
English: 
 
WORLD AND CBC AND CBC NETWORK.
OTTAWA IS THE FOCUS HERE FOR THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
WE ARE, AS WE'VE GOTTEN USED TO,
WAITING FOR THE PRIME MINISTER 
TO ADDRESS THE NATION TODAY, 
EXPECTED AROUND 11:30 A.M. 
EASTERN TODAY AS WELL AS A 
CRITICAL MOMENT INSIDE AN 
EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT INSIDE 
PARLIAMENT, WHERE 32 M.P.s, JUST
A HANDFUL, WILL SOON VOTE.
THE DEBATE AND THE QUESTIONS 
WILL START AT NOON ON $82 
BILLION AID PACKAGE THAT IS 
MEANT TO HELP YOU, HELP 
CANADIANS, TRY TO GET THROUGH 
THIS PANDEMIC.
WE'VE HEARD TODAY FROM THE 
OPPOSITION LEADER, ANDREW 
SCHEER.
HE IS AMONGST THE 11 M.P.s IN 
OTTAWA TODAY TO VOTE ON THE 
COVID-19 RELIEF PACKAGE.
SCHEER WAS ASKED ABOUT THE 
INITIAL DRAFT THAT WOULD HAVE 
GIVEN TAXATION AND SPENDING 
POWERS UP UNTIL THE END OF 2021.
>> THE BIGGEST CONCERN WAS THAT 

English: 
WE'VE BEEN HAVING A CONVERSATION
FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS ABOUT 
PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO 
CANADIANS, HELPING THOSE PEOPLE 
WITH SHIFTS CANCELLED, BEEN LAID
OFF.
ALMOST A MILLION CANADIANS LAID 
OFF AS OF THIS MORNING.
WE WANT TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE.
WE'RE HERE TO HELP PASS THE 
MEASURES ANNOUNCED, TO HELP 
PEOPLE GET THROUGH THE NEXT FEW 
DAYS OR WEEKS.
WHAT WAS NOT PROPOSED WAS ANY 
KIND OF UNLIMITED SPENDING 
POWER, ANY ELIMINATION OF THE 
ROLE OF PARLIAMENTARY OVERSIGHT 
FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AHEAD.
WE BELIEVE THAT PARLIAMENT CAN 
FUNCTION, OUR INSTITUTIONS CAN 
FUNCTION, OUR PARLIAMENTARY 
SYSTEM HAS SEEN THIS COUNTRY 
THROUGH TWO WORLD WARS, THROUGH 
OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH CRISES AND 
WE'RE PREPARED TO COOPERATE, BE 
FLEXIBLE.
WE'RE GOING TO AGREE TO PASS 
THIS PACKAGE OF ASSISTANCE VERY 
QUICKLY.
SO I BELIEVE THAT PARLIAMENT CAN
CONTINUE TO PLAY ITS ROLE, 
PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY AND 

English: 
OVERSIGHT IT WAS DESIGNED TO DO.
>> THAT IS ANDREW SCHEER.
LET ME BRING IN VASSY KAPELOS 
AND DAVID COCHRANE.
THIS ALL UNFOLDED OVER THE 
COURSE OF A NUMBER OF HOURS LAST
EVENING WHEN A DRAFT VERSION OF 
THE LEGISLATION WAS LEAKED.
AND THE CONSERVATIVES 
IMMEDIATELY STARTED TALKING 
ABOUT HOW CONCERNED THEY WERE 
THAT THERE WAS THIS PROVISION TO
GIVE THE GOVERNMENT THE ABILITY 
TO GET MONEY OUT THE DOOR, BUT 
ALSO TO CHANGE TAXATION FOR 
ANOTHER MORE THAN 20 MONTHS.
IT WAS OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM FOR 
THEM.
AND AS THE PUBLIC PRESSURE 
STARTED TO BUILD, WE SAW THE 
GOVERNMENT MOVE QUICKLY BACK ON 
THAT FIRST PROPOSAL, I GUESS IS 
HOW THEY'RE CHARACTERIZING IT.
GET YOU BOTH TO WEIGH IN.
>> Vassy: THEY CLIMBED DOWN 
QUICKLY.
IT TOOK A FEW HOURS OF PRESSURE 
FROM THE OPPOSITION AND OUTCRIES
ON SOCIAL MEDIA IMMEDIATELY.
I THINK WHAT WAS SO SURPRISING 
AND ROSY, YOU HAVE YOUR HANDS ON

English: 
THE BILL, IF YOU LOOK THROUGH 
IT, MOST WAS EXACTLY WHAT THEY 
SAID.
IT'S ALL TO DO WITH THIS MASSIVE
AID PACKAGE THAT IS REALLY 
IMPORTANT FOR PARLIAMENT TO 
ENACT SO PEOPLE CAN GET THE 
MONEY THEY NEED IN ORDER TO COPE
WITH THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS AND
ECONOMIC IMPACT OF IT.
SANDWICHED IN THERE WAS A 
SECTION ON UNILATERAL SPENDING 
POWER.
WHICH MEANS THEY DON'T NEED 
PARLIAMENT TO APPROVE.
THIS LIBERAL GOVERNMENT CAN DO 
WHATEVER THEY WANT WHEN IT COMES
TO TAXATION FOR A REALLY LONG 
TIME.
THERE MIGHT BE AN ARGUMENT FOR A
FINITE AMOUNT OF TIME GIVEN THE 
SITUATION, BUT ANYTHING BEYOND 
THAT RAISED EYEBROWS.
WE SAW PABLO RODRIGUES THAT'S 
THE LIBERAL HOUSE LEADER, SAYING
THEY WERE GOING TO CLIMB DOWN.
AND THE PRIME MINISTER TWEETED 
OUT THAT PART OF THE BILL WOULD 
NO LONGER BE A PART OF IT.
I'M INTERESTED TO HEAR HOW THE 
PRIME MINISTER DEFENDS IT.

English: 
I DON'T KNOW IF EITHER OF YOU 
HAD ANY MORE LUCK THAN ME, BUT I
CANNOT GET A STRAIGHT ANSWER 
FROM ANYONE WHAT THEY WERE 
THINKING AND WHY THEY INCLUDED 
THIS IN THIS LEGISLATION AT THIS
POINT IN THIS SORT OF, YOU KNOW,
THE UNFOLDING OF THIS PANDEMIC.
IT JUST DIDN'T ADD UP.
IT SEEMS LIKE I WAS GETTING 
ANSWERS THAT IT WAS STRATEGIC IN
ORDER FOR THE CONSERVATIVES TO 
SORT OF JUMP ON THAT AND THEN 
FORGET ABOUT THE REST OF THE 
BILL AND PASS THAT, BUT THE 
CONSERVATIVES TO BE FAIR TO 
THEM, HAD SIGNALLED FROM THE 
START THEY WERE PREPARED TO 
SUPPORT THE ECONOMIC MEASURES 
THAT THE GOVERNMENT SAID THEY 
WERE GOING TO INTRODUCE.
THIS AID PACKAGE.
THAT'S WHAT MR. SCHEER 
REITERATED TODAY, THEY JUST 
DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THIS 
UNILATERAL POWER BEING ADDED TO 
IT.
WE'LL BE INTERESTED TO HEAR HOW 
THE PRIME MINISTER DEFENDS THAT 
ACTION.
>> EVERYONE SORT OF SET ASIDE 
THEIR CONCERNS TO GET THE AID 
PACKAGE PUSHED THROUGH QUICKLY 
TO A BIT OF A CLASH YESTERDAY, 

