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FOREFRONT-LINE WORKERS AND
THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT'S BECOME
FURTHER COMPLICATED BY WHAT
SEEMS TO BE A NEW DISPUTE WITH
THE UNITED STATES.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS
ORDERED AMERICAN-BASED 3M TO
STOP SENDING MUCH NEEDED
PROTECTIVE MASKS NORTH OF THE
BORDER AND EVEN OUT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS HE HOPES
TO SPEAK TO DONALD TRUMP ABOUT
THAT DECISION IN THE COMING
DAYS, BUT THERE'S NO DOUBT IT IS
MAKING AN ALREADY CHALLENGING
TASK EVEN MORE DIFFICULTY
CERTAINLY.
WE KNOW THAT TOMORROW IS THE
FIRST DAY FOR CANADIANS TO BEGIN
REGISTERING ONLINE FOR THE
EMERGENCY BENEFITS.
THAT STARTS TOMORROW AND MANY
PEOPLE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THAT.
THE GOVERNMENT CONFIRMED
YESTERDAY THAT A MILLION
EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CLAIMS HAVE
BEEN FILED AND NOW PROCESSED.
SO, THAT HAS BEEN DONE AT AN EX
AT ANEXTRAORDINARY SPEED.
DAVID COCHRANE JOINS US FROM
OTTAWA.
LET'S START WITH THE MASK ISSUE.
IT TOOK UP A LOT OF SPACE
YESTERDAY AND IT CONTINUES,
OBVIOUSLY, TO BE AN ISSUE THAT
IS BEING WORKED ON BEHIND THE
SCENES.
FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T FOLLOWED
THE INNS AND OUTS OF THAT, JUST
BRING THEM UP TO SPEED ON WHAT
THE PRESIDENT IS SAYING AND WHY
HE IS TRYING TO LIMIT THESE
MASKS?
>> WE'VE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT
DONALD TRUMP IS A PRESIDENT AND
IS PROTECTIONIST WITH TRADE.
HE TALKS ABOUT FREE TRADE BUT
ITS ON HIS TERMS.
NOW HE HAS RESTRICTIONS ON
MEDICALLY ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT
USING THE DEFENSE PROCUREMENT
ACT IN THE UNITED STATES.
TO MORE OR LESS ORDER 3M ONE OF
THE BIG MANUFACTURING OF THIS
EQUIPMENT, NOT TO SEND ANYTHING
IT MAKES ABROAD.
THE ISSUE WITH THAT IS 3M HAS
POINTED OUT.
THEIR SUPPLY CHAINS ARE
INTEGRATED AND THEY HAVE
SUBSIDIARIES AROUND THE WORLD
AND RELY ON RAW MATERIALS FROM
OTHER COUNTRIES AND AMERICA ALSO
GETS MEDICAL SUPPLYS FROM OTHER
COUNTRIES.
STARTING A WAR ON THIS FRONT
ENDS UP HURTING ABSOLUTELY
EVERYBODY.
WE KNOW THAT THE CANADIAN
GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN WORKING
FURIOUSLY BEHIND THE SCENES TO
TROY TO CONVINCE THE U.S.
ADMINISTRATION TO CHANGE ITS
MIND ON THIS TO ENSURE THAT
CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES
CONTINUE TO HAVE AS MUCH N95s
AND OTHER MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AS
IT CAN GET.
I HESITATE AS MUCH AS IT NEEDS
BECAUSE THE NEED IS SO DIRE AND
GREAT RIGHT NOW.
WHAT WE KNOW IS THE PRIME
MINISTER IS GOING TO BE ASKED
ABOUT THIS TODAY, OBVIOUSLY.
I'M TOLD THOUGH THAT THERE IS NO
BIG NEWS TO BREAK ON THIS YET.
THEY'VE KIND OF ADOPTED AN
APPROACH WITH A SIMILAR TO WHAT
THEY DID DURING THE NAFTA
NEGOTIATIONS WHERE EVERY SINGLE
CABIN MINISTER REACHES OUT TO
THEIR COUNTERPARTS, PREMIERS ARE
REACHING OUT TO GOVERNORS AND
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS
AND STRAYED OFFICIALS, DOUG FORD
REACHING OUT TO ROBERT
LIGHTHIZER FOR FOR EXAMPLE,
TRYING TO CONVINCE THEM OF THE
FOLLY OF THIS PARTICULAR --
HUMANITARIAN LEVEL AND ALSO IN A
SELF-INTEREST LEVEL WHICH MAY BE
THE MORE COMPELLING ARGUMENT FOR
THIS ADMINISTRATION.
THERE IS YET, AS OF YET, NO
SCHEDULED CONVERSATION BETWEEN
THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE
PRESIDENT.
ONE THING I'M AWARE OF IS THAT
THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT IS
TRYING VERY HARD TO AVOID
GETTING INTO A BARGAINING
SITUATION DIRECTLY WITH TRUMP
AND THEY DON'T GET DRAWN INTO A
COVID-19 PRO QUO AS HE SEEKS
SOMETHING FROM THEM IN RETURN
FOR HIM MOVING ON HIS POSITION.
THEY'RE TRYING TO APPEAL TO THE
REASON OF THE, S. ADMINISTRATION
THAT WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS
UNREASONABLE AND IT WILL HURT
BOTH COUNTRY FROM MEDICAL
SUPPLIES AND PERSONNEL ARE
FLOWING ACROSS THE BORDER AT
SUCH A SIGNIFICANT RATE IF A
TIME OF GREAT CRISIS.
>> Rosemary: WE KNOW CANADA WILL
RECEIVE MILLIONS OF MASKS BUT
THESE ARE SURGICAL MASKS NOT THE
MASKS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
THEY'RE STILL NEEDED BUT NOT THE
SAME.
CANADA ALSO NOW SAYS THAT IT HAS
SECURED A WAREHOUSE IN CHINA SO
THEY CAN PUT STUFF THERE AND
STORE STUFF THERE BECAUSE WE'VE
HEARD ABOUT THESE ON GOING
BIDDING WARS.
YOU MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT THE
BACK AND FOURTH HERE THAT COULD
HAPPEN.
THE PRIME MINISTER HAS NOT -- I
DON'T THINK HE HAS THROWN DOWN
THE HAMMER IN TERMS OF
RETALIATION, BUT IT'S FAIR TO
SAY, DAVID, THAT THE GOVERNMENT
KNOWS WHAT KINDS OF THINGS COULE
PULLED IF THEY HAD TO GO DOWN
THAT ROAD.
>> Reporter: THERE'S TWO THINGS
THERE, ONE, I DON'T THINK
CANADA, GIVEN THE WAY THE
GOVERNMENT HAS APPROACHED THIS
AND JUST THE WAY THIS COUNTRY
FUNCTIONS, AS A FREE TRADE,
GLOBALIST SORT OF COUNTRY WHO
BELIEVES IN HELPING OTHER
COUNTRIES, WANTS TO DO ANYTHING
TO EXACERBATE THE HUMANITARIAN
CRISIS THAT ANY COUNTRY IS GOING
THROUGH BY ENGAGING IN A TRADE
WAR THAT WOULD CUT OFF CRITICAL
SUPPLIES.
WE HAVE A PULP MILL IN BRITISH
COLUMBIA THAT FEEDS ABOUT 90% OF
THE NECESSARY RAW MATERIALS FOR
ANOTHER COMPANY THAT MAKES
BADLY-NEEDED MASKS.
YOU WANT TO RETALIATE, CUT OFF
THE SUPPLY OF RAW MATERIALS SO
THE U.S. CAN'T MAKE THE MASKS IT
NEEDS AND IT'S A RAISE TO THE
BOTTOM.
THEY'RE EAGER TO AVOID THAT.
WE MAY HAVE THINGS WE CAN DO TO
THE AMERICANS BUT NO ONE IN THE
WORLD IS BIGGER AND MORE
POWERFUL THAN THE UNITED STATES
WHEN IT COMES TO ECONOMIC POWER
AND RETALIATION.
THIS PRESIDENT IN AN ELECTION
CYCLE WITH LIVES ON THE LINE YOU
DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WILL GO.
CANADA IS TRYING TO WORK BEHIND
THE SCENES TO FIND A
CO-OPERATIVE AND
MUTUALLY-BENEFICIAL RESOLUTION
TO ALL OF THIS BECAUSE THE
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS ARE FIERCE
AND THE COMPETITION IS INSANE
RIGHT NOW WITH PEOPLE OFFERING
CARBON THE TARMACS TO DIVERT
GOODS FROM ONE COUNT INTRODUCE O
ANOTHER.
THE TOP FINANCIAL OFFICIALS OF
THE STATE OF ILLINOIS RACES UP
THE HIGHWAY WITH A THREE AND A
HALF MILLION DOLLAR CHECK TO
CHEQUES FORA MIDDLE MAN FROM CH.
IT'S THAT KIND OF SITUATION ON
THE MARKETS RIGHT NOW, A
SIMPLIFIED NEGOTIATED COMMON
SUPPLY CHAIN IS IN THE BEST
INTEREST OF EVERYBODY IF YOU CAN
GET TO THAT POINT.
>> Rosemary: THANK YOU, DAVID.
WE'LL BE BACK WITH YOU FROM THE
PRIME MINISTER.
THAT'S THE SHOT OF THE PRIME
MINISTER'S FRONT DOOR AND HE
WILL SPEAK IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES
OR SO.
LET ME GO TO OUR COLLEAGUE, PAUL
HUNTER, HE IS IN WASHINGTON.
JUST TO GET THE FLIP SIDE OF
THIS STORY.
I DON'T THINK THE PRESIDENT IS
EXPECTED TO SPEAK TODAY, PAUL,
BUT YESTERDAY WAS ASKED ABOUT
THIS ISSUE OF TRYING TO SECURE
EQUIPMENT FOR THE UNITED STATES
AND THE UNITED STATES ONLY.
AND DOESN'T SEEM TO BE TOO OPEN
TO CONVERSATIONS, EVEN THOUGH WE
KNOW THEY'RE HAPPENING BEHIND
THE SCENES.
>> Reporter: YEAH, I MEAN --
IT'S A TOUGH TIME TO READ DONALD
TRUMP.
I MEAN, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THUS.
BUT NOW PARTICULARLY SO.
I MEAN, IT WASN'T SO LONG AGO
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT SOLDIERS
UP NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER FROM
HERE.
THAT DIDN'T REALLY PLAY OUT THAT
WAY.
THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME SENSE
YESTERDAY WHEN TRUMP WAS PRESSED
ON THIS THAT MAYBE THERE WAS
SOME WIGGLE ROOM OR HEDGING BUT
IT'S JUST HARD TO SAY, YOU KNOW.
IN DEED ALL THE TALKS GOING ON
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS ON THE
TELEPHONE AND NO ONE KNOWS WHAT
HE IS THINKING ON THIS.
IT'S AS IF THE MESSAGING CAN
CHANGE FROM DAY-TO-DAY BROADLY.
HE WAS UNDER INCREDIBLE PRESSURE
TO IMPLEMENT THE DEFENSE
PRODUCTION ACT, WHICH IS WHAT
THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
IT'S IN LOIN WITH HIS BROAD
THINKING OF PUT AMERICA FIRST,
MAKE SURE THIS COUNTRY IS SORTED
FIRST AND FOREMOST.
AT THE SAME TIME, HE CONTINUES
TO DOWNPLAY ASPECTS OF THE
SEVERITY OF THIS BROADLY.
BOTTOM LINE IT'S HARD TO READ.
>> Rosemary: THERE'S BEEN TALK
ABOUT POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW,
OBVIOUS LOW THE PRESIDENT SAID A
WEEK AGO THAT PEOPLE COULD THINK
SANCTIONS OR RESTRICTIONS WOULD
BE LIFTED BY EASTER, THAT HASN'T
BEEN THE CASE.
I NOW SEE MORE CONVERSATIONS
WHERE THE PRESIDENT SUGGESTS
PEOPLE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GO TO
CHURCH FOR EASTER.
AGAIN, REALLY COMPLICATED AND
CONTRADICTORY MESSAGING COMING
FROM HIM AND OTHERS ON FACE
MASKS, ON WHAT YOU CAN DO.
WHAT IS THE LATEST IN TERMS OF
WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS SAYING AND
HOW PEOPLE SHOULD BE ACTING?
>> Reporter: WELL, LET'S LOOK AT
THE U.S. BROADLY.
HERE IN D.C. IT'S A GHOST TOWN
TODAY.
I PASSED PROBABLY HALF A DOZEN
PEOPLE ON THE WAY TO WORK, WHILE
I WAS WEARING A MASK AS WE ARE
INSTRUCTED TO DO WHEN WE STEP
OUTSIDE.
KEEPING MY PHYSICAL DISTANCE,
100%.
WORD IN THIS COUNTRY RIGHT NOW
IS TO GET SET FOR A HORRIFICALLY
SAT AND AWFUL WEEK.
YESTERDAY TRUMP SAID IT WOULD BE
THE TOUGHEST WEEK YET FOR THE
U.S.
MANY OF THOSE WHO GOT SICK A
COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO ARE NOW
DYING.
MEANWHILE, MOST BUT NOT ALL U.S.
STATES HAVE STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS
AND THOSE WHO HAVEN'T ARE BEING
TOLD BUT IT'S ALMOST AS IF
THEY'RE BEING BEGGED TO TELL
THEIR RESIDENTS TO STAY HOME, IF
NOT FOR A MONTH, AT LEAST FOR A
WEEK IN D.C., WE'RE TOLD THE
NEXT TWO WEEKS TO NOT EVEN GO
INTO GROCERY STORES OR
PHARMACIES.
THE NEXT SEVEN TO 10 DAYS HERE
ARE NOT ONLY GOING TO SEE THE
DEATH TOLL MOUNT AND MOUNT BUT
THEY'RE CRITICAL TO CONTINUE TO
SLOW THE SPREAD.
STAY AWAY FROM OTHER PEOPLE IS
KEY, AS WE'VE BEEN TOLD
THROUGHOUT.
ALL OF THAT SAID, AND EVEN
THOUGH TRUMP WAS MORE SOMBER
THAN EVER ABOUT IT YESTERDAY,
MIXED MESSAGES FROM HIM THIS
WEEKEND FROM THE NOTION HE WON'T
WEAR A MASK.
IDEA THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE
THE NFL SEASON BEGIN ON TIME.
AGAIN, IT'S COMPLICATED TRYING
TO SQUARE WHAT HEALTH OFFICIALS
ARE SAYING WITH WHAT THE
PRESIDENT IS SAYING.
MEANWHILE, 300,000 PEOPLE NOW
INFECTED.
MORE THAN 8,000 DEAD.
HOTSPOTS IN NEW YORK, DETROIT,
LOUISIANA, WE'RE TOLD D.C. AND
PENNSYLVANIA AND CONNECTICUT ARE
IN DANGER OF RAMPING UP.
YOU KNOW, WE HEARD A DAY AFTER
DAY, AS WELL, IN NEW YORK AS IT
APPROACHED ITS APEX THEY'RE
RUNNING OUT OF EQUIPMENT AND
MEDICAL GEAR AND THERE'S NOT
ENOUGH, TRUMP TALKS ABOUT THE
NEED, BEING EXAGGERATED BY
STATES AND CITIES.
LOUISIANA SAYS IT WILL RUN OUT
OF VENTILATORS NEXT WEEK AND NEW
YORK IS GETTING VENTILATORS FROM
CHINA.
MEANWHILE, THE COUNTRY WAITS.
PHYSICAL DISTANCING IS
HAPPENING.
IT'S HAVING AN EFFECT BUT THE
NUMBERS ARE GOING TO GET WORSE
BEFORE THEY GET BETTER.
>> Rosemary: OK.
CBC'S PAUL HUNTER IN WASHINGTON.
THANK YOU, PAUL, APPRECIATE IT.
AS PAUL GAVE YOU THE UPDATED
NUMBERS IN THE UNITED STATES,
LET ME BRING THEM TO YOU FOR
THIS COUNTRY.
WE'RE AT 14,000 CASES, MORE THAN
274 DEATHS.
IMPORTANT THOUGH ALSO TO REMIND
YOU THAT THERE ARE 2800 CASES
THAT ARE NOW RESOLVED.
SO, JUST GIVES YOU AN OVERVIEW.
OF COURSE THOSE NUMBERS ARE EVER
CHANGING AND DON'T PAINT AN
ACCURATE PICTURE OF WHAT IS
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE NOT
EVERYONE IS BEING TESTED.
BEFORE WE GET TO THE PRIME
MINISTER, I WANT TO GO TO A
COMMUNITY THAT'S BEEN DEEPLY
AFFECTED OVER THE PAST NUMBER OF
DAYS.
MORE PEOPLE AT THE SIX NATIONS
OF GRAND RIVER HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.
THE TOTAL IS IN THAT COMMUNITY
IS NOW UP EIGHT.
JOINING ME TO TALK ABOUT THAT IS
CHIEF MARKET AND WE'VE REACHED
HIM IN SIX NATIONS TERRITORY
NEAR BRANTFORD, ONTARIO.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, CHIEF.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Rosemary: SO EIGHT PEOPLE IN
THE COMMUNITY NOW INFECTED.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO PROTECT
THEM AND EVERYBODY ELSE?
>> THE MOST RECENT OF WHAT WE'VE
DONE AND I KNOW WE'VE DECLARED
OUR COMMUNITY EMERGENCY ON MARC.
WE'RE AT THE MOST EXTREME
MEASURE WE'VE TAKEN WHICH WE'VE
NOW RESTRICTED ACCESS TO OUR
TERRITORY.
WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE
WORKING DILIGENTLY AROUND THE
CLOCK.
