 
OCTOBER.
THAT WILL OBVIOUSLY HAVE A BIG 
IMPACT ON THE TOURISM SECTOR IN 
THIS COUNTRY.
HE DEFLECTED QUESTIONS TO THE 
TOURISM MINISTER ABOUT HOW THE 
GOVERNMENT WILL DEAL WITH THAT, 
RATHER, BUT THEY ARE CERTAINLY 
THINKING ABOUT WAYS THEY CAN 
HELP THE TOURISM SECTOR.
FROM MINISTER MARC MILLER, 
$650 MILLION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR 
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES IN THIS 
COUNTRY.
THAT'S ALL NEW MONEY.
AND THE BIGGEST PORTION OF THAT,
ABOUT $285 MILLION IS GOING 
TOWARDS HEALTH SERVICES IN THESE
COMMUNITIES.
IT WILL BOOST STAFF, THE 
MINISTER SAYS, BY UP TO 40%, AND
THOSE HEALTH SERVICES ARE OF 
COURSE AIMED AT DEALING WITH THE
SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS.
AS I MENTIONED, THE PRIME 
MINISTER IS EXPECTED -- I THINK 
WE MIGHT HAVE A LIVE LOOK AT 
RIDEAU COLLEGE IN ABOUT 20 
MINUTES.
THAT'S WHERE WE ANTICIPATE HE 
WILL EMERGE AND SPEAK TO 
REPORTERS AS HE DOES ALMOST 
DAILY NOW AND HAS FOR TWO 
MONTHS, AND HE WILL TALK A BIT 
MORE ABOUT WHAT WE HEARD FROM 
MINISTER MARC MILLER AS WELL AS 
MINISTER MARC GARNEAU.
LAST NIGHT THE PRIME MINISTER 
WAS ON A CALL WITH PREMIERS.
THE PRIMARY SUBJECT OF THAT 
CALL, LONG-TERM CARE IN THIS 
COUNTRY, AND ESPECIALLY IN 
ONTARIO AND QUEBEC.
THAT FOLLOWS DEVASTATING REPORTS
FROM THE MILITARY OUT OF THOSE 
PROVINCES.
THE MILITARY STATIONED IN A 
NUMBER OF HOMES.
FIVE HOMES IN ONTARIO, IN 
PARTICULAR DESCRIBING PRETTY 
HORRIFIC CONDITIONS.
ONE OF THOSE HOMES, EATONVILLE 
CARE CENTRE.
WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT RIGHT
NOW WITH JACQUELINE MITCHELL.
JACQUELINE'S MOM LIVES IN THAT 
HOME.
SHE JOINS US NOW TO TALK ABOUT 
WHAT THE PROVINCE HAS ANNOUNCED 
ABOUT LONG-TERM CARE AS WELL AS 
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
JACQUELINE, CAN YOU HEAR ME 
OKAY?
>> YES, I CAN. 
>> Vassy: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU. 
>> I SPOKE WITH YOU A FEW DAYS 
AGO, AND I WAS REALLY STRUCK BY 
YOUR STORY, AND A LOT OF VIEWERS
WERE AS WELL, THAT I WANT TO 
CHECK IN WITH YOU NOW THAT THE 
PREMIER OF ONTARIO, DOUG FORD, 
HAS ANNOUNCED FOUR OF THOSE FIVE
HOMES, THE PROVINCE WILL 
ACTUALLY TAKE OVER, AND THAT 
INCLUDES THE HOME YOUR MOM LIVES
IN.
WHAT WERE YOU FEELING WHEN YOU 
HEARD THAT, AND DO YOU FEEL A 
BIT BETTER, I GUESS, ABOUT THE 
SITUATION?
>> WHEN I HEARD THE 
ANNOUNCEMENT, I FELT GOOD.
I FELT THAT AT LAST HE'S 
LISTENING.
AT LAST THE MESSAGE HAT HAS 
GOTTEN THROUGH THAT THESE ARE 
HUMAN BEINGS WHO HAVE BEEN ME 
REFLECTED AND ABANDONED 
THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM.
WE ARE LEFT TO DIE, AND I HAD 
FELT THAT MY MOTHER COULD JUST 
GET COVID AT ANY TIME.
I DO FEEL RELIEVED, I DO FEEL 
BETTER, AND I MUST SAY THAT 
EATONVILLE IN THE LAST NIGHT, 
LAST NIGHT THEY ANNOUNCED 6 
RESIDENTS WERE POSITIVE AND ONE 
STAFF.
SO I MEAN THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
THE NUMBERS ARE GOING IN THE 
RIGHT WAY.
AND THAT IS HOPEFUL.
BUT I'M STILL CAUTIOUSLY 
OPTIMISTIC THAT I CAN SEE MY 
MOTHER SOON.
I KNOW IT'S MAYBE A PIPE DREAM, 
GIVEN THAT IT'S A PANDEMIC, AND 
WE WANT TO KEEP THEM SAFE.
BUT I AM MORE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT 
THAT.
I WAS IN A STATE THAT I WILL 
NEVER SEE MY MOTHER AGAIN.
>> Vassy: THAT'S SUCH A BIG PART
OF ALL OF THIS, THAT PEOPLE WHO 
HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS IN THESE 
HOMES HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO 
ACTUALLY GET IN TO SEE THEM 
BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
WHAT HAS THAT ASPECT OF THIS 
BEEN LIKE FOR YOU?
>> YOU KNOW, I HAD NEVER HAD TO 
DEAL WITH CHILD GONE MISSING OR 
SOMETHING.
BUT I COULD WELL IMAGINE WHAT IT
MUST BE LIKE.
BECAUSE WHAT I WAS FEELING THEN 
WAS WHAT IT MUST BE LIKE TO GET 
UP EVERY DAY AND KNOW YOUR LOVED
ONE MUST BE OUT THERE SOMEWHERE,
BUT YOU CAN'T CONNECT WITH THEM,
YOU CAN'T TOUCH THEM, YOU CAN'T 
SEE THEM, YOU CAN'T FIND THEM, 
AND THEY MIGHT BE LOST TO YOU 
FOREVER.
THAT IS WHAT I WAS FEELING.
ANDS I SAY, WITH THE NEW 
ANNOUNCEMENT, I AM NOW FEELING 
MUCH BETTER, THAT MAYBE I WILL 
SEE MY MOTHER AGAIN.
>> Vassy: WHEN WE SPOKE A FEW 
DAYS AGO RIGHT AFTER THAT REPORT
FROM THE MILITARY HAD BEEN 
RELEASED, YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE
NOT SURPRISED BY THE CONTENTS OF
IT.
AND I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT, IT
REALLY STRUCK ME.
I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN
FOR PEOPLE WATCHING RIGHT NOW 
WHY THAT DIDN'T SURPRISE YOU.
IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME, BECAUSE 
FOR MY OWN MOTHER, AS I HAVE 
SAID BEFORE, UNFORTUNATELY, I 
BELIEVE THE PERSON WHO MY MOTHER
WAS IN THE SAME ROOM WITH THAT 
THAT PERSON HAD PASSED AWAY.
I TRIED -- IS MY MOTHER IN A 
ROOM WITH A PERSON WHO HAS 
COVID?
THEY HID BEHIND PRIVACY.
HAS THE PERSON WHO IS ONE OF THE
PEOPLE WHO HAS DIED, HAS MY 
MOTHER ROOMED WITH SUCH A 
PERSON?
WE CAN'T TELL YOU.
WE HAVE TO PROTECT THE PRIVACY 
OF THAT PERSON.
AND I'M THINKING, YEAH, OKAY, 
PROTECT THAT PRIVACY, BUT WHAT 
ABOUT MY MOTHER'S RIGHT TO BE 
SAFE?
QUHABT HER SAFETY AND SECURITY?
THAT'S A BASIC HUMAN NEED, A 
HUMAN RIGHT.
UNDER GUISE OF SOMEONE ELSE'S 
PRIVACY, WHICH I RESPECT, YOU 
WERE VIOLATING MY MOTHER'S 
RIGHT?
WHAT'S THE BALANCE WE HAVE TO 
STRIKE IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE 
THAT EVERYONE'S RIGHTS ARE 
PROTECTED.
SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS I SAW.
I KNOW MY MOTHER WASN'T BATHED.
SHE DIDN'T GET CLEANED.
SHE DIDN'T LEAVE HER BED FOR THE
PERIOD MARCH TO VERY RECENTLY.
AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF SHE HAS
REALLY BEEN INTO A WASHROOM TO 
GET A SHOWER.
HER HAIR HASN'T BEEN SHAMPOOED.
SHE HASN'T BEEN LIFTED UP AND 
DOWN.
SHE HAD A BED SORE THAT 
REEMERGED.
YOU KNOW?
AND THOSE THINGS I KNOW ARE 
HAPPENING.
SO NOW I'M HOPING THAT, BECAUSE 
THE HOSPITAL HAS TAKEN OVER, 
THAT SHE'LL GET REAL MEDICAL 
CARE THAT SHE DESERVES.
YOU KNOW, MY MOTHER CANNOT 
EXPRESS THAT SHE'S IN PAIN.
I DON'T KNOW THAT SHE HASN'T 
BEEN LYING THERE IN PAIN, UNABLE
TO SAY CAN I HAVE A TYLENOL.
YOU KNOW?
BECAUSE OF THIS BED SORE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT -- HOW THEY 
HAVE MEASURED PAIN FOR MY 
MOTHER.
I'M HOPING NOW THAT, BECAUSE THE
HOSPITAL IS THERE, THAT YOU HAVE
TRUE MEDICAL PERSONNEL -- 
BECAUSE THE PSWS ARE NOT MEDICAL
PERSONNEL.
THEY'RE THERE TO -- AS PERSONAL 
SUPPORT WORKERS.
IT IS UNFAIR TO ASK THEM TO 
ADMINISTER MEDICAL ATTENTION.
MY MOTHER -- I DON'T KNOW IF 
SHE'S BEEN SEEN BY A DOCTOR.
WHAT -- IF HER GERIATRIC NEEDS, 
IF THEY'RE BEING MET IN THAT 
HOME.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WORRY 
ME.
AS I SAY, I'M HOPEFUL THOSE 
THINGS WILL BE ATTENDED TO NOW.
>> Vassy: AND AS FAR AS THE 
LONG-TERM SITUATION GOES, AND I 
MENTIONED PRIME MINISTER, WE'RE 
LOOKING AT A SHOT RIGHT NOW AT 
RIDEAU COTTAGE WHERE WE EXPECT 
HIM TO ADDRESS THIS SUBJECT AND 
THE FACT IT WAS TALKED ABOUT 
WITH PREMIERS LAST NIGHT, WHEN 
YOU LOOK TO THE GOVERNMENT AT 
WHAT A SOLUTION LOOKS LIKE, MORE
IN THE LONG TERM RECOGNIZING 
IT'S SO HARD ON YOU AND YOUR 
FAMILY RIGHT NOW, WHAT WOULD YOU
TELL THEM?
>> I SAY THE SOLUTION IS REALLY 
VERY EASY.
AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS 
BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT I WOULD WANT
IF I GET TO THE THAT STAGE OF MY
LIFE.
I KNOW WHAT I PROMISED MY MOTHER
AND FATHER.
BECAUSE THEY WERE AFRAID.
MY PARENTS DID NOT EVER WANT TO 
GO IN A HOME.
THEY WANTED TO DIE AT HOME.
THEY WANTED TO DIE IN THEIR OWN 
HOME.
AND I PROMISED THEM THAT I WILL 
TAKE CARE OF THEM AND THE SYSTEM
WILL TAKE CARE OF THEM.
THE CCSC MODEL, WHICH TAKES CARE
OF PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES, THAT 
WORKED REALLY WELL, AND THEY HAD
ALL -- THEY MET ALL THE NEEDS OF
MY PARENTS WHILE THEY WERE 
LIVING IN THEIR OWN HOME.
FROM THE DAY MY MOTHER AND 
FATHER LEFT THEIR HOME AND WENT 
INTO THE -- THE LONG-TERM CARE 
SYSTEM, THERE WAS NO BRIDGE TO 
BRIDGE OVER AND TO BRING OVER 
ALL THE RESOURCES AND THE TOOLS 
THAT THE CCAC AND THE LIN SYSTEM
HAD TO SUPPORT PEOPLE IN THEIR 
HOME.
WE JUST NEED CONSISTENCY OF 
CARE.
BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY THERE.
THE RED CROSS, THE CCSC, THE 
OTHER CONTRACTORS THAT WORK FOR 
THE CCSC AND THE LYNN, THEY ARE 
DOING AN -- AND I'M SPEAKING 
ANECDOTALLY -- THEY DID A 
WONDERFUL JOB WHEN MY PARENTS 
WERE IN THEIR HOME.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE BALL DRPD
BETWEEN MY PARENTS LEAVING THEIR
HOME AND ARRIVING AT A LONG-TERM
CARE FACILITY.