English: 
WHICH IS QUITE RESOLVED.
BUT, DAVID, YOU HAVE THOUGHTS.
>> Reporter: IT WAS KIND OF A 
CLUMSY MOVE THAT BROUGHT 
POLITICS BACK INTO THE PANDEMIC.
AND UP UNTIL THIS POINT, IT HAD 
BEEN A NONPARTISAN, MUNICIPAL 
GOVERNMENTS, FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENTS, PROVINCIAL 
GOVERNMENT WORKING ACROSS 
IDEOLOGIES AND PARTY LINES TO DO
WHAT IS BEST FOR CANADIAN 
CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES.
AND THIS WAS KIND OF A CLUMSY 
MOVE AND WHAT WAS BILLED AS AN 
AID PACKAGE HAS BEEN DEFINED AS 
OVERREACH BY THE GOVERNMENT IN 
TRYING TO EXPAND ITS POWERS.
YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE IMPULSE.
DO NOT TAKE THIS AS 
JUSTIFICATION, BUT IN TRYING TO 
UNDERSTAND THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT'S THOUGHT HERE, THEY 
WANT THE ABILITY TO INCREASE 
PAYMENTS AND CUT TAXES AND OFFER
TAX RELIEF WITHOUT HAVING TO 
COME BACK TO PARLIAMENT.
IT WAS LAST WEEK, WEDNESDAY, 
WHEN THE PRIME MINISTER 
ANNOUNCED THE $82 BILLION AID 
PACKAGE THEN BACKED UP BY THE 
FINANCE MINISTER.
YOU THEN HAVE TO GET THINGS 

English: 
DRAFTED, SEND A LETTER TO THE 
SPEAKER, RECALL PARLIAMENT ON 48
HOURS NOTICE AND FLY EVERYBODY 
BACK ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THEN THE DAY IN THE HOUSE OF 
COMMONS.
THEN THE DAY IN THE SENATE.
THEN ROYAL ASSENT AND THEN YOU 
GET YOUR MONEY OUT THE DOOR.
THEY NEED TO RAMP UP GOVERNMENT 
TO HANDLE THESE THINGS.
I THINK THEY WANT TO AVOID A 
WEEK LAG BECAUSE OF THE 
PARLIAMENTARY REQUIREMENTS IN 
DOING ANY FUTURE INCREASES.
IF THAT WAS THEIR INTENTION -- 
AND I'M BEING CHARITABLE IN THE 
INTERPRETATION -- THAT SHOULD 
HAVE BEEN TELEGRAPHED AND 
DISCUSSED WITH THE OPPOSITION 
PARTIES WELL IN ADVANCE OF 
YESTERDAY AND A 21-MONTH TIME 
LIMIT ON THAT UNTIL THE END OF 
2021, SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE HAD 
THE POLITICAL ANTENNA AND SMARTS
TO REALIZE THAT WAS GOING TO BE 
A NON-STARTER FOR THE OPPOSITION
PARTIES.
YOU CAN SEE FOUR WEEKS, SIX 
WEEKS, SUBJECT TO RENEWAL, AS 
VASSY SAID, A FINITE TIME FRAME,
BUT TAKING A MINORITY FINANCE 

English: 
MINISTER WITH THESE KINDS OF 
POWERS IS A NON-STARTER IN PEACE
TIME.
>> THERE ARE CONSERVATIVES 
EXPRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT OTHER 
SECTIONS OF THE BILL WHERE THEY 
THINK THERE IS STILL TOO MUCH 
POWER OVER TOO LONG A PERIOD OF 
TIME THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE 
GOVERNMENT IN DIFFERENT 
SECTIONS.
THAT'S WHY LATER AROUND NOON, 
WE'LL HEAR FROM THE FINANCE 
MINISTER INSIDE THE HOUSE OF 
COMMONS.
IT'S GOING TO LOOK PRETTY 
DIFFERENT.
YOU GUYS WILL BE THERE WITH ME.
AND THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF 
TIME WHEN THE OPPOSITION PARTIES
CAN ASK QUESTIONS.
BUT THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT, IT
WILL GET PASSED AND GET ROYAL 
ASSENT TOMORROW AND PEOPLE 
SHOULD START GETTING ACCESS TO 
THE MONEY.
WHICH SEEMS TO BE WHAT EVERYONE 
AGREES ON.
THERE IS ANOTHER BIT OF NEWS 
THAT HAS DEVELOPED OVERNIGHT.
THE TOKYO SUMMER OLYMPICS HAVE 
BEEN POSTPONED NOW UNTIL 2021 
BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
HERE'S WHAT THE INTERNATIONAL 
OLYMPIC COMMITTEE SAID.
THE IOC PRESIDENT AND THE PRIME 

English: 
MINISTER OF JAPAN CONCLUDED THAT
THE GAMES OF THE 32ND OLYMPIAD 
IN TOKYO MUST BE RESCHEDULED TO 
A DATE, BUT NOT LATER THAN 
SUMMER 2021.
OF COURSE, THIS COMES JUST A DAY
AFTER TEAM CANADA SIGNALLED IT 
WOULD NOT SEND ANY OF ITS 
ATHLETES TO JAPAN TO PARTICIPATE
IN THE OLYMPICS.
AND NOW THIS BIG DELAY.
SCOTT RUSSELL IS ALWAYS A BIG 
PART OF OUR OLYMPIC COVERAGE AND
HE JOINS ME NOW FROM TORONTO.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
HOW BIG A DEAL IS THIS?
>> IT'S A BIG DEAL.
THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED IN TERMS 
OF OLYMPIC HISTORY.
AS YOU KNOW, THE GAMES HAVE 
NEVER BEEN CANCELLED WITH THE 
EXCEPTION OF WORLD WAR AND THEY 
HAVEN'T BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL NOW
TO THIS EXTENT.
I THINK THE REALLY IMPORTANT 
THING HERE THOUGH, ROSEMARY, THE
C-WORD WAS NOT USED TO THE 
ANNOUNCEMENT.
THE GAMES HAVE NOT BEEN 
CANCELLED, THEY'VE BEEN 
POSTPONED.

English: 
I THINK IT'S LIKELY THAT THE 
GAMES WILL BE POSTPONED FOR A 
YEAR.
THERE ARE MAJOR LOGISTICAL 
PROBLEMS TO WORK OUT WITH THAT 
POSTPONEMENT, BUT I THINK THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPORTING COMMUNITY
AND THE IOC UNDERSTANDS THAT CAN
BE DONE.
>> IT DID SEEM TO TAKE A WHILE 
FOR THEM TO GET THERE, THOUGH, 
WHEN AT A TIME REGULAR PEOPLE 
WERE SAYING THIS SEEMS OBVIOUS, 
IT ISN'T SAFE.
DO WE KNOW WHY IT TOOK SO LONG?
>> THERE IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF 
NEGOTIATION THAT HAD TO GO ON.
NEXT YEAR, WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 
IN THE MAJOR SPORTS WERE SLATED 
TO OCCUR.
WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN
EUGENE, OREGON, THE WORLD 
AQUATIC CHAMPIONSHIPS, WATER 
POLO, ALL THAT WAS TO TAKE PLACE
IN JAPAN.
THAT IS NEXT SUMMER AND THE 
WORLD ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS 
CHAMPIONSHIPS IN COPENHAGEN.
STADIUMS HAD BEEN BUILT AND THE 

English: 
IOC. WANTED ALL ITS DUCKS IN A 
ROW TO GET THE GAMES TO REPLACE 
THOSE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS.
I THINK WORLD ATHLETICS, THE 
HEAD OF FINA, THE WORLD AQUATICS
ASSOCIATION AS WELL AS ARTISTIC 
GYMNASTICS HAVE ALL COME 
TOGETHER AND SAID WE'LL FOREGO 
THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ORDER
TO GET THE OLYMPICS OFF THE 
GROUND, A SAFE OLYMPICS.
>> I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF THE 
WOMEN'S SOCCER PLAYERS YESTERDAY
WHO WAS, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTOOD 
THE DECISION THAT CANADA HAD 
MADE, BUT WAS STILL UPSET SHE 
WASSING   MISSING -- WAS MISSING
THE OLYMPICS.
DO YOU THINK THIS MAKES IT 
EASIER FOR THE ATHLETES?
>> ABSOLUTELY, FOR THE VAST 
MAJORITY OF THE ATHLETES, THIS 
IS A PLAN AND ONE THEY CAN GET 
USED TO AND BEGIN THEIR TRAINING
FOR AND TIME THEIR TAKENING FOR.
AS -- TRAINING FOR.
AS YOU KNOW, IN INTERNATIONAL 
SPORT, TIMING IS EVERYTHING.
HERE IS ONE CAVEAT TO THAT.

