CAPITAL.
I'M ROSEMARY BARTON.
GLAD YOU'RE JOINING US ON THE 
CBC NEWS APP AND CBC NEWS.
WE ARE STANDING BY FOR THE PRIME
MINISTER'S DAILY UPDATE ON THE 
FEDERAL RESPONSE TO THE 
PANDEMIC.
JUSTIN TRUDEAU WILL BE SPEAKING 
JUST A DAY AFTER HIS GOVERNMENT 
UNVEILED BILLIONS MORE DOLLARS 
FOR BUSINESSES TO TRY TO KEEP 
CANADIANS WORKING.
WE COULD BE HEARING MORE DETAILS
ABOUT THIS RESCUE PACKAGE TODAY 
AS OTTAWA RUSHES TO NOT ONLY 
PROTECT CANADIANS' HEALTH, BUT 
THE CANADIAN ECONOMY DURING THIS
UNPRECEDENTED SHUTDOWN.
THAT OF COURSE IS THE DOOR, THE 
PRIME MINISTER'S FRONT DOOR 
WHERE WE'RE EXPECTING HIM TO 
COME OUT IN 15 MINUTES' TIME.
A COUPLE OF MESSAGES TO TELL YOU
ABOUT THIS MORNING.
I'LL BRING IN MY COLLEAGUE, 
VASSY KAPELOS, WHO IS JOINING ME
ON SATURDAY, PRETTY SURE IT'S 
SATURDAY, VASSY -- OH, A LITTLE 
PROBLEM.
THERE WE GO.
SO THERE IS A CRUISE SHIP.
I WANTED TO GIVE THIS UPDATE.
THERE IS A CRUISE SHIP THAT IS 
STRANDED, HOLLAND AMERICA CRUISE
SHIP OFF THE COAST OF PANAMA, 
THAT IS NOT ALLOWED TO DOCK.
WE'VE HAD A LITTLE UPDATE FROM 
THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
WHO SAYS THAT HE HAS BEEN IN 
CONTACT NOW WITH HIS COUNTERPART
IN PANAMA, THAT MEDICAL SUPPLIES
ARE MAKING THEIR WAY ONTO THE 
SHIP.
THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE 
ARE ABOUT 248 CANADIANS STUCK ON
THE SHIP AND FOUR PASSENGERS 
HAVE NOW DIED.
IT'S A STRANGE SITUATION.
THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DOCK.
THEY'RE STUCK ON THE CRUISE 
SHIP.
WE KNOW CRUISE SHIPS HAVE BECOME
REAL PROBLEMS OBVIOUSLY FOR THE 
VIRUS AND TRYING TO CONTAIN A 
VIRUS ON BOARD A CRUISE SHIP, 
BUT THAT'S THE LATEST UPDATE 
FROM THE MINISTER ON THAT CRUISE
SHIP.
THERE ARE NEW REPATRIATION 
FLIGHTS THAT HAVE BEEN 
SCHEDULED.
HAITI, HONDURAS AND ECUADOR.
AND PERU AT LEAST TWO MORE 
FLIGHTS STARTING MID NEXT WEEK.
JUST WANTED TO GIVE PEOPLE -- 
BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE 
TUNING IN AROUND THE WORLD WHO 
ARE WAITING FOR INFORMATION ON 
THINGS THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS 
DOING TO GET THEM BACK.
LET ME BRING IN VASSY.
I THINK WE'RE MOSTLY EXPECTING 
TO HEAR THE PRIME MINISTER 
REALLY TRY AND REINFORCE, FIRST 
OF ALL, THE MESSAGE, HEY, YEAH, 
IT'S THE WEEKEND BUT THAT 
DOESN'T MEAN YOU GET TO GO OUT.
THIS IS THE NEW NORMAL AND IT'S 
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WHAT 
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE 
TELLING AND HAVE BEEN TELLING 
US.
>> Vassy: EXACTLY.
I THINK TODAY IS ON OPPORTUNITY 
FOR THE PRIME MINISTER TO DRIVE 
HOME THAT MESSAGE AS WELL AS THE
MESSAGES THAT TARGET THE ECONOMY
THAT WE HEARD, BECAUSE WE'VE 
BEEN WATCHING ALL WEEK, BUT 
THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF PEOPLE 
WHO ARE WORKING.
OBVIOUSLY, NOT THE MAJORITY, BUT
LEAVING THEIR HOUSE TO WORK.
SO THE INTENTION BEHIND THIS 
MORNING'S COMMUNICATION MY 
UNDERSTANDING IS TO REITERATE 
WHAT WE'VE BEEN LISTENING TO ALL
WEEK FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN AT
WORK DURING THE WEEK.
THE MAIN MESSAGE ONLINE THE 
PUBLIC HEALTH -- ON THE PUBLIC 
HEALTH FRONT, STAY HOME.
DON'T THINK YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR 
HOUSE IF YOU HAVE TRAVELLED.
THERE ARE NEW RULES IN PLACE AND
LAWS IF YOU DON'T COMPLY WITH 
THE ORDER FROM THE GOVERNMENT, 
IF YOU'RE RETURNING FROM ABROAD 
AND YOU'VE CROSSED INTO CANADA'S
BORDERS, TO SELF-ISOLATE FOR 14 
DAYS.
THAT'S A REALLY PARTICULAR 
MESSAGE THAT YOU WILL HEAR FROM 
THE PRIME MINISTER TODAY.
WE'VE HEARD IT EVERY SINGLE DAY 
THIS WEEK AND WE CAN EXPECT TO 
CONTINUE HEARING IT.
THE OTHER MESSAGE AS YOU POINTED
OUT, IS AROUND THE ECONOMY, TWO 
BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS.
MASSIVE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
THE FIRST DIRECTED TO PEOPLE WHO
FIND THEMSELVES OUT OF WORK OR 
UNABLE TO GO TO WORK OR TAKE 
HOME A PAYCHEQUE BECAUSE OF 
COVID-19.
SO A BIG $107 BILLION PACKAGE.
$52 BILLION DIRECTLY IN AID.
CERB, AN EMERGENCY BENEFIT THAT 
SHOULD BECOME AVAILABLE.
IN YOUR POCKET $2,000 A MONTH 
FOR FOUR MONTHS.
A WHOLE HOST OF CANADIANS 
QUALIFY.
THAT MESSAGE WILL BE REITERATED 
AND THEN THE MESSAGE TO THOSE 
WHO WORK FOR OR OPERATE SMALL 
AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES.
A BIG CHANGE FROM THE INITIAL 
ANNOUNCEMENT OF A 10% WAGE 
SUBSIDY TO A 75% WAGE SUBSIDY.
THE DETAILS I'M STILL LOOKING 
FOR, WE MAY NOT GET THEM UNTIL 
MONDAY, THE PRIME MINISTER 
SIGNALLED ON FRIDAY, BUT WE'LL 
PROBABLY HEAR QUESTIONS ABOUT 
THEM TODAY.
IS THERE A CAP ON THAT SUBSIDY?
SO PER EMPLOYER.
THERE WAS ONE FOR THE 10%, 
$25,000 PER EMPLOYER.
IS IT GOING TO BE SIMILAR?
BECAUSE THAT WOULD AFFECT THE 
EFFICACY OF THE WAGE SUBSIDY.
IT WILL LAST THREE MONTHS, BUT 
WHO EXACTLY QUALIFIES?
DOES IT HAVE TO BE INCORPORATED?
THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT 
BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE, BUT THERE 
IS AID ON THE WAY.
AND I THINK THAT MESSAGE AGAIN 
WILL BE REITERATED BY THE PRIME 
MINISTER TO SORT OF DRIVE HOME 
WHAT SOME MAY HAVE MISSED OVER 
THE PAST FEW DAYS.
>> Rosemary: A COUPLE UPDATES ON
THE STATE OF THINGS IN THIS 
COUNTRY AS FAR AS THE PANDEMIC 
GOES.
I WILL POINT OUT THAT THE 
COVID-19 HAS NOW KILLED MORE 
CANADIANS THAN SARS DID.
SARS BACK IN 2003 KILLED 44 
CANADIANS.
WE'RE NOW AT 55.
OF COURSE, COVID-19, MUCH MORE 
EASILY SPREAD AMONGST PEOPLE, SO
THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE 
CONCERNS AND THAT IS WHY TESTING
IS RAMPING UP.
WHAT PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS 
CONTINUE TO SAY AS WELL AS STAY 
HOME, NEARLY HALF OF THE CASES 
ARE CAUSED BY COMMUNITY SPREAD.
IN SPITE OF THAT, THERE HAVE 
BEEN A COUPLE OF HOPEFUL NOTES 
IN ONTARIO.
WE'VE SEEN A TREND, AT LEAST ON 
FRIDAY WHERE THE COUNT -- THE 
NUMBER OF CASES IS DOWN WHICH IS
THE FIRST DIP IN DAILY CASE 
GROWTH SEEN IN WEEKS.
THAT, TO ME, INDICATES THAT THE 
THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING AND
THE MESSAGE THAT OFFICIALS ARE 
SENDING SEEM TO BE WORKING.
AT LEAST THERE ARE SOME GLIMMERS
THAT IT IS.
VASSY, I'M GOING TO GET YOU 
STAND BY.
VASSY KAPELOS, HOST OF "POWER 
AND POLITICS".
LET'S GO TO BRITISH COLUMBIA 
BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE 
PROVINCES WHERE IT DOES SEEM 
THERE IS A TINY BIT OF POSITIVE 
NEWS.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT WHEN WE
CAN GET IT.
IT'S EARLY DAYS.
HEALTH OFFICIALS WARNING THAT 
PHYSICAL DISTANCING, THOUGH, 
SEEMS TO BE WARNING, SEEMS TO BE
SLOWING THE SPREAD OF COVID-19.
>> I'M STARTING TO SEE SOME 
GLIMMERS OF HOPE, IF WE WILL, 
THAT WE'VE FLATTENED OUT, OUR 
INCREASE OUR TRAJECTORY HAS 
LEVELLED OFF A BIT.
WE NEED TO SEE THAT CONTINUE AND
IDEALLY WE WANT TO SEE IT GO 
DOWN.
>> Rosemary: THAT WAS B.C.'S 
HEALTH OFFICER BONNIE HENRY 
SPEAKING YESTERDAY.
EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS HOPEFUL, SHE
DID WARN THAT THE PROVINCE ISN'T
OUT OF THE WOODS JUST YET.
FOR MORE OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN 
B.C., I WOULD IMAGINE WHAT NO 
ONE WANTS TO DO IS PULL BACK ON 
THE MEASURES THAT ARE HAPPENING 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IN B.C.
BUT TELL ME HOW THEY'RE READING 
THIS AND WHAT THEY'RE TELLING 
PEOPLE IN VANCOUVER.
>> Reporter: YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
THE MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNMENT,
THEY DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO 
BECOME X-RAYS NLT.
THIS IS -- COMPLACENT.
NOBODY SHOULD STOP PHYSICAL 
DISTANCING.
IN FACT, WE NEED TO BE 100% 
COMMITTED TO THAT.
THAT'S WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE 
HEALTH MINISTER ADRIAN DIX, AS 
WELL AS BONNIE HENRY A SECOND 
AGO.
YESTERDAY, THAT BRIEFING WAS A 
MUCH ANTICIPATED B.C. BRIEFING.
THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MODELLING 
THAT HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN 
LOOKING AT, LOOKING AT DATA HERE
IN B.C. AND COMPARING IT TO 
HUBEI AND NORTHERN ITALY.
FROM WHAT YOU HEARD THERE, THERE
IS A SIGN OF HOPE.
BASED ON THE DATA SO FAR IT 
LOOKS LIKE THERE DOES SEEM TO BE
SIGNS OF SHOWING THERE IS A BIT 
OF A FLATTENING OF THE CURVE, OR
FALLING OFF OF THE CURVE AS DR. 
BONNIE HENRY SAYS.
SO SOME OF THE PHYSICAL 
DISTANCING MEASURES WE 
IMPLEMENTED ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO,
THEY SEEM TO SHOW SIGNS THEY'RE 
WORKING.
SHE CAN'T SAY THAT DEFINITIVELY,
BUT THEY MAY BE WORKING.
SO SOME OF THE DATA SHE'S 
LOOKING AT.
SO IF WE HAD NOT IMPLEMENTED 
THOSE MEASURES, WE SHOULD BE 
EXPECTING A 24% INCREASE IN 
DAILY NEW CASES AND WHAT WE'RE 
SEEING RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT 12%.
SO THE EXACT NUMBER SHE GAVE WAS
215 CASES PER MILLION PEOPLE 
COMPARED TO 130 CASES PER 
MILLION PEOPLE.
THOSE RATES BOTH LOWER THAN 
HUBEI, LOWER THAN NORTHERN 
ITALY, BUT THEY COULD CHANGE OF 
COURSE IF WE HAVE A SUDDEN 
OUTBREAK AT A CARE HOME OR 
REMOTE COMMUNITY WHERE THERE ARE
FEWER RESOURCES.
PART OF THE BRIEFING -- 
>> Rosemary: YOU GO AHEAD.
>> Reporter: OKAY.
I WAS ALSO GOING TO TALK ABOUT 
HOSPITAL BEDS AND VENTILATORS 
BECAUSE THAT WAS THE BIG PIECE 
OF THE BRIEFING.
ARE WE PREPARED?
AND HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY WE'RE 
REASONABLY PREPARED.
PART OF THE PREPARATION WAS MET 
BY BEING ABLE TO CANCEL 
NON-ESSENTIAL SURGERIES, THAT 
FREED UP 3900 HOSPITAL BEDS.
EVEN IF WE REACH HUBEI LEVELS OF
THE OUTBREAK, WE SHOULD HAVE 
ENOUGH HOSPITAL BEDS.
ON THE VENTILATOR FRONT, EVEN IF
WE REACHED NORTHERN ITALY 
LEVELS, WE SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH 
VENTILATORS FOR EVERYBODY.
THERE ARE 1200 IN B.C., MORE ON 
ORDER, BUT OF COURSE EVERYONE IS
TRYING TO BUY MORE VENTILATORS 
AT THIS POINT.
WE'RE REASONABLY PREPARED.
THE MOST EQUIPPED AREAS, THE 
LOWER MAINLAND, SO OBVIOUSLY 
HERE IN VANCOUVER AND ALSO IF 
YOU HEAD OUT TOWARDS THE NORTH, 
THAT IS WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO 
SEE THE FEWEST EQUIPMENT.
AND THEY'RE ALSO EXPECTING 
HIGHER LEVELS OF HOSPITALIZATION
IF YOU HEAD INTO THE INTERIOR 
WHERE THERE IS HIGHER POPULATION
AND OLDER DEMOGRAPHIC.
>> Rosemary: WE'LL TAKE THOSE 
LITTLE BITS OF HOPE WHERE WE CAN
GET THEM.
PART OF THIS IS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE
CALLING PHYSICAL DISTANCING.
REALLY STAYING AWAY FROM GETTING
CLOSE TO PEOPLE AND MAKING SURE 
THOSE RULES ARE FOLLOWED.
IN LONDON, ONTARIO, THEY HAVE 
SET UP A TIP-LINE FOR RESIDENTS 
TO CALL IN IF THEY SPOT PEOPLE 
BREAKING PROTOCOL.
THE ACTING MAYOR, ED HOLDER IS 
SELF-ISOLATING AFTER A TRIP TO 
THE UNITED STATES, GOOD TO SEE 
YOU THERE, JESSIE.
WHAT IS THE IDEA BEHIND THE 
TIP-LINE.
>> AND WHY DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO
USE IT?
>> WELL, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT 
WE'RE FOLLOWING THE ADVICE OF 
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS AND 
CERTAINLY WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE 
RESPONDING OVERALL VERY WELL.
USUALLY WE HAVE A BIG FESTIVITY 
AROUND ST. PATRICK'S DAY, BUT 
THEY SHUT DOWN THE PARTY.
WE ARE SEEING PEOPLE CONCERNED.
THEY'RE HEARING THE MESSAGE FROM
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS TO KEEP 
APART.
AND WHEN THEY'RE SEEING PEOPLE 
THEY THINK ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE
ADVICE, THEY'RE CALLING IN.
UP UNTIL RECENTLY THEY WERE 
CALLING 911.
WE WANT TO DISCOURAGE THAT.
WE WANT THEM TO CALL THE 
APPROPRIATE PEOPLE.
WE SET UP A PHONE NUMBER AND 
E-MAIL ADDRESS TO LET THEM DO 
THAT AND IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING 
SO FAR.
>> Rosemary: WHAT HAPPENS?
YOU SEE PEOPLE WALKING ON THE 
STREET?
WHAT IS THE FOLLOW-UP AND THE 
CONSEQUENCE?
>> SO THE FIRST PART IS REALLY 
TO DIVERT THE CALLS AWAY FROM 
911 BECAUSE IN ADDITION TO WHAT 
IS HAPPENING WITH COVID-19, WE 
HAVE OTHER THINGS HAPPENING IN 
THE COMMUNITIES, WE WANT TO KEEP
THE LINES CLEAR.
SO THIS WAY WE CAN IDENTIFY IF 
THERE IS AN ISSUE, FOR EXAMPLE, 
IN A PARTICULAR PLAYGROUND WHERE
WE HAVE PEOPLE CONSTANTLY TRYING
TO USE THE EQUIPMENT EVEN THOUGH
IT'S CLOSED.
WE CAN INCREASE SIGNAGE, SEND A 
STAFF PEOPLE OUT THERE AND I 
THINK EDUCATION IS THE FIRST 
MESSAGE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE 
UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE PHYSICAL 
DISTANCING TO REINFORCE THAT 
MESSAGING AND THAT'S WHAT'S 
HAPPENING SO FAR.
>> Rosemary: SO IT'S MORE ABOUT 
KEEPING PEOPLE AWARE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE DON'T NEED VIGILANTISM AS 
WELL, WE ARE TRYING TO REINFORCE
THE MESSAGE.
WE'VE SEEN DOZENS OF PHONE CALLS
COME IN AND HUNDREDS OF E-MAILS.
AND A LOT OF IT IS CONNECTING 
THEM TO THE APPROPRIATE 
INFORMATION.
IF WE CAN REINFORCE IT ON IT 
THOSE SITES, WE'RE TAKING THOSE 
MEASURES NOW.
>> Rosemary: BECAUSE I KNOW THE 
MAYOR, ED HOLDER A LITTLE BIT, 
HE'S JUST SELF-ISOLATING AS A 
PRECAUTION?