THIS IS JUST ONE, AGAIN, THE
IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING ALL OF
OUR PEOPLE.
>> Rosemary: I KNOW THE
GOVERNMENT SAID ASIDE ABOUT
$305 MILLION FOR INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES TO MAKE SURE YOU
HAVE ALL THE EQUIPMENT YOU NEED.
SO WHAT IS THIS STATE OF THINGS
IN YOUR COMMUNITY?
DO YOU HAVE THE PERSONAL
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT?
ARE THERE PLACES PEOPLE CAN GO
TO SELF-ISOLATE IF THEY NEED TO?
>> WE ACTUALLY, AGAIN, THAT'S AN
ISSUE SINCE THE BEGINNING.
I KNOW IT'S FOR AROUND THE
COUNTRY AND THE GLOBE.
PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT
ALONG WITH THE SWABS AND
TESTING.
WE HAVE OUR OWN ASSESSMENT
CENTRE SET UP IN CONJUNCTION
WITH OUR HEALTH SERVICE AND OUR
PUBLIC-HEALTH OFFICIALS.
AGAIN, WE'VE DONE THIS IN ALSO
LOOKING FURTHER TO AN
ALTERNATIVE CARE SITE TO HELP
WITH THE LOCAL HOSPITAL, THE
SURGERY ANS THAT WE'VE BEEN
COMING.
WE RECEIVED $2.2 MILLION IN
EMERGENCY FUNDING FROM THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BUT YOU KNOW,
FROM A POPULATION OF 27,000
MEMBERS IN ROUGHLY ABOUT 14,000
ON RESERVE, THAT 2.2 ONLY GOES
SO FAR AND SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S
BEEN SOME OF OUR CHALLENGES AND
THE SHORTAGE OF EQUIPMENT AND
SUPPLIES BUT ALSO EVEN IN
REGARDS TO THE EMERGENCY
FUNDING.
>> Rosemary: SURE.
I ONLY HAVE ABOUT TWO MINUTES
BECAUSE THE PRIME MINISTER IS
COMING OUT OF HIS HOUSE AND TALK
TO US, CHIEF, BUT I KNOW THERE
ARE SOME COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE
CONTEMPLATED BRINGING THE
MILITARY IN OR RESERVISTS IN IF
THEY NEED THAT.
THE MILITARY IS HAPPY TO DO
THAT.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU NEED AT
THIS STAGE OR WHAT WOULD BE SORT
OF THE TRIGGER POINT FOR FURTHER
SUPPORT FOR YOU?
>> I MEAN, I THINK AT THIS
POINT, OUR COMMUNITY, THE WAY
THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS COME
TOGETHER DURING THIS CRISIS IS
EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW.
FOR EACH OTHER TO CONTINUE TO
PROTECT EACH OTHER.
ONE OF THE -- YOU KNOW, ALSO
AREAS THAT WOVE TALKED ABOUT AND
AS OUR COUNCIL, WE HAVE MULTIPLE
BUSINESSES, ONE IN PARTICULAR
ENTERPRISE THAT PAYS THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT A NUMBER, HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN EXCISE
TAXES SO WE HAVE LITERAL LOW LIY
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO PAY THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND YET IT'S
A HUGE DISCREPANCY WHEN YET WE
RECEIVE SUCH LITTLE FUNDING FOR
EMERGENCY SERVICES WHEN WE COULD
BE HAVING THIS FUNDING.
>> Rosemary: HOW ARE PEOPLE
DOING WITH THE PHYSICAL
DISTANCING?
I DON'T KNOW HOW BIG THE
TERRITORY IS.
I IMAGINE IT'S PRETTY BIG BUT
ARE PEOPLE FOLLOWING THE
PUBLIC-HEALTH DIRECTIONS?
>> SO, IT WAS DIFFICULT IN THE
BEGINNING JUST LIKE ANY WHERE
ELSE BUT NOW WITH THE
SERIOUSNESS AND WHEN YOU HAVE
CONFIRMED CASES HERE IT REALLY
HITS HOME.
I THINK THAT'S NOW WHERE OUR
COMMUNITY IS AT.
IT'S TAKING THE SERIOUSNESS OF
THIS AND FOLLOWING THE STRICT
PROTOCOLS.
>> Rosemary: CHIEF MARK HILL OF
SIX NATIONS OF THE GRAND RIVER.
THANK YOU FOR CHECKING IN WITH
US AND WE'LL OF COURSE KEEP US
POSTED ON WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
THE COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Rosemary: THANK YOU, STAY
HEALTHY.
>>> AS WE STAND BY AND WAIT FOR
THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA TO
EMERGE FROM HIS HOME THERE TO
GIVES HIS DAILY UPDATE ON
COVID-19, WE ARE EXPECTING HIM
TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
THE EMERGENCY RELIEF BENEFIT,
WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE STARTING
TOMORROW.
REMEMBER, THAT GIVES YOU ACCESS
IF YOU LOST YOUR JOB FOR ANY
REASON, DO YOU TO THE PANDEMIC,
YOU CAN TAP INTO $2,000 A MONTH.
I'LL GO BACK TO DAVID COCHRANE
AS WE WAIT FOR THE PRIME
MINISTER BUT WE MAY HAVE TO CUT
YOU OFF IF THAT HAPPENS.
BECAUSE OF THE MASSIVE INCREASE
IN THE WAGE SUBSIDY, WHICH WENT
FROM 10% TO 75%, AND REALLY
COVERS ANY BUSINESS NOW, THEY
DON'T, I THINK, EXPECT AS MANY
PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR THIS
EMERGENCY BENEFIT AS THEY HAD
BEFORE BECAUSE THEY'RE HOPING
THE WAGE SUBSIDY WILL DO WHAT
THE BENEFIT IS GOING TO DO.
>> THE DIFFERENCE IS THE CERB
CAN PUT MONEY IN YOUR POCKET
WITHIN A WEEK IF YOU REGISTER
TOMORROW.
SO DEPENDING ON HOW DESPERATE
PEOPLE ARE, THEY MAY APPLY FOR
ONE BEFORE MOVING TO THE OTHER.
THERE MAY BE A BRIDGING PERIOD
REQUIRED.
ROSIE, VERY IMPORTANTLY, WE'LL
FIND OUT THIS WEEK, AND I'LL GET
THIS IN QUICKLY BECAUSE I SEE
HIM COMING OUT, WHAT THE
COUNTRY'S I.T. SYSTEMS ARE MADE
OF AND CAN THEY HANDLE THE FLOOD
OF APPLICATIONS.
>> Rosemary: GOOD POINT.
HERE IS THE PRIME MINISTER OF
CANADA.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: [SPEAKING FRENCH]
>> I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE
FARMERS WHO ARE FEEDING OUR
FAMILIES.
YOU ARE GOING THROUGH A
PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT TIME, BUT
IT'S THANKS TO YOU THAT WE HAVE
CONFIDENCE ABOUT STAYING AT
HOME.
WE KNOW WE CAN RELY ON YOU TO
FEED OUR FAMILIES AND OUR
COMMUNITIES.
WE GREATLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING
THAT YOU ARE DOING FOR US AND
WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU.
OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, WE'VE
ALL HAD TO MAKE CHANGES TO KEEP
EACH OTHER SAFE AND HEALTHY AND
IT'S A BIG ADJUSTMENT.
WHILE WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF
WORK TO DO, WE'RE MAKING GOOD
PROGRESS ON GETTING YOU THE
SUPPORT YOU NEED AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE.
THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO START
WITH TODAY.
EARLIER THIS WEEK, WE ANNOUNCED
MORE DETAILS ON HOW YOU CAN CAN
ACCESS THE CANADA EMERGENCY
RESPONSE BENEFIT.
IF YOU'VE LOST YOUR JOB OR YOUR
PAYCHEQUE.
STARTING TOMORROW, YOU WILL BE
ABLE TO SIGN UP TO RECEIVE THE
SUPPORT BY GOING TO CANADA.CA.
IF YOU CHOSE TO DIRECT DEPOSIT
YOU WILL GET A FIRST PAYMENT
WITHIN THREE TO FIVE DAYS.
IF YOU CHOSE TO RECEIVE YOUR
BENEFIT BY MAIL, YOU WILL GET
MONEY WITHIN THE NEXT 10 DAYS.
EARLIER THIS WEEK, WE SHARED
MORE DETAILS ON HOW YOU CAN
ACCESS THE CANADA EMERGENCY
RESPONSE BENEFIT IF YOU'VE LOST
YOUR JOB OR YOUR PAYCHEQUE.
STARTING TOMORROW, YOU CAN SIGN
UP TO RECEIVE THIS SUPPORT BY
GOING TO CANADA.CA.
IF YOU CHOSE DIRECT DEPOSIT, IT
TAKES THREE TO FIVE DAYS FOR A
FIRST PAYMENT.
IF YOU RECEIVE YOUR BENEFIT BY
MAIL, YOU WILL GET MONEY WITHIN
10 DAYS.
>> KEEP YOUR SPIRITS UP THESE
DAYS BUT ONE THING THAT SHOULD
GIVE US ALL HOPE IS THE WAY
WE'VE COME TOGETHER AS A
COUNTRY.
CRISIS SUCH AS THIS ONE TEST THE
LIMITS OF OUR SOLIDARITY AND IN
THESE DIFFICULT TIMES, WE'VE
SEEN BUSINESSES STEP UP TO HELP
PROTECT OUR HEALTHCARE WORKERS.
WE'VE SEEN DOCTORS AND NURSES
COME OUT OF RETIREMENT.
WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE RAISE MONEY
FOR LOCAL FOOD BANKS, CHECK ON
THEIR FRIENDS, AND HELP OUR MOST
VULNERABLE.
MANY OF YOU MAY BE WONDERING HOW
YOU CAN HELP.
I WANT TO REMIND YOU THE VERY
BEST THING YOU CAN DO TO FIGHT
THIS PANDEMIC IS TO FOLLOW
PUBLIC-HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS.
WASH YOUR HANDS AND STAY AT HOME
EXCEPT FOR CRITICAL THINGS LIKE
GETTING GROCERIES OR MEDICATIONS
AND TRY TO MAKE THAT TRIP ONLY
ONCE A WEEK.
IF YOU DO HAVE TO GO OUT, KEEP A
SAFE DISTANCE OF AT LEAST TWO
METRES WITH OTHERS.
THAT IS HOW YOU CAN CAN KEEP
DOING YOUR PART.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WITH
SPECIALIZED SKILLS LOOKING TO
HELP OUR FRONT-LINE WORKERS, WE
WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.
HEALTH CANADA IS BUILDING AN
INVENTORY OF SPECIALIZED
VOLUNTEERS THAT PROVINCES AND
TERRITORIES CAN DRAW ON TO
PROVIDE MORE SUPPORT TO OUR
HEALTHCARE WORKERS.
THIS COULD ENCLOUD  INCLUDE CASD
TRACKING CONTACT AS WELL AS
REPORTING DATA.
IF YOU CAN HELP, PLEASE SIGN UP
ONLINE AT CANADA.CA/CORONAVIRUS.
APPLICATIONS WILL BE OPEN UNTIL
APRIL 24TH.
WE'RE ALSO OFFERING FULL-TIME
JOBS TO ALL RESERVISTS IN THE
CANADIAN FORCES.
WE'RE CONTACTING RESERVISTS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO SEE IF
THEY'RE INTERESTED AND OFFERING
THEM THE SAME PAY AND BENEFITS
AS REGULAR FORCE PERSONNEL FOR
THE COMING MONTHS.
BOLSTERING THE MILITARY'S RANKS
WILL HELP OFFSET SOME OF THE
ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF
COVID-19 AND ENSURE THAT OUR
COMMUNITIES ARE WELL SUPPORTED.
IN THIS CRISIS, EVERY ACTION
MATTERS.
IF YOU REFUSE TO FOLLOW EXPERTS
ADVICE, YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR OWN
LIFE AT RISK AND ENDANGERING THE
LIVES OF LOVED ONES AND
JEOPARDIZING THE HEALTH OF ALL
MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY.
I'M NOT SAYING THIS TO BE
DRAMATIC, 233 CANADIANS HAVE
LOST THEIR LIVES BECAUSE OF
COVID-19.
AND HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES ARE NOW
MOURNING THEIR LOSS.
TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE
MOURNING, I WANT TO OFFER MY
SINCERE CONDOLENCES.
YOU ARE GOING THROUGH VERY
PAINFUL MOMENTS AND OUR THOUGHTS
ARE WITH YOU.
TO COME THROUGH THIS CRISIS, WE
MUST ALL REALISE THE
CONSEQUENCES OF OUR ACTIONS.
IF YOU DON'T DO YOUR PART, YOUR
FELLOW CITIZENS WILL PAY THE
PRICE.
IT ALSO WORKS IN THE OTHER
DIRECTION.
IF YOU FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF
EXPERTS, IT'S YOUR ENTIRE
COMMUNITY THAT WILL BENEFIT.
LET'S FOCUS ON THAT.
LET'S CONTINUE TO DO OUR PART.
THAT IS HOW WE WILL COME THROUGH
THIS TIME TOGETHER.
I WANT TO CLOSE TODAY WITH A
MESSAGE FOR KIDS.
THANK YOU ALL FOR SENDING IN
YOUR QUESTIONS OVER THE PAST FEW
DAYS.
DR. TAM AND I HAD A GREAT TIME
ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS THIS
MORNING.
LATER TODAY, ASTRONAUTS JEREMY
HANSON AND DAVID SAINT JAQUES
WILL BE ON YouTube SO TUNE
IN.
DAVID JUST RETURNED TO EARTH
AFTER SPENDING MANY MONTHS IN
SPACE AND HE KNOWS A THING OR
TWO ABOUT STAYING INDOORS AND
ONLY TALKING TO FRIENDS AND
FAMILY VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE.
I KNOW THESE ARE TOUGH TIMES FOR
KIDS RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY
AND IN DEED AROUND THE WORLD.
KNOW THE SUPPORT YOU ARE GIVING,
YOUR PARENTS, AND ALL OF US AS
WE WORK THROUGH THIS, THE WAY
YOU'RE HELPING OUT, THE WAY YOU
FOCUS ON DOING YOUR HOMEWORK AND
KEEPING YOUR SCHOOL WORK UP, AND
A WAY YOU ARE LEARNING TO ADAPT
TO THIS NEW SITUATION THAT WE
WILL ALL REMEMBER FOR THE REST
OF OUR LIVES, THANK YOU FOR
EVERYTHING YOU GUYS ARE DOING TO
KEEP US GETTING THROUGH THIS.
I'D JUST LIKE TO CLOSE WITH A
MESSAGE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND
CHILDREN -- DR. TAM AND I
ENJOYED ANSWERING ALL YOUR
QUESTIONS THIS MORNING.
THANK YOU.
LATER TODAY, ASTRONAUT JEREMY
HANSON AND DAVID SAINT JAQUES
WILL BE ON YouTube TO TALK
TO YOU.
DAVID HAS JUST RETURNED TO EARTH
AFTER SPENDING MANY MONTHS IN
SPACE AND I KNOW HE HAS A FEW
TIPS ON STAYING INDOORS AND HE
KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO TALK TO
FRIENDS ON VIDEO CONFERENCE.
I KNOW IT'S HARD FOR CHILDREN
AND FOR YOUNG PEOPLE NOW.
IT'S TOUGH NOT TO BE ABLE TO GO
TO SCHOOL THESE DAYS, NOT TO BE
ABLE TO SEE YOUR FRIENDS, BUT
ALL THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING
TODAY AND WHAT YOU DO AT THE
DINNER TABLE WHEN YOU ARE DOING
YOUR HOMEWORK, THE HELP THAT YOU
ARE GIVING YOUR PARENTS AS WE
COME THROUGH THIS TOUGH TIME, IS
VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
WHEN WE COME THROUGH THIS
TOGETHER, WE WILL REMEMBER.
WE WILL REMEMBER FOR THE REST OF
OUR LIVES.
SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT
YOU ARE DOING.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO THAT GOOD
WORK.
THANK YOU, VERY MUCH, EVERYONE.
I'LL TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS NOW.
>> THANK YOU.
THE FIRST QUESTION IS FROM DAVID
FROM REUTERS, YOUR LINE IS OPEN,
PLEASE, GO AHEAD.
>> YES, THANK YOU, PRIME
MINISTER.
IF I CAN TALK ABOUT THE
TEMPORARY FOREIGN WORKERS WHO
WILL WORK ON CANADA'S FARMS,
WHAT ARE THE PLANS TO GET THE
60,000 PEOPLE TO CANADA?
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: WE UNDERSTAND THAT OUR
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AND
FARMERS RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY
RELY VERY MUCH AS WELL AS FISH
PROCESSERS AND THE FISHERIES
INDUSTRY RELY ON TEMPORARY
FOREIGN WORKERS TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE CAN FEED OUR COUNTRY.
THAT HAS BEEN THE WAY FOR MANY,
MANY YEARS AND WE'RE, OF COURSE,
LOOKING TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE
ABLE TO RECEIVE TEMPORARY
FOREIGN WORKERS THAT THEY WILL
BE PROPERLY QUARANTINED FOR TWO
WEEKS BEFORE THEY START DOING
THE WORK THAT IS SO NECESSARY
FOR US ALL.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE SEE MANY,
MANY CANADIANS OUT OF WORK WHO
ARE WANTING TO HELP OUT.
STUDENTS WHO ARE LOOKING AT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUMMER JOBS
THAT THEY MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE
HAVE.
AND WE KNOW THERE ARE MANY
PEOPLE INTERESTED IN HELPING OUT
IN TERMS OF FEEDING THIS
COUNTRY.
WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING MORE TO
SAY IN THE COMING DAYS AND WEEKS
ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO PULL
TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS, OUR
FISHERIES, OUR AGRICULTURAL
TRANSFORMERS ARE GOING TO GET
THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED.
>> WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR OUR
FARMERS WHO ARE WORKING SO HARD
AS WELL AS THE FISHING INDUSTRY
TO HAVE TEMPORARY FOREIGN
WORKERS TO HELP OUT DURING THE
SEASONS.
WE DO HAVE TO BRING IN FOREIGN
WORKERS IN ORDER TO DO THAT
WORK.
WE HAVE TO ENSURE THOSE PEOPLE
ARE ISOLATED BEFORE THEY BEGIN
TO WORK ON FARMS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
AT THE SAME TIME, I WANT TO SAY
THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE,
INCLUDING A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE,
WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF JOBS
THEY WILL HAVE THIS SUMMER AND
THEY MAY BE INTERESTED IN
HELPING OUT ON A FARM OR HELPING
OUT TO FEED CANADIANS THROUGH
THIS IMPORTANT WORK.
I DO HOPE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE
TO FIND WAYS TOGETHER TO HELP
OUR FARMERS TO CONTINUE TO FEED
CANADA.
>> SECONDLY, YOU ARE SPEAKING TO
US EVERYDAY AND THE DEPUTY PRIME
MINISTER IS EITHER HAVING
MEETINGS OR SPEAKING TO US,
DR. TAM IS SPEAKING TO US
EVERYDAY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO
PREVENT BURNOUT?
THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN CONTINUE
AT THIS PACE?
ARE YOU DRAWING UP SOME SORT OF
PLAN?
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW
WE'RE ALL GOING TO WORK THROUGH
THIS ISSUE.
IT TAKES AN ADJUSTMENT FOR ALL
OF US.
I HAVE VERY MUCH ENJOYED MY
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK DIRECTLY
WITH CANADIANS EVERYDAY AND WILL
BE CONTINUING TRYING TO DO IT TO
ALMOST EVERYDAY AT LEAST FOR THE
FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE WHO
ARE DOING IMPORTANT JOBS TO TAKE
TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE
GETTING THE SUPPORT THEY NEED
AND I'VE SPOKEN WITH OUR
MINISTERS MANY TIMES ABOUT
NEEDING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE
PACING OURSELVES BECAUSE WE DO
KNOW THIS SITUATION IS GOING TO
LAST A NUMBER OF WEEKS, A NUMBER
OF MONTHS, AND THEREFORE, WE
HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL
SUPPORTING ESSENTIAL WORKERS,
PARTICULARLY OUR HEALTHCARE
WORKERS, OUR TRUCK DRIVERS, OUR
FOOD DELIVERY PEOPLE, BUT IT
COUNTS FOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU, NEXT QUESTION.
>> THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM
ROSE SMITH FROM THE "TORONTO
STAR."
YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
PLEASE, GO AHEAD.
>> PRIME MINISTER, GOOD MORNING.
I JUST WONDER IF THERE ARE
UPDATES ON THE N95 MASKS AND HOW
CRITICAL WAS THE 3M PRODUCTION
CANADA SUPPLY AND YOU HAVEN'T
SPOKEN TO PRESIDENT TRUMP YET?
JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S ON THE
RADAR AND WHY THERE'S BEEN A
DELAY IN THAT CONVERSATION?
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: WE CONTINUE TO KNOW
THAT WE HAVE TO GET THE
NECESSARY EQUIPMENT AND P.P.E.
TO OUR FRONT-LINE HEALTH
WORKERS.
THERE'S A GLOBAL SHORTAGE RIGHT
NOW WHERE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO
GET AS MUCH AS THEY CAN AND WE
ARE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH ALL
OUR TRADITIONAL SUPPLIERS AND
NEW SUPPLIERS TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE PROVIDING THE EQUIPMENT
NEEDED FOR CANADIANS.
IT'S WHY WE'VE RAMPED UP
DOMESTIC INTRODUCTION AS WELL
AND FILL OUR NEEDS WITHIN THE
COMING WEEKS.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE
CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE WITH THE
AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION IN TERMS
OF SOLVING THIS ISSUE.
AS I'VE SAID, BOTH SIDES OF THE
BORDER BENEFIT TREMENDOUSLY FROM
THE FLOW BACK AND FOURTH OF
ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES AND OF
MEDICAL GOODS AND SERVICES AND
THAT IS THE POINT THAT WE'RE
MAKING TO THE ADMINISTRATION.
I AM CONFIDENT THAT WORE GOING
TO BE ABLE TO SOLVE THIS AND I
LOOK FORWARDS TO SPEAKING WITH
THE PRESIDENT IN THE COMING
DAYS.
>> WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS
TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT
TO OUR FRONT-LINE WORKERS AND
HEALING CARE WORKERS.
AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE WORKING
WITH SUPPLIERS ACROSS THE WORLD
TO SECURE THAT EQUIPMENT.
WE'RE CONFIDENT WE WILL RECEIVE
THAT CRITICAL EQUIPMENT FROM
VARIOUS PLACES IN THE WORLD BUT
WE'RE ALSO WORKING SPECIFICALLY
WITH THE UNITED STATES TO TRY
AND RESOLVE THIS ISSUE.
WE KNOW THAT IT'S IN THE
INTEREST OF BOTH OF OUR
COUNTRIES TO CONTINUE TO ENSURE
THAT ESSENTIAL GOODS AND
SERVICES CAN CONTINUE TO FLOW
ACROSS THE BORDER IN BOTH
DIRECTIONS.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A SHAME FOR
BOTH OF OUR COUNTRIES IF THAT
WERE TO BE INTERRUPTED.
WE'RE WORKING IN A VERY
CONSTRUCTIVE MANNER WITH THE
U.S. ADMINISTRATION THIS TIME
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
SPEAKING TO PRESIDENT TRUMP AT
THE APPROPRIATE TIME IN THE
COMING DAYS.
>> AS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE PRIME
MINISTER, YOU REFERENCED IT
YOURSELF THAT THOUSANDS OF
UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE STUDENTS
ARE COMING OUT OF SCHOOL WITH NO
IMMEDIATE PROSPECT OF FINDING
SUMMER JOBS AND THEY'RE WORRIED
ABOUT TUITION AND EXPENSES WHEN
THEY RETURN TO SCHOOL IN THE
FALL.
THE AGRICULTURE MAY WORK FOR
SOME BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT FOR THOSE
IN THE CITY.
I JUST WONDER IF THAT'S ON THE
GOVERNMENT'S RADAR SCREEN.
I UNDERSTAND THEY WON'T QUALIFY
FOR THE EMERGENCY BENEFIT, WHAT
OTHER HELP MIGHT BE FOURTH
COMING.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: THIS IS AN ISSUE WE'RE
VERY AWARE OF FROM MODIFICATIONS
TO THE CANADA SUMMER JOB
PROGRAMME TO LOOKING AT DIRECT
SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS.
WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO DO MORE
MOR YOUNG PEOPLE, AS THEY COME
OUT OF UNIVERSITY AND LOOK FOR
PROJECTS AND WAYS OF SECURING
INCOME THIS SUMMER MANY OF IT'S
SOMETHING WE'RE CLOSELY ENGAGE
ON AND SHOULD HAVE MORE TO SAY
IN THE COMING DAYS.
>> WE KNOW THAT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
WHO ARE FINISHING UNIVERSITY AND
WE'RE RELYING ON A JOB THIS
SUMMER, PERHAPS IN THE TOURISM
INDUSTRY OR ELSEWHERE, IN ORDER
TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THEIR
STUDIES IN THE FALL, THAT
THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT HOW
THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME
THROUGH THAT PERIOD.
WE ARE LOOKING VERY CLOSELY AT
WAYS THAT WE CAN HELP THEM.
WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A REAL NEED
WITHIN OUR SOCIETY AND WE WILL
BE THERE TO SUPPORT OUR YOUNG
PEOPLE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING, PRIME MINISTER.
MORE THAN TWO DAYS AGO,
MR. TRUMP MADE HIS COMMENTS
ABOUT THE INFAMOUS MASKS.
SINCE THIS IS AN URGENT ISSUE,
HOW IS IT THAT YOU HAVEN'T YET
BEEN ABLE TO SPEAK TO PRESIDENT
TRUMP?
IS HE THE ONE REFUSING TO TAKE
YOUR CALL?
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: WE ARE WORKING AT ALL
LEVELS OF THE U.S.
ADMINISTRATION.
FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW, WE
HAVE BEEN ENGAGING WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION ON VARIOUS ISSUES
AND WE HAVE DEVELOPED AN ABILITY
TO RESOLVE ISSUES SUCH AS THIS.
WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN
TO RESOLVE THIS PROPERLY BECAUSE
WE KNOW THAT IT IS ABSOLUTELY
ESSENTIAL TO HAVE THE RIGHT
EQUIPMENT FOR OUR FRONT-LINE
WORKERS.
IT'S BEEN MANY YEARS THAT WE'VE
BEEN WORKING NOW WITH THIS
PARTICULAR AMERICAN
ADMINISTRATION AND WE'VE
DEVELOPED CERTAIN ABILITIES TO
WORK WITH THEM IN THE RIGHT WAY.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO ENGAGE
CONSTRUCTIVELY WITH THE ENTIRE
AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION TO
HIGHLIGHT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS
THAT GOODS FLOW BOTH WAYS AND
CONTINUE TO FLOW BOTH WAYS
ACROSS OUR BORDER.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THE RIGHT
THINGS TO ENSURE THAT OUR FRONT
LINE WORKERS AND OUR HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS GET THE EQUIPMENT
THAT THEY SO NEED.
>> NOW IN THE MIDST OF A CRISIS,
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE HIS
BEHAVIOUR?
THE BEHAVIOUR OF U.S. PRESIDENT
TRUMP?
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: WELL, MY JOB IS TO
WORK WITH AMERICANS, TO WORK
WITH OUR ALLIES AND PARTNERS
AROUND THE WORLD TO SERVE
CANADIANS AND TO ENSURE THAT
CANADIANS HAVE EVERYTHING THAT
THEY AND WE NEED.
THAT'S EX LOW WHAT I WILL ALWAYS
DO.
>> LAST QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM MARK
BONOCOSTI, SUN MEDIA, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> GOOD MORNING, PRIME MINISTER.
TODAY IS THE 484TH DAY THAT
MICHAEL KOVRIG AND MICHAEL
SPAVOR HAVE BEEN IN CHINESE
JAILS.
WE HEARD THE CHINESE EMBASSY IN
MARCH SAYING THAT MR. KOVRIG OR
MR. SPAVOR WAS ALLOWED TO CALL
HIS ILL FATHER BY TELEPHONE AND
THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN BETTER FOOD
TO BUILDUP THEIR IMMUNITY TO
FIGHT OFF COVID-19.
HAS ANYONE BEEN ABLE TO VIS THE
THEM AND GIVE US AN UPDATE ON
THEIR CONDITION AND WELL-BEING?
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: THANK YOU FOR YOUR
QUESTION.
I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT NOT JUST
OUR EMBASSADOR AND EMBASSY IN
BEIJING, BUT THE GOVERNMENT OF
CANADA CONTINUES TO BE FOCUSED
AND ENGAGE ON BRINGING THESE TWO
CANADIANS HOME.
WE RECOGNIZE THE DIFFICULTIES
THAT MIKE AT SPAVOR MICHAEL
KOVRIG ARE FACING AND HAVE FACED
FOR A LONG TIME.
IT'S AN ISSUE WE BRING UP
CONTINUALLY WITH THE CHINESE
GOVERNMENT AND WE CONTINUE TO
IMPRESSES UPON THEM THAT IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT THEY BE TREATED
BETTER AND IN DEED THAT THEY BE
RELEASED TO COME HOME TO CANADA.
WE WILL CONTINUE THAT WORK.
>> DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATED REPORT
FROM OUR OWN PEOPLE ON THE
GROUND THERE?
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: WE CONTINUE TO ENGAGE
WITH THEM FOR COUNSELOR SUPPORT
AND I WILL ENSURE AN UPDATE IN
THE COMING DAYS.
>> GOOD MORNING, MR. TRUDEAU.
NOW, THE CANADIAN EMERGENCY
BENEFITS STARTS TOMORROW BUT
SOME PEOPLE ARE WONDERING
WHETHER THERE'S ANY POINT IN
WORKING PART-TIME TO MAKE $1500
A MONTH OR SHOULD I NOT STAY AT
HOME AND GET MY $2,000 A MONTH?
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THOSE WORKERS
WHO ARE FACING THAT DILEMMA?
WILL YOU CHANGE THE SYSTEM?
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: WELL, WE HAVE TAKEN
UNPRECEDENTED ACTION TO HELP
THOUSANDS OF CANADIANS WHO NOW
SUDDENLY FIND THEMSELVES AS NO
FAULT OF THEIR OWN, WITHOUT AN
INCOME.
WE WANT PEOPLE RIGHT ACROSS THE
COUNTRY TO STAY AT HOME.
AND NOT TO WORK UNLESS IT'S
ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL.
FOR THAT REASON, WE HAD TO
DEVELOP PROGRAMMES QUICKLY TO
HELP AS MANY CANADIANS AS
POSSIBLE.
WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT IN SOME
INDUSTRIES, SOME WORKERS MAY BE
ASKING THEMSELVES THAT QUESTION
AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE WORKING
NOW TO DEVELOP OTHER WAYS TO
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, WHO ARE
PROVIDING ESSENTIAL WORK, TO BE
ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT IMPORTANT
WORK AT THIS TIME.
AND WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A
SITUATION WHERE THERE ISN'T A
SINGLE MEASURE THAT WILL WORK
FOR EVERYONE.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE HEAR
THESE CONCERNS AND WE'RE SEEKING
SOLUTIONS AND WE WILL CONTINUE
TO WORK ON THEM.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT IN MOVING
FORWARD WITH UNPRECEDENTED
MEASURES TO HELP AS MANY
CANADIANS AS POSSIBLE, WE HAD TO
MOVE QUICKLY.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT MILLIONS OF
CANADIANS ARE SUDDENLY OUT OF
WORK AND NEEDED SUPPORT SO THAT
THEY COULD STAY HOME, SO THAT
THEY COULD TAKE CARE OF THEIR
FAMILIES AND FOLLOW
PUBLIC-HEALTH DIRECTIVES DURING
THIS TIME.
THAT WAS THE PRIORITY AND THAT
IS WHY WE MOVE VERY QUICKLY TO
GET HELP OUT TO CANADIANS.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT ANY TIME WE'RE
DOING BIG MEASURES LIKE THIS,
THERE WILL BE GAPS, THERE WILL
BE CHALLENGES AND
IMPLEMENTATIONS AND UNFORESEEN
CONSEQUENCES THAT'S WHY WE'RE
WORKING CAREFULLY TO ENSURE THAT
PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING IN
ESSENTIAL INDUSTRIES, PEOPLE WHO
PERHAPS ARE FACING CHOICES ABOUT
WHETHER THEY CONTINUE TO WORK OR
WHETHER THEY RECEIVE THE CERB
ARE ABLE TO MAKE THE RIGHT
DECISION, NOT JUST FOR THEM BUT
FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR
COUNTRY.
THESE ARE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO WORK ON AND WE'LL
HAVE MORE TO SAY IN THE COMING
DAYS.
>> WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND ABOUT
THE DILEMMA OF CERTAIN
INDUSTRIES WHO ARE HAVING
TROUBLE FINDING PEOPLE TO COME
IN?
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: WELL, AT THIS POINT,
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE KINDS OF
CHANGES WE COULD BRING INTO
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO STAY AT WORK
WHEN THAT IS ESSENTIAL WORK THAT
DOESN'T REFLECT THE AMOUNT OF
THE CERB.
WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A VERY
DIFFICULT SITUATION AND WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE TO WORK ON IT AND
AT THIS TIME, WE ARE DOING THAT
WORK TO TRY AND RESOLVE THAT
ISSUE.
>> PRIME MINISTER JANET SILVER
GLOBAL NEWS.
YESTERDAY, YOU SAID MILLIONS OF
MASKS WERE EN ROUTE FROM CHINA.
I'M LOOKING FOR A CLARIFICATION.
WITH KNOWS N95 MASKS.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: THERE WAS A BLEND OF
SURGICAL MASKS AND N95 MASKS.
I'M NOT SURE WHICH PARTICULAR
PREPORTION WAS IN THAT SHIPMENT
BUT WE CAN GET ANSWERS TO YOU
SOON.
>> Caller: ADRIAN DICKS ON
FRIDAY CALLED ON THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE
WITH ENFORCEMENT AND SCREENING
AT THE BORDER.
I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT STEPS
ARE BEING TAKEN ON THAT FRONT?
>> FIRST OF ALL, WE RECOGNIZE
THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF
CANADIANS WHO WERE STUCK
OVERSEAS HAVE RETURNED TO CANADA
AND THEREFORE THOSE FLIGHTS ARE
BEING REDUCED AS THERE ARE A
NUMBER MORE TO COME IN.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE WILL BE
FEWER AND FEWER TRAVELERS
ARRIVING IN CANADA IN THE COMING
DAYS AND WEEKS.
AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD,
IT'S GOING TO BE EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE
MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE
ISOLATES, UNDERSTANDS THEY NEED
TO BE UNDER QUARANTINE FOR TWO
WEEKS WHEN THEY ENTER CANADA IN
ORDER TO NOT BE SPREADING
COVID-19.
>> ASHLEY BURKE, CBC NEWS,
DONALD TRUMP SAID HE IS STARTING
TO MOVE MILLIONS OF DOSES OF
DRUGS USED FOR AUTO IMMUNE
DISEASES NO AN EMERGENCY
STOCKPILE TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE
TO U.S. CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS.
