 
DOING SO IS CONSISTENT WITH THE
UNITED STATES POLICY AND IN THE
NATIONAL INTEREST OF THE UNITED
STATES, SO OF COURSE, THAT'S 
GOING TO RAISE A LOT OF 
QUESTIONS FOR CANADA.
IT SEEMS THAT THE AIM OF THE 
ORDER, HOW IT WAS WORDED LAST 
NIGHT, HAS TO DO WITH PEOPLE 
PROFITEERING AND SENDING IT OUT
OF THE UNITED STATES TO MAKE A 
PROFIT.
THAT SEEMS TO BE WHAT THE 
PRESIDENT WAS TALKING ABOUT IN 
HIS STATEMENT.
BUT WHAT DOES THIS CONCRETELY 
MEAN FOR CANADIANS?
AS YOU MENTIONED, JUSTIN 
TRUDEAU MENTIONED YESTERDAY HE 
THINKS THIS WOULD BE A MISTAKE.
SOME QUESTIONING WHAT HE WAS 
SAYING YESTERDAY, EVEN THOUGH 
IT WAS SAID IN A VERY, LET'S 
SAY, EVEN TEMPERED TONE, EVEN 
THOUGH IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A 
THREAT.
HE SAID THOUSANDS OF NURSES GO 
FROM CANADA TO THE DETROIT 
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM EVERY DAY, 
AND HE SAYS MAKING THIS MOVE 
WOULD BE A MISTAKE.
HE SAYS THAT THE CANADIAN 
GOVERNMENT IS REACHING OUT TO 
THEIR COUNTERPARTS HERE IN THE 
UNITED STATES, THE PRESIDENT 
TRYING TO INFLUENCE PEOPLE 
AROUND HIM, EVERYTHING FROM 
GOVERNORS TO PEOPLE IN THE 
WHITE HOUSE, HOPING THAT IS 
GOING TO WORK.
YOU'VE GOT TO THINK THAT 
DEPENDING ON HOW THINGS PLAY 
OUT, THE STAKES ARE HIGHER THAN
EVER BEFORE.
>> Vassy: I'VE BEEN TRYING TO 
FIGURE OUT AND ASCERTAIN IF 3-M
DETERMINES THEY CAN NO LONGER 
SHIP N95 MASKS -- WE SHOULD 
QUALIFY, THOSE ARE THE MASKS 
THAT DOCTORS AND NURSES USE 
THAT KEEP OUT 95% OF THE 
VIRUSES AND GERMS OUT.
HOW BIG IS THE SUPPLY OF 3-M 
MASKS OF THE OVERALL SUPPLY OF 
THIS COUNTRY?
I HAVE YET TO GET AN ANSWER.
A MINISTER LAST NIGHT USED THE 
WORD "SIGNIFICANT."
I GUESS THAT 3-M IS ONE OF ONLY
TWO MANUFACTURERS IN THE UNITED
STATES THAT MANUFACTURE N95 
MASKS, SO IT'S A HUGE PLAYER IN
THE SUPPLY.
>> 3-M IN THE UNITED STATES 
TALKS ABOUT MASKS FOR CANADA 
AND LATIN AMERICA AS THE ONES 
THAT THEY'RE EXPORTING RIGHT 
NOW.
THE C.E.O. OF THE U.S. COMPANY 
SAYS ON HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS, 
HE NEEDS TO KEEP EXPORTING 
THESE MASKS BECAUSE THEY ARE 
THE MAJOR SUPPLIER.
DOES THAT APPLY TO CANADA?
IS 3-M THE MAJOR SUPPLIER FOR 
THOSE MASKS TO OUR COUNTRY?
CANADIAN OFFICIALS REFUSING TO 
TALK ABOUT THAT, AND I THINK WE
CAN UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE 
LOOK AT THE GLOBAL PICTURE, 
WHAT'S GOING ON IN TERMS OF 
SECURING PERSONAL PROTECTIVE 
EQUIPMENT.
THE TERM THAT'S USED OVER AND 
OVER AGAIN IN THIS SCENARIO IS 
THIS LOOKS A LOT LIKE THE WILD 
WEST.
THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF WILD 
STORIES OF SHIP LOADS OF MASKS 
BEING BOUGHT OFF THE TARMAC, 
HEADED FOR ONE COUNTRY, 
DESTINED TO ANOTHER.
THE PREMIER OF QUEBEC SAYING 
YESTERDAY THAT HIS PROVINCE HAS
ABOUT EIGHT DAYS OF SUPPLY.
THAT PROVINCE IS STRUGGLING IN 
THAT REGARD.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A NATIONAL
STOCK PILE, AND WHAT SEEMS TO 
BE CONSENSUS FROM THE PROVINCES
AND THE PRIME MINISTER, THE 
PROVINCES THAT ARE STRUGGLING 
THE MOST ARE THE ONES THAT WILL
GET THEM FIRST.
WE HEARD DOUG FORD TALKING 
YESTERDAY, ABOUT LET'S BUILD UP
THE NATIONAL CAPACITY.
AND THE RAW MATERIALS, SOME OF 
THEM THAT USE TO MAKE THESE 
MASKS, SOME OF THEM COME FROM 
B.C.
>> Vassy: THANKS SO MUCH, 
CATHERINE.
OUR VIEWERS CAN SEE THE SHOT UP
THERE.
WE ARE AWAITING THE PRIME 
MINISTER'S COMMENTS ON THIS 
ISSUE, AND ALSO, AN 
ANNOUNCEMENT AROUND MONEY THAT 
HAS ALREADY BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR 
SHELTERS AND MORE VULNERABLE 
CANADIANS DURING THIS PANDEMIC.
WE'LL FIND OUT WHERE THAT MONEY
IS EXPECTED TO GO.
BUT FOR MORE ON THESE N95 
MASKS, I WANT TO BRING IN ONE 
OF OUR WASHINGTON 
CORRESPONDENTS, STEVEN D'SOUZA.
TELL US MORE WHY THE U.S. 
PRESIDENT IS DOING THIS.
I READ YESTERDAY THE COUNTRY 
NEEDS 3 BILLION MASKS TO GO 
THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC.
THAT'S A FIGURE THAT I READ 
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 
AND HUMAN SERVICES.
>> Reporter: WELL, IT'S 
INTERESTING BECAUSE THE 
PRESIDENT IS FACING A LOT OF 
BACKLASH FROM STATES WHO ARE 
SAYING THAT THEY'RE SIMPLY NOT 
GETTING THE SUPPLIES THAT THEY 
NEED FROM THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT 
ISN'T DOING A GOOD ENOUGH JOB 
COORDINATING FROM THE NATIONAL 
STOCK PILE, AND THAT CAUSED A 
LITTLE PUSH BACK FROM JARED 
KUSHNER MADE AN APPEARANCE AT 
THE DALY BRIEFING AND SAID THAT
THE NATIONAL STOCK PILE IS 
OURS.
IT SHOULDN'T BE FOR THE STATES,
WHEN IN FACT, WHAT IT IS IS FOR
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO 
DELIVER TO THE STATES.
THERE WAS SOME DISCOVER BECAUSE
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WEBSITE 
GAVE THAT VERY DESCRIPTION, 
SAYING IT SHOULD BE SENT TO THE
STATES, CHANGED ITS WORDING THE
NEXT DAY.
THEY SAID THAT CHANGE WAS IN 
THE PIPELINE, ANY WAY.
THE PRESIDENT HAS INVOKED THE 
DEFENCE PROTECTION ACT, MAINLY 
TARGETING WHAT HE SAID WAS 
THE OVERALL SORT OF 
MARKETPLACE, WHAT CATHERINE 
MENTIONED, AS WELL.
STATES ARE COMPLAINING THAT 
WHEN THEY GO TO COMPANIES, WHEN
THEY GO TO DISTRIBUTORS TO BID 
FOR THESE SUPPLIES, THESE 
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE SUPPLIES, 
THEY'RE GETTING OUTBID BY THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND PRICES 
ARE BEING DRIVEN UP BY THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
AND THEN, ON THE INTERNATIONAL 
LEVEL, GERMANY, FOR EXAMPLE, 
ACCUSING OF U.S. OF STEALING 
200,000 SURGICAL MASKS DESTINED
FROM CHINA.
FRANCE AND BRAZIL SAY THEY'RE 
GETTING OUTBID ON THE 
INTERNATIONAL MARKETPLACE BY 
THE U.S.
AS CATHERINE SAID, YOU KNOW, 
THE TERM "WILD WEST" IS BEING 
THROWN AROUND OUT THERE, AND 
COUNTRIES ARE BIDDING AGAINST 
EACH OTHER, SOMETIMES BIDDING 
WITHIN THE COUNTRY, AND IT'S 
JUST NOT CLEAR WHO'S 
COORDINATING THINGS AND WHERE 
THE SUPPLIES ARE GETTING TO.
BUT WHEN YOU HEAR FROM 
FRONTLINE WORKERS, THEY'RE 
SAYING IT'S NOT REACHING THEM.
SOME PEOPLE SAYING WHAT THEY'RE
GETTING FROM THE NATIONAL STOCK
PILE IN THE U.S., IT EXPIRED 
TEN YEARS AGO OR A LOT OF IT IS
DEALING WITH DRY ROT.
A LOT OF THE DECISIONS THAT THE
U.S. PRESIDENT IS MAKING IS 
HAVING A RIPPLE EFFECT ON MANY 
COUNTRIES, LIKE CANADA. 
>> Vassy: YEAH, THANK YOU.
THAT WAS THE CBC'S STEVEN 
D'SOUZA.
WE ARE AWAITING REMARKS FROM 
THE TOPIC WE'VE BEEN 
DISCUSSING, THE PRESIDENT'S 
ORDER TO STOP 3-M FROM 
EXPORTING N95 MASKS TO CANADA.
>> HI, VASSY.
NICE TO SEE YOU.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> Vassy: LET ME ASK YOU FLAT 
OUT, IS THERE ANY CHANCE THE 
PRESIDENT CHANGES HIS MIND ON 
THIS?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THE PRESIDENT CHANGES HIS MIND 
A LOT ON MANY THINGS, SO YES.
WE SAW THIS, VASSY, DURING 
THE -- IN A DIFFERENT SITUATION
MUCH LESS DIRE, BUT WE SAW 
DURING THE NEGOTIATIONS OF THE 
NEW NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE 
AGREEMENT, THE PRESIDENT WOULD 
MAKE THESE STATEMENTS, AND THE 
ADMINISTRATION WOULD SCRAMBLE 
TO KEEP UP.
BUT IN THE END, WE GOT A BETTER
AGREEMENT, AND HE HAD TO WALK 
BACK A LOT OF THE THINGS HE 
SAID.
THIS WAS A TIME WHEN 
MANUFACTURERS AND GOVERNMENTS 
NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE 
THE PROBLEMS AND MEET THE 
NEEDS, AND I THINK IT'S A -- 
IT'S NOT A GREAT DYNAMIC 
BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND 3-M 
RIGHT NOW. 
>> Vassy: YOU WERE WELL 
ACQUAINTED WITH THE TEAM CANADA
APPROACH DURING NAFTA 
NEGOTIATIONS.
WE UNDERSTAND SOMETHING SIMILAR
IS IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW.
YOUR ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT 
OFFICIALS OR WHAT DO YOU THINK 
MIGHT WORK IN ORDER TO TRY TO 
GET THE PRESIDENT TO CHANGE HIS
MIND?
>> WELL, LOOK.
THE TEAM CANADA APPROACH THAT'S
BEEN IN PLACE THE LAST YEAR AND
A HALF FOR THE TRADE 
NEGOTIATIONS WAS GOOD.
PROVINCES PULLED TOGETHER, AND 
CANADA REMINDED THE UNITED 
STATES AND MEXICO WHY IT WAS A 
GOOD THING TO TRADE TOGETHER.
WE NEED EACH OTHER, AND IT'S 
NOT POSSIBLE TO UNSCRAMBLE THIS
EGG OF DOMESTIC DEPENDABILITY. 
>> Vassy: I CONSUME AS MUCH 
NEWS FROM SOUTH OF THE BORDER 
AS ANYONE ELSE IN THE CANADA, 
AND WHAT WE SEE IS A 
DISCREPANCY TO MEET THE NEEDS 
OF VARIOUS STATES.
WE SEE ONE GOVERNOR SAYING I 
GOT WHAT I NEED, AND ANOTHER 
SAYING I NEED MORE.
WE SEE THAT ON A LESSER LEVEL 
FROM THE DIFFERENT PROVINCES, 
BUT WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT DOING
ON DIFFERENT LEVELS TO TRY TO 
STOP THE SPREAD OF THIS VIRUS?
>> WELL, THIS SITUATION CALLS 
FOR A VERY COORDINATED APPROACH
ON THE INDUSTRIAL RESPONSE, SO 
THE DEFENCE PRODUCTION ACT, 
WHICH CAME AROUND IN THE 1950s 
THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS REFERRED
TO I THINK IS NOT MEANT TO BE A
ONE-OFF REACTION FOR ONE 
COMMUNITY OR ONE NEIGHBORHOOD 
OR ONE STATE.
WHAT'S NEEDED IS A REAL 
COORDINATED APPROACH.
LIKE IN CANADA, THE PRIME 
MINISTER TALKS TO PREMIERS AND 
TRIES TO COORDINATE.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO 
SEE MORE OF THAT HERE SO THAT 
IT'S NOT REACTIONARY AND IT'S 
NOT PITTING ONE COMMUNITY 
AGAINST ANOTHER, BUT IT'S 
FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN HELP 
THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST. 
>> Vassy: OKAY.
I'LL LEAVE IT THERE.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, SCOTTY. 
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU, TOO, VASSY.
>> Vassy: ONE OTHER THING I 
JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON BEFORE 
THE PRIME MINISTER STEPS OUT 
THOSE DOORS, ANOTHER SERIES OF 
QUESTIONS THAT HE'S TOUCHED ON 
THIS WEEK IS MODELLING AROUND 
FORECASTING, PRESENTING VARIOUS
SCENARIOS TO CANADIANS, WHAT DO
YOU EXPECT FROM THERE TODAY?
>> WELL, I THINK HE'S GOING TO 
BE PUSHED TO RELEASE THE 
NATIONAL MODELS.
IT'S SOMETHING HE'S SAID HE IS 
WILLING TO DO AND TALKED ABOUT 
ALIGNING ALL THE DATA FROM 
ACROSS CANADA IN ORDER TO BE 
ABLE TO PROVIDE THE MOST 
ACCURATE POSSIBLE MODEL, I 
SUPPOSE.
AT THE SAME TIME, HE AND HIS 
OFFICIALS ARE LOOKING AT 
INFORMATION RIGHT NOW, AND A 
LOT OF CANADIANS ARE WONDERING 
ABOUT SPECIFICALLY BOUNCING OFF
OF THAT YESTERDAY.
I THINK ONE OF THE QUESTIONS 
THAT COMES OUT OF ONTARIO'S 
PROJECTIONS HAS TO DO WHAT 
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, 
VASSY.
ONTARIO TALKING ABOUT A 
SECONDARY WAVE, POSSIBLY A 
TERTIARY WAVE IN THE COMING 
MONTHS.
I THINK WE'VE HEARD THE PRIME 
MINISTER TALK ABOUT THINGS IN 
TERMS OF WEEKS, EVEN MONTHS.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A BROADER 
SCENARIO THAT PLAYS OUT OVER 
THE COURSE OF YEARS, OR AT 
LEAST A COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE 
SEEN THE PRIME MINISTER TALKING
ABOUT THAT FRONT, AND OF COURSE
WHEN IS THE NATIONAL DATA GOING
TO BE READY TO TALK TO 
CANADIANS ABOUT?
>> Vassy: AND HE HAS ALWAYS 
ANSWERED THOSE QUESTIONS WITH 
THE CAVEAT THAT OUR BEHAVIOURS 
NOW WILL REALLY DETERMINE WHAT 
THAT PROJECTION ENDS UP 
CONFIRMING, RATHER THAN THE 
VARIOUS SCENARIOS.
BUT I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.
THE BIG HEADLINE OUT OF PREMIER
FORD'S CONFERENCE AND THE 
HEALTH OFFICIALS OF ONTARIO WAS
THIS PROJECTED TIMELINE OF 18 
TO 24 MONTHS, AND IT'S VERY 
DIFFERENT FROM OTHER TIMELINES 
FROM THE PRIME MINISTER, 
WHETHER IT'S RHETORICAL OR NOT,
IT'S WEEKS OR MONTHS.