English: 
FOR SOME SENIOR ATHLETES THIS 
MAY MEAN THE END OF A CAREER.
I'M THINKING ABOUT BRENT HAYDEN,
THE 36-YEAR-OLD SWIMMER WHO IS 
MAKING A COMEBACK.
WON A BRONZE MEDAL IN 2012.
MELISSA BISHOP, THE 800-METRE 
RUNNER.
THERE IS GOING TO BE SACRIFICE 
ON THE PART OF SENIOR ATHLETES 
WITH THIS POSTPONEMENT.
>> OKAY, SCOTT RUSSELL, ALWAYS 
GOOD TO SEE YOU AND APPRECIATE 
YOU DOING THIS FROM YOUR HOUSE.
THANK YOU.
>> LOTS OF IMPLICATIONS FOR 
ATHLETES, COACHES, SPORTS FANS 
AROUND THE WORLD DEALING WITH 
CANCELLATIONS, BUT FOR REACTION 
WE DID REACH OUT TO DICK POUND, 
CANADIAN MEMBER OF THE 
INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE,
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF THE 
COMMITTEE IN MONTREAL TODAY.
>> I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT 
DECISION IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
IT'S NOT AN EASY DECISION AND 
THAT WILL CREATE SOME 

English: 
COMPLICATION BUT IT'S CERTAINLY 
BETTER THAN EXPOSING ALL YOUR 
ATHLETES TO A DANGEROUS 
SITUATION.
SO IT WAS A TOUGH CALL, BUT I 
THINK BOTH THE JAPANESE 
AUTHORITIES AND THE IOC HAVE 
DONE THE RIGHT THING AND DONE IT
IN PLENTY OF TIME SO THAT PEOPLE
WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING 
ON.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPORT CALENDAR
WILL HAVE TO BE REJIGGED BECAUSE
MOST OF THE INTERNATIONAL 
FEDERATIONS HAVE THEIR 2021 
PROGRAMMES PRETTY WELL SET.
BUT I THINK THERE WILL BE LOTS 
OF COOPERATION THERE, BECAUSE 
EVERYBODY WANTS THE OLYMPICS TO 
BE HELD AND BENEFIT FROM THE 
ENORMOUS AUDIENCES THAT YOU 
HAVE.
>> INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC 
COMMITTEE MEMBER DICK POUND IN 
MONTREAL TODAY RESPONDING TO THE
MAJOR DECISION TO POSTPONE UNTIL
2021, AT LEAST 2021, THE TOKYO 
GAMES THAT WERE SCHEDULED FOR 
ACTUALLY JUST FOUR MONTHS 
EXACTLY FROM TODAY.

English: 
OF COURSE, TODAY THE MAJOR FOCUS
IN THIS COUNTRY AND IN IN TOWN, 
THE NATION'S CAPITAL IS TO TRY 
TO GET THIS FINANCIAL AID 
PACKAGE MOVING AND INTO THE 
HANDS OF CANADIANS.
WE'RE EXPECTING IT TO PASS AFTER
A NUMBER OF HOURS OF DEBATE 
INSIDE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
LIMITED DEBATE.
IT WILL THEN MOVE INTO THE 
SENATE TOMORROW.
AND THE WHOLE THING SHOULD 
RECEIVE ROYAL ASSENT BY END OF 
DAY WEDNESDAY, WHICH, OF COURSE,
MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE TO MANY 
PEOPLE WHO ARE WONDERING HOW 
THEY'RE GOING TO PAY RENT OR 
BILLS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF 
WEEKS.
THERE ARE ALSO BUSINESSES, 
OBVIOUSLY, AFFECTED BY ALL OF 
THIS, HAVING TO MAKE THE 
DIFFICULT DECISION TO LAY PEOPLE
OFF.
I WANT TO BRING IN HOWARD ACCEPT
SEEN.
THE TRAVEL AGENCY BASED IN 
TORONTO.
AND OBVIOUSLY, AS INTERNATIONAL 
BORDERS CONTINUE TO CLOSE, I 
WOULD IMAGINE, HOWARD, YOUR 
BUSINESS HAS TAKEN A SERIOUS 
HIT.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> I'M DOING FINE, THANKS FOR --

English: 
THANK YOU, ROSEMARY.
[LAUGHTER] YOU KNOW, THERE IS NO
REVENUE COMING IN NOW.
>> NO.
>> ABSOLUTELY NONE.
I SPENT THE LAST WEEK GETTING 
CLIENTS HOME MAKING SURE THEY 
GOT HOME, CHANGES AND WHAT NOT.
BUT FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, 
THERE WILL BE NO INCOME.
AND THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT.
MY INCOME IS COMPLETELY THROUGH 
COMMISSIONS.
MY OTHER AGENT HERE IS 
COMPLETELY ON COMMISSION.
SO WE ARE SELF-EMPLOYED.
WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS AT THE 
MOMENT TO ANY KIND OF EI.
>> SO YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE 
PEOPLE, SELF-EMPLOYED PEOPLE 
THAT DOESN'T PAY INTO EI AND 
NORMALLY WOULDN'T GET IT.
YOU WILL NOW GET ACCESS.
HAVE YOU REGISTERED ON THE 
GOVERNMENT WEBSITE?
>> IT'S INTERESTING YOU SAID 
THAT.
I SCOURED THAT WEBSITE AND OF 

English: 
COURSE I'M SYMPTOM-FREE, SO I'M 
NOT FORCED TO STAY HOME.
I'M NOT LOOKING AFTER A LOVED 
ONE, A FAMILY MEMBER WHO HAS 
COVID-19.
EI SEEMS TO BE FOR THOSE BUT NOT
SOMEBODY IN MY BOAT.
IF YOU'RE SAYING DIFFERENT, 
THAT'S GREAT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO TROLLING 
THROUGH THE EI SITE TO SEE IF I 
QUALIFY.
>> I AM SAYING DIFFERENT BECAUSE
I LISTENED TO A LOT OF BRIEFINGS
[LAUGHTER] FROM THE MINISTERS 
AND IF YOU ARE -- IF YOU ARE 
SELF-EMPLOYED, THERE IS ALSO 
MEASURES THERE FOR YOU.
YOU MAY NOT FIND IT YET ON THE 
WEBSITE, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE 
AFTER THE LEGISLATION PASSES, 
THAT WILL BECOME MORE APPARENT.
>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I MEAN, I GOT TO TELL YOU, WHEN 
THE PRIME MINISTER CAME OUT -- 
WAS IT LAST WEEK?
I MEAN TIME IS FLEETING HERE.
MARCH 18TH.
AND TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY'RE 