WHAT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE IN CANADA
WHO ARE CUT OFF FROM VITAL DRUGS
THEY NEED FOR OTHER DISEASES?
DO YOU PLAN TO SPEAK TO TRUMP
ABOUT THIS?
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: WE KNOW THAT IT IS
ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL THAT PEOPLE
CONTINUE TO GET THE ESSENTIAL
MEDICATIONS THAT THEY NEED.
WHETHER IT'S RELATED TO
CORONAVIRUS OR NOT.
THAT IS WHY WE'RE WORKING WITH
THE CANADIAN DRUG INDUSTRY, WE
HAVE A SIGNIFICANT
PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY IN
CANADA TO SOURCE THE THINGS WE
NEED AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO
WORK WITH SUPPLIERS AND PARTNERS
AROUND THE WORLD ON THE DELIVERY
OF LIFE-SAVING DRUGS THAT ARE
NECESSARY BEYOND COVID-19
TREATMENTS.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
ENSURE THAT EVERY STEP OF THE
WAY CANADIANS GET THE SUPPORT
AND THE MEDICATIONS THAT THEY
NEED.
>> WE RECOGNIZE THAT EVEN IN THE
MIDST OF THIS CRISIS, WITH
CORONAVIRUS, THERE ARE PEOPLE
WHO NEED ESSENTIAL MEDICATIONS
TO CONTINUE TO LIVE AND HAVE THE
PROPER QUALITY OF LIFE.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE
PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY HERE IN
CANADA AND AROUND THE GLOBE TO
ENSURE THAT CANADIANS CONTINUE
TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE
MEDICATIONS THEY NEED.
>> Caller: WHAT ABOUT THIS
SITUATION IN PARTICULAR AS WELL
WHAT'S BEING DONE BEHIND THE
SCENES TO MAKE SURE THE C.R.A.
WEBSITE DOESN'T CRASH TOMORROW
WHEN IT PROCESSES THESE CERB
APPLICATIONS, CAN THE SYSTEM
HANDLE IT?
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: WE'RE WORKING VERY
HARD TO ENSURE THAT OUR SYSTEMS
ARE ROBUST ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE
UNPRECEDENTED DEMAND.
THERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS
AROUND DIFFERENT WAYS OF
ENSURING THAT THE SYSTEM IS NOT
OVERLOADED AND WE WILL CONTINUE
TO KEEP CANADIANS APPRISED OF
THAT.
AT THE SAME TIME, YES, I WILL
CONTINUE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO
WORK WITH THE AMERICAN
ADMINISTRATION ON ALL ISSUES
THAT MATTER TO CANADIANS.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS AN
UNPRECEDENTED DEMAND ON
GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS AT THIS TIME.
THAT'S WHY WE'VE TAKEN STEPS TO
TRY AND COUNTER ANY POSSIBLE
OVERLOADING OF THE SYSTEM BUT WE
WILL MONITOR THINGS AT EVERY
STEP SO CANADIANS RECEIVE WHAT
THEY NEED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
>> YESTERDAY PRESIDENT TRUMP
GAVE REMARKS ON 3M.
HE SAID AT ONE POINT, WE NEED
THE MASKS, WE DON'T WANT OTHER
PEOPLE TO HAVE THEM.
HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT 3M TO
SELL MASKS TO OTHER COUNTRIES.
CAN YOU GIVE US A CLEAR
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE UNITED
STATES HAS TOLD CANADA IS THEIR
POLICY ON THE 3M AND N95 MASKS.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: WE CONTINUE TO WORK
CLOSELY WITH THE AMERICAN
ADMINISTRATION ON SOLVING THIS
SITUATION.
WE UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT
IS FOR GOODS TO CONTINUE TO FLOW
IN BOTH DIRECTIONS OVER OUR
BORDER.
THERE ARE ESSENTIAL MEDICAL
SERVICES AND SUPPLIES THAT
CANADIAN COMPANIES DELIVER TO
AMERICANS AND THERE ARE
ESSENTIAL MEDICAL SUPPLIES
DELIVERED BY AMERICAN COMPANIES
TO CANADA.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK
TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT THOSE
FLOWS ARE NON INTERRUPTED
BECAUSE IT WOULD BE HARMFUL TO
BOTH OF OUR ECONOMIES AND BOTH
OF OUR CITIZENS.
THAT IS WHY WE CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH THE AMERICANS ON THIS
ISSUE.
>> WHEN WE ASKED YOU ABOUT THIS
3M SITUATION PREVIOUSLY, YOU
REFERENCED THE FACT THERE ARE
MANY CANADIAN NURSE AND DOCTORS
WHO LIVE IN CANADA BUT WORK IN
THE U.S.
YESTERDAY, YOU SAID THAT
RETALIATORY THREATS OR
RETALIATION ON THIS IS NON
PRODUCTIVE BUT I WANT TO BE VERY
CLEAR, WILL YOU AT ANY POINT BAN
NURSES AND DOCTORS WHO LIVE IN
CANADA TO GO WORK IN THE U.S. OR
IS THIS JUST A REMINDER TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP?
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: I'M NOT GOING TO
ENGAGE IN HYPOTHETICAL, WE WILL
KEEP CANADIANS SAFE IN AS
CONSTRUCTIVE WAY AS POSSIBLE.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN OUR APPROACH
WITH THE AMERICANS AND IT'S BEEN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOW.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE.
>> WE NODE TO ENSURE THE
PROTECTION OF ALL CANADIANS AND
HAVE THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT FOR
ALL CANADIANS AND BY WORKING
CONSTRUCTIVELY WITH THE
AMERICANS, WE BELIEVE WE HAVE A
GOOD CHANCE OF BEING ABLE TO
RESOLVE THIS ISSUE.
I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD
THING TO HARM OUR NEIGHBOURS IN
ORDER TO DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
I THINK WE HAVE TO RESOLVE THAT
TOGETHER.
THANK YOU, VERY MUCH AND HAVE A
GREAT SUNDAY.
>> Rosemary: THAT IS THE PRIME
MINISTER OF CANADA CONFIRMING
FOR ALL OF US, IT'S SUNDAY,
BECAUSE WHO KNOWS AT THIS POINT.
IT IS.
A COUPLE OF BITS OF NEWS THERE
FROM THE PRIME MINISTER.
PRIMARILY OUT TODAY TO REMIND
CANADIANS THAT THAT RELIEF FUND,
THAT RELIEF BENEFIT IS AVAILABLE
STARTING TOMORROW.
YOU SAYS THAT IF YOU SIGN UP TO
RECEIVE IT, IT'S THREE TO FIVE
DAYS FUR GETTING DIRECT PAYMENT
AND BY MAIL IT'S 10 DAYS.
LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER
THE SYSTEM, THE CANADIAN REVENUE
AGENCY, WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE
WHAT IS EXPECTED TO BE A LARGE
DEMAND FOR THE BENEFIT.
THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS THAT
THEY'RE PREPARED AND THEY'VE
BEEN PREPARING.
LET'S BRING IN THE DAVID
COCHRANE.
HE IS IN OTTAWA WITH ME.
LET'S START WITH THAT.
THE EMERGENCY BENEFIT, DAVID,
BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE
KEEN TO GET IT.
WE KNOW THAT MORE THAN 2 MILLION
PEOPLE HAVE A EMPLOYED FOR
EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.
THE LAST TIME WE GOT AN UPDATED
NUMBER.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT THAT TO
HAPPEN AND IT WILL HAPPEN AND
THEY CAN START DOING THAT
TOMORROW.
>> Reporter: THEY'RE ASKING
PEOPLE TO STAGGER HOW THEY APPLY
TO THIS.
THERE'S A TWEET FROM THE PRIME
MINISTER SAYING IT OPENS UP
TOMORROW BUT THEY WANT PEOPLE,
IF YOU ARE BORN IN JANUARY,
FEBRUARY AND MARCH TO APPLY
TOMORROW AND IF IT'S APRIL, MAY,
JUNE, TUESDAY AND OK, NOVEMBER
AND THURSDAY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ANYBODY
CAN APPLY.
THEY WANT TO DO THAT STAGGER THE
SYSTEM SO IT DOESN'T GET
OVERWHELMED.
OUR COLLEAGUE IS RUNNING A LOT
OF THIS BEHIND THE SCENES AND
CANADA REVENUE AGENCY SHE TELLS
US, HAS BEEN DOING
TROUBLESHOOTING TO MAKE SURE THE
SYSTEMS AROUND OVERLOADED AND
THEY EXPECT THAT PROCESS WILL
RUN SMOOTHLY.
IT'S A HOPE.
THEY EXPECT IT AND THEY'VE DONE
WHAT THEY CAN BUT WHO KNOWS HOW
IT WILL GET FLOODED TOMORROW.
THE OTHER INTERESTING QUESTIONS
ARE THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
OF THE WAY THE CANADA EMERGENCY
RESPONSE BENEFIT HAS ROLLED OUT
AND THE WAY IT WAS DESIGNED.
I MEAN, YOU ARE ESSENTIALLY
CREATING A LARGE WIDESCALE
UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME ON THE
FLY FROM SCRATCH.
THERE ARE CRACKS.
PEOPLE WHOSE INCOME HASN'T FLAT
LINED MAY NOT QUALIFY.
PEOPLE IN CERTAIN GROUPS MAY NOT
QUALIFY.
THE QUESTIONS WE HEARD FROM
RADIO-CANADA ABOUT PEOPLE WHO
WORK SAY IN A GROCERY STORE,
VITAL AT THIS POINT IN TIME BUT
THEY HAVE TO GO TO WORK AND
THEY'RE AT SOME PERSONAL RISK
AND THEIR SALARY IS LOWER THAN
WHAT THEY MIGHT MAKE THROUGH THE
CERB.
WHAT IS THE UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCE FOR PEOPLE WHO WILL
GO ON THAT $2,000 A MONTH
INCOME?
THESE ARE THE CHALLENGES WITH
ROLLING IT OUT.
THEY HAVE JUST BEEN RUSHING OUT
LARGE-SCALE, MULTI-BILLION
DOLLAR PROGRAMMES AT A CLIP OF
ONE A WEEK BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT
THE SITUATION HAS DEMANDED.
SO WE'LL GET THAT FIRST CLEAR
TEST TOMORROW AS PEOPLE WAKE UP,
LOG ON, AND TRY TO APPLY AND GET
THE MONEY THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE
ENDS MEET AND WE'LL FIND OUT
PRETTY QUICKLY IF THE SYSTEM IS
ABLE TO HOLD.
>> Rosemary: THEY WERE ABLE TO
PROCESS A MILLION EMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE APPLICATIONS OVER A
FAIRLY QUICK PERIOD OF TIME
COMPARED TO WHAT THEY USUALLY
DO.
THE C.R.A. WOULD NORMALLY BE
DOING TAXES.
THEY'RE NOT DOING THAT.
THERE'S A LITTLE CAPACITY THERE.
JUST ON THE THINGS YOU TALKS
ABOUT, THE NOTION THAT AN
ESSENTIAL WORKER, SOMEONE AT A
GROCERY STORE MIGHT SAY, I'M
GOING TO MAKE MORE MONEY ON THE
CERB.
I HAVE MY PRODUCER TO CHECK THAT
BECAUSE IT SOUNDED A LITTLE
STRANGE TOO.
YOU CAN JUST QUIT YOUR JOB
BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT
AND GET THE EMERGENCY BENEFIT.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
YOU CAN'T VOLUNTARILY QUIT YOUR
JOB AND GET THE RELIEF BENEFIT.
YOU WOULD THEN HAVE TO GO ON
E.I.
I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE MAY
THINK THAT'S UNFAIR BUT THAT'S
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.
THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT FALL
THROUGH THE CRACK AND THE PRIME
MINISTER WAS ASKED ABOUT THIS
TOO ARE STUDENTS.
THEY ARE NOT ELIGIBLE EVEN
THOUGH WE KNOW WHAT JOB THEY
WOULD BE ABLE TO GET RIGHT NOW.
IT DID SOUND LIKE THE GOVERNMENT
IS LOOKING AT THAT AND IS AWARE
THAT IS A PROBLEM AS WELL.
>> Reporter: THAT'S SOMETHING
THE PRIME MINISTER SAID HE WILL
HAVE IN THE COMING DAYS.
I FEEL LIKE THERE'S ONLY THREE
DAYS.
YESTERDAY TODAY AND TOMORROW IN
THE WAY THE NEW WEEKS ARE
EVOLVING.
THIS IS SUCH AN ISSUE IN QUEBEC,
ROSIE, PREMIER LEGAULT SAID THEY
NEED EXTRA MONEY BECAUSE YES
TECHNICALLY YOU CAN'T QUIT BUT
PEOPLE COULD FIND A WAY IF THEY
FEEL IT'S TO THEIR BENEFIT AND
WANT TO REDUCE THAT RISK.
THIS IS A LIVE ISSUE THAT THEY
NEED TO DEAL WITH GOING ON.
STUDENTS, YES, AND TO LINK THAT
TOO, TEMPORARY FOREIGN WORKERS
IS AN ISSUE THAT THE PRIME
MINISTER WAS ASKED ABOUT TODAY
AND AN ISSUE THAT CAME UP LAST
WEEK WHEN THE PRIME MINISTER, I
THINK IT WAS THURSDAY NIGHT,
SPOKE WITH THE PREMIERS ABOUT
THIS.
THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR NEEDS
THIS, THE FISH PROCESSING SECTOR
NEEDS THIS, THIS IS THE MODEL,
THE ECONOMIC MODEL ON WHICH
THESE INDUSTRIES SURVIVE IN THIS
DAY AND AGE.
THERE'S A POLITICAL CONCERN
ABOUT BRINGING IN BUFFALOES AND
PLANE LOADS OF PEOPLE FROM
OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY AT A TIME OF
WIDESCALE QUARANTINE AND
CONCERNS OVER THE SPREAD OF
DISEASE.
ALSO, AT A TIME OF ACUTE
UNEMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC NEED.
NOW, A LOT OF THESE TEMPORARY
FOREIGN WORKERS WORK AT A WAGE
THAT MOST CANADIANS WOULD NOT
WORK IN.
THIS IS WHY THIS PROGRAMME
EXISTS.
IF THERE'S PUSH BACK AND
DIFFICULTY IN BRINGING PEOPLE
IN, FINDING A PLACE TO HOUSE
THEM AS THEY GO THROUGH THE
14-WEEKS AND BEARING THAT
EXPENSE YOU LIKE AT SUPPLY CHAIN
DISRUPTION WITH FOOD AND OTHER
THINGS LIKE THAT AND THE PICKING
PLANTING SEASONS WE HAVE TO GO
THROUGH IN THE AGO AGRICULTURE
CENTRE.
IT MAY BE SOMETHING STUDENTS
WANT TO DO.
IT'S HOW YOU WITH MOBILIZE
PEOPLE AND PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN A
LARGE URBAN CENTRE HOW EASILY
THEY WITH WORK IN THIS
AGRICULTURE CENTRE.
THESE ARE ALL BIG QUESTIONS TO
SOLVE.
ONE OF MANY BIG QUESTIONS TO
SOLVE THAT KEEP LANDING ON THE
GOVERNMENT'S PLATE DURING ALL OF
THIS.
>> Rosemary: THANK YOU, DAVID.
I'LL BE BACK TO YOU SHORTLY.
I SHOULD POINT OUT THERE WASN'T
A LOT OF CLARITY GIVEN ON THE ON
GOING DISPUTE, SHALL I CALL IT,
WITH THE UNITED STATES ON THE
STATE OF MASKS.
THE PRIME MINISTER WANTS TO
SPEAK TO THE PRESIDENT IN THE
COMING DAYS AND THE TWO
GOVERNMENTS CONTINUE TO ENGAGE
CONSTRUCTIVELY.
IT WAS A VERY DIPLOMATIC
LANGUAGE THE PRIME MINISTER USED
AROUND THAT BUT WE KNOW
CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING
BEHIND THE SCENES TO TRY AND
PREVENT THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION
FROM SHUTTING DOWN DIFFERENT
PARTS OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN THAT
ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE THESE N95
MASKS.
SPEAKING OF MASKS AND THINGS
NEEDED FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS, I
WANTED TO TAKE TIME TO GET TO
DIRECTOR OF GERIATRIC AS THE THE
UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK IN
TORONTO.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, DOCTOR.
>> THANK YOU, ROSEMARY.
>> Rosemary: I SAW YOUR TWEET.
I DON'T KNOW, ONE OF THE MANY
TIMES I WOKE UP LAST NIGHT WHEN
I WOKE UP EARLY THIS MORNING.
IT DID WARM MY HEART A LITTLE
BIT.
I'LL SHOW PEOPLE WHAT YOU
TWEETED.
YOU TWEETED, I STOPPED THE CAR
AND WEPT LAST NIGHT.
IT WAS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM ANOTHER
18-HOUR DAY AT SINAI HEALTH,
THANK YOU FOR THESE ACTS OF LOVE
THAT ARE KEEPING FRONT-LINE
HEALTH WORKERS GOING.
IT WAS AFTER MIDNIGHT SO I WAS
STILL AWAKE.
WHAT DID THAT MEAN TO YOU TO SEE
THAT?
>> IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS
WHERE FOR ALL OF US WHO ARE AT
THE FRONT LINES, FOR ME AS A
GERITRITION, WHERE COVID-19 IS
BROUGHTAL.
WOR WORRIED ABOUT EACH OTHER,
OUR PATIENTS AND THE COUNTRY.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE WORSE OF IT
YET.
WE KNOW THAT IN TWO TO THREE
WEEKS OUR HOSPITALS WILL BE
FULL.