>> HE IS.
HE WAS ABROAD IN THE U.S. WHEN 
ALL THIS HAPPENED.
SO HE CAME HOME AS SOON AS HE 
COULD.
HE HAS BEEN ISOLATING AND WILL 
BE COMING OUT, I THINK, ON 
TUESDAY.
SO ED IS DOING WELL AND THANK 
YOU FOR ASKING.
>> Rosemary: I WISH YOU ALL 
WELL.
STAY HEALTHY AND GOOD LUCK 
KEEPING EVERYBODY DOING THE 
RIGHT THING.
I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
JESSE HELL MER, ACTING MAYOR.
I'LL BRING BACK IN VASSY 
KAPELOS.
THERE IS ENCOURAGING NEWS.
I THINK ONE OF THE -- I SAID 
AGAIN BECAUSE IT'S THE WEEKEND, 
BECAUSE PEOPLE SEE LITTLE SIGNS 
THAT THE FLATTENING OF THE CURVE
IS WORKING, THAT THE PHYSICAL 
DISTANCING IS WORKING, THE WORST
THING TO DO RIGHT NOW WOULD BE 
TO TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE GAS, 
IF YOU WILL, AND THINK YOU CAN 
CHANGE YOUR BEHAVIOR.
IT DOES NOT.
IN QUÉBEC YESTERDAY WE SAW 10 
DEATHS IN ONE DAY.
IN PART BECAUSE SPRING BREAK 
THERE HAPPENED A LITTLE BIT 
AHEAD OF TIME COMPARED TO OTHER 
PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
SO I IMAGINE WE'LL HEAR MORE OF 
THAT FROM THE PRIME MINISTER.
>> Vassy: YEAH, I IMAGINE, TOO.
AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD
POINT TO UNDERLINE AND ONE WE 
CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM PUBLIC 
HEALTH OFFICIALS IN PRETTY MUCH 
EVERY PROVINCE.
EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THAT GLIMMER
OF HOPE THROUGH THE MODELLING, 
IT'S MODELLING BASED ON PHYSICAL
DISTANCING THAT IS TAKING PLACE 
RIGHT NOW, MEASURES THAT ARE IN 
PLACE RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU WERE TO TAKE YOUR FOOT 
OFF THE BRAKE AND TAKE THAT AS A
SIGN TO RELAX, THAT WOULD CHANGE
THE FORECAST, THAT WOULD CHANGE 
THE MODELLING AND THUS BECOME 
NOT AS SUCCESSFUL OR ABLE TO 
PREVENT THE INCREASE IN CASES OR
THE HIGHER INCREASE -- THE 
BIGGER JUMP IN CASES.
SO I THINK, AND WE HAVE HEARD 
THIS CONTINUALLY FROM THOSE 
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS, THERE 
IS A LAG, RIGHT?
THERE IS A TIME WHERE YOU'RE 
DOING THIS STUFF AND PHYSICAL 
DISTANCING AND YOUR STORES ARE 
CLOSED AND ABOUT 10 DAYS TO TWO 
WEEKS AFTER YOU'VE HAD THAT IN 
PLACE FOR A LITTLE BIT, YOU 
MIGHT START TO SEE SOME 
ENCOURAGING THINGS ON THE CURVE.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE AREN'T 
NEW CASES.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN 
STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT 
THERE IS THAT SORT OF SLIDE 
DOWN, THAT PROVES WHAT WE'RE 
DOING IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
I THINK THAT IS WHY WE KEEP 
HEARING ALL THE QUESTIONS TOWARD
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS ABOUT 
TIMELINE.
EVERYBODY SITTING AT HOME IS 
WONDERING HOW LONG DO WE HAVE TO
LIVE THIS WAY?
IT'S TOO HARD.
THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO KNOW AT THIS
POINT WHAT THE EXACT NUMBER OF 
DAYS IS, BUT WE ARE STARTING TO 
SEE SIGNS WHAT WE'RE DOING IS 
BEGINNING TO WORK AND THAT 
MESSAGE WILL BE REITERATED.
>> Rosemary: HERE HE IS NOW.
THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA ON 
THIS SATURDAY WITH HIS BRIEFING.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: USUALLY A TIME WHERE WE
GET TO GET TOGETHER WITH 
FRIENDS, SPEND TIME WITH THE 
KIDS, FAMILY.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS ANOTHER 
DIFFERENT SATURDAY AS WE'VE HAD 
OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS.
WE NEED YOU TO CONTINUE TO STAY 
HOME.
WE NEED YOU TO CONTINUE TO DO 
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO FLATTEN THE
CURVE.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE SACRIFICES 
WE'RE ALL MAKING, BUT IT'S 
BEGINNING TO WORK.
WE SEE PROMISING NEWS OUT OF 
B.C. THAT OVER THE PAST COUPLE 
OF WEEKS THE MEASURES TAKEN IN 
PLACE BY SO MANY CANADIANS, THE 
CHOICES THAT CANADIANS HAVE 
MADE, HAVE HAD AN IMPACT ON THE 
OVERALL NUMBERS, BUT WE NEED TO 
KEEP IT UP.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO WHAT 
IS NECESSARY TO PREVENT THE 
SPREAD OF COVID-19, WHICH MEANS 
CONTINUING SOCIAL DISTANCING, 
CONTINUING TO NOT GO OUT UNLESS 
YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO, 
CONTINUING TO THINK ABOUT CARING
FOR EACH OTHER, THINKING ABOUT 
PROTECTING EACH OTHER AND 
THINKING ABOUT PROTECTING OUR 
HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND THOSE 
ESSENTIAL WORKERS WHO ARE DOING 
SUCH EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE TO 
KEEP THINGS GOING, TO KEEP US 
SAFE AT THE SAME TIME.
[Speaking French]
>> Translator: THIS IS THE 
RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE ALL HAVE 
TO STAY HOME AND TO DO 
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PREVENT ANY
EXTENSION OF THIS PANDEMIC OR IT
HURTING OTHER PEOPLE.
HERE ON THIS BEAUTIFUL SATURDAY,
WE SHOULD ALL BE STAYING HOME IN
ISOLATION AND NOT BE TAKING ANY 
STEPS THAT MIGHT PUT IN DANGER 
OUR HEALTH CARE WORKERS OR OUR 
LOVED ONES.
BUT AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN 
ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO STAY HOME,
PARTICULARLY IF THEY HAVE 
SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: PARTICULARLY, IF YOU 
FEEL THE ONSET OF SYMPTOMS, A 
COLD, COVID-19, YOU NEED TO STAY
HOME.
YOU NEED TO ISOLATE.
YOU NEED TO NOT TRAVEL.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THAT,
BUT I CAN ENHANCE THAT WE HAVE 
FORMALIZED SOME OF THE DOMESTIC 
TRAVEL RULES.
AS OF MONDAY AT NOON, PEOPLE 
SHOWING ANY SIGNS WHATSOEVER OF 
COVID-19 WILL BE DENIED BOARDING
ON ALL DOMESTIC FLIGHTS AND 
INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAINS.
[Speaking French]
>> Translator: TODAY I'M 
ANNOUNCING THAT TRANSPORT CANADA
HAS INTRODUCED NEW RULES FOR 
TRAVEL.
OBVIOUSLY WE'VE BEEN SAYING FOR 
A LONG TIME THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY
SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19, YOU MUST 
NOT TRAVEL, YOU MUST STAY HOME.
BUT STARTING NOW, OR RATHER 
STARTING ON MONDAY AT NOON, IF 
PEOPLE TRY TO TRAVEL BY PLANE OR
THROUGH DOMESTIC MEANS OR BY 
TRAIN, THEY WILL NOT BE ALLOWED 
TO BOARD IF THEY HAVE ANY 
SYMPTOMS WHATSOEVER OF COVID-19.
WE MUST CONTINUE TO KEEP A SAFE 
DISTANCE FROM EACH OTHER.
WE MUST CONTINUE TO PROTECT 
OURSELVES AND WE MUST CONTINUE 
TO MAKE THE RESPONSIBLE 
DECISIONS.
AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE 
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF 
CANADIANS WHO ARE DOING 
PRECISELY THAT.
IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT SO THAT
WE CAN ALL STAY SAFE AND SO THAT
WE CAN ENSURE THAT WHEN THIS 
CRISIS IS OVER, WE CAN GO BACK 
TO A NORMAL LIFE AND CONTINUE TO
HAVE A PROSPEROUS AND HEALTHY 
COUNTRY.
BUT IT REQUIRES THAT EVERYONE DO
THEIR SHARE NOW.
AND IN THE COMING DAYS AND 
WEEKS.
LAST NIGHT, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
TO DO SOMETHING THAT I LOVE TO 
DO.
I WAS ABLE TO SPEND SOME TIME 
WITH MEMBERS OF MY NEW COUNCIL 
AND FOR ME SPENDING TIME WITH 
OFFSHORE YOUTH COUNCIL, AND FOR 
ME SPENDING TIME WITH THEM, IT'S
GREAT, GIVES ME ENERGY AND HELPS
ME TO REALIZE HOW MUCH YOUNG 
PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED.
I WAS WITH THE MINISTER CHAGGER 
AND TWO PARLIAMENTARY 
SECRETARIES AND WE HAD AN OPEN 
DISCUSSION WITH YOUNG PEOPLE 
FROM THE COUNCIL RIGHT ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: THE CONVERSATION I WAS 
ABLE TO HAVE ON THE PRIME 
MINISTER YOUTH COUNCIL LAST 
NIGHT WERE EXTRAORDINARY.
OBVIOUSLY, LOTS OF QUESTIONS AND
COMMENTS AROUND COVID-19 AND 
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS FROM THE 
NORTH TO INTERNET ACCESS AND 
BROADBAND ACCESS FOR RURAL 
COMMUNITIES.
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT YOUNG 
PEOPLE CAN DO.
QUESTIONS AROUND WHAT THEY CAN 
TELL THEIR FRIENDS WHO ARE DOING
WELL OR NOT DOING WELL.
TALKS, CONVERSATIONS ABOUT 
MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL, BECAUSE 
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A MOMENT OF 
ANXIETY AND STRESS FOR SO MANY 
PEOPLE.
THIS WAS A GREAT CONVERSATION, 
LIKE SO MANY OF THE GREAT 
CONVERSATIONS BEING HAD AMONGST 
CANADIANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY, 
WE'VE BEEN COUNTING ON THEM OVER
THE PAST YEARS TO CONTINUE TO 
STEP UP IN THE FIGHT AGAINST 
CLIMATE CHANGE, IN THE FIGHT 
AGAINST POVERTY AND SUPPORTING A
BETTER WORLD INTERNATIONALLY AND
AT HOME.
AND WE CONTINUE TO NEED YOUNG 
PEOPLE TO BE THAT VEHICLE FOR 
BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE AND 
SHARING MESSAGES.
OBVIOUSLY, YOUNG PEOPLE, LIKE 
EVERY GENERATION, ARE CHAFING AT
THE BIT IN TERMS OF HAVING TO BE
SELF-ISOLATED, PARTICULARLY AT A
TIME WHEN WE TELL OUR YOUNG 
PEOPLE, AT AN AGE WE SAY NOW IS 
THE TIME TO GO OUT AND DISCOVER 
THE WORLD, WHETHER IT'S WITH A 
BACKPACK OR IN A LABORATORY, 
MAKE NEW DISCOVERIES, CHALLENGE 
YOURSELVES, CHALLENGE THE WORLD 
AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT THEIR 
PLANS FOR THE SPRING AND THEIR 
SUMMER JOBS AND THEY'RE 
REALIZING THAT THERE IS A 
MASSIVE ANXIETY AND MASSIVE 
UNCERTAINTY OUT THERE.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE 
POWERLESS.
DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE POWERLESS.
ON THE CONTRARY, THIS GENERATION
OF YOUNG PEOPLE IS SO COMMITTED 
AND ENGAGED TO CREATING A BETTER
WORLD THAT WE NEED YOU TO KEEP 
LEADING THE WAY YOU ARE.
WE NEED YOU TO SHARE YOUR 
MESSAGES WITH FRIENDS.
WE NEED YOU TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE.
WE NEED YOU TO BE CHALLENGING 
AND DISCOVERING THE WORLD IN 
VIRTUAL WAYS.
THERE ARE WAYS THAT YOU CAN 
CONTINUE TO SHAPE THE FUTURE WE 
ALL LIVE IN EVERY SINGLE DAY, 
NOT JUST WITH YOUR CHOICES, BUT 
WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THAT'S 
WHAT WE NEED.
[Speaking French]
>> Translator: WE NEED OUR YOUNG
PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE 
THE WORLD, TO CONTINUE TO PUSH 
PEOPLE TO DO WHAT IS RESPONSIBLE
AND TO WANT TO BE THE LEADERS 
THAT WE NEED.
AND DURING THESE TIMES OF 
CRISIS, WE NEED THAT EVEN MORE.
SO I'M COUNTING ON YOU AND I 
KNOW THAT THE PRESENT AND THE 
FUTURE ARE IN VERY GOOD HANDS 
WITH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
WE ARE GOING TO BE THERE FOR 
YOU.
AS YOUNG PEOPLE, WE KNOW THERE 
ARE MANY OUT THERE WHO MAY NOT 
FEEL QUALIFIED FOR THE EMERGENCY
BENEFIT, OTHERS WILL BE 
SUPPORTED THROUGH THEIR 
BUSINESSES IF THEY WORK 
PART-TIME AS A RESULT OF THE 
ASSISTANCE WE'RE PROVIDING.
BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIND 
OTHER WAYS TO ENSURE THAT YOU 
REMAIN CONFIDENT, NOT ONLY ABOUT
THE FUTURE, BUT THE PRESENT AND 
THE FUTURE AS WELL.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: YES, YOUNG PEOPLE WHO 
WILL MANY OF THEM QUALIFY FOR 
THE CERB AND BE HELPED THROUGH 
THE PAYROLL SUBSIDY -- THE WAGE 
SUBSIDY WE'RE CREATING FOR 
BUSINESSES AND BRINGING UP TO 
75%.
BUT THERE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE 
MORE TO DO.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP LISTENING 
AND ENSURING THAT CANADIANS GET 
THROUGH THIS IN THE BEST 
POSSIBLE WAY, BY SUPPORTING THEM
NOW AND ENSURING WE CAN WAR BACK
STRONGER ONCE THIS IS ALL DONE.
THAT'S WHY WE PUT FORWARD BIG 
MEASURES TO HELP BUSINESSES OVER
THE PAST FEW DAYS.
INCREASING THE WAGE SUBSIDY TO 
75% MEANS BUSINESSES ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY ARE NOW REALIZING 
THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP
PEOPLE ON THEIR PAYROLL, KEEP 
THAT RELATIONSHIP GOING BETWEEN 
THEM AND THEIR WORKERS AND EVEN 
REHIRE PEOPLE THEY DIDN'T THINK 
THEY'D BE ABLE TO SUPPORT IN THE
PAST TWO WEEKS.
WE KNOW THAT WHAT WE DO NOW TO 
HOLD THINGS TOGETHER, TO GIVE 
PEOPLE THE ABILITY TO STAY HOME,
TO ISOLATE, TO HOLD THROUGH THIS
DIFFICULT TIME, IS KEY TO HOW WE
WILL COME BACK STRONGER 
AFTERWARDS.
BUT WE NEED TO STICK TOGETHER 
AND WE NEED TO DO IT.
[Speaking French]
>> Translator: WE NEED TO LOOK 
AT EVERYTHING WE CAN DO, EVERY 
ONE OF US, TO COME THROUGH THESE
DIFFICULT TIMES.
AND THAT'S WHY WE PROVIDED 
ASSISTANCE TO SMALL AND MEDIUM 
SIZES BUSINESSES.
WE'RE ALSO FACILITATING ACCESS 
TO CREDIT.
CASH FLOW WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT
FOR PEOPLE THESE DAYS IN ORDER 
TO BORROW MONEY FOR EXAMPLE IF 
THEY NEED, AND WE'VE MADE LOANS 
OF $40,000 AVAILABLE 
INTEREST-FREE FOR THE FIRST 
YEAR, AND YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO 
PAY $10,000 OF THAT IF CERTAIN 
CONDITIONS ARE MET.
SO WE WILL BE WORKING TOGETHER 
TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE 
ABILITY TO COME THROUGH THIS.
OUR PLAN OF $107 BILLION WAS 
PASSED BY PARLIAMENT AND WE ARE 
GOING TO BE STARTING TO DELIVER 
THAT AID TO CANADIANS.
AND CANADIANS ARE ANXIOUS TO 
RECEIVE IT.
BUT WE'RE WORKING AS FAST AS WE 
CAN, AS HARD AS WE CAN TO 
DELIVER THAT TO CANADIANS AS 
SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THIS IS AN UNPRECEDENTED 
SITUATION, BUT THAT'S EXACTLY 
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TOGETHER.
THE CANADA EMERGENCY RESPONSE 
BENEFIT WILL PROVIDE $2,000 
EVERY MONTH FOR THE NEXT FOUR 
MONTHS TO CANADIANS AND I'M 
INVITING YOU NOW TO APPLY ON 
CANADA REVENUE AGENCY SO YOU CAN
APPLY AS SOON AS THE PORTAL IS 
OPEN IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
IF YOU CAN, REGISTER AS WELL 
WITH DIRECT DEPOSIT SO THE MONEY
IS PUT DIRECTLY INTO YOUR BANK 
ACCOUNT.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: THE CANADA EMERGENCY 
RESPONSE BENEFIT WILL GIVE 
PEOPLE $2,000 EVERY MONTH FOR 
THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS TO HELP GET
US THROUGH THIS TIME.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE 
SHOWED INTEREST IN IT ALREADY.
MY RECOMMENDATION TO YOU IS TO 
GO ON THE CANADA REVENUE AGENCY 
SITE AND SIGN UP IN ADVANCE 
THROUGH THE MY ACCOUNT LINKS.
ONCE YOU DO THAT, IN THE COMING 
DAYS WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO START 
ACTUALLY OPENING APPLICATIONS, 
YOU'LL HAVE A HEAD START AND IF 
YOU CAN OPT FOR THE DIRECT 
DEPOSIT OPTION WHICH WILL LET 
YOU GET THIS MONEY INTO YOUR 
BANK ACCOUNTS SOONER AND IS 
SIMPLER FOR EVERYONE AS WELL.
THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS THAT 
WE'RE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
GET THROUGH THIS TOGETHER, BUT 
EVERYTHING WE DO WE NEED TO DO 
TOGETHER.
EVERY SINGLE INDIVIDUAL, EVERY 
SINGLE HOUSEHOLD HAS ITS ROLE TO
PLAY IN MAKING SURE THAT CANADA 
AND CANADIANS DO WELL THROUGH 
THIS.
WE ALSO HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN 
MAKING SURE THAT THE WORLD GETS 
THROUGH THIS, BOTH BY MODELLING 
SOLUTIONS AND DEMONSTRATING WHAT
CAN BE DONE WHEN WE ALL WORK 
TOGETHER.
THIS IS GOING TO BE KEY, 
PARTICULARLY AS PARTS OF THE 
WORLD THAT ARE MUCH MORE 
VULNERABLE ARE BEGINNING TO GET 
HARDER HIT.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET 
THROUGH THIS SO WE CAN HELP 
REBUILD A WORLD IN WHICH PEOPLE 
CAN PROSPER AND EVERYONE HAS A 
REAL AND FAIR CHANCE TO SUCCEED.
I KNOW CANADIANS ARE UP TO THIS 
CHALLENGE.
I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS 
TOGETHER.
[Speaking French]
>> Translator: I HAVE A GREAT 
DEAL OF CONFIDENCE IN CANADIANS 
AND OUR ABILITY TO COME THROUGH 
THIS BECAUSE WE DO WHAT WE 
ALWAYS HAVE TO DO IN THESE 
DIFFICULT TIMES, WE'RE THERE FOR
EACH OTHER.
THANK YOU, AND HAVE A GREAT 
SATURDAY.
>> Reporter: [Speaking French]
>> Reporter: THANK YOU.
[Speaking French]
GOOD MORNING, MR. TRUDEAU.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO HEAR 
ABOUT THE NEW RULES THAT WILL BE
COMING INTO EFFECT BY TRANSPORT 
CANADA.
HAS THIS PROMPTED YOU TO REFLECT
ON TIGHTENING UP THE 
INTERPROVINCIAL BORDERS OR MAYBE
YOU'RE NOT AT THAT STAGE YET?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WE DO RECOGNIZE THERE 
ARE A GREAT MANY CANADIANS WHO 
ARE ALREADY SELF-ISOLATING.
THEY HAVE CHANGED THEIR 
BEHAVIOR.
THEY'RE NO LONGER TRAVELLING AND
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE 
TO DO THAT, ALL OF US.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE RECOGNIZE 
THAT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO 
NEED TO TRAVEL IN ORDER TO 
DELIVER ESSENTIAL GOODS AND 
DELIVER FOOD AND WE WOULD NOT 
LIKE TO TAKE STEPS THAT WE 
ABSOLUTELY DO NOT NEED TO TAKE 
RIGHT NOW.
BUT AS I SAID, WE WILL ALWAYS 
LOOK AT WHAT IS NEEDED AND WE 
WILL TAKE WHATEVER MEASURES ARE 
NECESSARY AT THE RIGHT TIME.
IF THEY BECOME NECESSARY.
BUT FOR NOW, THAT IS NOT 
SOMETHING WE'RE PLANNING TO DO 
IN THE SHORT-TERM.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE ACROSS
THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN DOING AN 
EXCELLENT JOB OF STAYING HOME, 
OF NOT TRAVELLING FOR ANYTHING 
THAT IS NOT ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY
AND WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO 
CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
HOWEVER, THERE IS ESSENTIAL 
TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL THAT IS 
HAPPENING, MERCHANDISE, FOOD 
GETS DELIVERED ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO ENSURE 
THAT IS HAPPENING.
EVERY STEP OF THE WAY WE'RE 
GOING TO LOOK AT WHETHER WE NEED
TO TAKE FURTHER MEASURES TO KEEP
CANADIANS SAFE AND TO KEEP OUR 
ECONOMY ROLLING ON ESSENTIAL 
GOODS.
WE WILL MAKE THOSE DECISIONS AS 
THEY ARE NEEDED TO BE MADE, BUT 
RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT 
CLOSING PROVINCIAL BORDERS.
>> Reporter: [Speaking French]
>> Translator: THERE ARE KNOW 
BIRDS COMING BACK TODAY AND WE 
CAN SEE THEM AND THE SQ HAS TOLD
THEM TO RESPECT THE QUARANTINE, 
BUT THERE IS A LOT OF CONFUSION 
ABOUT PEOPLE COMING BACK AND 
WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
MR. TRUDEAU, WHEN THEY ARRIVE IN
CANADA, ARE THEY ALLOWED TO TAKE
WALKS OR RIDE THEIR BIKE UNDER 
THE QUARANTINE ACT?
WHAT APPLIES TO THEM?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WELL, THE QUARANTINE 
ACT SAYS THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO 
SELF-ISOLATE IF THEY'RE COMING 
BACK FROM TRAVELLING AND THAT IS
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
WE NEED PEOPLE WHO MIGHT HAVE 
BEEN EXPOSED OVERSEAS OR IN 
OTHER COUNTRIES TO NOT TRANSMIT 
COVID-19 TO THE REST OF THE 
POPULATION WHICH IS TRYING TO 
PROTECT ITSELF.
SO WE'RE ASKING EVERYONE TO 
FOLLOW THE RULES AND THE ADVICE 
FROM HEALTH CANADA.
>> Reporter: [Speaking French]
THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING, MR. 
TRUDEAU.
WHY -- WHICH BUSES THAT TRAVEL 
BETWEEN THE PROVINCES ARE NOT 
INCLUDED IN THIS NEW MEASURE?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: [Speaking French]
>> Translator: WELL, TRANSPORT 
CANADA'S MEASURES APPLY TO 
INDUSTRIES THAT ARE WITHIN 
FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITY.
NOW OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE 
INDUSTRIES THAT DO NOT FALL 
WITHIN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S 
PURVIEW AND WE ARE NOW PUTTING 
MEASURES IN PLACE SO THAT PEOPLE
DO NOT TRAVEL IN THEY HAVE 
SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19.
NOW OBVIOUSLY IF PEOPLE HAVE 
SYMPTOMS, WE ASK THEM TO STAY 
HOME BUT AT THIS POINT THEY 
WON'T BE ABLE TO TAKE A PLANE OR
A TRAIN.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WE RECOGNIZE AND HAVE 
TOLD PEOPLE THAT HAVE SYMPTOMS 
THEY NEED TO SELF-ISOLATE, THEY 
NEED TO STAY HOME.
THEY SHOULD NOT TRAVEL.
NOW THERE WILL BE TRANSPORT 
CANADA RULES COMING INTO PLACE 
THAT WILL PREVENT ANYONE 
INDICATING SYMPTOMS TO TRAVEL BY
AIRLINE OR BY TRAIN.
>> Reporter: [Speaking French]
>> Translator: ON ANOTHER 
SUBJECT, ABOUT THE U.S. AND 
CANADA CANADIAN BORDER, WE 
UNDERSTAND THAT THE U.S. IS 
TURNING BACK SOME PEOPLE AT THE 
BORDER TO THEIR NATIVE COUNTRY 
AND I'M WONDERING WHAT YOU THINK
OF THIS?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: [Speaking French]
>> Translator: WELL, WE'RE 
CURRENTLY IN AN UNPRECEDENTED 
SITUATION IN THE HISTORY OF OUR 
COUNTRY AND PERHAPS IN THE 
HISTORY OF THE WORLD AND OUR 
ABILITY TO RESPOND IN ORDER TO 
PROTECT CANADIANS AND PREVENT 
THE SPREAD OF THIS VIRUS ARE BY 
DEFINITION EXCEPTIONAL MEASURES.
WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO 
REFLECT OUR APPROACH AND OUR 
VALUES, BUT WE MUST PROTECT 
CANADIANS DURING THIS DIFFICULT 
TIME AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT 
WE'RE DOING.
>> Reporter: PREMIER KENNEY SAID
YESTERDAY HE'D LIKE TO SEE A 
COORDINATED NORTH AMERICA 
RESPONSE TO OPEC'S ACTIONS TO 
FLOOD THE WORLD WITH OIL.
HE SUGGESTED IDEAS LIKE TARIFFS 
ON SAUDI OIL AND ANTI-DUMPING 
CASE, DO YOU SUPPORT THESE IDEAS
AND SUPPORT THE MORE AGGRESSIVE 
APPROACH TO OPEC'S ACTIONS 
RECENTLY?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE VERY 
CONCERNED WITH OPEC'S DECISIONS 
THAT ARE PUTTING AT RISK THE 
LIVELIHOOD OF PEOPLE AROUND THE 
WORLD, PARTICULARLY CANADIANS 
WHO WORK IN THE OIL AND GAS 
SECTOR.
WE ARE FOCUSED ON HELPING THOSE 
CANADIANS, HELPING PEOPLE WHO 
ARE HARDEST HIT BY ECONOMICALLY 
BY COVID-19.
THE MEASURES WE'VE PUT IN PLACE 
WILL SUPPORT CANADIANS RIGHT 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING IN
OUR OIL AND GAS SECTOR.
BUT WE ALSO KNOW IT'S A SECTOR 
THAT HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY 
HARD-HIT AND WE WILL LOOK FOR 
FURTHER HELP TO BE ABLE TO 
SUPPORT PEOPLE AS THEY GET 
THROUGH.
IN TERMS OF INTERNATIONAL 
COLLABORATION, COORDINATION, WE 
CONTINUE TO BE PART OF 
CONVERSATIONS ON THIS ISSUE 
AROUND THE WORLD.
>> Reporter: WOULD YOU LOOK AT A
MORE AGGRESSIVE APPROACH TO 
SAUDI ARABIA?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: I THINK THIS IS A 
MOMENT THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON 
GETTING THROUGH COVID-19 AS BEST
WE POSSIBLY CAN.
I THINK THERE WILL BE A LOT OF 
REFLECTIONS ON HOW VARIOUS 
COUNTRIES BEHAVED IN THIS 
PARTICULAR MOMENT.
OUR FOCUS IS RIGHT NOW ON MAKING
SURE WE SUPPORT CITIZENS AND 
STABILIZE THE GLOBAL ECONOMY THE
BEST WAY WE CAN WHICH WOULD YOU 
REMEMBER DOING THROUGH YOUR 
MEMBERSHIP IN THE G7, IN G20 AND
INTERNATIONAL FORA AND 
APPROACHES THAT WE HAVE WHILE AT
THE SAME TIME FOCUSING THAT 
WE'RE SUPPORTING CANADIANS AND 
KEEPING THEM SAFE.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, PRIME
MINISTER.
ON THE CRUISE SHIP ANCHORED OFF 
THE COAST OF PANAMA, WHAT 
ACTIONS ARE TAKEN OR CONSIDERED 
TO BE TAKEN TO HELP THE 
CANADIANS ABOARD?
>> WE HAVE WORKED DIRECTLY AND 
CONTACTED DIRECTLY THE PANAMA 
GOVERNMENT TO TRY TO GET AN 
ABILITY TO BRING THOSE CANADIANS
HOME.
WE KNOW THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT
SITUATION FOR THEM, FOR THEIR 
FAMILIES.
A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD
ARE WORRIED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO 
GET HOME.
A LOT OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS 
HERE ARE FEELING ANXIOUS AND 
REALLY WANT TO SEE THEM BROUGHT 
HOME.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE ENTIRETY
OF GLOBAL AFFAIRS CANADA 
EMPLOYEES ARE SINGLE MINDEDLY 
FOCUSED ON THIS HERCULEAN TASK 
OF BRINGING CANADIANS HOME ANY 
WAY WE CAN.
AND MUCH OF IT INVOLVES 
NEGOTIATING WITH OTHER COUNTRIES
TO GET PERMISSIONS TO CRUISE 
SHIPS TO DOCK, PERMISSIONS FOR 
AIRPLANES TO LIFT OFF FROM A 
COUNTRY WHERE THEY CLOSED THE 
AIRSPACES.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK 
DILIGENTLY TO DO EVERYTHING WE 
CAN TO GET ALL CANADIANS HOME 
AND PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT CONSULAR
SUPPORT BOTH IN THE MEANTIME AND
TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE UNABLE 
TO GET HOME.
>> Reporter: [Speaking French]
>> Translator: COULD YOU BE MORE
SPECIFIC ABOUT HOW THESE NEW 
MEASURES WILL WORK FOR TRIPS BY 
TRAIN AND PLANE?
WHO WILL BE ENFORCING THIS?
WILL IT BE THE AIRLINE 
COMPANIES?
BECAUSE WE SAW FOR INTERNATIONAL
FLIGHTS THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DID
BOARD FLIGHTS EVEN THOUGH THEY 
HAD SYMPTOMS.
SO HOW CAN YOU BE SURE THIS WILL
BE PROPERLY ENFORCED.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: [Speaking French]
>> Translator: WE EXPECT THOSE 
RULES TO BE FOLLOWED.
YES, IT WILL BE THE 
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COMPANIES 
TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE WHO SHOW 
ANY SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19 DO NOT 
BOARD A TRAIN OR A PLANE.
WE KNOW THAT IT IS ESSENTIAL 
THAT PEOPLE AVOID TRAVEL THAT IS
NON-ESSENTIAL AND THAT ANY 
PERSON WHO HAS SYMPTOMS OF 
COVID-19 BE SELF-ISOLATING AND 
STAY HOME.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: IT IS EXTREMELY 
IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO BE 
FOLLOWING THE RULES.
IT WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR 
OPERATORS OF AIRLINES AND TRAINS
TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE 
EXHIBITING SYMPTOMS DO NOT BOARD
THOSE THINGS.
IT WILL BE A TRANSPORT CANADA 
RULE THAT WILL BE ENFORCED, BUT 
AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE TELLING 
PEOPLE STAY HOME IF IT'S NOT 
ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL FOR YOU TO 
TRAVEL.
STAY HOME ABSOLUTELY IF YOU'RE 
EXHIBITING ANY SYMPTOMS OF 
COVID-19, OF A FLU-LIKE VIRUS.
WE NEED YOU TO KEEP YOURSELVES 
SAFE.
WE NEED YOU TO KEEP YOUR LOVED 
ONES AND YOUR NEIGHBOURS SAFE.
WE NEED TO YOU KEEP FROM 
OVERBURDENING AND ENDANGERING 
THE SAFETY OF OUR HEALTH CARE 
WORKERS AND OTHERS WHO ARE DOING
SO MUCH TO KEEP US SAFE AS A 
COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: 
>> Translator: YOU HAVE PROVIDED
$500 MILLION FOR HEALTH CARE 
NEEDS, BUT THERE ARE PROVINCES 
HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEMS, 
ALBERTA, NEWFOUNDLAND AND 
LABRADOR, WILL THERE BE ANOTHER 
PHASE OF ASSISTANCE FOR THOSE 
PROVINCES THAT ARE IN A VERY 
PRECARIOUS SITUATION?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: [Speaking French]
>> Translator: WE'RE DEALING 
WITH AN UNPRECEDENTED SITUATION.
WE NEED TO BE THERE FOR EACH 
OTHER AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
WILL SEEK TO HELP ANY PROVINCE 
OR ANY INDIVIDUALS OR ANY 
BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN TROUBLE 
BECAUSE OF COVID-19.
WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT WHAT WE 
CAN DO EVERY SINGLE DAY AND WHAT
WE MUST DO, HOW WE CAN DO MORE, 
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK 
HAND-IN-HAND WITH THE PREMIERS 
OF THE PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES
AND OTHER LEADERS RIGHT ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY TO ENSURE THAT 
PEOPLE HAVE THE NECESSARY 
ASSISTANCE.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WE RECOGNIZE THIS IS A 
SITUATION WITHOUT PRECEDENT.
A SITUATION THAT IS BEYOND OUR 
COLLECTIVE AND INDIVIDUAL 
EXPERIENCE.
THAT'S WHY WE'VE MADE THE 
COMMITMENT TO HELP PEOPLE WHO 
NEED HELP GETTING THROUGH THIS 
TIME.
WHETHER IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL, A 
FAMILY, A BUSINESS, OR INDEED A 
PROVINCE.
AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK EVERY 
DAY TO LOOK AT WAYS THAT WE CAN 
HELP, LOOK AT HOW WE CAN HELP, 
LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP.
THOSE CONVERSATIONS WILL 
CONTINUE TO BE ONGOING FOR 
SECTORS AND PROVINCES THAT ARE 
FACING PARTICULAR DIFFICULTIES.
>> Reporter: I WANT TO REVISIT 
THE ENERGY SECTOR QUESTION.
BILL MORNEAU SAID IT WAS HOURS 
OR DAYS UNTIL THE ENERGY SECTOR 
WOULD FIND OUT WHAT THE 
GOVERNMENT WOULD DO.
SO WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO GET 
THE ANSWERS THEY NEED?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WE'RE CONTINUING TO 
WORK TO TRY TO PROVIDE WORKERS 
IN THE ENERGY SECTOR WITH THE 
SUPPORT THEY NEED.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE OIL -- OIL
PRICES AROUND THE WORLD IS 
HITTING PEOPLE HARD WHO HAVE 
BEEN HARD HIT OVER THE PAST 
YEARS ALREADY.
THAT IS WHY WE NEED TO GET THIS 
RIGHT.
WE'RE WORKING WITH PROVINCES, 
WE'RE WORKING WITH INDUSTRY, 
WE'RE WORKING WITH VARIOUS 
SECTORS, INCLUDING UNIONS AND 
OTHERS, TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT
ON TOP OF THE HELP WE'RE ALREADY
GIVING, $2,000 A MONTH TO PEOPLE
LAID OFF, 75% WAGE SUBSIDY, SO 
COMPANIES CAN KEEP PEOPLE ON THE
PAYROLL, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE
TO MAKE SURE THAT ONCE WE ARE 
THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT TIME, 
PEOPLE IN INDUSTRIES AND PLACES 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE GOING TO 
BE ABLE TO PICK THEMSELVES UP 
AND GET BACK TO WORK AND HAVE 
OUR ECONOMY CONTINUE TO WORK 
STRONGLY LIKE IT WAS BEFORE.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF 
EFFORT IN THE MEANTIME AND IT'S 
GOING TO TAKE US DOING DIFFERENT
THINGS AND TRYING DIFFERENT 
THINGS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP 
WORKING UNTIL WE MANAGE TO HELP 
EVERYONE.