English: 
GOING TO INJECT ALL THIS MONEY.
ONE OF THE THINGS I DID WAS 
REACH OUT TO THE -- ALTHOUGH -- 
WHAT DO THEY CALL IT?
THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BANK 
SAYING LOOK I NEED SOME MONEY.
I'M NOT CREATING MASKS OR 
ANYTHING, BUT I NEED AN INFUSION
OF CASH JUST TO KEEP GOING.
MY LANDLORD IS ASKING ME FOR 
RENT.
I HAVE COMMUNICATION GOING ON AT
THE MOMENT.
BUT AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S 
THE STORY OF -- WHAT IS A GOOD 
EXPRESSION?
I EAT WHAT I GROW KIND OF THING.
IF NOTHING IS BEING PRODUCED, I 
HAVE NO REVENUE, NO CASH FLOW.
AND INTERESTING ENOUGH, I'VE 
BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS A LONG 
TIME.
SINCE 1982.
AND MPH TRAVEL HAS BEEN IN 
BUSINESS SINCE 1986.
ALTHOUGH PEOPLE SOMETIMES WHEN 

English: 
YOU'RE IN A GROUP SETTING WHICH 
WE HAVEN'T BEEN FOR A WHILE, SAY
WHAT DO YOU DO?
YOU SAY, I RUN A TRAVEL AGENCY, 
I SELL TRAVEL.
THEY SAY, I THOUGHT YOU GUYS 
WERE, YOU KNOW, NONEXISTENT 
ANYMORE, THE WEB TOOK OVER.
AND IT MADE ME THINK OF MARK 
TWAIN.
THE REPORTS ON MY DESK WAS AN 
EXAGGERATION.
I GOT TO TELL YOU, PEOPLE I 
TALKED TO THIS WEEK, IN 
PARTICULAR LAST WEEKEND, WHEN 
THE FEAR WENT OUT WE'RE CLOSING 
THE BORDERS.
AND YOU KNOW PEOPLE WERE 
CONTACTING ME FROM AUSTRALIA 
WHERE THEY WERE YET TO COME 
HOME, FROM EUROPE, DUBLIN, 
FLORIDA.
AND YOU KNOW, AT LEAST THEY WERE
ABLE TO CONTACT ME, NOT WAIT ON 
THE PHONE AND -- DON'T GET ME 
WRONG -- THE AIRLINES ARE BUSY 
AND THEY'RE DOING THE BEST JOB 
THEY CAN.
I'VE SEEN THE TWEETS AND WHAT 
NOT, HORROR STORIES, BUT THERE 
IS MORE TO IT.
PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO
ME.

English: 
AND AT LEAST I COULD SAY TO 
THEM, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GET 
YOU HOME, WHEN CAN YOU LEAVE?
YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE COULDN'T 
LEAVE RIGHT AWAY.
COMES TO MIND IS SOMEONE 
TRAVELLING HOME WITH THEIR CAT.
I MEAN, THERE IS ALL KINDS OF 
THINGS.
>> SURE.
HOWARD, I'M GOING TO CUT YOU 
OFF, NOT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO
LISTEN, BUT I'M WAITING FOR THE 
PRIME MINISTER TO COME UP.
LET ME TELL YOU THAT MY 
COLLEAGUE DAVID COCHRANE ALSO 
JUST MESSAGED ME AND TOLD ME, 
YES, YOU DO QUALIFY FOR THE 
EMERGENCY SUPPORT PROGRAMME.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY TROUBLE, 
E-MAIL ME AND I'LL SEND YOU THE 
LINK IF YOU CAN'T FIND IT.
YOU'RE ONE OF MANY CANADIANS 
STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU IN SUCH 

English: 
GOOD SPIRITS.
I WISH YOU WELL.
 >> THAT WILL HAPPEN FOR THE 
NEXT 14 DAYS.
WE'VE GOT THE CBC MEAGAN 
FITZPATRICK AT THE ONTARIO 
LEGISLATURE IN TORONTO AND THE 
CBC NEWS MONTREAL HOST, DEBRA 
ARBEC IN MONTREAL.
WHAT WILL BE OPEN, CLOSED IN 
QUÉBEC, HOW IS THE GOVERNMENT 
APPROACHING THIS?
>> IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF YOU'LL 
INDULGE ME, WE JUST GOT NEW 
INFORMATION I WANT TO GIVE YOU.
IT'S ABOUT FRONT-LINE WORKERS 
THAT ARE INFECTED WITH COVID-19.
TWO PARAMEDICS HAVE BEEN 
INEFFECTED IN AN AREA NORTHEAST 
OF MONTREAL.
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT AREA BECAUSE
THAT'S WHERE COVID -- QUÉBEC'S 
RATHER FOUR CASES OF COVID WERE 
REPORTED.
SO FOUR ELDERLY PEOPLE DIED AT A

English: 
SENIORS HOME THERE.
WE STILL DON'T KNOW HOW THE 
AMBULANCE TECHNICIANS WERE 
INFECTED, BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW, 
THEY WERE NOT INVOLVED WITH ANY 
INTERVENTIONS WITH THE SENIORS 
HOME.
THE TWO AMBULANCE TECHNICIANS IN
QUARANTINE.
18 OTHER TECHNICIANS THAT CAME 
INTO CONTACT WITH THEM HAVE BEEN
TAKEN OFF THE JOB.
SOME HAVE BEEN TESTED.
WE'RE STILL WAITING TO FIND OUT 
MORE, BUT THEY'RE ALL 
SELF-ISOLATING AT THIS POINT.
THAT'S ON TOP OF TWO MONTREAL 
POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE 
INFECTED AND A FIREFIGHTER ON 
THE ISLAND OF MONTREAL AT THE 
WESTMOUNT STATION WHO HAS ALSO 
TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE 
CORONAVIRUS.
SO, NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 
QUÉBEC, THE PREMIER IS SAYING 
THAT THERE IS COMMUNITY 
TRANSMISSION OF COVID-19 IN THE 
PROVINCE, SO HEALTH OFFICIALS 
ARE TRYING TO SLOW THAT SPREAD.
TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL 
GATHERING GROUPS, SO LIKE 
ONTARIO, THE PREMIER ANNOUNCED 
YESTERDAY ALL NONESSENTIAL 
BUSINESSES MUST CLOSE ACROSS THE

English: 
PROVINCE.
SO IT'S AS OF MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
I'LL GO THROUGH THE LIST.
HE KNOWS IT'S DISRUPTIVE, SAYS 
IT WAS NECESSARY THOUGH BECAUSE 
OF ALL THE NEW CASES REPORTED 
YESTERDAY.
ACROSS THE PROVINCE, IT'S 
PROBABLY EASIER TO GO THROUGH A 
LIST OF WHAT ACTUALLY IS OPEN.
ANYTHING HEALTH-RELATED, 
VETERINARIAN, TAKEOUT 
RESTAURANTS, BECAUSE THE 
PROVINCE WANTS PEOPLE TO GET 
EASY ACCESS TO FOOD.
DELIVERIES WILL CONTINUE.
IF YOU'RE WORKING OUT OF YOUR 
HOME, YOU CAN STILL HAVE 
DELIVERIES TO YOUR HOME.
BANKS ARE OPEN.
HARDWARE STORES ARE OPEN.
PUBLIC TRANSIT.
ALL COMMUNICATIONS, INCLUDING 
JOURNALISTS CAN STILL GO TO 
WORK.
THE LIQUOR STORE IN QUÉBEC AS 
WELL AS MARIJUANA STORES STILL 
OPEN AT THIS POINT.
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT FOOD 
SECURITY STILL BEING OPEN.
SO AS I MENTIONED, YOU CAN STILL
WORK AT HOME.
THAT IS NOT AN ISSUE.
YOU CAN STILL GET DELIVERIES.
IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE 
SITUATION THAT HAS BEEN 
UNFOLDING IN ONTARIO, BUT THERE 

