POLICE BRUTALITY PROTESTS ACROSS
THE UNITED STATES AND MARCHES 
SCHEDULED IN CANADA.
MORE ON THAT IN JUST A MOMENT AS
THERE IS NEW POLICE BRUTALITY 
VIDEOS.
AND TRAGIC ENDINGS.
MY COLLEAGUE THE CBC'S CATHERINE
CULLEN IS JOINING US.
I'M GOING TO START WITH JOB 
NUMBERS, IF I CAN.
WE DID GET SOME NEW JOB NUMBERS.
WE HEARD FROM THE PRESIDENT JUST
MOMENTS AGO BECAUSE THERE WAS A 
PICK UP IN JOB NUMBERS IN THE 
UNITED STATES, AND THERE WAS IN 
THIS COUNTRY AS WELL.
ALTHOUGH THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 
ROSE.
WE SAW 290,000 NEW JOBS OR 
PEOPLE IN NEW JOBS IN THE MONTH 
OF MAY, WHICH SPEAKS TO THE 
REALITY THAT THERE ARE SOME 
PROVINCES REOPENING AND PEOPLE 
GETTING BACK TO WORK.
>> Catherine: NONETHELESS, THE 
NUMBERS IN CANADA CAME AS A 
SURPRISE.
WE SAW ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES 
TWEETING THAT WHEN HE LOOKED AT 
THE CONSENSUS FROM ECONOMISTS, 
THEY WERE EXPECTING ABOUT HALF A
MILLION JOBLESS RATES TO RISE TO
15%.
NO, INSTEAD, ALMOST 300,000 JOBS
GAINED.
AS YOU SAY, ULTIMATELY THE 
EMPLOYMENT LEVEL DID RISE 
BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE 
LOOKING FOR WORK.
BURIED IN THOSE NUMBERS THERE 
ARE MANY DIFFERENT STORIES ABOUT
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN CANADA 
RIGHT NOW.
ONE THING WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT 
BEFORE ON THIS SPECIAL, 
ROSEMARY, IS THE GENDER 
DIFFERENCE.
WHEN YOU BREAK DOWN WHO IS 
GETTING THEIR JOBS BACK, THE 
VAST MAJORITY ARE MEN'S JOBS.
MORE THAN 200,000 OF THOSE JOBS 
ARE FOR MEN.
WOMEN HAS 84,000 OF THE JOBS.
THAT IS PART OF THE DISCUSSION 
AND WE CAN EXPECT IT TO BE MORE 
OF THE DISCUSSION GOING FORWARD.
THAT IS PERHAPS SOME OF THE JOBS
LIKE CONSTRUCTION AND 
MANUFACTURING, THOSE TEND TO BE 
MEN'S JOBS.
THOSE ARE STARTING UP MORE 
QUICKLY.
WOMEN TEND TO BE MORE OFTEN 
EMPLOYED IN THE SERVICE SECTOR 
AND WHATNOT.
RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL STILL 
STRUGGLING TO RESTART IN THE 
PICTURE IN DIFFERENT PLACES 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WHEN WE LISTEN TO WHAT THE PRIME
MINISTER HAS TO SAY TODAY, ONE 
OF THE THINGS WE WILL BE WANTING
TO SAY BEFORE IS THE NEWS OF THE
RESTART ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE 
DESCRIBED IT TO ME AS A 
PROPOSAL, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 
AIMED GOING OUT TO THE PROVINCES
AND TERRITORIES TO FUND HOW THIS
RESTART IS GOING TO WORK.
THERE'S CERTAINLY GOING TO BE 
SOME STRINGS ATTACHED.
WE EXPECT THAT THAT MONEY IS 
GOING TO HAVE TO BE SPENT ON 
THINGS LIKE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE 
EQUIPMENT, TESTING, CONTACT 
TRACING, BOOST TO 
MUNICIPALITIES.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK 
THERE WAS SOME MONEY ADVANCED 
FOR MUNICIPALITIES, BUT NEARLY 
AS MUCH AS THEY WERE HOPING TO 
SEE.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO 
HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS IS A 
PROPOSAL.
THIS IS NOT A FAIT ACCOMPLI.
THIS IS AN EFFORT BY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO MOVE THINGS 
FORWARD, SOMETHING THE PRIME 
MINISTER DISCUSSED WITH HIS 
PROVINCIAL AND TERRITORIAL 
COUNTERPARTS LAST NIGHT.
THE QUESTION IS WHAT ARE THOSE 
STRINGS AND WHEN WILL THE MONEY 
START MOVING.
>> Rosemary: THE READOUT FROM 
THAT CALL WAS VAGUE.
THEY'RE NEVER PARTICULARLY 
DETAILED.
TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE 
TALKING ABOUT, THEY SAID THEY 
DISCUSSED INITIATIVES TO ENSURE 
FRONTLINE HEALTH WORKERS AND 
OTHER ESSENTIAL WORKERS RECEIVE 
P.P.E. TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND
OTHER VULNERABLE PEOPLE AND 
SENIORS, WHICH LEADS ME TO 
BELIEVE THERE IS A CONVERSATION 
AROUND LONG-TERM CARE.
IS THE MONEY THEY'RE TALKING 
ABOUT HERE, IS PART OF IT SLATED
FOR LONG-TERM CARE OR ALL GEARED
TO REOPENING THE ECONOMY?
I'M LEFT WITH MANY QUESTIONS, AS
ARE YOU.
IS WHAT THE PRIME MINISTER IS 
GOING TO SAY TODAY REALLY AN 
ATTEMPT TO GET THE PROVINCES TO 
MOVE ON SOME OF THIS STUFF?
THEY DO HAVE TO AGREE TO IT AND 
REQUEST IT.
IT CAN'T JUST BE THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT HANDING MONEY AND 
SORT OF FIGURING OUT WHERE IT 
GOES.
IT HAS TO BE AN AGREEMENT.
WE'LL SEE WHETHER HE HAS MORE TO
SAY ABOUT HOW THAT WILL UNFOLD 
OVER THE NEXT NUMBER OF WEEKS.
>> Catherine: INDEED.
JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES OFTEN PLAY
INTO THIS.
FOR FOLKS SITTING AT HOME, THEIR
HEARTS DON'T LIGHT ON FIRE AT 
THE DISCUSSION OF JURISDICTIONAL
ISSUES, BUT IT'S PART OF THE WAY
THINGS WORK IN CANADA.
THERE IS THAT PUSH AND PULL.
EVERYBODY MAY BE BROADLY ON 
SIDE.
I DON'T THINK YOU WILL FIND A 
POLITICIAN IN CANADA WHO WON'T 
TELL YOU SOMETHING NEEDS TO 
HAPPEN WHEN IT COMES TO 
LONG-TERM CARE.
WHO CONTROLS IT, GIVEN THAT 
LONG-TERM CARE IS ULTIMATELY A 
PROVINCIAL AND TERRITORIAL 
JURISDICTION.
CERTAINLY MEMBERS OF THE 
CANADIAN FORCES HELPING IN 
QUEBEC TO ENSURE THAT SOME OF 
THE MOST VULNERABLE CANADIANS 
GETTING CARE IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
REPORT AFTER REPORT HAS BEEN 
DONE ABOUT THE NUMEROUS ISSUES 
FACING THE SYSTEM.
WHERE DOES THE PUSH AND THE NEW 
MONEY COME FROM?
>> Rosemary: YOU TALKED ABOUT 
THE GENDER GAP IN THE RETURN TO 
WORK.
IT'S TRUE BECAUSE THE 
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN LARGE 
PART YOU CAN GET PROJECTS GOING,
THAT INDUSTRY HAS SEEN THE 
BIGGEST BOOST IN THE NUMBER OF 
JOBS ACCORDING TO THE JOBS 
REPORT TODAY, 19%.
THE OTHER PART OF WHAT WE'VE 
SEEN IN TERMS OF THE GENDER 
BREAKDOWN IS ALSO ABOUT CHILD 
CARE.
THAT TO ME -- I WOULD IMAGINE 
THE PRIME MINISTER WOULD BE 
ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, 
GIVEN THAT THIS IS A GOVERNMENT 
THAT HAS PUSHED THE ISSUE OF 
GENDER AND MAKING SURE THAT 
WOMEN HAVE A PLACE AT THE 
CABINET TABLE AND IN SOCIETY.
WHAT WE SAW IN THE JOB NUMBERS 
REFLECTS A CHALLENGE FOR WOMEN.
>> Catherine: INDEED FOR ALL 
FAMILIES.
WE KNOW THAT HISTORICALLY AND 
PRESENTLY THAT WOMEN DO TEND TO 
END UP TAKING ON MORE OF THE 
CHILD CARE RESPONSIBILITIES.
IF A FAMILY HAS TO MAKE A 
DECISION ABOUT WHO GOES BACK TO 
WORK AND IF THEY ARE A FAMILY 
MADE UP OF A MOTHER AND A 
FATHER, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT IT'S
THE FATHER GOING BACK TO WORK 
AND THE MOTHER TAKING ON THE 
CHILD CARE RESPONSIBILITIES.
I REALIZE THERE ARE A VARIETY OF
SCENARIOS, A LOT OF SHADES OF 
GREY, BUT BY AND LARGE THIS IS 
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THE LAST TIME WE HAD THE LABOUR 
FORCE SURVEY FROM THE PRIME 
MINISTER, HE DID SAY THAT CHILD 
CARE WAS GOING TO BE INTEGRAL TO
GETTING THINGS UP AND RUNNING 
AGAIN, SAFE, RELIABLE CHILD 
CARE.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE 
INNUMERABLE ISSUES, WE JUST 
TALKED ABOUT LONG-TERM CARE, BUT
ANOTHER AREA THIS PANDEMIC HAS 
SHONE THE SPOTLIGHT ON IS THE 
NEED FOR CHILD CARE FOR PEOPLE 
TO BE ABLE TO FUNCTION AT THE 
LEVEL THEY WOULD LIKE TO.
THE PRIME MINISTER HAS 
ACKNOWLEDGED THAT.
WHERE IS THE ACTION GOING TO BE 
ON THAT ISSUE?
I WOULD SAY I DON'T MEAN TO BE 
GLIB BY SAYING, ADD IT TO THE 
LIST, ROSEMARY, BUT IT IS AN 
EVER-GROWING LIST, BUT CERTAINLY
AN IMPORTANT ONE THAT MANY 
PEOPLE WHO MIGHT HAVE THEIR TVs 
ON WHILE THEIR KIDS ARE RUNNING 
AROUND RIGHT NOW ARE LIVING THE 
REALITY OF IT THIS MOMENT. 
>> Rosemary: THOSE STATISTICS 
THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, THEY BEAR
OUT THAT THERE ARE MORE MEN 
RETURNING TO WORK THAN WOMEN, 
SOME OF IT BECAUSE OF CHILD CARE
AND SOME OF IT BECAUSE OF THE 
BREAKDOWN OF SECTORAL WORK AND 
WHERE YOU FIND MEN AND WOMEN 
WORKING.
>> Catherine: ONE ECONOMIST DID 
SAY THAT THE JOBS THAT HAVE 
RETURNED AT THIS POINT ARE 
LOW-HANGING FRUIT, SOME OF THE 
JOBS EASIER TO GET UP AND 
RUNNING AGAIN.
SOME OF THESE SERVICE-SECTOR 
JOBS DO NOT COME BACK.
WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT A SOCIETY OF
GETTING MORE WOMEN BACK INTO THE
WORKFORCE?
THE LAST LABOUR SURVEY I 
REMEMBER SPEAKING WITH REBECCA 
YOUNG WHO SAID IT WAS THE 1980s 
WE SAW A LOW FEMALE 
PARTICIPATION.
WE'RE BACK TO THE AGE OF 
SHOULDER PADS.
THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS GOVERNMENT 
SAYS IT STANDS FOR.
HOW DO WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN?
CHILD CARE IS A PART OF THAT.
I'VE NEVER LOVED THE TERM "SHE 
SESSION," BUT THERE IT IS, A 
RECOVERY THAT FOCUSES ON THE 
SECTORS THAT EMPLOY WOMEN.
AS WE TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE 
OF CHILD CARE RIGHT HERE, YOU 
HAVE ECONOMISTS SAYING WHY NOT 
PUT THAT MONEY INTO CREATING 
CHILD CARE SPACES?
THAT HELPS FAMILIES GET BACK 
INTO THE WORKFORCE AND HELPS 
EMPLOY WOMEN.
THAT'S A CARE RECOVERY.
THAT'S ONE OF THE PITCHES OUT 
THERE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THE KIND OF THING
THIS GOVERNMENT WOULD BE 
INTERESTED IN, BUT WE'RE WAITING
TO SEE WHAT SHAPE ALL OF THIS 
WILL TAKE.
THE LAST THING I WAS SPEAKING TO
THOSE ECONOMISTS, I DON'T THINK 
THEY FELT THEY WERE GETTING THE 
KIND OF REPUTATION THEY HOPED 
FOR.
WE REALIZE THERE ARE A LOT OF 
ISSUES BEING JUGGLED RIGHT NOW.
THIS PRIME MINISTER LIKES TO 
CALL HIMSELF A FEMINIST.
HOW IS THAT GOING TO PLAY INTO 
THIS RECOVERY PLAN?
>> Rosemary: WE ARE HEARING THE 
PRIME MINISTER MIGHT BE A FEW 
MINUTES LATE.
I HAVE THINGS I WANT TO COVER 
WITH YOU AND WITH MEAGAN 
FITZPATRICK.
THERE WAS A PRESS CONFERENCE AND
THE PRIME MINISTER WAS ASKED 
ABOUT POLICE VIOLENCE AGAINST 
INDIGENOUS CANADIANS.
THERE WAS A VIOLENT ARREST THAT 
HAPPENED IN NUNAVUT BY AN RCMP 
OFFICER, I'M SURE PEOPLE HAVE 
SEEN THE VIDEO.
AND THERE WAS A WOMAN, CHANTEL 
MOORE, WHO WAS KILLED IN 
EDMONTON BY POLICE AFTER A 
WELLNESS CHECK.
LET'S PLAY THAT CLIP FROM THE 
MINISTER OF INDIGENOUS SERVICES,
MARC MILLER, AND WE'LL TALK 
ABOUT THAT.
>> I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW 
SOMEONE DIES DURING A WELLNESS 
CHECK.
WHEN I FIRST SAW THE REPORT, I 
THOUGHT IT WAS SOME MORBID JOKE.
YOU LOOK AT IT AND YOU SAY, YES,
THERE WILL BE AN INDEPENDENT 
INVESTIGATION.
FRANKLY, ALONG WITH MANY 
CANADIANS, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE 
LIVING IN CANADA, POLITICIANS, 
I'M PISSED, I'M OUTRAGED.
THERE NEEDS TO BE A PULL 
ACCOUNTING OF WHAT HAS GONE ON.
THIS IS A PATTERN THAT KEEPS 
REPEATING ITSELF.
>> Rosemary: SO SOME VERY FRANK 
EMOTIONAL RESPONSE BY THE 
MINISTER, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE 
ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE TWO
EVENTS.
OF COURSE THESE ARE JUST TWO OF 
THE LATEST EVENTS IN REFERENCE 
TO POLICING AND INDIGENOUS 
PEOPLE.
THE FOCUS THIS WEEK HAS REALLY 
BEEN ON POLICING AND BLACK 
PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY AND IN 
THE UNITED STATES, BUT 
INTERESTING TO HEAR THE 
MINISTER'S REMARKS, NONETHELESS,
CATHERINE.
>> Catherine: AND CERTAINLY A 
STRONG CONTRAST TO WHAT WE HEARD
FROM THE PRIME MINISTER 
YESTERDAY.
HE WAS ASKED, ROSEMARY, 
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT VIDEO OF
THE MAN IN NUNAVUT WHO WAS HIT 
BY A POLICE CRUISER.
HE SAID SOMETHING WE'VE HEARD 
HIM SAY OVER THE COURSE OF THIS 
WEEK.
HE DID EXPRESS CONCERN.
EVEN AS WE WATCH WITH HORROR 
WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE 
UNITED STATES, WE KNOW WE HAVE 
AN AWFUL LOT OF WORK TO DO IN 
CANADA.
AS A GOVERNMENT, WE HAVE TAKEN 
STEPS TOWARDS THAT, BUT AS 
YOU'VE POINTED OUT, THERE IS 
MUCH MORE TO DO, IS WHAT HE 
SAID.
CERTAINLY NO ONE WOULD DENY THE 
WORDS WE HEARD FROM MINISTER 
MILLER ARE STRONGER THAN THAT.
SINCE THEN WE'VE HAD ADDITIONAL 
DETAILS ABOUT THE WELLNESS CHECK
INVOLVING CHANTEL MOORE.
I WOULD SAY WHEN YOU TALK TO, 
FOR INSTANCE, THE ORGANIZERS OF 
THE VARIOUS PROTESTS THAT ARE 
GOING ON TODAY, THEY WILL SAY 
BROADLY THIS IS NOTHING NEW TO 
THEM, AN INCREDIBLY LONG LIST OF
PEOPLE WHO HAVE INTERACTED WITH 
POLICE, PEOPLE FROM RACIALIZED 
AND MINORITY COMMUNITIES.
OFTEN THIS IS THE CASE AS WITH 
REGIS PAQUET, SOMEBODY WHO WAS 
IN DISTRESS.
POLICE CAME TO THE RESIDENCE SHE
WAS AT.
IT'S STILL BEING INVESTIGATED 
WHAT HAPPENED, BUT WE KNOW THE 
29-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FELL TO HER 
DEATH AFTER THAT.
THERE WERE QUESTIONS FOR THE 
PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER 
MILLER.
OUTRAGE ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE 
DONE.
MINISTER MILLER MADE THE POINT 
THAT POLITICIANS DO NOT CONTROL 
THE POLICE.
NO ONE WOULD WANT IT THAT THEIR 
HANDS WERE DIRECTING SPECIFIC 
POLICE ACTION.
HE EXPRESSED SOME OPENNESS TO 
THE IDEA OF BODY CAMERAS.
HE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE 
OF TRAINING, THE IMPORTANCE OF 
RECRUITING, TALKED ABOUT THIS 
BEING A DISCUSSION THAT NEEDS TO
CONTINUE, BUT I THINK WE ALL 
WANT TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IF MINISTERS
SUCH AS MINISTER MILLER, ARE 
EXPRESSING THIS LEVEL OF 
OUTRAGE, WHERE DO THEY THINK 
THIS OUGHT TO GO AND WHAT STEPS 
ARE THEY PREPARED TO TAKE IN 
ORDER TO SEE THE CHANGES THAT 
MORE AND MORE CANADIANS ARE 
CALLING FOR. 
>> Rosemary: THIS IS A BROADER 
CONVERSATION THAT GOES UNDER THE
RUBRIC OF DEFENDING THE POLICE 
AND THAT THEY ARE GETTING TOO 
MUCH MONEY THAT COULD BE USED 
ELSEWHERE, WHETHER MENTAL HEALTH
CALLS OR ABUSE PREVENTION.
HOW DID WE GO FROM A WELLNESS 
CHECK TO SOMEONE DYING.
CATHERINE, I'M GOING TO COME 
BACK TO YOU AS WE WAIT FOR THE 
PRIME MINISTER TO COME OUT OF 
HIS HOME.
CATHERINE ALLUDED TO THESE 
RALLIES AND PROTESTS THAT ARE 
HAPPENING TODAY, ONE ON 
PARLIAMENT HILL AND MOVING 
TOWARDS THE U.S. EMBASSY.