YOU'RE WONDERING IF THEY ARE 
CONSIDERING IF WE HAVE TO 
UNDERTAKE THESE SOCIAL 
DISTANCING AND PHYSICAL 
MEASURES FOR MORE THAN A FEW 
MONTHS.
>> WELL, I BELIEVE IT WAS DR. 
THERESA TAM WHO RAISED THE IDEA
OF A SECOND WAVE.
THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS GOING 
ON BEHIND THE SCENES THAT WOULD
INVOLVE A SECOND WAVE, MAYBE 
EVEN A THIRD WAVE.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?
PART OF THAT HAS TO DO -- WE 
CAN SEE THE PRIME MINISTER 
COMING OUT RIGHT NOW, BUT THE 
PRIME MINISTER HAS TALKED ABOUT
THE NEED FOR RADICAL HONESTY.
WE NEED THOSE QUESTIONS AND THE
ANSWERS.
>> Vassy: LET'S LISTEN IN TO 
THE PRIME MINISTER.
HERE'S THE PRIME MINISTER.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT 
YOUR JOB OR YOUR BUSINESS.
YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE 
HEALTH OR THE HEALTH OF AN 
ELDERLY PARENT.
NO MATTER WHAT THIS IS FOR YOU,
YOU NEED ANSWERS, AND WHERE WE 
MIGHT BE IN THE COMING WEEKS 
AND MONTHS IS HOW WE CAN ALL 
FIGURE OUT YOUR RESPONSE.
FOR YOU, THAT CAN BE PLANNING 
ON HOW TO MAKE SURE THE KIDS 
KEEP LEARNING, EVEN THOUGH 
WE'RE AT HOME.
FOR THE GOVERNMENT, THE NUMBERS
AND DATA COMPILED BY OUR 
EXPERTS ARE CRITICAL TO 
UNDERSTANDING THE SCOPE OF THIS
PANDEMIC AND INFORMING THE 
DECISIONS WE MAKE TO KEEP YOU 
SAFE.
AND WE'VE MADE SURE YOU CAN 
ACCESS THE MOST RELIABLE, 
ACCURATE INFORMATION AVAILABLE 
TO US AT CANADA.CA/CORONAVIRUS.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP RELEASING 
UP-TO-DATE DATA ON A DAILY 
BASIS AND USING IT TO INFORM 
OUR DECISIONS.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE WORKING WITH
THE PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES 
ON GETTING NEW INFORMATION TO 
HAVE A COMPLETE NATIONAL 
PICTURE THAT WE'LL SHARE WITH 
YOU.
REGARDLESS OF THE VARYING 
MODELS AND PREDICTIONS, ONE 
THING IS CONSISTENTLY CLEAR.
THE MEASURES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT
IN PLACE BY ALL ORDERS OF 
GOVERNMENT, FROM CLOSING 
SCHOOLS TO STAYING HOME, ARE 
SAVING LIVES.
BUT THIS WILL ONLY KEEP WORKING
IF EVERYONE CONTINUES TO DO 
THEIR PART, IF EVERYONE TAKES 
THEIR DUTY TO THE NURSES AND 
DOCTORS, TO THE ELDERLY AND TO 
THE VULNERABLE SERIOUSLY, AS 
SERIOUSLY AS IF IT WERE THE 
LIFE OF THEIR PARENT OR THEIR 
CHILD ON THE LINE BECAUSE IT 
IS.
THE CASHIER AT THE STORE IS 
SOMEONE'S BROTHER.
THE PARAMEDIC SAVING LIVES IS 
SOMEONE'S WIFE.
THAT'S WHAT'S AT STAKE HERE.
THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE WE 
LOVE, THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE 
OUR NEIGHBOURS LOVE.
SO DO YOUR PART.
WASH YOUR HANDS, STAY TWO 
METRES AWAY FROM EACH OTHER, 
AND ABOVE ALL, STAY HOME.
[SPEAKING FRENCH LANGUAGE]
>> FOR A NUMBER OF WEEKS NOW, 
WE HAVE BEEN STAYING HOME, IN 
ADDITION TO KEEP OUR DISTANCE 
AND WASHING OUR HANDS.
IN FACT IT'S AT HOME THAT MOST 
OF US FEEL THE SAFEST RIGHT AT 
THIS TIME.
BUT JUST IMAGINE IF YOU WERE 
MORE AFRAID TO STAY HOME THAN 
TO CONFRONT THE PANDEMIC.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS THE 
REALITY FOR TOO MANY CANADIANS.
IT IS THEIR DAILY EXPERIENCE, 
WOMEN WHO ARE FLEEING VIOLENCE.
NO WOMEN SHOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE 
BETWEEN KEEPING HER CHILDREN IN
A HOUSE WHERE THEY'RE NOT SAFE 
OR TAKING THEM TO A PLACE WHERE
THEY COULD FALL SICK.
WE THEREFORE INVESTED $40 
MILLION IN SHELTERS FOR WOMEN 
AND CENTRES THAT HELP WOMEN 
FACING VIOLENCE.
FOR WOMEN AND INDIGENOUS WOMEN 
AND CHILDREN, WE HAVE INVESTED 
$10 MILLION IN EMERGENCY 
SHELTERS.
THIS MONEY WILL HELP WOMEN'S 
SHELTERS TO TAKE ALL THE 
NECESSARY MEASURES TO HELP 
PROTECT PEOPLE AGAINST VIOLENCE
BUT ALSO AGAINST COVID-19.
TO HELP THE HOMELESS, WE 
INCREASED BY MORE THAN $157 
MILLION THE FUNDING OF THE 
PROGRAMME TO HELP THE HOMELESS.
PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO BUY NEW 
BEDS OR RENT NEW FACILITIES TO 
HELP THEM, AND WE KNOW THAT 
THERE ARE CENTRES LIKE THIS IN 
ALL THE MAJOR CITIES.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HELPING 
PEOPLE TO AVOID VIOLENCE OR 
PROTECTING THEM FROM SLEEPING 
IN THE STREETS.
WE MUST PROTECT ALL MEMBERS OF 
SOCIETY FROM COVID-19.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO 
CHOOSE BETWEEN STAYING SAFE AND
GETTING COVID-19.
THAT'S WHY WE'VE INVESTED $40 
MILLION IN SEXUAL ASSAULT 
CENTRES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND FOR INDIGENOUS WOMEN ACROSS
THE COUNTRY, WE'VE INVESTED $10
MILLION.
THE COMMUNITIES THAT NEED THIS 
FUNDING HAVE NOW BEEN 
IDENTIFIED AND MONEY IS GETTING
TO THEM.
FOR PEOPLE FROM VICTORIA TO 
HAMILTON AND REGINA TO 
St. JOHN'S, HELP HAS ARRIVED.
I KNOW WE'RE ASKING A LOT RIGHT
NOW.
STAYING HOME, NOT SEEING 
FRIENDS, CLOSING YOUR BUSINESS,
IT'S NOT EASY.
I GET THAT, BUT THESE 
SACRIFICES ARE NECESSARY.
THE PRICE OF ACTING OTHERWISE 
IS JUST TOO STEEP.
FOR THOSE WHO ARE SICK RIGHT 
NOW OR WHO HAVE FAMILIES IN 
I.C.U., TO THOSE WHO HAVE LOST 
A LOVED ONE OR A FRIEND, WE'RE 
THINKING OF YOU, WE'RE HERE FOR
YOU, AND YOU REMIND US OF 
WHAT'S ON THE LINE.
WE ALL NEED TO TAKE PHYSICAL 
DISTANCING VERY SERIOUSLY.
DONE RIGHT, THESE MEASURES WILL
SAVE LIVES AND BRIDGE US SLOWLY
BUT SURELY BACK TO NORMAL.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE WORKING
AROUND THE CLOCK TO GET CANADA 
THE RESOURCES WE NEED.
IN THE NEXT 48 HOURS, WE WILL 
BE RECEIVING A SHIPMENT OF 
MILLIONS OF MASKS BY A 
CHARTERED CARGO FLIGHT.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH 
PROVINCES TO TRANSPORT THEIR 
MEDICAL SUPPLIES WHEN POSSIBLE.
ITEMS ORDERED BY QUEBEC WILL BE
ON THIS FLIGHT.
OUR GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO LEASED 
A WAREHOUSE IN CHINA TO HELP 
COLLECT AND DISTRIBUTE THESE 
ITEMS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
THE EFFORTS TO GET THESE ITEMS 
HERE INCLUDE CANADIAN AIRLINES,
CARGO FLIGHTS, AND CHARTERED 
JETS.
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT, 
WHETHER YOU'RE FLYING THE PLANE
OR PART OF THE GROUND CREW, FOR
YOUR DEDICATION.
>> Vassy: IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE
A BIT OF A TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY
THERE.
I'LL JUST RECAP UNTIL WE GET 
THINGS FIXED -- OH, I HEAR HIM 
NOW.
WE'LL SEND YOU BACK THERE.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING
WE CAN TO SUPPORT YOU WHILE YOU
DO YOUR PART.
SO THIS WEEKEND, STAY AT HOME.
PROTECT YOUR LOVED ONES AND OUR
FRONT-LINE WORKERS.
SAVE LIVES.
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO TALK
TO KIDS AGAIN TODAY.
EVEN AT HOME, THERE'S LOTS OF 
STUFF GOING ON, THERE'S LOTS OF
STUFF TO DO.
I'LL BE HOLDING A VIDEO 
CONFERENCE TOMORROW WITH DR. 
TAM TO TALK THROUGH SOME OF 
YOUR QUESTIONS.
I KNOW A LOT OF YOU HAVE SENT 
THEM IN, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO 
SEEING YOU TOMORROW.
TOMORROW, YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE 
TO ASK SOMEONE WHO KNOWS BETTER
THAN ANYONE ELSE STAYING 
INSIDE, AN ASTRONAUT.
TOMORROW, JEREMY HANSEN, AN 
ASTRONAUT, WILL BE HERE TO TALK
TO YOU, SO ASK YOUR PARENTS TO 
SEND IN QUESTIONS AHEAD OF 
TIME.
[SPEAKING FRENCH LANGUAGE]
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: FOR KIDS, I KNOW YOU 
HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, SO 
TOMORROW, YOU CAN TALK TO DR. 
TAM, WHERE WE WILL BE ANSWERING
YOUR QUESTIONS, AND ASTRONAUT 
JEREMY HANSEN, WILL BE ON-LINE 
TOMORROW.
WE HAVE DEVELOPED A THREE-PART 
PLAN TO PROTECT JOBS, SUPPORT 
SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED 
BUSINESSES, AND PROTECT YOUR 
FINANCES.
TO PROTECT OUR HEALTH, WE'VE 
WORKED WITH FRONTLINE WORKERS 
AND COMPANIES TO DISTRIBUTE 
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND P.P.E.
WE WILL COME THROUGH.
WE WILL COME THROUGH THE STORM,
BUT WE NEED YOU TO DO YOUR 
SHARE.
I KNOW I CAN RELY ON YOU TO DO 
THAT.
THIS WEEKEND, STAY HOME AND 
SAVE OUR FRONTLINE WORKERS.
SAVE LIVES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
WE'LL NOW TAKE QUESTIONS FROM 
THE PHONE.
AS A REMINDER, ONE QUESTION, 
ONE FOLLOW UP.
OPERATOR?
>> Caller: THANK YOU.
THE FIRST QUESTION IS FROM 
TERESA WRIGHT FROM THE CANADIAN
PRESS.
THE LINE IS OPEN.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, 
PRIME MINISTER.
YESTERDAY IN RESPONSE TO 
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE U.S. ORDER 
FOR COMPANIES TO STOP EXPORTING
THE N95 MASKS, YOU MENTIONED 
THE NURSES WHO GO FROM WINDSOR 
TO DETROIT EVERY DAY.
IS CANADA CONSIDERING STOPPING 
THOSE NURSES FROM GOING TO THE 
U.S. AS A RETALIATORY MEASURES?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: NO.
WE REALIZE OUR COUNTRIES ARE 
INTERLINKED IN SOMETIMES VERY 
COMPLEX WAYS.
THE FLOW OF GOODS BACK AND 
FORTH ACROSS OUR BORDER KEEP US
SAFE AND HELP US ON BOTH SIDES 
OF THE BORDER.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO ENGAGE IN 
CONSTRUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS WITHIN
DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THE 
ADMINISTRATION TO HIGHLIGHT 
THAT THE U.S. WILL BE HURTING 
ITSELF AS MUCH AS CANADA WILL 
BE HURTING IF WE SEE AN 
INTERRUPTION OF ESSENTIAL GOODS
AND SERVICES FLOW BACK AND 
FORTH ACROSS THE BORDER.
WE CONTINUE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT
THIS IS A GOOD THING FOR BOTH 
OF OUR COUNTRIES, AND WE LOOK 
TO CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT 
ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES GET ACROSS 
THE BORDER.
>> Reporter: HOW CONCERNED ARE 
YOU THAT THOSE ARGUMENTS AT 
THAT PACE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO
MAKE COULD BE FALLING ON DEAF 
EARS?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WE'VE HAD EXTREMELY 
CONSTRUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH 
THE AMERICANS OVER THE PAST 
WEEKS THROUGHOUT THIS CRISIS, 
AND WE CONTINUE TO GET VERY 
GOOD RESPONSE FROM THEM ON THIS
ISSUE, AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT QUESTION, OPERATOR.
>> Caller: THANK YOU, MERCI.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM ROB 
RUTTER FROM U.S. NEWS.
THE LINE IS OPEN.
>> Reporter: PRIME MINISTER, 
PRIME MINISTER KENNEY SAID HE 
WILL TAKE PART IN NEXT WEEK'S 
OPEC CALL.
WILL YOU TAKE PART IN THAT 
CALL, AS WELL?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: AS YOU KNOW, THAT CALL
FOR MONDAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT HOW
WE CAN MAKE SURE CANADA'S VOICE
IS HEARD DURING THESE 
NEGOTIATIONS.
>> Reporter: AND TO WHAT LEVEL 
IS YOUR COUNTRY HOLDING OFF ON 
THESE PACKAGES DURING THESE 
GLOBAL SUPPLY CUTS?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WE'RE CONTINUING TO 
LOOK AT OIL AND GAS WORKERS 
THAT ARE SUFFERING, BUT AT THE 
SAME TIME, WE MOVED FORWARD 
EARLY ON IN DIRECTION SUPPORT 
FOR WORKERS ACROSS ALL 
INDUSTRIES.
THE WAGE SUBSIDY AND THE CERB 
WILL BE THERE TO SUPPORT 
CANADIANS WHO HAVE FALLEN ON 
DIFFICULT TIMES BECAUSE OF 
COVID-19.
[SPEAKING FRENCH LANGUAGE]
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT
WE CAN HELP WORKERS IN THOSE 
INDUSTRIES THAT HAVE BEEN 
AFFECTED IN THE OIL AND GAS 
SECTOR, AND WE WILL BE LOOKING 
AT HOW WE CAN DO THAT IN THE 
NEXT LITTLE WHILE.
AT THE SAME TIME, I WANT TO SAY
THAT THE MEASURES WE HAVE PUT 
FORWARD, WHETHER IT'S THE WAGE 
SUBSIDY OR THE CANADA EMERGENCY
RESPONSE BENEFIT WILL HELP 
PEOPLE IN ALL THOSE INDUSTRIES 
RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO 
HAVE FALLEN ON HARD TIMES 
BECAUSE OF COVID-19. 
>> NEXT QUESTION, OPERATOR.
>> Caller: THANK YOU, MERCI.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM 
CATHERINE.
>> Reporter: PRIME MINISTER 
TRUDEAU, I'D JUST LIKE TO COME 
BACK TO WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE
MASKS THAT WILL BE COMING TO 
CANADA SOON.
YOU SAID THAT WILL BE THE ONES 
ORDERED FOR QUEBEC.
ARE THOSE FROM 3-M?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: THOSE ARE CURRENTLY 
FROM CHINA.
WE ARE WORKING TO MAKE SURE 
THAT THE SUPPLY CHAIN BETWEEN 
CHINA AND CANADA CONTINUES TO 
OPERATE, AND THAT IS THE ORDER 
THAT I REFERRED TO.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU.