WE'RE GOING TO START SEEING
REPORTS THAT YOU ARE SEEING IN
NEW YORK AND HOPEFULLY NOT ITALY
IN SPAIN.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF ANXIETY
AND AMONGST US, WE'RE TRYING TO
CONTINUE OUR ROUTINE CARE AND
MAKE SURE OUR REGULAR PATIENTS
ARE OK.
WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE MISTAKES.
WE HAVE ALL OF THAT WEARING ON
US.
SO, IT MEANS THAT YOUR USUAL
DAYS ARE TWICE AS LONG.
YOU ARE DOING A LOT MORE WORK
AND YOU ARE EXHAUSTED AND YOU
ARE TIRED.
JUST AGAIN, WE HAVE FIVE MAJOR
HOSPITALS WITH MANY PEOPLE LIKE
ME SO COMING HOME AT THE END OF
A LONG DAY, AND JUST SEEING AN
ACT OF LOVE AND IT'S JUST SO
LOVELY.
>> Rosemary: I'M GLAD THAT CAN
BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE.
YOU ARE THE DIRECTOR OF
GERIATRICS AND SO MANY OLDER
PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY ARE AT
RISK FOR THIS.
WE SEE IT.
THESE BREAK OUTS IN LONG-TERM
CARE CENTERS.
IT'S VERY TROUBLING.
HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO BE
LOOKING AFTER SOME OF THE MOST
VULNERABLE AT A TIME LIKE THIS,
KNOWING THAT YOU MIGHT NOT WIN
ALL OF THOSE BATTLES?
>> WE'VE ALREADY LOST A NUMBER
OF BATTLES, EVERY SINGLE LIFE WE
LOSE IS THE POTENTIAL LIFE OF AN
INFECTION YOU COULD HAVE
PREVENTED.
THE POPULATION I MOST WORRIED
ABOUT RIGHT NOW, IS WE KNOW WHEN
YOU -- THE AVERAGE POPULATION,
THE DEATH RATE IS 1% TO 2% SOAL
CANADIANS IN GENERAL.
WHEN YOU START GETTING INTO YOUR
60s, 70s, 80s THE DEATH
RATE CLIMBS BY THREE, EIGHT, 15,
24% AND FOR THOSE LIVING IN
NURSING HOMES IT'S 1/3.
SO, WHEN THAT VIRUS RIPPED
THROUGH THAT HOME RECENTLY, 60
RESIDENTS, YOU TO THE MATH, 20
ARE NOW DEAD.
IT'S A MATTER OF MATH.
SO, THE QUESTION IS, COULD WE
HAVE DONE MORE TO PREVENT THE
VIRUS FROM GETTING IN THE HOME.
CAN WE PROTECT PEOPLE IN THOSE
SITUATIONS FOR DOING THAT AND
SO, BEHIND THE SCENES AND ONLY
AM I JUST CARING FOR MY REGULAR
PATIENTS WORKING WITH MY
COLLEAGUES TO PREPARE OUR
HOSPITAL AND THE SITES WE HAVE
TO PROVIDE TO OLDER PEOPLE, BUT
ON THE SIDE, LATE AT NIGHT,
EARLY IN THE DAY, I'M SPEAKING
TO THE MINISTERS, FEDERALLY,
PROVINCIALLY, MAKING SURE THAT
WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO
PROTECT THOSE SENIORS, THE OVER
400,000 LIVING IN CARE HOMES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> Rosemary: WHAT ABOUT THE
IDEA, AND I'VE HEARD SOME PEOPLE
TALK ABOUT, JUST TAKING YOUR
PARENTS OR THE OLDER PERSON IN
YOUR LIFE WHO MIGHT BE IN ONE OF
THOSE CENTERS, OUT, IF YOU CAN
AND IF THEY CAN.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT
NOTION?
>> YEAH, I MEAN, IT WAS -- I
STRUCK A CORD, I KNOW, WHEN THE
GLOBE WROTE AN ARTICLE ABOUT
THIS AND SAID, DR. SINHA WHAT
WOULD YOU DO.
I SAID I WOULD IF YOU COULD.
FOR FAMILIES AND YOU KNOW,
INDIVIDUALS WHO CHOSE TO LIVE IN
A LONG-TERM CARE SETTING, THAT'S
NOT A LIGHT DECISION.
IT'S USUALLY FAMILIES WHO HAVE
BECOME EXHAUSTED.
THEY CAN'T PROVIDE ANYMORE CARE.
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH HOME CARE
AVAILABLE.
THE CARE DIFFICULTIES ARE TOO
MUCH.
THAT IS WHY PEOPLE HAVE MADE
THAT DIFFICULT CHOICE TO BE
THERE AND SO IT WASN'T A GLIB
COMMENT BUT IT'S A CALL TO
ACTION TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WHILE
WE'RE VERY MUCH CONCERNED ABOUT
OUR HOSPITALS AND MAKING SURE WE
HAVE ENOUGH BEDS AND ALL THOSE
THINGS, ARE WE DOING ENOUGH AND
CAN WE DO BETTER TO PROTECT THE
400,000 PEOPLE WHO, IF ALL OF
THEM GET COVID-19, THAT MEANS
OVER 100,000 WILL DIE.
SO THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY.
IN ONTARIO, FOR EXAMPLE, I
WORKED CLOSELY WITH MINISTER
FULLERTON, THE MINISTER OF
LONG-TERM CARE AND WE CHANGED
THE REGULAR LACES.
THERE ARE FAMILIES, FOR EXAMPLE,
THAT THE PRIME MINISTER WAS
TALKING ABOUT, WHERE PEOPLE ARE
UNEMPLOYED AND THEY'RE SAYING I
COULDN'T WORK AND ALSO CARE FOR
MY MOM WITH DEMENTIA BUT I HAVE
FAMILIES NOW WHO ARE SAYING,
WELL, I'M OUT UNEMPLOYED AND YOU
KNOW WHAT, I COULD ACTUALLY CARE
FOR MOM AND I KNOW WHAT HER
NEEDS ARE.
THEY HAVEN'T EVOLVED THAT MUCH.
IF I CAN TAKE HER HOME.
WHAT WE'VE DONE IN ONTARIO, FOR
EXAMPLE, IS WE SAID IF YOU CAN,
AND YOU ARE PREPARED FOR AND YOU
THINK YOU CAN MAKE THIS WORK,
WE'LL ALLOW YOU TO MAKE MOM OUT
OF CARE DURING THE PANDEMIC AND
THEN YOU CAN BRING HER BACK IN
WHEN THE PANDEMIC IS OVER.
NO PENALTIES.
AND FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE AT
HOME NOW SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT,
IF WE GOT A CALL TODAY AND THEY
SAY CAN MOM GO IN, BUT RIGHT
NOW, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE
CAPACITY AND THE TIME BECAUSE
WE'RE AT HOME TOGETHER.
IF WE CAN HAVE A FEW MORE MONTHS
TO CARE FOR MOM AND WAIT UNTIL
THE PANDEMIC ENDS, WE'VE ALSO
SAID IF YOU MAKE THAT CHOICE,
YOU WILL NOT BE PENALIZED.
THAT ACTUALLY IMPROVES THE
CAPACITY AND THE SYSTEM RIGHT
NOW SO THAT AGAIN, WITH
HOSPITALS OVERFLOWING, WE
ACTUALLY HAVE ROOM.
>> Rosemary: I HAVE A COUPLE
MINUTES, DOCTOR, BUT WHAT DO YOU
WANT CANADIANS TO HEAR?
CANADIANS WHO MIGHT NOT BE
GETTING IT, CANADIANS WHO MIGHT
BE GETTING TIRED OF IT.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE THEM TO HEAR
FROM YOU?
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS
NOT A DRILL.
I WEPT LAST NIGHT AND I'M
WORKING DOUBLE HOURS RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT IS COMING.
THIS IS ALL MATH.
WE KNOW THAT NOT EVERYBODY HAS
BEEN DOING THE PHYSICAL
DISTANCING THAT THE PRIME
MINISTER AND OUR HEALTH
OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN ASKING US TO
DO.
SOME PEOPLE ARE TAKING THIS
LIGHTLY AND PLEASE DON'T.
I'M WORKING THESE LONG HOURS ALL
MY COLLEAGUES ARE WORKING THESE
LONG HOURS, WE KNOW WE COULD DIE
IN CARING FOR YOU AND WE KNOW
THIS ISN'T EASY.
RIGHT NOW THE HOSPITAL IS QUIET.
WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT THAT BUSY.
WE KNOW TWO WEEKS FROM NOW, MY
COLLEAGUES WE'RE HERE WE'RE
READY BUT DON'T DISAPPOINT US.
WE ALL NEED TO DO OUR PART.
PLEASE, TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY.
>> Rosemary: ANYTHING ELSE THAT
YOU NEED US TO DO TO SUPPORT ALL
OF YOU?
>> YOU KNOW, JUST LOOK AFTER
EACH OTHER AND DON'T FORGET
OLDER PEOPLE OUT THERE.
ESPECIALLY WHO ARE SCARED, WHO
ARE ISOLATED, WHO BECAUSE OF
THIS PHYSICAL DISTANCING CAN'T
SEE THEIR LOVED ONES.
IF YOU HAVE AN OLDER PERSON IN
YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD, LOCKOUT FOR
THEM.
MY FRIENDS HAVE BEEN GREAT
BECAUSE THEY KNOW I'M NOT EATING
MUCH THESE DAYS, SO WHAT DO I
GET?
I NOW GET A READY-MADE MEAL TO
MAKE SURE I SEAT.
LOOK AFTER YOUR HEALTH WORKERS
AND EACH OTHER AND IF YOU GOT A
SENIOR IN YOUR LIFE, YOU KNOW,
SERIOUSLY, REACH OUT.
DON'T TOUCH THEM BUT REACH OUT
AND LOOK OUT FOR THEM TOO.
>> Rosemary: DOCTOR, IT'S SO
GOOD TO MAKE THE TIME WHEN YOU
ARE WORKING DOUBLE SHIFTS AND
DOING SUCH IMPORTANT WORK TO
KEEP US ALL HEALTHY AND SAFE.
I APPRECIATE YOU SPEAKING TO
PEOPLE.
I DO THINK IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE
TOO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH,
ROSEMARY.
>> Rosemary: THANK YOU FOR ALL
OF YOUR WORK.
STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE.
>>> ALL RIGHT.
GOOD TO TALK TO FRONT-LINE
HEALTHCARE WORKERS DURING THIS
TIME.
AS WE ALL THINK ABOUT WHAT MORE
WE SHOULD BE DOING, THEY MAKE IT
SIMPLE.
STAY HOME, STAY HEALTHY, STAY
SAFE, REACH OUT FOR PEOPLE WHO
MIGHT BE VULNERABLE AND NEED A
LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA SUPPORT.
SOME GOOD ADVICE THERE FROM THE
DOCTOR OR THE FRONTLINES.
AS WE WAIT FOR OUR REGULAR
FEDERAL BRIEFING, I BELIEVE
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM DR. TAM
TODAY AND NO CABINET MINISTER
BUT THEY WILL GIVE US A PICTURE
ON HOW WE'RE DOING FIGHTING THE
PANDEMIC.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS
WORKING ON MODELING IT HOPES TO
SHARE WITH CANADIANS.
THE PRIME MINISTER REMINDING ALL
OF YOU, PEOPLE THAT HAVE LOST
YOUR JOB DUE TO COVID-19,
TOMORROW, YOU CAN START A PUBLIC
APPLYING.
YOU CAN CONTINUE WATCHING ON CBC
NEWS NETWORK AND CBC.CA.
>> Rosemary:  I WANT TO BRING IN
DAVID COCHRAN AS WE WAIT FOR THE
CHIEF PUBLIC OFFICER AND HER
DEPUTY TODAY.
THERE WAS A GOOD QUESTION TODAY,
DAVID, TO THE PRIME MINISTER AND
ONE THAT I HAVE ALSO BEEN
THINKING ABOUT, ABOUT BURN-OUT
OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND
POLITICIANS BECAUSE IF YOU ARE
BRIEFING JOURNALISTS EVERYDAY
AND YOU ARE WORKING BEHIND THE
SCENES DOING A MILLION THINGS,
THAT IS A REAL CONCERN AS WELL.
ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE TO STAY
STRONG AND HEALTHY AND THE PRIME
MINISTER SEEMED TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THEY ARE GOING TO CONSIDER THAT
BECAUSE HE HAS NOW, I THINK ON
HIS 20th OR 21st BRIEFING
AND HE OUTLASTED ME.
I TOOK A DAY OFF YESTERDAY.
IT'S AN ISSUE THAT EVERYONE HAS
TO BE CONSCIOUS OF.
FRONTLINE WORKERS AND PUBLIC
SERVICE WORKERS, AN AMAZING
AMOUNT OF WORK OVER A BRIEF
PERIOD OF TIME.
SO EVERYBODY NEEDS TO JUST THINK
ABOUT THAT, INCLUDING US.
LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT THE
EMERGENCY BENEFIT JUST TO REMIND
PEOPLE AGAIN WHAT IT IS AND THE
FACT THAT IT STARTS TOMORROW.
>> THE APPLICATION PROCESS WORK
GOES LIVE TOMORROW AND THIS IS
THE PROMISED DATE OF 
APRIL 6th, WHEN THEY SAID THE
ONLINE PORTAL WOULD BE RAY.
 READY.
THEY CAN APPLY TOMORROW AND
WITHIN THREE TO FIVE DAYS IF
IT'S DIRECT DEPOSIT, THEY'LL GET
2 TO $4,000 EVERY WEEK FOR THE
NEXT SIX WEEKS AND THEN WE'LL
SEE WHERE WE ARE AS A COUNTRY.
THERE WAS A CONCERN WHETHER THE
GOVERNMENT'S IT SYSTEM CAN
HANDLE IT AND THAT'S WHY IT'S
BEEN MOVED.
THERE'S A ROBUST INFRASTRUCTURE
TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
THE LAST THING TO HAPPEN IS IT
TO GO LIVE TOMORROW AND CRASHES
UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE MILLIONS
OF CANADIANS WHO WILL BE SIGNING
UP TO GET IN BENEFIT.
THIS IS THE FIRST OF A WAVE OF
SUPPORT PROGRAMMES ROLLING OUT.
SOME PEOPLE WILL GET ON EI AND
AT THE END OF THE 16 WEEKS, THEY
MOVE TO EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND
WE'RE WAITING FOR THE
FINE-PRINTOF THE WAGE SUBSIDY.
ALL OF THE SAME PEOPLE WORKING
BEHIND THE SCENES TO GET THESE
SYSTEMS UP AND RUNNING.
>> Rosemary:  AND IT IS A REAL
CONCERN, I THINK, AND IT SHOULD
BE FOR EVERYBODY, INCLUDING THE
PRIME MINISTER.
THE WAGE SUBSIDY, 75% OF WAGES,
SORT OF BACK-STOPPED BY THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND WE KNOW
THAT IT WAS PROBABLY SIX WEEKS,
I THINK, THE FINANCE MINISTER
SUGGESTED FROM THE TIME IT IS
LEGISLATED UNTIL THE TIME IT
GETS TO BUSINESSES.
SO BEST THE CRB AS YOU SUGGESTED
EARLIER COULD BE A BRIDGE FOR
SOME PEOPLE BUT WE DON'T KNOW
WHEN THE HOUSE IS COMING BACK.
I HAVEN'T HAD AN UPDATE ON THAT
AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW QUICKLY
THIS IS ALL GOING TO UNFOLD.
I THINK YOU HAVE SOME DETAILS.
>> Reporter:  YEAH, WE DON'T
KNOW WHEN THE HOUSE WILL COME
BACK AND THE PRIME MINISTER
WASN'T ASKED ABOUT THAT TODAY.
WE KNOW THERE ARE NEGOTIATIONS
STILL ONGOING BETWEEN ALL OF THE
PARTIES.
THEY CAN STILL DRAFT THE
LEGISLATION, DESIGN THE PAYMENT
SYSTEM, START DOING THE INPUTS
INTO HOW IT WILL WORK SPOT
COMPUTER SYSTEM.
 INTO THE
COMPUTER SYSTEM BUT THEY DON'T
HAVE THE POWER TO PRESS GO UNTIL
THEY GET LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE SHEER
AMBITION, IT'S THE BIGGEST
ECONOMIC RESPONSE PROGRAMME IN A
HALF CENTURY OR MORE IN CANADA.
THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY
NATIONALIZING UP TO 75% OF THE
PAYROLLS TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO HAVE THE
GOVERNMENT BECOME THE PAY
DEPARTMENT FOR A LOT OF
COMPANIES SO THEY CAN KEEP THEIR
EMPLOYEES INTACT AND STAY ON
THEIR BENEFIT'S PROGRAMMES IF
THEY QUALIFY.
WHEN WE GET TO A POINT WHERE THE
SOCIAL DISTANCING AND ECONOMIC
LOCK-DOWN RESTRICTIONS EASE,
COMPANIES CAN COME BACK TO LIFE
FAIRLY QUICKLY BECAUSE PEOPLE
ARE STILL WORKING FOR THEM.
IT'S UP TO $870 PER EMPLOYEE AND
THERE IS A CAP ON IT.
BUT THREE TO SIX WEEKS IS WHAT
THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN
SAYING.
SIX WEEKS AT THE OUTSIDE, THREE
WEEKS IF THEY CAN GET IT UP AND
RUNNING THAT MUCH QUICKER AND I
KNOW FROM TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO
OWN SMALL BUSINESSES, THREE
WEEKS VERSUS SIX WEEKS MAKES A
BIG DIFFERENCE AS TO WHETHER OR
NOT THEY CAN STAY GOING OR RELY
ONLY THINGS AND COME BACK UP
WHEN THAT MONEY IS ACTUALLY
ROLLING IN, ESPECIALLY
RESTAURANTS, FOR EXAMPLE,
ADAPTING TO CURBSIDE PICK-UP OR
DELIVERY ONLY FROM A 
SIT-DOWN-AND EAT MODEL.