THERE IS ONE IN TORONTO IN 
SUPPORT OF THE PROTESTS SOUTH OF
THE BORDER, BUT ALSO IN RELATION
TO THE EVENTS WE'VE WITNESSED IN
THIS COUNTRY, WHETHER ANTI-BLACK
RACISM OR OTHER FORMS OF RACISM 
AGAINST INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.
THE CBC'S MEAGAN FITZPATRICK IS 
IN DOWNTOWN TORONTO.
MEAGAN, GIVE ME A SENSE OF WHAT 
WE'RE EXPECTING THERE.
>> Reporter: THIS IS EXPECTED TO
GET UNDERWAY IN A LITTLE BIT.
THE PARTICIPANTS WILL BE 
MARCHING DOWN HERE TO THE START 
OF YONGE STREET AND MAKING THEIR
WAY TO CITY HALL.
THEY'RE GOING TO SURROUND THE 
POOL THAT TURNS INTO AN EYES 
RINK IN THE WINTER.
THAT'S WHERE THE PROTESTERS WILL
TAKE A KNEE AND KNEEL AND FINISH
THEIR PROTEST.
THE ORGANIZERS ON THIS ON THEIR 
SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT ARE 
ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO BE SAFE 
TODAY, TO KEEP THEIR PHYSICAL 
DISTANCE, TO WEAR MASKS AND 
GLOVES AND NOT BE AFRAID TO 
SPEAK UP IF PEOPLE ARE GETTING 
TOO CLOSE.
REMINDING PEOPLE THAT THERE IS A
PANDEMIC GOING ON AND TO TAKE 
PRECAUTIONS AS THEY PARTICIPATE 
IN TODAY'S MARCH.
WE'VE JUST NOW STARTED TO SEE 
SOME PARTICIPANTS SHOW UP.
AS WE CAN SEE, THERE IS A POLICE
PRESENCE HERE AS WELL, ROSEMARY.
WE DID HEAR FROM THE POLICE 
CHIEF MARK SAUNDERS YESTERDAY, 
WHO SAID THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS 
EVENT AND SOME MORE IN TORONTO 
TOMORROW.
HE IS ENCOURAGING TORONTONIANS 
TO REMAIN PEACEFUL AS THEY WERE 
LAST SATURDAY WHEN THERE WAS A 
PROTEST IN TORONTO.
HERE IS MORE OF WHAT CHIEF 
SAUNDERS SAID.
>> I CAN TELL YOU THE VAST 
NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE 
TO THE PROTESTS IN THE CITY OF 
TORONTO HAVE BEEN PEACEFUL.
THERE IS A LOT OF PASSION, THERE
IS A LOT OF ANGER, AND A LOT OF 
HOPE.
I HOPE AS TORONTONIANS WE CAN 
CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
A LOT OF THE MEMBERS THAT ARE AT
THE PROTEST HAVE SELF-REGULATED 
THOSE THAT HAVE SHOWN UP AND HAD
A DIFFERENT AGENDA.
>> Meagan: THEY ARE HOPEFUL AND 
EXPECT IT TO REMAIN PEACEFUL.
NOTICE THE PLYWOOD BEHIND ME.
WE HAVE SEEN BUSINESSES ALONG 
THIS INTERSECTION BOARDING UP.
THE EATON CENTRE HAS BEEN 
BOARDED UP AND A LOT OF THE 
STORES ALONG BLOOR.
THERE IS A HIGH-END SHOPPING 
AREA HERE, THE AREA KNOWN AS 
YORKVILLE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF SHOPS THERE 
BOARDED UP.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE 
BUSINESSES ARE PREPARED FOR 
TODAY'S PROTESTS.
BUT AGAIN, THE ORGANIZERS SAYING
IT WILL BE PEACEFUL AND NO 
DISRUPTFUL BEHAVIOUR WILL BE 
TOLERATED BY THE PARTICIPANTS IN
THE MARCH.
THINGS SHOULD BE GETTING 
UNDERWAY, ROSEMARY.
NOT TOO BIG OF A CROWD, BUT 
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN A 
LITTLE BIT.
>> Rosemary: THE CBC'S MEAGAN 
FITZPATRICK IN TORONTO.
STAY SAFE.
WE ARE EXPECTING UP TO 5,000 
FROM THE ORGANIZERS IN OTTAWA 
ARE SAYING.
IT IS A MARCH AROUND PARLIAMENT 
HILL AND TOWARDS THE U.S. 
EMBASSY.
ON MAKING MY WAY IN TO WORK 
TODAY, I DIDN'T SEE MUCH BOARDED
UP.
THE POLICE IN OTTAWA HAVE SAID 
THEY INTEND TO BE PRESENT AT 
THIS PROTEST, WHILE TRYING NOT 
TO CAUSE ANY ISSUES BETWEEN THEM
AND PROTESTERS.
EVERYONE HOPING THAT THAT WILL 
GO FAIRLY SMOOTHLY AS WELL.
OBVIOUSLY WE'VE SEEN A DIFFERENT
KIND OF SCENE IN THE 
UNITED STATES IN VARIOUS CITIES 
OVERNIGHT, ALONG WITH SOME 
DISTURBING VIDEO OF POLICE 
TAKING VIOLENT ACTION AGAINST 
PEOPLE THAT DID NOT SEEM TO BE 
DOING ANYTHING WRONG AT ALL.
THE LATEST ONE HAPPENING IN 
BALTIMORE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
WE ARE EXPECTING TO HEAR MORE 
FROM THE PRIME MINISTER ABOUT 
DISABILITIES, CANADIANS WITH 
DISABILITIES, RATHER, AND SOME 
BENEFITS THAT THEY COULD PERHAPS
FURTHER USE.
THIS COMES A DAY AFTER THE 
GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED THE 
SENIORS' BENEFIT WOULD BE ISSUED
THE WEEK OF JULY 6.
LOTS OF SENIORS WERE WAITING FOR
THAT.
THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE 
TWEETING ME WITH DISABILITIES 
WHO WERE CONCERNED THEY WERE 
BEING LEFT OUT OR FORGOTTEN BY 
THE GOVERNMENT DURING THE 
PANDEMIC AND HOPING THEY WOULD 
GET FURTHER AID.
THE CBC'S CATHERINE CULLEN IS 
STILL WITH ME AS WE WAIT FOR THE
PRIME MINISTER.
WE'RE AT THE POINT IN THIS 
PANDEMIC WHERE THE GOVERNMENT IS
TRYING TO FILL IN GAPS.
6 MILLION CANADIANS LIVING WITH 
DISABILITIES IS A BIG GAP.
>> Catherine: THIS IS ONE THAT 
THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN EYEING.
CARLA QUALTROUGH, THE MINISTER 
RESPONSIBLE FOR EMPLOYMENT AND 
SPEAKING ON THE FILE OF 
CANADIANS WITH DISABILITIES, HAS
BEEN FORESHADOWING SHE WANTS TO 
DO SOMETHING TO HELP THESE 
CANADIANS FOR A FEW WEEKS NOW.
WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THAT 
EXCITING TOPIC OF JURISDICTION 
PERHAPS ONCE AGAIN.
IT MAY BE A BIT COMPLEX, GIVEN 
THAT SOME OF THE PAYMENTS TO 
HELP CANADIANS WITH DISABILITIES
COME FROM THE PROVINCIAL LEVEL.
HOW IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
DECIDING WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR 
THIS PARTICULAR PAYMENT.
IN A REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
WE KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THEY ARE 
WORKING ON IT.
THE QUESTION IS GETTING THE 
MONEY OUT THE DOOR.
WE ARE A WAYS INTO THIS 
PANDEMIC.
WE KNOW A BIG PART OF TODAY IS 
ABOUT RESTART AND RECOVERY.
SOME OF THE VIEWERS ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY MAY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE 
INTO THAT RESTARTING PROCESS.
THAT IS THE DIRECTION THAT 
THINGS ARE TAKING.
I DO KNOW THAT IT'S PERHAPS BEEN
A REOCCURRING QUESTION 
THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG.
WE WANT TO GET A SENSE OF WHY 
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS ONLY COMING
NOW.
OF COURSE THERE IS THE 
ANNOUNCEMENT AND THEN THE 
QUESTION WHEN DOES THE MONEY GO 
OUT THE DOOR?
THAT DEPENDS ON HOW THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT PLANS ON GETTING 
MONEY TO PEOPLE, ARE THEY GOING 
TO USE AN APPLICATION OR A 
PRE-EXISTING CRITERIA THAT 
ALLOWS THEM TO GET MONEY TO 
CANADIANS.
WHILE WE TALK ABOUT THESE ISSUES
THAT SEEM ABSTRACT OR 
BIG-PICTURE, THERE ARE PEOPLE 
THAT NEED MONEY RIGHT NOW.
SOME OF THESE PEOPLE MAY HAVE 
BEEN ELIGIBLE FOR THE ADDITIONAL
G.S.T. PAYMENTS IF THEY ARE 
CANADIANS LIVING WITH A LOWER 
INCOME.
BUT THE VERY FACT THAT THE 
GOVERNMENT WANTS TO MAKE THIS 
ANNOUNCEMENT SUGGESTS THAT THE 
PEOPLE NEED MORE THAN JUST THAT 
PAYMENT.
HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE TALKING 
ABOUT AND HOW DOES THE 
GOVERNMENT INTEND TO GET IT TO 
PEOPLE.
>> Rosemary: IT'S ABOUT 70% OF 
DISABLED CANADIANS ELIGIBLE TO 
RECEIVE THAT G.S.T. CREDIT.
THAT WAS ABOUT $375.
NOT A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT 
A LITTLE BIT GOES A LONG WAY 
DURING THESE TIMES.
THIS WOULD FALL IN LINE WITH 
WHAT SENIORS ARE GETTING UNDER 
THAT OLD AGE SECURITY BENEFIT.
$300 FOR PEOPLE WITH THAT.
IF THEY HAVE ON TOP OF THAT THE 
GUARANTEED INCOME SUPPLEMENT, UP
TO AS MUCH AS $500 PER SENIOR.
THE PRIME MINISTER IS ANOTHER 
COUPLE OF MINUTES LATE.
>> Catherine: ONE THING I MIGHT 
DIVE IN ON, ROSEMARY.
ONE THING I DON'T KNOW IF IT 
WILL COME UP, BUT IT'S RELEVANT 
IN THE DISCUSSION OF ADDITIONAL 
MEASURES.
MONDAY IS THE DATE OF THE 
OPENING OF THE PERIOD THAT 
CANADIANS CAN APPLY FOR THEIR 
FOURTH PAYMENT OF CERB, NOT 
FOURTH FOR EVERYONE, BUT PEOPLE 
WHO HAVE BEEN GETTING THE MONEY 
SINCE MARCH 15, IT IS THE LAST 
PAYMENT.
THERE IS SO MUCH GOING ON IN THE
WORLD, I'M NOT CONFIDENT THAT 
CERB WILL COME UP.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF
ISSUES THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS 
TO DEAL WITH, CERTAINLY THIS IS 
ONE OF THEM.
WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THAT 
PARTICULAR PAYMENT?
WE HAVE POSITIVE ECONOMIC NEWS 
TODAY, SUGGESTING THAT MANY 
PEOPLE ARE NOW NEWLY EMPLOYED 
WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN -- AS I 
SAY, THE UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBER HAS
GONE UP BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE 
PEOPLE LOOKING FOR WORK AS WELL.
STILL, THERE ARE GOING TO BE A 
LOT OF CANADIANS RELYING ON THIS
MONEY.
I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE FIGURES,
BUT THE LAST TIME I DID, IT WAS 
IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF 8 
MILLION CANADIANS WHO MADE AN 
APPLICATION FOR CERB PAYMENT.
WHAT IS THE GOVERNMENT GOING TO 
DO, CREATE A HIGHER THRESHOLD?
A BIT MORE OF A CHALLENGE TO GET
PEOPLE TO APPLY, THAT PEOPLE 
WILL BE REPUSHED BACK INTO THE 
WAGE SUBSIDY OR REJOIN THE 
WORKFORCE.
IT IS A CONUNDRUM.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE 
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT DOES.
IF THEY MAKE IT LIKE E.I.-LIKE 
AND YOU HAVE TO PROVE YOU'RE 
LOOKING FOR WORK, THAT MAKES IT 
MORE COMPLEX.
THE REASON THEY SET THIS UP THE 
WAY THEY DID IS THEY WANTED TO 
GET THE MONEY OUT QUICKLY.
THE PRIME MINISTER SAID IF THERE
WERE MORE CHECKS IN PLACE, 
PEOPLE WOULD WAIT LONGER.
A CONUNDRUM.
>> Rosemary: IT WAS MORE OF AN 
ATTESTATION REQUIRING YOU TO 
SHOW THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR 
WORK.
THAT MAY BE SOMETHING PEOPLE CAN
CONSIDER BECAUSE THERE ARE JOBS 
OPENING UP SO PERHAPS WHY THEY 
MAKE THE SHIFT.
>>> THE OTHER THING I'M REMINDED
ABOUT IS THE SICK LEAVE DAYS 
THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAD 
COMMITTED TO, AT LEAST IN PART, 
FINANCING IN SOME WAY WITH THE 
PROVINCES.
THEY MADE THAT AGREEMENT WITH 
THE N.D.P. ABOUT A WEE AGO, IN 
ORDER TO GET THE PARLIAMENTARY 
CALENDAR THAT THEY WANTED 
ESSENTIALLY, WHICH WOULD MEAN 
HYBRID SITTINGS FOUR TIMES A 
WEEK AND A COUPLE OF DATES IN 
THE SUMMER.
AFTER THE REQUESTS, THEY WOULD 
TRY AND FIND 10 DAYS OF SICK 
LEAVE FOR PEOPLE IN THIS 
COUNTRY, AS WE ANTICIPATE 
ANOTHER WAVE DURING THIS 
PANDEMIC.
I IMAGINE THAT CAME UP YESTERDAY
WITH THE PREMIERS AS WELL, BUT I
HAVE NO IDEA WHAT KIND OF 
MOVEMENT, IF ANY, THERE HAS BEEN
ON ON THAT FRONT.
>> Catherine: IT SEEMS LIKE 
PREMIER HORGAN IS THE ONE THAT 
STARTED THIS.
HE SAID THIS IS IMPORTANT 
BECAUSE WHEN -- AS WE START THE 
RESTART, AS WE REBEGIN, THE 
QUESTION OF PEOPLE RETURNING TO 
WORK -- BOTH THE PRIME MINISTER 
AND THE PREMIER HAVE TALKED 
ABOUT THE FALL IN PARTICULAR.
WE START GETTING INTO COLD AND 
FLU SEASON.
PEOPLE ARE BACK AT WORK.
THEY START TO NOT FEEL SO WELL.
IF THEY HAVE TO TAKE AN UNPAID 
DAY AND RISK LOSING THEIR JOB, 
THEY MIGHT COME IN TO WORK SICK.
THE THOUGHT IS THESE ADDITIONAL 
SICK DAYS WOULD PREVENT PEOPLE 
COMING INTO WORK SICK AND BE 
BETTER FOR SOCIETY AS A WHOLE.
WE KNOW THERE IS NOT YOU -- 
UNANIMITY ABOUT THIS.
WHAT CHALLENGES IS THIS GOING TO
CREATE FOR EMPLOYERS AND THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
I BELIEVE STEPHEN McNEIL SAID 
THIS IS PERFECTLY FINE IN THE 
TIME OF COVID, BUT MOVING ON 
THIS SHOULDN'T CONTINUE.
I DON'T BELIEVE PREMIER HORGAN 
AGREES ON THAT.
THIS WOULD REQUIRE BUY-IN FROM 
THE PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES.
UNANIMITY IS NOT SOMETHING THEY 
HAVE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.
THE PRIME MINISTER HAS TALKED 
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS.
HE AGREED TO THE N.D.P.'s 
REQUEST ON IT, BUT HAS 
ARTICULATED ON THE IMPORTANCE OF
THE PROGRAM.
>> Rosemary: IF PEOPLE ARE 
WONDERING WHY WE'RE STILL 
TALKING, IT'S BECAUSE THE PRIME 
MINISTER IS RUNNING LATE.
WE ARE EXPECTING HIM -- OH, 
LOOK, THERE IS THE TWO-MINUTE 
FINGER.
HE'S ABOUT TWO MINUTES AWAY.
WE GOT THE UPDATED NATIONAL 
MODELLING NUMBERS FROM 
DR. THERESA TAM THAT DID SHOW 
THINGS ARE GOING LARGELY WELL IN
THE COUNTRY.
THERE REMAINS HOT SPOTS, THE 
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO AND QUEBEC 
AND THE G.T.A., THE GREATER 
TORONTO AREA, AND IN AND AROUND 
THE ISLAND OF MONTREAL, THOSE 
CONTINUE TO BE THE PLACES WHERE 
THE VAST OF CASES ARE AND THE 
VAST MAJORITY OF CASES IN 
ONTARIO AND QUEBEC.
DR. TAM ALSO MENTIONED THAT IF 
YOU LOOK AT THE MODELLING, THEY 
CAN CERTAINLY SEE THAT IF THERE 
IS TOO QUICK AN EASING OF THE 
RULES OF THOSE PUBLIC HEALTH 
RULES THAT WE ALL KNOW BY HEART,
TWO METRES AWAY, WASH YOUR 
HANDS, AVOID THE CROWDED PLACES,
ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, THAT WE 
COULD BE INTO A PLACE WHERE I 
THINK SHE CALLED IT AN EXPLOSIVE
SECOND SPIKE OF THE VIRUS, 
BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW
THE VIRUS IS GOING TO REACT WHEN
WE ALL START RETURNING TO OUR 
NEW NORMAL LIVES.
SO THERE IS -- WHILE THERE IS 
GOOD NEWS, THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY 
HOT SPOTS THAT ARE OF CONCERN 
AND BEHAVIOURAL THINGS THAT NEED
TO CONTINUE, OTHERWISE WE WILL 
BE BACK IN A BAD POSITION, 
CATHERINE.
>> Catherine: ALSO SOMETHING THE
NUMBERS DEMONSTRATED CLEARLY, 
ROSEMARY, 94% OF DEATHS FROM 
COVID-19 ARE PEOPLE AGE 60 AND 
OVER.
OVER 80% OF THE DEATHS HAVE 
HAPPENED IN LONG-TERM CARE 
FACILITIES.
THIS COMES BACK AROUND TO WHERE 
OUR DISCUSSION STARTED AT THE 
BEGINNING, AS THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT IS PREPARING THE 
PROPOSAL TO GET BILLIONS OF 
DOLLARS OUT THE DOOR TO THE 
PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES, TO 
WHAT EXTENT WILL THEY MAKE 
REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROVINCES 
AND TERRITORIES TO ENACT 
PARTICULAR MEASURES TO TRY TO 
SECURE THE STATE OF PEOPLE IN 
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.
AS YOU RIGHTLY SAY, THE 
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE REGIONAL 
OUTBREAKS, THE IMPORTANCE OF 
THAT GOOD BEHAVIOUR, AND ALL OF 
THIS ON A DAY WHERE WE DO EXPECT
TO SEE PERHAPS HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS OF CANADIANS IN THE 
STREETS, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZERS OF
THESE MARCHES SAYING THEY DO 
WANT PEOPLE TO WEAR MASKS, THEY 
HOPE -- THEY'RE ASKING THEM TO 
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE PHYSICAL 
DISTANCING, BUT LARGE CROWDS -- 
OBVIOUSLY COVID-19 IS A CONCERN,
ALTHOUGH ONE BEING WEIGHED 
AGAINST ANOTHER, VERY PRESSING 
AND IMPORTANT CONCERN FOR MANY, 
MANY CANADIANS RIGHT NOW IF WE 
LOOK AT THE STATE OF THE THINGS 
THAT MANY NON-WHITE CANADIANS 
ARE DEALING WITH, GROWING 
PRESSURE FOR THOSE THINGS TO BE 
ADDRESSED.