>> Reporter: HI, ASHLEY BURKE, 
CBC NEWS.
AS YOU MENTIONED IN THE TOP OF 
THE SPEECH, YOU SAID THERE ARE 
ENCOURAGING SIGNS OUT OF BRITISH
COLUMBIA.
ARE YOU WORRIED AT ALL THAT 
CANADIANS WILL HEAR THE 
ENCOURAGING SIGNS AND BECOME 
COMPLACENT?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW 
THAT THE DECLINE IN THE RATE OF 
TRANSMISSION HAPPENED BECAUSE 
TWO WEEKS AGO PEOPLE STARTED 
HEEDING THESE INSTRUCTIONS AND 
STARTED SELF-ISOLATING, STARTED 
ENGAGING IN SOCIAL DISTANCING 
AND OVER THE INTERVENING WEEKS, 
PEOPLE HAVE INCREASED THEIR 
FOLLOWING OF ADVICE AND THAT IS 
AN EXCELLENT SIGN, BUT IF WE'RE 
SEEING A -- SEEING A REDUCTION 
IN THE SPIKES, THAT MEANS WHAT 
WE'RE DOING IS WORKING AND WE, 
THEREFORE, NEED TO CONTINUE 
DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WE'RE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET.
OBVIOUSLY, IF THE MEASURES WE'RE
DOING ARE WORKING, WE NEED TO 
CONTINUE DOING THEM AND THAT IS 
WHY AS A GOVERNMENT WE'RE MAKING
SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO 
CONTINUE DOING WHAT THEY'RE 
DOING BY FLOWING MONEY TO 
HOUSEHOLDS, BY SUPPORTING 
BUSINESSES WITH A 75% WAGE 
SUBSIDY, BY MAKING ACCESS TO 
CREDIT THAT MUCH EASIER.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO 
MORE THINGS AS WE LOOK AT WAYS 
TO HELP CANADIANS GET THROUGH 
THIS SO WE CAN COME OUT OF THIS 
STRONG WITHOUT A REAPPEARANCE OR
RESURGENCE OF THE VIRUS AFTER.
[Speaking French]
>> Translator: IF WE START TO 
SEE SOME POSITIVE RESULTS IN A 
FEW PLACES, IT IS BECAUSE TWO 
WEEKS AGO THEY STARTED TO FOLLOW
THE ADVICE OF HEALTH CANADA, IN 
OTHER WORDS TO SELF-ISOLATE AND 
PREVENT THE VIRUS FROM 
SPREADING.
SO THAT MEANS THAT THE MEASURES 
WE HAVE BROUGHT IN ARE WORKING 
AND THEY MUST CONTINUE TO BE 
APPLIED.
PEOPLE MUST CONTINUE TO 
SELF-ISOLATE AND MAINTAIN A SAFE
DISTANCE FROM OTHERS SO WE CAN 
REALLY PREVENT THE SPREAD OF 
COVID-19.
AND WE WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE FOR
QUITE A WHILE AGAIN IF WE WANT 
TO REMAIN SAFE AND SEE A DECLINE
IN THE NUMBER OF CASES AND A 
FLATTENING OF THE CURVE.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE GIVING SO 
MUCH HELP TO FAMILIES AND 
BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITIES.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE MAKING ACCESS 
TO CREDIT EASIER SO THAT WE CAN 
CONTINUE IN SPITE OF THE CURRENT
DIFFICULTIES TO FOLLOW THAT 
ADVICE BECAUSE THAT WILL ALLOW 
US TO COME OUT OF THIS FASTER 
AND IN A BETTER SITUATION.
>> Reporter: DOMESTIC TRAVELLERS
GETTING ON PLANES AND TRAINS AND
IS IT BASED ON THE HONOUR 
SYSTEM?
IF SO, THERE ARE CASES OF 
CANADIANS LYING SO THEY CAN 
CONTINUE TO TRAVEL.
HOW DO YOU PREVENT THAT?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WE'RE ASKING CANADIANS 
AND TELLING CANADIANS THEY NEED 
TO REMAIN HOME.
THEY MUST, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, 
AVOID NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS 
ESSENTIAL IF WE'RE GOING TO GET 
THROUGH THIS TOGETHER.
OBVIOUSLY, IF ANYONE IS 
EXHIBITING SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19,
THEY SHOULD NOT GO OUT.
THEY SHOULD STAY HOME.
THEY SHOULD NOT TRAVEL.
AND WE ARE GIVING FURTHER TOOLS 
TO AIRLINES AND RAIL COMPANIES 
TO ENSURE THAT ANYONE EXHIBITING
COVID-19 SYMPTOMS DOES NOT 
TRAVEL.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: [Speaking French]
>> Translator: WE HAVE BEEN VERY
CLEAR IN STAYING THAT PEOPLE 
HAVE TO STAY HOME AND AVOID 
NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL.
OF COURSE, PARTICULARLY SO IF 
SOMEONE HAS SYMPTOMS OF 
COVID-19, THAT PERSON SHOULD 
SELF-ISOLATE AND STAY HOME AND 
NOT BE TRAVELLING FOR WHATEVER 
REASON OTHER THAN GOING TO THE 
HOSPITAL.
BUT THERE ARE WAYS TO DO THAT 
SAFELY.
PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE TAKING 
PLANES OR TRAINS IF THEY EXHIBIT
ANY SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE PROVIDING NEW 
TOOLS TO OUR TRANSPORTATION 
COMPANIES SO THEY CAN ENSURE 
THAT THOSE PEOPLE DO NOT TRAVEL.
>> Reporter: THE GOVERNMENT HAS 
SHUT ITS SERVICE CANADA OFFICES 
BECAUSE IT DEEMED FRONT LINE 
WORKERS THERE DOING FACE-TO-FACE
WORK WITH THE PUBLIC RISKY, BUT 
WE'RE STILL ASKING MANY 
CANADIANS, GROCERY STORE 
WORKERS, BUS DRIVERS, TO DO THIS
SAME RISKY WORK.
ARE WE GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO 
MITIGATE THIS?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WE RECOGNIZE AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE SERVICES NEED TO BE 
SHIFTED ONLINE OR ON TO THE 
TELEPHONE.
THAT IS WHY WE MOVED TO CLOSE 
CANADA SERVICES OFFICES SO 
PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THESE GREATER 
RESOURCES ONLINE BECAUSE PEOPLE 
WILL BE THERE TO WORK AND 
RESPOND TO THEM VIRTUALLY AND 
ONLINE WHILE CREATING 
OPPORTUNITIES TO ACTUALLY 
SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO DO NEED THAT 
EXTRA HELP, BUT, OF COURSE, 
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO 
CONTINUE TO GO OUT AND WORK.
WE THINK OF GROCERY STORE 
WORKERS, EMERGENCY RESPONDERS, 
THOSE ARE PEOPLE PUTTING 
THEMSELVES AT GREATER RISK EVERY
DAY TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL 
SERVICES TO CANADIANS.
AND YES, WE NEED TO DO 
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROTECT 
THEM, BUT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF 
US CAN DO THINGS THAT WILL 
PROTECT THEM AS WELL.
ENSURING THAT WE'RE ONLY GOING 
OUT FOR GROCERIES ONCE A WEEK.
ENSURING THAT WE'RE CUTTING DOWN
ON OUR MOVEMENTS.
THAT WE'RE NOT IN SITUATIONS 
WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO 
CALL ON EMERGENCY SERVICES OR 
ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL FOR ANY 
REASON OTHER THAN ABSOLUTELY 
ESSENTIAL REASONS.
THAT MEANS STAYING SAFE AND 
STAYING AT HOME.
YES, THERE ARE THINGS THAT 
BUSINESSES AND GOVERNMENTS ARE 
DOING IN ORDER TO KEEP FRONTLINE
WORKERS AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE, BUT
EVERY SINGLE CANADIAN HAS THINGS
WE CAN DO THAT WILL REDUCE THE 
RISK FOR GROCERY STORE CASHIERS,
OR DELIVERY PEOPLE, WHO ARE 
CONTINUING TO GET FOOD TO OUR 
DOORS.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE ALL
NEED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR 
BECAUSE PEOPLE OUT THERE DOING 
ESSENTIAL SERVICES FOR US NEED 
TO BE PROTECTED.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: [Speaking French]
>> Translator: WE RECOGNIZE THAT
NOT PUTTING PEOPLE AT RISK BY 
HAVING ONLINE SERVICES AVAILABLE
IS A GOOD WAY OF PREVENTING THE 
RISK TO PEOPLE WHO CAN WORK FROM
HOME AND DON'T HAVE TO DO IT 
FACE-TO-FACE.
WE ALSO KNOW THERE ARE WORKERS 
WHO WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO 
WORK IN OUR STORES, IN OUR 
GROCERY STORES, THAT THEY WILL 
HAVE TO BE THERE, FOR EXAMPLE, 
TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES.
SO WE, WITH THESE COMPANIES, ARE
TRYING TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE
THESE EMPLOYEES SAFER, BUT I 
THINK AS CITIZENS AND AS 
CONSUMERS, WE CAN ALL DO THINGS 
THAT WILL LESSEN THE RISK FOR 
THESE INDIVIDUALS WHETHER IT IS 
ONLY GOING TO DO ONE'S GROCERY 
SHOPPING ONCE A WEEK, OR NOT 
CALLING ON EMERGENCY SERVICES.
AND THERE ARE MANY, MANY THINGS 
WE CAN DO AND MUST DO TO PROTECT
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE TO HELP
US, WHO ARE PROVIDING ESSENTIAL 
SERVICES IN THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
AND I INVITE EVERYONE TO REFLECT
ON WHAT THEY CAN DO TO ALLOW 
THOSE PEOPLE WHO DO THAT 
ESSENTIAL WORK TO REMAIN 
HEALTHY.
>> Reporter: THE FIRST OF THE 
MONTH IS COMING UP AND MANY 
CANADIANS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO 
PAY THEIR RENT, WHILE $2,000 IS 
A GOOD START, IT DOESN'T ROLL 
OUT UNTIL AFTER THAT AND THEN 
AFTER, IT MIGHT NOT BE ENOUGH TO
COVER THE RENT OF MANY PEOPLE 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SO WHAT ARE 
YOU HOPING WILL HAPPEN?
WHAT ARE YOU HOPING CAN HAPPEN 
TO THOSE WHO CAN'T MAKE RENT 
CONSIDERING YOU HAVE WORKED WITH
THE BANKS TO HELP PEOPLE DEFER 
MORTGAGES?
WHAT ABOUT RENTERS?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WE'RE LOOKING AT 
DIFFERENT THINGS WE CAN DO.
AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL WE'RE 
LIMITED IN OUR TOOLS, MUCH OF 
PROTECTIONS FOR RENTERS AND 
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RENTERS AND
LANDLORDS ARE PROVINCIAL AREAS 
OF JURISDICTION, BUT WE'RE, OF 
COURSE, CONTINUING TO WORK WITH 
THE PROVINCES ON WAYS WE CAN DO 
THAT.
ACCESS TO CREDIT THROUGH BANKS 
WILL BE HELPFUL AS WELL AS WE 
RECOGNIZE PEOPLE ARE USING THEIR
CREDIT CARDS FOR MORE AND MORE 
THINGS AND THOSE BALANCES ARE 
PILING UP AND THEY'RE CONCERNED 
ABOUT THINGS.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE CAN POINT 
NOT JUST TO THE CANADA EMERGENCY
RESPONSE BENEFIT, BUT THINGS 
LIKE THE CANADA HOUSING BENEFIT 
WHICH WILL BE COMING OUT IN 
ONTARIO IN THE MONTH OF APRIL, 
WILL HELP VULNERABLE PEOPLE BE 
ABLE TO PAY THEIR RENTS.
THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT METHODS
WE'RE TRYING AND LOOKING AT TO 
SUPPORT CANADIANS THROUGH THIS 
DIFFICULT TIME.
I RECOGNIZE THE ANXIETY WITH THE
BEGINNING OF THE MONTH COMING 
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS THAT 
WE CAN HELP PEOPLE GET THROUGH 
THAT.
>> Reporter: GLOBAL NEWS, PRIME 
MINISTER, WANTED TO ASK YOU FOR 
AN UPDATE ON YOUR WIFE, SOPHIE, 
HAS SHE BEEN CLEARED BY DOCTORS 
AND HOW IS SHE DOING?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: SOPHIE IS FEELING 
GREAT.
MY FAMILY IS DOING WELL, MY KIDS
AND MYSELF, WE'RE ALL DOING 
WELL.
WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE DIRECT
ADVICE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS 
ON WHAT NEXT STEPS ARE, BUT LIKE
I SAID, WE'VE ASKED PEOPLE TO 
STAY AT HOME AND WORK FROM HOME 
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, NOT GO OUT 
IF THEY DON'T HAVE TO, AND THAT 
CERTAINLY IS SOMETHING THAT 
WE'RE DOING AND ENCOURAGING 
EVERYONE TO DO.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: [Speaking French]
>> Translator: SOPHIE FEELS 
MUCH, MUCH BETTER NOW.
SHE'S IN FINE FORM IN MY 
OPINION.
AND THE CHILDREN ARE WELL AS 
WELL.
THEY'RE HEALTHY AND WE'RE 
CONTINUING TO FOLLOW ALL THE 
ADVICE OF EXPERTS LIKE EVERYONE 
SHOULD BE DOING.
AND LIKE EVERYONE SHOULD ALSO BE
DOING, WE SHOULD STAY AT HOME 
AND STAY ISOLATED AS MUCH AS 
POSSIBLE AND NOT GO OUT UNLESS 
IT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
AND ALWAYS FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH 
ADVICE.
>> Reporter:  
>> Rosemary: THAT IS THE PRIME 
MINISTER OF CANADA SPEAKING TO 
CANADIANS ON THIS SATURDAY.
SOMETHING HE HAS TAKEN TO DO 
OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS OR SO.
AT THE END, ASKING HOW HIS WIFE 
SOPHIE GRÉGOIRE-TRUDEAU IS 
DOING, REMEMBER SHE HAD TESTED 
POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 ABOUT TWO 
WEEKS AGO, AND WHILE HE DIDN'T 
DIRECTLY ANSWER THE QUESTION 
WHETHER SHE'S BEEN GIVEN THE 
ALL-CLEAR BY DOCTORS, HE DOES 
SAY SHE'S FEELING GREAT, SHE'S 
IN TOP SHAPE IN MY OPINION, HE 
SAID, WE'RE ALL DOING WELL, BUT 
THEY ARE REMAINING INSIDE THE 
HOUSE, STAYING AT HOME.
HE IS WORKING FROM HOME AS AN 
ATTEMPT, TO I GUESS, PRACTISE 
WHAT HE IS PREACHING WHICH WAS 
AGAIN THE MESSAGE TO CANADIANS.
IT MIGHT BE SATURDAY, THE 
WEEKEND, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU
CAN LET UP.
THE GOVERNMENT IS STILL CALLING 
ON PEOPLE TO PRACTISE PHYSICAL 
DISTANCING AND STAY HOME.
LET'S BRING IN THE HOST OF 
"POWER AND POLITICS", VASSY 
KAPELOS, WHO IS ALSO JOINING ME 
HERE ON SATURDAY.
A LITTLE BIT OF NEWS FROM THE 
PRIME MINISTER AS WELL.
>> Vassy: A BIT OF NEWS THAT NOW
IN IN ADDITION TO PUTTING 
FURTHER RESTRICTIONS ON 
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL, SO PEOPLE 
TRAVELLING FROM CANADA -- SORRY 
OUTSIDE OF CANADA INTO CANADA, 
NOW THERE WILL BE RESTRICTIONS 
ON TRAVEL WITHIN CANADA AND 
NAMELY, IF YOU ARE SHOWING OR 
DISPLAYS ANY SYMPTOMS OF 
COVID-19, YOU WILL NOT -- 
ACCORDING TO THE PRIME MINISTER 
AS OF NOON ON MONDAY -- BE 
ALLOWED TO BOARD TRAINS OR 
PLANES WITHIN THE COUNTRY.
SO IF YOU'RE JUST FLYING BETWEEN
TORONTO AND OTTAWA OR TORONTO 
AND VANCOUVER, IF YOU ARE 
DISPLAYING THE SYMPTOMS, HE SAYS
YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO BOARD
THE TRAIN OR THE PLANE.
A COUPLE OF THINGS TO NOTE ON 
THE SPECIFIC ANNOUNCEMENT, I 
KNOW ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES WAS 
ASKING WHY DOESN'T IT INCLUDE 
BUSES?
IT LOOKS LIKE THAT IS PROVINCIAL
JURISDICTION AND THAT WOULD BE 
LIKE UNDER VARIOUS 
RESPONSIBILITIES WHERE PROVINCES
ARE CONCERNED.
WE KNOW THERE IS REDUCED BUS 
CAPACITY AFTER MUCH OF GREYHOUND
STOPPED OPERATING A LITTLE WHILE
AGO.
A QUESTION FROM OUR COLLEAGUE 
ASHLEY BURKE AROUND HOW THIS 
WILL BE ENFORCED.
WE KNOW THIS IS A PERTINENT 
QUESTION.
THE QUARANTINE ACT WAS APPLIED, 
MEANING IT'S AGAINST THE LAW TO 
NOT SELF-ISOLATE WHEN YOU CAME 
BACK, BUT HOW ARE THE MEASURES 
TO BE ENFORCED?
AND THE ONLY ANSWER THE PRIME 
MINISTER PROVIDED WAS THERE WILL
BE FURTHER TOOLS FOR THE 
COMPANIES IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE 
THAT PEOPLE WITHOUT SYMPTOMS ARE
NOT ALLOWED TO BOARD.
I'M NOT CLEAR, THOUGH, ON WHAT 
EXACTLY THAT MEANS AND WHAT 
HAPPENS IF YOU DO BOARD AND YOU 
END UP SHOWING SYMPTOMS.
I KNOW FROM A LOT OF ANECDOTAL 
EVIDENCE, THERE ARE ISSUES WITH 
THE WHOLE PROCESS, EVEN WHEN 
THEY'RE BOARDING INTERNATIONAL 
FLIGHTS.
SOME PEOPLE THINK OTHERS ARE 
FAKING IT.
THERE IS A WHOLE CONVERSATION 
HAPPENING THERE.
AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S WITHIN THE 
AIRLINES' PURVIEW DON'T GET ON, 
I'M CURIOUS HOW THIS WILL WORK 
IN THE DOMESTIC CONTEXT.