THIS IS A REAL CHALLENGE FOR
THEM AND THE CHALLENGE FOR THE
GOVERNMENT, GOING BACK TO THAT
BURN-OUT QUESTION, THE FINANCE
DEPARTMENT IS ROLLING OUT THE
WAGE SUBSIDY AND WORKING ON TAX
DEFERRALS AND CREDIT FACILITIES
AND WORKING WITH THE BANKS TO
LOWER INTEREST RATES FOR PEOPLE
WHO ARE IN INTEREST DEFERRAL
BECAUSE OF ALL OF THIS.
THERE ARE A MILLION AND ONE
THINGS HAPPENING WITH THE
WORKFORCE, WORKING FROM HOME,
PHYSICALLY DISTANCING THEMSELVES
AND IT BECOMES A SMALLER AND
SMALLER SUBSET OF THE GOVERNMENT
WORK ON THESE THINGS.
ONE PART OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE
WE EVENT TALKED ABOUT ARE THE
PEOPLE AT GLOBAL AFFAIR'S CANADA
REARRANGING WITH THE
REPATRIATION SITES AND WORKING
WITH DIFFERENT TIME ZONES AND
DIFFERENT TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
AND AIRSPACE CLOSURE.
THAT IS AN ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE
RELIEF EFFORT.
IT'S LIKE A VIRAL DUNKIRK GOING
ON.
>> Rosemary:  SOMEONE ON TWITTER
IS ASKING ME WHAT TIME CAN WE
START APPLYING ON LINE.
I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT
BUT I'LL GET IT AND TWEET IT
OUT.
LET'S GO TO DR. TAM NOW.
>> THERE ARE 258 DEATHS.
THE HIGHEST PROPORTION AMONG
THOSE 80 OR OLDER.
SO, OBVIOUSLY, KEEPING SENIORS
SAFE IS A VERY CRITICAL PART OF
WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
AND AGAIN, REMEMBER THAT THESE
CASES REPRESENT PREVIOUS
EXPOSURES, BUT WE NEED TO BE
THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE RISKS
ARE NOW AND THIS MEANS THE BEST
BET IS TO CONSIDER THERE COULD
BE COMMUNITY SPREAD WHEREVER YOU
ARE AND ALWAYS PRACTISE PHYSICAL
DISTANCING BY KEEPING A
TWO-METRE DISTANCE FROM OTHERS.
SO CANADA HAS COMPLETED OVER
323,000 TASKS FOR PEOPLE IN
CANADA AND JUST OVER 4% OF THESE
HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED AS POSITIVE.
EACH DAY WE'RE ADDING TO OUR
KNOWLEDGE OF COVID-19, KEEPING
PACE WITH NEW SCIENTIFIC
EVIDENCE AS IT EMERGES.
THIS CONTINUES TO BE CRITICAL TO
HOW AND WHEN THESE DECISIONS ARE
TAKEN.
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WILL ACT
WITH SPEED OVER PERFECTION BUT
IN OTHER TIMES WE MUST LAYER ALL
OF THE PROTECTIONS THAT THE
SCIENCE HAS PROVEN TIME AND
AGAIN TO WORK.
THIS IS WHY I HAVE BEEN A BROKEN
RECORD ABOUT TRIED AND TRUE
PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES.
WE KNOW THESE WORK AND THAT THEY
CAN PLANK THE CURVE.
SO WE CAN ALL GET IT RIGHT.
KIDS ACROSS CANADA, WHAT IS
FLATTENING THE CURVE?
THEY ARE GIVING UP SOCCER GAMES
AND PLAY DATES AND NOT GOING TO
SCHOOL TO HELP PLANK THE CURVE
AND THEY ARE LEARNING ABOUT
SOCIAL DISTANCING AND
HANDWASHING WHILE SINGING
DIFFERENT TUNES TO HELP SLOW THE
SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.
THIS IS GREAT AND WE CAN ALL DO
THE SAME.
WE KNOW THAT THESE EFFORTS
REQUIRE SACRIFICE, SO WE MUST
UNDERTAKE THEM TOGETHER, TAKING
CARE TO LOOK AFTER ONE ANOTHER
AND ALSO TO LOOK AFTER OUR OWN
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING.
COVID-19 HAS REMINDED US OF BOTH
OUR VULNERABLABILITY AND
INTERCONNECTEDNESS.
WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER.
THANK YOU.
>> BON JOUR.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> AS USUAL WE'LL START WITH AN
UPDATE ON THE NUMBER OF COVID-19
CASES IN CANADA.
THERE ARE NOW 14,426 CASES OF
COVID-19 INCLUDING 258 DEATHS.
REMEMBER, THESE CASES REPRESENT
PREVIOUS EXPOSURES, BUT WE NEED
TO BE THINKING ABOUT RISKS NOW.
THE BEST THING TO DO, TO PREVENT
THE SPREAD IS PRACTISE PHYSICAL
DISTANCING, ASSUMING THAT THERE
COULD BE COMMUNITY SPREAD AND
KEEPING A TWO-METRE DISTANCE
FROM OTHERS.
WE CONTINUE TO TEST AT A HIGH
RATE IN CANADA WITH TESTS
COMPLETED OVER OVER 324,000
PEOPLE IN CANADA AND JUST OVER
4% OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED
POSITIVE AND 95% CONFIRMED AS
NEGATIVE.
EACH DAY, WE ARE ADDING TO OUR
KNOWLEDGE OF COVID-19, KEEPING
PACE WITH THE RAPID GROWTH OF
NEW SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE AS IT
EMERGES.
THIS HAS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO
BE CRITICAL TO HOW AND WHEN NEW
DECISIONS ARE TAKEN.
WAITING FOR THE SCIENCE CAN BE
ANXIETY-PROVOKING AND THERE ARE
TIMES WE ACT WITH SPEED OVER
PERFECTION WHEN THE PRICE OF
INACTION IS HIGH.
IN OTHER CASES, WE MUST WAIT FOR
SCIENCE TO CATCH UP WHILE
THEY'RE LAYERING UP WITH WHAT
SCIENCE IS PROVING TO WORK.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN LIKE A
BROKEN RECORD ABOUT TRIED AND
INTRUDE PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES,
BECAUSE THEY ARE THE CERTAINTY.
WE KNOW THAT THEY WORK AND THAT
THEY CAN PLANK THE CURVE.
IF WE CAN ALL GET IT RIGHT.
KIDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE
ASKING, WHAT IS FLATTENING THE
CURVE?
THEY'RE GIVING UP SOCCER GAMES
AND PLAY DATES.
THEY'RE LEARNING SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND HANDWASHING WHILE
SINGING DIFFERENT TUNES AND
DOING THEIR PART TO HELP SLOW
THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.
THIS IS GREAT AND WE CAN ALL DO
THE SAME.
WE KNOW THAT THESE EFFORTS
REQUIRE SACRIFICE, SO WE MUST
UNDERTAKE THEM TOGETHER, TAKING
CARE TO LOOK AT ONE ANOTHER AND
ALSO TO LOOK AT OUR OWN PHYSICAL
AND MENTAL WELL-BEING.
COVID-19 HAS REMINDED US BOTH OF
OUR VULNERABILITY AND
INTERCONNECTEDNESS.
WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, DOCTORS.
DO YOU WANT TO OPEN THE LINE TO
QUESTIONS?
WE ASK THAT YOU LIMIT YOURSELF
TO ONE QUESTION AND ONLY ONE
FOLLOWUP.
FOR THOSE ASKING A QUESTION IN
THE ROOM, WE ASK YOU MAKE YOUR
WAY TO THE FREE-STANDING MICS.
OPERATOR TO YOU FOR TWO
QUESTIONS ON THE LINE.
>> THANK YOU.
PLEASE PRESS STAR 1 AT THIS TIME
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
THERE WILL BE A BRIEF PAUSE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> GOOD MORNING, DR. TAM.
I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD TALK
A LITTLE MORE ABOUT FACE MASKS.
YOU SAID MANY TIMES CANADA WANTS
TO BE A LOT MORE LIKE SOUTH
KOREA AND TAIWAN BUT THESE ARE
COUNTRIES THEY WERE TOLD TO WEAR
FACE MASKS EARLIER ON.
ARE YOU CONCERNED THIS
INFORMATION NOT GIVEN EARLIER
>> WHETHER SOMEONE IS
SYMPTOMATIC, OF COURSE YOU
SHOULD STAY HOME AND THE
QUESTION OF THE EVOLUTION OF
SCIENCE ON HOW MUCH
PRE-SYMPTOMATIC CONDITIONS, FOR
EXAMPLE, CONTRIBUTES TO THE
EPIDEMIC IS STILL UNDERGOING IN
TERMS OF EVOLUTION.
IF PEOPLE STAY AT HOME, IF
YOU'RE IN QUARANTINE, THOSE 14
DAYS ARE THERE SO THAT IF YOU
BECOME SYMPTOMATIC, YOU'RE
ALREADY A SPATTER FROM OTHERS.
SO THOSE ARE ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL
MEASURES.
CASE FINDING, CONTACT TRACING
AND SOCIAL DISTANCING.
AS I SAID YESTERDAY, WE ARE
ACTIVELY REVIEWING THE EVIDENCE
RIGHT NOW WITH THE PROVINCE AND
TERRITORIES AND WE'LL HAVE MORE
SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS IN A
VERY SHORT TIME-FRAME.
I DID SAY, THOUGH, THERE ARE
THREE CRITICAL ASPECTS TO OUR
ADVICE TO CANADIANS AND ONE IS
THAT RIGHT NOW, MEDICAL MASKS,
INCLUDING SURGICAL AND MEDICAL
PROCEDURAL FACE MASKS,
RESPIRATORS MUST BE KEPT FOR
HEALTH WORKERS AND OTHERS
PROVIDING DIRECT CARE.
SECONDLY, AGAIN, NONMEDICAL
MASKS, SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE
EXAMPLES THAT PEOPLE HAVE TALKED
ABOUT IN TERMS OF HOMEMADE MASKS
IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN
PROVEN TO PROTECT THE PERSON
FROM GETTING THE VIRUS.
SO EVERYONE MUST STILL PRACTISE
STRAIGHT HYGIENIC MEASURES AND
THE SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES.
STAY HOME IF YOU'RE SICK.
WEARING A NONMEDICAL MASK IS AN
ADDITIONAL MEASURE THAT WE ARE
CONSIDERING TO PROTECT OTHERS
AROUND YOU.
SO IT'S A MATTER OF YOU
PROTECTING OTHERS.
THESE ARE THE THREE KEY ASPECTS
AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS TO
PROVIDE THOUGHTFUL ADVICE TO
CANADIANS SO THAT IF THEY WEAR A
MASK, HOW DO YOU DO THIS
PROPERLY?
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE GOOD ADVICE EVEN AMONG HOME
HOME-MADE MASKS.
WHAT MATERIALS ARE APPROPRIATE,
FOR EXAMPLE.
SO ALL OF THIS IS UNDER ACTIVE
DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I'M ALSO WONDERING IF YOU COULD
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
PROTECTIONS FOR HEALTHCARE
WORKERS.
WE'VE HEARD IN OTHER COUNTRIES
THE NUMBER OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS
THAT FALLING SICK IS QUITE HIGH
AND WITHOUT THE PROPER
PROTECTION, WHAT ARE YOU
SPECIFICALLY TRYING TO DO TO
PREVENT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS
FROM HAPPENING HERE?
AND WHY CAN'T WE KNOW WHAT THE
SHORTAGE IS OF MASKS FOR
HEALTHCARE WORKERS?
>> SO PROTECTING HEALTHCARE
WORKERS IS ABSOLUTE PRIORITY.
IT IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE.
SO AS WE'VE ALL BEEN SAYING IN
EVERY STOP THAT'S BEEN PULLED
OUT IN TERMS OF GETTING SUPPLIES
AND GLOBALLY, THERE IS A
COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT AND A
SHORTAGE ENVIRONMENT.
SO WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT
WE CAN, NOT JUST GETTING PPE
FROM OVERSEAS WHERE
TRADITIONALLY THAT'S WHERE THEY
COME FROM, BUT THE DOMESTIC
SUPPLY.
SO SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE
COMING ONLINE AND BEING
DELIVERED AND EVERYDAY, THOSE
NUMBERS WILL CHANGE AND
DEPENDING ON THE UTILIZATION OF
THE MASK AND DELIVERIES.
BUT WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER
MEASURES, SUCH AS HOW CAN WE
DISINFECT, IF YOU LIKE, OR
DECONTAMINATE MASKS?
HOW DO WE BEST LOOK AFTER THE
LIMITS OF SUPPLY THAT WE HAVE?
AND MANY OF THE OTHER MEASURES,
FOR EXAMPLE, THAT PROVINCES ARE
TAKING IS ENSURING THAT THEY
DESIGNATE WARDS OR HOSPITALS
JUST TO LOOK AFTER COVID-19
PATIENTS.
AND THAT ALSO HELPS TO SHARE IN
THE CONSERVATION OF PERSONAL
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT BECAUSE IT
WILL BE ONE SPECIFIC AREA, YOU
ONE SPECIFIC HOSPITAL WHERE
PATIENTS ARE BEING LOOKED AFTER
TO LOOK AFTER THE SUPPLY OF THE
PPE.
SO MANY, MANY THINGS ARE BEING
DONE TO ENSURE THAT WE PROTECT
HEALTH WORKERS AND THE OTHER
THING IS GETTING A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF THE HEALTHCARE
WORKERS WHO ARE INFECTED.
I DO KNOW THAT, FOR EXAMPLE,
IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS PEOPLE
THINK.
MANY HEALTHCARE WORKERS WERE,
PERHAPS, INFECTED IN THE EXPECT
OR THROUGH TRAVEL AND NOT
NECESSARILY THROUGH THE ACTUAL
HEALTHCARE FACILITY.
SO YOU NEED TO ACTUALLY
UNDERSTAND THAT MEDICAL OFFICERS
AT THE LOW LEVEL ARE THERE TO
UNDERSTAND THE EXACT REASON WHY
HEALTHCARE WORKERS HAVE BEEN
INFECTED BUT TO PROTECT THE
PATIENTS THEY ARE TRYING TO TAKE
CARE OF.
SO THAT'S CRITICAL.
>> THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM
RADIO-CANADA.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> Mr. NJOO, LAST WEEK YOU
SAID IT WAS A CRITICAL WEEK AND
NOW THE WEEK IS OVER.
DID CANADIANS DO WHAT THEY
NEEDED TO DO?
WAS THE WEEK, IN YOUR OPINION, A
POSITIVE ONE OR A NEGATIVE?
ANSWER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
QUESTION.
IT WAS A CRITICAL WEEK LAST WEEK
AND THIS WEEK IS A CRITICAL
WEEK, AS WELL.
THE ISSUE THIS WEEK, AS WELL, IS
THE DATA.
AND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE
DATA THAT WE'RE RECEIVING AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL.
IT REPRESENTS CASES OF EXPOSURE
FROM TWO, THREE AND FOUR WEEKS
BACK.
SO THERE'S ALWAYS AN INCUBATION
PERIOD.
SOMEONE THEN GETS SICK, SEEKS A
TEST AND THERE AT THE STAGES AND
EFFORTS.
SO THESE EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY AT
MUNICIPAL LEVEL AND SHOWS IT
GROWS AT THE PROVISIONAL LEVEL,
AS WELL.
IT'S DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE
PRECISELY IF WE WERE SUCCESSFUL,
BUT WE'RE MONITORING WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN THE INDIVIDUAL
PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES AND
WE'RE SEEING IN BRITISH
COLUMBIA, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT
HEALTH AUTHORITIES HAVE SAID
THAT THEIR RESULTS ARE, PERHAPS,
OPTIMISTIC, BUT THEY'RE BEING
CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC AND
NATIONALLY, IT'S MORE DIFFICULT
AND I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING TO DO AT THIS POINT IS FOR
ALL CANADIANS TO CONTINUE WITH
PHYSICAL DISTANCING.
 FOR THE NEXT
COUPLE OF WEEKS, ESPECIALLY.
THANK YOU.
>> FOLLOWUP QUESTION.
YES, FOLLOWUP QUESTION.
WITH RESPECT TO MASKS, LAST WEEK
THE QUEBEC GOVERNMENT SAID THAT
THEY NEEDED A COUPLE OF MILLION
SURGICAL MASKS AND SOME MILLION
N95 MASKS FOR QUEBEC ALONE
ACROSS CANADA NOW.
DO YOU HAVE AN INDICATION AS TO
HOW MANY MASKS ARE REQUIRED AND
CAN YOU COMPARE THAT WITH THE
MASKS THAT WILL BE COMING IN
FROM CHINA?
WILL THERE BE ENOUGH?
WILL IT SERVE US FOR A COUPLE OF
DAYS OR HOW MANY DAYS WILL WE BE
COVERED WITH THE INCOMING MASKS?
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
THAT IS ANOTHER ISSUE EVERYONE
IS WORKING AT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT LEVEL IN COOPERATION
WITH ALL OF THE PROVINCES AND
TERRITORIES.
WE HAVE A TEAM CANADA APPROACH.
WE ARE PLACING BOTH ORDERS AND
AFTER THAT WE HAVE DISTRIBUTION
TO THE PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES
BASED ON FRAMEWORK.
AND WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME
OUTBREAK AREAS IN THE PROVINCES
AND TERRITORIES AND THOSE AREAS
ARE PRIORITY DESTINATIONS SET
FOR THE PPE.