A LOT OF NEEDS WERE NOT MET WHEN
THEY GOT INTO THERE.
THEY GOT FOOD, SHELTER, 
CLOTHING.
THEY DIDN'T GET SAFETY, THEY 
DIDN'T GET SECURITY, THEIR NEED 
FOR LOVE, BELONGING, THOSE HUMAN
NEEDS ARE NOT BEING MET.
AND IF WE CAN BUILD A SYSTEM 
AROUND THOSE BASIC HUMAN NEEDS, 
AND THE NEED FOR A PERSON TO BE 
SEEN AND LOVED AND BELONGING, 
THEN WE CAN BUILD A SYSTEM FOR 
THAT.
THAT'S WHAT I THINK.
THERE ARE NO EXERCISE FACILITIES
AS FAR AS I KNOW IN THAT 
BUILDING.
SOMETHING AS BASIC AS THAT.
>> Vassy: I APPRECIATE THE 
INFORMATION.
I APPRECIATE SHARING THEIR TIME 
WITH US TODAY, AND I REALLY DO 
WISH YOUR MOM THE BEST.
THANKS, JACQUELINE. 
>> JACQUELINE CAME TO US AT 
SUDBURY.
HER MOTHER IS A RESIDENT AT 
EATONVILLE CARE CENTRE.
I WANT TO HEAD STRAIGHT TO THE 
STREETS OF MINNEAPOLIS, THE 
STATE'S GOVERNOR HAS CALLED IN 
THE NATIONAL GUARD AND DECLARED 
A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN RESPONSE
TO PROTESTS OVER THE DEATHS OF 
GEORGE FLOYD.
I WANT TO HEAD STRAIGHT TO NADIA
ROMERO, WHO IS LIVE WITH CNN 
THERE.
I BELIEVE.
NADIA, CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE LATEST 
IS?
>> Reporter: YEAH, I CAN HEAR 
YOU, THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
WE ARE HERE IN THE MORNING HOURS
OF MINNEAPOLIS, AND FINALLY WITH
SOME DAYLIGHT YOU CAN SEE THE 
DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE OVERNIGHT.
SO FINALLY SHOWING UP IS STATE 
PATROL.
WE DIDN'T SEE THEM LAST NIGHT.
HERE THEY ARE.
THE NATIONAL GUARD IS OUT HERE 
ON THE GROUND AS WELL.
AND THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO 
PUSH BACK PROTESTORS, PUSH BACK 
CROWDS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'VE PUT UP 
WITH MORE BARRICADES, THESE 
WINDOWS HAVE BEEN BOARDED UP ON 
THESE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES FOR 
QUITE SOME TIME NOW, BUSINESS 
OWNERS WHO WERE CONCERNED AND 
WORRIED ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN 
TO THEIR BUSINESS DURING ALL THE
LOOTING AND THE RIOTING THAT DID
HAPPEN.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BECAUSE WE 
WERE TALKING ABOUT PROTESTING 
RACIAL INEQUALITY THAT WE'VE 
SEEN IN THIS COUNTRY, BLACK MEN 
AND WOMEN BEING KILLED BY POLICE
OFFICERS, AND HOW WE AS A 
SOCIETY STOP THAT FROM HAPPENING
AND MOVE FORWARD.
INSTEAD, WE HAD BAD ACTORS THAT 
CAME IN, LIGHTING FIRES ALL 
ACROSS THE AREA, BURNING DOWN 
THE THIRD PRECINCT, THIS IS WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN THAT FRUSTRATION 
BOILS OVER.
WE HAVE GONE OVER THE TIPPING 
POINT.
WE ARE NOW ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 
THAT TIPPING POINT. 
>> Vassy: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU 
VERY MUCH, IN AED WHY -- NADIA.
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT UPDATE.
THAT IS A SITUATION WE CONTINUE 
TO TRACK AND IN FACT WE 
ANTICIPATE THE GOVERNOR OF 
MINNESOTA WILL HOLD A PRESS 
CONFERENCE A LITTLE LATER THIS 
MORNING, AND WE WILL MAKE 
EFFORTS TO BRING YOU THAT LIVE 
WHEN IT HAPPENS.
EARLIER TODAY, OF COURSE, ONE OF
NADIA'S COLLEAGUES, OMAR JIMENEZ
WAS ARRESTED BY POLICE.
IT WAS DONE WHILE HE WAS DOING A
LIVE REPORT.
HE'S BEEN RELEASED NOW BUT WE 
WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON THAT FRONT, 
WHILE WE WAIT FOR -- AS YOU CAN 
SEE ON THE SCREEN NEXT TO ME -- 
THE PRIME MINISTER TO STEP OUT 
IN FRONT OF THE MICROPHONE AT 
RIDEAU COLLEGE TO DELIVER HIS 
DAILY UPDATE.
HE SPOKE WITH PREMIERS LAST 
NIGHT ABOUT A NUMBER OF 
SUBJECTS, AND ONE SUBJECT THAT 
HAS BEEN A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION
WITH AT LEAST TWO OF THOSE 
PREMIERS IN ALBERTA AND BC IS 
THE POSSIBILITY OF THE NHL 
RESUMING AT LEAST ITS PLAY-OFF 
SEASON IN ONE OF THREE POSSIBLE 
HUB CITIES.
VANCOUVER, TORONTO, AND EDMONTON
ARE ALL BEING CONSIDERED TO BE A
HUB CITY BY THE NHL.
I WANT TO BRING IN THE MAYOR OF 
EDMONTON TO GET HIS TAKE ON HOW 
THAT'S ALL UNFOLDING.
DON IVESON JOINS US NOW FROM 
THAT CITY.
HEY  HI, MAYOR IVESON.
THANKS.
I GOT THIS OFF YOUR DESK THE 
LAST TIME I SAW YOU IN PERSON.
>> EXCELLENT MUG CHOICE PUP I 
WANT TO ASK YOU WHERE THINGS SIT
WITH THE BID RIGHT NOW, I KNOW 
YOU'RE A BIG PROPONENT OF 
EDMONTON BEING CHOSENS AS ONE OF
THE HUB CITIES. 
>> LOTS OF QUESTIONS FROM OUR 
PUBLIC, FIRST AND FOREMOST, AND 
THE RIGHT QUESTIONS TOO, ABOUT 
PUBLIC HEALTH, WILL THERE BE 
SPECIAL TREATMENT OR WILL 
PLAYERS BE HELD TO THE SAME 
STANDARDS WE'RE ALL EXPECTED TO 
BE HELD TO.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE CAVEATS 
GOING IN, DR. HINSHAW, THE CHIEF
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER WILL BE 
THERE TO PROTECT ALL THE PUBLIC 
AND PLAYERS AND TRANSPARENCY AND
HOSPITALITY STAFF WHO MIGHT 
INTERACT WITH THE TEAMS WILL 
NEED TO BE SATISFACTORY TO 
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S 
STILL BEING WORKED THROUGH.
THAT'S A FIRM COMMITMENT FROM 
THE NHL TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL AND
A FIRM COMMITMENT FROM THE 
OILERS TOO TO US THAT THEY'LL 
HONOUR THAT CAVEAT.
THE OTHER BIG QUESTION IS COSTS 
FOR THIS, AT A TIME WHEN CITIES 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON THE ONE 
HAND ARE SCREAMING THAT WE'RE 
SEEING UNPRECEDENTED OPERATING 
SHORTFALLS, PLEASE ARE ASKING ME
HOW CAN WE GO AFTER THIS, OR PUT
ANY MONEY INTO THIS.
THE ANSWER IS VERY CLEAR WE'RE 
NOT PUTTING MONEY INTO IT.
WE DON'T EXPECT TO SUBSIDIZE IT.
IF ANYTHING, I'M REALLY HOPEFUL 
I'LL HAVE SOME EXTERNAL SOURCE 
OF FUNDS TO HIRE BACK SOME REC 
FACILITY STAFF AND ZAMBONI 
DRIVERS TO HOST THE NHL IN SOME 
OF THE BEST CIVIC RECREATION 
FACILITIES BUILT ANYWHERE IN THE
WORLD IN RECENT YEARS THAT WE 
WOULD LOVE TO SHOW OFF TO THE 
WORLD AND SHOWCASE AS PART OF 
HOSTING.
>> Vassy: I WANT TO DELVE IN A 
BIT WITH YOU, MAYOR, TO THE 
PUBLIC HEALTH ASPECT THAT YOU 
TOUCHED ON THERE, BECAUSE THERE 
HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION 
LATELY ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS 
LIKE.
WILL PLAYERS GET ANY 
PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT.
AND I KNOW THE PREMIER HAS 
ASKED, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PRIME 
MINISTER TO CONSIDER THIS COHORT
QUARANTINE, WHICH SORT OF 
GETS -- BYPASSES THE IDEA THAT 
MOST OF US WHO COME OVER THE 
BORDER HAVE TO SELF-QUARANTINE 
FOR 14 DAYS.
DR. HINSHAW TALKED ABOUT THE 
COHORT QUARANTINE, WHICH IS 
BASICALLY THE TEAM QUARANTINES 
AS A TEAM.
THEY HAVE TO STAY TOGETHER, THEY
HAVE TO OPERATE AS A UNIT, AND 
THEY STAY QUARANTINED FROM OTHER
PEOPLE IN LARGER SOCIETY.
PREMIER HORGAN IN BC, ISN'T 
REALLY ON THE SAME PAGE.
THE PRIME MINISTER HASN'T 
RESISTED GIVING A THUMBS UP TO 
THAT CONCEPT.
HOW WOULD YOU ADDRESS CONCERNS 
THAT, NO MATTER WHAT, THAT TEAM 
IS BEING TREATED DIFFERENT TO A 
REGULAR ALBERTAN?
>> WELL, I THINK IF THEY'VE ALL 
HAD TESTS FIVE DAYS AHEAD AND 
ALL FLY TOGETHER ON A CHARTER 
FLIGHT AS OPPOSED TO INTERACTING
WITH OTHER PEOPLE, THEN THE IDEA
OF PUTTING A BUBBLE AROUND ANY 
GREY CUP OF PEOPLE -- I MEAN, 
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE 
ASKING HOUSEHOLDS TO DO -- IN 
THIS CASE THE BUBBLE IS A LITTLE
BIT BIGGER, BUT IT BEING A 
SPORTS TEAM THAT NEEDS TO BE 
ABLE TO MIX TOGETHER ON THE ICE 
AND PRACTICE, AS LONG AS THAT 
CONTAINMENT BUBBLE IS INTACT, 
FOR THE DURATION OF THE TIME, 
THEN THE LOGIC FOLLOWS THAT, IF 
THERE'S NO VIRUS INSIDE THE 
BUBBLE AND THERE'S NO 
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE VIRUS TO GET
IN, OR THE OTHER REASON PEOPLE 
ARE BEING ASKED TO QUARANTINE 
WAS TO ENSURE THAT, IF THEY WERE
BRINGING THE VIRUS, BUT IT 
DIDN'T GET OUT.
IF THAT BUBBLE IS SEALED IN BOTH
DIRECTIONS, THEN -- WHICH 
REQUIRES EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES,
BEYOND WHAT PEOPLE WOULD 
NORMALLY, I THINK, SIGN UP FOR 
AND ENDURE.
IF YOU'RE AN NHL PLAYER AND 
YOU'RE BEING PAID ACCORDINGLY, 
PERHAPS YOU WILL ENDURE STAYING 
INSIDE THAT BUBBLE FOR WEEKS OR 
MONTHS TO COMPLETE THE SEASON AS
A PROFESSIONAL OBLIGATION, WHICH
IS AGAIN DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE 
WOULD ASK PEOPLE TO SAY, YOU 
KNOW, THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO GO 
TO THE GROCERY STORE, THEY WON'T
BE ABLE TO JUST GO FOR A WALK 
NECESSARILY ON THEIR OWN.
AND SO I THINK THERE ARE SOME 
CORRESPONDING OBLIGATIONS THAT 
COME WITH THAT THAT ARE ABOVE 
AND BEYOND WHAT REGULAR 
ISOLATION WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR 
THE AVERAGE PERSON AS WELL.
>> Vassy: I JUST WANTED TO SEE 
IF YOU HAD ANY INDICATION FROM 
THE NHL THEY'RE OPEN TO THAT.
EARLIER IN THE WEEK, GARY 
BETTMAN, THE COMMISSIONER OF THE
LEAGUE HAD SAID QUARANTINE WAS A
NONSTARTER.
>> WELL, I THINK -- I SUPPORT 
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S 
POSITION THAT THE BORDER HAS TO 
HAVE INTEGRITY AND PEOPLE 
CROSSING IT NEED TO DEMONSTRATE 
THAT THEY'RE SAFE, TRAVELLING IN
ANY DIRECTION.