JUST A REMINDER, THAT STARTS 
NOON ON MONDAY ACCORDING TO THE 
PRIME MINISTER.
>> Rosemary: WHEN HE WAS ASKED 
IF INTERPROVINCIAL BORDERS WOULD
BE SHUT DOWN, HE SHUT THAT DOWN,
SAID NO.
ALTHOUGH WE KNOW SOME PROVINCES 
ARE TELLING PEOPLE THEY HAVE TO 
SELF-ISOLATE WHEN THEY ARRIVE, 
PARTICULARLY THE ATLANTIC 
PROVINCES.
HOW EXACTLY WILL THIS WORK?
IT WAS 10 DAYS AGO THAT CANADA 
ORDERED ALL AIRLINES TO PREVENT 
TRAVELLERS FROM GETTING ON 
PLANES WITH SYMPTOMS.
AND THE HEALTH CHECK IS AN 
HONOUR SYSTEM.
YOU HAVE TO DISCLOSE YOU HAVE 
THE SYMPTOMS UNLESS THEY'RE 
APPARENT.
AND WE HAVE DONE REPORTING, DAVE
SEGLINS DID REPORTING THIS WEEK 
THAT SHOW THAT PEOPLE IN A 
DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO GET HOME 
ARE NOT BEING TRUTHFUL ABOUT 
THEIR SYMPTOMS AND ARE GETTING 
ON THE PLANES ANYWAY.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THIS WILL 
DO DOMESTICALLY EITHER GIVEN 
THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE ENFORCING
IT INTERNATIONALLY.
I'M GOING TO GET YOU TO STAND 
BY.
WE'RE WAITING FOR THE REGULAR 
FEDERAL UPDATE AT NOON FROM -- I
BELIEVE WE'RE JUST GOING TO HEAR
FROM DR. NJOO.
BUT FIRST, JULIE, THANK YOU FOR 
MAKING THE TIME.
I APPRECIATE IT.
TELL ME WHAT IS THE SITUATION 
LIKE AT SUNNY BROOK ICU?
>> WELL, AT SUNNY BROOK WE'VE 
TAKEN A NUMBER OF STEPS TO 
INCREASE CAPACITY FOR THE NUMBER
OF PATIENTS WE'RE EXPECTING.
SO WE HAVE A COVID-19 UNIT AND 
IT IS ALMOST AT CAPACITY WITH 
PATIENTS.
WE'VE BEEN REALLY, REALLY BUSY 
TRYING TO MANAGE THESE PATIENTS 
EFFECTIVELY, BUT OUR TEAMS HAVE 
DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB TRYING TO
KEEP EVERYONE WELL AND MANAGING 
UNDER THESE EXTREME 
CIRCUMSTANCES.
>> Rosemary: HOW ARE YOU DOING 
FOR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE 
EQUIPMENT, FOR VENTILATORS, ALL 
THOSE THINGS WE'RE HEARING ABOUT
THAT WE KNOW FRONT-LINE WORKERS 
ARE WORRIED ABOUT?
>> THE BIG CONCERN IS MASKS 
RIGHT NOW.
IT'S NO SURPRISE WE'RE RETURNING
SHORT ON SUPPLIES.
WE HAVE TAKEN THE SAME STANCE AS
MANY OF THE OTHER HOSPITALS IN 
THAT WE'RE BEING ALLOCATED TWO 
MASKS PER SHIFT, PER 12-HOUR 
SHIFT, FOR EMPLOYEES THAT WORK 
IN A CLINICAL AREA.
SO THAT HAS BEEN VERY 
CHALLENGING BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE 
TO GO INTO A PATIENT ROOM, YOU 
KNOW IT'S HOT, YOU HAVE A LOT OF
EQUIPMENT ON, AND SWEAT IS 
POURING DOWN YOUR FACE AND YOU 
KNOW, YOU WONDER HOW PROTECTED 
YOU REALLY ARE, SO IT'S A BIG 
CONCERN.
PEOPLE ARE WORRIED, BUT THEY'RE 
DOING THEIR BEST.
THEY'RE VERY RESILIENT.
THE TEAM IS AMAZING AND WE'VE 
REALLY BEEN WORKING HARD TO 
PROVIDE THE MOST OPTIMAL PATIENT
CARE.
>> Rosemary: HEALTH WORKERS ARE 
AT RISK OF CONTRACTING THIS 
VIRUS.
WE'VE SEEN IT IN ITALY, SO MANY 
OF THEM HAVE ACTUALLY DIED.
HOW WORRIED ARE YOU ABOUT YOUR 
OWN SAFETY?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, IT IS A BIG 
WORRY.
EVERY DAY I'VE BEEN WORKING 12, 
14-HOUR DAYS AND BEEN AWAY FROM 
MY FAMILY TO DO THAT, BUT YOU 
KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE SUPER 
VIGILANT.
HAND-WASHING IS THE BEST THING 
TO DO.
THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW THAT, 
BUT FOR US IN THE HOSPITAL 
ENVIRONMENT, WE'RE DILIGENT 
ABOUT HYGIENE AND ENSURING WE'RE
APPLYING OUR N95 MASKS WHEN WE 
NEED THEM SO WE CAN ASSURE THAT 
WE'RE PROTECTING OURSELVES, 
BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, MYSELF BEING
PROTECTED MEANS THAT I'M 
PROTECTING MY FAMILY, TOO.
AND THAT IS WHAT IS MOST 
IMPORTANT.
>> Rosemary: I WISH I HAD MORE 
TIME.
CAN I SAY THANK YOU FROM ALL OF 
US?
I KNOW THINGS ARE NOT GOING TO 
EASE UP FOR YOU.
SO TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOURSELF 
AND WE WISH YOU GOOD LUCK AND 
THANKS, REALLY, SINCERELY FROM 
ALL OF US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Rosemary: RESPIRATORY 
THERAPIST JULIE IN TORONTO.
WE'RE GOING TO PULL AWAY FROM 
THE MAIN NETWORK, BUT UPDATE YOU
WHAT WE DID HEAR TODAY.
DOMESTIC TRAVEL NOW ON PLANES 
AND TRAINS, YOU WILL BE 
PREVENTED FROM GETTING ON BOARD 
IF YOU'RE SHOWING SYMPTOMS OF 
COVID-19.
THIS FOLLOWS THE SAME 
DESIGNATION OR DECISION, ABOUT 
10 DAYS AGO WHEN IT CAME TO 
INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS.
THE PRIME MINISTER ALSO SAYING 
THAT IF YOU'RE WAITING OR HOPING
FOR THAT EMERGENCY BENEFIT, IT 
WOULD BE WISE TO GO TO THE 
CANADA REVENUE AGENCY WEBSITE 
AND PREREGISTER.
THAT WRAPS UP OUR COVERAGE HERE 
ON CBC.
WE'LL BE BACK AGAIN TOMORROW TO 
BRING YOU THE LATEST.
WE'LL CONTINUE OUR COVERAGE ON 
CBC NEWS NETWORK.
I'M ROSEMARY BARTON.
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.
[please stand by]
>> Rosemary: SOMETIMES WE HAVE 
THE WHOLE PANEL OF DIFFERENT 
CABINET MINISTERS.
TODAY I'M TOLD IT WILL BE 
DR. NJOO.
PERHAPS THERE WILL BE SOMEONE 
ELSE, BUT THAT'S WHAT I HEARD.
AND WE HEARD FROM THE PRIME 
MINISTER.
I'LL BRING IN VASSY KAPELOS FROM
"POWER & POLITICS."
ONE OF THE THINGS THE PRIME 
MINISTER WAS ASKED ABOUT THE 
RESTRICTION ON DOMESTIC TRAVEL, 
THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE FACT 
THAT WE ARE SEEING SOME 
ENCOURAGING SIGNS, PARTICULARLY 
IN BRITISH COLUMBIA THAT THIS 
PHYSICAL DISTANCING OR SOCIAL 
DISTANCING MEASURES SEEM TO BE 
WORKING RIGHT NOW.
WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE B.C. SHARED
EXTENSIVELY MODELLING THAT THEY 
HAD.
I KNOW THE PRIME MINISTER 
PROMISED THAT THEY WOULD SHOW 
SOME NUMBERS AND SOME DATA WHICH
I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE VERY 
RELIANT ON THE PROVINCES TO GET 
THAT INFORMATION.
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO 
UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE IN THIS 
PANDEMIC AND PEOPLE ARE 
DESPERATE TO KNOW WHEN IT WILL 
END.
SOMETIMES WHEN YOU CAN SEE THE 
CURVE AND THE TREND LINE, THAT 
DOES HELP YOU TO GET A HANDLE ON
THINGS.
MAYBE I'LL PUT TO YOU THE 
MESSAGE AROUND IF YOU SEE A 
GLIMMER OF HOPE WHAT THE PRIME 
MINISTER WAS SAYING AROUND THAT.
>> Vassy: UNSURPRISINGLY THE 
PRIME MINISTER TOLD US A MESSAGE
THAT EVEN IF THERE ARE SIGNS OF 
ENCOURAGEMENT, THAT IS NOT A 
TIME TO TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE 
BRAKE.
IT'S A TIME TO DOUBLE DOWN ON 
THEM.
THE PRIME MINISTER WAS PRETTY 
SPECIFIC ON THIS, DON'T GO OUT 
IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO, DON'T GO 
TO THE GROCERY STORE MORE THAN 
ONCE A WEEK IF YOU CAN ALLOW FOR
THAT, DON'T GO TO WORK.
HE PROVIDED A NUMBER OF EXAMPLES
AND I THINK THE MESSAGE 
CONTINUES TO BE AND IT IS A 
DIFFICULT LINE TO WALK, EVEN 
FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF PUBLIC 
HEALTH OFFICIALS, YOU DO WANT 
TO -- THIS IS A HUNGER FOR THAT 
DATA AMONG ALL OF US.
PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW IF THE 
SACRIFICES WE'RE MAKING AND THE 
STRESS THAT WE'RE UNDER IS FOR 
THE REASON WE'RE TOLD IT IS.
THAT DATA IS IMPORTANT, BUT AT 
THE SAME TIME IT'S NOT GOING TO 
BE CONCLUSIVE AT THIS POINT.
THIS IS NOT AN HOUR-LONG -- 
WE'VE HEARD THIS FROM DR. NJOO 
THAT THIS WON'T BE HOURS, BUT 
MONTHS.
YOU WANT TO ENCOURAGE THIS 
BEHAVIOUR AND KNOW THAT IT'S 
GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, 
BUT YOU DON'T WANT CANADIANS TO 
THINK WE DON'T HAVE TO GO HARD 
CORE BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE 
THINGS ARE ON TRACK.
WE HEARD THAT MESSAGE FROM THE 
PRIME MINISTER AND I SUSPECT 
WE'LL HEAR THAT FROM DR. NJOO 
THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON.
THERE ARE SOME GLIMMERS OF HOPE,
BUT IT'S NOT THE CASE 
EVERYWHERE.
WE HAVE SEEN IN QUÉBEC, 
PARTICULARLY WHERE WE KNOW 
TRAVELLERS RETURNED EARLIER THAN
IN MUCH OF THE REST OF THE 
COUNTRY, THEIR MARCH BREAK IS A 
WEEK, SOMETIMES TWO WEEKS, 
EARLIER THAN OTHER PROVINCES, WE
HAVE SEEN HUGE NUMBERS IN THAT 
PROVINCE AND EVEN 10 ADDITIONAL 
DEATHS.
SO A NOTE OF CAUTION UNDERLYING 
ANY OF THE NEWS AND DATA OVERALL
TREND LINES. 
>> Rosemary: I KNOW THE TESTING 
IS INCREASING.
I KNOW BRITISH COLUMBIA HAS DONE
THE MOST TESTING, LAST TIME THEY
CHECKED.
THE COUNTRY OVERALL HAS TESTED 
OVER 170,000 PEOPLE.
WE HEARD FROM PUBLIC HEALTH 
OFFICIALS YESTERDAY THAT INDEED 
WE ARE IN THE TOP FIVE AT ANY 
RATE IN THE WORLD FOR TESTING 
PER MILLIONS.
THERE IS A WIDE UNDERSTANDING 
THAT MORE TESTING IS NEEDED AND 
MORE TESTING IS BETTER BECAUSE 
THEN YOU CAN UNDERSTAND OF 
COURSE WHERE THE VIRUS IS, WHERE
IT IS GOING, AND HOW TO CONTAIN 
PARTICULAR OUTBREAKS IN 
PARTICULAR PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
YOU'RE RIGHT, EVEN THOUGH THERE 
IS SOME SUGGESTION OF GOOD 
THINGS HAPPENING IN 
BRITISH COLUMBIA, IT WOULD BE 
WRONG TO THINK THAT IS THE 
PICTURE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
IT WOULD BE PARTICULARLY WRONG 
IN ONTARIO TO THINK THINGS HAVE 
LET UP, EVEN THOUGH WE SAW A 
LITTLE CHANGE YESTERDAY.
I NOTE WHAT THE PRIME MINISTER 
SAID WHY THEY'RE SEEING THAT IN 
BRITISH COLUMBIA AND IT'S 
BECAUSE BRITISH COLUMBIA STARTED
THIS TWO WEEKS AGO THAT THEY ARE
SEEING SOME CHANGES NOW.
IF YOU LOOK AT ONTARIO, FOR 
INSTANCE, SPRING BREAK STARTED I
BELIEVE MARCH 13.
THAT WAS THE FRIDAY THE 
GOVERNMENT SAID YOU SHOULDN'T 
LEAVE.
PEOPLE LEFT ANYWAY.
THAT WAS A DECISION THAT THEY 
MADE.
SO A WEEK FROM THAT IS REALLY 
WHEN THE TWO WEEKS OF PHYSICAL 
DISTANCING STARTS FOR ONTARIO.
SO YOU PROBABLY WON'T SEE IF ANY
OF THAT HAS WORKED FOR, AS YOU 
SAY, 10 TO 15 DAYS.
YOU MAY SEE NUMBERS GO UP 
BECAUSE THE TRAVEL CONTINUED AT 
THE BEGINNING OF MARCH FOR A LOT
OF PEOPLE AND SNOWBIRDS ARE 
RETURNING AS WELL.
THAT CREATES DIFFERENT PROBLEMS.
THEY'RE NOW BEING TOLD YOU HAVE 
TO QUARANTINE.
THAT IS THE LEGAL REQUIREMENT.
WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU, VASSY, 
AFTER THIS PRESS CONFERENCE, IF 
YOU DON'T MIND.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU TO -- 
OH, THEY'RE BOTH THERE, 
DR. THERESA TAM, THE CHIEF 
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER AND 
DR. NJOO.
>> THERE ARE 5,153 CASES OF 
COVID-19 INCLUDING 55 DEATHS.
IN ADDITION, AT ANY POINT IN 
TIME, THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE 
UNDER INVESTIGATION AWAITING 
LABORATORY RESULTS OR NOT YET 
TESTED.
SO EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT HEARING 
OF CASES IN YOUR COMMUNITY, IT 
DOESN'T MEAN THERE ARE NO CASES 
OR THAT THERE ARE NO EXPOSURES 
WAITING TO HAPPEN.
WE HAVE NOW COMPLETED TESTED FOR
OVER 184,000 PEOPLE IN CANADA, 
WHICH IS MORE THAN 84,000 
ADDITIONAL PEOPLE TESTED SINCE 
MONDAY.
IN TERMS OF THE SEVERITY OF 
COVID-19 IN CANADA, THE 
PERCENTAGE OF CASES THAT REQUIRE
HOSPITALIZATION IS APPROXIMATELY
7%, ABOUT 3% ARE CRITICALLY ILL,
AND 1% OF CASES HAVE BEEN FATAL.
PLEASE NOTE THAT 30% OF THOSE 
HOSPITALIZED ARE UNDER 40 YEARS 
OF AGE.
WE CONTINUE TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE 
ON THE SEVERITY OF THE DISEASE 
BECAUSE ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE 
DAY-TO-DAY FLUCTUATIONS, A 
SUSTAINED TREND OF INCREASED 
SEVERITY COULD POINT TO A HIGHER
RATE OF INFECTION IN VULNERABLE 
POPULATIONS OR THAT THE HEALTH 
SYSTEM IS BEING OVERWHELMED.
I AM REMINDING CANADIANS NOT TO 
UNDERESTIMATE THE SEVERITY OF 
THIS DISEASE.
THE DEVASTATING IMPACTS OF 
COVID-19 IS EVIDENT IN EUROPE 
AND PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
AT THE SAME TIME, THERE ARE 
SIGNS OF HOPE.
THERE IS A NOTE OF CAUTIOUS 
OPTIMISM FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA, 
THE AREA OF CANADA THAT FIRST 
EXPERIENCED COMMUNITY 
TRANSMISSION.
IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO KNOW 
FOR SURE, BUT AFTER WEEKS OF 
PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, THE
RATE OF GROWTH APPEARS TO BE 
SLOWING.
WE WILL BE CLOSELY LOOKING AT 
B.C. OVER THE COMING WEEKS FOR 
BETTER CLARITY ON THE EFFECT OF 
THEIR PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES.
THIS EARLY SIGN OF REASSURANCE 
SHOULD SPUR US TO KEEP UP WITH 
OUR NEW HABIT OF PHYSICAL 
DISTANCING, DESPITE THE 
ACCOMPANYING HARDSHIPS.
SO WE NEED TO STAY THE COURSE.
YESTERDAY WE STARTED A CHALLENGE
FOR CANADIANS TO BUILD THEIR 
BUBBLE OF PROTECTION AND STAY 
INSIDE THAT BUBBLE.
WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THIS ZONE OF
PROTECTION AROUND US TO KEEP THE
VIRUS OUT.
EACH OF US SHOULD IDEALLY HAVE 
OUR OWN SEPARATE BUBBLE THAT IS 
A 2 METRE SIR CRUMB FRENS.
BUT FOR COUPLES, FAMILIES, AND 
OTHER COHABITATION, THAT BUBBLE 
MIGHT MEAN TWO OR MORE PEOPLE OR
KEEPING IN A BUBBLE THAT NO ONE 
ELSE COMES INTO.
THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO STAY 
IN YOUR BUBBLE AND NOT BURST 
SOMEONE ELSE'S.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ASK PEOPLE 
TO JUST CHECK OUT OUR canada.ca 
WEBSITE FOR A NEW INTERACTIVE 
MAP AS WELL AS A NEW DETAILED EP
DEEMOLOGICAL REPORT THAT IS 
POSTED IN BOTH LANGUAGES.
