IS THIS CONCERNING TO YOU 
BECAUSE WE WANT TO RESTART THE 
ECONOMY.
DOES IT CONCERN YOU THAT SAYING 
THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE 
ASYMPTOMATIC HAVE LOW LEVELS OF 
IMMUNITY?
ANSWER -- IT'S DR. NJOO HERE.
SCIENCE IS CONTINUING TO EVOLVE 
AND BOTH OF US HAVE BEEN 
CLOSELY MONITORING WHAT'S 
HAPPENING IN OTHER COUNTRIES 
AND HERE IN CANADA.
WE ARE LOOKING AT SEROLOGIC 
RESEARCH.
THIS IS A CONCERN.
WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE'S IMMUNITY 
DOESN'T LAST LONG IF THEY HAVE 
BEEN INFECTED.
THIS WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON 
PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES AND WE 
NEED TO KEEP THESE PUBLIC 
MEASURES IN PLACE AND IT ALSO 
PUTS MORE PRESSURE ON US TO 
FIND TREATMENT AND A VACCINE.
FOR NOW, IF IMMUNITY DOESN'T 
LAST, THEN THIS NEEDS TO BE 
FACTORED INTO OUR APPROACH WHEN 
WE TALK ABOUT A COLLECTIVE 
IMMUNITY.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR 
RESEARCH AND FIND OTHER 
TREATMENT METHODS AND A VACCINE.
BUT WE ALSO NEED TO REMEMBER 
THAT THE PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES 
SUCH AS PHYSICAL DISTANCING, 
GOOD PERSONAL HYGIENE, STAYING 
HOME IF WE'RE SICK, THESE ARE 
ALL MEASURES THAT ARE IMPORTANT 
TO MAINTAIN.
FOLLOW-UP QUESTION?
YES.
YOU DIDN'T MENTION MASKS, EVEN 
THOUGH YOU RECOMMEND THE USE OF 
THEM.
A LOT OF PEOPLE USE THEM, A LOT 
OF PEOPLE DON'T.
WE WALK AROUND A GROCERY STORE, 
WE WALK THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WE 
GO TO DIFFERENT BUSINESSES AND 
THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF PEOPLE 
WHO AREN'T WEARING MASKS WHO 
MAY FIND IT USELESS.
IS IT CONCERNING TO YOU?
THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT 
WEARING MASKS?
ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE THE 
WEARING OF MASKS MANDATORY IN 
THE COMING MONTHS BECAUSE IT'S 
AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO FIGHT 
COVID-19?
AND I MIGHT SLOW A SECOND WAVE.
ANSWER, IT IS DR. NJOO AGAIN 
HERE.
PERHAPS DR. TAM WILL HAVE 
SOMETHING TO ADD AFTERWARDS.
WE KNOW THAT WEARING A MASK, A 
FACE COVERING IS AN ADDITIONAL 
MEASURE THAT IS IMPORTANT.
IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN 
THE OTHER MEASURES SUCH AS 
PHYSICAL DISTANCING.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE 
ALWAYS HIGHLIGHTED.
IF IT'S NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE TO 
MAINTAIN PHYSICAL DISTANCING IF 
WE HAVE TO TAKE PUBLIC TRANSIT, 
FOR EXAMPLE, OR IF WE HAVE TO 
GO TO THE GROCERY STORE.
I BELIEVE THAT IT'S BETTER TO 
RAISE AWARENESS, IT'S BETTER TO 
EDUCATE PEOPLE SO THAT THEY 
UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A GOOD 
HABIT TO TAKE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE USED 
FOR PEOPLE TO PROTECT 
THEMSELVES AND TO PROTECT 
OTHERS.
I THINK THAT IS MORE EFFECTIVE.
IT'S MORE EFFECTIVE TO 
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO USE THEM.
WE NEED TO EDUCATE THEM INSTEAD 
OF REGULATING.
THIS IS A MEASURE THAT 
PROVINCES AND MUNICIPALITIES 
CAN CONSIDER.
CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES HAVE 
ALREADY PUT IN PLACE SOMETHING 
MORE REGULATED, MORE REGULATED 
MEASURES.