English: 
IS ONE BIG DIFFERENCE.
THAT IS THAT CONSTRUCTION SITES 
HERE IN QUÉBEC ARE SHUTTING 
DOWN.
SO WHETHER IT'S PRIVATE OR 
PUBLIC, GOT A LOT OF BIG 
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS GOING ON 
IN QUÉBEC RIGHT NOW, ALL OF THEM
HAVE TO SHUT DOWN AT MIDNIGHT 
TONIGHT.
>> Rosemary: I WILL SAY ONE OF 
THE CONCERNS WE'VE HEARD FROM 
DR. TAM, CANADA'S CHIEF MEDICAL 
OFFICER, IS THAT THE VIRUS 
STARTS TO INFECT HEALTH CARE 
WORKERS, FRONT-LINE WORKERS.
AND UNIONS HAVE TALKED ABOUT A 
LACK OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE 
EQUIPMENT.
DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS THE CASE.
BUT THERE WAS A CHANGE IN 
REPORTING THAT QUÉBEC MADE 
YESTERDAY.
SO THEIR NUMBER OF CASES TOOK A 
DRASTIC -- IT LOOKED LIKE A BIG 
SPIKE.
CAN YOU TELL US ANYTHING ABOUT 
WHAT THAT CHANGE WAS AND WHY 
THEY DECIDED TO DO THAT?
>> THERE WERE A FEW THINGS 
THERE.

English: 
A HUGE SPIKE YESTERDAY, SO THAT 
QUÉBEC NOW HAS THE MOST CASES 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WELL OVER 
600 NOW.
WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT -- THERE 
ARE A FEW THINGS.
FIRST OF ALL, MANY ARE ON SCHOOL
BREAK, A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE 
THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, SO WE 
WERE GETTING MANY QUÉBECERS 
COMING BACK FROM VACATION, MANY 
OF THEM INFECTED BY COVID-19.
WE SAW THOSE NUMBERS SPIKE.
WE'RE ALSO COUNTING CASES 
DIFFERENTLY.
ORIGINALLY, WE WERE SENDING 
CASES OUT TO MANITOBA, TO 
WINNIPEG, TO HAVE THE TESTS 
ANALYZED, NOW WE'RE ABLE TO DO 
THAT HERE.
SO WE'RE DOING FAR MORE TESTS.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS SAID OVER THE
LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, EXPECT 
THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE A SPIKE
BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO NOW BE 
TESTING MORE OFTEN AND WE'RE 
GOING TO BE GETTING A BACKLOG OF
THOSE TESTS.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED OVER
THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
THEY'RE ALSO COMBINING PRESUMED 
CASES AS WELL AS CONFIRMED 
CASES, SO ALL OF THAT COMBINES 
TO WHY WE SAW THAT SPIKE 

English: 
YESTERDAY.
>> Rosemary: OKAY, DEBRA ARBEC, 
GOOD TO GET THE PICTURE IN 
QUÉBEC.
NOW TO MEAGAN FITZPATRICK, SHE'S
STANDING BY IN THE ONTARIO 
LEGISLATURE IN TORONTO.
ONTARIO TOOK SIMILAR MOVES AS WE
STAND BY AND WAIT FOR THE PRIME 
MINISTER TO SPEAK TO CANADIANS.
GIVE US A SENSE OF WHY THE 
GOVERNMENT MADE THE DECISION AND
WHAT WILL STAY OPEN?
>> Reporter: SO, WHAT IS NOT 
ALLOWED TO STAY HOPE, HAS TO 
CLOSE AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, AND 
STAY CLOSED FOR AT LEAST THE 
NEXT 14 DAYS, BUT PREMIER DOUG 
FORD DID LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN TO 
EXTEND THE ORDERS BEYOND 14 DAYS
IF THE GOVERNMENT DEEMS 
NECESSARY.
THEY POSTED A LIST LAST NIGHT OF
WHAT IS CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL.
IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT CAN SAY 
OPEN.
THEY DIDN'T PUT OUT A SEPARATE 
LIST OF WHAT HAS TO CLOSE.
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE LIST AND
FIGURE IT OUT.
AS WE EXPECTED, GROCERY STORES 
ARE ON THERE.
CONVENIENCE STORES.
PET FOOD STORES AS WELL, FOR PET

English: 
OWNERS OUT THERE CONCERNED ABOUT
HAVING ENOUGH SUPPLIES FOR THEIR
PETS.
ALSO, I.T. PROVIDERS, OFFICE 
SUPPLY STORES.
THAT'S PROBABLY IMPORTANT FOR 
ALL THOSE PEOPLE WORKING AT HOME
RIGHT NOW AND MIGHT NEED 
SUPPORT.
LIQUOR, BEER, WINE, CANNABIS, 
ALL ALLOWED TO CONTINUE 
OPERATING.
FOOD IS SIMILAR TO WHAT DEBRA 
WAS SAYING, TAKE OUT AND 
DELIVERY ONLY, NO INRESTAURANT 
DINING.
TAXI CAN KEEP OPERATING AND 
HOTELS.
CONSTRUCTION SITES CAN KEEP 
OPERATING.
THOSE ARE ON THE LIST OF 
ESSENTIAL OPERATION SERVICES AND
BUSINESSES.
PREMIER DOUG FORD SAID YESTERDAY
HE HAS BEEN MADE AWARE OF 
CONCERNS EXPRESSED ABOUT 
CONSTRUCTION SITES AND HE 
ESSENTIALLY TOLD SOME COMPANIES 
TO GET THEIR ACTS TOGETHER AND 
MAKE SURE THEY'RE PROVIDING A 
SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THEIR 
WORKERS.
HE'S LIKELY TO GET MORE 
QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS WHEN HE HAS
A PRESS CONFERENCE AROUND 1:00 

English: 
P.M., IN TERMS OF WHAT MADE THE 
LIST AND WHAT DIDN'T.
WHAT I'M HEARING FROM SOME IN 
THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, THERE IS
NOT A LOT OF CLARITY.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MORE 
SPECIFICS ON THIS LIST.
THEY'RE SAYING IT'S TOO VAGUE, 
SOME OF THOSE CATEGORIES.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CANADIAN 
FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT 
BUSINESS, THE ONTARIO CHAPTER 
REPRESENTATIVE WAS SAYING 
THEY'RE HEARING FROM MEMBERS WHO
OPERATE CAR WASHES.
GAS STATIONS ARE ALLOWED TO STAY
OPEN.
IF A CAR WASH IS ATTACHED TO THE
GAS STATION, CAN IT OPERATE?
LIMO DRIVERS.
DO THEY COUNT AS TAXI DRIVERS?
TAXI DRIVERS ARE ON THE LIST, 
BUT LIMO DRIVERS ARE NOT LISTED 
SPECIFICALLY.
THEY'RE URGING THE GOVERNMENT TO
SET UP A HOTLINE SO THAT 
BUSINESSES, COMPANIES CAN CALL 
AND ASK AND GET A QUICK ANSWER, 
YES OR NO, CAN THEY STAY OPEN.
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE URGED 
THE GOVERNMENT TO DELAY THE 
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ORDERS 

English: 
SAYING COMPANIES AND BUSINESSES 
HAVEN'T BEEN GIVEN ENOUGH 
NOTICE.
THE PREMIER MADE THE 
ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY 
AFTERNOON.
A FEW HOURS LATER PUT OUT THE 
LIST.
WHOEVER IS NOT ON THE LIST IS 
SUPPOSED TO CLOSE DOWN MIDNIGHT 
TONIGHT.
THEY SAY COMPANIES NEED NOR TIME
TO ADAPT, TO SHIFT THEIR 
OPERATIONS ONLINE, HAVE THEIR 
STAFF WORK FROM HOME.
THEY ARE ALLOWING COMPANIES TO 
KEEP OPERATING THROUGH TELEWORK,
ONLINE COMMERCE IS STILL 
ALLOWED, BUT COMPANIES 
SCRAMBLING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN 
IF THEY CAN.
THEY'RE ASKING THE PREMIER FOR 
MORE TIME.
>> Rosemary: AS YOU SAID, AN 
UPDATE FROM THE PREMIER LATER.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
WE ARE EXPECTING WHEN THE 
PREMIER SPEAKS LATER AT 1:00 
EASTERN, THE GOVERNMENT SOURCES 
SAY HE'LL ALSO BE ANNOUNCING 
THAT HYDRO RATES WILL BE 
TEMPORARILY LOWERED TO LOWER 
RATES DURING THE DAY IN ORDER TO
HELP PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING 
FROM HOME AND HAVE TO USE MORE 
HYDRO.
WE'RE EXPECTING TO HEAR THAT 
FROM THE ONTARIO PREMIER AS 
WELL.