>> [Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] -- INCLUDING 55 
DEATHS.
IN ADDITION, AT ANY POINT IN 
TIME THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE UNDER
INVESTIGATION AWAITING 
LABORATORY RESULTS OR WHO HAVE 
NOT YET BEEN TESTED.
EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT HEARING ABOUT
CASES IN YOUR COMMUNITY, THAT 
DOES NOT MEAN THAT THERE ARE NO 
CASES OR THAT THERE IS NO 
POSSIBLE EXPOSURE.
WE HAVE NOW COMPLETED TESTS FOR 
OVER 184,000 PEOPLE IN CANADA.
THAT MEANS THAT 84,000 MORE 
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TESTED SINCE 
MONDAY.
IN TERMS OF THE SEVERITY OF 
COVID-19 IN CANADA, THE 
PERCENTAGE OF CASES THAT REQUIRE
HOSPITALIZATION IS APPROXIMATELY
7%, 3% ARE CRITICALLY ILL, AND 
1% OF CASES HAVE BEEN FATAL.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO KEEP CLOSE 
EYE ON THE SEVERITY OF THE 
DISEASE.
ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE 
DAY-BY-DAY FLUCTUATIONS, A 
SUSTAINED TREND OF INCREASED 
SEVERITY CAN POINT TO A HIGHER 
RATE OF INFECTION IN VULNERABLE 
POPULATIONS OR TO THE HEALTH 
SYSTEM BEING OVERWHELMED.
I'M REMINDING CANADIANS NOT TO 
UNDERESTIMATE THE SEVERITY OF 
THIS DISEASE.
THE DEVASTATING IMPACT OF 
COVID-19 ARE EVIDENT IN EUROPE 
AND IN SOME PARTS OF THE 
UNITED STATES.
AT THE SAME TIME, THERE ARE 
SIGNS OF HOPE.
IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, THE AREA OF
CANADA THAT FIRST EXPERIENCED 
COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION, THERE IS
SOME CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM.
IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO KNOW 
FOR SURE, BUT AFTER WEEKS OF 
INTERVENTION, THE RATE OF GROWTH
APPEARS TO BE SLOWING.
WE WILL CLOSELY FOLLOW THE 
SITUATION IN BRITISH COLUMBIA 
OVER THE COMING WEEK IN ORDER TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND THE EFFECT OF 
THEIR PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES.
THIS EARLY SIGN OF REASSURANCE 
SHOULD ENCOURAGE US TO KEEP UP 
WITH OUR NEW HABIT OF PRACTISING
PHYSICAL DISTANCING DESPITE THE 
FACT THAT IT'S DIFFICULT.
WE MUST STAY THE COURSE.
YESTERDAY, WE STARTED A 
CHALLENGE FOR CANADIANS TO BUILD
THEIR BUBBLE OF PROTECTION AND 
STAY INSIDE THAT BUBBLE.
WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THE ZONE OF 
PROTECTION AROUND US TO KEEP THE
VIRUS OUT.
EACH OF US SHOULD IDEALLY HAVE 
OUR OWN SEPARATE BUBBLE THAT IS 
A 2-METRE CIRCUMFERENCE, BUT FOR
COUPLES, FAMILIES, AND OTHERS IN
COHABITATION SITUATIONS, THE 
BUBBLE MIGHT INCLUDE TWO, FOUR, 
OR MORE PEOPLE, ALL KEEPING IN 
THE SAME BUBBLE THAT NO ONE ELSE
COMES INTO.
THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO STAY 
IN YOUR BUBBLE AND NOT BURST 
SOMEONE ELSE'S BUBBLE.
WE ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK 
OUT OUR WEBSITE canada.ca.
THANK YOU.
[End of Translation]. 
>> WE WILL OPEN UP THE LINES FOR
QUESTIONS.
FOR THOSE IN THE ROOM, WE ASK 
THAT YOU MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE 
FREE-STANDING MICS.
OPERATOR, OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
PLEASE PRESS STAR 1 IF YOU HAVE 
A QUESTION.
THE FIRST QUESTION IS LAUREN 
GARDNER.
YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
>> Question: HI, THANKS FOR 
TAKING MY QUESTION.
I'M WONDERING WHAT KIND OF 
ADVICE YOU MIGHT BE PROVIDING TO
FEDERAL OFFICIALS AND MAYBE EVEN
OFFICIALS AT THE LOCAL AND 
PROVINCIAL LEVELS WHO MAY BE 
CONCERNED ABOUT THE U.S. 
RELAXING CERTAIN SOCIAL 
DISTANCING MEASURES IN THE 
COMING WEEKS.
THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF 
MAYORS IN BORDER TOWNS WHO HAVE 
EXPRESSED SOME CONCERNS.
IS THERE ANY DIRECT ADVICE YOU 
COULD PROVIDE TO THEM SO FAR 
ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE THAT 
POSSIBILITY?
>> Answer: ABSOLUTELY WE ARE 
MONITORING WHAT IS GOING ON IN 
TERMS OF THE ACTUAL OUTBREAKS IN
THE UNITED STATES.
OF COURSE THERE ARE MANY 
DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE 
UNITED STATES THAT ARE HEAVILY 
IMPACTED BY COVID-19.
SO I THINK, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, 
THAT THERE ARE NOW BORDER 
MEASURES TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF
ANY ILLNESS THAT MIGHT COME FROM
TRAVELLERS IN THE UNITED STATES.
THOSE ARE LAYERED MEASURES AND 
CERTAINLY NO NON-ESSENTIAL 
TRAVEL BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES
IS VERY KEY, WHILE MAINTAINING 
ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND THOSE 
LINKS THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT 
BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.
WE'VE ALSO, AS YOU KNOW, HAVE 
NOW A MANDATORY QUARANTINE ORDER
IN PLACE, EMERGENCY ORDER, THAT 
ESSENTIALLY MANDATE THOSE 
TRAVELLERS TO UNDERGO 14 DAYS OF
SELF-ISOLATION, SO THAT'S 
MANDATORY ISOLATION IF THEY 
TRAVELLED ANYWHERE, INCLUDING 
THE UNITED STATES.
WE WILL BE, OF COURSE, ISOLATING
ANYONE WHO IS SICK COMING FROM 
ANY COUNTRY, AND THAT INCLUDES 
THE UNITED STATES AS WELL.
THE QUARANTINE ACT, THE FEDERAL 
QUARANTINE ACT COMES WITH IT 
QUITE HEAVILY PENALTIES IF 
PEOPLE ARE NOT OBSERVING THAT 
ORDER.
>> ONE FOLLOW UP?
>> Question: I'M SET.
>> OPERATOR, NEXT QUESTION ON 
THE LINE.
>> THANK YOU, MERCI.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM 
CATHARINE LAVEQUE.
YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
>> Question: HELLO, I HAVE SOME 
QUESTIONS IN FRENCH FOR 
DR. NJOO.
YESTERDAY YOU EXPLAINED THE 
SITUATION AND YOU SAID THAT IT 
MIGHT LAST FOR MONTHS, WHICH IS 
NOT VERY ENCOURAGING.
WHAT CAN CANADIANS EXPECT?
WILL WE BE IN ISOLATION FOR AN 
EXTENDED PERIOD FOR SEVERAL 
MONTHS?
WILL WE BE UNDER QUARANTINE FOR 
ABOUT A YEAR?
WHAT INFORMATION DO YOU HAVE FOR
CANADIANS?
>> Answer: THANK YOU FOR THIS 
QUESTION.
AS I SAID A FEW MOMENTS AGO, WE 
CAN'T PREDICT WHAT WILL HAPPEN 
IN THE FUTURE, BUT THERE HAVE 
BEEN ENCOURAGING SIGNS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE SITUATION IN 
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
THE NUMBER OF CASES IS 
DECREASING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, 
AND THIS MAY BE A SIGN THAT THE 
CURVE IS FLATTENING IN 
BRITISH COLUMBIA OR EVEN IN 
CANADA.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE STAY THE 
COURSE, THAT WE NOT GIVE UP.
WE MUST CONTINUE TO PRACTICE 
PHYSICAL DISTANCING.
WE'LL MONITOR THE SITUATION WEEK
BY WEEK, AND THAT WAY WE'LL BE 
ABLE TO DETERMINE THE IMPACT 
THAT OUR COLLECTIVE ACTIONS ARE 
HAVING IN SLOWING THE SPREAD OF 
THE VIRUS.
>> Question: FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.
MY NEXT QUESTION IS ABOUT PRIME 
MINISTER TRUDEAU'S ANNOUNCEMENT 
THAT HE MADE TODAY.
HE SAID THAT CANADIANS WHO ARE 
SYMPTOMATIC WILL NO LONGER BE 
ABLE TO BOARD PLANES OR TRAINS.
AS A PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIAL, 
HERE IS MY QUESTION FOR YOU.
HOW WILL THE EMPLOYEES OF 
AIRLINES AND RAIL COMPANIES 
ASSESS THE SITUATION?
WILL THEY BE TAKING PASSENGERS' 
TEMPERATURE, FOR EXAMPLE?
WHAT INSTRUCTIONS DO YOU HAVE 
FOR THEM AT THIS POINT?
>> Answer: THANK YOU FOR THE 
QUESTION.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE NOW THAT WE'VE
BEEN TELLING ALL CANADIANS TO 
STAY HOME IF THEY ARE SICK.
WE EXPECT THAT CANADIANS WILL 
FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF 
PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS AND STAY 
HOME.
AS FOR AIRLINE EMPLOYEES, WE 
WILL BE MONITORING PASSENGERS 
BEFORE THEY BOARD PLANES ABOARD 
IN ORDER TO SEE WHETHER THEY ARE
SYMPTOMATIC, BUT WE CAN'T 
GUARANTEE ANYTHING WITH 100% 
CERTAINTY.
BUT HERE IS THE IMPORTANT THING,
IF YOU ARE SICK, DO NOT TRAVEL, 
STAY HOME.
[End of Translation]. 
>> Answer: THE QUESTION WAS WHAT
SHOULD -- I GUESS COMPANIES, 
TRAINS AND AIRPLANES, ET CETERA,
FOR DOMESTIC TRAVEL THAT THE 
PRIME MINISTER JUST ANNOUNCED.
WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THE MESSAGE
AT THE CORE IS NO DIFFERENT.
WE'VE BEEN SAYING FROM A PUBLIC 
HEALTH PERSPECTIVE FOR SEVERAL 
WEEKS AT LEAST THAT IF YOU ARE 
SICK, STAY AT HOME.
SO REALLY I THINK THERE IS AN 
OBLIGATION, I WOULD SAY, A CIVIC
DUTY FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND 
THAT IF YOU ARE SICK, YOU SHOULD
NOT BE TAKING A COMMERCIAL 
TRAVEL MEANS SUCH AS AN 
AIRPLANE, A FLIGHT, OR TAKING A 
TRAIN TO GO ANYWHERE IN THE 
COUNTRY.
YOU SHOULD BE STAYING AT HOME.
OF COURSE THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY --
OR THE PERSONNEL WORKING FOR THE
AIRLINES AND THE TRAINS, THEY 
WILL DO THEIR BEST.
THEY WILL LOOK AT PEOPLE WHO 
WANT TO BOARD AND LOOK FOR 
OBVIOUS SIGNS THAT PEOPLE ARE 
ILL.
IN TERMS OF VERY SYSTEMATIC 
SCREENING, THERE IS NO 
GUARANTEE.
PEOPLE CAN HIDE SYMPTOMS AND 
TAKE TYLENOL.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT COMES 
DOWN TO OUR COLLECTIVE 
UNDERSTANDING AND MOTIVATION AND
APPROACH TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
IF YOU ARE SICK, DON'T TRAVEL.
STAY AT HOME.
>> THANK YOU.
NOW WE'LL TAKE A QUESTION IN THE
ROOM.
>> ASHLEY BURKE, CBC NEWS.
CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT PLANS TO 
RUN FIELD HOSPITALS.
MAY THEY BE NEEDED DOWN THE LINE
AND HOW SOON DO YOU THINK THEY 
WOULD BE NEEDED IN CANADA?
>> Answer: THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF PLANNING IN THE 
PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES.
A GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE FROM 
BRITISH COLUMBIA EVEN YESTERDAY,
WHERE THEY HAVE SYSTEMATICALLY 
PLANNED THAT DIFFERENT SCENARIO 
AND EXACTLY HOW MUCH CAPACITY 
THEY HAVE.
PUBLIC HEALTH IS GOING TO DO 
WHATEVER IT CAN TO REDUCE THE 
IMPACT OF THIS EPIDEMIC SO YOU 
DON'T GO BEYOND YOUR CAPACITY TO
COPE.
HAVING SAID THAT, OF COURSE YOU 
HAVE TO PREPARE FOR MUCH MORE 
WORST-CASE SCENARIOS.
SO THOSE THINGS ARE ABSOLUTELY 
HAPPENING IN THE PROVINCES AND 
TERRITORIES.
WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THEM 
ON A DAILY BASIS.
SO THEY ARE ALREADY PLANNING 
ALTERNATIVE CARE SITES, HOW TO 
CARE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT SO 
SICK OUTSIDE OF THE HOSPITALS 
DESIGNATED FOR COVID-19, FOR 
EXAMPLE.
SO THE IDEA IS TO -- ALREADY 
THEY'RE FREEING UP I.C.U. BEDS 
AND THE INTENSIVE CARE ILLNESSES
HAVE TO BE TAKEN CARE OF IN A 
HOSPITAL SETTING AND HAVE TO 
LOOK AFTER PEOPLE WHO COULD BE 
LOOKED AFTER IN ALTERNATIVE 
SITES.
ALL OF THAT IS IN PLAY, EVEN 
THOUGH RIGHT NOW CANADA IS 
COPING.
SO THOSE CALCULATIONS -- I WOULD
ACTUALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO 
HAVE A LOOK AT THE EXAMPLE OF 
BRITISH COLUMBIA WHERE THE 
NUMBERS ARE QUITE WELL 
ARTICULATED.
>> Question: MY OTHER QUESTION 
IS YOU TALKED ABOUT THE OPTIMISM
IN BRITISH COLUMBIA AND THE 
MODELLING THERE.
WILL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BE 
SHARING THEIR SAME MODELLING 
WITH US?
>> Answer: ABSOLUTELY.
AS I SAID, THERE IS AN EP DEEM 
LOGIC REPORT POSTED.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OTHER 
COUNTRIES THAT HAVE DONE BEFORE 
US, LOOKING AT THEIR EXPERIENCE 
AND WHERE WE'RE TRACKING.
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY THE INTENT.
I WANT TO FLAG THAT THE NATIONAL
AGGREGATED PICTURE MUST BE 
SUPPLEMENTED BY THE PROVINCIAL 
AND LOCAL PICTURE BECAUSE 
DIFFERENT AREAS OF CANADA ARE 
ACTUALLY EXPERIENCING THIS 
OUTBREAK, IT'S JUST SLIGHTLY 
DIFFERENT TRAJECTORIES AND 
TIMELINES.
UNPACKING WHAT IS UNDERNEATH A 
NATIONAL PICTURE I THINK IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
SO I OF COURSE AM VERY HAPPY 
THAT BRITISH COLUMBIA -- WE HAVE
BEEN SUPPORTING DIFFERENT 
PROVINCES TO DO THEIR 
PROJECTIONS.
>> Question: WHEN ARE YOU 
PLANNING ON RELEASING THAT 
PUBLICLY?
>> Answer: SOME OF THAT DATA IS 
ALREADY NOW SINCE TODAY OR LAST 
NIGHT ALREADY ON OUR WEBSITE.
YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE MAKING AS 
MUCH OF THAT AVAILABLE AS 
POSSIBLE.
I HAVE TO JUST CAUTION THAT OF 
COURSE MODELLING IS MODELLING.
THAT'S JUST PLANNING SCENARIOS.
WHAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IS THE 
EP DETERMINOLOGIC REPORT WHERE 
THINGS ARE TRENDING.
>> NEXT QUESTION.
>> Question: TODAY THE PRIME 
MINISTER ANNOUNCED THERE WILL BE
FURTHER SCREENING ON DOMESTIC 
TRAVELLERS, AIR TRAVEL AND TRAIN
TRAVEL.
SHOULD WE NOT BE TAKING THESE 
STEPS AT A LOCAL LEVEL?
WHAT GOOD IS IT IF WE'RE 
SCREENING A PERSON A LONG 
DISTANCE IN CANADA, BUT THEN NOT
FOR THOSE GETTING ON A BUS OR 
RIDING IN A TAXI?
>> Answer: SO THERE ARE -- I 
THINK YOU WOULD OBSERVE THAT ALL
ACROSS CANADA, THE PROVINCES AND
THE MUNICIPALITIES ARE TAKING 
THIS REALLY SERIOUSLY.
THEY ARE ALREADY STOPPING 
GATHERINGS.
THEY ARE ADVISING THIS 2-METRE 
DISTANCE ON TRANSPORTATION.
THAT INCLUDES BUSES AND OTHER 
THINGS, WHERE AS MUCH AS 
POSSIBLE YOU'RE DOING PHYSICAL 
DISTANCING.
SO ALL OF THOSE MEASURES ARE 
ALREADY BEING IMPLEMENTED IN THE
LOCAL JURISDICTIONS.
WHILE MAINTAINING A BALANCE.
SOCIETY HAS TO GO ABOUT AS MUCH 
AS POSSIBLE MAINTAINING 
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONING WHILE 
DOING PHYSICAL DISTANCING.
OBVIOUSLY EACH OF THE 
MUNICIPALITIES, THE CITIES IN 
VERY DIFFERENT SITUATIONS -- 
TORONTO ISN'T GOING TO BE THE 
SAME AS A MORE RURAL AREA, FOR 
EXAMPLE.
SO I THINK THAT EVERY LEVEL OF 
GOVERNMENT IS DOING WHATEVER IT 
NEEDS TO, TO MAINTAIN THAT 
PHYSICAL DISTANCING.
>> IF I COULD ADD TO THAT IN MY 
PREVIOUS ANSWER, CERTAINLY 
GOVERNMENTS AND COMPANIES CAN 
PUT WHATEVER MEASURES IN PLACE.
THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO BE 
FULL-PROOF.
SOMEONE CAN TAKE A TYLENOL IF 
YOU HAVE A FEVER OR HIDE 
SYMPTOMS.