 TO THE AREAS WHERE
THE OUTBREAK IS MORE SERIOUS.
BUT IT'S DIFFICULT.
WE CAN'T PROVIDE EXACT FIGURES
BECAUSE THE SITUATION IS VERY
FLUID WITH THE FLIGHTS, THE
DISTRIBUTION.
IF WE GIVE YOU A FIGURE NOW, IN
A FEW MOMENTS, A FEW HOURS, IT
MAY NO LONGER BE THE UP-TO-DATE
FIGURE.
SO WHAT WE CONTINUE TO SAY IS
THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK IN
CLOSE COOPERATION.
THE SITUATION IS FLUID AND
EVOLVING DAY OVER DAY AND WE'RE
DOING OUR BEST.
EVEN IF WE CONTINUE TO BUY
WHAT'S AVAILABLE ON THE GLOBAL
MARKET, WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING
OUR EFFORTS TO ENHANCE OUR
DOMESTIC CAPACITY TO PRODUCE
MASKS HERE FOR FRONTLINE WORKERS
ON THE GROUND.
ANOTHER ASPECT IN CANADA IS
RESEARCH.
WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS OF
DISINFECTING PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT ALREADY USED AND THAT
MAY BE ANOTHER WAY OF PRESERVING
THE EQUIPMENT WE ALREADY HAVE IN
CANADA.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON SEVERAL
FRONTS AT THE SAME TIME ON THE
ISSUE OF USE AND DISTRIBUTION OF
THIS EQUIPMENT ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SAME QUESTION, OBVIOUSLY, DRN
REPEATING.
IT'S A LIVE ISSUE IN TERMS OF
GETTING THE NECESSARY PERSONAL
PROTECTION ISSUE FOR OUR
FRONTLINE WORKERS, ESPECIALLY
HEALTHCARE WOKERRERS.
 WOKERS.
IT'S DIFFICULT TO GIVE EXACT
NUMBERS BECAUSE IT'S A
COMPETITIVE MARKET.
WE'RE PULLING OUT ALL OF THE
STOPS.
WE HAVE AN ALLOCATION FRAMEWORK
SO THAT WHEN MASKS DO ARRIVE,
THERE'S A MECHANISM IN TERMS OF
HOW WE WOULD DISTRIBUTE.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE A LOT OF
FACTORS IN PLAY.
IF A GIVEN PART OF THE COUNTRY
HAS A SPECIFIC OUTBREAK OR A
REGION THAT'S PARTICULARLY
AFFECTED, CERTAINLY THAT WOULD
BE A PRIORITY TO GET THE MASKS
THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THAT
SPECIFIC AREA.
IN ADDITION TO, OBVIOUSLY, THE
VERY COMPETITIVE GLOBAL MARKET,
WE'RE LOOKING AT INCREASING OUR
DOMESTIC CAPACITY.
THAT WON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT BUT
EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY TO MAKE
SURE HERE IN CANADA WE HAVE THE
CANADA DOWN THE ROAD, HOPEFULLY
SOONER THAN LATER, TO MAKE OUR
OWN PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT.
THAT'S NUMBER TWO.
NUMBER THREE, WE'RE ACTIVELY,
WITH OUR RESEARCHERS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY LOOKING AT OTHER WAYS
THAT MAYBE WE CAN EVEN REUTILIZE
MASKS AS DR. TAM WAS JUST SAYING
IN TERMS OF DISINFECTING THEM SO
THEY COULD BE USED AGAIN SO WE
COULD CONSERVE THE PPE WE HAVE
IN CANADA.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, WE'LL COME TO THE
ROOM FOR TWO QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
DR. TAM, WHEN I ASKED YOU ABOUT
MASKS, YOU SAID THE MAIN REASON
SOMEONE WASN'T SICK AT THAT
POINT OR SHOWING SYMPTOMS WAS TO
WEAR A MASK AND NOT GIVE
DROPLETS TO SOMEONE ELSE.
THAT MADE IT SEEM LIKE THERE WAS
SCIENCE LOOKING AT ASYMPTOMATIC
TRANSMISSION.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHAT THE
SCIENCE IS RIGHT NOW AND VERY
SPECIFICALLY ON THAT, IN THE
PERIOD BEFORE SOMEONE SHOWS
SYMPTOMS, HOW EARLY ARE THEY
ABLE TO SPREAD COVID?
>> SO WE ARE ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW
GOING TO BE REVIEWING THIS WITH
THE OTHER CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICERS
AND IN TERMS OF THE STUDIES
AVAILABLE.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY LIMITED SO WITH
THAT, WE WILL STILL BE MAKING
SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
WHAT WE DO KNOW IS IF YOU PUT A
SWAB INTO SOMEONE'S NOSE AND
THROAT, YOU WILL GET THE VIRUS
IDENTIFIED BEFORE SOMEONE IS
SYMPTOMATIC.
SO THAT IS A FACT THAT WE KNOW
ABOUT.
AND WHEN SOMEONE TRANSMITS,
THAT'S IS THE MORE DIFFICULT
QUESTION.
SO THERE HAS BEEN SOME STUDIES,
SOME OF WHICH HAVE BEEN RELEASED
IN THE LAST FEW DAYS.
FOR EXAMPLE, A STUDY IN A
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY IN THE
UNITED STATES IS SHOWING THAT
PEOPLE WHO ARE PRE-SYMPTOMATIC,
THEY WILL BECOME SYMPTOMATIC BUT
MAYBE TWO DAYS OR SO, SO WE'RE
LOOKING AT THAT, TOO.
HOW CERTAIN ARE WE ABOUT ONE TO
TWO DAYS, TWO TO THREE DAYS,
LOOKING AT THAT PERIOD THAT THEY
COULD TRANSMIT BEFORE THEY HAVE
SYMPTOMS.
WE STILL BELIEVE PEOPLE WITH
SYMPTOMS IS THE MAIN FORCE
OVERALL FOR THE PROPAGATION OF
THE ACTUAL OUTBREAK.
BUT IN CERTAIN SETTINGS, AS YOU
CAN IMAGINE, LIKE LONG-TERM
CARE, IT'S REALLY VITAL TO LOOK
AT THAT BECAUSE IT CAN CHANGE
PRACTISE INCLUDING THE USE OF
PPE SO THAT STAFF MAY NOT
REALIZE THAT THEY WILL BECOME
SYMPTOMATIC.
ALL RESIDENTS UNDER MEDICAL
CONDITIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU
CAN'T TELL.
THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WE
MAYBE SHOULD BE DOING, AS WELL.
SO THAT'S THE LIVE DISCUSSION
WE'RE HAVING AND WE WILL BE
PROVIDING MORE INFORMATION ON
THAT TO COME.
THERE'S ALSO OTHER LABORATORIES
STUDIES WHERE PEOPLE ARE MADE TO
COUGH OR DO OTHER THINGS TO SEE
WHETHER THEY CAN SPREAD AND SO
THERE'S DIFFERENT GROUPS OF
STUDIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT
RIGHT NOW.
>> A FOLLOWUP.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BECOME
DISCUSSING THE ANTIMALARIA DRUG
OF HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE AS A
POTENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THIS.
WHAT IS CANADA'S POSITION ON
THIS AND HAVE WE USED THIS DRUG
TO TREAT PEOPLE IN CANADA AT ANY
POINT DURING THIS AND IT'S ALSO
A DRUG USED FOR LUPUS.
WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKE SURE
THIS DRUG IS SET ASIDE TO MAKE
SURE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT FOR
CONDITIONS THAT WE KNOW IT WILL
ACTUALLY HELP, TO MAKE SURE
THOSE DRUGS ARE THERE FOR THEM?
>> THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPECIFIC
TREATMENTS, NONE PROVEN TO WORK
FOR COVID-19.
BUT HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE IS ONE
THAT'S BEING STUDIED.
IN CANADA, WE ARE A PART OF
THOSE STUDIES AND ENSURING THAT
WE HAVE HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE SO
THAT PEOPLE WHO USE IT AND GET
DATA FROM THEM IS PART OF WHAT'S
GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
IN TERMS OF ABSOLUTELY, I THINK
OUR KEY MESSAGE IS THAT WE DO
KNOW THIS DRUG WORKS FOR CERTAIN
MEDICAL CONDITIONS.
PEOPLE WITH AN INFLAMMATORY
ILLNESSES, SOME OF THE
IMMUNOLOGICAL ILLNESSES YOU'VE
TALKED ABOUT.
MALARIA, YOU MUST PRESERVE THOSE
ACTUAL INDICATIONS SO THAT WE
ARE WORKING ON THAT WITH HEALTH
CANADA.
THAT'S THE REGULATORY AUTHORITY,
THAT'S THE MANUFACTURERS, AND
THERE ARE SEVERAL OF THEM.
AND SOME ARE MANUFACTURED IN
CANADA.
SO WE ARE MONITORING THE SUPPLY
SITUATION AND LOOKING TO WHAT WE
NEED FOR THE PURPOSES OF
PATIENTS WHO NEED THEM AND THE
TRIALS THAT NEED TO BE
CONDUCTED.
BUT IT'S DEFINITELY ONE ON THE
LIST OF TREATMENTS THAT WE ARE
LOOKING AT FOR COVID-19.
>> YOU JUST SAID YOU'RE
MONITORING THE SUPPLY OF THAT
SPECIFIC DRUG.
DO WE RELY ON A LARGE BULK OF
THAT FROM THE U.S.?
>> I KNOW THERE ARE SEVERAL
SUPPLIES AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S
DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING.
I ALSO KNOW THERE'S A GREAT DEAL
OF INTEREST GLOBALLY.
SO WE REALIZE THE SUPPLY THAT WE
MAKING SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH OFTHR
OTHER PURPOSES IS OUR PRIMARY
CONCERN RIGHT NOW AND I THINK
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, AT LEAST,
WE HAVE DOMESTIC CAPACITY.
>> YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT
DECONTAMINATING AND DISINFECTING
PASS.
CAN YOU GIVE US SPECIFICS OF
WHAT TYPE OF WORK YOUR DOING
RIGHT NOW AND HOW CLOSE WE ARE
TO DO THIS?
AND HOW DOES THIS SIGNAL THE
SUPPLY RIGHT NOW?
>> I THINK EVERYONE IS AWARE
THAT THE SUPPLY IS A VERY
DYNAMIC SITUATION AND THIS IS
ANOTHER METHOD.
THIS IS PART OF WHAT WORKS.
AND SECONDLY, WE'RE LOOKING AT
MULTIPLE ENTITIES IN CANADA THAT
MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THIS.
AND ALSO, THEN SIGNALING TO
PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES THAT
CERTAIN THINGS SHOULDN'T BE
THROWN AWAY RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY
IMPLEMENT THIS SHOULD WE FIND
THE ACTUAL PEOPLE WHO CAN DO
THIS.
I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT AND WORTHWHILE LINES
TO PURSUE FOR PPE RIGHT NOW.
>> WE'LL GO TO THE LINE FOR TWO
FINAL QUESTIONS.
>> DR. TAM, YOU SAID LAST WEEK
THIS WOULD BE A CRITICAL WEEK IN
TERMS OF CASES AND NUMBERS.
WE HAVE HEARD FROM B.C. AND
ALBERTA INDICATING THEY MAY BE
SEEING A SLOW-DOWN.
ON THE CONTRARY, IT SEEMS THE
SITUATION IN ONTARIO AND QUEBEC
ARE SUFFERING.
I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD
COMMENT ON SOME OF THE
SITUATIONS MIGHT BE EVOLVING AND
WHAT YOU'LL BE LOOKING FOR IN
THE WEEK AHEAD.
>> I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY A
GOOD SUMMARY.
WE WILL BE LOOKING TOWARDS
BRITISH COLUMBIA AND MAYBE
ALBERTA BECAUSE THEY HAVE A VERY
DIFFERENT EPIDEMIOLOGY TO QUEBEC
AND ONTARIO.
I THINK ALL CHIEF MEDICAL
OFFICERS ARE TRYING TO BE
EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS OF WHAT WE'RE
LOOKING AT BECAUSE WE KNOW THE
SITUATION CAN CHANGE AND WITH
THE DELAY IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU
ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF
NUMBERS, AGAIN, IS WHAT HAPPENED
SEVERAL WEEKS AGO.
AND SO THAT IS ABSOLUTELY
IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW.
AND AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, YOU
WON'T KNOW THAT YOU'VE PASSED A
CERTAIN PEAK UNTIL YOU'RE ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF IT AND IT'S ALWAYS
VERY DIFFICULT TO MAKE ANY
PRONUNCIATION ON THAT.
IT'S A DAY-BY-DAY LOOK.
I THINK QUEBEC AND ONTARIO, EVEN
INDIVIDUALLY, HAVE DIFFERENT
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND DIFFERENT TIMES
AND TRAJECTORIES.
SO QUEBEC'S DYNAMICS WOULD BE
DIFFERENT THAN ONTARIO AND WE'LL
BE WATCHING EACH OF THE
DIFFERENT PROVINCES CAREFULLY,
AS WELL.
AND WE THINK THEY MAY HAVE
STARTED A BIT LATER THAN BRITISH
COLUMBIA IN THEIR EPIDEMIC AS
WELL.
SO THE TIMING OF WHEN WE WILL
SEE THE MEASURES, I THINK, WILL
BE A BIT DIFFERENT ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
>> THANK YOU AND ONE FOLLOWUP.
>> SURE.
>> SO MAYBE LOOKING FORWARD, HOW
CONCERNED ARE YOU IF WE CONTINUE
TO SEE THE HOSPITALIZATION AND
ICU NUMBERS JUMP THE WAY THEY
CURRENTLY ARE IN ONTARIO AND
QUEBEC?
>> SO I THINK, AGAIN, THE
EXPOSURES TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS
WOULD HAVE HAPPENED AT LEAST A
COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IS WE DO HAVE TO
LOOK AT EVERYTHING AGAIN ON A
DAILY BASIS BECAUSE I'M AWARE
THAT EACH OF THE JURISDICTIONS
HAVE LAID ON MORE ADDITIONAL
MEASURES IN THE MEANTIME.
SO YOU WILL BE SEEING THE IMPACT
OF WHAT HAPPENED A COUPLE OF
WEEKS AGO AND THEN THERE'S EVEN
MORE MEASURES BEING DONE SINCE
THEN.
AND SO, I THINK WE HAVE TO BE
ABLE TO WATCH THIS DAY-BY-DAY.
JUST TO REALLY EMPHASIZE AT WHAT
THINGS HAPPENED IN THE NEXT
ENSUING WEEKS IS BECAUSE OF WHAT
HAPPENS TODAY.
SO IF WE DON'T KEEP ON GOING AND
TIGHTEN UP OUR SOCIAL
DISTANCING, SELF-ISOLATION, CASE
CONTACT MEASURES, THAT'S WHAT'S
GOING TO IMPACT A COUPLE OF
WEEKS DOWN THE ROAD.
SO THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
CONCEPT THAT EVERYBODY HAS TO
GRASP.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TWO WEEKS DOWN
THE ROAD IS WHAT HAPPENS TODAY.
SO IT'S JUST A CONCEPT THAT I
THINK CANADIANS NEED TO BE AWARE
OF.
>> ONE FINAL QUESTION ON THE
LINE.
>> THE NEXT QUESTION IS CANADA
RADIO.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> GOOD MORNING, DOCTORS.
MY QUESTION IS THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT EMULATING HOW SOME
COUNTRIES ARE PROVIDING
ACCOMMODATION FOR HEALTHCARE
WORKERS SO THEY CAN MINIMIZE ANY
CONTACT BETWEEN THEM AND PEOPLE
AROUND THEM?
IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
CONSIDERING ANYTHING CLOSE TO
THAT?
>> WE ARE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING,
BASICALLY, TO SLOW DOWN THE
SPREAD OF THE VIRUS AND THIS
EPIDEMIC AND SO THESE ARE SOME
OF THE KIND OF DISCUSSIONS THAT
WE DO HAVE WITH PROVINCES AND
TERRITORIES.
THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION AND
IF YOU LOOKED AT WHAT THE
PROVINCE IS ALREADY DOING, I'M
AWARE, FOR EXAMPLE, MANITOBA,
SHOULD THEY NEED A PLACE TO
SELF-ISOLATE, TO NOT JUST
PROTECT THEMSELVES BY THEIR
FAMILIES, THEY ARE LOOKING AT
THE SUPPORT FOR THEM TO DO SO.
AND SO ABSOLUTELY.
THAT'S ONE ASPECT OF A RESPONSE
THAT WE CAN OFFER SUPPORT FOR
SHOULD THAT BE NEEDED.
>> THANK YOU, AND ONE FOLLOWUP.
>> THANK YOU, I DON'T HAVE A
FOLLOWUP.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOCTORS.
>> THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESS
CONFERENCE.
>> THE CONFERENCE HAS NOW ENDED.
>> Rosemary:  THAT WAS A DAILY
FEDERAL BRIEFING FROM DR. TAM
AND HER DEPUTY, DR. NJOO, ABOUT
THE STATE OF A PANDEMIC IN THIS
COUNTRY.
I'LL BRING IN DAVID COCHRAN.
A COUPLE OF INTERESTING POINTS.
LET'S START, DAVID, WITH MASKS.
NOT ONLY THE LACK OF, BUT THE
ADVICE ON, BECAUSE IT DOES SOUND
LIKE THIS IS AN ONGOING
CONVERSATION.