AND COMING BACK TO MR. TRUMP, I
WONDERED, DID YOU CALL HIM OR 
DO YOU INTEND TO CALL PRESIDENT
TRUMP, AND IS THERE ANY OTHER 
WAY -- PERHAPS USE THE NEW 
NAFTA -- THAT WE COULD DO 
SOMETHING ABOUT THE MASKS?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WELL, SINCE THE CRISIS
BEGAN, I'VE BEEN SPEAKING 
REGULARLY WITH THE U.S. 
PRESIDENT, AND I INTEND TO 
SPEAK TO HIM AGAIN VERY SOON.
BUT FOR THE TIME BEING, THE 
DISCUSSIONS ARE BEING HELD AT 
VARIOUS LEVELS OF THE 
ADMINISTRATION, AND WE'RE 
POINTING OUT TO THEM THAT 
ESSENTIAL GOODS AND SERVICES 
FLOW ACROSS THE BORDER ON BOTH 
SIDES.
WE HAVE NURSES WHO WORK ON THE 
OTHER SIDE OF THE BORDER, AND 
IN TERMS OF GLOVES AND OTHER 
TYPE OF EQUIPMENT AND TEST 
KITS, THE FACT IS WE'VE 
SUPPLIED THAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT
TO THE UNITED STATES.
OUR ECONOMIES ARE SO 
INTERCONNECTED THAT IT WOULD 
REALLY HURT BOTH COUNTRIES TO 
BLOCK THAT SUPPLY CHAIN.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: I WILL BE SPEAKING TO 
PRESIDENT TRUMP IN THE COMING 
DAYS.
I HAVE SPOKEN TO HIM A NUMBER 
OF TIMES OVER THE PAST WEEKS 
SINCE THE VIRUS STARTED TO 
REALLY HIT HARD.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO ENGAGE AT 
ALL LEVELS OF THE 
ADMINISTRATION, CONTINUING TO 
HAVE CONSTRUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS, 
HIGHLIGHTING THAT THE FLOW OF 
GOODS TO OUR COUNTRIES HAPPEN 
BACK AND FORTH, AND IT IS IN 
BOTH OF OUR INTERESTS TO 
MAINTAIN THIS EXTRAORDINARY 
CLOSE RELATIONSHIP.
>> THANK YOU, AND WE'LL TAKE 
ONE MORE QUESTION ON THE PHONE,
OPERATOR.
>> Caller: THANK YOU, MERCI.
WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM 
MICHELLE LA MASH.
YOUR LINE IS NOW OPEN.
[SPEAKING FRENCH LANGUAGE]
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, 
PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU'VE 
SPOKEN ABOUT THE AMERICAN 
OFFICIALS THAT THE PULP AND 
PAPER USED TO USE THOSE N95 
MASKS COMES FROM BRITISH 
COLUMBIA.
IF YOU TALKED TO THEM ABOUT 
THAT?
HAVE YOU REFLECTED ON THAT WITH
THEM?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: YES.
WE HAVE POINTED OUT TO THE U.S.
ALL THE DIFFERENT MATERIALS AND
SERVICES THAT FLOW BACK AND 
FORTH ACROSS THE BORDER.
WE DO NOT WANT TO START 
LIMITING OUR EXPORTS OR THE 
SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE
UNITED STATES.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT BOTH OF OUR 
COUNTRIES WILL BE MUCH BETTER 
OFF IF WE CONTINUE TO COUNT ON 
EACH OTHER, AND I'M CONFIDENT 
THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO FIND A 
SOLUTION TO THIS SITUATION.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED IN
MANY DIFFERENT WAYS THE VERY 
DIFFERENT PRODUCTS AND 
RESOURCES THAT FLOW ACROSS THE 
BORDER IN BOTH DIRECTIONS TO 
ENSURE SUCCESS FOR OUR 
ECONOMIES, SUCCESS IN KEEPING 
OUR CITIZENS SAFE.
WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT 
RETALIATORY MEASURES OR 
MEASURES THAT ARE PUNITIVE.
WE KNOW THAT IT IS IN BOTH OF 
OUR INTERESTS TO CONTINUE TO 
WORK COLLABORATIVELY AND 
COOPERATIVELY TO KEEP OUR 
CITIZENS SAFE, AND THAT'S VERY 
MUCH THE TENOR OF OUR 
CONVERSATIONS, AND I'M 
CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO 
GET THERE.
[SPEAKING FRENCH LANGUAGE]
>> Reporter: MR. TRUDEAU, I 
KNOW YOU'RE AWARE OF THE 
SCENARIOS YESTERDAY.
DO THEY -- THE ONTARIOS 
SCENARIO YESTERDAY.
DO THEY REPRESENT THE SCENARIOS
OF ALL OF CANADA?
>> YES.
-- 
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: YES.
WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING THE 
REST OF THE PROVINCES' 
SCENARIOS, AND ANSWER THE 
QUESTION THAT EVERY CANADIAN 
HAS: HOW SERIOUS WILL THIS 
BECOME AND WHEN CAN WE CUTBACK 
ON SOME OF THE MEASURES 
CURRENTLY IN PLACE?
BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY EVERY 
MODEL, EVERY PREDICTION, EVERY 
PROJECTION IS BASED ON THE FACT
THAT WE MUST STAY HOME, WE MUST
LIMIT OUR MOVEMENTS, WE MUST 
KEEP A TWO-METRE DISTANCE FROM 
OTHERS.
THIS ACTION WILL HELP 
CANADIANS, AND IT WILL HELP 
ENSURE WHATEVER MODEL WE'RE 
TALKING ABOUT, WE WILL GET THE 
BEST POSSIBLE RESULTS, AND 
THERE WILL BE THE LEAST AMOUNT 
OF DAMAGE AND THE FEWEST DEATHS
POSSIBLE.
NOW, THERE WILL BE MORE 
MODELLING AND DATA RELEASED IN 
THE NEXT FEW DAYS, BUT IN THE 
MEANTIME, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR 
CANADIANS TO LOOK AT WHAT THE 
NUMBERS ARE, AND WE'RE WAITING 
FOR NUMBERS FROM THE PROVINCES.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WE SAW MODELLING FROM 
ONTARIO YESTERDAY.
WE KNOW WE'LL BE GETTING 
MODELLING FROM QUEBEC IN THE 
COMING DAYS.
CANADA WILL CONTINUE TO PULL 
TOGETHER THE INFORMATION AND 
MAKE MODELS AND SCENARIOS BASED
ON THAT.
BUT REGARDLESS OF THE MODELS 
AND ALL OF THAT, ONE THING 
REMAINS CONSTANT.
THE MORE THAT PEOPLE STAY AT 
HOME, DON'T GO OUT, AND IF THEY
DO, PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING,
AND WASH THEIR HANDS, THE 
BETTER THINGS WILL BE.
WE CONTINUE TO SHARE 
INFORMATION AT 
CANADA.CA/CORONAVIRUS.
WE CONTINUE TO SHARE 
INFORMATION FROM ALL ACROSS THE
PROVINCES, AND WE WILL CONTINUE
TO BUILD AND SHARE OUR 
SCENARIOS FROM THE PROVINCES 
FOR A VIEW OF CANADA AT A 
WHOLE.
>> Reporter: A REPORT YESTERDAY
SAID WE COULD BE IN THIS 
POTENTIALLY FROM ONE TO THREE 
YEARS, AND THERE WILL BE A 
SECOND AND EVEN A THIRD WAVE ON
THIS.
ARE THE MODELS THAT ONTARIO PUT
FORWARD CONSISTENT FROM WHAT 
YOU'VE SEEN SO FAR?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WE'VE SEEN MODELS LIKE
THAT AND MORE.
WE KNOW THE SITUATION IS 
SERIOUS, AND WE KNOW THE RANGE 
OF POSSIBILITIES.
EVERY MODEL WILL JUST GIVE THE 
RANGE OF POSSIBILITIES.
WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS DEPENDS 
ON THE CHOICES AND THE ACTIONS 
WE TAKE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THAT'S WHY REGARDLESS OF THE 
MODEL THAT IS PUT OUT THERE, WE
CAN IMPACT THAT MODEL, WE CAN 
CHANGE THE PREDICTIONS BASED ON
HOW WE ACT.
STAYING HOME, KEEPING TWO 
METRES DISTANCE, AND WASHING 
YOUR HANDS. 
>> Reporter: DR. DONNELLY 
REFERENCED YESTERDAY THAT 
THEY'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE 
PREDICTIONS ON THE DATA LARGELY
BECAUSE OF PROJECTIONS WE'VE 
BEEN ABLE TO PUT OUT NUMBERS ON
THE DEATH RATE.
WHY CAN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
NOT PUT OUT PROJECTIONS ON THAT
RIGHT NOW?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WELL, THE SAME WAY IN 
CANADA, THE WAY DIFFERENT 
PROVINCES ARE EXPERIENCING, ARE
HANDLING, ARE BRINGING IN 
MEASURES TO ADJUST TO THEIR 
SITUATIONS VARY, AS WELL.
AND AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, WE 
DEPEND ON COLLATING, COLLECTING
ALL THAT DATA FROM THE 
PROVINCES IN ORDER TO BUILD A 
BETTER PICTURE OF WHAT'S GOING 
TO HAPPEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
BEFORE WE CAN GET TO A PROPER 
NATIONAL MODEL, WE NEED TO HAVE
AN EVEN BETTER IDEA OF WHO 
WE'RE DOING IN VARIOUS 
PROVINCES.
[SPEAKING FRENCH LANGUAGE]
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WE RECOGNIZE THAT 
DIFFERENT PROVINCES HAVE 
DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES, JUST 
AS WE SEE AROUND THE WORLD.
THERE ARE VERY DIFFERENT 
SITUATIONS OUT THERE, DEPENDING
ON WHAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING.
THAT'S WHY AT THE FEDERAL 
LEVEL, WHEN IT COMES TO 
DEVELOPING AN IDEA OF WHAT 
CANADA IS GOING TO BE FACING 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND 
DEVELOPING PROJECTION, WE HAVE 
TO USE DATA AND PROJECTIONS 
FROM ACROSS THE PROVINCES.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT 
NOW.
WE ARE COLLATING THAT IN THE 
COMING DAYS, AND WILL GIVE IT 
TO YOU SOON, WHAT YOU SHOULD 
EXPECT.
>> Reporter: WHAT IS THE 
NUMBER, WHAT IS THE IMPACT THAT
TRUMP'S ORDER HAS ON CANADA'S 
MEDICAL SUPPLIES?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: AS WE SAID, WE HAVE 
BEEN WORKING DAY AND NIGHT TO 
SOURCE MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR 
CANADIAN FRONTLINE WORKERS.
WE HAVE SHIPMENTS COMING IN IN 
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
WE'VE RECEIVED SHIPMENTS OVER 
THE PAST DAYS.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH 
SUPPLIERS AROUND THE WORLD TO 
ENSURE THAT WE DO GET THE 
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED,
AND WE HAVE MORE COMING IN 
REGULARLY.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE WORKING
WITH THE AMERICAN 
ADMINISTRATION TO ENSURE THAT 
THEY UNDERSTAND THAT GOODS AND 
SERVICES THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO 
BOTH OUR COUNTRIES FLOW IN BOTH
DIRECTIONS ACROSS THE BORDER, 
AND IT IS NOT IN ANY OF OUR 
INTERESTS TO ACTUALLY LIMIT 
THAT FLOW.
WE ARE ALSO, OF COURSE, TURNING
TOWARDS CANADIAN MANUFACTURERS 
AS THE TREMENDOUS EFFORT THAT 
CANADIAN COMPANIES ARE PUTTING 
IN TO MANUFACTURE MADE IN 
CANADA EQUIPMENT AND MEDICAL 
SUPPLIES THAT IS GOING TO 
ACTUALLY NOT JUST SUPPLY 
CANADA, BUT BE THERE TO SUPPLY 
OTHER COUNTRIES WHO NEED THEM 
AS WE MEET OUR OWN NEEDS.
THIS IS PART OF WHAT CANADA IS 
DOING TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE 
PROTECTING OUR FRONTLINE 
WORKERS AND ALL CANADIANS EVERY
SINGLE DAY.
[SPEAKING FRENCH LANGUAGE]
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WE WILL CONTINUE TO 
WORK TO BRING ESSENTIAL GOODS 
IN FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH 
THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION AND 
POINT OUT TO THEM THAT IT IS IN
THE INTERESTS OF BOTH OUR 
COUNTRIES TO HAVE THE ESSENTIAL
GOODS AND SERVICES THAT WE 
REQUIRE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE 
BORDER, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO
WORK WITH INDUSTRIES ACROSS 
CANADA TO DEVELOP CANADA MADE 
SOLUTIONS TO KEEP ALL OUR 
WORKERS SAFE.
>> Reporter: -- MEANS YOU DON'T
HAVE THE NUMBERS OR DOES IT 
MEAN YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO 
SHARE IT?
AND GIVEN THAT THE E.U. HAS 
DONE THIS SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, 
WHY HASN'T CANADA DOES THE 
SAME?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: IT IS IMPORTANT TO 
KEEP THE SUPPLY CHAINS FLOWS.
WE KNOW THAT CANADA IS 
DEPENDING ON THE ARRIVAL OF 
P.P.E. FROM AROUND THE WORLD, 
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE 
FACILITATING THOSE ARRIVALS.
WE'VE HAD SOME, AND WE'RE 
GETTING MORE IN THE COMING 
DAYS.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO IMPRESS 
UPON COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD
THAT THEY'RE HURTING THEMSELVES
WHEN THEY LIMIT THE FLOW OF 
ESSENTIAL GOODS ACROSS OUR 
BORDERS.
WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO GET
THROUGH THIS GLOBAL PANDEMIC, 
AND THAT IS WHAT WE WILL ALWAYS
DO.
>> Reporter: BRYAN MULLEN, 
GLOBAL NEWS.
ARE YOU CONCERNED WITH THE 
LIMITED AMOUNT OF TESTING MEANS
YOU DON'T HAVE AN ACCURATE 
PICTURE OF WHAT'S GOING ONTO 
FORM POLICY, ESPECIALLY THE 
ROLE OF ASYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE 
INFECTING OTHERS, WHICH MORE 
TESTING WOULD HAVE IDENTIFIED?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: CANADA HAS BEEN DOING 
MORE TESTING.
WE'RE RAMPING UP.
WE'RE CERTAINLY DOING MORE 
TESTING LIKE OTHER COUNTRIES 
THAN THE UNITED STATES, AND 
WE'RE SEEING THAT STRONG 
TESTING IN PLACES LIKE ALBERTA 
AND B.C. HAVE BEEN VERY 
EFFECTIVE IN MANAGING AND 
CONTROLLING THE SPREAD OF 
COVID-19.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT MASS TESTING 
AND ACCURATE RAPID RESULTS ARE 
A KEY PART OF MANAGING THE 
VIRUS GOING FORWARD, OF 
ENSURING THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE
SAFE THROUGH THE COMING MONTHS,
AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE 
INCREASING OUR TESTING CAPACITY
EVERY SINGLE DAY.
[SPEAKING FRENCH LANGUAGE]
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WE RECOGNIZE THAT TEST
KITS ARE ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL TO
MANAGE THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS,
AND, OF COURSE, WE ARE DOING 
WELL IN TERMS OF EXTENSIVE 
TESTING IN CANADA, BUT WE CAN 
ALWAYS DO MORE, AND THAT'S ONE 
OF THE REASONS WHY WE ARE 
CONSTANTLY INCREASING OUR 
TESTING CAPACITY.
IN BRITISH COLUMBIA AND IN 
ALBERTA, FOR EXAMPLE, THE 
TESTING KITS HAVE BEEN VERY 
EFFECTIVE, AND THE TESTING IN 
GENERAL HAS BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE
IN CONTROLLING THE SPREAD OF 
THE VIRUS.
WE KNOW WE HAVE TO DO MORE 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND THAT'S 
WHY, EVERY DAY, WE ARE 
INCREASING OUR SCREENING 
CAPACITY.
>> Reporter: ARE YOU CONCERNED 
THAT THE BATTLE THAT WE'RE 
SEEING OVER FACE MASKS SUCH AS 
THE ONE WE'RE SEEING NOW WITH 
3-M COULD EXTEND TO OTHER 
SUPPLIES AND MEDICATIONS TO 
TREAT COVID-19?