I THINK THE CANADIAN POSITION ON
THE BORDER HAS BEEN APPROPRIATE 
RISK MANAGEMENT ALL THE WAY 
ALONG, AND THAT NEEDS TO BE 
SUSTAINED.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE OFF SIDE 
WITH PROVINCIAL OR FEDERAL 
REQUIREMENTS.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR 
PROVINCIAL AND FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENTS TO WORK TOGETHER TO 
GET ON THE SAME PAGE TO SUPPORT 
THIS QUALITY OF LIFE AND 
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR 
COUNTRY AND FOR OUR CITY, AND 
OBVIOUSLY WE'VE BEEN CONSISTENT 
IN SAYING THAT PUBLIC HEALTH AND
WORKER SAFETY FOR THESE PLAYERS 
AND THEIR ATTENDANCE NEEDS TO BE
THE FIRTION PRIORITY -- FIRST 
PRIORITY, SO I'M CONFIDENT I'LL 
FIND A PROTOCOL THAT WILL WORK. 
>> Vassy: I'LL LEAVE IT THERE.
THANKS, MAYOR IVESON.
>> DON IVESON IS THE MAYOR OF 
THE CITY OF EDMONTON.
THE PRIME MINISTER IS EXPECTED 
TO COME DOWN THOSE STEPS IN 2 
MINUTES' TIME TO ADDRESS 
CANADIANS IN HER ALMOST DAILY 
BRIEFING.
I WANT TO BRING IN MY COLLEAGUE 
CATHERINE CULLEN, CATHERINE, 
WHAT ARE YOU ANTICIPATING TO 
HEAR FROM THE PRIME MINISTER 
THIS MORNING?
>> Reporter: CERTAINLY WE EXPECT
HIM TO TOUCH ON THE 
ANNOUNCEMENTS EARLIER BY 
MINISTERS GARNEAU AND MILLER, 
BUT I THINK WE'LL WANT TO FOCUS 
ON THE DISCUSSION AROUND 
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES IN 
THIS COUNTRY.
AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, THE 
PRIME MINISTER HAD HIS NOW 
REGULAR WEEKLY PHONE CALL WITH 
THE PREMIERS.
THE PRIME MINISTER HAS SAID 
AFTER THE MEETING IN THE FORM OF
A STATEMENT, YOU ALL AGREED TO 
TAKE ACTION TO DO MORE TO 
PROTECT CANADA'S VULNERABLE 
SENIORS, BUT THE QUESTION REALLY
BECOMES WHAT FORM IS THAT ACTION
GOING TO LOOK LIKE?
WHAT IS IT THAT THE PROVINCES 
AND TERRITORIES NEED FROM THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO 
IMPROVE THE STATE OF LONG-TERM 
CARE FACILITIES IN THIS COUNTRY.
OBVIOUSLY THOSE REPORTS FROM THE
CANADIAN FORCES THIS WEEK HAVE 
PUT THE SITUATION CLEARLY IN THE
SPOTLIGHT, DISTURBED A LOT OF 
CANADIANS, YOUR GUEST EARLIER 
JACQUELINE MITCHELL REALLY DROVE
THE POINT HOME.
WHAT IS GOING TO BE DONE TO HELP
THEM.
INTERESTINGLY, THREE LIBERAL MPs
HAVE ACTUALLY SENT A LETTER, ONE
TO ONTARIO PREMIER DOUG FORD BUT
ANOTHER ONE TO THE PRIME 
MINISTER AND ONE OF THE THINGS 
THEY ARE CALLING FOR IS NATIONAL
STANDARDS, ENFORCEABLE NATIONAL 
STANDARDS TO IMPROVE THE 
SITUATION IN CANADA'S LONG-TERM 
CARE FACILITIES.
I WILL MENTION QUICKLY VASSY, 
ANOTHER INTERESTING ISSUE THAT 
CAME UP ON THE CALL LAST NIGHT, 
WE LEARNED FROM NEW BRUNSWICK'S 
PREMIER BLAINE HIGGS A 
DISCUSSION ABOUT PROGRAMS 
LOOSENING SOME OF THE 
CANADA-U.S. BORDER RESTRICTIONS.
PREMIER HIGGS TOLD OUR 
COLLEAGUES IN NEW BRUNSWICK THE 
DISCUSSION IS ABOUT ALLOWING FOR
SOME LEVEL OF FAMILY 
REUNIFICATION, NOT AFTER JUNE 
21st, BECAUSE THAT'S THE LATEST 
BORDER EXTENSION WE'VE HEARD 
PUBLICLY, BUT PREMIER HIGGS SAYS
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE 
COMING IN THE COMING WEEKS AND 
DAYS.
I SPOKE TO A CONTACT WITH 
ANOTHER PROVINCE WHO 
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT DISCUSSION DID
HAPPEN, NOT A LOT OF DETAILS.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF
THE PRIME MINISTER WAS ASKED 
ABOUT THAT TODAY.
>> Vassy: WE'RE ABOUT TO FIND 
OUT.
THE PRIME MINISTER JUST STEPPED 
DOWN THE STAIRS, AND HERE HE IS.
PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU.
LET'S TAKE A LISTEN.
>> The Rt. Honourable Justin 
Trudeau:... BEEN WORKING WITH 
THE PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES TO
KEEP CANADIANS SAFE AND ADDRESS 
THIS PANDEMIC.
AND THIS MORNING I WANT TO BEGIN
WITH AN UPDATE ON WHERE THIS 
WORK STANDS.
YESTERDAY THE PREMIERS AND I 
ALONG WITH -- SINCE THIS CRISIS 
BEGAN.
WE DISCUSSED THE VERY CONCERNING
REPORTS REGARDING CERTAIN 
LONG-TERM CARE HOMES IN ONTARIO 
AND QUEBEC.
THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCESES 
REPORT IS DEEPLY DISTURBING, 
THAT ANY SENIOR WOULD FACE THIS 
KIND OF TREATMENT IS 
UNACCEPTABLE.
AS I SAID TO THE PREMIERS, OUR 
GOVERNMENT WILL BE THERE TO 
SUPPORT THEM AS WE WORK TOGETHER
TO ENSURE THAT OUR ELDERS 
RECEIVE THE CARE THEY DESERVE.
IN OUR MEETING, WE ALSO TALKED 
ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO 
TOGETHER TO HELP BUSINESSES 
REOPEN AND GET PEOPLE BACK ON 
THE JOB WHILE KEEPING OUR 
COMMUNITIES SAFE.
MOVING FORWARD, IT WILL BECOME 
EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO QUICKLY 
IDENTIFY AND THEN ISOLATE THIS 
VIRUS.
TO DO THAT EFFECTIVELY, WE NEED 
TO COORDINATE.
A NUMBER OF PROVINCES HAVE REACH
OUT REGARDING CONTACT TRACING 
AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS WORKED 
TOGETHER ON A DATA SHARING 
PLATFORM AND YESTERDAY FIRST 
MINISTERS WERE BRIEFED BY THE 
WORK BEING DONE BY THE COVID-19 
IMMUNITY TASK FORCE WHICH WILL 
COORDINATE BLOOD TEST SURVEYS 
ACROSS CANADA.
THE PREMIERS AND I ALSO SPOKE 
ABOUT SUPPORT FOR WORKERS DURING
THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
OUR GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE 
DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PROVINCES 
ON ENSURING THAT, AS WE ENTER 
THE RECOVERY PHASE, EVERY WORKER
IN CANADA HAS 10 DAYS OF PAID 
SICK LEAVE A YEAR, BECAUSE NO 
ONE SHOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE 
BETWEEN TAKING A DAY OFF SICK 
AND PAYING THEIR BILLS.
[ Speaking French ]
>> Voice of 
Interpreter:... MINISTER 
FREELAND AND MYSELF TALKED ABOUT
THE VERY DISTURBING WE RECEIVED 
THIS WEEK ABOUT CERTAIN 
LONG-TERM CARE HOMES IN ONTARIO 
AND QUEBEC.
AS A COUNTRY, WE MUST DO BETTER 
FOR OUR ELDERS.
AS I SAID TO THE PREMIERS, OUR 
GOVERNMENT WILL BE THERE TO 
SUPPORT THEM.
AND WE WILL COLLABORATE SO THAT 
WE CAN ENSURE THAT THE SENIORS 
RECEIVE THE CARE THEY DESERVE.
DURING THE MEETING, THE PREMIERS
AND MYSELF ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOW
WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO RAPIDLY 
DETECT THE VIRUS AND ISOLATE IT.
THE PREMIERS RECEIVED AN UPDATE 
ON THE WORK BEING DONE BY THE 
COVID-19 IMMUNITY TASK FORCE 
THAT WILL BE COORDINATING BLOOD 
TEST SURVEYS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOW WE CAN 
SUPPORT WORKERS DURING THIS 
DIFFICULT PERIOD.
YOU ARE GOVERNMENT IS CONTINUING
ITS DISCUSSIONS WITH THE 
PROVINCES TO ENSURE THAT, WHEN 
WE BEGIN THE RECOVERY, EVERYONE 
WILL HAVE 10 DAYS OF PAID SICK 
LEAVE PER YEAR.
OUR GOVERNMENT IS ALSO WORKING 
WITH THE LEADERS OF FIRST 
NATIONS, INUIT, AND MÉTIS NATION
COMMUNITIES TO SUPPORT THEM 
DURING THIS CRISIS.
WE HAVE ALREADY MADE ALL KINDS 
OF INVESTMENT THE, WHETHER IT'S 
PROVIDING LOANS TO INDIGENOUS 
BUSINESSES, JOBS FOR STUDENTS, 
OR SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE 
OFF RESERVE, BUT WE ARE A LOT 
MORE TO BE DONE, AND TODAY WE 
ARE MOVING TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
[ End of Interpretation ]
>> The Rt. Honourable Justin 
Trudeau:... $150 MILLION TO 
SUPPORT INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES 
ON HEALTH CARE, INCOME SUPPORT, 
AND NEW SHELTERS FOR WOMEN.
LET ME START WITH THE FIRST 
PILLAR, WHICH IS HEALTH CARE.
ALTHOUGH WE'VE IMMEDIATE 
PROGRESS, THERE ARE STILL 
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE NOT 
PROPERLY EQUIPPED TO HANDLE A 
COVID-19 OUTBREAK.
WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE INVESTING 
$285 MILLION FOR PUBLIC HEALTH 
IN FIRST NATIONS, INUIT, AND 
MÉTIS COMMUNITIES.
THESE FUBDZ WILL GO TOWARDS MORE
NURSES, WILL HELP PROCURE 
SPECIALIZED SUPPLIES, AND WILL 
SUPPORT WORK WITH FIRST NATIONS,
INUIT, AND MEÉTIS COMMUNITIES O 
CONTINUED COMMUNITY-DRIVEN 
RESPONSES.
HAVING THE RIGHT HEALTH CARE IS 
ESSENTIAL, BUT IT ISN'T THE ONLY
CONCERN FACING COMMUNITIES RIGHT
NOW.
BECAUSE OF THIS PANDEMIC, A LOT 
OF PEOPLE ALSO NEED A HAND IN 
PAYING FOR THE BASICS.
SO AS A SECOND PILL JR OF THIS 
INVESTMENT, WE'RE BOOSTING THE 
ON-RESERVE INCOME ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM.
THIS MONEY WILL SUPPORT PEOPLE 
LIVING ON RESERVE WHO NEED HELP 
PAYING FOR THINGS LIKE 
GROCERIES, CLEANING SUPPLIES, OR
RENT.
A PORTION OF THIS FUNDING WILL 
ALSO HELP FIRST NATIONS 
COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO PROVIDE 
SERVICES LIKE SKILLS TRAINING 
AND SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE AS THEY 
NAVIGATE FEDERAL BENEFITS.
THE WORK BEING DONE IN 
COMMUNITIES BY MEMBERS OF THE 
COMMUNITIES IS INCREDIBLY 
IMPORTANT TO HELP PEOPLE GET 
THROUGH THIS VERY CHALLENGING 
TIME.
THAT BRING ME TO THE THIRD 
PILLAR OF THIS FUNDING, 
INVESTMENT IN SHELTERS.
IN APRIL, WE FOUND $10 MILLION 
SO THAT EMERGENCY SHELTERS FOR 
INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND CHILDREN 
COULD ADAPT TO THE NEW 
CHALLENGES POSED BY COVID-19.
THIS IS VITAL SUPPORT IN THE 
SHORT-TERM, BUT IN THE 
LONG-TERM, MORE STILL NEEDS TO 
BE DONE.
SO TODAY I CAN ANNOUNCE THAT OUR
GOVERNMENT IS INVESTING AN 
ADDITIONAL $85 MILLION FOR NEW 
SHELTERS FOR INDIGENOUS WOMEN.
THESE SHELTERS WILL BE BUILT IN 
COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, 
INCLUDING IN THE NORTH.
NO ONE SHOULD HAVE A PLACE TO 
STAY WHEN THEY'RE UNSAFE.