>> Rosemary: ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
WE'LL SEE.
OBVIOUSLY ORGANIZERS ARE 
SUGGESTING PEOPLE WEAR MASKS AND
TRY TO MAINTAIN A TWO-METRE 
DISTANCE IN THE CROWDS.
WE ARE WAITING FOR THE PRIME 
MINISTER TO COME OUT.
IN THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, DOUG
FORD COULD ANNOUNCE AS EARLY AS 
NEXT WEEK, THE LOOSENING OF SOME
RESTRICTIONS IN THIS PROVINCE.
HE HAD BEEN RETICENT TO DO ANY 
REGIONALIZED REOPENING BECAUSE 
THERE ARE PLACES IN THE PROVINCE
THAT ARE DOING BETTER THAN THE 
G.T.A.
HE HAS NOW DECIDED THAT HE IS 
WIM -- WILLING TO LOOK AT A 
REGIONAL REOPENING AND HE IS 
LOOKING AT ALLOWING A WIDER 
NUMBER OF OFFICE BUILDINGS AND 
BUSINESSES TO REOPEN AND THE 
SOCIAL GATHERING NUMBERS TO 
EXPAND.
THERE IS THE PRIME MINISTER 
TESTING MY ABILITY TO FILL TIME.
HERE IS THE PRIME MINISTER OF 
CANADA.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: VIDEOS AND REPORTS THAT
HAVE SURFACED FROM ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS 
ARE DISTURBING, AND THEY BRING 
TO LIGHT THE SYSTEMIC REALITIES 
FACING FAR TOO MANY CANADIANS.
LATER TODAY I WILL BE SPEAKING 
WITH CABINET AND TO THE RCMP 
COMMISSIONER.
WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT EACH OF 
THESE INDIVIDUAL CASES IS 
INVESTIGATED PROPERLY, BUT WE 
ALSO NEED A LARGER REFLECTION ON
CHANGING THE SYSTEMS THAT DO NOT
DO RIGHT BY TOO MANY INDIGENOUS 
PEOPLE AND RACIALIZED CANADIANS.
WE CAN'T SOLVE ALL OF THIS 
OVERNIGHT.
WE NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE AND WE 
NEED TO START TODAY.
NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, COVID-19 
WILL HAVE HAD AN IMPACT ON YOU 
IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, BECAUSE 
EVERYONE HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY 
THIS PANDEMIC.
AND AS WE MARK NATIONAL 
ACCESSIBILITY WEEK, WE'RE 
REMINDED THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE 
BEEN HIT ESPECIALLY HARD, 
WHETHER IT'S BUYING P.P.E. OR 
COVERING THE COST OF SUPPORT 
WORKERS, MANY CANADIANS WITH 
DISABILITIES ARE FACING 
UNEXPECTED BILLS THAT CAN BE 
HARD TO PAY.
TO HELP COVER THESE COSTS, TODAY
I CAN ANNOUNCE THAT WE'RE 
INTRODUCING A ONE-TIME, 
NON-TAXABLE PAYMENT OF UP TO 
$600 FOR CANADIANS WITH 
DISABILITIES.
WE'RE NOT STOPPING THERE.
WE'RE ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL 
WORKPLACE ACCESSIBILITY STREAM 
TO HELP PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
FIND AND KEEP A GOOD JOB.
AND WE'RE FUNDING FIVE NEW 
PROJECTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT
WILL HELP PEOPLE GET SUPPORTIVE 
DEVICES TO OVERCOME BARRIERS IN 
THE WORKPLACE.
I KNOW THAT MINISTER QUALTROUGH 
WILL HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT ALL 
OF THIS LATER TODAY.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] TODAY I AM 
ANNOUNCING A ONE-TIME, 
NON-TAXABLE PAYMENT OF UP TO 
$600 THAT WILL BE PAID TO 
CANADIANS WITH DISABILITIES TO 
HELP THEM PAY THEIR UNEXPECTED 
EXPENSES DURING THE CRISIS.
WE ARE MAKING A NATIONAL 
WORKPLACE ACCESSIBILITY STREAM 
TO HELP PEOPLE FIND AND KEEP A 
GOOD JOB.
WE ARE INVESTING IN PROJECTS 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO HELP 
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO 
OVERCOME BARRIERS IN THE 
WORKPLACE.
[end of translation] EARLIER 
TODAY WE RECEIVED THE JOB REPORT
FOR MAY.
THE NUMBERS SHOW THAT MORE 
CANADIANS RETURNED TO WORK LAST 
MONTH, BUT THAT MANY, MANY 
PEOPLE CONTINUE TO FACE A REALLY
TOUGH TIME.
THAT TELLS US THAT WE ARE MOVING
FORWARD, BUT WE NEED TO STAY 
FOCUSED ON GETTING PEOPLE BACK 
ON THE JOB.
THAT'S WHY WE EXTENDED THE WAGE 
SUBSIDY OVER THE COMING MONTHS 
AND HAVE APPROVED OVER 300,000 
APPLICATIONS TO SUPPORT MILLIONS
OF JOBS.
THERE'S STILL A LONG TIME TO GO,
BUT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME 
PROGRESS.
ROUGHLY 1.2 MILLION CANADIANS 
WHO WERE ACCESSING THE CANADA 
EMERGENCY RESPONSE BENEFIT NO 
LONGER NEED THIS HELP.
THIS IS ENCOURAGING NEWS, BUT 
WE'RE NOWHERE NEAR DONE.
IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD, WE 
NEED A CANADA-WIDE PLAN ON 
SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY 
RESTARTING THE ECONOMY.
HAVING THE RIGHT APPROACH AND 
RESOURCES TO BACK IT UP WILL 
DETERMINE WHERE WE ARE, NOT JUST
IN THE COMING WEEKS, BUT INTO 
THE FALL AND WINTER.
CANADIANS HAVE SACRIFICED TOO 
MUCH OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF 
MONTHS TO LOSE THE PROGRESS 
WE'VE MADE.
AS WE RESTART, WE MUST DO SO 
SAFELY, WITH ALL THE RIGHT 
PRECAUTIONS IN PLACE.
WE KNOW THAT THE PROVINCES AND 
TERRITORIES ARE UNDER A LOT OF 
PRESSURE RIGHT NOW AND ARE 
FACING REAL FINANCIAL CHALLENGES
BECAUSE OF THIS PANDEMIC.
WE WANT TO HELP AS MUCH AS 
POSSIBLE.
WE MUST MOVE QUICKLY AND 
CAREFULLY TO GET THIS DONE, TO 
SUPPORT THE SERVICES CANADIANS 
RELY ON, AND TO GET OUR 
COMMUNITIES BACK UP AND RUNNING.
THAT'S WHY OUR GOVERNMENT HAS 
ALREADY TAKEN ACTION ACROSS THE 
BOARD ON THIS RESTART.
NOW WE'RE MAKING A SUBSTANTIAL 
OFFER TO KEEP SUPPORTING THIS 
WORK.
YESTERDAY, AT OUR 12th FIRST 
MINISTERS' MEETING SINCE THIS 
CRISIS BEGAN, I BROUGHT OUR 
GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT TO THE 
TABLE.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS READY 
TO CONTRIBUTE $14 BILLION MORE 
FOR THE THINGS THAT ALL 
CANADIANS NEED.
AS YOU GO BACK TO WORK, WE WANT 
TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE PROTECTED 
WHEREVER YOU ARE.
HERE'S WHAT THE PREMIERS AND I 
WILL WORK ON FOR A SAFE RESTART 
AGREEMENT, WHICH WOULD COVER THE
NEXT CRITICAL SIX TO EIGHT 
MONTHS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MORE 
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT 
FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS ON THE 
FRONT LINES SO THEY CAN FOCUS ON
SAVING LIVES, INSTEAD OF 
WORRYING ABOUT THEIR SAFETY.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING SURE 
THAT BUSINESSES HAVE THE P.P.E. 
THEY NEED SO THAT EVERYONE 
CANADIAN IS SAFE ON THE JOB, NO 
MATTER WHERE IN THE COUNTRY THEY
GO BACK TO WORK.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHILD CARE, 
SO THAT EVERY PARENT KNOWS 
THERE'S A SAFE PLACE FOR THEIR 
KIDS.
BECAUSE WHEN MOMS AND DADS GET 
BACK TO WORK, THEY SHOULDN'T 
HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HOW THEIR 
KIDS ARE DOING.
WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE ARE TOO 
MANY SENIORS WHO HAVE GOTTEN 
SICK FROM COVID-19.
ALONG WITH OUR ELDERS, THERE ARE
MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE ESPECIALLY 
AT RISK IF THEY GET THE VIRUS.
SO WE WANT TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE 
ASSISTANCE SO THAT THE MOST 
VULNERABLE ARE PROTECTED.
WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT SICK 
PAY OF UP TO 10 PAY FOR WORKERS 
WHO CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE 
BENEFITS, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
WOULD PROVIDE THE FUNDS NEEDED 
TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SUPPORT 
FOR CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES, 
SO THAT WHEN CANADIANS GET BACK 
TO WORK, THEY CAN COUNT ON THE 
SERVICES THEY NEED LIKE PUBLIC 
TRANSIT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING 
WITH THE PREMIERS TO MAKE THIS 
HAPPEN.
PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES ARE 
FACING DIFFERENT REALITIES, SO 
FLEXIBILITY WILL BE IMPORTANT.
BUT HERE IS THE BOTTOM LINE.
FOR SENIORS AND PEOPLE WHO NEED 
EXTRA SUPPORT, FOR KIDS AND FOR 
WORKERS, THIS PLAN IS FOR YOU.
WITH THIS SAFE RESTART 
AGREEMENT, WE'RE PROPOSING A 
STANDARD OF SUPPORT TO KEEP 
EVERY CANADIAN RIGHT ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY SAFE AND HEALTHY AS WE 
GET OUR COUNTRY BACK ON THEIR 
FEET.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] WE NEED A PLAN, A 
PLAN FOR ALL OF CANADA TO 
RESTART THE ECONOMY SAFELY AND 
EFFICIENTLY, BECAUSE BY 
DEVELOPING THE RIGHT PLAN AND 
HAVING THE RIGHT RESOURCES, WE 
WILL BE ABLE TO DETERMINE NOT 
ONLY WHERE WE'LL BE THIS SUMMER,
BUT ALSO THIS FALL AND THIS 
WINTER.
OUR GOVERNMENT HAS ALREADY TAKEN
STEPS TO THAT END.
AND NOW, WE ARE OFFERING TO DO 
EVEN MORE TO SUPPORT THAT WORK.
YESTERDAY, AT OUR 12th FIRST 
MINISTERS' MEETING SINCE THE 
BEGINNING OF THE CRISIS, I MADE 
A PROPOSAL TO MY COLLEAGUES.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS 
PREPARED TO PROVIDE $14 BILLION 
TO RESTART THE COUNTRY SAFELY 
AND CAREFULLY.
THIS IS MONEY THAT WILL BE USED 
FOR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE 
EQUIPMENT FOR WORKERS INCLUDING 
THOSE WORKING IN THE HEALTH CARE
FIELD.
IT WILL BE MONEY TO PAY FOR 
CHILD CARE, TO PROVIDE MORE 
FUNDING TO MUNICIPALITIES, TO 
PAY FOR SICK LEAVE, AND TO 
SUPPORT THE MOST VULNERABLE, 
SUCH AS SENIORS, WHO ARE LIVING 
IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.
OF COURSE THE SITUATION IS 
DIFFERENT FROM ONE PROVINCE TO 
THE OTHER.
OUR PLAN WILL REFLECT THAT, BUT 
THIS IS THE IMPORTANT PART.
WE ARE HERE TO ENSURE THE HEALTH
AND SAFETY OF ALL CANADIANS 
RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS WE 
RESTART OUR ECONOMY.
AT THIS TIME, OUR GREATEST 
PRIORITY IS TO HELP PEOPLE GET 
THROUGH THE CRISIS.
WE ARE ALSO THINKING OF WHAT 
COULD HAPPEN NOT ONLY IN THE 
COMING MONTHS, BUT IN THE COMING
YEARS AND DECADES.
THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT DAY 
REMINDS US THAT WE CANNOT BUILD 
A BETTER FUTURE IF WE DON'T HAVE
A PLAN TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE.
OUR GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN 
AMBITIOUS COMMITMENTS IN THAT 
AREA, AND TODAY WE ARE FOLLOWING
UP ON THAT.
WE ARE ANNOUNCING 16 NEW 
INITIATIVES ON NATURE 
CONSERVATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
HALF OF THOSE PROJECTS WILL BE 
LED BY ABORIGINAL PEOPLE AND THE
IDEA IS NOT ONLY TO PROTECT OUR 
ENVIRONMENT, BUT TO SUPPORT 
LOCAL ECONOMIES AND CREATE GOOD 
JOBS FOR CANADIANS.
[end of translation] WE ARE 
LIVING IN UNPRECEDENTED TIMES, 
BUT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST MOMENT
THAT CANADIANS HAVE BEEN CALLED 
TO WORK TOGETHER.
THIS WEEKEND, AS WE MARK THE 
ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY, WE 
REMEMBER ALL THOSE WHO FOUGHT 
AND DIED DEFENDING THE VALUES 
THAT WE HOLD DEAR.
LIKE THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN OF 
THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES TODAY,
OUR VETERANS SERVED WITH COURAGE
AND SELFLESSNESS, AND THEY 
SERVED TOGETHER.
JUST AS WE STAND HERE THIS 
MORNING BECAUSE OF THEIR 
SACRIFICE, CANADIAN TROOPS STOOD
ON JUNO BEACH BECAUSE OF THOSE 
WHO CAME BEFORE THEM, BECAUSE OF
THE ALLIED FORCES WHO HAD THIS 
SAME WEEK FOUR YEARS EARLIER 
COMPLETED THE RESCUE OF OVER 
300,000 SOLDIERS TRAPPED ON THE 
BEACHES OF DUNKIRK.
IT WAS A REMARKABLE OPERATION.
AND NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE 
NUMBER OF LIVES THAT WERE SAVED,
BUT BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF 
PEOPLE WHO HELPED SAVE THEM.
HUNDREDS OF EVERYDAY MEN AND 
WOMEN GAVE THEIR BOATS TO RESCUE
THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS.
THEY WOULD HAVE NEVER SUCCEEDED 
ALONE, BUT TOGETHER THEY CHANGED
THE COURSE OF HISTORY.
AND 80 YEARS LATER, AS WE FACE 
OUR OWN FIGHT, THEIR STORIES 
STAND AS A REMINDER TO US ALL.
RIGHT NOW, WE EACH HAVE A ROLE 
TO PLAY.
AS A BUSINESS OWNER, USING THE 
WAGE SUBSIDY TO KEEP YOUR 
EMPLOYEES ON THE PAYROLL.
AS A YOUNG PERSON HELPING YOUR 
COMMUNITY THROUGH A CANADA 
SUMMER JOBS PLACEMENT.
OR EVEN JUST BY STAYING HOME 
WHEN YOU CAN AND FOLLOWING 
PHYSICAL DISTANCING WHEN YOU'RE 
OUT.
NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO 
HELP, THANK YOU.
IF WE KEEP WORKING TOGETHER, IF 
WE KEEP SUPPORTING EACH OTHER, 
WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS.
MERCI.
>> Operator: [Speaking French] 
[Voice of Interpreter] "LE 
DEVOIR."
>> Question: HOW MUCH HAS THE 
LIBERAL GOVERNMENT RECEIVED IN 
THE FORM OF THE WAGE SUBSIDY?
>> Answer: I DO NOT HAVE THOSE 
DETAILS.
THE WAGE SUBSIDY WAS INTRODUCED 
ORIGINALLY TO HELP BUSINESSES 
AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, 
INCLUDING NON-PROFIT 
ORGANIZATIONS, IN ORDER TO HELP 
THEM KEEP THEIR EMPLOYEES, 
TRANSLATORS, RECEPTIONISTS, AND 
SO FORTH.
AND PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING 
RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN 
VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND NEED 
TO BRING HOME A PAYCHEQUE IN 
ORDER TO FEED THEIR FAMILY AND 
PAY FOR THEIR GROCERIES.
THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE 
RECEIVING THAT MONEY TO HELP 
WORKERS.
>> Operator: FOLLOW UP.
>> Question: I UNDERSTAND THAT 
YOU MAY NOT HAVE THOSE DETAILS, 
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHETHER
YOU WOULD COMMIT TO MAKE THOSE 
NUMBERS PUBLIC.
THE N.D.P. HAS MADE THAT 
COMMITMENT.
THE GREEN PARTY HAS ALREADY TOLD
US HOW MUCH MONEY IT WOULD 
RECEIVE.
WE KNOW THAT IF IT'S NOT 
VOLUNTARILY THAT THE PARTY 
REVEALS IT, IT WILL SIMPLY BE 
ROUNDED UP IN OTHER EXPENSES, IN
A REPORT.
SO AS THE LEADER OF THE PARTY, 
WILL YOU INSTRUCT YOUR PARTY TO 
REVEAL HOW MUCH MONEY YOU'LL BE 
RECEIVING?
>> Answer: YES, ABSOLUTELY.
AND, IN FACT, THE MEASURES WE 
HAVE TAKEN IN RELATION TO THE 
WAGE SUBSIDY WERE BROUGHT IN 
WITH FULL TRANSPARENCY AND ALL 
BUSINESSES THAT USE THE WAGE 
SUBSIDY ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL 
BE TRANSPARENT AS WELL.
BUT YES, I WILL ENSURE THAT THE 
LIBERAL PARTY DOES SHARE THAT 
INFORMATION.
[end of translation]. 
>> OPERATOR, NEXT QUESTION.
>> Operator: NEXT QUESTION, MIA 
RABSON, "THE CANADIAN PRESS."
LINE OPEN.
>> Question: GOOD MORNING, PRIME
MINISTER.
YESTERDAY YOU SEEMED A LITTLE 
RETICENT TO COMMENT DIRECTLY ON 
SOME OF THE -- SPECIFICALLY ON 
THE INCIDENT IN NUNAVUT WITH THE
RCMP.
YOU SAY THIS MORNING THAT YOU'RE
DISTURBED BY WHAT YOU'VE SEEN, 
BUT WHAT DO YOU SAY TO 
INDIGENOUS CANADIANS WHO WHEN 
THE POLICE SHOW UP FEEL FEAR AND
NOT SAFETY?
>> Answer: I THINK FAR TOO MANY 
CANADIANS FEEL FEAR AND ANXIETY 
AT THE SIGHT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICERS AND AUTHORITIES OF 
VARIOUS WAYS BECAUSE WE HAVE AND
CONTINUE TO HAVE SYSTEMIC RACISM
IN THIS COUNTRY, SYSTEMIC 
DISCRIMINATION.
THAT MEANS THAT INDIGENOUS 
CANADIANS, RACIALIZED CANADIANS 
ARE VULNERABLE IN THESE 
SITUATIONS.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS 
NEW FOR RACIALIZED OR INDIGENOUS
CANADIANS.
THIS HAS LONG BEEN THEIR 
REALITY.
BUT OVER THE LAST WEEKS, WE'VE 
SEEN A LARGE NUMBER OF CANADIANS
SUDDENLY AWAKENED TO THE FACT 
THAT THE DISCRIMINATION THAT IS 
A LIVED REALITY FOR FAR TOO MANY
OF OUR FELLOW CITIZENS IS 
SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO END AND 
THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE WORKING
ON.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] WE KNOW THAT FOR 
FAR TOO MANY CANADIANS WHO ARE 
INDIGENOUS OR RACIALIZED, THEIR 
REALITY WHEN THEY INTERACT WITH 
THE AUTHORITIES MAY BE VERY 
DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF THE REST 
OF CANADA.