COULD THIS JUST BE THE TIP OF 
THE ICEBERG, AND WHAT ARE YOU 
PLANNING TO DO ABOUT IT?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: THAT IS ONE OF THE 
REASONS WHY WE HAVE TURNED 
TOWARDS CANADA'S LOCAL 
INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY TO DEVELOP 
THESE SOLUTIONS FOR THE COMING 
WEEKS.
WE KNOW THAT MADE IN CANADA 
SOLUTIONS ARE ON THEIR WAY 
BECAUSE THOUSANDS OF 
BUSINESSES, OF MANUFACTURERS 
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY ARE 
STEPPING UP, ARE SWITCHING 
THEIR ASSEMBLY LINES AND SUPPLY
LINES OVER TO PRODUCING THE 
NECESSARY MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND 
EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE WILL 
CONTINUE TO SOURCE THESE 
PRODUCTS FROM SUPPLIERS AROUND 
THE WORLD.
SHIPMENTS ARE COMING IN OVER 
THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
WE'VE HAD SHIPMENTS COMING IN 
OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS TO 
ENSURE OUR FRONTLINE WORKERS 
ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET 
THE HELP THAT THEY NEED.
>> Reporter: BUT ARE YOU 
CONCERNED THAT GETTING THESE 
PRODUCTS IS IN JEOPARDY?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: THAT'S WHY WE'RE SO 
CONCERNED ABOUT MANUFACTURING 
THESE ITEMS SO THAT WE CAN 
PROVIDE OUR SUPPLY IN THE 
LONG-TERM, AND WE CAN BE THERE 
FOUR OURSELVES AS WE MANAGE THE
SPREAD -- FOR OURSELVES AS WE 
MANAGE THE SPREAD OF COVID-19.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE 
MANAGING TO PROCURE THE 
SUPPLIES THAT OUR FRONTLINE MEN
AND WOMEN NEED RIGHT NOW.
[SPEAKING FRENCH LANGUAGE]
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WE KNOW THAT THERE IS 
GLOBAL COMPETITION OUGHT THERE 
IN TERMS -- OUT THERE IN TERMS 
OF TRYING TO SECURE MASKS, AND 
THAT'S WHY WE ARE TRYING TO 
DEVELOP OUR LOCATING CAPACITY 
TO PROTECT OUR FRONTLINE 
WORKERS.
THIS IS A SOLUTION THAT WILL BE
IN PLACE IN THE MEDIUM TERM, 
AND IN THE SHORT-TERM, WE WILL 
BE RECEIVING SHIPMENTS OF 
MATERIAL FROM AROUND THE WORLD 
WHICH WE NEED TO KEEP OUR 
CITIZENS SAFE.
[SPEAKING FRENCH LANGUAGE]
>> Reporter: MR. PRIME 
MINISTER, YOU SPOKE TO MR. 
TRUMP ABOUT THAT.
WOULD THERE -- DO YOU THINK IT 
WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO 
POSTPONE IT OR DO YOU WANT IT 
IMPLEMENTED RIGHT AWAY?
AND IN TERMS OF THE MASKS, HOW 
CAN YOU NEGOTIATE WITH HIM ON 
THIS?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WELL, IN NAFTA, THERE 
ARE PEOPLE IN THE GOVERNMENT 
WORKING ON THIS NOW, BUT OF 
COURSE, WE HAVE A LOT ON OUR 
PLATE RIGHT NOW IN RESPONDING 
TO COVID-19.
BUT I CAN ASSURE PEOPLE THAT 
THE NEW NAFTA AGREEMENT WILL 
COME INTO FORCE VERY SOON.
NAFTA, THE CURRENT NAFTA, IN 
THE MEANTIME, REMAINS IN EFFECT
AND WILL GUARANTEE FREE TRADE 
WITH THE UNITED STATES, SO WE 
WILL BE COORDINATING THIS 
EFFORT WITH THE U.S. AND 
MEXICO, BY OUR PRIORITY 
RIGHT -- BUT OUR PRIORITY RIGHT
NOW IS TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN 
DO TO PROTECT CANADIANS FROM 
COVID-19.
IN TERMS OF MY CONVERSATIONS 
THE PRESIDENT, I POINT -- OF MY
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE 
PRESIDENT, I POINTED OUT THAT 
THERE ARE CANADIANS THAT WORK 
ALONG THE BORDER AND ON WHOM 
THEY DEPEND.
AND THERE ARE ALSO A GREAT MANY
PRODUCTS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR
THE UNITED STATES IN FIGHTING 
COVID-19, AND I KNOW THAT THERE
WILL BE A VERY CONSTRUCTIVE 
DISCUSSION, AS WE ALWAYS HAVE, 
AND ALWAYS HAVE HAD.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WE WILL CONTINUE TO 
WORK VERY, VERY HARD TO REMIND 
THE AMERICANS, AS I WILL IN MY 
CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT 
TRUMP WHEN IT HAPPENS IN THE 
COMING DAYS, THAT WE ARE, BOTH 
OF US, INTERLINKED IN WAYS THAT
MEANS THAT IT WOULD HURT BOTH 
OF OUR COUNTRIES IN OUR ABILITY
TO PROTECT OUR CITIZENS WERE 
SUPPLY CHAINS TO BE DISRUPTED.
THERE ARE CANADIAN HEALTH 
PROFESSIONALS RIGHT ALONG THE 
BORDER WITH THE UNITED STATES 
WHO ENGAGE IN SUPPORTING 
AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS ON A 
DAILY BASIS, AND THAT WOULD BE 
SOMETHING THAT IS VALUABLE TO 
THE UNITED STATES.
IT'S ALSO EXTREMELY VALUABLE 
THAT WE ARE PART OF ESSENTIAL 
SUPPLY CHAINS FOR PARTS LIKE 
TESTING KITS TO GLOVES TO 
MATERIALS FOR N95 MASKS.
WE KNOW WE DO BETTER WHEN WE 
WORK TOGETHER, AND THAT'LL BE 
MY MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT.
[SPEAKING FRENCH LANGUAGE]
>> Reporter: ARE YOU OPEN TO 
POSTPONING THE AGREEMENT?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WELL, WE WILL LOOK 
INTO THAT WITH THE MEXICANS AND
THE AMERICANS, AND IT WILL 
SOMETHING THAT WE WILL CONTINUE
TO WORK ON, BUT OUR PRIORITY IS
COVID-19.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: AS A REMINDER FOR 
EVERYONE, THE EXISTING NAFTA IS
STILL VERY MUCH IN PLACE AND 
WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AS -- 
UNTIL SUCH A TIME AS THE NEW 
ONE IS BROUGHT IN.
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING -- 
WHO USUALLY WORK VERY, VERY 
HARD ON RATIFICATION OF TRADE 
DEALS, LIKE MOST PEOPLE IN 
GOVERNMENT, ARE VERY MUCH FOLK 
USED ON THE RESPONSE TO CO -- 
FOCUSED ON THE RESPONSE TO 
COVID-19, AND THAT WILL BE OUR 
RESPONSE RIGHT NOW. 
>> Vassy: THAT'S PRIME MINISTER
JUSTIN TRUDEAU IN HIS DAILY 
ADDRESS MAKING SOME SIGNIFICANT
COMMENTS.
I JUST WANT TO BEGIN BY 
HIGHLIGHTING THE SALIENT 
COMMENTS IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT HE
MADE, BECAUSE IT HAS TO DO WITH
VULNERABLE CANADIANS IN THIS 
PROVINCE.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE MONEY 
CAME LAST WEEK, BUT NOW, WE 
FIND OUT WHERE IT'S GOING TO.
$40 MILLION FOR WOMEN'S 
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ASSAULT 
CENTRES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND
THEN, $10 MILLION FOR 
INDIGENOUS SHELTERS.
NOW, THE MAJORITY OF THE 
QUESTIONS THAT THE PRIME 
MINISTER GOT CENTRED ON TWO 
ISSUES.
THE FIRST BEING THAT ORDER FROM
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, U.S. 
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO 3-M 
TO STOP EXPORTING, TO STOP 
SENDING CRUCIAL N95 MASKS TO 
HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN THIS 
COUNTRY.
PRIME MINISTER SAYING THAT 
HE'LL BE SPEAKING TO PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IN THE COMING DAYS, AND 
IN THAT DISCUSSION, HE WOULD 
HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
INTERDEPENDENCE OF THE 
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE U.S. 
AND CANADA.
THE OTHER ISSUE THAT HE GOT 
QUESTIONS ON CANCERED AROUND 
RELEASING VARIOUS -- CENTRED 
AROUND RELEASING VARIOUS 
SCENARIOS THAT ARE BEING 
PRESENTED AROUND CANADA, AND 
THE PRIME MINISTER SAID THAT 
WOULD COME IN THE COMING DAYS.
I WANT TO BRING IN CATHERINE 
CULLEN, WHO WAS LISTENING 
ALONGSIDE MYSELF TO THE 
COMMENTS.
CATHERINE, IT SOUNDS LIKE 
THEY'RE WAITING ON JUST ONTARIO
AND QUEBEC.
THEY HAVE THE NUMBERS FROM 
ONTARIO.
THEY'RE GOING TO INTEGRATE 
THEM, AND THE NUMBERS FROM 
QUEBEC WILL COME NEXT WEEK, BUT
IT DOES SOUND LIKE WE'LL GET 
THOSE SCENARIOS SOONER RATHER 
THAN LATER.
>> Catherine: I NOTICED ONE OF 
THE QUESTIONS THE PRIME 
MINISTER WAS ASKED ABOUT THAT, 
HE SAID THERE ARE A RANGE OF 
MODELS.
SOME OF THEM TALK ABOUT WEEKS 
AND MONTHS TO MUCH LONGER THAN 
THAT.
OBVIOUSLY, IMPLICIT IN THAT IS 
THE FACT THAT THEY'RE ALREADY 
LOOKING AT MODELS, AND WHAT THE
PRIME MINISTER SEEMS TO BE 
SAYING IS WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A
BETTER PICTURE THAN WHAT WE'VE 
ALREADY BEEN LOOKING AT.
WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A FULLER 
PICTURE OF ALIGNING THE 
STATISTIC INFORMATION FROM ONE 
PROVINCE TO THE NEXT.
I THINK THEY MEASURE IN TERMS 
OF THE WAY THAT PEOPLE ARE 
BEING TESTED TO ALL ASPECTS OF 
THIS.
THEY'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT ALL 
INFORMATION.
THEY'RE WAITING UNTIL THEY 
ACHIEVE A CERTAIN BAR BEFORE 
THEY BRING IT TO ALL CANADIANS.
BUT THEN, THAT BRINGS UP A 
RANGE OF OTHER QUESTIONS.
WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT THE 
ECONOMIC MEASURES THAT THEY 
HAVE TO PUT IN PLACE TO TRY TO 
KEEP THE CANADIAN ECONOMY -- 
I'M NOT EVEN SURE THAT 
FUNCTIONING IS QUITE THE RIGHT 
WORD, BUT IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE
THAT CANADIANS CAN PAY THEIR 
BILLS AND PUT FOOD ON THEIR 
TABLE.
CERTAINLY, ALSO, QUESTIONS 
ABOUT THOSE -- THE 
SELF-ISOLATION MEASURES THAT 
WE'RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW.
I THINK FOR MOST CANADIANS, 
THAT'S THE MOST PRESSING 
QUESTION.
CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE OF HOW 
LONG YOU'RE GOING TO ASK US TO 
STAY HOME?
CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE OF WHEN
THE MEASURES MIGHT LOOSEN 
SOMEWHAT, SO ALL THE QUESTIONS 
THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO
HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHEN IT PUTS 
THIS DATA FORWARD?
SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO 
CONTINUE TO FACE QUESTIONS 
ABOUT THIS UNTIL IT DOES. 
>> Vassy: OKAY.
I'LL LEAVE IT THERE.
I WANT TO SWING OVER TO 
WASHINGTON, WHERE KATIE SIMPSON
IS STANDING BY.
KATIE, THE PRIME MINISTER GOT A
LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THE 
PRESIDENT AND THE U.S. SENDING 
MASKS TO CANADA.
NO WORD FROM THE PRIME MINISTER
ON THE NUMBER OF MASKS THAT 
CANADA IS MISSING OUT ON.
BUT THE PRIME MINISTER DID SAY 
IN THE NEXT 48 HOURS, THAT 
CANADA WILL BE RECEIVING A 
TRANSMISSION OF MILLIONS OF 
MASKS BY CHARTERED CARGO 
FLIGHT.
I KNOW THAT QUEBEC IS IN DIRE 
NEED, EIGHT DAYS UNTIL THEY RUN
OUT OF ITEMS FOR P.P.E.
KATIE, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING 
BEHIND THE SCENES?
THE PRIME MINISTER SAYING HE'S 
GOT A CALL WITH THE PRESIDENT 
IN THE COMING DAYS.
KATIE, WHAT INFORMATION DO YOU 
HAVE BEHIND THE SCENES TO GET 
THE PRESIDENT TO TRY AND CHANGE
HIS MIND?
>> Reporter: THEY'RE TRYING TO 
LEAN ON THE KEY RELATIONSHIPS 
THAT THEY ESTABLISHED OVER THE 
PAST FOUR YEARS TO MAKE 
CANADA'S CASE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS VERY BLUNT 
IN HIS WORDS YESTERDAY, SEEMING
THAT HE DIDN'T CARE THAT CANADA
WAS PUSHING BACK WITH THIS 
ISSUE WITH 3-M, BUT TWO SENIOR 
SOURCES WITH DIRECT KNOWLEDGE 
OF THE SITUATION, THE 
PRESIDENT'S CHIEF OF STAFF, 
KATIE TELFORD, IS TRYING TO 
LEAN IN ON THE RELATIONSHIP 
SHE'S DEVELOPED WITH JARED 
KUSHNER, WHO NOW HAS A KEY ROLE
ON THE CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE 
OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
THAT IS A SOURCE OF CRITICISM 
DOWN HERE BECAUSE HE DOES NOT 
HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE IN 
CORONAVIRUS, AND HE'S ALREADY 
BEEN CRITICIZED OF THE WAY THE 
OPERATIONS ARE GOING.
JARED KUSHNER WAS TOLD RIGHT 
AWAY, GET MASKS TO NEW YORK 
CITY, AND HE GOT 200,000 ON THE
WAY RIGHT AWAY.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CRITICISM
ABOUT HOW OFFICIAL CHANNELS ARE
NOT BEING USED THE WAY THEY 
SHOULD IN AN EMERGENCY.
HOWEVER, SOME CANADIANS SEE THE
JARED KUSHNER PLACEMENT ON THIS
CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE AS 
SOMETHING CANADA CAN USE TO 
THEIR ADVANTAGE BECAUSE KATIE 
TELFORD HAS USED THAT TO HER 
ADVANTAGE.
AS NEGOTIATIONS BECAME TENSE 
AND AS CANADA KEPT TRYING TO 
MAKE ITS CASE, THEY COULD REACH
OUT TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND 
REALLY SORT OF LEAN IN TO TRY 
AND REALLY MAKE A CASE.
THAT IS THE STRATEGY THAT IS 
BEING USED HERE AGAIN, AND TWO 
SOURCES TELL ME THAT THE 
KUSHNER CONNECTION IS SOMETHING
THAT THE CANADIANS ARE GOING TO
TRY TO RELY ON.
I'M ALSO TOLD BY A SENIOR 
SOURCE IN THE ADMINISTRATION, 
THE KEY FIGURES, THE KEY 
CONTACTS ARE KIRSTEN KILLMAN, 
AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER 
CHRYSTIA FREELAND.
THEY ARE THE MAIN CHANNELS OF 
CONVERSATION AT THIS POINT, BUT
WHAT I'M ALSO TOLD BY THIS 
SENIOR SOURCE IS THAT BECAUSE 
THIS IS ABOUT THE HEALTH AND 
SAFETY OF CANADIANS, THEY'RE 
TRYING TO EMPLOY ALL OF THE KEY
RELATIONSHIPS THEY DEVELOPED 
DURING NAFTA NEGOTIATIONS, AND 
THAT'S THE STRATEGY THEY'RE 
GOING TO TRY TO USE GOING 
FORWARD.
>> Vassy: EXCELLENT.
I APPRECIATE THAT, KATIE.
THE CBC'S KATIE SIMPSON FROM 
WASHINGTON.
I THINK WE HAVE A FEW MINUTES 
TO GET TO DREW DILLKINS.
WE JUST HEARD THE PRIME 
MINISTER TALK AT LENGTH, GET A 
LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS 
ORDER FROM THE PRESIDENT TO 
STOP SENDING MASKS TO CANADA.