NO ONE -- NO ONE SHOULD HAVE 
PLACE -- NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO 
STAY IN A PLACE WHERE THEY'RE 
UNSAFE.
NO ONE SHOULD BE FORCED TO 
CHOOSE BETWEEN VIOLENCE AND 
HOMELESSNESS.
THESE NEW SHELTERS WILL OFFER A 
PATH FORWARD WHEN PEOPLE NEED IT
MOST.
[ Speaking French ]
>> Voice of Interpreter: THIS 
MORNING I AM ANNOUNCING A NEW 
INVESTMENT OF $650 MILLION TO 
HELP INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES GET 
THROUGH THIS CRISIS.
OF THAT OOMENT, MORE THAN 
$285 MILLION WILL BE INVESTED IN
HEALTH CARE.
IN THES MONEY THAT WILL MAKE IT 
POSSIBLE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER 
OF NURSES IN FIRST NATIONS 
COMMUNITIES AND BUY SPECIALIZED 
MATERIALS.
THE FUNDS CAN ALSO BE USED TO 
SUPPORT THE WORK BEING CARRIED 
OUT IN FIRST NATIONS, INUIT, AND
MÉTIS COMMUNITIES IN ORDER TO 
FIND LONG-TERM CARE SOLUTIONS 
THAT FIT THEIR NEEDS.
WE HAVE ALSO EXPANDED THE 
ON-RESERVE INCOME ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM TO HELP PEOPLE PAY FOR 
THEIR DAILY EXPENSES, AND PART 
OF THE MONEY UNDER THIS PROGRAM 
WILL ENABLE TO FIRST NATIONS 
COMMUNITIES TO CONTINUE TO 
PROVIDE A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT 
SERVICES.
FINALLY, WE ARE INVESTING 
$85 MILLION IN NEW SHELTERS FOR 
INDIGENOUS WOMEN.
THESE NEW SHELTERS, WHICH WILL 
BE LOCATED IN THE COMMUNITIES, 
WILL PROVIDE WOMEN WITH A SAFE 
PLACE AND THE RESOURCES THEY 
NEED WHEN THEY NEED THEM MOST.
>> The Rt. Honourable Justin 
Trudeau: I WANT TO END TODAY 
WITH AN UPDATE ON ANOTHER 
MEASURE WE'VE TAKEN TO KEEP 
CANADIANS SAFE.
EARLIER THIS MORNING, MINISTER 
GARNEAU ANNOUNCED THAT LARGE 
CRUISE SHIPS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED
IN CANADIAN WATERS UNTIL AT 
LEAST OCTOBER 31st.
THIS DECISION EXTEND THE ONE WE 
MADE IN MARCH, WHICH WAS TAKEN 
TO PROTECT OUR COASTAL 
COMMUNITIES.
COVID-19 IS STILL A VERY SERIOUS
THREAT.
BUT WITH THE RIGHT PLAN AND WITH
THE RIGHT INVESTMENTS, WE WILL 
WEATHER THIS STORM TOGETHER.
MERCI.
>> THANK YOU, PRIME MINISTER.
WE'LL NOW BE TO THE PHONE FOR 
QUESTIONS.
ONE QUESTION, ONE FOLLOW-UP.
OPERATOR?
>> THANK YOU.
MERCI.
FIRST QUESTION, KATE, BLOOMBERG.
LINE OPEN. 
>> (Question by Media): HI, 
PRIME MINISTER.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE 
FINANCE MINISTRY HAS UPDATED THE
COST ESTIMATES FOR CERB AND THE 
WAGE SUBSIDY THAT SHOWS 
COMPANIES AREN'T USING IT AS 
MUCH AS YOU HOPED, AND IT SEEMS 
THEY'RE HAPPY THE GOVERNMENT IS 
FOOTING THE BILL FOR THESE 
PROGRAMS.
IS THIS SMALLER TAKE-UP OF THE 
WAGE SUBSIDY A CONCERN FOR YOU 
AND THE ATTITUDE YOU'RE SEEING 
FROM BUSINESSES?
>> I THINK IT DEMONSTRATES HOW 
HARD THIS PANDEMIC HIT OUR 
ECONOMY AND HOW MANY PEOPLE 
ACTUALLY FOUND THEMSELVES 
WITHOUT A PAYCHEQUE, WHICH IS 
WHY WE WERE GLAD WE HAVE THE 
CERB TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT 
MILLIONS OF CANADIANS WHO NEED 
HELP PAYING FOR GROCERIES, 
PAYING THEIR RENT.
BUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AND AS 
BUSINESSES START TO REOPEN AND 
NEED TO GET PEOPLE BACK TO WORK,
THE CANADA EMERGENCY WAGE 
SUBSIDY WILL BECOME MORE AND 
MORE IMPORTANT, WHICH IS WHY WE 
EXTENDED IT THROUGHOUT THIS 
SUMMER, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO 
ENCOURAGE EMPLOYERS TO REHIRE 
EMPLOYEES TO BE ABLE TO GET OUR 
ECONOMY GOING ONCE AGAIN.
[ Speaking French ]
>> Voice of Interpreter: WE 
REALIZED THIS SITUATION WAS 
EXTREMELY SERIOUS, AND THEREFORE
DIRECT HELP THROUGH THE CERB DID
IN FACT HELP MANY, MANY 
CANADIANS WHO LOST THEIR 
PAYCHEQUE.
NOW, AS WE REOPEN THE ECONOMY, 
AND BUSINESSES START UP AND 
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY RESUMES, WE 
NEED THESE BUSINESSES TO REHIRE 
THEIR WORKERS AND HIRE NEW ONES,
AND THE EMERGENCY WAGE SUBSIDY 
WILL HELP BUSINESSES TO DO 
WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO TO 
ENSURE OUR ECONOMY CAN RECOVER.
[ End of Interpretation ]
>> (Question by Media): SO WHILE
CHINA HAS REMAINED QUITE VOCAL 
AND FIRM IN PURSUING ITS 
AGGRESSIVE FOREIGN POLICY, WITH 
THE MENG CASE WE SAW CONTINUING 
ON WEDNESDAY, AND CANADA HAS 
BEEN RATHER AVOIDANT IN USING 
STRONG WORDS AGAINST CHINA, I'M 
WONDERING HOW MUCH MORE 
AGGRESSION FROM BEIJING WILL IT 
TAKE FOR YOU ARE TO STAND UP TO 
XI JINPING, AND ARE YOU AFRAID 
OF HIM?
>> The Rt. Honourable Justin 
Trudeau: WE HAVE CONTINUED TO 
PUT CANADIAN INTERESTS AND 
CANADIAN PRINCIPLES AT THE 
FOREFRONT OF EVERYTHING WE DO 
AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING WITH
CHINA.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO 
ENSURE THAT CANADIANS HAVE THE 
EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED TO GET 
THROUGH THIS SITUATION.
WHILE AT THE SAME TIME 
EXPRESSING OUR CONCERN FOR THE 
TWO CANADIANS ARBITRARILY 
DETAINED IN CHINA AND CONTINUE 
TO HIGHLIGHT OUR CONCERNS AROUND
HONG KONG AND AROUND QUESTIONS 
THAT NEED TO BE ASKED FOR THE 
W.H.O.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO STAND UP FOR
OUR PRINCIPLES AND CONTINUE TO 
LOOK OUT FOR THE INTERESTS OF 
ALL CANADIANS.
[ Speaking French ]
>> Voice of Interpreter: WE WILL
CONTINUE TO RAISE OUR CONCERNS 
WITH CHINA ABOUT HONG KONG AND 
ABOUT THE DETAINED CANADIANS, 
AND ALSO WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH 
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, 
WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ENSURING 
THAT CANADIANS CAN RECEIVE THE 
EQUIPMENT AND THE HELP WE NEED 
FROM AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING
CHINA.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO ALWAYS PLACE
THE INTERESTS OF CANADIAN AND 
CANADIANS FIRST, AND THAT'S WHAT
CANADIANS EXPECT US TO DO.
[ End of Interpretation ]
>> OPERATOR. 
>> THANK YOU, MERCI.
[ Speaking French ]
>> (Question by Media): 
MR. TRUDEAU, THIS MORNING WE 
WERE LISTENING TO MR. GARNEAU 
WHO SEEMED TO BE SAYING THAT THE
SURVIVAL OF THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY
WAS SUCH THAT THE AIRLINES WOULD
NOT BE ABLE TO REFUND CANADIANS.
COULD WE BE CLEAR WHAT 
TRAVELLERS AND CANADIANS ABOUT 
THIS MATTER OF REFUNDS?
BECAUSE CANADIANS WANT TO BE 
REFUNDED.
>> Vassy: OBVIOUSLY OUR TOP 
PRIORITY IS CANADIANS, AND FOR 
PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP GETTING 
THROUGH THIS CRISIS, WHO NEED 
SUPPORT AND MONEY IN THEIR 
POCKETS, THAT WAS WHAT WE 
DECIDED WOULD BE OUR TOP 
PRIORITY, AND THAT'S WHY WE BER 
 -- INTERVEND IMMEDIATELY TO 
HELP THEM.
WE ALSO ARE WORKING TO ENSURE 
CANADIANS WILL BE HELPED WHILE 
ENSURING OF COURSE THAT WE HAVE 
AN AIRLINE INDUSTRY AFTER THIS 
CRISIS IS OVER.
THIS IS THE A VERY DIFFICULT 
SITUATION IN MANY WAYS, BUT WE 
HAVE CLEARLY HEARD THE CONCERNS 
OF CANADIANS IN THAT REGARD.
>> The Rt. Honourable Justin 
Trudeau: OUR FOCUS THROUGHOUT 
THIS ISSUE, THIS PANDEMIC, HAS 
BEEN ON CANADIANS, ON GETTING 
THEM THE SUPPORT THEY NEED, 
WHICH IS WHY WE PUT OUT 
MILLIONS, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, 
IN SUPPORT FOR CANADIANS TO HELP
THEM GET THROUGH THIS.
I HEAR CLEARLY THE CONCERNS THAT
CANADIANS HAVE AROUND THEIR AIR 
TICKETS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO 
WORK WITH THE INDUSTRY AND WITH 
CONCERNED GROUPS OF CANADIANS TO
ENSURE THAT WE FIND A FAIR WAY 
THROUGH THIS, BUT I KNOW 
CANADIANS AT THE SAME TIME WANT 
TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO HAVE
AN AIRLINE INDUSTRY AFTER THIS 
VERY DIFFICULT PANDEMIC, GETTING
THAT BALANCE RIGHT, AND 
LISTENING TO CANADIANS IS WHAT 
WE WILL DO.
>> FOLLOW-UP?
[ Speaking French ]
>> Voice of Interpreter: YES, 
BUT I WANT TO COME BACK TO THE 
SAME ISSUE.
IS THE SURVIVAL OF THE INDUSTRY 
THREATENED BY THESE REFUNDS TO 
CANADIANS?
NOW, AFTER THE MEETING WITH THE 
PREMIERS, RI SEEING THAT THERE 
NEEDS TO BE NATIONAL DIRECTIVES 
ON THE LONG-TERM CARE HOMES?
>> WELL, IN OUR CONVERSATIONS 
LAST NIGHT WITH THE PREMIERS, WE
ALL AGREED THAT WE MUST DO 
BETTER AND ENSURE THAT SENIORS 
RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY RECEIVE
HIGH-QUALITY SERVICE.
NO ONE BELIEVES THAT WE SHOULD 
BE DOING LESS THAN FOR OUR 
SENIORS.
SO WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT HOW 
WE CAN STABILIZE THOSE HOMES NOW
AND HELP THE PROVINCES REGAIN 
CONTROL.
BECAUSE WE HAVE HEARD THE HORROR
STORIES.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE IS A
LONGER TERM DISCUSSION THAT 
NEEDS TO HAPPEN ON HOW WE CAN 
ENSURE THAT IN FUTURE YEARS OUR 
SENIORS RECEIVE ALL THE PROPER 
CARE AND SUPPORT THEY NEED.
>> The Rt. Honourable Justin 
Trudeau: WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT 
LAST NIGHT WAS THE IMPORTANCE OF
ENSURING THAT, IN THE 
SHORT-TERM, WE ARE GIVING TO OUR
SENIORS ALL THE SUPPORT THEY 
COULD POSSIBLY NEED THROUGH THIS
VERY DIFFICULT PANDEMIC, BUT WE 
ALL VERY MUCH GLAE, AS WE MOVE 
FORWARD, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE 
THAT ALL OUR SENIORS EVERYWHERE 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY GET THE TOP 
QUALITY SERVICE AND CARE THEY 
DESERVE, AND THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT WILL HAPPILY BE PART 
OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS AS 
PROVINCES LEAN IN ON THIS ISSUE.
>> MERCI.
OPERATOR.
>> THANK YOU, MERCI.
[ Speaking French ]
>> Voice of Interpreter: GOOD 
MORNING, MR. TRUDEAU.