THEY ARE -- WE KNOW ABOUT THE 
EXISTENCE OF SYSTEMIC RACISM AND
DISCRIMINATION IN OUR SYSTEMS, 
AND THAT HAS TO CHANGE.
MINORITY CANADIANS EXPERIENCE 
THAT RACISM ALL THE TIME, AND I 
WOULD SAY THAT THE MAJORITY OF 
CANADIANS PROBABLY DID NOT 
SUSPECT HOW SERIOUS THE PROBLEM 
WAS.
SO THIS WEEK WE ARE REALIZING 
THAT WE NEED TO TAKE SEVERE 
MEASURES TO ADDRESS THAT 
PROBLEM.
[end of translation]. 
>> Question: YEAH, I'M JUST 
WONDERING WHAT SPECIFICALLY YOU 
ARE PLANNING TO WORK ON WHEN IT 
COMES TO DEALING WITH THE FEAR 
THAT SOME PEOPLE FEEL WHEN THE 
POLICE SHOW UP.
SAYING IT'S NOT OKAY IS ONE 
THING, BUT WHAT SPECIFICALLY IS 
YOUR GOVERNMENT GOING TO BE 
PUTTING ON THE TABLE TO TRY AND 
STOP THIS?
>> Answer: THERE HAVE BEEN MANY 
REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, 
INCLUDING TO THE CALLS FOR 
JUSTICE IN THE NATIONAL INQUIRY 
INTO MISSING AND MURDERED 
INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND GIRLS THAT 
HAVE LAID OUT CONCRETE STEPS 
THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN.
WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD ON 
THOSE.
I WILL BE DISCUSSING THOSE AND 
OTHER MEASURES WITH CABINET THIS
AFTERNOON.
I WILL ALSO BE TALKING WITH THE 
COMMISSIONER OF THE RCMP.
I WILL REMIND PEOPLE, HOWEVER, 
THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES
HAVE AUTHORITY OVER THE RCMP, 
BUT WE NEED TO WORK WITH 
PROVINCES AND MUNICIPALITIES TO 
COVER ALL POLICE FORCES AND 
JUSTICE SYSTEMS ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY.
THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS WE
NEED TO DO AS A COUNTRY ACROSS 
ALL ORDERS OF GOVERNMENT IN THE 
COMING DAYS.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] OF COURSE, AS A 
CABINET AND A GOVERNMENT, WE 
WILL BE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE 
CAN DO DIRECTLY, PARTICULARLY 
WITH RESPECT TO THE RCMP.
BUT OF COURSE THE DIFFERENT 
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT ALSO HAVE 
AUTHORITY OVER VARIOUS POLICE 
FORCES IN THE COUNTRY.
WE MUST WORK TOGETHER TO DEAL 
WITH THOSE ISSUES, NOT JUST 
GRADUAL PROGRESS, AS WE'VE BEEN 
SEEING FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW, 
BUT SOME REAL CONCRETE PROGRESS 
FOR MILLIONS OF CANADIANS WHO 
ARE EXPERIENCING DISCRIMINATION 
ON A DAILY BASIS.
>> Question: THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, MR. TRUDEAU.
I'D LIKE TO COME BACK TO THE $14
BILLION THAT YOU HAVE OFFERED TO
THE PROVINCES.
SO THIS IS AN OFFER.
HOW IS IT RECEIVED?
WOULD THESE BE TARGETED 
TRANSFERS?
WOULD THE MONEY HAVE TO BE SPENT
BASED ON FEDERAL CRITERIA?
CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT 
THAT WOULD BE?
>> Answer: YES, THEY WOULD BE 
TARGETED TRANSFERS.
WE KNOW THAT RIGHT ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY CANADIANS MUST HAVE THE 
SAME TOOLS AND CONFIDENCE ABOUT 
A POTENTIAL SECOND WAVE IN ORDER
TO REOPEN THE ECONOMY.
WE HAVE A VERY CLEAR IDEA AND 
HAVE SHARED THAT WITH RESPECT TO
THE ESSENTIAL CONDITIONS FOR 
THAT SAFE REOPENING.
SO THIS MONEY WILL BE THERE TO 
ENSURE THAT ALL CANADIANS, 
WHATEVER THEIR JURISDICTION OR 
WHATEVER REGION THEY LIVE IN IN 
THE COUNTRY WILL HAVE WHATEVER 
THEY NEED SO WE CAN REOPEN THE 
COUNTRY.
[end of translation] YES, THESE 
ARE MEASURES AND FUNDS THAT WILL
BE TARGETED TOWARDS VERY 
SPECIFIC STANDARDS THAT NEED TO 
BE MET FOR CANADIANS RIGHT 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE KNOW THAT REOPENING THE 
ECONOMY IS GOING TO REQUIRE TO 
HAVE CERTAIN THINGS IN PLACE FOR
IT TO BE SAFE FOR CANADIANS TO 
HAVE CONFIDENCE.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WANTS TO 
MAKE SURE THAT RIGHT ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, EVERY SINGLE CANADIAN 
HAS WHAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO
RESTART SAFELY.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH 
THE PROVINCES TO MAKE THAT 
HAPPEN.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter]. 
>> FOLLOW UP, MELANIE.
>> Question: THANK YOU.
MR. TRUDEAU, I WOULD JUST LIKE 
TO KNOW HOW YOUR COUNTERPARTS 
REACTED TO YOUR OFFER.
BUT WITH RESPECT TO THE CERB, 
IT'S ALMOST THE END FOR THE 
FIRST WAVE OF PEOPLE BENEFITTING
FROM THIS.
NOW, IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO -- 
IN ORDER FOR THESE PEOPLE TO BE 
ABLE TO PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE, 
HAVE YOU DECIDED TO EXTEND IT OR
WILL YOU BE ENDING THE PROGRAM?
>> Answer: WELL, FIRST OF ALL, 
THE CONVERSATION WITH THE 
PROVINCES WAS POSITIVE LAST 
EVENING, BUT OF COURSE THERE ARE
A LOT OF DETAILS THAT WILL HAVE 
TO BE DISCUSSED IN THE COMING 
DAYS.
WE DO HOPE TO BE ABLE TO GET 
THAT MONEY OUT TO THEM SOON SO 
THEY CAN HELP CANADIANS ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY, SO THAT CANADIANS 
WILL FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT A SAFE
REOPENING OF THE ECONOMY.
WITH RESPECT TO CERB, WE KNOW 
THAT THERE IS A DEADLINE COMING 
UP AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE WORKING 
AS A GOVERNMENT TO LOOK AT THE 
NEXT STEPS.
WE WILL BE ADVISING CANADIANS 
AND THE MEDIA AS TO WHAT WE 
EXPECT TO DO WHEN WE HAVE MADE 
THAT DECISION IN THE COMING 
DAYS.
[end of translation]. 
>> THANK YOU.
OPERATOR, NEXT QUESTION ON THE 
PHONE.
>> Operator: NEXT QUESTION 
DILLAN ROBERTSON, WINNIPEG FREE 
PRESS.
LINE OPEN.
>> Question: GOOD MORNING, PRIME
MINISTER.
MANITOBA PREMIER BRIAN PALLISTER
SAID HE WOULD ASK YOUR CABINET 
TO CHANGE THE TONE ON INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE HOLDING CEREMONIES 
VIOLATING PUBLIC HEALTH ORDERS.
I WONDER IF YOU BUY THE ARGUMENT
THAT THE MINISTER IS RAISING A 
DIFFERENT STANDARD ON RACE AND 
CREED.
>> Answer: AS A GOVERNMENT, WE 
HAVE BEEN CLEAR THAT LOCAL 
AUTHORITIES NEED TO WORK WITH 
THE PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE
SAFE.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING
EVERYTHING IN LINE WITH PUBLIC 
HEALTH IN ORDER TO KEEP OUR 
COMMUNITIES SAFE.
OBVIOUSLY THE SITUATIONS WILL 
VARY ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN TERMS
OF WHAT IS NEEDED TO DO, BUT 
WORKING WITH LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH
AUTHORITIES IS ESSENTIAL TO KEEP
ALL CANADIANS SAFE.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] I THINK WE ALL 
EXPECT LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND 
LOCAL LEADERS, WHETHER THEY'RE 
INDIGENOUS OR MUNICIPAL, TO WORK
WITH HEALTH CARE EXPERTS, TO 
ENSURE THAT WE ARE INTRODUCING 
THE RIGHT MEASURES TO PROTECT 
CITIZENS.
OF COURSE SITUATIONS WILL VARY 
FROM ONE REGION TO THE OTHER OF 
THE COUNTRY, DEPENDING ON THEIR 
COVID-19 SITUATION.
BUT WE ARE ASKING ALL COMMUNITY 
LEADERS TO WORK WITH PUBLIC 
HEALTH AUTHORITIES TO ENSURE 
THAT THE RIGHT DECISIONS ARE 
MADE TO PROTECT THEIR 
CITIZENSES.
[end of translation]. 
>> Question: FURTHER TO MIA'S 
QUESTION ABOUT POLICE AND 
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, I'M WONDERING
WHAT CONCRETE ACTIONS ARE ON THE
TABLE, SUCH AS PAYING FOR BODY 
CAMERAS AS PART OF THE RCMP 
CONTRACT POLICE AGREEMENTS OR 
OUTSIDE OF YOUR JURISDICTION, IF
YOU'RE CONSIDERING IMPLEMENTING 
A NATIONAL STANDARD THAT WOULD 
APPLY TO CITY POLICE FORCES.
>> Answer: WE'RE LOOKING AT A 
RANGE OF OPTIONS.
AS WE KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN 
GRADUAL PROGRESS OVER THE YEARS,
BUT IT HASN'T BEEN ENOUGH.
TODAY AND IN THE COMING DAYS, WE
WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT WAYS OF
MOVING FORWARD SIGNIFICANTLY TO 
ENSURE THAT WE REDUCE SYSTEMIC 
DISCRIMINATION IN THIS COUNTRY 
AND THAT ALL CANADIANS, 
INDIGENOUS, RACIALIZED, AND 
OTHERS FEEL SAFE IN THIS 
COUNTRY, IN THEIR COUNTRY.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] OF COURSE WE WILL 
BE WORKING IN THE COMING DAYS ON
MEASURES THAT COULD BE BROUGHT 
IN TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE 
REDUCING SYSTEMIC DISCRIMINATION
IN OUR SYSTEM AND ENSURE ALSO 
THAT RACIALIZED AND INDIGENOUS 
CANADIANS FEEL SAFE AT HOME.
THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE, BUT WE 
HAVE MADE PROGRESS OVER THE 
YEARS.
BUT IT WAS GRADUAL PROGRESS.
NOW WE NEED CLEAR STEPS AND NEW 
MEASURES TO BE TAKEN.
>> Question: RADIO-CANADA.
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF CANADIANS 
WHO ARE CURRENTLY STUCK IN 
MOROCCO AND CANNOT LEAVE.
THERE ARE OTHERS WHO ARE STUCK 
ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD, WHO 
WOULD HAVE LIKED TO BE ABLE TO 
LEAVE ON THE FIRST FLIGHTS, BUT 
NOW THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT.
THEY'RE WONDERING WHAT IS THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOING, WHAT 
WILL IT DO.
THEY FEEL ABANDONED.
SOME OF THEM HAVE MEDICAL 
CONDITIONS AND THEY CAN'T GO 
JUST ANYWHERE TO TRY TO GET BACK
HERE.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THOSE 
CANADIANS WHO ARE CURRENTLY 
STRANDED SOMEWHERE ELSE AND WANT
TO COME BACK TO THE COUNTRY?
>> Answer: WE ORGANIZED HUNDREDS
OF REPATRIATION FLIGHTS AND 
BROUGHT BACK THOUSANDS OF 
CANADIANS FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF 
THE GLOBE.
OUR GOVERNMENT WORKED WITH MANY 
OTHER COUNTRIES AND MANY 
AIRLINES IN ORDER TO HELP A 
LARGE NUMBER OF CANADIANS TO 
RETURN.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE 
PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL STRANDED 
ABROAD, AND THAT'S WHY WE 
BROUGHT IN MEASURES TO PROVIDE 
LOANS TO THEM.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO TRY 
AND HELP THEM AS MUCH AS 
POSSIBLE.
BUT WE'RE ALL IN VERY DIFFICULT 
CIRCUMSTANCES NOW WITH COVID-19.
[end of translation] WE HAVE 
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS 
PANDEMIC ENGAGED IN HUNDREDS OF 
FLIGHTS TO REPATRIATE TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OF CANADIANS FROM 
AROUND THE WORLD.
WE KNOW THERE IS MORE TO DO.
THERE ARE MORE CANADIANS WHO 
NEED TO COME HOME.
IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AS A 
SITUATION, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE 
ENSURED THAT THERE WERE LOANS 
AVAILABLE TO CANADIANS STUCK 
OVERSEAS TO HELP THEM OUT 
THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
WE WILL CONTINUE WORKING WITH 
THEM AS BEST WE CAN TO HELP THEM
OUT.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter]. 
>> Question: NOW, 2,500 JOBS 
WILL BE ABOLISHED BETWEEN NOW 
AND THE END OF THE YEAR, 
PRIMARILY IN QUEBEC BUT 
ELSEWHERE AS WELL.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE PEOPLE IN
CHARGE OF BOMBARDIER, WHO ARE 
NOT USING THE WAGE SUBSIDY IN 
THE MIDST OF THIS PANDEMIC?
CAN YOU HELP THESE EMPLOYEES AND
CAN YOU HELP THE AERONAUTICS 
SECTOR THAT WILL BE IN TROUBLE, 
NOT ONLY THIS YEAR, BUT IN THE 
COMING YEARS?
>> Answer: WE INTRODUCED 
MEASURES TO HELP EMPLOYEES IN 
EVERY SECTOR OF THE COUNTRY.
WE WILL BE WORKING WITH 
EMPLOYERS TO ENSURE THEY HAVE 
THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP THEIR 
WORKERS.
WE KNOW THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY 
AND PARTICULARLY THE AIRLINES 
ARE FACING PARTICULARLY CRISIS 
BECAUSE OF THE DECLINE IN TRAVEL
THESE DAYS.
PRIVATE JETS HAVE FEWER BUYERS 
THESE DAYS, SO WE KNOW THAT IT'S
A PROBLEM AND THAT A NUMBER OF 
THESE COMPANIES ARE IN TROUBLE.
WE WILL TRY AND DO WHAT WE CAN 
TO HELP THE EMPLOYEES.
[end of translation] WE WILL 
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH INDUSTRIES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO ARE 
AFFECTED BY THIS PANDEMIC.
OBVIOUSLY AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES, 
AIRLINES, ARE PARTICULARLY 
AFFECTED WITH THE CEASING OF 
GLOBAL TRAVEL AND WITH THE FACT 
THAT THE DEMAND FOR PURCHASING 
BUSINESS JETS HAS DECREASED 
DRAMATICALLY.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO PUT FORWARD 
MEASURES TO SUPPORT WORKERS 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AS WE HAVE, 
AND WE WILL WORK WITH INDUSTRIES
AND INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES TO TRY 
AND ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS
TO ALL THE SUPPORTS THAT WE HAVE
PUT FORWARD.
BUT OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A 
DIFFICULT TIME FOR MANY WORKERS 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WE WILL 
CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO 
HELP THEM.
>> Question: TOM PERRY, CBC 
NEWS.
YOU SAID IN YOUR OPENING REMARKS
THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE THE 
SYSTEMS THAT DO NOT DO RIGHT BY 
MANY INDIGENOUS AND RACIALIZED 
CANADIANS.
YOU'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT 
SYSTEMIC RACISM LATELY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK NEEDS TO 
CHANGE IN POLICING AND DO YOU 
THINK RACISM IN POLICE RANKS IS 
PART OF THE PROBLEM?
>> Answer: I THINK AS WITH SO 
MANY SYSTEMIC CHALLENGES, THERE 
ARE MULTIPLE FACTORS THAT COME 
INTO THIS.
WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER AS A 
COUNTRY, BUT WE NEED TO ENGAGE 
AND LISTEN TO RACIALIZED 
COMMUNITIES, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES,
AS WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE 
NATIONAL INQUIRY INTO MISSING 
AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN 
AND GIRLS, AS WE HAVE THROUGH 
THE PATH TO RECONCILIATION.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE, 
TO LOOK AT CONCRETE MEASURES.
WE'VE MADE GRADUAL PROGRESS OVER
THE PAST YEARS, BUT GRADUAL 
PROGRESS, INCREMENTAL PROGRESS, 
JUST ISN'T ENOUGH.
WE NEED TO MAKE STRONGER AND 
BIGGER CHANGES AND THAT'S 
EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK
ON. 
>> Question: IS RACISM WITHIN 
POLICE, WITHIN THE POLICING 
SYSTEM, IS THAT PART OF THE 
PROBLEM BEING FACED BY 
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, RACIALIZED 
PEOPLE?
>> Answer: I THINK WHEN WE LOOK 
AT SYSTEMIC RACISM, THERE ARE, 
OF COURSE, INDIVIDUAL 
CHALLENGES.
ON THE INDIVIDUAL SITUATIONS 
THAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE PAST 
NUMBER OF WEEKS HIGHLIGHTED, 
OBVIOUSLY THERE NEED TO BE 
CAREFUL AND FULL INVESTIGATIONS 
INTO THOSE SITUATIONS.
BUT WE ALSO NEED TO TAKE A STEP 
BACK AND LOOK AT THE SCOPE OF 
THE SYSTEM AND ADDRESS THE 
CHALLENGES THAT EXIST WITHIN 
THERE.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] I KNOW THAT WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT THE SYSTEMIC PROBLEM,
YES, THERE ARE INDIVIDUAL 
ELEMENTS OF THAT, BUT IT'S ALSO 
THE SYSTEM THAT HAS TO CHANGE.
AND THE EXAMPLES THAT WE HAVE 
SEEN RECENTLY, SAY, IN THE LAST 
10 DAYS, MAKE IT CLEAR THAT 
THERE HAS TO BE INVESTIGATIONS 
CONDUCTED ON THOSE INDIVIDUAL 
SITUATIONS SO WE KNOW EXACTLY 
WHAT HAPPENED.
BUT WE ALSO NEED TO REFLECT ON 
THE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE AND 
ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS AND 
TRANSFORM THE SYSTEM SO THAT 
RACIALIZED AND INDIGENOUS 
CANADIANS ARE BETTER PROTECTED.
[end of translation]. 
>> Question: I ASKED YOUR OFFICE
THIS EARLIER THIS WEEK AND THEY 
WEREN'T ABLE TO ANSWER SO I HOPE
YOU CAN.
YOU HAVE SPOKEN MANY TIMES ABOUT
THE NEED FOR MORE AND BETTER 
DISAGGREGATED DATA IN CANADA, 
AND YET WHEN YOU WERE SETTING 
YOUR GOVERNMENT'S PRIORITIES 
LAST YEAR YOU DID NOT MAKE 
UNIVERSAL, WIDESPREAD, 
DISAGGREGATED DATA COLLECTION A 
MANDATE FOR MINISTER BAINS.
YOU ONLY MANDATED HIM TO DO IT 
FOR THE CENSUS WHICH IS ONLY 
EVERY FIVE YEARS.
WHY IS THAT?
>> Answer: WE RECOGNIZE THERE 
HAVE LONG BEEN CHALLENGES IN 
CANADA ABOUT COLLECTING 
DISAGGREGATED DATA, IT'S INDEED 
A CHALLENGE AROUND THE WORLD.