YOU ARE THE MAYOR OF A CITY 
THAT IS SO INTERTWINED WITH ITS
SISTER CITY ON THE OTHER SIDE 
OF THE BORDER.
WE HEARD THE PRIME MINISTER 
SPEAK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF 
NURSES THAT LIVE IN WINDSOR AND
WORK IN DETROIT.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT HOW 
INTERDEPENDENT THAT 
RELATIONSHIP IS?
>> WELL, VASSY, MY CITY, 
CERTAINLY, THE 2,000 TO 3,000 
PEOPLE WHO CROSS THE BORDER 
EVERY DAY, HEALTH OFFICIALS WHO
LIVE IN CANADA, CROSS THE 
BORDER EVERY DAY TO KEEP 
HOSPITALS STATESIDE GOING.
IF THERE'S SOME SORT OF FURTHER
RESTRICTION THAT THE PRESIDENT 
IS INCHING TOWARDS -- 
>> Vassy: I'M SORRY.
I'VE JUST GOT TO INTERRUPT YOU.
WE'RE JUST INTERRUPTING THE 
MAIN NETWORK.
YOU'RE WATCHING CBC NEWS 
NETWORK.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
>> Vassy: HI THERE.
I'M VASSY KAPELOS IN OTTAWA.
WE'RE STANDING BY, WAITING TO 
HERE FROM FEDERAL AUTHORITIES 
IN THIS COUNTRY ON THE UPDATE 
OF CORONAVIRUS.
I JUST RUDELY CUTOFF MAYOR 
DILLKINS.
WE JUST HAD TO GET OFF THE MAIN
NETWORK AND GET BACK TO CBC 
NEWS NETWORK.
YOU WERE JUST TELLING ME HOW 
YOU VIEW THIS STATEMENT FROM 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
>> YEAH.
WITHOUT UNDERSTATING THE 
SITUATION, IF THE PRESIDENT IS 
INCHING TOWARD A HARDER STOP ON
THE MOVEMENT OF GOODS OR 
PEOPLE, I'M JUST TELLING YOU, 
THERE ARE 2,000 TO 3,000 PEOPLE
THAT CROSS THE BORDER IN MY 
CITY TO WORK IN DETROIT HEALTH 
CARE FACILITIES.
IF THIS SITUATION BECOMES MORE 
DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF WHAT I 
WOULD CLASSIFY AN INHUMANE 
DECISION, YOU WILL HAVE 
HOSPITALS, ENTIRE HOSPITALS IN 
DETROIT THAT HAVE TO CLOSE 
DOWN, AND THAT IS NOT AN 
UNDERSTATEMENT BECAUSE OF THE 
NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN 
CANADA CROSSING OVER TO WORK IN
DETROIT. 
>> Vassy: HAVE YOU HEARD FROM 
ANY OTHER MAYORS ABOUT THIS?
>> YEAH.
I HAVE SPOKEN WITH MAYOR DUGGAN
IN DETROIT, AND I'VE SPOKEN TO 
HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS THERE.
WE'VE SPOKEN OF THE IMPORTANCE 
OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
U.S. AND CANADA, WHAT THE 
IMPACT WOULD BE.
IF HE ACTUALLY PUTS A HARD STOP
AT THE BORDER AND MAKES LIFE 
MORE DIFFICULT, YOU COULD 
POTENTIALLY HAVE ENTIRE 
HOSPITALS THAT CLOSE DOWN.
THE CITY OF DETROIT IS A 
RECORDED HOT SPOT FOR COVID-19 
TODAY.
THERE'S A THREE-WEEK SHUTDOWN, 
A STAY IN PLACE ORDERED BY THE 
GOVERNOR.
IT IS A HOT SPOT FOR COVID-19 
IN THE U.S., AND SO THE GAME 
THAT'S BEING PLAYED IS DEADLY 
AND DANGEROUS, AND OUR PRIME 
MINISTER, THE COMMENTS THAT I 
JUST LISTENED TO, SHOWING GREAT
RESTRAINT AND LEADERSHIP AT A 
GREAT POINT IN TIME. 
>> Vassy: YEAH.
I JUST WANTED TO CHECK IN WITH 
WHAT THE PRIME MINISTER SAID.
HE SAID HE WOULD BE SPEAKING 
WITH THE PRESIDENT IN THE 
COMING DAYS.
NO SPECIFIC TIMELINE, BUT IN 
THE COMING DAYS.
AND KATIE SIMPSON SAYS THE 
ONE 
THAT WORKED IN THE NAFTA 
NEGOTIATIONS WOULD BE APPLIED 
HERE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT 
ISSUE?
>> THE PRIME MINISTER IS BEING 
VERY DIPLOMATIC AND VERY 
APPROPRIATE -- PUT IN TROOPS 
BETWEEN CANADA AND THE NORTHERN
BORDER IN THE UNITED STATES.
JUST A WEEK AGO, HE WAS 
SUGGESTING OPENING UP THE 
COUNTRY BY EASTER TO BE BACK IN
BUSINESS AT A TIME WHEN THINGS 
WERE SPIRALLING OUT OF CONTROL 
IN SEVERAL STATES.
AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO HOARD --
MUCH LIKE PEOPLE ARE HOARDING 
TOILET PAPER, THIS STANCE PLAYS
A MUCH MORE DEADLY GAME.
IT IS FRANKLY IMMORAL AND 
INHUMANE, AND I'M GLAD TO SEE 
THE PRIME MINISTER SAYING HE'S 
GOING TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT UNDER 
THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND MAKE SURE
THAT WE DON'T SHOW AND 
DEMONSTRATE THAT SORT OF 
BEHAVIOUR THAT WE'RE GETTING.
>> Vassy: OKAY.
I'M GOING TO HEAD OVER TO 
OTTAWA.
I SEE DR. TAM AT THE PODIUM.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU. 
>> Vassy: ALL RIGHT.
LET'S HEAD OVER TO OTTAWA AND 
DR. THERESA TAM.
>> I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT 
THAT WE MUST TAKE THIS ILLNESS 
VERY SERIOUSLY.
WHILE THE VAST MAJORITY OF 
DEATHS OCCURRING IN PEOPLE IN 
THE OLDER AGE GROUPS, 
DEFINITELY, THE VAST MAJORITY 
OF THE AGE OF OVER 70, WE HAVE 
HAD REPORTS OF YOUNGER ADULTS 
IN THEIR 20s AND 30s WHO HAVE 
DIED AS A RESULT OF COVID-19, 
AND OTHERS SERIOUSLY ILL, 
HOSPITALIZED.
SO I THINK THAT'S A VERY KEY 
MESSAGE THAT WE ALL HAVE TO 
TAKE TO HEART REALLY SERIOUSLY.
SO WE ARE CONTINUING TO TEST AT
A HIGH RATE IN CANADA, WITH 
TESTS COMPLETED NOW FOR OVER 
309,000 PEOPLE IN CANADA, SO 
AROUND 4% OF PEOPLE TESTED HAVE
BEEN CONFIRMED AS POSITIVE, AND
95% CONFIRMED AS NEGATIVE.
AND EVERY DAY, WE ARE WORKING 
WITH PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES 
TO INCREASE LABORATORY CAPACITY
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN 
MAINTAIN THIS LEVEL OF TESTING 
AND SENSITIVITY IN OUR TESTING 
SYSTEMS TO TRACK COVID-19.
TODAY, THE PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY
IN CANADA HAS RELEASED A NEW 
COVID-19 DASHBOARD, AND YOU CAN
FIND THAT ON OUR WEBSITE.
AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE BEEN 
RELEASING A LOT OF DATA AND 
EPIDEMIOLODGIC DATA.
CANADIANS CAN QUICKLY LEARN HOW
THIS SITUATION IS EVOLVING AND 
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SITUATION.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT 
AUTHORITIES OF CANADIAN DATA 
HAS BEEN INTEGRATED INTO 
INTERACTIVE AND CUSTOMIZED 
DASHBOARD.
I KNOW THAT I SPEAK FOR ALL 
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICERS ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY WHEN I SAY THAT WE 
ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE HEALTH 
CARE WORKERS WORKING TO 
STOPPING THE SPREAD OF 
COVID-19.
WE ARE ALSO THANKFUL TO ALL 
CANADIANS DOING THEIR PART BY 
CHANGING THEIR BEHAVIOUR, 
OBSERVING SOCIAL DISTANCING, 
AND MEETING THE CHALLENGE TO 
FLATTEN THE CURVE.
THE ONLY WAY TO GET THROUGH 
THIS IS TOGETHER, SO CANADA, 
LET'S DO ALL WE CAN TO STOP THE
SPREAD OF COVID-19 TOGETHER 
RIGHT NOW.
[SPEAKING FRENCH LANGUAGE]
>> -- THERE ARE 12,924 CASES OF
COVID-19.
OBVIOUSLY, MOST CASES HAVE TO 
DO WITH OLDER PEOPLE, BUT WE 
HAVE ALSO SEEN YOUNGER PEOPLE 
AFFECTED BY COVID-19 IN THEIR 
20s AND THEIR 30s, AND THAT IS 
WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT ALL
CANADIANS TAKE THIS VERY 
SERIOUSLY.
THESE REPRESENT INFECTIONS FROM
PREVIOUS EXPOSURES AND NOT WHAT
IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, SO EVEN
IF YOU'RE NOT HEARING OF CASES 
IN YOUR COMMUNITY, IT DOESN'T 
MEAN THAT THERE IS NO RISK OF 
EXPOSURE.
WE MUST ALL CONSIDER THAT THERE
COULD BE COMMUNITY SPREAD IN 
OUR AREA, AND KEEPING TO OUR 
TWO-METRE DISTANCE IS THE 
SAFEST OPTION.
WE CONTINUE TO TEST AT A HIGH 
RATE IN CANADA WITH TESTS 
COMPLETED FOR OVER 309,000 
PEOPLE IN CANADA.
AROUND 4% OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE 
BEEN CONFIRMED AS POSITIVE, AND
95% CONFIRMED AS NEGATIVE.
EVERY DAY, WE ARE WORKING WITH 
PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES TO 
INCREASE LABORATORY CAPACITY TO
MAKE SURE WE MAINTAIN THIS 
LEVEL OF SENSITIVITY IN 
TRACKING COVID-19 ACTIVITY.
TODAY, THE PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY
OF CANADA RELEASED THE COVID-19
SITUATIONAL DASHBOARD FOR 
CANADA.
THIS DASHBOARD AIMS TO MAKE THE
DATA WE HAVE MORE ACCESSIBLE, 
SO CANADIANS CAN QUICKLY LEARN 
MORE ABOUT HOW THE OUTBREAK IS 
EVOLVING AND SEARCH FOR 
SPECIFIC INFORMATION.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 
AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION HAS 
BEEN BUILT INTO AN INTERACTIVE 
DASHBOARD.
I KNOW I SPEAK FOR MEDICAL 
OFFICERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO
SAY THAT WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR 
ALL OF THOSE WHO WORK IN PUBLIC
HEALTH, HEALTH CARE, AND 
LABORATORIES TO FIND CASES, 
TRACE CONTACT, AND INTERRUPT 
TRANSMISSION TO SLOW THE SPREAD
OF COVID-19.
LIKEWISE, OUR THANKS GO OUT TO 
CANADIANS WHO ARE DOING THEIR 
PART BY CHANGING BEHAVIOURS, 
OBSERVING PHYSICAL DISTANCING, 
AND DISRUPTING PLANS TO TAKE ON
THIS NATIONAL CHALLENGE TO 
PLANK THE CURVE.
WE MUST KEEP THIS MOMENTUM AS 
WE WAIT FOR THE SIGNALS THAT 
TELL US OUR EFFORTS ARE 
WORKING.
THE ONLY WAY TO GET THROUGH 
THIS IS TOGETHER.
CANADA, LET'S DO ALL WE CAN TO 
STOP THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 
RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU.
>> WE'LL NOW CALL THE QUESTION 
PERIOD.
[SPEAKING FRENCH LANGUAGE]
>> FOR QUESTIONS IN THE ROOM, 
PLEASE USE THE FLOOR MIC.
WE'LL START IN THE ROOM.
OPERATOR?
>> Caller: THANK YOU.
PLEASE PRESS STAR-ONE IF YOU 
HAVE A QUESTION.
[SPEAKING FRENCH LANGUAGE.
>> Caller: THERE WILL BE A 
BRIEF PAUSE WHILE REGISTERANTS 
REGISTER THEIR QUESTIONS.
THE FIRST QUESTION IS FROM 
TERESA WRIGHT FROM THE CANADIAN
PRESS.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, DR. 
TAM.
I'M WONDERING, YOU TALKED ABOUT
RAMPING UP TESTING ACROSS -- IN
THE DIFFERENT PROVINCES.
I'M WONDERING WHAT KIND OF 
CAPACITY WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO
RAMP UP THE NUMBER OF TESTS 
THAT ARE BEING DONE IN TERMS OF
PERSONNEL TRAINED TO DO THIS 
KIND OF WORK?
>> I THINK IN THE CANADIAN 
CONTEXT, THERE'S ALREADY A 
PREEXISTING NETWORK OF PUBLIC 
HEALTH LABORATORY, HOSPITAL 
LABS, AND OTHERS.
SO THE WAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING 
AT RAMPING UP LABORATORY 
TESTING, THERE ARE MANY 
DIFFERENT STREAMS.
FIRST OF ALL, THE CURRENT SENSE
THAT WE'RE DOING IS A P.P.R. 
TEST THAT DETECTS THE R.N.A., 
THE GENETIC COMPONENT OF THE 
VIRUS ITSELF, AND WHAT WE'RE 
TRYING TO DO IS SET UP AND 
SUPPORT DIFFERENCE PROVINCES TO
SET UP WHAT WE CALL HIGH GROUP 
TESTING SO YOU CAN DO MORE 
SAMPLES FASTER, AND DIFFERENT 
JURISDICTIONS ARE ACTUALLY 
DOING THAT, AS WELL.
AND SECONDLY, LOOKING AT WHAT 
WE CALL RAPID TESTS.
THAT CAN BE DONE NOT IN HIGH 
VOLUME, BUT VERY USEFUL IF YOU 
WERE LIVING IN MORE REMOTE 
AREAS WHERE TRANSPORTATION TO 
THE NEAREST LAB IS MORE 
DIFFICULT.
SO THOSE ARE UNDERGOING 
EVALUATION RIGHT NOW, AND THOSE
TESTS CAN BE EASILY TRAINED IN 
DIFFERENT CLINICS OR EVEN IN 
THE TERRITORIES THEY'RE USING 
SOME OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES 
ALREADY, AND THEY ALREADY EASY 
TO USE.
AND SO -- THEY'RE ALREADY EASY 
TO USE, AND SO TRAINING WOULD 
NOT BE DIFFICULT IN THAT 
RESPECT.
INTERNATIONALLY, THERE ARE 
DIFFERENT LAB ALTERNATIVES 
BEING USED, BUT WE NEED TO 
EVALUATE THEM TO SEE IF WE CAN 
IMPLEMENT THEM.
BUT ANOTHER ASPECT, OF COURSE 
WHICH WE WILL LOOK AT 
EVALUATING IS, IN THE END, 
LOOKING AT ANTIBODIES IN 
PEOPLES' BLOOD AND IMMUNITY.
SO ALL OF THIS IS ACTUALLY 
ONGOING, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW,
ALL OF THESE, IN THE LAST 
COUPLE OF DAYS, CANADA IS ONE 
OF THE HIGHEST PER CAPITA 
TESTING COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD.
BUT WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHO 
WE'RE TESTING, TARGETING THE 
POPULATIONS OF PEOPLE AT THE 
RIGHT TIME AND THE RIGHT LEVEL,
AS WELL.
I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE 
FINE-TUNED, DEPENDING ON THE 
EPIDEMIOLOGY ON THE GROUND.
SO WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE 
CAN TO RAMP UP OUR CAPACITY.
>> AND A FOLLOW UP?
>> Reporter: JUST YESTERDAY ON 
THE PROJECTIONS THAT WERE 
RELEASED BY ONTARIO, THERE'S 
SOME FAIRLY STARK PROJECTIONS 
WHEN LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF 
DEATHS IN THAT PROVINCE.
HOW CONSISTENT ARE THOSE 
NUMBERS WITH PROJECTIONS THAT 
YOU HAVE SEEN NATIONALLY?