I'D LIKE TO COME BACK TO MY 
COLLEAGUE'S QUESTION, BECAUSE, 
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, YOU DIDN'T
ANSWER IT AT ALL.
WITH RESPECT TO REFUNDS FOR 
AIRLINE TICKETS, WHEN FLIGHTS 
WERE CANCELLED.
YOU SAY YOUR TOP CONCERN IS TO 
ENSURE CANADIANS HAVE MONEY IN 
THEIR POCKETS, BUT DOES THAT 
MEAN THAT, AS FAR AS YOU'RE 
CONCERNED, AIRLINE TICKETS PAID 
FOR BY CANADIANS ARE LUXURY 
PRODUCTS THAT DO NOT DESERVE 
BEING REFUNDED, THAT SHOULD NOT 
BE REFUNDED?
>> The Rt. Honourable Justin 
Trudeau: NO, OF COURSE I 
UNDERSTAND THAT CANADIANS HAD TO
SAVE SOME TIME IN ORDER TO BUY 
THOSE AIRLINE TICKETS.
AND WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE 
INDUSTRY.
WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT WHAT
OTHER AIRLINE COMPANIES ARE 
DOING AROUND THE WORLD, AND WE 
WILL HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT THAT
IN THE COMING WEEKS.
>> (Question by Media): OKAY.
ON ANOTHER TOPIC, MR. TRUDEAU, 
YOUR MINISTER OF DEFENCE, 
MINISTER SAJJAN, WAS QUITE CLEAR
ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE TROOPS 
IN THE LONG-TERM CARE HOMES 
CANNOT STAY THERE FOR ANOTHER 
FOUR MONTHS.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO QUEBECERS AND
PREMIER LEGAULT WHY OTTAWA WANTS
TO NOW DECREASE THE NUMBER OF 
TROOPS IN LONG-TERM CARE HOMES?
>> The Rt. Honourable Justin 
Trudeau: WELL, THE SITUATION 
FACING OUR SENIORS IS EXTREMELY 
TROUBLE, AND AS I'VE BEEN SAYING
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL BE THERE
TO HELP QUEBEC AND OTHER 
PROVINCES TO REGAIN CONTROL OF 
THE SITUATION IN THOSE HOMES.
AND PROVIDE SENIORS THE CARE 
THEY DESERVE.
BUT AS I'VE ALSO POINTED OUT, 
HAVING SOLDIERS IN LONG-TERM 
CARE HOMES IS CLEARLY A 
SHORT-TERM SOLUTION, AND WE WILL
CONTINUE TO BE THERE AND TO WORK
WITH QUEBEC AND THE OTHER 
PROVINCES SO THAT WE CAN FIND 
THE KINDS OF SOLUTIONS FOR THE 
MEDIUM-TERM AND THE LONGER TERM 
THAT ARE NEEDED.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE LOOKING
AT WITH THE PREMIER OF QUEBEC 
AND THE OTHERS AND WE WILL 
CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
[ End of Interpretation ]
>> The Rt. Honourable Justin 
Trudeau: WE WILL AS A FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT ENSURE THAT WE ARE 
THERE TO SUPPORT THE PROVINCES 
AS THEY WORK TO REGAIN CONTROL 
OVER SENIOR CARE IN THEIR 
JURISDICTIONS.
THE SITUATION GOING ON IN QUEBEC
AND ONTARIO IS EXTREMELY 
WORRISOME, AND WE WILL BE THERE 
TO HELP.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ALL 
CANADIANS WANT TO SEE AND QUITE 
FRANKLY THE WOMEN AND MEN OF OUR
ARMED FORCES ARE THERE TO 
PROTECT CANADIAN LIVES AND ARE 
HAPPY TO BE DOING IT, EVEN AT 
RISK TO THEMSELVES.
THAT'S WHAT THEY DO, AND WE 
SHOULD ALL BE INCREDIBLY PROUD 
OF THEM.
AT THE SAME TIME, I HAVE 
STRESSED FROM THE BEGINNING THAT
SOLDIERS IN OUR NURSING HOMES IS
NOT A LONG-TERM CARE SLOUTION.
IT'S A SHORTLY-TERM FIX.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK 
WITH QUEBEC AND WITH OH 
PROVINCES TO ENSURE THAT THEY 
ARE ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OVER 
SENIOR CARE IN THEIR PROVINCES.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE THERE 
WITH THEM TO FIND SOLUTIONS FOR 
THE MEDIUM AND LONGER TERM.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT QUESTION.
OPERATOR.
[ Speaking French ]
>> Voice of Interpreter: GOOD 
MORNING, MR. TRUDEAU.
I JUST WANTED YOU TO COMMENT ON 
SOMETHING, BECAUSE EARLIER THIS 
WEEK IT WAS SAID THAT IT WAS 
UNTHINKABLE TO EXTEND THE 
CONFINEMENT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE 
TOO MUCH FOR THE POPULATION.
AND PARTICULARLY BECAUSE IT'S 
PARTICULARLY ELDERLY PEOPLE 
DYING OF COVID-19.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT 
STATEMENT?
>> The Rt. Honourable Justin 
Trudeau: WELL, FIRST OF ALL, AT 
THE FEDERAL LEVEL WE ARE TAKING 
OUR ADVICE FROM PUBLIC HEALTH 
AUTHORITIES WHO CONTINUE TO 
STRESS JUST HOW IMPORTANT ITTING
TO PROTECT ALL CANADIANS AGAINST
THIS DISEASE.
THE FACT IS THAT SENIORS ARE 
MORE VULNERABLE AND HAVE MORE OF
A RISK OF DEATH BECAUSE OF 
COVID-19.
BUT WE HAVE ALSO SEEN DEATHS IN 
ALL SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION, 
AND WE HAVE TO DO OUR PART IN 
PROTECTING THE MOST VULNERABLE 
AND ALL CANADIANS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRY TO 
REOPEN THE ECONOMY RESPONSIBLY 
AND GRADUALLY WHILE BASING 
OURSELVES ON SCIENTIFIC 
PRINCIPLES AND THE PROTECTION OF
CANADIANS, WHICH IS OUR TOP 
CONCERN.
WE CANNOT HAVE A CANADIAN 
ECONOMY WITHOUT CANADIANS, SO WE
NEED THOSE CANADIANS, AND THOSE 
CANADIANS HAVE TO BE HEALTHY.
>> FOLLOW-UP.
>> (Question by Media): YES.
ON ANOTHER TOPIC, YOU TALKED 
ABOUT YOUR CALL WITH THE 
PREMIERS YESTERDAY, PARTICULARLY
WITH RESPECT TO THE 10-DAY SICK 
LEAVE.
NOW, WHAT WAS THE REACTION OF 
THE PREMIERS?
DID YOU SENSE THAT THEY WERE NOT
NECESSARILY IN FAVOUR?
AND A WEEK AGO, YOU OFFERED TO 
PROVIDE PEOPLE TO TAKE TELEPHONE
CALLS.
YOU SAID THEY COULD TAKE 23,000 
CALLS A DAY.
DID ANY OF THE PREMIERS TAKE YOU
UP ON THAT OFFER?
>> The Rt. Honourable Justin 
Trudeau: YES, SOME PREMIERS DID 
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OFFER FOR 
THE PURPOSES OF CONTACT TRACING,
AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ALL
THE PREMIERS IN ORDER TO ENHANCE
THEIR CAPACITY, BECAUSE WE KNOW 
THAT BOTH TESTING AND CONTACT 
TRACING WILL BE ABSOLUTELY 
CRITICAL IF THERE'S A SECOND 
WAVE OR EVEN IF THERE'S A LOCAL 
RESURGENCE OF COVID-19 IN 
VARIOUS COMMUNITIES IN THE 
COMING MONTHS. 
>> WITH RESPECT TO PAID SICK 
LEAVE, WE DID HAVE SOME VERY 
GOOD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS 
AGAIN LAST EVENING.
AND THERE IS A VARIETY OF 
OPINIONS ACROSSDY -- AMONG THE 
PREMIERS.
SOME PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT 
THE POSSIBILITY OF OUR NOT 
FORCING BUSINESSES TO CARRY EVEN
MORE COSTS DURING THIS PERIOD OF
UNCERTAINTY, BUT I REASSURED 
THEM, SAYING THAT THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT WOULD BE ASSUMING THE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST OF THAT 
SUPPORT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IN 
THE FALL PEOPLE MAY WANT TO HIDE
THE FACT THEIR SNEEZING AND 
COUGHING AND GO INTO WORK IN 
ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT 
THEIR FAMILIES, AND THAT IS NOT 
GOOD FOR THEM OR THE PLACE THEY 
WORK OR CANADIAN SOCIETY.
SO WE HAVE TO AVOID ANY 
SITUATION WHERE CANADIANS WOULD 
HAVE TO DECIDE BETWEEN THEIR 
HEALTH OR GOING INTO WORK.
[ End of Interpretation ]
>> (Question by Media): PRIME 
MINISTER, JULIE VAN DUSEN, CBC.
YOU MENTIONED THAT OBVIOUSLY 
SOLDIERS BLEW THE WHISTLE ON THE
HORRORS THAT ARE GOING ON IN 
SENIORS HOMES THAT A LOT OF 
FAMILIES ALREADY KNOW ABOUT, BUT
THEY'RE NOT THE LONG-TERM 
SOLUTION.
YOUR LETTER HERE THAT YOU PUT 
OUT TODAY AFTER MEETING WITH THE
PREMIERS, YOU TALK ABOUT 
AGREEING TO TAKE ACTION.
I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY ACTION.
I MEAN, YOU CAN'T GO BACK ON THE
SOLDIERS, BUT YOU'RE SAYING 
THEY'RE NOT THE LONG-TERM 
SOLUTION.
CAN YOU BE HAVE SPECIFIC?
WHEN YOU SAY THEY'RE THERE TO 
HELP, THEY ACTUALLY WANT TO KNOW
THE DETAILS.
IS IT MORE MONEY WITH STRINGS 
ATTACHED?
IS IT NATIONAL STANDARDS?
I MEAN, WHAT DO THOSE WORDS 
MEAN?
>> The Rt. Honourable Justin 
Trudeau: WE RECOGNIZE FULLY THAT
LONG-TERM CARE CARE AND SENIOR 
CARE IS A PROVINCIAL AREA OF 
JURISDICTION, BUT ALL CANADIANS 
ARE UNITED IN WANTING TO SEE 
BETTER SUPPORT FOR OUR SENIORS 
RIGHT NOW AND IN THE YEARS TO 
COME.
SO WE HAVE SAID AT THE FEDERAL 
LEVEL THAT WE WILL BE THERE TO 
SUPPORT THE PROVINCES, BOTH IN 
THE IMMEDIATE, WHETHER IT'S MORE
RENT MONEY OR RESOURCES OR 
WHATEVER IT IS THAT THE 
PROVINCES NEED TO GET CONTROL 
ONCE AGAIN OVER THEIR LONG-TERM 
CARE FACILITIES.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROVINCES 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHERE, 
ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN 
CHALLENGES, THEY ARE NOT NEARLY 
THE SCALE OF PROBLEMS WE'VE SEEN
IN OTHER PLACES, SO WE RECOGNIZE
THERE'S A GREAT VARIANCE ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY.
AS A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, OUR JOB
IS TO LOOK OUT FOR ALL CANADIANS
AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYWHERE 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY PEOPLE ARE 
SUPPORTED AND WE WILL BE THERE 
DEPENDING ON WHAT THE PROVINCES 
NEED, WHAT THEIR SITUATION IS TO
MAKE SURE ALL SENIORS ARE 
PROTECTED.
.
>> The Rt. Honourable Justin 
Trudeau: WE RECOGNIZE THAT 
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES AND 
CARE FOR SENIORS COMES UNDER 
PROVINCIAL JURISDICTION, BUT 
BECAUSE THIS IS OF CONCERN TO 
ALL CANADIANS, AND BECAUSE WE 
MUST ENSURE THAT ALL CANADIANS 
ARE PROTECTED RIGHT ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, WE WILL BE THERE TO 
SUPPORT THE PROVINCES AND 
ADDRESS THEIR NEEDS, IN THE 
MEDIUM TERM, IN THE LONG-TERM, 
AND IN THE SHORT-TERM WE ARE 
THERE WITH CANADIAN ARMED FORCES
AND THEIR DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE 
NEED FOR MONEY AND OTHER 
RESOURCES.
BECAUSE WE WANT TO HELP THEM 
REGRAIN CONTROL OF THAT YOU ARE 
SYSTEM, WHICH IS NOT THE CASE IN
CERTAIN PROVINCES AT THIS TIME.
[ End of Interpretation ]
>> (Question by Media): I NEED 
TO ASK YOU ABOUT MORTGAGES, 
BECAUSE YOU MUST BE AWARE THAT 
SOME FAMILIES ARE HAVING TO 
BREAK THEIR MORTGAGE CONTRACTS 
EARLY.