IT IS A COLLECTIVE 
RESPONSIBILITY, BUT FOR EACH 
CITIZEN IN CANADA TO UNDERSTAND 
AND APPRECIATE, IT'S IMPORTANT 
THAT IMPORTANT ROLE THEY CAN 
PLAY.
IF YOU'RE SICK, STAY HOME, DON'T
TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
>> A FOLLOW UP.
>> Question: MY SECOND QUESTION 
WAS WITH REGARD TO THE 
UNITED STATES.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S A BIT OF A 
WILDFIRE SITUATION THERE.
CITIES LIKE DETROIT ARE HOT 
SPOTS, ALSO IN WASHINGTON STATE 
NEAR THE BORDER.
I KNOW YOU'VE SPOKEN A BIT ABOUT
THIS, BUT THERE HAS BEEN CONCERN
ADDRESSED BY, SAY, THE CITY OF 
WINDSOR ACROSS THE RIVER FROM 
DETROIT.
SHOULD WE BE SATISFIED WITH THE 
BAN ON NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL OR 
DO WE NEED TO STEP UP OUR BORDER
ENFORCEMENT AND BORDER CLOSURES 
WITH THE UNITED STATES, GRANTED 
THAT THE SOME RECKLESS DIRECTION
THEY'RE TAKING?
>> Answer: WHAT I'VE JUST SAID, 
IT'S NOT JUST REDUCING THE 
NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL.
WE DO HAVE AN EMERGENCY ORDER 
UNDER OUR FEDERAL QUARANTINE ACT
THAT ARE ORDERING TRAVELLERS TO 
ISOLATE IF THEY'RE SICK, BUT 
ALSO MANDATORY QUARANTINE OF 
ANYONE WHO IS SYMPTOMATIC.
THEY WILL HAVE TO GO DIRECTLY 
HOME IF THEY HAVE A HOME.
IF THEY DON'T HAVE A HOME, THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL BE 
HOUSING PEOPLE IN OUR FEDERAL 
QUARANTINE FACILITIES.
AS I SAID, THE PENALTIES ARE 
PRETTY HEAVY.
NOW, LET'S JUST SAY THAT EVEN ON
A DAILY BASIS WE DO HAVE 
INSTANCES.
WE HAVE TRUCK DRIVERS WHO HAVE 
BEEN STOPPED AND HAVE BEEN PUT 
IN A FEDERAL QUARANTINE SITE 
BECAUSE THEY HAVE SHOWN EVEN 
MILD SYMPTOMS.
THAT'S HAPPENING IN REAL TIME 
RIGHT NOW.
THEN THEY GET TESTED AND IF 
THEY'RE OKAY, THEY CAN CONTINUE.
IF THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE STAYING 
IN OUR QUARANTINE SITES.
>> THANK YOU.
OPERATOR, OVER TO THE LINE FOR 
TWO QUESTIONS.
>> THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM 
THERESA WRIGHT FROM THE 
"CANADIAN PRESS."
YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
>> Question: GOOD AFTERNOON, 
DR. TAM.
YESTERDAY WE HEARD THAT THE 
NUMBER OF PATIENTS IN I.C.U.s 
DOUBLED IN ONTARIO IN LESS THAN 
TWO DAYS.
HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU ABOUT THIS
SPIKE, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING 
THAT I.C.U. FOR THE FIRST PARTS 
OF HOSPITAL SYMPTOMS TO BE 
OVERWHELMED IN PLACES LIKE ITALY
AND SPAIN?
>> Answer: YES, SO I THINK 
THAT'S -- AS I SAID, WE HAVE TO 
MONITOR THE SEVERITY OF ILLNESS 
VERY CAREFULLY BECAUSE IF 
THERE'S INCREASING QUICKLY ILL 
PEOPLE, THE KEY SPIKE IS GOING 
TO OCCUR IF HEALTH SYMPTOMS ARE 
OVERWHELMED.
SO HAVING ENOUGH I.C.U. 
FACILITIES IS VERY, VERY 
IMPORTANT.
SO THAT HAS TO BE TRACKED.
RIGHT NOW ALL JURISDICTIONS ARE 
COPING WITH THE NUMBERS, BUT 
THEY ARE PLANNING TO DO MORE, 
EVEN ONTARIO AND B.C. AND MANY 
JURISDICTIONS HAVE ACTUALLY 
EMPTIED OUT PROBABLY HALF OF THE
I.C.U.s JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY 
ARE ALREADY PREPARED FOR ANY 
INFLUX.
BUT OF COURSE FROM A PUBLIC 
HEALTH PERSPECTIVE, WE JUST DO 
NOT WANT PEOPLE TO END UP IN THE
I.C.U.
SO ON THE PREVENTION SIDE, BASED
ON WHAT WE UNDERSTAND, A LOT OF 
THE I.C.U. PATIENTS IN A NUMBER 
OF JURISDICTIONS ARE PEOPLE FROM
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.
THEY ARE THE OLDER POPULATION 
AND PEOPLE WITH UNDERLYING 
MEDICAL CONDITIONS.
THAT'S WHY WE REALLY, REALLY 
STRESS THAT WE HAVE TO PROTECT 
THESE POPULATIONS, OTHERWISE WE 
WOULD HAVE MORE I.C.U. 
ADMISSIONS.
SO I THINK UNPACKING THE 
EPIDEMIOLOGY UNDERNEATH, THE 
PEOPLE THAT ARE CRITICALLY ILL, 
SHOWS US THAT THEY ARE THE 
VULNERABLE AND ELDERLY.
SO LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES, 
MAKING SURE THAT NOBODY SORT OF 
INTRODUCES THE VIRUS THERE AND 
ABSOLUTELY NO INTRODUCTION INTO 
HOSPITALS AND OTHER PLACES WHERE
VULNERABLE PEOPLE GO, BUT ALSO 
ON AN INDIVIDUAL LEVEL.
DO NOT GO ANYWHERE NEAR SOMEONE 
WHO IS VULNERABLE OR OLDER IN 
YOUR FAMILY EVEN OR YOUR 
FRIENDS, DO NOT IMPACT THEM 
BECAUSE YOU WILL SEE INCREASE IN
SERIOUS ILLNESS IF THAT IS THE 
CASE.
SO MAINTAIN THAT BUBBLE AND 
DEFINITELY KEEP THE BUBBLE AWAY 
FROM ANYONE WHO IS VULNERABLE.
BUT BASED ON WHAT I'VE SEEN SO 
FAR, THE HEALTH SYSTEM IS ABLE 
TO MANAGE THE PATIENTS.
>> ONE FOLLOW UP.
>> Question: JUST ON THE 
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE PRIME 
MINISTER ABOUT PASSENGERS 
BOARDING DOMESTIC FLIGHTS AND 
TRAINS NOT BEING ABLE TO BOARD 
IF THEY HAVE SYMPTOMS.
CAN YOU PROVIDE DETAILS ABOUT 
HOW THEY WILL BE SCREENED AND 
HOW THE NEW POWERS GIVEN TO 
AIRLINE AND TRAIN COMPANIES WILL
BE ENFORCED.
>> Answer: I THINK THOSE DETAILS
WILL COME IN THE COMING DAYS AND
OBVIOUSLY WORKING CLOSELY WITH 
THE MINISTER OF TRANSPORT.
THAT -- I THINK THE MEDIA AND 
THE PUBLIC WILL GET THE 
INFORMATION AS WE -- AS THE -- 
AS THAT UNFOLDS.
SO STAY TUNED.
>> OPERATOR, NEXT QUESTION ON 
THE LINE.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM 
MELANIE MARQUIS FROM ""LA 
PRESSE".
YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
>> Question: [Speaking French] 
[Voice of Interpreter] WHAT WILL
BE DONE SPECIFICALLY TO PROTECT 
AIRLINE AND TRAIN COMPANIES, HOW
WILL THEY ASSESS SYMPTOMS?
WILL THEY BE TAKING PASSENGERS' 
TEMPERATURE?
WILL THAT BURDEN FALL ON THEIR 
SHOULDERS AND WILL THIS BE 
OCCURRING AS OF MONDAY ON TRAINS
AND FLIGHTS?
>> Answer: THANK YOU FOR THE 
QUESTION.
AS DR. TAM SAID, WE ARE WORKING 
CLOSELY WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AT 
TRANSPORT CANADA, AS WELL AS 
WITH TRAIN AND AIRLINE 
COMPANIES, TRAIN COMPANIES SUCH 
AS VIA RAIL.
WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS
TO DEVELOP A PROTOCOL.
THIS WILL TAKE A LITTLE WHILE.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE AND WE
WILL HAVE DETAILS SOON.
>> Question: OKAY.
BUT COULD YOU CLARIFY SOMETHING 
AND THEN I'LL ASK A FOLLOW-UP 
QUESTION.
WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE 
SAYING THAT THINGS ARE NOT 
WORKING AT THE AIRPORT, THAT 
PASSENGERS ARE ALLOWED TO BOARD 
FLIGHTS UNCHECKED, THAT THERE 
ARE NO CONTROLS.
SO THE SYSTEM IS ALREADY 
PROBLEMATIC.
HERE IS MY NEXT QUESTION FOR 
YOU, DR. NJOO.
WHAT ABOUT CHLOROQUINE AND 
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE?
DOES CANADA HAVE A STANCE ON 
THOSE DRUGS?
ARE THERE CLINICAL TRIALS GOING 
ON IN CANADA?
>> Answer: THANK YOU FOR THOSE 
QUESTIONS.
YOUR FIRST QUESTION WAS ABOUT 
PROTOCOL AND PROCEDURES THAT 
TRAVEL COMPANIES WILL FOLLOW.
THE ANSWER IS, YES, WE HAVE A 
PROTOCOL AND PROCEDURES.
IT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S BEING DONE 
AT OUR BORDERS.
THIS IS BEING DONE FOR ALL THOSE
WHO CURRENTLY BOARD PLANES AND 
TRAINS AS OF MONDAY.
WE HAVE A MULTI-FACETTED, 
INTEGRATED SYSTEM.
WE HAVE MEASURES AT OUR SHARED 
BORDER.
WE ARE TRYING TO PREVENT ALL 
INFECTION.
THAT IS THE JOB OF ALL 
GOVERNMENTS AND THAT IS ALSO THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL CANADIANS.
EVERYONE HAD A PART TO PLAY.
WE ARE ASKING THOSE WHO ARE SICK
TO STAY HOME AND TO NOT TAKE 
PUBLIC TRANSIT.
THAT'S THE FIRST THING.
SECOND THING, OF COURSE WE WANT 
AIRLINE AND TRAIN COMPANIES 
EMPLOYEES TO BE SAFE.
IF PASSENGERS ARE VISIBLY ILL 
AND VISIBLY SYMPTOMATIC, THEY 
WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BOARD.
THIS IS JUST ONE ASPECT OF OUR 
MEASURES.
IF A PASSENGER SEEMS ILL, THAT 
PERSON SHOULD IMMEDIATELY 
SELF-ISOLATE.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS 
JURISDICTION OVER OUR 
INTERNATIONAL BORDERS.
SO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS 
RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL TRAVELLERS 
WHO ARRIVE AT OUR INTERNATIONAL 
BORDERS, BE IT AT OUR AIRPORTS 
OR AT THE CANADA-U.S. BORDER.
THERE ARE TWO ELEMENTS TO OUR 
RESPONSE.
FIRST, FOR THOSE WHO ARE 
SYMPTOMATIC, WE WILL TAKE CARE 
OF THEM.
WE WILL PUT THEM IN A HOTEL OR 
IN ANOTHER FEDERAL QUARANTINE 
FACILITY.
OR IF THEY ARE NOT SYMPTOMATIC, 
WE WILL TELL THEM TO IMMEDIATELY
GO HOME AND SELF-ISOLATE.
FOR ASYMPTOMATIC TRAVELLERS WHO 
ARE NOT ILL, WHO DO NOT EXHIBIT 
ANY SYMPTOMS, THEY MUST ALSO GO 
HOME IMMEDIATELY AND STAY HOME 
BECAUSE THAT IS A FEDERAL 
QUARANTINE ORDER.
[End of Translation]. 
>> Answer: FOR DOMESTIC WHAT 
WE'VE BEEN SAYING IS ANY 
SCREENING, BE IT AT OUR 
INTERNATIONAL BORDERS, AT THE 
AIRPORTS, OR EVEN NOW 
DOMESTICALLY AT TRAIN STATIONS 
OR PEOPLE BOARDING A DOMESTIC 
FLIGHT, IT'S ONLY ONE ASPECT.
IT'S NEVER 100% GUARANTEED THAT 
WE'RE GOING TO STOP FURTHER 
TRANSMISSION OF INFECTION.
PERSONNEL AT TRAIN STATIONS, YOU
KNOW, EVEN AT THE AIRPORTS 
LOOKING AT PASSENGERS ABOUT TO 
BOARD DOMESTIC FLIGHTS, THEY'LL 
BE DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IN
TERMS OF LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WITH
SYMPTOMS, ILLNESS, IF PEOPLE 
LOOK UNWELL.
THAT'S NOT A GUARANTEE.
WE KNOW PEOPLE CAN HIDE SYMPTOMS
BY TAKING A TYLENOL TO MASK A 
FEVER.
SO AT THE END OF THE DAY I THINK
IT'S NOT JUST THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF GOVERNMENTS, AIRLINE 
COMPANIES, TRAIN COMPANIES, IT'S
A RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERY 
CANADIAN.
IF YOU ARE SICK, STAY AT HOME.
DON'T TAKE THE CHANCE OF 
EXPOSING OTHERS TO THE INFECTION
THAT YOU HAVE.
SO I THINK THAT'S ABOUT AS CLEAR
AS WE CAN SAY IT AND WE'VE SAID 
IT MANY, MANY TIMES AND I THINK 
IT BEARS REPEATING.
THE OTHER POINT I WAS MAKING WAS
FOR TRAVELLERS WHO COME AT OUR 
INTERNATIONAL BORDERS THAT IS 
UNDER A FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITY 
MANDATE.
THAT'S VERY STRICT.
SINCE MARCH 25 WHEN WE PUT A NEW
ORDER IN.
ALL INDIVIDUALS, TRAVELLERS, WHO
COME TO CANADA FROM OUTSIDE ARE 
SUBJECT TO A MANDATORY 
QUARANTINE ORDER.
THAT'S VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
IF WE FIND YOU AT THE BORDER, I 
MEAN WE COLLECTIVELY, THE 
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA AGENTS, AND
YOU ARE SICK, WE WILL EITHER PUT
YOU IN A FEDERAL QUARANTINE 
FACILITY AND LOOK AFTER YOU AND 
MAKE SURE YOU GET THE PROPER 
CARE AND TREATMENT.
OR IF YOU HAVE MILD SYMPTOMS, WE
WILL ARRANGE FOR TRANSPORTATION 
FOR YOU TO GET HOME FOR 
IMMEDIATE ISOLATION TO NOT LEAVE
YOUR RESIDENCE AND YOU'RE 
DECLARED TO BE RECOVERED.
FOR THOSE TRAVELLERS WHO COME TO
THE BORDER WHO DO NOT HAVE 
SYMPTOMS AND ARE LOOKING AND 
FEELING WELL, THEY ARE ALSO 
UNDER A FEDERAL QUARANTINE 
ORDER.
THEY ARE ORDERED TO PROCEED 
DIRECTLY TO THEIR RESIDENCE AND 
STAY THERE.
AS I SAID BEFORE, THAT MEANS 
VERY STRICTLY THAT THEY SHOULD 
NOT BE LEAVING THEIR PROPERTY.
THEY SHOULD ARRANGE FOR THEIR 
FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO GET 
GROCERIES FOR THEM.
IT'S QUITE STRICT.
TO BE HONEST, ONE OF THE THINGS 
WE RECOGNIZE AND WE'RE WORKING 
THROUGH WITH PROVINCIAL 
AUTHORITIES, AT THE END OF THE 
DAY, IT'S A PROVINCIAL  -- 
FEDERAL ORDER, BUT THESE PEOPLE 
LIVING IN PROVINCES AND 
TERRITORIES.
IN RURAL NOVA SCOTIA ON A FARM, 
IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO COMPLY 
WITH THE FEDERAL ORDER AND STAY 
ON YOUR PROPERTY THAN IF YOU 
LIVE IN A CONDO IN MONTREAL.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] THE QUESTION ABOUT 
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE, THERE ARE 
CURRENTLY TRIALS LOOKING INTO 
WHETHER IT IS AN EFFECTIVE 
TREATMENT.
THUS FAR, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE 
THAT HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE IS AN 
EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR 
COVID-19.
WE ARE FOLLOWING ALL EXPERIMENTS
IN CANADA AND AROUND THE WORLD 
WITH THIS DRUG.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE BE 
AWARE THAT THIS IS AN OR NOT 
MEDICATION, AN IMPORTANT DRUG 
FOR TREATING OTHER DISEASES.
SO WE DON'T WANT THERE TO BE A 
SHORTAGE OF THIS MEDICATION TO 
TREAT OTHER CONDITIONS BECAUSE 
PEOPLE THINK IT'S A TREATMENT 
FOR COVID-19.
THERE IS NO CONCLUSIVE PROOF 
THAT HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE IS 
EFFECTIVE AGAINST COVID-19, 
HOWEVER, WE DO KNOW FOR A FACT 
IT IS EFFECTIVE FOR TREATING 
OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS.
[End of Translation]. 
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TELEPHONE KEY PAD IF YOU HAVE A 
QUESTION.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM KIRA 
FERGUSON FROM "SUDBURY.COM."
>> Question: THANK YOU SO MUCH 
FOR YOUR TIME.
I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT -- I 
KNOW OBVIOUSLY OUR TRAVEL 
RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE FOR 
TRAVELLERS COMING ACROSS THE 
BOARD BORDER AND IN ANY 
DIRECTIONS, BUT THE CROSS-BORDER
WORKERS, WHAT RESTRICTIONS ARE 
BEING PLACED ON THOSE PEOPLE?
>> Answer: SO THOSE PROVIDING 
ESSENTIAL SERVICES OR THAT THEIR
DAILY WORK HAPPENS TO BE ACROSS 
THE BORDER, EVEN THOUGH THEY 
HAVE -- WE'RE NOT ASKING THEM TO
STAY IN A CERTAIN PLACE FOR THE 
14 DAYS.
THERE ARE STRICT DIRECTIONS TO 
THEM OF SELF MONITORING.