>> SO FIRST OF ALL, I THINK I 
WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO FOCUS ON 
WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE 
OUTBREAK NOW, AND WE HAVE THE 
DASHBOARD THAT DESCRIBES THE 
ACTUALLY HE -- ACTUAL 
EPIDEMIOLOGY, AND WHAT'S 
HAPPENING WITH THE EPIDEMIOLOGY
RIGHT NOW.
THE MODELS, THEY DESCRIBE A 
RANGE OF POSSIBILITIES, AND 
THESE POSSIBILITIES ARE FOR 
PLANNING PURPOSES.
THEY'RE NOT ACTUAL CRYSTAL 
BALLS.
DEPENDING ON THE MATH, THEY'RE 
FUNCTIONS, AND SO WE USE THEM 
AS FLEXIBLE TOOLS.
WE DO WORK COLLABORATIVELY 
TOGETHER WITH ALL THE MODELERS 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO LOOK AT 
THOSE RANGE OF POSSIBILITIES.
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, THOUGH,
THAT THESE POSSIBILITIES ARE 
HIGHLY SENSITIVE TO OUR 
ACTIONS.
SO AS WE SAID, ANY ACTIONS THAT
WE TAKE NOW CHANGES THOSE RANGE
OF POSSIBILITIES CONSIDERABLY.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PROVINCES 
TO INPUT THEIR SITUATION 
BECAUSE OF THESE ACTIONS THAT 
ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, AND 
THE EXPERIENCES ARE A BIT 
DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT 
JURISDICTIONS DEPENDING ON THE 
EPIDEMIOLOGY.
SO A LOT OF THOSE RANGES ARE 
HIGHLY SENSITIVE ACTIONS, SO 
THAT'S WHY WE'RE SAYING WE NEED
TO ACT NOW AND PRACTICE SOCIAL 
DISTANCING, SELF-ISOLATION, 
HAND HYGIENE AND ALL OF THOSE 
MEASURES.
BECAUSE THE FATE OF ALL OF 
THOSE POSSIBILITIES OF 
SCENARIOS ARE IN OUR HANDS.
>> THANK YOU, DOCTOR.
OPERATOR, NEXT QUESTION?
>> Caller: MELANIE MAQUIE.
THANK YOU.
>> Reporter: I WAS WONDERING, 
DO YOU THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA 
TO RELEASE THESE PROJECTIONS, 
THESE NUMBERS?
ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THE 
IDEA?
>> THAT'S AN EXTREMELY GOOD 
QUESTION.
I THINK WE ALL WANT TO BRING 
CANADIANS ALONG TO AN 
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE'RE 
PLANNING FOR DIFFERENT 
SCENARIOS, BUT I THINK THAT IT 
IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE
THAT THE PUBLIC ACTUALLY 
UNDERSTANDS WHAT MODELS ARE FOR
AND WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
SO I THINK FOR ANY OTHERS THAT 
ARE LOOKING AT RELEASING SOME 
OF THESE PROJECTIONS IN THE 
COMING DAYS, IT IS VERY 
IMPORTANT FOR US TO EXPLAIN 
THESE AS WELL AS WE CAN SO THAT
PEOPLE DO NOT THINK THAT, YOU 
KNOW, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO 
HAPPEN TOMORROW?
THESE ARE NOT THE CRYSTAL 
BALLS, THESE ARE SCENARIOS 
LOOKING FORWARD TO PLANNING 
PURPOSES, AND THEY NEED TO BE 
ADJUSTED ACCORDING TO SOME OF 
THE REAL-TIME INFORMATION THAT 
WE HAVE.
SO I THINK IT'S A 
RESPONSIBILITY THAT I THINK WE 
NEED TO ALL TAKE VERY 
SERIOUSLY, THOSE OF US WHO ARE 
RELEASING THAT KIND OF DATA.
>> Reporter: SO JUST TO FOLLOW 
UP, IS THAT MORE OF A YES THAN 
A NO?
AND AS A REAL FOLLOW UP, WITH 
REGARDS TO THE U.S. PUTTING A 
STOP TO THE EXPORTING MASKS -- 
THE 3-M MASKS, HOW BIG OF AN 
IMPACT DOES IT HAVE ON OUR 
SUPPLY?
TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, I DON'T 
KNOW, WERE WE COUNTING ON 50% 
OF THESE MASKS, THESE SHIPMENTS
COMING FROM THE U.S.?
IS IT 50%?
60%?
10%?
JUST GIVE US A BALLPARK FIGURE,
PLEASE. 
>> YEAH.
JUST TO FINISH YOUR FIRST 
QUESTION, SCENARIOS, THAT'S 
WHAT THEY ARE.
AND I THINK IT'S REASONABLE TO 
PLAN ON WORST CASE SNARE JOES 
JOES 
 -- SCENARIOS AND LOOK AT WHERE
THEY TAKE YOU.
BUT IT'S ALSO REASONABLE TO 
LOOK AT LONG-TERM AND PREPARE 
FOR NEAR TERM SCENARIOS, AS 
WELL.
SO THE RANGE OF LOOKING AT 
LONG-TERM TO NEAR TERM 
SCENARIOS IS A PRACTICAL ONE, 
AND IT'S A USEFUL PRACTICE.
SO IN TERMS OF THE SECOND 
QUESTION, I KNOW THAT I'M 
PROBABLY NOT THE BEST PERSON TO
LOOK AT ALL THE MOVING PARTS 
AND THE LOGISTICS, BUT WE CAN 
CERTAINLY GET BACK TO EVERYONE.
BUT I THINK JUST TO STRESS THAT
THE GLOBAL SUPPLY OF PERSONAL 
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT IS, YOU 
KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF STRESS 
RELATED TO OUR SYSTEM.
EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AT P.P.E., 
SO WE'RE PULLING OUT ALL STOPS.
I THINK ACQUISITION LINES WILL 
CHANGE EVERY DAY IN A VERY 
DYNAMIC MANNER.
SO AS TO WHAT PROPORTION THIS 
PARTICULAR SHIPMENT OR SOURCE, 
THAT WILL, I AM ABSOLUTELY 
CERTAIN, CHANGES IN A VERY 
DYNAMIC WAY.
>> THANK YOU.
ONE MORE QUESTION ON THE PHONE,
AND THEN, WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS 
IN THE ROOM.
>> Caller: THANK YOU.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM 
MARIKA WALSH FROM THE GLOBE AND
MAIL.
YOUR LINE IS NOW OPEN.
GO AHEAD. 
>> Reporter: HI.
THANK YOU, DR. TAM.
I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN SAY 
SPECIFICALLY IF WHAT WE SAW 
RELEASED FROM ONTARIO IS 
REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT THE 
MODELS SHOW ACROSS CANADA, AND 
IF IT'S IN THE WIRE ON THE LOW 
SIDE OR THE HIGH SIDE?
>> I DON'T THINK IT'S AN 
OUTLIER, IT'S A RANGE OF 
SCENARIOS.
SO LOOKING AT DIFFERENT ATTACK 
RATES AND DIFFERENT IMPACTS, I 
THINK, IS DEFINITELY A VERY 
REASONABLE APPROACH.
WE DO INPUT, OF COURSE, 
COLLECTIVELY THE RANGE OF 
SERIOUS ILLNESSES, FOR EXAMPLE,
AND DEATHS ON A REAL-TIME 
BASIS, AS WELL, BUT THOSE 
PARAMETRES ACTUALLY CHANGE 
QUITE A BIT WITH TIME, SO I 
THINK ALL MODELERS OR 
JURISDICTIONS RELEASING DATA 
RIGHT NOW KNOW THOSE WOULD 
CHANGE. 
>> Reporter: AND FOLLOWING UP, 
ON THE U.S. BAN ON MEDICAL 
SUPPLIES AND EXPORTED TO 
CANADA, WHAT IMPACT DOES THAT 
HAVE ON OUR ALREADY DWINDLING 
SUPPLIES?
>> I CAN'T ANSWER THAT SPECIFIC
QUESTION IN TERMS OF THE U.S. 
PIECE BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS 
STILL BEING WORKED OUT, AND I 
THINK I WILL LEAVE THAT TO OUR 
MINISTERS.
BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT MULTIPLE 
STREAMS OF SUPPLY AS WELL AS 
DOMESTIC OVER TIME, AND THAT'S 
A VERY DYNAMIC SITUATION.
BUT I THINK IT'S A COLLECTIVE 
DECISION TO LOOK AT ALLOCATION,
AS WELL, AND HOW WE DO THAT ON 
A REAL-TIME BASIS.
THANK YOU.
LET'S START IN THE ROOM.
CTV. 
>> THANK YOU.
DR. TAM, WE'VE ASKED YOU A 
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ABOUT 
MASKS.
WHY PEOPLE TOUCH THEIR FACE 
MORE, WHY THEY'RE NOT EFFECTIVE
IF THEY DON'T FIT RIGHT.
YESTERDAY, WE HEARD FROM THE 
C.D.C. AND THE UNITED STATES IS
RECOMMENDING PEOPLE WEAR MASKS 
WHEN THEY GO OUTSIDE.
WHAT'S YOUR OPINION ON THAT?
>> I REMEMBER YOUR QUESTION A 
FEW DAYS AGO.
WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THIS 
VIRUS THAT'S ONLY BEEN WITH US 
SINCE JANUARY, AND WE, LIKE THE
UNITED STATES IS LOOKING AT THE
LATEST RECOMMENDATIONS AND 
SPECIFICATIONS RIGHT NOW.
SO AS I SAID LAST TIME I WAS AT
THIS BRIEFING, AND CERTAINLY, 
WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE 
GUIDANCE -- MANY DIFFERENT 
GUIDANCE, ACTUALLY, NOT JUST 
WHETHER PEOPLE SHOULD BE 
WEARING MASKS IN PUBLIC.
FROM THE PUBLIC WEARING OF 
MASKS PERSPECTIVE, OUR KEY 
MESSAGE IS THAT WE NEED TO 
RESERVE MEDICAL MASKS FOR 
HEALTH CARE WORKERS, AND WE 
JUST TALKED ABOUT THE FACT 
THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THIS 
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT 
IS IN SCARCE SITUATION, AND WE 
NEED TO PRIORITIZE PEOPLE 
LOOKING AFTER THE SICK.
AND THEN, I WOULD SAY MY NEXT 
STRONG MESSAGE IS THERE ARE 
THINGS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT 
THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO, HAND 
WASHING, HYGIENE, ETC.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT 
PEOPLE SHOULD DO IS COVER YOUR 
COUGH AND NOT SPREAD THINGS TO 
OTHERS BY PRACTICING COUGH 
ETIQUETTE.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IN TERMS
OF THE NEW SCIENCE IS PEOPLE 
ARE LOOKING AT IT JUST BEFORE 
THEY GET SICK.
IF THAT'S THE CASE, HAVING SOME
COVERING PROTECTS YOU -- WELL, 
REALLY, IT PREVENTS YOU FROM 
TRANSMITTING YOUR DROPLETS TO 
OTHERS.
SO IT'S AN ADDITIONAL BARRIER 
ON TOP OF ALL THE OTHER THINGS 
THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING.
SO I THINK THAT WHAT WE'RE 
SAYING IS THAT IF PEOPLE USE 
COVERINGS THAT ARE HOMEMADE AND
NOT THE MEDICAL MASKS, THEN WE 
WOULD PRIVATE INFORMATION ON 
HOW YOU DO -- PROVIDED 
INFORMATION ON HOW YOU DO THAT 
PROPERLY.
>> FOLLOW UP?
>> Reporter: IF I'M LEAVING 
THIS PRESS AFTER TALKING TO 
YOU, SHOULD I FASHION SOME 
MASK, SHOULD I HAVE SOMETHING 
ON MY FACE TO COVER UP?
>> WELL, I THINK DEPENDING ON 
THE SITUATION, AS WELL, IS 
WHETHER YOU CAN DO SOCIAL 
DISTANCING.
I THINK THAT'S ONE THING YOU 
CAN EVALUATE.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE IN 
PUBLIC TRANSIT, AND YOU CANNOT 
PRACTICE THE TWO METRES, FOR 
EXAMPLE, THEN HAVING THAT 
ADDITIONAL COVERING OR COVERING
UP YOUR COUGH IS A GOOD IDEA.
SO IF YOU CAN MAINTAIN THAT 
TWO-METRE DISTANCE, THEN THAT 
IS WHAT YOU SHOULD DO.
I THINK HAVING AN ADDITIONAL 
COVER, BARRIER BETWEEN YOURSELF
AND OTHERS, THAT IS AN 
ADDITIONAL THING TO DO, BUT I 
THINK WE ARE ACTUALLY REVIEWING
THE SCIENCE RIGHT NOW, SO WE 
WILL HAVE MORE RECOMMENDATIONS 
IN THE COMING DAYS.
>> THANK YOU, DOCTOR.
ASHLEY FROM CBC NEWS.
>> Reporter: WHAT SUPPLIES, 
BESIDES N95s, DOES CANADA GET 
FROM THE U.S. THAT ARE ACTUALLY
NEEDED IN THIS PANDEMIC?
>> I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GET 
BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
I KNOW A WHOLE RANGE OF 
SUPPLIES, A WHOLE RANGE OF 
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, AND SOME 
LABORATORY SUPPLIES, SO I'M NOT
LEARNED IN THE LOGISTICS ON 
OTHER SUPPLIES, SO I'M GOING TO
HAVE TO GET BACK ON THAT TO 
YOU.
>> Reporter: IF THIS EXECUTIVE 
ORDER HAPPENS TO IMPACT WORKERS
AND MEDICATIONS COMING ACROSS 
THE BORDER, COULD THAT AFFECT 
CANADA, AND WHAT'S YOUR 
POSITION ON THIS?
>> WELL, ONE, THERE'S NO PROVEN
TREATMENT FOR COVID-19, BUT WE 
COULD HAVE CLINICAL SITES, AND 
I THINK TO ENABLE THOSE TRIALS 
IS VERY IMPORTANT AND GETTING 
SUPPLIES FOR THAT.
SO IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING 
THAT WE ARE WORKING ON.
BUT HEALTH CANADA ACTUALLY HAS 
A -- IS MONITORING THE SUPPLIES
OF ALL ESSENTIAL MEDICINES AND 
DRUGS, AS WELL, VERY CLOSELY, 
AND SO IF THERE'S ANY SIGNS 
THAT CERTAIN MEDICATIONS ARE 
IMPORTANT FOR CANADIANS IS 
IMPACTED, THEN SPECIFIC ACTIONS
WILL BE TAKEN TO LOOK AT HOW WE
CAN GET THAT SUPPLY FROM THE 
ORIGINAL SOURCE OR FROM OTHER 
SOURCES.
[Please stand by]
>> CURRENTLY WE DO NOT HAVE
THOSE NUMBERS.
THEN PERHAPS I CAN REFORM LATEFE
THAT.
WE ALWAYS NEED PPE AND WE NEED
IT NOW.
IT'S AN ONGOING ISSUE.
WE KNOW WE'RE DEALING WITH A
GLOBAL MARKET.
THERE IS A LOT OF COMPETITION IN
TERMS OF OBTAINING THIS CRITICAL
EQUIPMENT.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS
WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE
PROVINCES AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S A
GOOD THING FOR CANADA TO GET
BULK ORDERS.
AND WE ALSO USE A FORMULA TO
DISTRIBUTE IS ALLOCATE THIS
EQUIPMENT TO THE PROVINCES, BUT
THAT REALLY IS THE WAY TEAM
CANADA WORKS.
>> ON THE NUMBER OF ICU BEDS WE
MIGHT NEED, DO WE KNOW RIGHT NOW
IN CANADA HOW MANY ICU ARE
AVAILABLE AND HOW MANY ICU WE
COULD RAISE THE LIMIT TO AND IF
THAT WILL BE ENOUGH IF WE HIT
HIGH PEAK?
>> SO THE PROVINCE AND
TERRITORIES ARE MOST IN TUNE
WITH THE CAPACITY OF
AVAILABILITY ON ANY GIVEN
MOMENT, BUT WHAT I WOULD BE ABLE
TO TELL YOU IS THAT THE NUMBER
OF CASES, THE SERIOUS CASES THAT
WE HAVE IS FAR WITHIN THE
CAPACITY OF CANADA TO COPE WITH
THE OUTBREAK RIGHT NOW.
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING PROVINCES
DOING WITH THESE PROJECTIONS IS
TO PLAN FOR MUCH WORSE CASE
SCENARIOS.