WHICH IS WHY A NUMBER OF YEARS 
AGO WE INVESTED MILLIONS OF 
DOLLARS TO STATISTICS CANADA TO 
START IMPROVING OUR ABILITY TO 
COLLECT RACE-BASED DATA, 
DISAGGREGATED DATA.
WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK 
TO DO AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE 
WORKING ON.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] A NUMBER OF YEARS 
AGO WE REALIZED THAT WE NEED TO 
HAVE BETTER DATA, INCLUDING 
GEOGRAPHIC DATA.
THAT'S WHY WE DID INVEST 
ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN STATISTICS 
CANADA SO WE CAN DO BETTER IN 
THAT REGARD.
THERE IS STILL A LOT OF WORK TO 
BE DONE AND WE WILL DO THAT.
[end of translation]. 
>> Question: WE KNOW THAT THE 
COVID-19 CRISIS 
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS 
WOMEN, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT 
THE EFFECT IS ON RACIAL 
MINORITIES BECAUSE THE DATA IS 
NOT COLLECTED.
WHY SHOULD PEOPLE TAKE YOU 
SERIOUSLY NOW WHEN YOU DID NOT 
MAKE IT A PRIORITY WHEN YOU SET 
THE PRIORITIES ACROSS THE BOARD?
>> Answer: AS I SAID, WE HAVE 
MADE GREAT INVESTMENTS TO THE 
COLLECTION OF DISAGGREGATED 
DATA.
WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS ON THAT, 
BUT THERE IS MUCH MORE TO DO, 
NOT JUST AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, 
BUT IN THE PROVINCES AS WELL.
THROUGH THE EARLY DAYS OF 
COVID-19, WE COLLECTED NUMBERS 
OF CASES WITHOUT EVEN HAVING AGE
OR IN SOME CASES GENDER DATA ON 
WHO WAS BEING AFFECTED.
SO WE KNOW WE NEED TO DO MUCH 
BETTER TO PROPERLY UNDERSTAND 
WHERE THINGS ARE HITTING HARDEST
IN THIS COVID-19 CRISIS.
AT THE SAME TIME, HOWEVER, WE 
HAVEN'T WAITED UNTIL WE GET DATA
TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES POSED 
BY CERTAIN VULNERABLE 
POPULATIONS.
WE'VE FLOWED GREATER FUNDING TO 
COMMITY ORGANIZATIONS AND 
GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT 
ARE HELPING OUT PEOPLE WE 
ALREADY KNOW TO BE MORE 
VULNERABLE AND MARGINALIZED.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT, BUT
WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB 
AROUND DISAGGREGATED DATA AND 
THAT'S WHAT WE WILL DO.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] RIGHT FROM THE 
START, WE REALIZED THAT THE DATA
COLLECTED ON COVID-19 CASES 
LACKED A LOT OF DETAIL.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE AGE OF MANY 
OF THE INFECTED CANADIANS.
SO WE KNEW THAT WE HAD TO DO 
MORE.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE ALSO 
KNEW THAT THE MOST VULNERABLE 
COMMUNITIES WOULD BE 
DISPROPORTIONATELY HIT AND 
AFFECTED.
THAT'S WHY WE INVESTED MONEY IN 
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT AID
THE MOST VULNERABLE CANADIANS SO
THAT WE ARE THERE TO HELP.
BUT WE MUST DO MORE.
[end of translation]. 
>> Question: KEVIN GALLAGHER, 
CTV NATIONAL NEWS.
THERE IS A MARCH HAPPENING IN 
OTTAWA TO PROTEST RACISM.
CAN YOU TELL US IF YOU'LL BE 
JOINING THAT MARCH AND WHAT TYPE
OF MESSAGE YOU THINK YOU'D LIKE 
TO SEND TO THOSE PROTESTERS?
IF YOU'RE NOT GOING, CAN YOU 
TELL ME WHY YOU WON'T BE GOING 
TO THE MARCH?
>> Answer: CANADIANS RIGHT 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE JOINING 
TOGETHER AND STANDING UP TO 
SPEAK OUT CLEARLY ABOUT THE 
SYSTEMIC RACISM THAT HAS EXISTED
FOR FAR TOO LONG IN OUR COUNTRY.
WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 
STEPPING FORWARD TO HIGHLIGHT 
THE CHALLENGES AND TO SHOW THAT 
THEY WANT TO BE ALLIES.
I SALUTE THE WORK THEY'RE DOING.
I HIGHLIGHT OUR GOVERNMENT WILL 
BE A PARTNER.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO 
SEE THOUSANDS OF CANADIANS 
PROTESTING PEACEFULLY RIGHT 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] I KNOW THAT THERE 
ARE GREAT MANY CANADIANS ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY WHO ARE PEACEFULLY 
DEMONSTRATING TO EXPRESS THEIR 
CONCERN ABOUT SYSTEMIC 
DISCRIMINATION AND ANTI-BLACK 
AND ANTI-INDIGENOUS RACISM.
WE MUST WORK TOGETHER AS A 
COUNTRY TO IMPROVE THINGS.
I AM HAPPY TO SEE PEOPLE 
PEACEFULLY DEMONSTRATING FOR 
CHANGE.
[end of translation]. 
>> Question: I WANT TO ASK YOU 
AS WELL.
MAJOR TELECOM COMPANIES IN 
CANADA HAVE DECIDED AGAINST 
USING HUAWEI.
CANADA'S FIVE EYES ALLIES HAVE 
RULED AGAINST USING HUAWEI.
IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS.
WHAT'S TAKING SO LONG FOR YOU TO
DECIDE ABOUT USING HUAWEI IN 
CANADA?
>> Answer: WE CONTINUE TO WORK 
WITH OUR INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES 
AND OUR SECURITY SERVICES TO 
TAKE THE RIGHT DECISION FOR 
CANADIANS AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND
ENSURE THAT WE REMAIN 
COMPETITIVE, WHILE KEEPING 
CANADIANS SAFE AND KEEPING THEIR
BUSINESSES SAFE.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] WE WILL CONTINUE TO
WORK WITH OUR INTELLIGENCE 
AGENCIES AND SECURITY AGENCIES 
TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE MAKING THE 
RIGHT DECISIONS TO PROTECT 
CANADIANS AND CANADIAN 
BUSINESSES, WHILE ALSO ENSURING 
PROPER COMPETITIVENESS FOR OUR 
COUNTRY.
[end of translation]
>> Rosemary: THAT IS THE PRIME 
MINISTER OF CANADA ON THIS 
FRIDAY, WRAPPING UP HIS DAILY 
BRIEFING, ALMOST DAILY BRIEFING,
WITH SOME SIGNIFICANT NEWS ON 
WHAT HE DISCUSSED WITH THE 
PREMIERS LAST NIGHT.
I'LL BRING IN THE CBC'S 
CATHERINE CULLEN, AS WE AWAIT 
THE NOON BRIEFING WITH CABINET 
MINISTERS AND PUBLIC HEALTH 
OFFICIALS.
IN SHORT, CATHERINE, THE PRIME 
MINISTER SAID THAT HE PUT ON THE
TABLE $14 BILLION FOR THE 
PROVINCES OVER THE NEXT PERIOD 
OF TIME, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
MONEY.
NOT CLEAR TO ME THAT ALL THE 
PROVINCES SAID, YES, I WOULD 
LIKE THAT MONEY.
BUT TELL US MORE ABOUT WHAT IT'S
WORTH.
>> Catherine: WELL, I MEAN, I 
WAS REALLY STRUCK BY THE AMOUNT 
OF GROUND THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE
COVERED BY THESE $14 BILLION.
LET'S LOOK AT A LIST OF THINGS 
THE PRIME MINISTER TALKED ABOUT,
ROSEMARY.
THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE MONEY HE 
SAYS, MORE MONEY FOR THE THINGS 
THAT ALL CANADIANS NEED, AS WE 
ENTER INTO THIS RESTARTING 
PROCESS.
HE SAID FOR A PERIOD OF SIX TO 
EIGHT MONTHS THEY'RE TALKING 
ABOUT MORE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE 
EQUIPMENT FOR HEALTH CARE 
WORKERS, ENSURING THAT 
BUSINESSES HAVE THE PERSONAL 
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY 
NEED.
CHILD CARE WAS ON THAT LIST.
THEY TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
OF SUPPORTING SENIORS, THE 
ELDERLY, AND THEIR 
VULNERABILITY, ALTHOUGH, THE 
PRECISE SHAPE OF WHAT THAT 
SUPPORT WOULD LOOK LIKE WAS NOT 
CLEAR TO ME FROM THE PRIME 
MINISTER'S REMARKS.
HE TALKED ABOUT MUNICIPALITIES 
AND HE TALKED ABOUT SICK DAYS, 
AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE 
THE PRIME MINISTER STARTED 
SPEAKING, THAT PLAN TO GIVE 
PEOPLE ACCESS TO 10 DAYS OF SICK
LEAVE IF THEY DO NOT HAVE IT 
THROUGH THE BENEFITS OF THEIR 
EMPLOYMENT.
COVERING A LOT OF GROUND HERE, 
BUT A LOT OF QUESTIONS STILL 
REMAIN.
THIS IS STILL A PROPOSAL AT THIS
POINT.
WE'RE CERTAINLY GOING TO WANT TO
KNOW WHAT THE SHAPE OF SOME OF 
THESE OFFERS LOOK LIKE.
FOR INSTANCE, CHILD CARE, IS IT 
MONEY FOR JOBS, FOR 
INFRASTRUCTURE, HOW MUCH DOES IT
REQUIRE OF THE PROVINCES?
I MEAN, IT'S REALLY -- IT'S 
QUITE EXPANSIVE IN SCOPE AND IT 
IS STILL BEING NEGOTIATED, WHICH
IS PERHAPS PART OF THE REASON WE
DON'T HAVE THESE ANSWERS.
IT'S GOING TO LEAD TO A LOT OF 
QUESTIONS.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OBVIOUSLY
TRYING TO SEND A STRONG SIGNAL 
HERE, THAT THEY WANT TO ENSURE 
THAT CANADIANS FEEL SAFE AS THEY
HEAD BACK TO WORK, THAT THEY 
HAVE THE THINGS THEY NEEDS IN 
ORDER TO GET BACK INTO THE 
WORKPLACE, WHETHER THEY'RE A 
HEALTH CARE WORKER OR A RETAIL 
WORKER.
IF THEY'RE PARENTS OF CHILDREN 
THAT REQUIRE CHILD CARE, WE WANT
TO KNOW TO WHAT EXTENT ARE ALL 
PROVINCES READY TO BUY INTO PART
OR ALL OF THIS.
THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN. 
>> Rosemary: HE TALKED ABOUT 
TARGETED TRANSFERS AND HE ALSO 
SAID SOMETHING THAT I WROTE WORD
FOR WORD BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT 
WAS IMPORTANT, THAT VERY 
SPECIFIC STANDARDS WOULD NEED TO
BE MET ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO 
HELP WITH THINGS AS WE MOVE 
FORWARD, WHICH TO ME SOUNDED 
LIKE SAYING THERE WOULD BE 
STRINGS ATTACHED TO THIS MONEY, 
IN A NICE WAY, THAT TARGETED 
FUNDING TRANSFERS IS ANOTHER WAY
OF SAYING PROVINCES WILL BE 
REQUIRED TO EITHER SHOW THEY ARE
USING IT FOR THESE PARTICULAR 
THINGS, THAT THEY ARE PERFORMING
AT A CERTAIN STANDARD.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK 
LIKE, BUT THERE'S OBVIOUSLY SOME
CONDITIONS ATTACHED TO $14 
BILLION.
>> Catherine: SO WE CAN BOLDLY 
PREDICT, ROSEMARY, THAT NOT ALL 
THE PREMIERS ARE GOING TO LIKE 
THAT.
[LAUGHTER].
>> Catherine: IN ALL 
SERIOUSNESS, THOUGH, RIGHT, I 
THINK WE CAN BE CERTAIN THAT 
SOME PREMIERS ARE GOING TO 
ADD -- I HAVE TO GO AHEAD AND 
SAY QUEBEC, PERHAPS ALBERTA.
I THINK IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE
SPECIFICS OF WHAT IS BEING 
OFFERED HERE AND WHAT THE NATURE
OF THOSE STRINGS LOOK LIKE.
WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT THERE ARE 
THINGS WITH REGARDS TO COVID-19 
WHERE EVERYONE IS ON THE SAME 
PAGE.
EVERYONE AGREES THAT DRAMATIC 
CHANGES ARE NEEDED IN THE 
LONG-TERM CARE SECTOR, BUT THAT 
IS SO COMPLICATED.
FOR INSTANCE, WE KEEP USING THE 
TERM "LONG-TERM CARE," IT'S 
REALLY AN AMORPHOUS TERM IN 
CANADA.
IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME THAT THAT 
IS TOUCHED ON IN THIS $14 
BILLION.
HE TALKED ABOUT SENIORS, BUT I 
DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
CHILD CARE, WHAT FORM IS THAT 
HELP GOING TO COME IN?
MUNICIPALITIES, WE KNOW THAT 
THIS IS A TOUCHY JURISDICTIONAL 
ISSUE.
HOW DO YOU DECIDE -- DOES THE 
PROVINCE DECIDE HOW MUCH MONEY 
FLOWS TO THE MUNICIPALITIES?
THIS IS GOING TO BE COMPLICATED,
BUT THESE ARE IMPORTANT ISSUES 
IN PEOPLE'S DAY-TO-DAY LIVES, 
FEELING SAFE, SECURE, KNOWING 
THAT THEIR CHILDREN HAVE A PLACE
TO GO, KNOWING IF THEY NEED IT, 
THERE'S PUBLIC TRANSIT TO GET TO
WORK.
THIS IS A PUBLIC STEP IN WHAT IS
OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE NOT A 
SHORT PROCESS.
>> Rosemary: NO, PROBABLY NOT.
I'LL MENTION TWO OTHER THINGS 
BECAUSE THE DISABILITY BENEFIT 
WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY, UP TO $600 
FOR CANADIANS WITH A DISABILITY,
TO HELP GET SUPPORTIVE DEVICES 
FOR DISABILITIES.
WE'LL HEAR MINISTER CARLA 
QUALTROUGH TALK ABOUT THAT 
LATER.
WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR FROM YOU 
IS THE GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT 
TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT SYSTEMIC 
RACISM FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND
PEOPLE OF COLOUR.
HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO MEET 
WITH THE CABINET LEADERS AND THE
COMMISSIONER OF THE RCMP.
>> Catherine: HE HAD AN 
INTERESTING ANSWER TO ONE OF OUR
COLLEAGUES, TOM PERRY, I FEEL 
LIKE WE'RE SAYING THAT EVERY 
DAY.
HE TRIED TO PUSH THE PRIME 
MINISTER ON WHETHER OR NOT HE 
BELIEVED RACISM IS A PROBLEM 
WITHIN THE POLICE FORCES MORE 
BROADLY.
I HAVE TO BE HONEST, AT FIRST I 
WASN'T QUITE SURE WHAT THE PRIME
MINISTER WAS TRYING TO EXPRESS, 
BUT HE DOES SEEM TO BE SAYING, 
YES, THERE ARE INDIVIDUAL 
INSTANCES WE ARE SEEING COMING 
OUT IN THE MEDIA RIGHT NOW.
THOSE INDIVIDUAL CASES NEED TO 
BE ADDRESSED, BUT THERE ARE 
BROADER SYSTEMIC ISSUES THAT WE 
CAN ALL AGREE NEED TO BE DEALT 
WITH.
HE SEEMED TO BE BIG ON 
EXPRESSIONS OF CONCERN AND 
REASSURANCE, SHORT ON DETAILS OF
HOW THESE CHANGES SPECIFICALLY 
WERE GOING TO WORK.
HE WAS ASKED ABOUT BODY CAMERAS 
AS WELL AND DIDN'T REALLY, 
AGAIN, GIVE AN ENTIRELY PRECISE 
OR CLEAR ANSWER THERE.
ONE THING THAT I WAS STRUCK BY, 
THOUGH, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, FOR 
SOME CANADIANS -- AND I THINK 
IT'S PROBABLY IMPORTANT TO SAY 
AGAIN AS A WHITE PERSON I'M 
COMING TO THIS DISCUSSION WITH A
PARTICULAR WORLD VIEW AND 
INADEQUATE IN MANY WAYS TO TALK 
ABOUT THIS -- BUT FOR SOME 
CANADIANS THIS IS A DISCUSSION 
THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG 
TIME.
FOR SOME CANADIANS THIS WEEK 
THEY'RE SAYING DEFUND THE 
POLICE, HUH, REALLY?
IN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT HAS 
HAPPENED MORE BROADLY WITH THE 
COVID-19 OUTBREAK IN OUR 
SOCIETY, IT HAS SHOWN THAT 
DRAMATIC CHANGE CAN BE POSSIBLE 
IF -- WHEN IT'S REALLY 
NECESSARY.
I WAS SPEAKING TO A FORMER 
POLITICIAN THE OTHER DAY ABOUT 
THE OPIOID CRISIS.
HE WAS SAYING TO ME, WELL, IF WE
CAN MAKE THESE DRAMATIC CHANGES 
TO SAVE LIVES WITH COVID-19, WHY
CAN'T WE DO IT TO ADDRESS THIS 
OTHER MAJOR PUBLIC HEALTH 
CRISIS?
I THINK YOU COULD APPLY THAT 
SAME LOGIC TO WHAT IS HAPPENING 
HERE.
IF THERE IS SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC 
PRESSURE AND PEOPLE ARE CALLING 
FOR A CHANGE -- AND I'M NOT 
ADVOCATING FOR DEFUNDING THE 
POLICE -- BUT I THINK IT'S SHOWN
THAT GREAT CHANGES WITH 
POSSIBLE.
IS THERE ENOUGH PUBLIC SUPPORT 
FOR THIS?
WHAT SHOULD IT LOOK LIKE?
THIS IS A COMPLICATED ISSUE.
THE PRIME MINISTER SAID REPEATED
TODAY, GRADUAL CHANGE, NOT 
ENOUGH.
SMALL CHANGES, NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
BIGGER STEPS NEED TO BE TAKEN.
IF THE WILL IS THERE, GREAT.
WHERE DOES IT GO FROM HERE?
WE SEE MONTREAL POLICE MAKING AN
ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY ABOUT 
CHANGING SOME OF THEIR POLICIES 
AS THE PRIME MINISTER WAS 
SPEAKING, TRYING TO ADDRESS SOME
OF THESE ISSUES THAT ARE 
ARISING.
THE PRIME MINISTER MADE THAT 
POINT THAT THEY'RE IN CHARGE OF 
THE RCMP, BUT THIS IS NOT SOLELY
THE JURISDICTION OF THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT.
THE POLICE FORCES ARE LARGELY 
JURISDICTIONAL AND THEY WILL 
HAVE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.
>> Rosemary: THANK YOU, 
CATHERINE, FOR THAT, IF YOU WILL
STAND BY.
AS WE'RE DISCUSSING THESE 
PROTESTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN 
TORONTO AND THERE'S ONE 
HAPPENING IN OTTAWA IN THE 
MATTER OF THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.
OBVIOUSLY THIS RENEWED FOCUS ON 
BROAD, SYSTEMIC RACISM THAT YOU 
HEARD THERE FROM THE PRIME 
MINISTER.
INSTITUTIONS THAT LACK TRUE 
DIVERSITY ACROSS THE COUNTRY, 
AND THAT INCLUDES INSTITUTIONS 
LIKE UNIVERSITIES, MEDICAL 
FACULTIES, WHERE WE WILL HAVE 
THE PANDEMIC AND THESE TWO OTHER
STORIES WEAVING TOGETHER.