THEY HAVE TO AVOID CROWDS, DO 
ALL THE SOCIAL DISTANCING 
MEASURES THAT WE EXPECT EVERYONE
TO DO AND MONITOR THE SYMPTOMS 
AND REPORT THEM.
WE ALSO HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH 
EMPLOYERS FOR SETTING UP 
MEASURES TO MONITOR THEIR 
EMPLOYEES AS WELL.
SO IF YOU ARE GOING ACROSS THE 
BORDER FOR ANY REASON, THERE IS 
A COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY ON 
BEHALF OF THE EMPLOYEE AND 
EMPLOYER AND THE GOVERNMENTS WHO
ARE TRYING TO ENSURE THE SAFETY 
OF EACH OF THOSE CITIZENS.
SO IT IS NOT TO SAY THAT THESE 
WORKERS CAN DO WHATEVER THEY 
WANT.
THEY MUST ESSENTIALLY 
SELF-ISOLATE AS MUCH AS 
POSSIBLE.
THEY HAVE TO DO THE SOCIAL 
DISTANCING AND MONITOR THE 
SYMPTOMS.
>> Question: OKAY, BUT THERE IS 
OBVIOUSLY NO STRICT 14-DAY 
ISOLATION UPON THEIR RETURN.
THEY ARE WELCOME TO GO TO A 
GROCERY STORE OR SEEK OTHER 
SERVICES IN TOWN IF NECESSARY?
>> Answer: SO THE DIRECTION IS 
TO AVOID CROWDS AND AVOID 
CONTACT WITH THE PUBLIC AS MUCH 
AS POSSIBLE.
IF YOU WERE A PILOT THAT'S JUST 
COME IN AND OF COURSE YOU HAVE 
TO FLY BACK OUT AGAIN IN ORDER 
TO DO YOUR JOB, BUT WHAT PUBLIC 
HEALTH IS TELLING THEM, GO 
STRAIGHT TO YOUR HOTEL, DO NOT 
LEAVE THE HOTEL, GET YOUR FOOD 
ORDERED, AND GO BACK ON THE 
PLANE.
>> Question: PERFECT.
IF I MAY, A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.
>> SURE.
>> Question: ARE THERE ANY 
ADDITIONAL CLEANING MEASURES IN 
PLACE FOR THE PRODUCTS CROSSING 
THE BORDER, AS THERE ARE 
CONCERNS THE VIRUS COULD REMAIN 
ON THE PRODUCTS THEMSELVES?
I APOLOGIZE, THE PRODUCTS OR 
GOODS OR SERVICES -- NOT 
SERVICES, BUT GOODS BEING 
SHIPPED ACROSS THE BORDER TO THE
U.S. OR THOSE BEING RECEIVED 
INTO CANADA, ARE THERE ANY 
ADDITIONAL CLEANING MEASURES TO 
THESE PRODUCTS BEFORE THEY'RE 
DISTRIBUTED TO THE PUBLIC?
>> Answer: WE'LL FOLLOW ON THAT 
BECAUSE THIS IS OBVIOUSLY TO DO 
WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS, BUT WE 
WORK VERY CLOSE WITH THEM.
WE CAN GET THE ANSWER TO YOUR 
QUESTION AS A FOLLOW UP.
>> WE'LL TAKE A QUESTION FROM 
THE ROOM.
>> Question: HI, YESTERDAY THE 
HEALTH MINISTER TALKED ABOUT HOW
THERE WERE -- THEY WERE TRYING 
TO PROCURE VENTILATORS AT A 
FEDERAL LEVEL FOR ALL THE 
PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES, BUT 
MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE A 
COUPLE PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES
IN PARTICULAR THAT WERE TRYING 
TO ORDER THESE THEMSELVES SO 
THEY WEREN'T GETTING THEM 
THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT PROVINCES THOSE
ARE AND WHAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH 
THAT?
>> Answer: I THINK OBVIOUSLY 
DIFFERENT PROVINCES CAN PROCURE 
DIFFERENT PRODUCTS.
AT A TIME WHEN THERE'S A GENERAL
SCARCITY IN SUPPLY, WE 
ABSOLUTELY ENCOURAGE 
JURISDICTION TO COME TOGETHER 
AND BE PART OF OUR COLLECTIVE 
PURCHASING.
THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY 
PRECLUDE JURISDICTIONS, BUT 
THERE ARE MANY ADVANTAGES IN 
BEING PART OF THE BULK 
PURCHASING BECAUSE EVERYONE IS 
LOOKING FOR THE PRODUCTS.
IF WE PULL OUR REQUIREMENTS 
TOGETHER, WE WILL STAND A BETTER
CHANCE TO GET ACCESS TO SOME OF 
THESE AS WELL.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN HELP 
IF THE PRODUCT COMES FROM 
ANOTHER COUNTRY, ONE CAN HELP 
FACILITATE SOME OF THOSE ACCESS 
AND TRANSPORTATION FOR -- AND 
DISTRIBUTION, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO IT'S -- IT IS A COLLECTIVE 
MEASURE, BUT WE CANNOT 
ESSENTIALLY DICTATE WHAT 
INDIVIDUAL JURISDICTIONS MIGHT 
DO, BUT COLLECTIVELY WE STAND A 
BETTER CHANCE TO GET ACCESS TO 
SCARCE RESOURCES.
BUT ON TOP OF THAT, THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT HAS ADDED AN EXTRA 
LAYER OF PROTECTION, WHICH IS 
EVEN IF NO ORDERS HAVE BEEN IN 
PLACE FOR THE PROVINCES AND 
TERRITORIES, WE'RE ACTUALLY 
PURCHASING THEM PRE-EMPTIVELY 
SHOULD THEY BE REQUIRED.
>> Question: SO, SORRY, WHAT 
PROVINCES ARE GOING OUT ON THEIR
OWN AND GETTING THEIR OWN 
VENTILATORS RATHER THAN 
FEDERALLY?
>> Answer: I DON'T HAVE THAT 
SPECIFIC INFORMATION, BUT WE 
CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO
BE PART OF THAT PURCHASE ORDER.
>> Question: AND THE DATA YOU 
JUST MENTIONED THAT WAS UPLOADED
ON YOUR WEBSITE LAST NIGHT, CAN 
YOU TELL US WHAT YOUR BIG 
TAKE-AWAY FROM THAT IS THAT 
CANADIANS SHOULD KNOW, WHEN YOU 
LOOK AT THAT NEW DATA, WHAT KIND
OF A PICTURE IT PAINTS?
>> Answer: WELL, I THINK 
CERTAINLY THIS IS A SERIOUS 
ILLNESS.
THE PICTURE IT WOULD TAKE IS 
THAT THERE ARE DEFINITELY 
SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES OF 
HOSPITALIZATIONS, I.C.U. CARE 
REQUIREMENTS, AS WELL AS OF 
COURSE THE MORTALITY OR DEATHS.
BUT I THINK IT WOULD ALSO TELL 
US THAT EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THE 
IMPACTS ON THE OLDER POPULATION,
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE YOUNGER
POPULATION ISN'T IMPACTED.
THE BULK OF THE ILLNESSES ARE IN
THE YOUNGER AGE GROUPS AND SOME 
SEVERE ILLNESSES DO OCCUR, WHILE
THE HEAVIEST IMPACTS ARE ON THE 
OLDER AGE GROUPS.
I THINK ALSO IT IS THERE TO SET 
A NATIONAL TREND TO SEE WHERE 
THINGS ARE TRENDING.
AS I'VE JUST SAID, B.C. OF 
COURSE IS AN AREA THAT WAS 
IMPACTED, BUT IT WILL SHOW YOU 
THE CURVE FOR EACH OF THE 
JURISDICTIONS AND WHERE THE 
CASES ARE.
SO IF YOU CLICKED ON THE MAP, 
YES, IT WILL SHOW YOU THE NUMBER
BY PROVINCE, BUT IT WILL SHOW 
YOU THE NUMBERS OVER TIME FOR 
EACH OF THOSE JURISDICTIONS AS 
WELL.
SO TRENDING -- THE NATIONAL 
SURVEILLANCE IS IMPORTANT FOR 
TRENDS.
THERE WILL BE SOME SORT OF AS I 
SAID AGE GROUP BREAKDOWNS AS 
WELL.
I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT OF
COURSE IF THE TRENDS ARE SLOWING
DOWN A BIT, OUR KEY MESSAGE IS 
NOT TO RELAX.
OUR KEY MESSAGE IS TO DOUBLE 
DOWN, ABSOLUTELY DOUBLE DOWN.
RIGHT NOW IS AN ABSOLUTELY 
CRITICAL TIME.
IF YOU LOOKED AT THOSE NUMBERS, 
YOU REALIZE THAT WE'RE 
DEFINITELY NOT OUT OF THE WOODS 
AND WE'VE GOT TO KEEP GOING.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] WE MUST KEEP IT UP.
[End of Translation]. 
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT QUESTION, WHICH WILL BE THE
LAST ONE.
>> Question: THERE ARE REPORTS 
IN THE UNITED STATES THAT THE 
C.D.C. IS GOING TO RECOMMEND 
THAT ALL AMERICANS GOING OUT IN 
PUBLIC ARE GOING TO WEAR MASKS.
WHILE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MASKS 
BEFORE NOT BEING WHOLLY 
EFFECTIVE FOR MEMBERS OF THE 
PUBLIC, IF THE C.D.C. WERE TO GO
AHEAD WITH THIS, IS THAT 
SOMETHING THAT PERHAPS WE'LL BE 
HEADED TO IN CANADA?
CAN YOU SPEAK ABOUT WHETHER 
THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE 
CONSIDERING?
>> Answer: WELL, WE ALWAYS 
EVALUATE NEW DATA AS IT COMES 
ALONG.
OUR POSITION NOW IS PUT A MASK 
ON SOMEONE WITH SYMPTOMS IF THEY
SHOULD NEED ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
IF YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS, YOU HAVE 
TO STAY AROUND.
YOU SHOULD NOT BE WANDERING 
AROUND THE COMMUNITY.
IF YOU NEED TO GET TO A MEDICAL 
FACILITY, AT THAT POINT IN TIME,
THAT MASK MIGHT BE USEFUL 
BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE INFECTIOUS 
DROPLETS THAT YOU MIGHT SEND TO 
OTHERS, BUT THE KEY IS TO KEEP 
THAT 2-METRE DISTANCE.
MASKS HAVE TO BE UTILIZED 
APPROPRIATELY TOO.
MOST PEOPLE HAVE NOT LEARNED HOW
TO USE MASKS.
THERE ARE MANY PRACTICAL ASPECTS
TO THIS.
OUR ADVICE IS THERE IS NO NEED 
TO USE A MASK FOR WELL PEOPLE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Rosemary: ALL RIGHT.
THAT IS OUR DAILY FEDERAL 
BRIEFING FROM TODAY.
THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER OF 
HEALTH, DR. THERESA TAM, AND HER
DEPUTY, DR. NJOO.
NO CABINET MINISTERS THERE 
TODAY, NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT 
WORKING, BUT THEY WEREN'T PART 
OF THE BRIEFING TODAY.
I WILL TELL YOU AS THE BRIEFING 
HAPPENED, SOME NEW DATA WAS 
POSTED ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH 
AGENCY OF CANADA'S WEBSITE AND 
YOU HEARD DR. TAM TALKING ABOUT 
IT A LITTLE BIT.
I'LL BRING IN THE HOST OF "POWER
& POLITICS," VASSY KAPELOS.
I KNOW SHE WAS LOOKING AT IT AS 
WELL.
ONE OF THE STATISTICS DR. TAM 
GAVE RIGHT OFF THE TOP AND HIT 
HOME FOR ME AND IS WORTH 
REPEATING FOR OTHER PEOPLE, 
WHILE THE NUMBER OF TESTS HAVE 
GONE UP, THE HOSPITALIZATION OF 
CANADIANS THAT HAVE BEEN HIT BY 
COVID-19 IS ABOUT 7%, BUT 
DR. TAM MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT 
OF THAT GROUP OF 
HOSPITALIZATIONS, 30% OF THOSE 
PEOPLE ARE UNDER 40.
I HAMMER HOME THAT POINT BECAUSE
I KNOW THERE IS SOME 
MISCONCEPTION THAT IT IS 
PRIMARILY VULNERABLE OR OLDER 
PEOPLE THAT GET EASILY INFECTED.
AND WHILE THEY END UP IN THE 
MOST DIRE SITUATIONS, WE ARE 
SEEING A LOT OF PEOPLE UNDER 40 
HOSPITALIZED, VASSY.
>> Vassy: YEAH, A LOT OF PEOPLE 
UNDER 40 HOSPITALIZED, AND 
ANOTHER PIECE OF DATA THAT CAME 
OUT AMONGST THE BIG CHUNK OF IT 
THAT DR. TAM WAS REFERRING TO IS
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING THIS
AND TESTING POSITIVE FOR THIS 
ARE IN THE AGE GROUPS OF -- I 
WANT TO PULL UP THE EXACT, THE 
YOUNGER AGE GROUPS.
I WAS LOOKING AT THAT DATA.
THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CASES 40 
TO 59, THEN 20 TO 39.
THEN 60 TO 79.
HOWEVER, THE LAST GROUP OF 
PEOPLE REPRESENTS 56% OF 
HOSPITALIZATIONS.
HOWEVER, AGAIN, YOU'RE 
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
SHE WAS TRYING TO UNDERSCORE THE
MESSAGE, AND DR. TAM SAID THIS 
HERSELF, THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE 
DISEASE.
THE IDEA THAT A LOT OF US HAVE 
THAT JUST BECAUSE WE'RE NOT 65 
OR OVER, THIS WON'T AFFECT US IN
A SERIOUS WAY, THE DATA IS NOT 
BEARING OUT.
30% OF THOSE HOSPITALIZATIONS 
ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 40.
7% OF THE CASES SO FAR IN THIS 
COUNTRY HAVE RESULTED IN 
HOSPITALIZATION.
3% OF THOSE CASES ARE IN 
CRITICAL CARE.
1% HAVE PASSED AWAY.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A MORTALITY 
RATE AT THIS JUNCTURE, AND I 
KEEP ON QUALIFYING IT BECAUSE 
THE DATA MOVES QUICKLY 
OBVIOUSLY, SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO 
KNOW THIS IS A SNAPSHOT IN TIME,
BUT AT THIS TIME A MORTALITY 
RATE OF 1%.
SOME INTERESTING DATA 
THROUGHOUT.
AND ANOTHER THING I WOULD THROW 
OUT THERE THAT IS IMPORTANT TO 
UNDERSTAND IS THE COMMUNITY 
TRANSMISSION VERSUS TRAVEL-BASED
TRANSMISSION.
WE KNOW THIS BEGAN WITH PEOPLE 
WHO HAD TRAVELLERED, BUT WE ARE 
SEEING A SHIFT.
ABOUT 60% ARE FROM COMMUNITY 
TRANSMISSION AND 40% FROM TRAVEL
AND IN A LOT OF CASES IT'S A 
50-50 SPLIT.
THIS IS WHY THE MESSAGES THAT 
WE'VE HEARD FROM PUBLIC HEALTH 
OFFICIALS LIKE TAM IS OF THE 
UTMOST IMPORTANT AS WE SPEAK.
THE TRAVEL STUFF IS SUPER 
IMPORTANT, BUT SO IS STAYING 
INSIDE, ONLY GOING TO THE 
GROCERY STORE ONCE A WEEK IF YOU
CAN, ALL OF THE STUFF WE KEEP 
HEARING ABOUT PHYSICAL 
DISTANCING, THAT IS WHAT WILL 
SLOW THE RATE OF COMMUNITY 
TRANSMISSION AND THAT IS WHERE 
THIS VIRUS IS SPREADING RIGHT 
NOW. 
>> Rosemary: AS WE SAW TRAVEL 
BEING LIMITED MORE AND MORE AND 
MORE, IT IS PREDICTABLE THAT IT 
WOULD MOVE TO COMMUNITY 
TRANSMISSION.
THAT IS THE PRIMARY CONCERN FOR 
EVERYBODY AND THAT'S WHY THE 
PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCED THIS 
MOVE AS OF MONDAY AT NOON, IF 
YOU PRESENT ANY SYMPTOMS OF 
COVID-19 IF YOU'RE TRYING TO 
BOARD A DOMESTIC FLIGHT OR RAIL 
TRAVEL, YOU WILL BE NOT 
PERMITTED TO GET ON.
HOW WILL WE KNOW, ON 
INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS, WE KNOW 
SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT TRUTHFUL 
ABOUT THEIR SYMPTOMS AND THIS IS
HONOUR-BASED.
>> Vassy: WE GOT A FEW MORE 
DETAILS, BUT VERY FEW FROM THE 
HEALTH OFFICIALS.
NO DETAILS PROVIDED ON 
ENFORCEMENT BY THE PRIME 
MINISTER.
THE ONUS WILL BE ON THE 
OPERATOR, THE AIRLINE OPERATOR 
OR THE TRAIN OPERATOR TO ASK 
QUESTIONS.
IF THEY SEE ANY PHYSICAL SIGNS 
OF IT, THEY CAN DENY YOU 
BOARDING AND YOU WILL NOT BE 
PERMITTED  TO BOARD UNTIL YOU 
CAN PROVIDE A MEDICAL 
CERTIFICATE SAYING THAT IT WAS 
NOT COVID-19.
NOT A LOT OF DETAILS ABOUT WHAT 
THE AIRLINES OR RAIL COMPANIES 
WILL DO.
BUT HOW IT WILL BE ENFORCED -- 
IT'S ALREADY A DIFFICULT TIME 
FOR THESE OPERATORS WITH 
LAYOFFS, SO WE AWAIT THOSE 
DETAILS.
AS I MENTIONED, THEY WEREN'T 
PROVIDED YET IN EITHER OF THE 
BRIEFINGS WE RECEIVED.
>> Rosemary: THANK YOU, VASSY, 
FOR YOUR HELP WITH THE COVERAGE 
AND FOR BEING HERE ON A WEEKEND,
ALTHOUGH NO ONE KNOWS WHAT A 
WEEKEND IS.
THAT WAS THE PRIME MINISTER AND 
THE HEALTH OFFICIALS BRIEFING.
WE WILL BE BACK TOMORROW AROUND 
THE SAME TIME.
THERE WILL BE MORE UPDATES ON 
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC THROUGHOUT
THE DAY.
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