WOULD YOU CONSIDER TELLING THE 
BANKS TO EASE MORTGAGE PENALTIES
FOR THOSE CANADIANS WHO ARE 
STUCK IN THIS POSITION BECAUSE 
THEY HAVE NO WORK?
>> The Rt. Honourable Justin 
Trudeau: WE HAVE SEEN BANKS TAKE
SIGNIFICANT MEASURES ON HELPING 
CANADIANS WHO HAVE DIFFICULTIES 
WITH THEIR MORGES, SO WE WILL 
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH FINANCIAL 
INSTITUTIONS RIGHT ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY TO ENSURE THEY ARE THERE
TO CONTINUE TO HELP CANADIANS.
WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A VERY, 
VERY DIFFICULT TIME FOR MANY 
FAMILIES, WE'VE MADE AVAILABLE 
MANY INCOME SUPPORTS, BUT 
THERE'S ALWAYS MORE TO DO AND WE
ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT 
FINANCIAL PARTNERS ARE PART OF 
THE SOLUTION TO MAKE SURE 
CANADIANS GET THROUGH THIS.
[ Speaking French ]
>> Voice of Interpreter: WE KNOW
IN SPITE OF ALL THE HELP WE'VE 
OFFERED CANADIANS AT THE FEDERAL
LEVEL, THERE ARE OTHER 
CHALLENGES AHEAD OF US.
AND WE EXPECT THE BANKS TO DO 
THEIR PART AS WELL.
THEY HAVE ALREADY TAKEN SOME 
STEPS TO HELP PEOPLE WITH THEIR 
MORTGAGES, BUT IF THERE'S MORE 
TO DO, I KNOW THEY WILL STEP UP.
[ End of Interpretation ]
>> (Question by Media): GOOD 
MORNING, PRIME MINISTER, JUST TO
FOLLOW UP ON THE SPECIFIC 
ACTION, LET'S DRILL DOWN.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS THERE 
TO SUPPORT PROVINCES.
WHAT DID ONTARIO -- WHAT DO THEY
NEED, WHAT DOES QUEBEC NEED 
BEYOND SOLDIERS, WHAT DOES NEW 
BRUNSWICK NEED?
CAN WE HEAR MORE SPECIFICS ABOUT
WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL
DO IN INDIVIDUAL CASES?
>> The Rt. Honourable Justin 
Trudeau: THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
WILL BE THERE TO SUPPORT 
PROVINCES, JURISDICTIONS THAT 
NEED HELP MANAGING THEIR 
LONG-TERM CARE SITUATIONS, 
WHETHER IT'S CANADIAN ARMED 
FORCES IN THE SHORT-TERM, 
WHETHER IT'S MORE RESOURCES OR 
MORE MONEY IN THE MEDIUM AND 
LONGER TERM, WE RECOGNIZE THIS 
IS A PROVINCIAL AREA OF 
JURISDICTION THAT THEY ARE IN 
CONTROL OF, BUT WE ALSO KNOW 
THAT HAVING CERTAIN PROVINCES 
LOSE CONTROL OF THE SAFETY OF 
THEIR SENIORS MEANS THAT WE NEED
TO BE THERE TO SUPPORT THEM AS 
THEY REGAIN CONTROL, AND WE WILL
DO THAT.
AS YOU POINT OUT, THERE ARE A 
RANGE OF NEEDS, A RANGE OF 
SITUATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, 
AND ONE SIZE FITS ALL FROM THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT THE 
BEST WAY THROUGH THIS.
[ Speaking French ]
>> Voice of Interpreter: WE WILL
BE THERE TO SUPPORT THE 
PROVINCES REGAIN CONTROL OF 
WHATEVER FALLS WITHIN THEIR 
JURISDICTION.
IN THE SHORT-TERM, WE ARE THERE 
WITH THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, 
BUT OVER THE MEDIUM AND 
LONG-TERM, WE WILL BE HELPING 
WITH MORE MONEY, MORE RESOURCES,
DEPENDING ON THEIR NEEDS AND 
DEPENDING ON WHAT THE PROVINCES 
ASK FOR.
[ End of Interpretation ]
>> (Question by Media): THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS PLAYING A 
SUPPORT ROLE TO PROVINCES, BUT 
THERE ARE LOTS OF PLACES FOR THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO LEAD, AND 
YOU HAVE YOUR OWN MEMBERS OF 
PARLIAMENT, YOUR OWN CAUCUS, 
HAVE WRITTEN YOU A LETTER SAYING
LET'S HAVE SOME NATIONAL 
GUIDELINES ON THIS.
WHAT HAVE YOU SAID TO YVONNE 
BAKER, WHAT'S YOUR RESPONSE?
WHERE ARE THE NATIONAL 
GUIDELINES?
WHEN ARE THEY COMING?
>> The Rt. Honourable Justin 
Trudeau: OUR MEMBERS OF CAUCUS, 
NOT JUST THOSE, BUT ALL MEMBERS 
OF CAUCUS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE
WORRIED ABOUT THE PLIGHT OF 
SENIORS IN THIS SITUATION RIGHT 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THEY ARE MORE VULNERABLE TO 
COVID-19, AND THEY ALL WANT TO 
MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING 
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SUPPORT OUR
SENIORS RIGHT ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, AND WE ARE.
THERE ARE OF COURSE GOING TO BE 
A NEED TO HAVE VERY REAL 
CONVERSATIONS, NOT JUST BETWEEN 
ORDER OF GOVERNMENTS, BUT AS 
CANADIANS ABOUT HOW WE MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE PROPERLY SUPPORTING 
THE SENIORS WHO BUILT THIS 
COUNTRY WITH THEIR HARD WORK, 
THE SENIORS WHO DESERVE A SECURE
AND DIGNIFIED RETIREMENT.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT ALL 
CANADIANS WANT TO SEE US DO 
BETTER AS A COUNTRY, AS A 
SOCIETY ON, AND WE WILL BE THERE
FOR THOSE CONVERSATIONS IN THE 
MEDIUM AND LONG-TERM, BUT RIGHT 
NOW WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH 
THIS EMERGENCY OF GETTING PEOPLE
THE SUPPORT THEY NEED FACED WITH
THIS COVID-19 CRISIS.
[ Speaking French ]
>> (Question by Media): 
YESTERDAY THERE WAS DECISION OF 
REOPENING THE BORDER BEFORE JUNE
21st, THE BORDER BETWEEN THE 
U.S. AND CANADA FOR FAMILY 
REUNIFICATION.
MR. HIGGS, THE PREMIER OF NEW 
BRUNSWICK, HAS ALREADY SAID HE 
IS DUBIOUS ABOUT THIS, SO WHERE 
ARE THE DISCUSSIONS ON THAT, AND
WHAT IS ON THE TABLE?
NOW, IS THAT PROPOSAL BEING 
SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED?
>> The Rt. Honourable Justin 
Trudeau: WE ARE CURRENTLY 
LOOKING AT A SITUATION WHERE 
PERMANENT RESIDENTS OR CITIZENS 
HAVE A SPOUSE OR CHILDREN OR 
RELATIVES WITH A VERY CLOSE -- 
OF A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WHO ARE 
SEPARATED BY THE CANADA-U.S. 
BORDER AND WHO CANNOT JOIN THEIR
FAMILY MEMBERS.
I MEAN, HE HAVE SEEN A NUMBER OF
STORIES ABOUT THIS IN THE NEWS 
LATELY.
[ Please Stand By ]
>> WHY CAN'T THE CANADIAN 
GOVERNMENT COMMIT TO HAVING THE 
MILITARY ASSIST IN LONG-TERM 
CARE HOMES UNTIL AT LEAST THE 
FALL?
IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE THE 
SOLDIERS HAVE TO BE STATIONED TO
OR SENT TO.
IS THERE A REASON THAT 
COMMITMENT TO SEPTEMBER CAN'T BE
MADE?
>> Answer: THESE ARE OPERATIONAL
DISCUSSIONS ONGOING BETWEEN THE 
GOVERNMENT OF QUEBEC AND THE 
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA AND THE 
CANADIAN ARMED FORCES.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE 
DISCUSSIONS AND CONTINUE TO DO 
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SUPPORT 
QUEBEC AS IT WORKS TO REGAIN 
CONTROL OVER ITS LONG-TERM CARE 
FACILITIES.
>> Question: WHAT DISCUSSIONS 
HAVE YOU HAD WITH PREMIER DOUG 
FORD?
HIS GOVERNMENT CUT $34 MILLION 
TO LONG-TERM CARE FUNDING AND 
NOW THEY ARE ASKING THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT FOR FUNDING 
ASSISTANCE.
WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN HELPING IF
THERE HAVE BEEN CUTS TO THE 
RESIDENCES?
>> Answer: I THINK THOSE 
QUESTIONS ARE AROUND THE MEDIUM 
AND LONG TERM ON WHAT WE NEED TO
DO TO PROPERLY SUPPORT OUR 
SENIORS.
AT THE SAME TIME, RIGHT NOW WE 
ARE FOCUSED ON HELPING IN AN 
EMERGENCY SITUATION, HELPING 
SENIORS, HELPING CANADIANS GET 
THROUGH A VERY DIFFICULT 
SITUATION.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE THERE FOR
THEM.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY
WITH PROVINCES AND GIVE FEDERAL 
SUPPORT WHEREVER NECESSARY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE A QUICK 
POINT ON WHAT IS HAPPENING IN 
THE UNITED STATES.
MANY CANADIANS OF DIVERSE 
BACKGROUNDS ARE WATCHING LIKE 
ALL CANADIANS ARE THE NEWS OUT 
OF THE UNITED STATES WITH SHOCK 
AND WITH HORROR.
ANTI-BLACK RACISM, RACISM IS 
REAL.
IT'S IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT 
AS ALSO IN CANADA.
WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE FACING 
SYSTEMIC DISCRIMINATION, 
UNCONSCIOUS BIAS AND ANTI-BLACK 
RACISM EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WE NEED AS A SOCIETY TO STAND 
TOGETHER, STAND UP AGAINST 
DISCRIMINATION, BE THERE FOR 
EACH OTHER AND RESPECT, BUT ALSO
UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE WORK TO 
DO AS WELL IN CANADA, IN OUR 
SYSTEMS THAT WE NEED TO WORK 
FORWARD ON.
I ALL ON ALL CANADIANS, WHETHER 
IT'S ANTI-BLACK RACISM OR 
ANTI-ASIAN RACISM, OR RACISM OF 
ANY TYPE, TO STAND TOGETHER IN 
SOLIDARITY AND BE THERE FOR EACH
OTHER AND KNOW HOW DEEPLY PEOPLE
ARE AFFECTED BY WHAT WE SEE ON 
THE NEWS THESE PAST FEW DAYS.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] I WOULD JUST LIKE 
TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY TO 
CANADIANS WHO ARE SEEING WITH 
HORROR WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE 
UNITED STATES, THAT EVEN THOUGH 
THIS IS TAKING PLACE IN THE 
UNITED STATES, CANADA IS NOT 
FREE OF DISCRIMINATION AND 
RACISM.
THEREFORE, WE HAVE TO DO BETTER,
WHETHER IT IS ANTI-BLACK RACISM 
OR ANTI-ASIAN RACISM OR SYSTEMIC
RACISM, WE HAVE WORK TO DO HERE 
IN CANADA AND WE HAVE AN 
OBLIGATION NOW AND IN THE FUTURE
TO BE TOGETHER AND TO WORK WITH 
EACH OTHER AND SHOW COMPASSION 
AND RESPECT.
BECAUSE UNDERSTANDING THE 
REALITIES OF VARIOUS PEOPLE CAN 
BE A CHALLENGE, BUT I KNOW THAT 
CANADIANS WILL STAND TOGETHER.
WE SEE THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY IN 
THIS PANDEMIC, AND WE WILL 
CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
[end of translation] THANK YOU 
VERY MUCH.
JULIE, I JUST WANTED TO WISH YOU
ALL THE BEST IN YOUR NEXT 
CHAPTERS.
>> Vassy: THE PRIME MINISTER, 
JUSTIN TRUDEAU, THERE OUTSIDE OF
RIDEAU COTTAGE ON THIS FRIDAY, 
CONCLUDING HIS PRESS CONFERENCE 
WITH REMARKS ABOUT THE SITUATION
SOUTH OF THE BORDER IN 
MINNEAPOLIS.
A DEVELOPING SITUATION WHERE 
PROTESTS HAVE TURNED VIOLENT, A 
NUMBER OF BUILDINGS TURNED DOWN 
BECAUSE OF THOSE PROTESTERS' 
FEELING AND DISCONTENT ABOUT 
WHAT HAPPENED TO GEORGE FLOYD, A
BACK MAN WHO DIED IN POLICE 
CUSTODY ON MONDAY.
WE ARE EXPECTING THE GOVERNOR OF
THAT STATE TO SPEAK LATER THIS 
MORNING.