BUT I THINK THAT IT'S BETTER IF 
IT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN 
CHOOSE TO DO.
IF PEOPLE REALISE THAT IT'S 
GOOD FOR THEM AND FOR OTHERS, I 
THINK THEY'LL BE MORE LIKELY TO 
DO IT.
DR. TAM?
>> A REMINDER TO CANADIANS THAT 
THIS VIRUS HASN'T DISAPPEARED.
AND ANOTHER FACT THAT BECAME 
MORE -- I THINK THIS TERMS OF 
EVIDENCE BASE IS THAT A LOT OF 
PEOPLE ARE NOT SYMPTOMATIC.
EVEN IF WE DON'T KNOW THE 
EXTENT TO WHICH ASYMPTOMATIC 
PEOPLE CAN TRANSMIT.
THERE ARE STUDIS THAT SHOW THAT 
THEY CAN'T.
[PLEASE STAND BY] 
>> AND IF YOU CAN'T KEEP THE 
TWO-METRE DISTANCE, REMEMBER 
THAT MASK TO PROTECT YOURSELF 
AND OTHERS.
I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY TO DO, BUT 
IT'S AN IMPORTANT ADDED LAYER OF
PROTECTION ON TOP OF THE 
PHYSICAL DISTANCING, THE HAND 
HYGIENE, ET CETERA.
ONE OTHER MESSAGE IS THAT WHAT 
WE JUST SAID IN THE MODELLING 
PRESENTATION, TRY TO KEEP THE 
NUMBERS OF YOUR CONTACTS LOW 
THAT REDUCES YOUR RISK AND MAKES
IT BETTER FOR PUBLIC HEALTH TO 
DO THE CONTACT TRACING AT THE 
SAME TIME AS PUBLIC HEALTH IS 
INCREASING THEIR CAPACITY.
THE MASK IS ANOTHER ADDED LAYER 
OF PROTECTION.
DON'T FORGET THE REST.
>> THANK YOU, DOCTORS.
>> Operator: OUR NEXT QUESTION 
IS FROM BENJAMIN RASHAY.
>> Question: [Speaking French] 
[Voice of Interpreter] YES, GOOD
AFTERNOON.
REGARDING THE DATA YOU SHARED 
TODAY, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH A 
SECOND WAVE IS INEVITABLE.
IS THIS WHAT WE SHOULD REMEMBER 
FROM YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY?
>> Answer: THANK YOU FOR YOUR 
QUESTION.
IT'S DR. NJOO HERE.
WITH MODELLING WE'VE STATED THAT
THIS ISN'T A CRYSTAL BALL.
THERE MAY BE A SECOND WAVE.
BUT WHEN WILL THIS HAPPEN?
PEOPLE ARE SAYING IT COULD 
HAPPEN IN THE FALL.
WE KNOW THAT IF CANADIANS 
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY SET ASIDE
ALL PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES, 
PHYSICAL DISTANCING, WEARING 
MASKS, GOOD HEALTH PRACTICES, 
WELL THEN THERE COULD BE ANOTHER
WAVE IN TWO OR THREE WEEKS.
BUT IF WE MAINTAIN OUR PUBLIC 
HEALTH PRACTICES, WELL EXPERTS 
BELIEVE THAT IN THE FALL IT WILL
BE COLDER AND WITH FLU SEASON 
AND COLD SEASON COMING UP THEN, 
IT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT TO PLAN 
FOR DIFFERENT OUTBREAKS OF OTHER
RESPIRATORY VIRUSES ON TOP OF 
COVID-19.
SO WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR THIS.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN THE 
PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES THAT ARE 
IN PLACE.
[end of translation]. 
>> Andrew: PREMIER DOUG FORD IS 
GIVING HIS DAILY COVID-19 
UPDATE.
LET'S WATCH.
>> KINGDOM SPA LOCATED AT 625 
KINGSTON, IF YOU HAVE VISITED 
THIS -- 
>> Premier Doug Ford: THERE IS A
SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE CAUSING 
TROUBLE, LIGHTING TRUCKS ON 
FIRE, SMASHING WINDOWS, AND 
GETTING MIXED UP WITH