THIS YEAR 24 BLACK STUDENTS ARE 
ENTERING THE UNIVERSITY OF 
TORONTO'S MEDICAL PROGRAM.
THAT'S THE MOST EVER.
MOHAMED ADAM IS IN BRAMPTON, 
ONTARIO.
I'M GLAD TO TALK TO YOU BOTH 
ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
MY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Rosemary: I'M GOING TO START 
WITH YOU, EDGAR, TO BE ACCEPTED 
TO MEDICAL SCHOOL AND BE AMONGST
THIS COHORT, THESE 24 PEOPLE 
THAT HAVE ALL GOTTEN IN AT THE 
SAME TIME?
>> Interview: THIS IS GREAT 
NEWS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEND MY 
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 
2020 AND THE INCOMING CLASS OF 
2024.
THIS IS GOOD NEWS FOR ALL OF US,
INCLUDING THE BLACK STUDENTS.
IT SHOWS THAT THE HIGHER 
INSTITUTIONS SHOULD COMMIT TO 
DIVERSITY AND THEY WILL HAVE THE
OUTCOME THEY REQUIRE.
>> Rosemary: EDGAR, YOU'RE FROM 
GHANA.
THIS MUST BE A BIG DEAL FOR YOU 
AND YOUR FAMILY, I IMAGINE.
>> Interview: IT IS.
IT HAS BEEN A CHILDHOOD DREAM OF
MINE TO BECOME A CITIZEN.
WHEN I WAS DREAMING ON THE MAP, 
CANADA WAS ON THE MAP AS A PLACE
I WOULD COME TO STUDY.
THIS IS MY SECOND HOME AND I 
LOOK FORWARD TO MY TIME IN 
TORONTO.
>> Rosemary: MOHAMED, 
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AS WELL.
HOW SIGNIFICANT IS IT AGAIN FOR 
YOU PERSONALLY TO BE ACCEPTED TO
MED SCHOOL?
THAT'S A BIG DEAL FOR ANYONE, 
BUT TO BE A PART OF THIS 
HISTORIC GROUP OF BLACK STUDENTS
ALL GOING IN AT THE SAME TIME.
>> HONESTLY, IT MEANS A LOT TO 
ME.
I'M SUPER EXCITED TO MEET ALL OF
MY CLASSMATES AND JUST WHAT THIS
MEANS TO ME BEING A PART OF THIS
GROUP, THIS HISTORICAL GROUP.
I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY A 
MOTIVATING FACTOR FOR MANY OF US
THAT ALSO WANT TO PURSUE THIS 
FIELD OF MEDICINE, BUT IT'S ALSO
A STEPPINGSTONE.
HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE I WANT 
TO SEE THIS AS A NORMAL THING, 
WHERE WE HAVE 20, 30, 50 BLACK 
MEDICAL STUDENTS ALL ACROSS 
CANADA BEING ACCEPTED.
>> Rosemary: THAT LETS ME MAYBE 
ASK YOU BOTH QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
TIMES WE ARE IN BECAUSE THERE 
ARE PROTESTS AND RALLIES 
HAPPENING OF COURSE ACROSS THE 
UNITED STATES AND IN THIS 
COUNTRY AS WELL.
I WANT TO TALK TO BOTH OF YOU 
BECAUSE IT'S AN UPLIFTING STORY,
BUT I WONDER HOW YOU'RE LIVING 
THESE PAST WEEKS.
I'LL START WITH YOU, MOHAMED.
JUST SEEING THE POSITIVE PART OF
IT, THE PEOPLE COMING OUT IN 
SUPPORT, BUT ALSO THE DIFFICULT 
PARTS OF IT.
THE VIOLENCE, THE POLICE 
BRUTALITIES, THE EXPOSED RACISM.
HOW ARE YOU DOING WITH ALL OF 
THAT?
>> YEAH, SO IT'S DEFINITELY A 
CHALLENGE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME 
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE 
HAVEN'T SEEN ALREADY.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN 
REPEATING ITSELF OVER THE YEARS.
OBVIOUSLY AS A BLACK MALE THIS 
AFFECTS ME DEEPLY BECAUSE OF MY 
OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WITH 
SYSTEMIC RACISM.
I'M ALSO LOOKING AT IT IN A 
POSITIVE LIGHT AS WELL, WHERE 
OUR VOICES ARE BEING HEARD.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS POLICY 
AND THE GOVERNMENT TO RESPOND 
AND TO MAKE THE APPROPRIATE 
CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE SO 
THAT ME, AS A BLACK MALE, CAN 
FEEL SAFE IN MY OWN COUNTRY AND 
FOR ME TO PRACTICE AS A 
PHYSICIAN AND ALSO BE ABLE TO 
HELP THOSE THAT NEED IT AS WELL.
>> Rosemary: HOW ABOUT YOU, 
EDGAR?
YOU HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF 
LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES AND 
LIVING HERE.
IT IS DIFFERENT, BUT WE'VE 
TALKED A LOT THIS WEEK ABOUT HOW
RACISM EXISTS IN CANADA AND WE 
SOMETIMES DON'T TALK ABOUT IT 
ENOUGH -- WELL, WE DON'T TALK 
ABOUT IT ENOUGH.
THAT'S FAIR TO SAY.
HOW HAVE YOU BEEN LIVING THESE 
PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS?
>> Interview: YEAH, IT'S HARD TO
WATCH AND PROCESS FOR A PERSON 
OF COLOUR.
IT'S BEEN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT, 
BUT LUCKILY I HAVE MY SUPPORT 
NETWORK THAT I FALL BACK ON.
HALIFAX IS A GREAT CITY WITH A 
LOT OF BLACK PEOPLE AROUND.
WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND SEE HOW
WE CAN CHART A WAY FORWARD.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 
MOVE FORWARD.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE U.S. 
AND CANADA IN TERMS OF RACISM, 
IT IS THERE IN BOTH COUNTRIES 
AND THERE IS WORK TO BE DONE IN 
BOTH COUNTRIES.
>> Rosemary: FOR SURE.
DO YOU, EDGAR, SEE YOUR 
ACCEPTANCE TO MEDICAL SCHOOL AS 
PART OF SORT OF BUILDING TOWARDS
MAKING INSTITUTIONS AND 
UNIVERSITIES AND ALL PARTS OF 
SOCIETY HAVE BETTER 
REPRESENTATION?
>> Interview: YEAH.
IT'S -- IN HEALTH CARE IT'S 
ESSENTIAL THAT THE WORKFORCE 
REPRESENTS THE GENERAL 
POPULATION.
I THINK THE UNIVERSITY OF 
TORONTO IS MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO 
GET TO THAT OPTIMAL LEVEL.
I BELIEVE THAT ME GETTING 
ACCEPTED AS A BLACK STUDENT WILL
EMPOWER OTHER STUDENTS TO APPLY 
TO THESE INSTITUTIONS AND LEVEL 
THE PLAYING FIELD.
>> Rosemary: MOHAMED, WE'RE 
DEALING WITH ALL OF THIS, THIS 
ANTI-BLACK RACISM AND THE POLICE
BRUTALITY IN THE UNITED STATES 
DURING A PANDEMIC, WHICH I ALSO 
WOULD EXPECT WOULD BE A 
MOTIVATING THING FOR YOU GOING 
TO MEDICAL SCHOOL.
HAVE YOU GIVEN ANY THOUGHT TO 
THAT AND HOW MUCH YOU WANT TO BE
THERE AS PART OF THE FIGHT 
AGAINST THESE KINDS OF THINGS?
>> YES.
I FEEL THAT THIS SITUATION IS 
ALSO UNIQUE, IN THAT THE WHOLE 
WORLD IS NOW SEEING THE 
IMPORTANCE THAT WE HAVE AS 
HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
SO JUST KNOWING THAT AND SEEING 
HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO BE
ON THE FRONT LINES AND FOR ME IN
THE FUTURE TO BE THERE.
IT'S SUPER EXCITING.
I WANT TO DO WHAT I CAN.
AND ALSO LOOKING BACK MAYBE 10 
YEARS LATER, I'M GOING TO USE 
THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO
GROW.
ULTIMATELY, I HOPE IT MAKES ME A
BETTER PHYSICIAN.
>> Rosemary: YEAH, FOR SURE.
EDGAR, HOW ABOUT YOU ON THAT, ON
THE PROSPECT OF BECOMING PART OF
THE COMMUNITY THAT HELPS FIGHT 
THINGS LIKE COVID-19?
>> Interview: YEAH, IT'S VERY 
EXCITING.
I THINK MORE IS TO COME IN THE 
FUTURE AS WE PROGRESS AS 
HUMANITY.
SO HAVING PEOPLE WHO ARE ARMED 
WITH THE SKILLS AND THE TOOLS TO
FIGHT THESE DISEASES IS VERY 
PROMISING.
I'M EXCITED TO JOIN THE 
WORKFORCE.
I ALSO, JUST LIKE MOHAMED, PLAN 
TO WORK IN MARGINALIZED 
COMMUNITIES, WHERE THEY SKILLS 
WOULD BE NEEDED THE MOST ONCE I 
GRADUATE.
>> Rosemary: THANKS TO BOTH OF 
YOU FOR MAKING THE TIME.
IT'S GREAT NEWS FOR BOTH OF YOU 
PERSONALLY AND THAT WHOLE GROUP.
MY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF 
YOU.
IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME, AND 
MUCH LUCK TO BOTH OF YOU.
THAT'S EDGAR AFFUCO-ADDU, AND 
MOHAMED ADAM, BOTH TO ENTER 
MEDICAL SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF TORONTO.
>>> WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO 
THIS TOWN, WHERE THE GOVERNMENT 
IS GIVING ITS BRIEFING ON 
COVID-19.
THESE ARE PUBLIC HEALTH 
OFFICIALS, DR. HOWARD NJOO, 
LET'S LISTEN IN LIVE.
>> [Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] ENSURING THAT YOUR 
HEALTH NEEDS CAN BE MET SAFELY.
FINALLY, WITH THE END OF THE 
SCHOOL YEAR UPON US, I WANT TO 
CONGRATULATE ALL THOSE WHO ARE 
GRADUATING THIS YEAR.
WHILE IT MIGHT NOT BE THE 
CELEBRATION YOU HAVE ENVISAGED, 
THIS DOES NOT DIMINISH YOUR 
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
YOU HAVE WORKED HARD IN YOUR 
ACADEMIC AND EXTRA-CURRICULAR 
PURSUITS, WHILE DEMONSTRATING 
GREAT POISE IN ADAPTING TO THE 
DISRUPTIONS THAT COVID-19 HAS 
BROUGHT.
THE MANY WAYS YOU HAVE COME 
TOGETHER TO SUPPORT YOUR 
FAMILIES AND YOUR COMMUNITIES AS
WE LEARN TO LIVE WITH COVID-19 
AS INSPIRED ALL OF US.
WE ARE ALL TOGETHER, APART PROUD
OF YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU, DR. NJOO.
[end of translation] WE WILL 
HEAR FROM MINISTER CARLA 
QUALTROUGH, IF YOU HAVE SOME 
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO SHARE 
WITH US.
>> THANK YOU, DEPUTY PRIME 
MINISTER.
HELLO, IN PERSON.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THIS IS 
NATIONAL ACCESSIBILITY WEEK.
WE CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS 
THAT CANADIANS WITH DISABILITIES
MAKE TO OUR COMMUNITIES EVERY 
DAY AND REFLECT ON THE WAYS WE 
CAN TAKE ACTIONS TO A MORE 
INCLUSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE CANADA.
WE KNOW THIS PANDEMIC HAS DEEPLY
AFFECTED THE LIVES AND HEALTH OF
ALL CANADIANS AND 
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED 
CANADIANS WITH DISABILITIES IN 
PARTICULAR.
I THINK ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANT 
COSTS PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
HAVE INCURRED TO SAFELY GET 
FOOD, MEDICATION, AND OTHER 
BASIC NECESSITIES.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE 
ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR DELIVERY 
SERVICES AND PRIVATE 
TRANSPORTATION.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] SUPPORT WORKERS FOR
THESE PEOPLE MAY NOT BE 
AVAILABLE OR MAY HAVE TO BE PAID
FOR PRIVATELY BECAUSE OF A LACK 
OF SUPPLY.
[end of translation] THE PRIME 
MINISTER ANNOUNCED A ONE-TIME 
PAYMENT OF $600 PETITIONER 
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES TO 
ADDRESS THESE EXPENSES.
THIS PAYMENT WILL GO TO EXISTING
TAX CREDIT DISABILITY HOLDERS, 
WHICH INCLUDES PARENTS WITH 
CHILDREN OR DEPENDANTS WITH 
DISABILITIES, SENIORS, VETERANS,
AND MANY OTHER CANADIANS THAT WE
KNOW HAVE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH 
SEVERE AND PROLONGED 
DISABILITIES.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] IT IS NOT NECESSARY
TO APPLY FOR THIS AMOUNT.
[end of translation] THIS 
INVESTMENT WILL BENEFIT AROUND 
1.25 MILLION CANADIANS.
WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT PERSONS 
WITH DISABILITIES ARE AT A 
HIGHER RISK OF JOB LOSS DURING 
ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS, WHICH IS WHY
WE'VE ESTABLISHED A NATIONAL 
WORKPLACE ACCESSIBILITY STREAM, 
AND WE ARE INVESTING $15 MILLION
IN 2020-2021.
IN ADDITION, WE'RE INVESTING 
$1.8 MILLION IN PROJECTS FOR THE
ACCESSIBLE DISABILITY PROGRAM.
I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE 
MEMBERS OF THE COVID-19 ADVISORY
GROUP THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDING 
IMPORTANT ADVICE IN THE LIVED 
EXPERIENCE OF CANADIANS WITH 
DISABILITIES AND HELPED SHAPE 
TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT.
I THANK THEM FOR THEIR CONTINUED
WORK.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] I'M CERTAIN THAT 
THESE MEASURES WILL BE OF GREAT 
HELP TO ALL CANADIANS WHO ARE 
LIVING WITH DISABILITIES 
THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY.
IT'S A WIN-WIN FOR EVERYONE IF 
EVERY CANADIAN CAN PLAY AN EQUAL
ROLE IN OUR ECONOMY AND SOCIETY.
[end of translation] FINALLY, 
I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS TODAY'S JOB 
NUMBERS.
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS 
CRISIS, WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON 
PROVIDING CANADIANS WITH THE 
SUPPORT THEY NEED AS WE WORK TO 
CONTAIN THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS 
AND KEEP CANADIANS SAFE.
AS THE PRIME MINISTER MENTIONED 
EARLIER TODAY, WE KNOW THAT 
ROUGHLY 21.2 # MILLION CANADIANS
WHO WERE SUCCESSING THE CERB NO 
LONGER NEED THIS HELP.
TODAY'S JOB NUMBERS REFLECT SOME
POSITIVE PROGRESS IN TERMS OF 
PEOPLE RETURNING TO THE 
WORKFORCE.
WHILE THIS IS, INDEED, 
ENCOURAGING, THERE'S STILL A 
LONG TIME TO GO.
MANY CANADIANS CONTINUE TO FACE 
REAL CHALLENGES DURING THESE 
TIMES.
IT'S FOR THAT REASON THAT I WANT
TO REITERATE THAT OUR GOVERNMENT
WILL CONTINUE TO BE THERE FOR 
CANADIANS.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] WE WILL GET THROUGH
THIS TOUGH PERIOD TOGETHER.
[end of translation]. 
>> Deputy Prime Minister 
Chrystia Freeland: NOW, THE 
PRESIDENT OF THE TREASURY BOARD,
JEAN-YVES DUCLOS.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON TO EVERYONE.
TODAY WE HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS.
WE WILL FOCUS ON WHAT CARLA JUST
DESCRIBED, WHICH IS SUPPORT UP 
TO $600 FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH 
DISABILITIES THROUGHOUT THIS 
COUNTRY.
CERTAINLY IN QUEBEC THE COVID-19
CRISIS HAS INCREASED THE 
BARRIERS FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS.
THE SECOND PIECE OF GOOD NEWS IS
THE SUPPORT FOR PROVINCES AND 
TERRITORIES, INCLUDING QUEBEC, 
SUPPORTS THAT WILL BE OF 
ASSISTANCE TO THE PROVINCES WHO 
HAVE TO TAKE ON THIS HEAVY 
BURDEN IN CURRENT SITUATION IN 
ORDER TO SUPPLY P.P.E. FOR 
DAYCARE SERVICES, SUPPORT, ALSO 
SUPPORT FOR SENIORS IN HEALTH 
AND ECONOMIC DIFFICULTY.
ALSO, THE PROVISION OF SICK 
LEAVE SO THAT INDIVIDUALS DO NOT
HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN 
PROTECTING THEIR HEALTH AND 
PROTECTING THEIR LIVELIHOOD.
ALSO SOME GOOD NEWS FROM MY 
COLLEAGUE CARLA.
10% OF JOBS LOST BETWEEN MARCH 
AND APRIL WERE RECOVERED BETWEEN
APRIL AND MAY.
THAT'S 30% OF JOB LOSSES THAT 
HAVE COME BACK BETWEEN APRIL AND
MAY.
THIS IS IN CONTRAST WITH 
FEBRUARY AND APRIL.
UNEMPLOYMENT WAS AT 17%.
WE'RE NOW AT 13.7%, WHICH IS THE
NATIONAL AVERAGE.
THIS IS FOR QUEBEC.
THE NATIONAL RATE HAS INCREASED 
SLIGHTLY, BUT THE ECONOMISTS 
UNDERSTAND WHY.
THE ECONOMISTS KNOW THAT WHEN 
IT'S A PERIOD OF RECOVERY, AS 
YOU ARE EMERGING FROM AN 
ECONOMIC CRISIS, IT IS NORMAL 
THAT THE LABOUR FORCE INCREASES 
BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO GO BACK 
TO WORK.
SO THEY ARE SEEKING NEW WORK AND
THAT EXPLAINS THIS SLIGHT 
INCREASE IN UNEMPLOYMENT, 
DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE NUMBER
OF UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS HAS 
DECREASED.
AS MY COLLEAGUE HAS SAID, THE 
CONTEXT OF SIGNIFICANT MEASURES 
WE'VE TAKEN OVER THE LAST FEW 
WEEKS IS PARTICULARLY 
SIGNIFICANT.
THE CERB, CANADIAN EMERGENCY 
RESPONSE BENEFIT, WE ARE NOW 
MOVING FROM THAT TO RETURN TO 
WORK.
AND ALSO THE WAGE SUBSIDY HAS 
HAD A MAJOR IMPACT IN QUEBEC.
I WOULD ADD ALSO THAT THERE IS A
VERY INTERESTING -- THAT 
SITUATION FOR YOUTH, 
SPECIFICALLY YOUNG PEOPLE WHO 
WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THEIR 
STUDIES IN THE FALL ARE FACING A
DIFFICULT SITUATION THERE.
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAS AT 14% 
ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND STANDS AT 
40% FOR THESE STUDENTS WHO WANT 
TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL IN 
SEPTEMBER.
SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THE 
STUDENT RESPONSE BENEFIT IS 
IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT THEIR 
PERSONAL FINANCES SO THEY CAN GO
BACK TO SCHOOL AT THE END OF THE
SUMMER.
WE'VE ALSO CREATED OVER 150,000 
NEW JOB OPPORTUNITIES, 
APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITIES, 
WHICH WILL HELP YOUNG PEOPLE GET
THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO GO BACK
TO SCHOOL.
UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE, ALSO 
HELPING TO GAIN PRECIOUS WORK 
EXPERIENCE OVER THE COMING 
MONTHS.