THE PRIME MINISTER COMMENTING 
THAT RACISM EXISTS IN THE 
UNITED STATES, BUT ALSO IN 
CANADA, THAT CANADA IS NOT FREE 
OF DISCRIMINATION OR RACISM AND 
WE HAVE TO DO BETTER.
>>> A NUMBER OF OTHER TOPICS ON 
THIS SIDE OF THE BORDER 
ADDRESSED BY THE PRIME MINISTER,
MANY OF WHICH REVOLVED AROUND 
THAT CONVERSATION LAST NIGHT 
WITH PREMIERS, A NOW WEEKLY 
CONVERSATION.
I WANT TO BRING IN MY COLLEAGUE 
CATHERINE CULLEN, WHO HAS BEEN 
FOLLOWING ALONG.
LET'S BEGIN WITH LONG-TERM CARE.
A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT 
THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS ABOUT 
WHEN WE WILL BE THERE, WHAT WAS 
CONVEYED TO THE PREMIERS, AND 
WHAT DID THE PRIME MINISTER SAY 
ABOUT THAT?
>> Catherine: WELL, VASSY, IT 
SEEMED LIKE HE WAS PUTTING THE 
BALL BACK IN THE COURT OF THE 
PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES, 
SAYING BROADLY THAT THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT IS WILLING TO PROVIDE
THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED, BUT 
THEY NEED TO DECIDE WHAT THEIR 
SPECIFIC NEEDS ARE.
CERTAINLY THAT WAS PART OF THE 
DISCUSSION LAST NIGHT, THE PRIME
MINISTER LISTENING TO THE 
PREMIERS ABOUT WHAT THOSE NEEDS 
ARE.
LONG-TERM CARE IS PROVINCIAL 
JURISDICTION.
THE PROVINCES ARE IN CONTROL OF 
THE LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.
I THOUGHT THE LANGUAGE THE PRIME
MINISTER WAS USING WAS DOES GO, 
TALKING ABOUT GETTING BACK 
CONTROL OF THE LONG-TERM CARE 
FACILITIES.
THEY ARE RECEIVING HELP, ONTARIO
AND QUEBEC, FROM THE CANADIAN 
MILITARY.
THAT IS SOME OF THE SUPPORT THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS PROVIDING.
THE PRIME MINISTER NOTING THEY 
ARE PROVIDING ECONOMIC 
ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF A WAGE
TOP-UP FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS.
MEMBERS OF THE PRIME MINISTER'S 
OWN TEAM CALLING FOR NATIONAL 
STANDARDS FOR LONG-TERM CARE 
FACILITIES THAT ARE ENFORCEABLE.
ONCE AGAIN, AS WE FIND OURSELVES
IN SO MANY ISSUES IN CANADA, 
THERE ARE QUESTIONS OF 
JURISDICTION HERE.
IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GOING 
TO IMPOSE SOMETHING ON THE 
PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES?
THAT CERTAINLY DOESN'T SEEM TO 
BE THE APPROACH THE PRIME 
MINISTER IS TAKING RIGHT NOW.
HE IS LOOKING FOR COLLABORATION,
BUT ONE PROVINCE IN PARTICULAR, 
YOU THINK OF QUEBEC, DOES WANT 
MORE, ONE SPECIFIC THING FROM 
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THEY WANT THOSE CANADIAN ARMED 
FORCES MEMBERS TO STAY UNTIL 
SEPTEMBER 15.
YOU HEARD THE PRIME MINISTER 
BEING ASKED ABOUT THAT, SAYING 
THERE IS OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS 
GOING ON TO DETERMINE HOW LONG 
WE CAN STAY.
WE GOT MORE FROM YOUR INTERVIEW 
WITH MINISTER SAJJAN ON "POWER &
POLITICS," WHERE HE EXPLAINED 
THERE ARE LIMITED NUMBER OF 
MEDICAL PERSONNEL AND THEY ARE 
WORKING SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 
12-HOUR SHIFTS.
THERE IS ONLY SO LONG THEY CAN 
SUSTAIN THIS.
THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO WHAT
QUEBEC IS ASKING.
THE QUESTION IS HOW LONG WILL 
THEY BE ABLE TO SAY.
QUEBEC'S TAXPAYERS ALSO SAID TO 
BE PAYING FOR THE MILITARY AND 
THEY NEED HELP. 
>> Vassy: THERE WASN'T A LOT OF 
CLARITY ON HOW LONG THEY WILL BE
THERE, BUT MINISTER SAJJAN CLEAR
THAT THERE IS NO WAY IT WILL BE 
LIKE THIS FOR THE NEXT FOUR 
MONTHS.
I THOUGHT THE PRIME MINISTER WAS
SPEAKING INTERESTINGLY ABOUT THE
JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES AND THIS 
IS A THORNY PART OF THE 
LONG-TERM CARE DISCUSSION, BUT 
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE 
DISCREPANCY SORT OF IN WHAT ONE 
PROVINCE NEEDS VERSUS ANOTHER.
THAT'S TRUE.
THE SITUATION IN ONTARIO AND 
QUEBEC IS NOT THE SITUATION IN 
EVERY OTHER PROVINCE.
EVEN WHEN ADDRESSING THE IDEA OF
A SOLUTION, HE MADE THE POINT 
THAT ONE SIZE WOULDN'T FIT ALL.
>> Catherine: THERE WAS AN 
EXCELLENT PIECE ON "THE 
NATIONAL" BY ASHLEY BURKE, WHERE
THEY TAKE A LOOK AT B.C. AND HOW
THEY WERE SO SUCCESSFUL IN 
MANAGING THEIR LONG-TERM CARE 
FACILITIES.
B.C. WAS HIT HARD.
WE TALKED DAY IN AND DAY OUT ON 
THIS SPECIAL ABOUT THE FACT THAT
THERE ARE REGIONAL OUTBREAKS 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
B.C. IS DIFFERENT AND THEY TOOK 
MEASURES INCLUDING, AND A LOT OF
PEOPLE HAVE TOUCHED ON THIS, 
RIGHT AWAY SAYING WORKERS IN 
THOSE FACILITIES COULD NOT 
CONTINUE TO WORK IN MULTIPLE 
FACILITIES.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SOLUTION 
TO LONG-TERM CARE, IT IS 
ACKNOWLEDGED PART OF THE 
SOLUTION IS GOING TO INVOLVE 
MONEY.
PAYING THE WORKERS WHO ARE IN 
THE FACILITIES PERHAPS A BETTER 
WAGE SO THERE CAN BE MORE 
STAFFING, CHANGING THE SETUP SO 
PEOPLE CAN WORK PERHAPS IN ONE 
FACILITY.
SOME OF THE DISCUSSION HAS BEEN 
SHOULD WE BRING THE ENTIRE 
SYSTEM UNDER THE CANADA HEALTH 
ACT, MAKE IT PART OF THE PUBLIC 
HEALTH SYSTEM, NO LONGER 
PRIVATIZE IT.
REALLY WHAT YOU HEAR THE PRIME 
MINISTER SAYING, NOT TALKING 
ABOUT TAKING NATIONAL CONTROL.
THE LAUNDRY LIST OF ISSUES THAT 
NEED ADDRESSING, FINANCIALLY IN 
PARTICULAR IN THE WAKE OF THIS 
COVID-19 OUTBREAK, RIGHT.
THERE IS AN ENORMOUS BILL TO PAY
WHEN IT COMES TO REBUILDING THE 
ECONOMY, HOW BIG A BURDEN, LET'S
SAY, A FINANCIAL BURDEN IS THE 
GOVERNMENT WILLING TO TAKE ON 
AND BALANCING THAT WITH THE 
URGENCY OF THIS ISSUE.
THE STORIES OUT OF QUEBEC AND 
ONTARIO, THEY ARE HORRIFYING.
THEY ARE, AS IT HAS BEEN SAID 
TIME AND TIME AGAIN, NOT NEW.
PEOPLE WORKING IN THESE 
FACILITIES HAVE KNOWN THERE ARE 
IN PARTICULAR INSTANCES TERRIBLE
THINGS HAPPENING THAT ARE WRONG 
IT HAPPEN IT'S TAKEN THIS 
OUTBREAK TO SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON
THIS.
WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THIS.
THERE HAVE BEEN MANY REPORTS.
WHAT DOES THE SHAPE OF THAT 
ACTION LOOK LIKE.
I DON'T THINK WE GOT MUCH 
CLARITY ON THAT, OTHER THAN THE 
DISCUSSIONS ARE ONGOING AND THE 
PRIME MINISTER AND LOOKING FOR 
MORE CLARITY FROM THE PREMIERS.
>> Vassy: SOME BREAKING NEWS 
FROM THE PRIME MINISTER AFTER 
BLAIR HIGGS SAID THAT PART OF 
THE DISCUSSION INVOLVES THE 
POSSIBILITY OF LOOSENING THE 
RESTRICTIONS FOR FAMILY 
REUNIFICATION.
>> Catherine: CAN WE CALL IT 
SEMI-BREAKING NEWS?
WE LEARNED A LITTLE BIT MORE IN 
THE COMMENTS FROM THE PRIME 
MINISTER.
A BIT MORE OF THE SPECIFICS OF 
WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS 
EYEING.
HE MADE IT CLEAR, IT SOUNDED TO 
ME, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT 
IS GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW OR 
THE DAY AFTER.
THAT THEY DO WANT TO LOOK AT AND
THE PRIME MINISTER WAS TRYING TO
BE SPECIFIC ABOUT THIS.
THEY WANT TO LOOK AT SPECIFIC 
CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE, FOR 
INSTANCE, A PARENT COULD BE 
REUNITED WITH A CHILD OR STORIES
OF COUPLES SPLIT UP, BECAUSE OF 
THE BORDER, THOSE TOO, PERHAPS A
HUSBAND AND WIFE COULD BE 
REUNITED.
THIS IS SOMETHING HE'S COMMITTED
TO TALKING TO THE PREMIERS 
ABOUT.
WE HEARD BLAIR HIGGS SAYING THIS
IS A CONCERN FOR HIM AS THEY ARE
MANAGING A NEW OUTBREAK IN 
NEW BRUNSWICK, A PARTICULARLY 
CONCERNING ONE.
THE PRIME MINISTER SEEMED TO 
INDICATE HE WANTED MORE 
UNANIMITY FROM THE PREMIERS.
>> Vassy: AND THAT UNANIMITY IS 
NOT THERE.
THANKS, CATHERINE, WE APPRECIATE
YOUR TIME AND YOUR INSIGHTS.
THAT WAS THE CBC'S CATHERINE 
CULLEN.
>>> I WANT TO HEAD OVER TO 
NEW BRUNSWICK.
ONE OF THE PREVIOUSLY LABELLED 
SUCCESS CASES IN THE PROVINCES 
AS FAR AS GETTING A HOLD OF THE 
SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
THERE WERE VERY FEW NEW CASES.
THAT CHANGED OVER THE LAST FEW 
DAYS WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED A 
DOCTOR WORKING IN CAMPBELLDON, A
COMMUNITY IN NEW BRUNSWICK, 
CROSSED INTO QUEBEC, CAME BACK 
AND DID NOT SELF-ISOLATE.
AS A RESULT, KEPT PRACTISING 
MEDICINE AND CAME INTO CONTACT 
THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT 
THERE BELIEVES WITH AT LEAST 150
PEOPLE.
THERE ARE SIX CONFIRMED CASES 
NOW OF CORONAVIRUS DUE TO THIS 
ONE INDIVIDUAL.
REACTION CONTINUES TO POUR IN.
WE WANT TO GET MORE OF IT FROM 
STEPHANIE ANGLEHART POLAND.
SHE JOINS US FROM CAMPBELLTON.
THANKS FOR DOING US.
>> Interview: THANK YOU FOR 
HAVING ME.
>> Vassy: I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW
FRUSTRATING THIS IS TO FIND OUT 
THIS IS THE CASE AND WHAT YOU'RE
POSSIBLY DEALING WITH THERE.
>> Interview: OH, ABSOLUTELY.
WE ALL FIGURED IT WAS GONE AWAY.
WE GOT A COUPLE OF WEEKS, THREE 
WEEKS ALMOST, A MONTH WITHOUT 
IT.
EVERYBODY DID THINK IT WAS GONE.
>> Vassy: SO HOW WIDESPREAD DO 
YOU THINK IT IS?
DO WE EVEN KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE 
THIS DOCTOR WAS IN CONTACT WITH?
>> Interview: NOT REALLY, BUT 
INITIALLY 50 AT THE OUTPATIENT 
DEPARTMENT, WHICH WOULD HAVE 
MEANT STAFF, OTHER DOCTORS, 
NURSES, JANITORS, ANYBODY IN 
CONTACT WITH THE E.R. 
DEPARTMENT.
THEY DID TESTING, AND OF THAT 
TESTING THERE WERE SIX NEW CASES
AS A RESULT.