>> Reporter:  YEAH, THERE'S A
COUPLE OF THINGS GOING ON WITH
MASKS AND REALLY THE
CONVERSATION IS ABOUT MONEY,
MASKS AND MODELING, BUT ON
MASKS, OBVIOUSLY EFFORTS TO GET
SUPPLY, AS WE RAMP UP TO BUILD A
DOMESTIC SUPPLY CHAIN WHERE
MASKS CAN BE MANUFACTURED IN
CANADA FOR CANADIAN KNEES WITH
SURPLUS GOING GLOBALLY.
THAT'S THE STATUS WE'RE IN RIGHT
NOW.
AND SOME DISCUSSION THAT THE
UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA,
RESEARCHERS THERE ARE WORKING
WITH THE NATIONAL MICROBIOLOGY
LAB TO COME UP WITH A PROCESS OF
A DISINFECTANT THAT COULD BE
ALLOWED UP TO TEN TIMES.
A GOOD STORY ON GLOBAL NEWS, ON
THEIR WEB PAGE ABOUT THIS AND
THIS IS SOMETHING DR. TAM SAYS
IS IMPORTANT AND WORTHWHILE
PURSUIT TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF
PPE MATERIAL.
HOW DO WE EXTEND THE LIFE OF THE
ONES IN USE?
HOW DO WE GET MORE ON THE GLOBAL
MARKET?
AND RAMPING UP THE DOMESTIC
QUALITY OF CANADA TO CREATE A
MADE-IN-CANADA SOLUTION?
THERE'S THE ONGOING QUESTIONS
ABOUT WHETHER PEOPLE SHOULD WEAR
MASKS WHEN THEY GO OUT IN
PUBLIC.
NOT N95 MASKS, BUT HOME-MADE
CLOTH MASKS BECAUSE ANYTHING
THAT CONTAINS THE EXPLOSION OF
DROPLETS SHOULD YOU KNEES OR SNR
COUGH IS REDUCING COMMUNITY
SPREAD EVEN IF YOU'RE A
SYMPTOMATIC.
THIS HAS BEEN PART OF AN EFFORT
TO ATTACK THE VIRUS.
THIS IS STACKED ON TOP OF THE
AGGRESSIVE HANDWASHING, THE
TESTING AND THE TRACING WHICH
YOU SEE BEING DONE AGGRESSIVELY
IN GERMANY, WHICH HAS HAD
SUCCESS IN DEALING WITH THIS.
DR. TAM SAYS THAT SCIENCE IS
EVOLVING ON THIS, THAT MORE AND
MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING TO THE
CONCLUSION IT WOULD BE A GOOD
CREATED.
WE HAVE COLLEAGUES THAT ARE
CONVINCED THIS IS A GOOD IDEA
AND THEY SHOULD BE DOING THIS
ALL OF THE TIME BUT THEY NEED TO
KNOW WHAT MATERIALS TO USE AND
HOW AND WHEN TO USE THIS AND HOW
NOT TO USE THIS AS A SUBSTITUTE
FOR ALL OF THE THE OTHER
MEASURES GETTING TO THE POINT
WHERE WE CAN FLATTEN THE CURVE
AS A COUNTRY.
AS YOU LOOK AT THE PROVISIONAL
DATA, YOU'RE SEEING POSITIVE
SIGNS OUT OF THE BRITISH
COLUMBIA AND ALBERTA, SOME
WORRYING SIGNS IN ONTARIO AND
QUEBEC IN A WEEK WHERE WE'RE
EXPECTING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TO RELEASE A BIG NATIONAL MODEL
ON ALL OF THIS.
>> Rosemary:  RIGHT.
AND JUST A FINAL POINT ON THE
MASKS, THE CDC, OF COURSE, IN
THE UNITED STATES, SAYS HEY, IF
YOU WANT TO WEAR A MASK, IT
MIGHT HELP YOU.
IT'S NOT AN ORDER.
BUT THEY ARE CONTINUING TO SPEAK
WITH HER PROVISIONAL
COUNTERPARTS AND WE'LL HEAR MORE
IN A SHORT TIME.
I WANT TO MAKE A FINAL POINT
ABOUT THE EMERGENCY RELIEF
BENEFIT BECAUSE MY TRUSTING
PRODUCER PHIL, LOOKED INTO WHAT
THAT WOULD BE OPEN.
EVERYBODY WHO WANTS ACCESS
TOMORROW, IT OPENS AT 6:00 A.M.
EASTERN TOMORROW.
THEY WANT TO STAGGER WHO IS
APPLYING WHEN, SO IF YOU GO ON
THE WEBSITE AND YOU CHECK YOUR
BIRTH MONTH, IT WILL TELL YOU
WHAT DAY YOU SHOULD SIGN UP.
IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR EI, YOU
CAN APPLY THROUGH EI AND YOU'LL
BE SWITCHED OVER TO THE
EMERGENCY RELIEF BENEFIT IF
YOU'VE APPLIED FOR EI.
MODERN INFORMATION FOR TOMORROW
MORNING AND DAVID COCHRAN, THANK
YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP AND
APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
ANOTHER BIG PIECE OF NEWS THAT
WILL HAPPEN LATER TODAY IS WHEN
THE QUEEN WILL ADDRESS THE
IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 IN A
SPEECH.
FOR MORE ON THIS, I WANT TO
BRING IN DOMINICH VALITIS IN
BRISTOL.
THIS IS A BIG DEAL AND DOESN'T
HAPPY VERY OFTEN.
>> Reporter:  YES, AN EXTREMELY
RARE EVENT FOR THE QUEEN TO MAKE
A PUBLIC ADDRESS TO THE BRITISH
PEOPLE.
I THINK IT'S ONLY HAPPENED A
HANDFUL OF TIMES, REALLY, DURING
THE QUEEN'S 68-YEAR REIGN.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY
BACKS AND GO BACK TO THE
OUTBREAK OF THE FIRST WAR BACK
IN 1991, WE HAD AN ADDRESS THEM,
AND THAT WAS THE DEATH EVER
PRINCESS DIANA IN 1997 AND THEN
THE QUEEN MOTHER'S FUNERAL.
AND FOLLOWING THE COURSE OF THE
ANNUAL TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS
MESSAGE, IT'S RARE FOR HER TO DO
THIS.
WE KNOW THAT THE DECISION WAS
MADE IN CLOSE CONSULTATION WITH
DOWNING STREET.
THE TIMING IS SIGNIFICANT HERE.
WE ARE ABOUT TO HIT A VERY GRIM
MILESTONE IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER
OF DEATHS IN THE U.K., A COUPLE
SHORT OF 5,000.
BY THE END OF TODAY, WE WILL
HAVE REACHED THAT.
SO THE TIMING IS SIGNIFICANT.
WHAT ELSE CAN I TELL YOU ABOUT
IT?
WE KNOW IT WAS PRERECORDED.
IT WAS RECORDED ON THURSDAY AT
THE WINDSOR CASTLE.
SHE NORMALLY SPENDS EASTER
THERE, BUT SHE ARRIVED ABOUT A
WEEK AHEAD OF SCHEDULE THIS
YEAR.
SHE LEFT LONDON EARLY BECAUSE OF
THE CORONAVIRUS.
AND THIS ADDRESS WAS FILMED BY A
SOLE CAMERAMAN WHO WON'T FULL
PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND IT WILL
BE BROADCAST ON TELEVISION, ON
RADIO AND ONLINE, ON THE ROYAL'S
ONLINE CHANNEL.
THIS IS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER
PRINCE CHARLES IS SUMMONED NEXT
IN LINE AND HAD THE CORONAVIRUS
BUT IS IN GOOD HEALTH NOW.
>> Rosemary:  WE HAD A GOOD
SENSE OF WHAT SHE WILL SAY TO
BOLSTER PEOPLE AS THEY'RE SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND SELF-ISOLATING.
>> Reporter:  YES, THAT'S RIGHT.
THIS WILL BE A MESSAGE OF UNITY
TO THE BRITISH PEOPLE, AS WELL
AS STAFF AND FRONT-LINE WORKERS
AND WE ARE EXPECTING HER TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE GRIEF AND THE
PAIN AND THE FINANCIAL
DIFFICULTIES THAT BRITAIN IS
CURRENTLY FACING.
BUT WE KNOW SHE'LL EMPHASIZE THE
ROLE THAT INDIVIDUALS IN SOCIETY
CAN PLAY TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON
THIS OUTBREAK.
WE CAN ACTUALLY SHOW YOU NOW A
TASTE OF WHAT SHE'LL SAY.
SHE'LL SAY I HOPE THAT IN THE
YEARS TO COME, EVERYONE WILL
TAKE PRIDE IN HOW THEY RESPONDED
TO THIS CHALLENGE AND THOSE WHO
COME AFTER US THAT WILL SAY THE
BRITAINS OF THIS GENERATION WERE
AS STRONG AS ANY, AND THE
ATTRIBUTES OF SELF-DISCIPLINE,
OF QUIET GOOD HUMOURED RESOLVE
AND A FELLOW FEELING STILL
CHARACTERIZE AT THIS COUNTRY.
FOR ME, ROSIE, THE KEY MESSAGE
IN THAT SHORT EXTRACT IS A
MESSAGE OF RESOLVE AND
SELF-DISCIPLINE.
I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER
PERSONALLY IF THAT'S NOT
DIRECTED TOWARDS THOSE PEOPLE
WHO ARE FORTUNATELY HERE IN THE
U.K. ARE STILL FLOUTING THE
SOCIAL ISOLATION AND SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
SO I THINK THE KEY MESSAGE IS A
PARTICULAR PROBLEM AGAIN THIS
WEEKEND BECAUSE WE'VE HAD QUITE
FINE SPRING WEATHER.
WE'RE AT A POINT NOW,.
>> Rosemary:  ROSIE, THAT
THE GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING
BANNING EXERCISE OUTDOORS AND
THAT COULD BE THE NEXT STEP WE
FACE HERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
IN TERMS OF THE RESTRICTIONS
WE'RE ALL UNDER.
WE'RE ABOUT TO HIT THIS RATHER
GRIM MILESTONE OF 5,000 DEATHS
HERE THIS THE U.K.
>> Rosemary:  DOMINICH VALITIS
IN BRISTOL.
WE'RE HAVE SPECIAL COVERAGE OF
THE QUEEN'S ADDRESS ON CBC
TELEVISION AND "CBC NEWS
NETWORK."
THE QUEEN WILL SPEAK AT
3:00 EASTERN AND WE'LL BRING YOU
THAT ADDRESS WHEN IT HAPPENS, AS
WELL AS ANALYSIS, BECAUSE IF THE
QUEEN IS TALKING ABOUT RESOLVE,
SHE CERTAINLY EMBODIES THAT FOR
A LOT OF PEOPLE AND WE WILL
BRING THAT ADDRESS TO YOU AND
TALK TO YOU ABOUT THINGS THEY'RE
DOING IN ENGLAND, OF COURSE, AS
DOMINICK WAS TALKING ABOUT.
THE OTHER PART OF THIS AND THE
PRIME MINISTER HAS ELUDED TO IT
ALMOST EVERYDAY THAT HE'S SPOKEN
TO CANADIANS, IS HOW TO DEAL
WITH KIDS AND GETTING THIS
MESSAGE THROUGH TO YOUR KIDS.
INDEED, HE SPOKE TO CBC KIDS AND
ANSWERED SOME QUESTIONS THERE.
BUT IT'S SOMETHING MANY PEOPLE
ARE OBVIOUSLY STRUGGLING WITH.
IT CAN BE A FINE BALANCING ACT
BETWEEN REASSURING,
COMMUNICATING, BEING REALLY
HONEST ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING
OUT THERE.
KAREN IRWIN IS IN COLLINGWOOD,
ONTARIO AND THEY'RE ALL THERE.
GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL.
CHARLIE, I THINK IT'S YOUR
BIRTHDAY.
>> YEAH.
>> Rosemary:  HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
I THINK YOU'RE THREE TODAY.
THAT'S BIG.
>> ARE YOU THREE?
>> YEAH.
[ Laughter ]
>> Rosemary:  I'M NOT SUPER
INTERESTING TO CHARLIE, BUT
KAREN, TELL ME, FIRST OF ALL,
HOW ARE YOUR KIDS DOING AND HOW
ARE YOU ALL MANAGING WITH THIS.
>> WE'RE MANAGING AS BEST WE
CAN.
OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE HIGHS AND
LOWS, BUT WE JUST TAKE IT
DAY-BY-DAY.
>> Rosemary:  WHAT IS YOUR BEST
ADVICE ON HOW TO EXPLAIN ALL OF
THIS?
AND YOU HAVE TO BECAUSE LIFE IS
SO DIFFERENT.
>> YOU'RE RIGHT.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
PARENTS TO TALK TO THEIR KIDS
ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
ONE THING I'M AWARE OF IS TRY TO
HAVE AN ONGOING CONVERSATION
ABOUT IT BECAUSE THINGS ARE
CONSTANTLY EVOLVING AND I THINK
THE MORE OUR KIDS ARE AWARE, IN
THE KNOW, THE BETTER THEY CAN
MANAGE AND COPE WITH ALL THIS
CHANGE.
SO TRY TO HAVE CHECK-IN POINTS
WITH THEM.
WHEN YOU HAVE NEW INFORMATION,
SHARE THAT WITH THEM AND I ALSO
RECOMMEND FOR PARENTS TO BE
CLEAR AND CONCISE AND DON'T GIVE
TOO MUCH JARGON.
>> Rosemary:  HOW DO YOU KNOW
WHAT'S AGE APPROPRIATE, THE
SERIOUSNESS OF IT AND IT COULD
AFFECT YOUR FAMILY AND HOW DO
YOU WALK THAT FINE LINE?
ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE OF
DIFFERENT AGES IN YOUR HOUSE.
>> IN OUR HOUSE, I WOULD SAY I
HAVE TWO SEPARATE CONVERSATIONS,
ONE WITH THE OLDER TWO AND ONE
WITH CHARLIE AND THE OLDER TWO.
WITH THE 3-YEAR-OLD, I FACE ON
THE CHANGES THAT ARE AFFECTING
HIM PERSONALLY.
WE WON'T BE GOING TO SCHOOL.
WE'LL BE SPENDING MORE TIME
TOGETHER AS A FAMILY.
WE'LL BE PLAYING WITH YOUR
SIBLINGS.
AND I SAY, IS THE REASON IS
BECAUSE OF SOMETHING CALLED THE
CORONAVIRUS.
AND I KEEP IT AT THAT LEVEL.
WITH MY OLDER TWO, THOUGH, I
EXPLAIN IT A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT WHAT THE CORUS IS, HOW IT
SPREADS FROM ONE PERSON TO THE
OTHER AND THEN, ALSO, KEEPING
THEM UP TO DATE AND INFORMED
ABOUT SCHOOL AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN
IT MIGHT START AGAIN, EVEN
THOUGH THAT'S A HARD THING TO
TELL THEM.
>> Rosemary:  MAYBE ONE FINAL
PIECE OF ADVICE FOR PARENTS
FEELING STRESSED BECAUSE THE
KIDS GET TOO MUCH SCREEN TIME
AND THEY FEEL ALSO A LOT GOING
ON AND THEY'RE TRYING TO DO
THEIR JOBS IN PARENTS AND THOSE
ARE TWO SEPARATE JOBS.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO PARENTS
IN.
>> MY NUMBER ONE TIP IS EVERY
MORNING HAVE WE WHAT CALL THE
MORNING HUDDLE, WHERE WE
ESTABLISH THE PLAN FOR THE DAY
AND WHEN YOU'RE ESTABLISHING
THAT PLAN, TELL YOUR KIDS WHEN
THEY'RE GOING TO GET SCREEN
TIME, WHEN YOU NEED THEM TO KEEP
THEMSELVES BUSY BECAUSE YOU HAVE
TO BE ON A WORK CALL, WHEN
YOU'LL DO SOMETHING TOGETHER AS
FAMILY ACTIVITY.
THE MORE INFORMATION WE GIVE OUR
KIDS, THE BETTER THEY'LL COPE
AND MANAGE BECAUSE THEY'LL BE IN
THE KNOW.
>> Rosemary:  I'LL PUT MAX ON
THE SPOT.
HOW IS YOUR MOM DO SO FAR, DO
YOU THINK?
>> GOOD!
[ Laughter ]
>> Rosemary:  AND HOW ARE YOU
DOING, MAX?
ARE YOU BORED YET?
>> IT'S FUN.
>> Rosemary:  YOU'RE NOT SICK OF
YOUR FAMILY YET?
>> NO.
>> Rosemary:  HOW ABOUT YOU,
LOUISE?
HOW ARE YOU DOING.
>> GOOD.
>> Rosemary:  DO YOU MISS YOUR
FRIENDS, LOUISE?
YES.
>> Rosemary:  I HEAR YA, ME,
TOO.
THANK YOU ALL.
I APPRECIATE IT.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF
WHAT'S HAPPENING.
HANG IN THERE AND STAY HEALTHY.
>> GOODBYE, THANKS.
>> Rosemary:  TAKE CARE, THANK
YOU.
IT'S GOOD BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS
COPING WITH THAT KIND OF STUFF
AT HOME IF YOU'VE GOT KIDS.
KIDS ARE PRETTY RESILIENT AS YOU
CAN SEE FROM THOSE THREE.
I WILL BE BACK LATER FOR
COVERAGE OF THE QUEEN'S ADDRESS
AND THE WORDS AND ADVICE SHE
PLANS TO GIVE PEOPLE AROUND THE
WORLD.
AND WE WILL, OF COURSE, BE BACK
HERE TOMORROW FOR MORE COVERAGE
OF HOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS
FIGHTING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
FOR NOW, THOUGH, MICHAEL SERAPIO
WILL CONTINUE IN A FEW MOMENTS.
I'M ROSEMARY BARTON AND THANK
YOU FOR WATCHING.
I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
TAKE CAR