English: 
WE ARE STANDING BY, THOUGH, AT 
THIS HOUR TO BRING YOU OUR 
REGULAR UPDATE FROM THE PRIME 
MINISTER IN HIS HOME THERE WHERE
HE IS NEARING THE END OF HIS 
SELF-ISOLATION, ALTHOUGH HE 
HASN'T GIVEN AN EXACT DATE WHEN 
HE'LL BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND 
ENJOY THE REST OF US AND 
POSSIBLY WORK IN THE OFFICE FROM
TIME TO TIME.
HE IS NOW, WE'RE TOLD, RUNNING A
LITTLE BIT LATE.
11:45 IS NOW THE TIME WE ARE 
EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM THE PRIME
MINISTER, 11:45 EASTERN.
AND REMINDER THAT TODAY, THE 
FOCUS HERE IN THIS CITY AND 
REALLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IF 
THAT AFFECTS YOU AND IT DOES FOR
SO MANY, IS THE GOVERNMENT 
GETTING THE EMERGENCY AID 
MEASURES PASSED.
WE HEARD YESTERDAY ALMOST A 
MILLION CANADIANS HAD REGISTERED
FOR EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE OVER 
THE PAST WEEK.
ON AVERAGE, IT IS SOMETHING LIKE
35,000 I BELIEVE IS THE NUMBER 
THAT I LAST SAW.
AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF PEOPLE 
LOOKING FOR THIS HELP.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE -- A LOT 
MORE PEOPLE WILL NEED IT GOING 

English: 
FORWARD.
WE KNOW THAT, TOO.
LET'S BRING IN VASSY KAPELOS AND
DAVID COCHRANE.
DAVID, I'M GOING TO YOU.
LET'S MAYBE BECAUSE OUR FRIEND 
HOWARD THE TRAVEL AGENT WAS 
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HE WAS
GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO, I THINK
HE'S RELIEVED THAT HE'S GOING TO
GET SOMETHING.
LET'S GO THROUGH WHAT WAS 
AVAILABLE.
>> Reporter: THIS IS A SERIES OF
MEASURES ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY 
LAST WEEK AND SINCE THEN, A LOT 
MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE 
RELYING ON THESE MEASURES BASED 
ON THE STATES OF EMERGENCY AND 
THINGS SHUTTING DOWN.
I'M DOING IT FROM MEMORY, BUT 
ESSENTIALLY, THEY'RE CREATING 
TWO NEW PROGRAMMES THAT MORE OR 
LESS PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT 
INSURANCE FOR JUST ABOUT 
EVERYTHING, WHETHER YOU QUALIFY 
FOR IT OR NOT.
THERE IS THE EMERGENCY CARE 
BENEFIT FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO 
SELF-ISOLATE OR GET SICK OR HAVE
TO LOOK AFTER A SICK FAMILY 
MEMBER, OR A CHILD BECAUSE OF 
THE SCHOOL AND DAYCARE CLOSURES.

English: 
THAT WILL GET YOU $950 EVERY TWO
WEEKS UP TO 14 OR 15 WEEKS.
THEN THERE IS THE EMERGENCY 
SUPPORT BENEFIT.
THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE LIKE OUR 
FRIEND HOWARD COME IN.
THIS IS CREATING EMPLOYMENT 
INSURANCE-LIKE PROGRAMME THAT IS
FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE 
SELF-EMPLOYED, RUN A SMALL 
BUSINESS AND CAN'T WORK, 
CONTRACTORS, FREELANCERS OR 
PEOPLE WHO LOSE THEIR JOB 
WITHOUT HAVING ENOUGH HOURS TO 
QUALIFY FOR EMPLOYMENT 
INSURANCE.
SO WE DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFIC 
DOLLAR AMOUNTS ON THAT, BUT 
WE'RE TOLD IT WILL BE COMPARABLE
TO WHAT YOU WOULD GET IF YOU DID
QUALIFY FOR EMPLOYMENT 
INSURANCE.
THOSE ARE THE TWO DIRECT INCOME 
MEASURES THAT ARE PART OF THE 
$82 BILLION AID PACKAGE.
ON TOP OF THAT, THERE IS A 10% 
WAGE SUBSIDY FOR SMALL 
BUSINESSES THAT WILL RUN FOR UP 
TO THREE MONTHS TO KEEP AS MANY 
PEOPLE EMPLOYED AS POSSIBLE.
THERE IS $55 BILLION IN TAX 
DEFERRALS WHICH MEANS THAT NO 
BUSINESS, BIG OR SMALL, WILL 
HAVE TO PAY THEIR CORPORATE TAX 
UNTIL SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR.
THAT IS DESIGNED TO KEEP MONEY 
IN BANK ACCOUNTS, CASH IN THE 
ECONOMY AND IMPROVE THE 

English: 
LIQUIDITY SITUATION WHEN PEOPLE 
ARE SPENDING AND BUYING LESS AND
BUSINESSES ARE STARVED FOR CASH.
THERE ARE TWO OTHER MEASURES.
THERE IS A BOOST IN THE G.S.T. 
REBATE, THAT LOW AND MODEST 
INCOME CANADIANS QUALIFY.
YOU COULD SEE $300 FOR 
LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUAL, BUT $150 
FOR CHILD OR $400 FOR A COUPLE.
THAT IS GOING TO COME IN MAY.
THEN THERE IS UNSPECIFIED BOOST 
COMING TO THE CANADA CHILD 
BENEFIT, AIMED DIRECTLY AT 
HELPING PEOPLE WHO HAVE CHILDREN
AND HAVE EXTRA EXPENSES AND 
NEEDS DURING THIS UNPRECEDENTED 
TIME.
WHEN YOU LOOK THE AT THIS, THE 
NEARLY ONE MILLION APPLICATIONS,
IF YOU LOOK AT SOME THE GROSS 
DOMESTIC PRODUCT, THE G.D.P. 
PROJECTIONS, THEY'RE PREDICTING 
FOR THE SECOND QUARTER IN THE 
UNITED STATES, 24% CONTRACTION 
IN G.D.P.
THAT IS THREE TIMES HIGHER THAN 