THAT'S ABOUT 12% OF ALL THE 
TESTS. 
>> Vassy: ONE OF THOSE CASES IS 
A SECOND HEALTH CARE WORKER, I 
BELIEVE, ONE OF THOSE SIX CASES.
>> Interview: RIGHT. 
>> Vassy: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR 
CAMPBELLTON?
ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE TO 
WITHDRAW OR ROLL BACK THE 
REOPENING?
THAT'S WHAT THE PREMIER SAID 
LAST NIGHT WHEN I SPOKE TO HIM.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR 
CAMPBELLTON?
>> Interview: WE ROLLED BACK TO 
THE ORANGE.
THE REST OF THE PROVINCE IS 
YELLOW.
I HONESTLY BELIEVE WE SHOULD 
ROLL BACK TO THE RED UNTIL THEY 
KNOW TO WHAT LEVEL THIS SPREAD 
IS.
YOU SEE, WE HAVE THREE 
PHARMACIES AND TWO GROCERY 
STORES AT THE 20,000 REGIONAL 
POPULATION GO TO.
EVEN IF IT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO, WE
MAY HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE IT 
THAT DON'T KNOW THEY HAVE IT.
IT'S GOING TO BE A MASS TESTING 
FOR SURE. 
>> Vassy: WHEN YOU SAY ROLL BACK
TO RED, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN 
LAYMEN'S TERMS, HOW MUCH OF A 
SHUTDOWN IS THAT?
>> Interview: STAY HOME.
BACK TO NOT HAVING RESTAURANTS 
OPEN.
STAY HOME UNLESS THEY CAN DO 
TAKEOUT AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
ONE PERSON TO DO THE ESSENTIAL 
GROCERIES ONCE A WEEK AND NO 
BUBBLE.
SO WE'RE AFRAID THEY MAY TAKE 
OUR BUBBLE AWAY. 
>> Vassy: AND HOW DO PEOPLE IN 
CAMPBELLTON -- HOW ARE THEY 
FEELING RIGHT NOW?
THEY MUST BE PRETTY FRUSTRATED?
>> Interview: THEY'RE MAD.
THEY'RE PEEVED.
THEY CAN'T BELIEVE SOMEONE WHO 
IS A PROFESSIONAL COULD HAVE 
MADE THAT BAD OF A DECISION.
EVERYONE MAKES A MISTAKE AND WE 
ALL THINK IT WON'T HAPPEN TO US.
WE THOUGHT IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN
TO CAMPBELLTON, AND HERE WE ARE 
TODAY.
IT'S LIKE A HORROR MOVIE.
>> Vassy: I WANT TO BE SENSITIVE
BECAUSE IT'S A SMALL PLACE.
DO PEOPLE KNOW THIS INDIVIDUAL?
DO YOU KNOW THIS INDIVIDUAL?
WHAT'S YOUR MESSAGE THERE?
>> Interview: ON FACEBOOK 
THEY'RE PASSING AROUND A PICTURE
WITH NAMES.
I PERSONALLY DON'T KNOW HIM.
I KNOW HE'S A DOCTOR IN THE 
COMMUNITY, WHICH IS A GOOD 
THING.
WHAT'S GOING ON ON FACEBOOK IS 
PRETTY HORRENDOUS, IF YOU ASK 
ME.
THE COMMENTS.
PEOPLE IN CAMPBELLTON ARE KNOWN 
TO BE FRIENDLY, ACCOMMODATING, 
HELPFUL, AND HARD-WORKING.
SOME OF THESE COMMENTS ARE 
DEPLORABLE AND HATEFUL.
THEY SHINE A LIGHT THAT WE DON'T
DESERVE TO HAVE A LIGHT SHONE 
ON, BECAUSE WE ARE QUITE HAPPY 
WHEN WE GET NEW DOCTORS IN THIS 
REGION AND WE DON'T CARE WHERE 
THEY'RE FROM.
THEY BLEND INTO THE COMMUNITY 
AND THEY BECOME US.
NO, IT'S -- SOCIAL MEDIA IS 
CRUEL AND I'VE SEEN SOME PRETTY 
ROTTEN MESSAGES SINCE ALL OF 
THIS HAS STARTED ANYWAY. 
>> Vassy: WHAT'S YOUR MESSAGE TO
PEOPLE COMPOSING THOSE MESSAGE?
WHAT DO YOU WANT THEM TO HEAR 
RIGHT NOW?
>> Interview: YOU'RE MAKING ALL 
OF CAMPBELLTON LOOK BAD.
THERE'S ONLY A FEW, AND IT'S 
ALWAYS ONLY A FEW.
I UNDERSTAND THEIR FRUSTRATION.
BY ALL MEANS, WE ALL HAVE IT 
BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO 
FLATTEN OUR OWN CURVE.
IF WE LOOK AT HOW MANY CASES 
THERE MAY BE, THERE COULD BE 18 
TO 100 CASES, BUT THE REASON 
WE'RE HOPING THAT THERE ISN'T IS
WE ONLY HAVE FOUR I.C.U. BEDS 
AND THERE'S ALREADY TWO BEING 
TAKEN.
SO THESE ARE COMMENTS THAT WE 
DON'T NEED BECAUSE WE'RE GOING 
TO NEED HELP FROM OTHER DOCTORS 
FROM OTHER REGIONS.
REGARDLESS WHERE THEY'RE FROM, 
IF THEY'RE A NEW BRUNSWICKER, 
FOR ME, THEY'RE WELCOME HOME ANY
TIME.
>> Vassy: HAVE YOU BEEN TESTED?
HAVE PEOPLE IN YOUR CIRCLE BEEN 
TESTED?
I LISTEN TO THE PREMIER SAY 
ANYONE WHO THINKS THEY MIGHT 
HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT CAN BE 
TESTED.
TELL ME HOW THAT IS PLAYING OUT 
IN CAMPBELLTON?
>> Interview: IT'S PLAYING OUT 
THEY'RE SPENDING TWO HOURS ON 
THE 811 CALL.
I'M GETTING FACEBOOK MESSAGES 
SAYING THEY CAN'T GET TESTED.
THEY GO THROUGH THE PRESS 1, 
PRESS 2, PRESS 3, AND A NURSE IS
GOING TO CALL YOU BACK IN 24 
HOURS.
I DID REACH OUT TO THE 
DEPARTMENT THIS MORNING AND SAID
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR 811 
PEOPLE ARE DOING, BUT WE NEED TO
BE TESTED.
I HAVE NOT BEEN TESTED YET.
I TRIED TO GET THROUGH EARLIER, 
BUT AFTER 47 MINUTES I GAVE UP.
I'LL TRY AGAIN.
I BELIEVE THAT -- I WAS OUT OF 
THE COUNTRY FOR MARCH BREAK IN 
THE U.S.
I DON'T MIND GETTING TESTED, 
JUST TO SHOW NO ONE THERE IS NO 
SHAME IN GETTING TESTED.
WE MAY ALL HAVE IT.
WE DON'T KNOW. 
>> Vassy: JUST SO I'M AWARE 
BECAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT IN EVERY 
PROVINCE, DO YOU HAVE TO CALL 
811 FIRST AND FIGURE OUT IF YOU 
QUALIFY TO GET A TEST, IS THAT 
HOW IT WORKS?
>> Interview: WHAT THEY WANT TO 
AVOID IS A MASS BUNCH OF PEOPLE 
ALL AT ONCE ARRIVING FOR 
TESTING.
THEY'RE TRYING TO SET THEM AT 
15-MINUTE INTERVALS SO THE OTHER
ONE CAN BE GONE BEFORE THE NEXT 
COMES IN.
IT'S ALL ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND
SPREADING STUFF.
>> Vassy: I IMAGINE THE SYSTEM, 
THOUGH, MAYBE WASN'T DESIGNED 
FOR THIS KIND OF EVENT.
DOES IT FEEL THAT WAY?
>> Interview: NO, BUT I BELIEVE 
THEY'RE MORE READY TODAY THAN 
THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN TWO MONTHS 
AGO.
>> Vassy: RIGHT. 
>> Interview: SO I'M CONFIDENT 
THAT THEY WILL CATCH -- EVEN IF 
THE 150 ONLY VISITED FIVE 
PEOPLE, THAT'S STILL TOO MANY 
FOR THIS LITTLE REGION.
WE DON'T WANT 12% OF 20,000, 
BECAUSE THAT'S 3,000 PEOPLE.
WE WOULD NOT HAVE ANY ROOM FOR 
3,000 PEOPLE.
>> Vassy: HAVE YOU HAD ANY 
CONVERSATIONS WITH PREMIER BLAIR
HIGGS?
IS. 
>> Interview: NO, NONE.
I'LL WAIT FOR THE PRESS 
CONFERENCE AT 2:30 LIKE 
EVERYBODY ELSE.
NO, THEY -- AS LONG AS THEY'RE 
DOING WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO AND 
GET THE HOSPITAL READY, I DON'T 
HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY.
GET ER DONE AND WE'RE HERE TO 
SUPPORT THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE TESTING CAN BE EASY IN ONE 
DOOR AND OUT THE OTHER.
THAT KIND OF STUFF.
I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN PREPARING 
THE ICE PALACE IN DALHOUSIE AS 
WELL AS THE CIVIC CENTRE HERE IN
CAMPBELLTON. 
>> Vassy: THEY'RE PREPARING THAT
FOR WHAT?
>> Interview: MASS TESTING. 
>> Vassy: WHEN IT COMES TO THE 
HOSPITAL YOU MENTIONED YOUR 
COMMUNITY HAS FOUR I.C.U. BEDS, 
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> Interview: THAT'S RIGHT.
WE ONLY HAVE FOUR I.C.U. BEDS IN
THE HOSPITAL. 
>> Vassy: TWO ARE ALREADY NOW 
OCCUPIED DUE TO TWO OF THE 
PEOPLE WHO WERE DIAGNOSED?
>> Interview: THAT'S RIGHT. 
>> Vassy: WHAT HAPPENS IF 
CAPACITY IS REACHED?
IS THERE A PLAN TO DEAL WITH 
THAT?
>> Interview: WELL, I'M SURE 
THEY'RE GOING TO START PLANNING 
THAT OR HAVING ALREADY DUG OUT 
THEIR PLANS ON THAT.
I KNOW DALHOUSIE HAS A CLINIC 
THAT WAS A FORMER HOSPITAL.
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY TO BRING 
PATIENTS TO DALHOUSIE AND NOT 
HAVE TO BRING THEM TO BATHURST 
OR ANYWHERE ELSE.
>> Vassy: BEFORE I LEAVE YOU, I 
KNOW THAT IT'S HARD FOR PEOPLE.
IT'S TRYING, IT'S TIRING.
FOR THOSE WATCHING RIGHT NOW, 
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THEM?
WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE OF 
ENCOURAGEMENT WHEN IT COMES TO 
WHAT THEY MIGHT HAVE TO DO OVER 
THE NEXT FEW WEEKS?
>> WE FLATTENED THE CURVE THE 
FIRST TIME WITH 12 CASES.
WE ONLY HAVE SIX RIGHT NOW.
IF WE ONLY GET 18 OR 20, WE WILL
BE ALL RIGHT, WE WILL GET THIS 
DONE.
AS LONG AS WE DON'T MOVE, THE 
VIRUS DOESN'T MOVE.
SO WE HAVE TWO WEEKS, TWO WEEKS 
TO 21 DAYS.
I KNOW THE STATE OF EMERGENCY 
HAS BEEN PLACED FOR ANOTHER TWO 
WEEKS.
FROM THERE WE'LL KNOW HOW MANY 
CASES WE GET IN THE NEXT FEW 
DAYS WITH ALL THOSE WHO GET 
TESTED.
DON'T BE AFRAID TO GET TESTED.
CALL 811.
THE SYSTEM IS OVERWHELMED RIGHT 
NOW WITH CALLS.
JUST FOR YOUR FAMILY AND FOR 
YOUR COMMUNITY, GET TESTED.
IT DOESN'T HURT.
IT'S NOT BLOOD.
IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE STICKING A
NEEDLE IN OUR ARM. 
>> Vassy: I'LL LEAVE IT THERE, 
MAYOR.
THANKS FOR SHARING SOME OF YOUR 
TIME WITH US.
I WISH YOUR COMMUNITY THE BEST.
>> Interview: JUST HAVE A GREAT 
THOUGHT FOR US.
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE PRAYERS, 
PLEASE SAY A PRAYER FOR US.
WE DON'T NEED THIS WITH 50% OF 
THE POPULATION OVER THE AGE OF 
60, I REALLY DON'T WANT THIS 
AROUND.
>> Vassy: WE CERTAINLY ARE 
THINKING OF YOU.
THAT'S STEPHANIE 
ANGLEHART-PAULIN, THE MAYOR OF 
CAMPBELLTON IN NEW BRUNSWICK.
THAT DOES IT FOR OUR BROADCAST 
IN OTTAWA.
I'M VASSY KAPELOS.
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