>> Deputy Prime Minister 
Chrystia Freeland: WE ARE 
PREPARED TO ANSWER YOUR 
QUESTIONS.
[end of translation]. 
>> WE WILL HAVE THREE QUESTIONS 
ON THE PHONE AND RETURN TO THE 
ROOM, ONE QUESTION AND ONE 
FOLLOW UP.
OPERATOR.
>> Operator: PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> Question: [Speaking French] 
[Voice of Interpreter] MY 
QUESTION IS FOR YOU, MR. DUCLOS,
AND ALSO FOR MS. FREELAND.
THIS $14 BILLION TO BE 
TRANSFERRED TO THE PROVINCES 
SEEMS ATTACHED TO CONTINUE -- 
CONDITIONS.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW 
PROVINCES TOOK TO THAT.
DO YOU THINK YOU CAN AGREE WITH 
THE PROVINCES, GIVEN THAT THESE 
ARE PROVINCIAL AREAS OF 
JURISDICTION, MAINLY HEALTH IN 
THIS CASE?
>> Answer: THANK YOU FOR YOUR 
QUESTION, NINA.
I'LL ATTEMPT TO ANSWER, AND 
PERHAPS JEAN-YVES WILL HAVE A 
FEW COMMENTS AS WELL.
WE DISCUSSED THIS VERY MATTER 
YESTERDAY WITH THE PRIME 
MINISTER AND DURING OUR 
CONVERSATION A WEEK AGO.
OBVIOUSLY OUR OBJECTIVE, THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S OBJECTIVE, 
IS TO HELP CANADIANS AS THE 
ECONOMY REOPENS.
WE CAN SEE, GIVEN THE FIGURES 
WE'VE RECEIVED TODAY, THAT THIS 
REOPENING HAS STARTED AND IS A 
GOOD THING.
BUT WE UNDERSTAND THERE REMAIS 
MUCH TO BE DONE TO BE SURE THAT 
THIS REOPENING IS POSSIBLE, THAT
THIS ECONOMIC RECOVERY TAKES 
PLACE IN CONDITIONS THAT PROTECT
THE HEALTH CARE OF ALL WORKERS, 
CANADIAN WORKERS.
WE ALSO UNDERSTAND -- AND I 
SPEAK AS A MOTHER HERE -- THERE 
NEED TO BE CERTAIN THINGS IN 
PLACE, CHILD CARE, DAYCARE, AND 
IT'S IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT THE 
MUNICIPALITIES, SPECIFICALLY 
WITH RESPECT TO PUBLIC TRANSIT.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THESE THINGS 
ARE WITHIN PROVINCIAL AREAS OF 
JURISDICTION.
WHEN I SPEAK TO CANADIANS, FOR 
CANADIANS THE THING THAT MATTERS
IS NOT WHOSE JURISDICTION IT IS.
WHAT MATTERS IS TO ACHIEVE 
SUCCESS IN OUR FIGHT AGAINST THE
CORONAVIRUS AND TO HAVE A STRONG
ECONOMY.
WE'RE PLEASED THAT WE NOW HAVE 
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN 
CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE 
PROVINCES.
$14 BILLION IS A SIGNIFICANT 
AMOUNT.
OF COURSE IT IS IMPORTANT FOR 
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO BE 
SURE THAT BY WORKING WITH THE 
PROVINCES WE CAN GUARANTEE THE 
RIGHT AND NECESSARY CONDITIONS 
ARE IN PLACE FOR ALL CANADIANS 
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
[end of translation] THE 
IMPORTANT THING FROM OUR 
PERSPECTIVE IS TO MAKE SURE WE 
HAVE THE CONDITIONS HERE IN 
CANADA FOR A SAFE AND EFFECTIVE 
RESTART OF THE ECONOMY.
THE JOBS NUMBERS THAT CARLA AND 
JEAN-YVES HAVE JUST SPOKEN ABOUT
SHOW US THAT THE RESTART IS 
BEGINNING.
I'M SO GRATEFUL TO ALL THE 
CANADIAN WORKERS AND BUSINESSES 
WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN IT.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO 
MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE 
THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE 
THAT SAFE RESTART HEALTHY, TO 
MAKE IT SAFE, AND TO MAKE IT 
POSSIBLE.
THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE 
ENSURING THERE IS ENOUGH P.P.E.,
ENSURING WE ARE EFFECTIVE 
TESTING AND TRACING.
AND ENSURING -- HERE I'M 
SPEAKING AS A MOTHER -- ENSURING
THAT THERE IS CHILD CARE 
AVAILABLE.
ENSURING THAT OUR MUNICIPALITIES
ARE SUPPORTED BECAUSE THEY 
PROVIDE THE PUBLIC TRANSIT.
ENSURING THAT PEOPLE HAVE SICK 
LEAVE SO THAT IF THEY ARE 
FEELING UNWELL THEY DO THE 
HEALTHY THING AND DON'T GO TO 
WORK THAT DAY.
SO WE KNOW THAT THIS IS WHAT 
CANADIANS, WHATEVER PROVINCE OR 
TERRITORY THEY LIVE IN, REALLY 
NEED.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE 
AREAS THAT ARE IN PROVINCIAL 
JURISDICTIONS, BUT WE KNOW THAT 
THE ECONOMY IS IN A VERY 
DIFFICULT SPOT RIGHT NOW.
SO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS 
STEPPING UP AND SAYING WE ARE 
GOING TO CONTRIBUTE $14 BILLION 
TO THIS ESSENTIAL EFFORT.
NOW, WE ALSO REALIZE THAT THE 
WAY TO DO THIS SUCCESSFULLY IS 
THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE 
CONVERSATION WITH THE PROVINCES 
THAT IS -- WE HAD A CONVERSATION
YESTERDAY ABOUT THIS.
WE SPOKE ABOUT THESE ISSUES ALSO
THE WEEK BEFORE.
NOW WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO DO IS
METAPHORICALLY ROLL-UP OUR 
SLEEVES, GET TO WORK WITH THE 
PROVINCES, TALK WITH THEM ABOUT 
THE AREAS THEY THINK ARE 
NECESSARY FOR A SAFE RESTART, 
PUT FORWARD OUR OWN PERSPECTIVE 
AND MAKE SURE TOGETHER WE CAN 
GIVE CANADIANS THE SUPPORT THEY 
NEED FOR THE ECONOMY TO GET BACK
TO WORK SAFELY.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] JEAN-YVES, DID YOU 
HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD?
>> YES.
PERHAPS FROM A CANADIAN 
PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW 
MS. FREELAND AND MR. TRUDEAU ARE
IN CLOSE COMMUNICATIONS WITH 
THEIR COUNTERPARTS AND HAVE BEEN
IN COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE 
PROVINCES.
THEY KNOW WHAT THE PROVINCES ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT, EVEN THOUGH ALL
OF THIS IS A PROVINCIAL AREA OF 
JURISDICTION.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES HAVE
A RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP THE 
PROVINCES IN THE EMERGENCY 
SITUATION WE FIND OURSELVES IN 
TODAY.
IN QUEBEC SPECIFICALLY, SOME 
PRIVATE DAYCARE HAS IN SOME WAY 
BEEN WEAKENED IN SOME AREAS.
I'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION WITH 
SOME STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS FIELD,
ALTHOUGH THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT
UNDERSTANDS FULLY WELL THAT IT'S
A QUEBEC GOVERNMENT 
RESPONSIBILITY.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HELP THE 
GOVERNMENT OF QUEBEC ACT IN THIS
PERIOD.
SAME THING FOR SENIORS AND SAME 
THING FOR THE PERSONAL 
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, TESTING, 
TRACING, ALL THAT REQUIRES 
SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES.
THE PROVINCES ARE BEING 
PRESSURED FINANCIALLY IN THAT 
REGARD.
THE ISSUE OF SICK LEAVE.
PREMIER LEGAULT MENTIONED THAT 
IT WOULD BE A VERY HEAVY BURDEN 
IF IT WERE ONLY ON THE 
PROVINCES.
SO MS. FREELAND, ALL PREMIERS 
HAVE WORKED VERY HARD IN ORDER 
TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO 
ACHIEVE THAT END.
>> Question: THANK YOU.
SO IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, 
BECAUSE THIS IS A PANDEMIC YOU 
DO NOT THINK THERE WILL NOT BE 
ANY QUARRELLING REGARDING 
JURISDICTION BETWEEN QUEBEC AND 
OTTAWA.
I WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH OF THAT 
MONEY WILL BE GOING TO 
MUNICIPALITIES.
YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC 
TRANSIT.
CITIES ARE ALSO FACING MAJOR 
PRESSURES.
IS THERE AN AMOUNT THAT IS 
EARMARKED FOR MUNICIPALITIES IN 
THAT REGARD?
>> Answer: THAT'S AN EXCELLENT 
QUESTION, LINA.
I FULLY AGREE WITH YOU THAT THE 
CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES HAVE 
MAJOR NEEDS.
WE ARE ABSOLUTELY IN AGREEMENT 
WITH THE FACT THAT CITIES AND 
MUNICIPALITIES ARE ESSENTIAL TO 
A RESTART.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS 
PREPARED TO MAKE ITS 
CONTRIBUTION AND THAT IS WHAT 
THE PRIME MINISTER REFERRED TO 
TODAY.
NOW, REFERRING TO SPECIFICALLY 
TO THE AMOUNT SET ASIDE FOR EACH
CATEGORY, THESE ARE DISCUSSIONS 
THAT HAVE TO TAKE PLACE WITH THE
PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES.
WE BELIEVE THAT A COLLABORATIVE 
APPROACH IS CRITICAL AND WE NEED
TO SPEAK TO THE PROVINCES AND 
THE MUNICIPALITIES TO BE SURE 
THAT AN ECONOMIC RESTART IS 
HEALTHY AND WILL WORK FOR 
CANADIANS.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT QUESTION.
[end of translation]. 
>> Operator: OUR NEXT QUESTION 
IS FROM MIA RABSON OF THE 
CANADIAN PRESS.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> Question: THIS IS PROBABLY 
FOR MINISTER FREELAND.
IF YOU'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE
PROVINCES, YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE 
METAPHORICALLY ROLLING UP YOUR 
SLEEVES NOW TO FIGURE OUT THE 
DETAILS OF THIS PROGRAM, YOU 
CAN'T TELL US HOW MUCH IS 
EARMARKED FOR MUNICIPALITIES 
SPECIFICALLY.
HOW DID YOU ARRIVE AT THIS $14 
BILLION FIGURE AND HOW IS IT 
GOING TO BE DISPERSED TO THE 
PROVINCES?
HAVE YOU FIGURED OUT THOSE 
DETAILS, HOW MUCH EACH PROVINCE 
WOULD GET?
>> Answer: WELL, LET ME SAY 
COUPLE OF THINGS.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A TRULY
COLLABORATIVE APPROACH AND A 
TRUE DISCUSSION, YOU CAN'T GO 
INTO IT SAYING, AND BY THE WAY 
THIS IS GOING TO BE EXACTLY WHAT
THE END RESULT IS.
SINCE WE REALLY BELIEVE IN 
HAVING A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH 
WITH THE PROVINCES, AND WE 
UNDERSTAND CANADA IS A HUGE 
COUNTRY.
THE NEEDS DIFFER VERY MUCH FROM 
COAST TO COAST TO COAST.
WE REALLY ARE APPROACHING THIS 
BY SAYING TO THE PROVINCES AND 
TERRITORIES, WE UNDERSTAND THAT 
A SAFE RESTART IS ESSENTIAL AND 
THAT IT IS EXPENSIVE.
WE SAID FROM THE BEGINNING OF 
THIS CRISIS, WE ARE NOT GOING TO
QUIBBLE ABOUT FEDERAL-PROVINCIAL
RESPONSIBILITIES.
WE ARE GOING TO BE THERE TO 
SUPPORT CANADIANS ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY.
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE.
IN TERMS OF THE PRIME MINISTER 
SPECIFICALLY SAYING, AND WE'RE 
GOING TO PUT $14 BILLION ON THE 
TABLE, LOOK, HAVING BEEN THROUGH
A FEW NEGOTIATIONS MYSELF, I 
REALLY BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE HAS 
TO GET THE BALL ROLLING.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO START PUTTING 
SOME SPECIFIC OFFERS ON THE 
TABLE.
THAT'S WHAT THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT DID LAST NIGHT IN THE
CONVERSATION WITH THE PREMIERS.
THAT'S WHAT THE PRIME MINISTER 
HAS SHARED WITH CANADIANS TODAY.
ONE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD 
LIKE TO REALLY UNDERSCORE IS 
WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS THE
SAFE RESTART RIGHT NOW.
SO THIS IS NOT A LONG-TERM PLAN.
THIS IS FOR ENSURING A SAFE 
RESTART OVER THE NEXT SIX TO 
EIGHT MONTHS.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR 
CANADIANS TO UNDERSTAND THAT 
THAT'S THE TIME FRAME THAT WE'RE
FOCUSED ON.
THANKS.
>> FOLLOW UP.
>> Question: YEAH.
I'M ALSO CURIOUS MINISTER 
QUALTROUGH, LABOUR GROUPS, 
BUSINESS GROUPS, ECONOMISTS ARE 
ASKING FOR AN OVERHAUL OF THE 
EMERGENCY RESPONSE BENEFIT 
PROGRAM AND MAYBE RETHINKING HOW
E.I. WORKS SO THE JOB GAINS ARE 
CONTINUED.
ARE YOU CONSIDERING ANY CHANGES 
TO EITHER OF THOSE PROGRAMS?
IF YES, WHAT ARE THEY?
>> Answer: THANK YOU.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND 
THAT WHEN WE PUT IN PLACE THE 
CERB, WE DID SO BECAUSE WE ASKED
CANADIANS TO STAY HOME AND BE 
SAFE AND NOT WORK.
AS WE LOOK INTO THE MONTHS 
COMING, AS THE DEPUTY PRIME 
MINISTER SAID, WE'VE GOT A 
DIFFERENT GOAL IN MIND.
PEOPLE NEED TO GET BACK TO WORK 
SAFELY.
SO AS WE LOOK AT THE EXTENSION 
TO THE WAGE SUBSIDY, AS WE LOOK 
AT CANADIANS HAVING EXHAUSTED 
THEIR 16 WEEKS OF CERB, AS WE 
LOOK AT POTENTIALLY 
TRANSITIONING E.I.-ELIGIBLE 
CANADIANS BACK INTO THE E.I. 
SYSTEM, OF COURSE CONVERSATIONS 
ARE HAPPENING WITHIN CABINET, 
WITH THE PROVINCES AND 
TERRITORIES, WITH LABOUR, WITH 
BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS ON HOW 
BEST TO STRUCTURE OUR SUPPORT 
MOVING FORWARD.
ON THE ONE HAND, WE KNOW 
CANADIANS WILL CONTINUE TO NEED 
SUPPORT.
WHILE OPTIMISTIC, WHAT THE JOB 
NUMBERS SHOWED TODAY IS THAT 
490,000 PEOPLE ENTERED THE 
LABOUR FORCE AND 290,000 NEW 
JOBS WERE CREATED.
CERTAINLY BETTER THAN JOBS LOST,
BUT THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS 
STILL UP.
SO OUR THINKING MOVING FORWARD 
IS HOW DO WE BALANCE A NEED TO 
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT WORKERS, 
WHILE NOT DISINCENTIVIZING WORK.
AND ABSOLUTELY THOSE 
CONVERSATIONS WITH HAPPENING 
RIGHT NOW.
>> THANK YOU, MINISTER.
OPERATOR, NEXT QUESTION, PLEASE.
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM 
MELANIE MARQUEE, "LA PRESSE."
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> Question: [Speaking French] 
[Voice of Interpreter] THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
MY QUESTION IS FOR MS. FREELAND.
TO GET BACK TO MY COLLEAGUE 
LINA'S QUESTION ABOUT 
MUNICIPALITIES WHO HAVE AN 
IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY AND MAJOR
QUESTIONS ON THEM RIGHT NOW, TO 
BE CLEAR, THE CONDITIONS YOU'RE 
ASKING OF THE PROVINCES IS THEY 
SET ASIDE A PERCENTAGE OF THE 
MONEY THAT YOU WILL BE PROVIDING
FOR CERTAIN ASPECTS FOR 
MUNICIPALITIES.
IS THAT PART OF THE CONDITIONS 
YOU'RE REFERRING TO?
>> Answer: THANK YOU FOR YOUR 
QUESTION.
I WOULD PREFER NOT TO USE THE 
WORD "DEMAND" THAT YOU ASKED, 
THAT YOU USED IN FRENCH.
WHAT WE NEED IS TO ENGAGE IN A 
COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATION WITH 
THE PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES, 
AND THAT'S PRECISELY WHAT WE'RE 
TRYING TO DO.
NOW, WITH RESPECT TO 
MUNICIPALITIES, TO US THAT IS 
ONE OF THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF 
THIS AGREEMENT, OF THIS FEDERAL 
INITIATIVE.
WE ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND ON THE 
ONE HAND THE REALITY THAT 
MUNICIPALITIES ARE FACING.
THEY ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE 
CANADIAN ECONOMY AND THEY ARE 
ESPECIALLY ALL THE MORE SO 
ESSENTIAL, GIVEN OUR RESTART.
ON THE OTHER HAND, WE FULLY 
UNDERSTAND THE FISCAL POSITION 
MUNICIPALITIES FIND THEMSELVES 
IN.
SO YES, AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF 
THIS CONVERSATION WILL BE THE 
SUPPORT OF MUNICIPALITIES.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS MADE 
A PROPOSAL.
TO US IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO 
HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE 
PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES.
I HOPE WE WILL ALSO SEE SUPPORT 
FROM THE MUNICIPALITIES.
>> FOLLOW UP.
>> Question: YES.
A QUESTION FOR MS. FREELAND.
EARLIER PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU 
IN HIS SPEECH SAID THAT THE 
SITUATION VARIES FROM ONE 
PROVINCE TO THE NEXT AND OUR 
PLAN WILL TAKE THIS INTO 
CONSIDERATION.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN TERMS OF 
A BREAKDOWN OF THESE AMOUNTS?
WILL IT BE BASED ON 
DEMOGRAPHICS?
WILL IT BE BASED ON THE WAY IN 
WHICH THE CRISIS SPECIFICALLY 
AFFECTED A PARTICULAR PROVINCE, 
ONTARIO AND QUEBEC FOR INSTANCE 
WERE HARD HIT.
WILL THAT BE PART OF THE 
CALCULATIONS TO DETERMINE HOW 
MUCH EACH PROVINCE WILL RECEIVE?
>> Answer: AS ALWAYS, I FULLY 
AGREE WITH THE PRIME MINISTER.
ONE THING THAT IS QUESTIONED 
CLEARLY AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL IS 
THAT OUR VAST COUNTRY IS VERY 
DIVERSE AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT 
THE SITUATION IN NOVA SCOTIA IS 
QUITE DIFFERENT THAN IT IS IN 
B.C. OUR DISCUSSION WITH 
PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES ON 
THIS AGREEMENT, WE SAID 
YESTERDAY AND WE WILL CONTINUE 
TO SAY IN THE FUTURE THAT IT IS 
REALLY VERY IMPORTANT TO GET A 
GOOD GRASP OF THE DIVERSITY OF 
OUR COUNTRY.
THAT'S WHAT WE WILL DO.
[end of translation]. 
>> THANK YOU, DEPUTY PRIME 
MINISTER.
WE WILL TURN TO THE ROOM.
>> Question: CTV NEWS.
I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY ASKING 
ABOUT HONG KONG.
PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON IN 
THE U.K. HAS PUT A PATHWAY TO 
GET 2.5 MILLION CITIZENS OF HONG
KONG POTENTIAL BRITISH 
CITIZENSHIP QUICKLY.
THIS SEEMS LIKE A COUNTRY THAT 
IS IN LINE WITH CANADIAN VALUES.
MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE 
LEAVING HONG KONG ARE FIGHTING 
FOR DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS.
MANY OF THEM SPEAK ENGLISH AND 
ARE HIGHLY EDUCATED.
WHY IS CANADA NOT PUTTING IN 
PLACE AN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM TO 
SUPPORT THESE PEOPLE WHO WOULD 
FIT IN NICELY IN A WAY THE U.K. 
IS?
>> Answer: THANK YOU VERY MUCH 
FOR THE QUESTION.
LET ME START BY SAYING THERE ARE
ALREADY ROUGHLY 300,000 PEOPLE 
WHO CURRENTLY LIVE IN HONG KONG 
WHO CAN COME TO CANADA THIS 
AFTERNOON.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE 
CANADIAN CITIZENS.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO ALL 
OF THOSE CANADIAN CITIZENS WHO 
LIVE IN HONG KONG, YOU ARE VERY,
VERY WELCOME TO COME HOME ANY 
TIME YOU LIKE.
YOU ARE CANADIAN.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU BACK.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE ALSO 
TO REGISTER WITH THE CANADIAN 
CONSULATE IN HONG KONG.
BE SURE ALL YOUR TRAVEL 
DOCUMENTS ARE UP-TO-DATE.
THE HONG KONG CANADIAN COMMUNITY
IS SUCH A VALUED AND IMPORTANT 
COMMUNITY IN OUR COUNTRY.
I THINK ALL OF US ARE SO 
GRATEFUL TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS 
THAT COMMUNITY HAS MADE.
SO CANADA HAS A PARTICULAR 
INTEREST IN HONG KONG.
THERE ARE -- WE BELIEVE THAT THE
CANADIANS IN HONG KONG ARE THE 
LARGEST SINGLE EX-PAT COMMUNITY,
CERTAINLY ONE OF THE LARGEST.
THAT'S THE GROUP IN HONG KONG 
WE'RE PAYING PARTICULAR 
ATTENTION TO.
AS I SAID, ALL OF YOU ARE VERY, 
VERY WELCOME TO COME HOME AT ANY
TIME.
>> Rosemary: WE'RE GOING TO PULL
AWAY FROM THIS FEDERAL BRIEFING.
YOU CAN CONTINUE TO WATCH IT ON 
cbcnews.ca.
I'LL BRING BACK MY COLLEAGUE, 
THE CBC'S CATHERINE CULLEN, TO 
TALK ABOUT WHAT WE HEARD THERE.
THERE WERE SOME SPECIFIC 
QUESTIONS TO THE DEPUTY PRIME 
MINISTER ABOUT THIS $14 BILLION 
THE GOVERNMENT HAS PUT ON THE 
TABLE FOR PROVINCES AND 
TERRITORIES, NOT REALLY MORE 
DETAILS, THOUGH, BUT IT DOES 
SOUND LIKE THIS IS THE BEGINNING
OF THE NEGOTIATION.
>> Catherine: YEAH, VERY MUCH A 
PROCESS.
I THINK THERE WERE A COUPLE OF 
NOTEWORTHY THINGS THAT CHRYSTIA 
FREELAND, THE DEPUTY PRIME 
MINISTER SAID THERE.
EARLIER ON SHE SAID ULTIMATELY 
SHE DOESN'T THINK CANADIANS CARE
ABOUT JURISDICTION.
WHAT THEY CARE ABOUT IS GETTING 
THIS PROCESS STARTED AND FEELING
SAFE, THAT THAT IS WHERE THE 
PRIORITY IS.
SHE ALSO MADE IT CLEAR THAT 
THERE IS A LOT OF DISCUSSION 
THAT NEEDS TO COME.
SHE SAID A SAFE RESTART IS 
ESSENTIAL AND IT IS EXPENSIVE, 
WHICH RAISES THE QUESTION OF 
WHETHER OR NOT $14 BILLION CAN, 
INDEED, COVER THE SCOPE OF -- I 
DON'T QUITE KNOW IF WE CAN CALL 
THEM PROMISES, BUT OBJECTIVES 
THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS 
SET FORTH HERE.
I WOULD NOTE THAT DOUG FORD'S 
OFFICE OFFICIALS IN ONTARIO HAVE
BEEN TELLING REPORTERS THAT THIS
IS NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH MONEY.
TELLING ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES 
THAT THE PREMIER WAS HOPING TO 
SEE SOMETHING IN THE 
NEIGHBOURHOOD OF $23 BILLION FOR
ONTARIO.
WE DO EXPECT TO HEAR FROM THE 
PREMIER SOON.
WE'LL HEAR IT FROM THE HORSE'S 
MOUTH, SO TO SPEAK, AND GET HIS 
REACTION TO IT.
AGAIN, I WOULD POINT BACK TO 
WHAT THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER 
WAS SAYING, THAT THIS IS A STEP 
IN A DISCUSSION, IS THAT $14 
BILLION A NUMBER THAT IS SET IN 
STONE OR IS IT THE BEGINNING OF 
A NEGOTIATION PROCESS?
THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
WE REALLY HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS
AT THIS POINT ABOUT HOW IT WOULD
BE ALLOCATED, WHAT IT WOULD BE 
USED TO COVER.
I JUST THINK THERE'S A LOT LESS 
TO COME.
WE'VE SEEN A LITTLE BIT OF THIS 
RISE TO THE SURFACE, ROSEMARY.
THE QUESTION IS WHERE DO WE GO 
FROM HERE AND WHEN DOES THE 
MONEY START ROLLING OUT THE 
DOOR.
ARE PEOPLE GOING TO HAVE WHAT 
THEY NEED AS THINGS START TO 
RECOMMENCE IN THEIR OWN LIVES. 
>> Rosemary: THE DEPUTY PRIME 
MINISTER MAKING IT CLEAR THAT 
THESE AREN'T DEMANDS.
SHE SAID THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE
CONVERSATION.
WE'RE TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER.
>> Catherine: VERY CHRYSTIA 
FREELAND. 
>> Rosemary: QUITE.
WE MEAN THAT IN THE BEST WAY 
POSSIBLE.
YOU MIGHT ALSO ASK THE QUESTION 
IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS 
PUTTING $14 BILLION ON THE TABLE
IN SOME PROVINCES WHAT ARE THEY 
PUTTING ON THE TABLE.
YOU COULD PROBABLY ASK THAT OF 
SOME PROVINCES, NOT ALL OF THEM.
SOME ARE STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY,
FOR SURE.
ONE MORE POINT TO YOU ON CERB 
BECAUSE MINISTER QUALTROUGH WAS 
ASKED ABOUT IT TOO.
I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE 
CONCERNED BECAUSE IT IS RUNNING 
OUT.
THEIR 16 WEEKS MIGHT BE RUNNING 
OUT.
WHAT DID SHE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT 
THAT?
>> Catherine: SHE DID 
ACKNOWLEDGE THE FIGURE THAT WE 
HEARD FROM THE PRIME MINISTER, 
THAT 1.2 MILLION CANADIANS 
ACCESSING CERB ARE NO LONGER IN 
NEED OF HELP.
SHE SAID WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE 
THERE FOR CANADIANS.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE HEARD 
FROM THE PRIME MINISTER AND 
MINISTER QUALTROUGH BEFORE.
THIS IS THAT THOSE DEPENDING ON 
THIS MONEY, THE RUG WON'T BE 
PULLED OUT FROM UNDER THEM.
THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS.
WHAT DOES THIS PROCESS LOOK LIKE
GOING FORWARD AND WHAT DOES IT 
MEAN FOR THE INDIVIDUALS 
DEPENDANT ON THIS MONEY.
IT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE THAT 
ASSISTANCE IS GOING TO 
DISAPPEAR, BUT WHAT WILL THE 
CONDITIONS BE IN ORDER FOR 
PEOPLE TO RECEIVE IT.
MIGHT IT CONTINUE IN ITS CURRENT
FORM AS THE GOVERNMENT TRIES TO 
RAMP UP TO ANOTHER PROCESS.
THE GOVERNMENT SPOKE ABOUT 
CREATING A HIGHER BAR FOR ENTRY.
WE REALLY DON'T KNOW.
IT SOUNDS LIKE AN ANSWER.
IT IS SOMEWHAT IMMINENT.
THAT'S WHAT I READ FROM THE 
PRIME MINISTER'S COMMENTS 
EARLIER TODAY.
THEY ARE TRYING TO OFFER 
REASSURANCE.
PEOPLE ARE VERY MUCH IN WANT OF 
SOME SPECIFIC INFORMATION AS 
SOON AS POSSIBLE.
>> Rosemary: OKAY.
CATHERINE CULLEN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR 
COVERAGE WITH ME TODAY.
>> Catherine: YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> Rosemary: CATHERINE IS 
HOSTING "POWER & POLITICS" AT 
5:00 P.M. EASTERN.
>>> STUDENTS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
WERE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO 
SCHOOL, ABOUT 30% OF SCHOOLS 
WERE ALLOWED BACK FOR DAY ONE.
ATTENDANCE IS OPTIONAL.
REMOTE LEARNING IS CONTINUING.
THERE ARE STRICT GUIDELINES IN 
PLACE TO KEEP CLASS SIZES SMALL 
AND MAINTAIN PHYSICAL 
DISTANCING.
B.C.'S EDUCATION MINISTER SAYS 
THIS MIX OF IN-CLASS AND ONLINE 
CLASSES COULD CONTINUE.
WE THOUGHT WE WOULD CHECK IN 
WITH ONE TEACHER IN NORTH 
VANCOUVER.
ROB OLSEN IS A TEACHER AT CARSON
GREY SECONDARY SCHOOL.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> Interview: GOOD TO BE HERE.
>> Rosemary: AND YOU'RE IN YOUR 
CLASSROOM, WHICH I LOVE.
TELL ME, YOU'VE MOVED NOW TO 
SOME SORT OF HYBRID.
WHAT WAS THE ONLINE TAKE UP WITH
STUDENTS?
WERE THEY DOING IT?
WERE THEY DOING THE WORK?
HOW DID IT GO FOR YOU?
>> Interview: I WOULD SAY IT'S A
LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF 
US AS TEACHERS.
WE'RE ALL THRUST IN THIS 
POSITION.
IT'S NOT REALLY A POSITION THAT 
ALL OF US WANT TO BE IN.
[BELL]. 
>> Interview: I'M STILL IN 
SCHOOL.
THEY'VE WORKED HARD TO LEARN THE
ONLINE PLATFORM AND WE'RE STILL 
LEARNING.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO 
SEPTEMBER.
WE'RE STARTING TO TALK ABOUT 
WHAT ONLINE -- HOW WE'RE GOING 
TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE 
ROBUST AND CONTINUE WITH 
POSITIVE CONNECTIONS FOR 
STUDENTS SO THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL.
>> Rosemary: WHAT DO YOU TEACH, 
MR. OLSON?
>> Interview: I TEACH ROBOTICS 
AND ELECTRONICS AND DESIGN.
I'VE GOT THE BEST JOB IN THE 
WORLD.
>> Rosemary: THAT WAS NOT ON 
OFFER WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
HOW DO YOU DO THAT?
BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO ME THAT 
YOU WOULD NEED A LOT OF HANDS-ON
STUFF.
HOW DO YOU DO THAT ONLINE?
>> Interview: WE'VE BEEN 
LEARNING AS WE GO.
WE WILL BE GIVING OUT PACKAGES 
IN THE FALL.
WE'VE BEEN DOING DESIGN 
CHALLENGES.
MY STUDENTS IN THE BEGINNING DID
A MEDICAL DEVICE DESIGN 
CHALLENGE.
THEY REALLY TOOK OFF.
YOU GIVE A TASK OF DESIGNING 
SOMETHING THAT COULD BENEFIT 
PEOPLE IN NEED DURING THE COVID 
CHALLENGE.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE EXAMPLES OF 
ONLINE.
WE'RE DOING SOME CODING.
THERE'S A LOT OF RESOURCES 
OPENING UP FOR US.
WE'RE REALLY PLANNING AHEAD AND 
WE'RE GOING TO DO A GOOD JOB.
>> Rosemary: WHAT IS THE 
SITUATION RIGHT NOW THEN?
PEOPLE CAN COME BACK OR IS IT 
DESIGNATED STUDENTS CAN COME 
BACK?
WHAT IS THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW 
OR IN YOUR CLASSROOM?
>> Interview: YEAH, FOR US RIGHT
NOW IT'S PRIORITY LEARNERS.
SO THE SECONDARY LEVEL IS ABOUT 
20% OF OUR LEARNERS.
SO THE STUDENTS WHO NEED TO COME
BACK FOR SEMESTER TUTORIAL OR 
CONNECTIONS, SOCIAL AND 
EMOTIONAL LEARNING SUPPORT.
WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO KEEP OUR
CLASSES SMALLER FOR OBVIOUS 
REASONS, SOCIAL DISTANCING.
IT'S NOT -- OUR SCHOOL IS NOT 
FULL OF 1,000 STUDENTS RIGHTS 
NOW.
IT'S FULL OF MAYBE 50 TO 100 
STUDENTS AT A TIME. 
>> Rosemary: HOW MANY KIDS WOULD
HAVE IN YOUR CLASSROOM AT ONE 
TIME, JUST A COUPLE?
>> Interview: UP TO SIX.
>> Rosemary: YOU'RE TEACHING SIX
PEOPLE IN PERSON AND THEN YOU'RE
TEACHING EVERYBODY ELSE ONLINE.
THAT SOUNDS VERY CHALLENGING TO 
ME TO TRY TO KEEP EVERYBODY 
GOING.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE DOING IT 
AT THE SAME TIME, BUT TELL ME 
HOW YOU'VE ADAPTED TO THAT.
>> Interview: IT'S BEEN 
DIFFICULT.
I MEAN, WE'RE LEARNING AS WE GO,
BUT I THINK IT'S THE MINDSET OF 
THE TEACHERS AND OUR SUPPORT 
STAFF AND OUR ADMIN, THAT WE'RE 
DOING THIS FOR THE SUCCESS OF 
OUR STUDENTS.
WE DON'T WANT THE SITUATION.
I MEAN, NOBODY DOES.
WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN.
WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF HAVING
OUR STUDENTS BE SUCCESSFUL AND 
TRY TO LIMIT THOSE LEARNING GAPS
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND MOVING 
FORWARD WITH THAT.
>> Rosemary: OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF 
PLACES IN THE COUNTRY ARE AT 
DIFFERENT PLACES.
THERE'S NO SCHOOL OPENING WHERE 
I AM IN ONTARIO.
WE'RE FAR BEHIND IN TERMS OF 
REOPENING, BUT LOTS OF PEOPLE 
WORRIED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN 
SEPTEMBER.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO PARENTS 
THAT ARE STARTING TO THINK ABOUT
WHAT SCHOOL MIGHT LOOK LIKE AND 
HOW SCHOOLS ARE PREPARING?
>> Interview: YOU KNOW, I'LL 
TALK ABOUT -- I CAN'T ANSWER THE
QUESTION WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK 
LIKE BECAUSE WE REALLY DON'T 
KNOW.
WE ALL WANT IT TO BE NORMAL.
WE ALL WANT TO SEE ALL OF OUR 
STUDENTS AGAIN.
THE CONVERSATIONS I'M HAVING 
WITH MY COLLEAGUES IS HOW DO WE 
MAKE OUR LEARNING A LITTLE BIT 
MORE ROBUST.
HOW DO WE ENGAGE STUDENTS IN A 
CREATIVE WAY THAT'S MEANINGFUL 
TO THEM.
THERE'S SOME GREAT EXAMPLES OF 
ART TEACHERS DOING ART PROJECTS 
WITH SUPPLIES FROM HOME OR 
ENGLISH TEACHERS DOING THEIR 
ASSIGNMENTS IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
WE'RE ALL LOOKING AT, AGAIN, 
TRYING TO BE AS MEANINGFUL AS 
POSSIBLE AS WELL AS HAVING IT 
ROBUST AND -- YEAH.
WE'RE DOING OUR BEST.
>> Rosemary: YEAH, WE ALL ARE AT
A STRANGE TIME.
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN A TEACHER FOR
A WHILE.
DO YOU MISS SEEING THE KIDS AND 
THE STUDENTS?
>> Interview: I TOTALLY MISS 
SEEING THE STUDENTS AND THE 
KIDS.
I MISS THE BUZZ OF THE SCHOOL.
THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
I'D SAY THAT'S WITH ALL THE 
TEACHERS IN MY BUILDING.
WE MISS THE KIDS AND DOING WHAT 
WE DO WITH KIDS AND SEEING THEM 
GROW AND FLOURISH.
WE MISS THAT.
>> Rosemary: THAT'S NICE TO 
HEAR.
MR. OLSON, THANK YOU FOR MAKING 
THE TIME.
IT'S GOOD TO MEET YOU.
IT'S GOOD TO GET A SENSE OF HOW 
TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS ARE 
ADAPTING AND YOU'RE WELL ON YOUR
WAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME.
>> Interview: THANK YOU.
>> Rosemary: THAT WAS ROB OLSON,
A TEACHER AT CARSON GRAHAM 
SECONDARY SCHOOL IN NORTH 
VANCOUVER.
>>> LET ME BRING YOU TO TORONTO 
TO THE MARCH THAT IS BEGINNING 
TO UNFOLD IN DOWNTOWN TORONTO.
THIS IS THE ANTI-BLACK RACISM 
PROTEST OR RALLY THAT IS TAKING 
PLACE IN DOWNTOWN TORONTO TODAY.
THEY ARE EXPECTING THOUSANDS, 
BUT THERE ARE ALSO OTHER RALLIES
AND PROTESTS TAKING PLACE ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
THERE IS ONE SCHEDULED IN OTTAWA
FOR AROUND 3:00 P.M. EASTERN, IF
I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
THERE IS OUR OWN MEAGAN 
FITZPATRICK, WHO IS WALKING 
ALONG WITH PROTESTERS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE
WEARING MASKS.
THAT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED BY 
ORGANIZERS, CERTAINLY, BECAUSE 
IT IS HARD TO KEEP THAT TWO 
METRES OF PHYSICAL DISTANCE 
NEEDED WHEN YOU ARE IN THAT KIND
OF SITUATION, WHEN YOU'RE ALL 
WALKING TOGETHER ON THE STREETS.
SOME PEOPLE NOT WEARING THEM.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR 
THAT.
I WANT TO SHOW SOME TAPE FROM A 
LITTLE BIT EARLIER AGO.
THIS IS THE POLICE CHIEF MARK 
SAUNDERS, WHO WENT DOWN TO MEET 
PROTESTERS.
[ Chanting ]. 
>> TAKE A KNEE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Rosemary: IN TORONTO TAKING A
KNEE AT THE REQUEST OF 
PROTESTERS.
WE'VE SEEN THAT KIND OF RESPONSE
FROM MANY POLICE OFFICERS IN 
THIS COUNTRY AND BEYOND.
THE TORONTO POLICE CHIEF ALSO 
TWEETED, WE SEE YOU AND WE ARE 
LISTENING AND WE FULLY SUPPORT A
PEACEFUL AND SAFE PROTEST THIS 
WEEKEND.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT 
PROTEST IN TORONTO AND THE ONE 
EXPECTED TO GET UNDERWAY IN THE 
NATION'S CAPITAL OVER THE NEXT 
HOUR OR TWO HOURS.
WITH THAT, I WILL HAND THINGS 
OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE ANDREW 
NICHOLS.
I AM ROSEMARY BARTON.
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