SO THEY ARE PLANNING FOR THAT
AND THEY HAVE, ESSENTIALLY,
CANCELED ELECTIVE SURGERIES, ET
CETERA, SO THERE ARE BEDS
AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.
IN SOME JURISDICTIONS, THERE AT
CAPACITY BUT IT'S A SITUATION
THE PROVINCES CAN ADDRESS.
AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, WE CAN
ONLY LOOK AT IN CRUDE WAYS THE
TOTAL NUMBER OF ICU BEDS IN
CANADA AND THEN I CAN LOOK AT
THE NUMBERS IN ICU AND I KNOW
THAT CANADA HAS A MUCH BIGGER
CAPACITY FOR ICU BEDS THAN THE
NUMBER OF CASES RIGHT NOW, BUT
THAT COULD CHANGE, WHICH IS WHY
WE WANT CANADIANS TO DO
EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO REDUCE
THE HEALTH IMPACT AND REDUCE THE
IMPACT ON OUR HOSPITALS.
>> MAYBE IF YOU COULD ADD TO
THAT, IT'S HYPOTHETICAL IN TERMS
OF THE ICU BEDS AND VENTILATORS
THAT WE MAY NEED AND I THINK
NOTHING IS CAST IN STONE AND
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY TO ALL
CANADIANS, YOU HAVE TO DO YOUR
PART.
IF WE'RE TRYING TO FLATTEN THE
CURVE, IT'S NOT EXCEEDING, IN
THIS CASE ICU CAPACITY.
SO GIVEN THE TRANSMISSION AND
PROPAGATION, WHAT WE'RE SAYING
IS THAT, OK, HYPOTHETICALLY,
OVER TIME, THERE MAY BE A
THOUSAND PEOPLE IN A GIVEN AREA
THAT MIGHT NEED ICU CARE AND
VENTILATORS AND THERE'S A
DIFFERENCE IF THOSE 1,000 PEOPLE
END UP IN THE HOSPITAL, IN THE
SAME WEEK, AS OPPOSED TO BEING
SPREAD OUT OVER SEVERAL WEEKS
AND MONTHS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT,
SLOWING DOWN THE CURVE AND IN
THE WORST OR BEST CASE SCENARIO,
THE THOUSAND PEOPLE WILL SPREAD
OUT AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
LOOKING AT AND CERTAIN DR. TAM
AND I ARE WORKING WITH OUR
COUNTERPARTS AND HOW BEST TO
INCREASE THE CAPACITY SO THAT WE
DO HAVE THAT SURGE CAPACITY.
THE FACT THAT HOSPITALS ACROSS
CANADA ARE DELAYING OR STOPPING
ELECTIVE SURGERY AND PULLING IN
RETIRED PHYSICIANS TO MAKE SURE
CANADIANS DO HAVE ACCESS TO THE
CARE THEY NEED.
THANK YOU.
>> LET'S GO TO THE TELEPHONE
NOW.
>> THANK YOU.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> YES, FROM PRESS CANADA.
Mr. NYOO, ARE YOU SAYING YOU
DON'T KNOW THE KIND OF MASKS
WE'LL BE RECEIVING AND HOW
THAT'S ALLOCATED?
ANSWER, AS I SAID, WE KNOW THAT
THIS IS A VERY FLUID SITUATION.
EVERYONE, INCLUDING THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND THE PROVINCES ARE
ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND WE'RE
DOING THE BEST WE CAN TO OBTAIN
THE MASKS WE NEED.
WE NEED MEDICAL MASKS AND
PERSONAL EQUIPMENT.
WE'VE SEEN WHAT'S HAPPENING IN
THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER
COUNTRIES.
IT'S A GLOBAL CHALLENGE AND
WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN.
NOW, AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE
SAID WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH
INDUSTRY IN CANADA BECAUSE AT
SOME POINT IN TIME, NOT
NECESSARILY NOW, BUT PERHAPS A
FEW WEEKS OR MONTHS, WE WHERE
GOING TO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO
MANUFACTURE ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT
HERE.
BUT FOR NOW, THE SITUATION IS
CONSTANTLY CHANGING AND I CAN'T
GIVE YOU EXACT NUMBERS.
FOLLOWUP --
>> REPEAT IN ENGLISH SAYING,
YES, WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH
OUR COUNTERPARTS IN THE PROBLEMS
PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES.
WITH PERSONAL EQUIPMENT AND 95
MASKS IS A LIVE SITUATION, IT'S
FLUID AND THE GLOBAL MARKET IS
VERY COMPETITIVE.
WE KNOW WHAT OTHER COUNTRIES ARE
DOING.
WE'VE HEARD WHAT'S HAPPENING IN
THE UNITED STATES AND WE'RE
DOING OUR BEST EFFORTS, AND
THAT'S NOT JUST THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, BUT IT'S WORKING IN
CONCERT WITH THE PROVINCE AND
TERRITORIES, TO GET THE
NECESSARY EQUIPMENT WE NEED FOR
OUR FRONT-LINE HEALTHCARE
WORKERS AND THAT'S PRIORITY
NUMBER ONE.
AND WE'RE PULLING OUT ALL OF THE
STOPS, AS THEY SAY.
THE OTHER PART, AND THIS IS NOT
SOMETHING THAT WILL HAPPEN TODAY
BUT IN SEVERAL WEEKS, MONTHS, IS
THAT WE'RE RAMPING UP AND
LOOKING AT OUR DOMESTIC
CAPACITY.
DOWN THE ROAD, WHAT WE HOPE TO
DO IS HAVE DOMESTIC CAPACITY TO
MANUFACTURE AND MAKE THE TYPE OF
ESSENTIAL MEDICAL EQUIPMENT HERE
IN CANADA SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE
TO, QUOTE, RELY ON THE GLOBAL
MARKET.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE
LOOKING AT IN THE LONG-TERM.
BUT FOR THE MOMENT, IT'S
DIFFICULT TO GIVE YOU EXACT
NUMBERS BECAUSE THE SITUATION IS
SO DYNAMIC AND FLUID.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, DR. NJOO.
>> FOLLOWUP.
>> THANK YOU, SO WHILE WE'RE
WAITING TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT IN
A FEW WEEKS AND MONTHS AND GIVEN
WE CAN'T NECESSARILY DEPEND ON
THE UNITED STATES, WHICH
COUNTRIES DO YOU THINK WE CAN
REQUEST THIS EQUIPMENT FROM?
WILL WE HAVE TO RELY ON CHINA OR
ARE THERE OTHER COUNTRIES THAT
WILL ABLE TO SUPPLY THE MATERIAL
WE NEED?
ANSWER, WELL, I DON'T THINK I'M
NECESSARILY IN A POSITION TO
COMMENT ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH
THE UNITED STATES.
THE PRIME MINISTER HAS SAID THAT
IT'S AN ONGOING ISSUE.
IT'S NOT THAT THE MARKET IS
CLOSED.
THE PRIME MINISTER AND ALL OTHER
PREMIERS AND LEADERS ARE HAVING
VERY PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS
WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN THE
UNITED STATES IN ORDER TO ENSURE
THAT THE FLOW OF GOODS AND
SERVICES CONTINUES.
 AND CONTINUES
TO CROSS THE BORDER WITH THE
UNITED STATES IN BOTH
DIRECTIONS.
NOW AT A TECHNICAL LEVEL, AS
WELL AS A POLITICAL LEVEL, WE
ARE ALWAYS READY TO ENGAGE IN
CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNTRIES
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN WITH
ALL AND ANY COUNTRIES,
POTENTIALLY, ANY COUNTRY THAT
MAYBE BE A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF
ESSENTIAL MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FOR
CANADA.
>> LET'S GO BACK IN THE ROOM.
McKENZIE?
>> EITHER ONE OF YOU CAN ANSWER
THIS.
YOU MENTIONED, DR. TAM,
SPECIFICALLY, ABOUT RELIGIOUS
HOLIDAYS.
AND LET'S SAY MY MOTHER CALLS ME
UP AND ASKS TO COME TO DINNER,
WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO
CANADIANS RIGHT NOW FOR PEOPLE
WANTING TO GATHER IN BIG GROUPS?
IS EASTER CANCELED?
WHAT'S YOUR ADVICE?
>> I DID COMMUNICATE WITH
RELIGIOUS LEADERS, AS WELL, TO
GAIN SUPPORTS TO HELP MAINTAIN
PHYSICAL DISTANCING WHILE
CONTINUING THE CONNECTIONS THAT
YOU NEED, SOCIAL CONNECTIONS.
SO WE ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO
CONNECT IN A MORE VIRTUAL WAY.
I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE KEY
ASPECTS.
BUT OUR RECOMMENDATION IS NO
NONESSENTIAL GATHERINGS AND MOST
PROVINCES HAVE VERY KEY
RECOMMENDATIONS ON GATHERINGS
AND ANYTHING LESS THAN FIVE TO
15.
BUT AGAIN, EVEN A SMALL
GATHERING IS A MATTER OF
MAINTAINING SOCIAL DISTANCE FOR
THE HYGIENIC PRACTISES.
>> ON A PERSONAL NOTE, YES, WE
ARE PLANNING FOR EASTER IN MY
FAMILY.
MY TWO BOYS ARE IN MONTREAL, IN
QUEBEC, AND WE HAVE FAMILY ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER.
WE'RE PLANNING A VIRTUAL EASTER.
WE'LL FIGURE OUT A TIMING AND
SET UP A WEBCAM AND TOAST EACH
OTHER AND CELEBRATE VIRTUALLY
AND THAT'S MY PERSONAL
SITUATION.
>> DR. TAM, ON TESTING, I JUST
WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING THIS
HAS BEEN ASKED.
I WENT ON THE PUBLIC WEBSITES
AND TOOK A LOOK AT THE PEOPLE
QUALIFIED TO GET A TEST RIGHT
NOW IF YOU'RE SHOWING SYMPTOMS.
ONE GROUP IS MISSING IS
NONESSENTIAL WORKERS WHO HAVE
NOT TRAVELED BUT SHOWING
SYMPTOMS.
PEOPLE SHOWING SYMPTOMS BUT NO
PREVIOUS HISTORY OF TRAVEL, THE
RESPONSE YOU'VE BASICALLY GIVEN
US IS THAT THE PRIORITY HAS
GIVEN TO TRAVELERS.
IT'S BEEN TWO WEEKS SINCE CANADA
HAS CLOSED ITS BORDERS AND THE
NUMBER OF TRAVELERS COMING BACK
IS LIMITED.
ARE YOU CONSIDERING CHANGING THE
GUIDELINES WITH PEOPLE WHO DON'T
HAVE A TRAVEL HISTORY BUT ARE
SHOWING SYMPTOMS TO BE TESTED?
>> SO THE KEY RECOMMENDATION FOR
PEOPLE WITH MILD SYMPTOMS IS TO
STAY HOME AND YOU CAN ALSO USE
SOME OF THE APPS THAT ARE ON THE
DIFFERENT WEBSITES, CERTAINLY ON
THE CORONAVIRUS.CA TO DETERMINE
IF YOU SHOULD SEEK FURTHER
ATTENTION FROM PUBLIC HEALTH OR
FROM MEDICAL ADVICE.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HELP
PEOPLE DECIDE WHETHER THEY NEED
TO PRESENT OR NOT FOR FURTHER
TESTING.
AND SO YOUR QUESTION IS AN
IMPORTANT ONE IN THAT IF YOU
LOOKED AT THE RATE OF OUR LAB
TESTING, OVER 95% OF THE TESTS
THAT WE RUN ARE ON PEOPLE WHO
DON'T HAVE THE VIRUS.
SO WE ARE TESTING A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE
THE VIRUS AND I THINK THAT'S
ACTUALLY VERY REASONABLE FOR
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE TRYING TO
DETECT IF THEY HAVE COMMUNITY
TRANSMISSION OR NOT.
AND THAT CAN BE DONE IN
DIFFERENT WAYS IN TERMS OF A
SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM.
BUT I STILL THINK IF YOUR
OBJECTIVE IS TO DETECT IF THE
VIRUS IS IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND
IF THERE'S ANY COMMUNITY
TRANSMISSION, IT'S STILL REALLY
IMPORTANT TO TEST THE PEOPLE WHO
ARE SEVERELY ILL, HOSPITALIZED
AND THEN THE PEOPLE LIKE
HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND THOSE
VARIOUS SPECIFIC SITUATIONS.
WHAT WE'RE ASKING ALL CANADIANS
TO DO IS TO STAY HOME.
SO THAT TEST ITSELF DOESN'T
CHANGE THAT RECOMMENDATION.
SO I THINK THAT'S THE OTHER WAY
OF LOOKING AT IT.
WILL THAT TEST CHANGE WHAT
HAPPENS TO YOU IN TERMS OF YOUR
HEALTH MANAGEMENT?
AND RIGHT NOW, IT WOULD NOT.
SO EVERYONE WHO IS EVEN MILDLY
SICK SHOULD BE STAYING AT HOME
AND DEFINITELY DISTANCING
THEMSELVES FROM OTHERS.
>> I THINK WE'RE RUNNING SHORT
ON TIME.
ASHLEY, THE LAST QUESTION.
>> CAN I JUST FINISH ONE THING?
I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF
OUR EFFORTS AND LOOKING AT THE
ANTIBODY TESTS IN THE COMING
DAYS.
LATER ON, IF YOU WANT TO DETECT
THE LEVEL OF IMMUNITY IN A
POPULATION, BECAUSE PEOPLE
HAVEN'T BEEN TESTED, THEY'VE ALL
BEEN STAYING HOME, THAT'S A
DIFFERENT KIND OF STUDY.
THAT'S A LAYERED APPROACH TO
DETERMINE WHAT EXACTLY IS
HAPPENING WITH THE OUTBREAK IN
OUR COMMUNITIES.
>> CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE STOCKPILE OF MEDICINE
WE HAVE?
I KNOW THERE ISN'T A TREATMENT
FOR COVID-19, BUT I KNOW THERE'S
PAIN MANAGEMENT BEING USED.
CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE
STOCKPILE AND IF WE HAVE ENOUGH
IN CANADA RIGHT NOW TO TREAT
PEOPLE?
>> SO I THINK SUPPLY OF
MEDICATION IS SOMETHING THAT HAS
TO BE MONITORED IN REAL-TIME.
AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, HEALTH
CANADA COORDINATES AND REQUESTS
MANUFACTURERS TO TELL THEM IF
THINGS ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY SO
THESE ARE THE REGULAR SYSTEMS
THAT WE HAVE.
AT THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF
GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE WHO LOOK
AFTER THE HEALTH SYSTEMS, AND I
THINK AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, WE
WOULD FIND EVERYTHING WE CAN TO
GET THOSE SUPPLIES IN.
THERE'S MANY MECHANISMS FROM THE
REGULATORY PERSPECTIVE IN
GETTING MEDICINE AND SOME OF
THEM MAY NOT BE LICENSED IN
CANADA, BUT CAN BE COMING
THROUGH EMERGENCY USE.
AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, I WANT TO
BE VERY CLEAR THAT OUR STOCKPILE
IS A VERY, VERY SPECIFIC ONE
THAT IS TARGETED TOWARDS VERY
UNUSUAL PATHOGENS LIKE SMALLPOX
AND IT IS THE PROVISIONAL
JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE
MAINTAINED THOSE SUPPLIES OF
REGULAR MEDICATIONS AND IN OUR
PHARMACEUTICAL SYSTEM.
SO I JUST DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO
GET THE WRONG IMPRESSION THAT
THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY STRATEGIC
STOCKPILE IS WHERE THE MEDICINES
ARE, BUT WE HAVE A WAY OF
MONITORING EVERYTHING THAT THE
CANADIANS NEED AND MANY OTHER
DEPARTMENTS CAN HELP IN MAKING
SURE WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED.
>> YOU'RE IN CONSTANT
COMMUNICATION WITH THE PROVINCES
AND TERRITORIES AND THEIR
MEDICAL OFFICERS OF HEALTH
THERE.
HAVE ANY FLAGGED TO YOU THEY
COULD BE FACING A SHORTAGE OF
THESE TYPES OF MEDICINES?
>> I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION
THAT HEALTH CANADA MIGHT BE
BETTER TO ANSWER.
BUT SO FAR, I THINK PEOPLE ARE
FLAGGING MEDICATIONS AND OTHERS
WHERE WE HAVE TO KEEP A CLOSE
EYE ON SUPPLY.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> THANK YOU, THAT ENDS THE
PRESS CONFERENCE.