English: 
THE WORST QUART OVER THE GREAT 
RECESSION WHEN WE HAD THE 
FINANCIAL CRISIS A LITTLE OVER A
DECADE AGO.
THIS $82 BILLION PACKAGE AS MUCH
AS IT WILL HELP PEOPLE LIKE 
HOWARD IN THE SHORT-TERM, THE 
PRIME MINISTER AND EVERYONE ON 
DOWN SAID THIS IS JUST THE FIRST
STEP, WE'LL NEED TO DO A LOT 
MORE.
>> Rosemary: JUST TO REMIND 
PEOPLE, ALMOST A MILLION PEOPLE 
APPLIED LAST WEEK.
LET ME BE PRECISE ON THE NUMBER.
ON AVERAGE LAST YEAR, THERE WAS 
35,000 APPLICANTS PER WEEK.
SERVICES CANADA IS GETTING 140 
TO 150,000 CALLS A DAY.
THEY ARE ALSO HIRING RIGHT NOW 
BECAUSE THEY REALIZE THEY NEED 
TO RAMP UP THEIR CAPACITY.
AND I'LL JUST SAY IN THE PAST 10
MINUTES SINCE WE TALKED TO 
TRAVEL AGENT HOWARD, I'VE HAD A 
NUMBER OF TWEETS AND E-MAILS 
FROM PEOPLE ALL ASKING HOW THEY 
DO THIS.
SO THERE MAY ACTUALLY BE AN 
ISSUE AROUND WHERE YOU CONNECT 
IF YOU'RE REGISTERING IN A NEW 

English: 
WAY FOR EI.
IF SOMEONE WANTS TO FLIP ME THAT
LINK, THAT WOULD BE GREAT AND 
I'LL SEND IT OUT ON TWITTER AND 
PEOPLE CAN GET THEMSELVES 
ORGANIZED.
VASSY, THAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO 
BRING YOU IN.
IT'S NOT JUST PEOPLE TRYING TO 
UNDERSTAND WHAT WILL BE 
AVAILABLE, DO THEY QUALIFY, BUT 
THERE IS ALSO LOTS OF ISSUES 
AROUND CAPACITY HERE.
THERE WOULD BE NO ONE IN 
GOVERNMENT, I DON'T THINK THAT 
WOULD TELL YOU THAT THEIR EI 
SYSTEM IS FABULOUS AND WON'T BE 
OVERWHELMED BY WHAT WE'RE ABOUT 
TO SEE.
>> LOOK, PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY,
LAST YEAR WHEN YOU POINT OUT ON 
AVERAGE 30,000 TO 35,000 PEOPLE 
ARE APPLYING FOR EI A WEEK, THEY
WERE ALREADY HAVING ISSUES 
ACCESSING THAT IN A TIMELY WAY.
THE SYSTEM WAS ALREADY 
OVERBURDENED.
IT'S A FAIR QUESTION TO ASK WHEN
YOU SEE THE NUMBER EXPLODE TO A 
MILLION, THAT THE TECHNICAL 
CAPACITY WILL BE TESTED.
IT'S ALSO FAIR TO PUT FORWARD 
THE IDEA THAT THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW ISN'T 

English: 
EXACTLY LIKE ALL OF US, LIKE 
EVERYBODY IN THIS COUNTRY, 
OPERATING IN A NORMAL WAY.
THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM HOMES, 
THERE ARE VPN SYSTEMS TESTED.
WE DON'T KNOW THE ANSWERS, BUT I
THINK THEY'RE FAIR QUESTIONS TO 
PUT FORWARD ABOUT THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT'S ABILITY TO DELIVER 
THE MONEY BECAUSE OF TECHNICAL 
CAPACITY.
I WANT TO TOUCH ON SOMETHING YOU
AND DAVID WERE TALKING ABOUT.
MY INBOX HAS BEEN INUNDATED, 
PARTICULARLY ON TWITTER, FROM 
SELF-EMPLOYED PEOPLE WHO ARE 
UNSURE WHERE THEY FIT IN THE 
PACKAGE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE GOVERNMENT
PUT FORTH THEY WILL BE ABLE TO, 
BUT THE ONLY MENTION OF THEM, 
EITHER THE EMERGENCY CARE 
BENEFIT OR THE SUPPORT BENEFIT, 
IS IF THEY HAD TO STAY HOME TO 
TAKE CARE OF SOMEONE WHO IS SICK
OR IF THEY HAD TO STAY HOME 
BECAUSE THEY WERE SICK.
I THINK SO FAR MANY HAVE THE 
IMPRESSION IF THEY'RE JUST 
FORCED TO BE HOME BECAUSE THEY 
HAD TO CLOSE THEIR BUSINESS, OR 
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY BUSINESS, 
LIKE HOWARD, HE HAS NO BUSINESS,
THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY FIT 

English: 
IN OR IF THEY FIT IN.
I THINK THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO BE
MORE SPECIFIC AND MAYBE THAT 
WILL COME THROUGH THE 
LEGISLATION TODAY, BUT I THINK 
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY 
SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THAT GROUP 
OF SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.
I WOULD TOUCH ON SOMETHING THAT 
DAVID TALKED ABOUT.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE'LL HEAR 
FROM THE OPPOSITION AND WHAT 
WE'VE HEARD FROM GROUPS THAT 
REPRESENT SMALL BUSINESSES 
OWNERS.
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS PROMISED
IN TAX DEFERRALS IS BIG, BUT 
IT'S STILL A DEFERRAL.
YOU STILL OWE THE MONEY WHEN IT 
COMES DUE.
IT HELPS IN THE IMMEDIATE TERM, 
IT DOESN'T HELP IN THE 
LONG-TERM.
IT'S WELCOME, BUT IT'S NOT A 
MAGIC BULLET.
THE OTHER THING IS THE 10% WAGE 
SUBSIDY.
THAT IS SOMETHING FOR PEOPLE WHO
RUN A BUSINESS, PARTICULARLY 
SMALL BUSINESSES, IT IS NOT 
ENOUGH TO GET THEM GOING FOR THE
NEXT SIX MONTHS OR KEEP THEM 
GOING IF THESE MEASURES WERE IN 
PLACE FOR, SAY, FOUR MONTHS.
THAT'S UP TO THREE MONTHS THEY 
GET THE SUBSIDY.
THERE ARE JURISDICTIONS AROUND 
THE WORLD, THE U.K., AND 

English: 
DENMARK, THEY'RE SUBSIDIZING 75 
TO 80%.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS SIGNALLED 
THIS IS THE FIRST STEP AND THE 
BEGINNING, BUT I KNOW THAT 
BUSINESSES AND PARTICULARLY 
PEOPLE WHO ARE SELF-EMPLOYED ARE
LOOKING FOR THE NEXT STEPS 
ALREADY.
>> Rosemary: YEP, YEP, ALL GREAT
POINTS.
LET ME JUST -- BECAUSE I HAVE A 
SUPER PRODUCER WHO ACTS AS MY 
SECOND BRAIN, HE SENT ME 
INFORMATION AROUND THESE THINGS.
THE EMERGENCY CARE BENEFIT TO 
PROVIDE SUPPORT TO WORKERS, 
INCLUDING THE SELF-EMPLOYED, 
DON'T QUALIFY FOR PAID SICK 
LEAVE OR EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.
IF SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED TO YOU
OR YOU HAVE TO LOOK AFTER A 
LOVED ONE, THAT WELL BE 
AVAILABLE UNTIL APRIL 2020.
SO YOU CAN'T APPLY.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING ONLINE, I 
DON'T THINK THERE IS ANYTHING 
THERE FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.
BUT STAND BY, IT WILL BE THERE 
SOON.
THEN THE OTHER, THE EMERGENCY 
SUPPORT BENEFIT, THAT MAY ALSO 
NOT BE THERE NOW.
SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR 
SOMETHING AND YOU FALL INTO 
THESE CATEGORIES THE THREE OF US
HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, DON'T 
PANIC BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING 