>> WE'VE BEEN LISTENING TO
DR. THERESA TAM AND DR. NJOO,
THE HEALTH OFFICIALS IN THIS
COUNTRY, FOCUSING ON A FEDERAL
ISSUE, THE SUPPLY OF PERSONAL
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, ESSENTIAL
MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR HEALTHCARE
WORKERS IN THIS COUNTRY, THE
KIND OF STUFF THAT THEY NEED TO
TREAT PATIENTS WHO ARE SUFFERING
FROM COVID-19.
IN PARTICULAR, THEY FOCUSED ON
N95 MASKS, THE MASKS THAT THE
HEALTHCARE WORKERS WEAR, KEEPING
OUT 95% OF THE PARTICLES THAT
COULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE SPREAD
OF THE CHIROPRACTORS.
LAST NIGHT PRESIDENT TRUMP,
SOUTH OF THE BORDER, ISSUED AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT EFFECTIVELY
TRYING TO BLOCK THE EXPORT OF
THOSE MASKS FROM A COMPANY
CALLED 3M AND THEY SUPPLY A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MASKS.
WE COULD NOT FIND OUT FROM THAT
PRESS CONFERENCE AND ALTHOUGH
THE HEALTH OFFICIALS AND PRIME
MINISTER WAS ASKED HOW MANY
MASKS EXACTLY HOW MANY CANADA
GETS FROM 3M, HOW BIG OF A
SUPPLY IT IS, COMPARED TO OUR
OTHER PLACES THAT WE SOURCE
THOSE MASKS.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE HEARD
POLITICIANS OFTEN USE AND THOSE
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY IT
IS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF A
SUPPLY.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE EXACT
NUMBER.
I WANT TO GET ANALYSIS RIGHT
AWAY ON WHERE THIS IS ALL HEADED
AND FOR THAT I'M JOINED BY SARAH
GOLDFETTER AT THE ERNSCLIFF
CANADA GROUP AND SCOTTIE
GREENWOOD.
GOOD TO SEE YOU BOTH.
>> HELLO.
>> HI.
>> SARAH, YOU'VE BEEN HELPING ME
BEHIND THE SCENES UNDERSTANDING
THE GENESIS OF WHAT THE
PRESIDENT HAS ORDERED AND CAN
YOU HELP OUR VIEWERS UNDERSTAND
WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS DICTATING
RIGHT NOW IN.
>> THE DEFENSE PROTECTION ACT IS
AN ACT THAT THE PRESIDENT
ENACTED AWHILE BACK TO HELP
DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF KEY ITEMS
THAT WOULD BE NEEDED IN THE
RESPONSE TO THIS CRISIS AND SO
IT'S A WAR-TIME PIECE OF
LEGISLATION THAT WAS REALLY
CONSTRUCTED TO ENSURE THAT THE
UNITED STATES HAD EVERYTHING THE
UNITED STATES NEEDED IN CASE OF
A WAR, WHICH IS WHAT THIS IS
BEING PRESENTED AS, QUITE
FREQUENTLY IN THE EVENING
BRIEFINGS BY THE WHITE HOUSE.
HE'S CALLED HIMSELF A WAR-TIME
PRESIDENT AND SEES THIS AS A
WAR-TIME RESPONSE, WHICH IS WHY
HE'S USING A NO-HOLDS BAR
ATTEMPT TO GET ALL OF THE GEAR
AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PIECES
OF EQUIPMENT AND MEDICINES THAT
THE UNITED STATES NEEDS IN ORDER
TO HELP ITS CITIZENS.
IT'S NOT UNHEARD OF AND NOT THE
ONLY COUNTRY THAT'S KIND OF
TAKEN THE SAME KIND OF STEPS.
THE EU HAS DONE THIS, AS WELL,
CHINA HAS DONE THIS, AS WELL.
TAIWAN, JAPAN, KOREA, THEY ALL
DID SIMILAR ACTIONS TO TRY TO
PUSH BACK AGAINST THE LOSS OF
RESOURCES AT THE PEAK OF THE
EPIDEMIC IN THEIR COUNTRIES AND
THIS IS PART OF THE ATTEMPT BY
THE UNITED STATES.
THIS REQUIRES ALL COMPANIES,
COMPANIES OPERATING IN THE
UNITED STATES, IF THEY'RE
PRODUCING ITEMS DEEMED CRITICAL
TO THIS RESPONSE, IT REQUIRES
THEM TO FILL FEDERAL ORDERS
FIRST.
>> SCOTTIE, THE FEDERAL
MESSAGE FROM THEPRIME MINISTER D
I'M PARAPHRASING HERE, BUT SARAH
IS EXACTLY RIGHT, ALL OF THE
OTHER COUNTRIES ARE DOING THAT.
I THINK THE MESSAGE THEY'RE
TRYING TO SEND IS CANADA ISN'T
ALL THOSE OTHER COUNTRY.
WE HEARD MAYOR DILKINS GO OVER
THE HEALTHCARE PROGRAM, HOW
EFFECTIVE MIGHT THAT MESSAGE BE
WHEN THE PRIME MINISTER IS
TALKING TO THE PRESIDENT, HE
SAYS, THIS THE COMING DAYS?
>> WELL, IT HAS THE BENEFIT OF
BEING TRUE.
SO THE ECONOMIC INTERDEPENDENCE
AND THE LIVES OF OUR COUNTRIES
ARE REAL INTERTWINED.
THERE IS A SUBSEQUENT MEMORANDUM
OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN CANADA
AND THE UNITED STATES CALLED THE
CANADA-U.S. DEFENSE PRODUCTION
SHARING AGREEMENT, IN WHICH IT
SAYS WHATEVER WE DO, WHATEVER
THE RESPONSE IS, WE SHOULD
APPROACH IT BILATERALLY.
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY
APPROPRIATE HERE.
THIS CRISIS DOESN'T KNOW
BOUNDARIES, OR BORDERS.
THE SOLUTION WILL NOT KNOW
BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND
CANADA.
WHENEVER THE VACCINE AND
TREATMENTS COME, IT COULD EASILY
BE A LAB SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE
WORLD AND WE HAVE TO HAVE
PATTERNS OF WORKING WITH EACH
OTHER AND WE HAVE TO HAVE TRUST
BETWEEN EACH OTHER SO THAT WE
CAN CONFRONT THIS TOGETHER AND
VASSY, YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT
THE INPUTS FROM THE PAPERMILLS
AND THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF
REASONS WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER
ON THIS AND NOT TURN INWARD.
>> LET ME ASK YOU, SARAH, TO TO
WHAT DEGREE DO YOU THINK THAT
MESSAGE WILL RESONATE WITH THE
PRESIDENT?
AS YOU HIGHLIGHTED, EVERY NIGHT
HE AND OTHER OFFICIALS ARE
COMING OUT AND CONVEYING THE
IDEA THAT THIS IS WAR-TIME.
THE PRESSURE ON THAT
ADMINISTRATION TO FULFILL THE
NEEDS OF STATES WHEN IT COMES TO
SUPPLY IS IMMENSE RIGHT NOW.
>> RIGHT.
AND SO WHILE I THINK WHAT SCOTTY
BRINGS UP IS 100% CORRECT.
IT'S REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT TO
UNSCRAMBLE THE EGG HERE FOR THE
UNITED STATES AND CANADA SUPPLY
CHAINS, ESPECIALLY AS IT
PERTAINS TO SOME OF THIS
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
THE REALITY IS THAT THE UNITED
STATES HAS ACTED IN THE UNITED
STATES' BEST INTERESTS BEFORE IN
WAYS THAT IT DOES NOT
NECESSARILY BENEFIT CANADA.
WE CAN THINK MOST RECENTLY TO
THE 232 TERRORISTS AND THERE
HAVE BEEN THINGS THE PRESIDENT
HAS DONE RECENTLY THAT SHOW HE'S
VIEWING THIS DIFFERENTLY, I
THINK, THAN NECESSARILY A TRADE
RELATIONSHIP OR EVEN THE CLOSE
BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP THAT THE
UNITED STATES AND CANADA HAVE.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE OVERTURE HE
MADE TO KIRABACK WHICH IS A
GERMAN COMPANY AND THERE IS
PRECEDENT AROUND THE WORLD WHEN
THE AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL COMPANY
CREATED THE VACCINE FOR H1N1,
THEIR OWN LAWS MADE IT SO THAT
THE AUSTRALIAN PRODUCERS HAD TO
VACCINATE AUSTRALIANS FIRST.
SO I THINK THERE IS A FEAR THAT
WHATEVER HAPPENS NEXT IN THIS
PANDEMIC, THAT COUNTRIES THAT
COME TO SOLUTIONS FIRST WILL
TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN PEOPLE
FIRST AND ONLY THEN WILL LOOK
OUTSIDE THEIR BORDERS.
WE UNDERSTAND THEY ARE
FACILITATING A LOT OF COMPANIES
ENGAGING IN FURTHER DOMESTIC
PRODUCTION OF THE PPE AND THE
EQUIPMENT THAT WILL BE REQUIRED
HERE AND I THINK THAT'S WISE.
BECAUSE I THINK DESPITE THE
BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP, CANADA
NEEDS TO ENSURE THAT CANADIANS
WILL BE SERVICED AND GET ALL OF
THE EQUIPMENT THEY NEED.
>> SCOTTY, I HAVE A MINUTE LEFT
AND I WANTED TO TOUCH ON WHAT WE
ALSO HEARD FROM THE PRIME
MINISTER AND FROM MY COLLEAGUE,
KATY TELEFORD, VERY SIGNIFICANT
ADVISER TO THE PRIME MINISTER,
WILL LEAN ON HER CONNECTIONS
WITH JARED KUSHNER.
>> AROUND THE SCENES, BEHIND THE
SCENES, EVERYBODY HAS TO ENGAGE
IN EVERY LEVEL AND CANADA'S
AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES,
AMBASSADOR HILLMAN, KNOWS A LOT
ABOUT HOW THIS WILL WORK AND I
THINK THAT IS INCREDIBLY GOOD
SHE IS HERE.
BUT KATY REACHING OUT TO JARED
KUSHNER WILL COME IN HANDY, AS
WELL MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AND
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND
GOVERNORS, PREMIERS.
ALL OF THESE THINGS NEED TO BE
BROUGHT TO BEAR IN ORDER TO GET
THROUGH THIS AND TO REMIND THE
UNITED STATES THAT EVEN IF WE
ARE IN WAR-TIME FOOTING, AS WE
HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST, THAT THE
ANSWER IS AT LEAST FROM A
CANADA-U.S. POINT OF VIEW TO
CONFRONT THE CHALLENGE TOGETHER
AND I THINK THAT MESSAGE WILL
RESONATE.
I THINK IT HAS TO RESONATE.
>> OK, I'LL LEAVE IT THERE.
THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU AND
WISHING THE BEST TO BOTH OF YOU.
WE WANT MORE INFORMATION ON
THOSE MASKS AND WHILE THEY'RE
CRUCIAL TO HEALTHCARE WORKERS
AND WE'RE JOINED BY FAMILY
PHYSICIAN DR. PETER LIN WHO IS
IN TORONTO.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
HELP US TO UNDERSTAND THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN N95 MASKS
AND, FOR EXAMPLE, SURGICAL
MASKS.
THESE ARE THE MASKS, THE N95
THAT THE PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO
BLOCK CANADA FROM GETTING RIGHT
NOW.
>> SO THE N95 MASKS ARE FITTED
SO THEY DO A SPECIAL TEST WHERE
THEY PUT A BAG AROUND THE YOUR
HEAD AND THEY PUT IN CHEMICALS
THAT YOU CAN SMELL.
THAT WILL STOP 95% OF THE VIRAL
PARTICLES AND VERY IMPORTANT FOR
PEOPLE CLOSE TO THE PATIENTS
THAT HAVE COVID-19 BECAUSE THERE
ARE A LOT OF VIRAL PARTICLES
SITTING THERE.
FOR THE NORMAL SURGICAL MASK,
THOSE ARE LEAKY AND HELPFUL IN
OTHER SITUATIONS, BUT THE N95 IS
CRUCIAL FOR PEOPLE LOOKING AT
PATIENTS THAT HAVE COVID-19.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE ABOUT 500
PLUS PATIENTS IN HOSPITAL
SITUATIONS THAT WILL REQUIRE
THAT KIND OF A LEVEL OF
PROTECTION.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE SUPPLY OF IT?
IT'S HARD FOR US TO ASCERTAIN
BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON THE
PROVINCE, HOW MANY OF THOSE
MASKS, REALLY, HEALTHCARE
WORKERS NEED?
WHAT DO YOU HEAR FROM YOUR
COLLEAGUES ABOUT THE POTENTIAL
FOR A SHORTAGE?
>> THERE IS RATIONING ALREADY
AND THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENED
BEFORE ANY OF THIS SITUATION
HAPPENED WITH THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
BECAUSE THE HOSPITALS WERE
REALIZING THAT WE CAN'T AFFORD
ALL OF THE MASKS TOSSED AWAY
BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME IN EACH
SITUATION WHEN YOU GO FROM ONE
PATIENT TO ANOTHER PATIENT, YOU
HAVE TO GET RID OF EVERYTHING.
SO THAT'S WHY IN THE BEGINNING,
THEY SAID WE NEED TO KEEP THESE
MASKS SO THAT YOU GET TWO PER
SHIFT AND THEY WERE LIMITING IT
ONLY BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO MAKE
SURE THERE WAS ENOUGH SUPPLIES
FLOATING AROUND.
BUT LEARNING FROM ITALY, WHAT
THEY KEEP TELLING EVERYBODY IS
TO LOCATE ALL OF THE COVID-19
PATIENTS IN ONE LOCATION.
WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY PUSHED
EVERYBODY INTO ONE HOSPITAL,
EVENTUALLY.
AT FIRST, IT WAS ALL OVER THE
PLACE SO YOU MIGHT HAVE A
PATIENT HERE AND A PATIENT HERE
WHICH MEANS THAT ANYBODY THAT
GOES INTO THAT ROOM HAS TO GOWN
AND DISGOWN AND GET RID OF
EVERYTHING.
IF YOU KEEP EVERYBODY TOGETHER,
THEN BASICALLY THE DOCTORS AND
NURSES AND ALL OF THE HEALTHCARE
PERSONNEL CAN WEAR THE SAME
GOWN, THE SAME MASK IS LOOK
AFTER MANY PEOPLE AT THE SAME
TIME.
LET'S SAY THERE'S TEN PEOPLE IN
ONE AREA, THEY CAN LOOK AFTER
ALL TEN PEOPLE AND DON'T HAVE TO
KEEP CHANGING THINGS AND WE CAN
DECREASE THE NUMBER OF PERSONAL
EQUIPMENT WE GO THROUGH.
SO THE ITALIAN EXPERIENCE IS TO
CLUMP EVERYBODY TOGETHER SO THAT
WAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO KEEP
CHANGING YOUR PERSONAL
EQUIPMENT.
>> APPRECIATE YOUR EXPERTISE, AS
ALWAYS, DR. LIN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> DR. PETER LIN, FROM TORONTO.
THE NEWS FROM THE UNITED STATES
THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
ATTEMPTING TO STOP 3M FROM
EXPORTING N95 MASKS TO THIS
COUNTRY.
WE WERE UNABLE TO FIND OUT FROM
THE PRIME MINISTER HOW MANY OF
THOSE MASKS THAT MEANS.
BUT HE DOES PROMISE THAT OTHER
MASKS FROM CHINA ARE ON THEIR
WAY TO THIS COUNTRY.
IN FACT, MILLIONS, HE SAID, VIA
A CHARTERED FLIGHT AND THERE ARE
MORE TO COME AND DOES INSIST
MANY OF THE MASKS ARE HEADED
STRAIGHT TO QUEBEC.
WE KNOW FROM THE PREMIER OF THAT
PROVINCE THAT THE NEED THERE IS
IMMENSE.
THEY MIGHT RUN OUT IN THE NEXT
EIGHT DAYS, HE SAYS.
THAT DOES IT FOR OUR COVERAGE.
UP NEXT, MICHAEL SERAPIO
CONTINUES ON "CBC NEWS NETWORK."
STAY WITH US.
♪ ♪
Oh!
So fancy, and real towels!
Those actually stay here.
Ah.
Yeah.
[chuckling]
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