English: 
THERE NOW.
TODAY IS THE CRITICAL DAY FOR 
GETTING THESE THINGS IN PLACE 
AND OPENING UP THOSE 
APPLICATIONS.
THERE HAS BEEN A CALL, I KNOW, 
FROM THE N.D.P. IN PARTICULAR TO
JUST START TAKING THE 
APPLICATIONS REGARDLESS.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER ANY OF 
THAT HAS HAPPENED WITH SERVICE 
CANADA OR THE C.R.A.
BUT IF I GET SOMETHING MORE 
PRECISE FOR PEOPLE WATCHING AND 
FOLLOWING ALONG ON SOCIAL MEDIA,
WE'LL DEFINITELY TWEET THAT OUT 
SO YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO ONCE ALL 
THIS STUFF STARTS TO HAPPEN.
I SHOULD TELL YOU THAT THE PRIME
MINISTER IS, I AM TOLD, JUST 
ABOUT TO COME OUT OF HIS HOUSE.
YOU REMEMBER YESTERDAY HE HAD 
THAT VERY FORCEFUL, YOU KNOW, 
STERN MESSAGE REALLY TO 
CANADIANS THAT ENOUGH WAS 
ENOUGH, WAS HIS LANGUAGE, THAT 
PEOPLE NEEDED TO GO HOME AND 
STAY HOME.
HE ALSO THEN RECORDED A VIDEO 
OUT OF HIS KITCHEN.
I'M GUESSING ONE OF HIS CHILDREN
DID THAT, TO REITERATE THAT SAME
MESSAGE TO CANADIANS AS WE ENTER
A CRITICAL TIME FOR SOCIAL 

English: 
DISTANCING AND SELF-ISOLATION 
ACCORDING TO PUBLIC HEALTH 
EXPERTS.
AND HE GOT CANADIAN CELEBRITIES 
TO REITERATE THE MESSAGE LAST 
NIGHT.
HERE'S THE PRIME MINISTER OF 
CANADA WITH HIS DAILY UPDATE.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: MY APOLOGIES FOR BEING 
A LITTLE DELAYED THIS MORNING.
IT WAS IMPORTANT I SPEAK WITH 
ALL THREE OPPOSITION LEADERS 
BECAUSE I'M UNABLE TO JOIN THEM 
THIS AFTERNOON AS THE HOUSE OF 
COMMONS RECONVENES TO PASS 
EMERGENCY LEGISLATION ON 
COVID-19.
THIS LEGISLATION WILL HELP 
ENSURE THAT CANADIANS ARE 
GETTING THE SUPPORT THEY NEED 
DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES.
NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, WHERE YOU
LIVE, OR WHAT YOU DO, COVID-19 
IS HAVING A REAL IMPACT ON YOUR 
LIFE.
SMALL BUSINESSES ARE TEMPORARILY
CLOSING UP SHOP.
HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS CAN NO 
LONGER ACCEPT GUESTS.
SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT GETTING 
PAID.
OTHERS ARE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR 
JOB.
WHATEVER YOUR SITUATION MAY BE, 
OUR GOVERNMENT IS HERE TO HELP.
PASSING THIS BILL TODAY MEANS 
GETTING YOU THE SUPPORT YOU 

English: 
DESERVE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO HELP GET 
MONEY OUT TO PEOPLE, SPEED IS OF
THE ESSENCE, ESPECIALLY IN AN 
UNPRECEDENTED SITUATION LIKE 
THIS ONE.
BUT I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY 
CLEAR, I BELIEVE IN OUR 
DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS.
ALL OF US IN PARLIAMENT MUST 
WORK TOGETHER AND CANADIANS NEED
TO SEE US DOING JUST THAT.
SO YOU HAVE MY UNWAVERING 
COMMITMENT.
WE WILL PROTECT AND UPHOLD OUR 
DEMOCRATIC VALUES.
WE WILL PROTECT AND UPHOLD OUR 
DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS.
AS WE DELIVER SUPPORT TO 
CANADIANS AS QUICKLY AS 
POSSIBLE.
[Speaking French]
>> Translator: ADOPT EMERGENCY 
MEASURES THAT OUR GOVERNMENT 
ANNOUNCED.
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT STEP IN
ORDER TO GIVE CANADIANS THE 
SUPPORT THAT THEY DESERVE.
I KNOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WILL FOLLOW
AND AS I'VE BEEN SAYING FROM THE

English: 
OUTSET, ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
ARE WORKING 24-7 TO PROVIDE YOU 
WITH ANSWERS.
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE ANNOUNCED 
LAST WEEK FOR BUSINESSES AND 
WORKERS IS ON ITS WAY.
AT THE SAME TIME WE CONTINUE TO 
REFLECT ON OTHER WAYS OF HELPING
CANADIANS.
WHAT WE ANNOUNCED THUS FAR IS 
ONLY THE BEGINNING, BUT THE WORK
IS CONTINUING.
SINCE THE VERY OUTSET, SCIENCE 
AND EXPERTS HAVE BEEN GUIDING 
OUR APPROACH AND OUR RESPONSE TO
THE CRISIS AND SCIENCE AND 
EXPERTS MUST CONTINUE TO GUIDE 
US AS WE COME THROUGH THE NEXT 
WEEKS.
AS THE SITUATION EVOLVES, WE ARE
DISCOVERING WHAT MORE WE NEED TO
DO, WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER AND 
WE'RE ADJUSTING.
WE WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION 
AND MORE SUPPORT FOR CANADIANS 
IN THE COMING DAYS, BUT IN THE 
MEANTIME, KNOW THAT THE ENTIRE 
CIVIL SERVICE IS WORKING DAY AND
NIGHT TO HELP YOU.
AND I WANT TO THANK ALL CIVIL 
SERVANTS, NOT JUST AT THE 

English: 
FEDERAL LEVEL, BUT THE 
PROVINCIAL AND TERRITORIAL AND 
MUNICIPAL LEVELS AS WELL FOR ALL
OF THEIR HARD WORK.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: I KNOW A LOT OF 
CANADIANS ABROAD ARE STILL 
HAVING TROUBLE TO FIND A FLIGHT 
TO BRING THEM HOME.
I WANT TO GIVE EVERYONE AN 
UPDATE.
AT LEAST ONE MORE FLIGHT FROM 
MOROCCO HAS BEEN SCHEDULED.
THE FIRST FLIGHT FROM PERU WILL 
LEAVE TODAY AND WE'RE WORKING ON
FLIGHTS TO PANAMA, UKRAINE, AND 
ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA,
HONDURAS AND SPAIN.
ON THAT NOTE, I WANT TO THANK 
THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, PILOTS, 
BORDER AGENTS.
THEY'VE BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES 
OF THIS CRISIS FOR WEEKS, BUT 
THEY CONTINUE TO SHOW UP TO WORK
AND BRING FAMILIES TOGETHER.
JUST THIS PAST WEEK, NEARLY 1 
MILLION CANADIANS TRAVELLED HOME
TO CANADA.
THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN 
POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE PEOPLE WHO 

English: 
WORK AT OUR AIRPORTS, THE BORDER
AND OUR PORTS.
SO ON BEHALF OF ALL CANADIANS, 
THANK YOU.
WE SEE HOW HARD YOU'RE WORKING 
AND WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE IT.
EVERY DAY SOMEONE ASKS ME HOW 
LONG THESE RESTRICTIONS WILL BE 
IN PLACE.
THE TRUTH IS, WE DON'T KNOW YET.
BUT HERE'S WHAT WE DO KNOW.
THE DURATION OF THIS CRISIS WILL
BE DETERMINED BY THE CHOICES WE 
MAKE RIGHT NOW.
BY DECISIONS WE TAKE EVERY 
SINGLE DAY.
SO IF YOU WANT THINGS TO GET 
BACK TO NORMAL, DO YOUR PART.
STAY HOME.
AND IF YOU HAVE JUST RETURNED 
FROM ABROAD, GO STRAIGHT HOME 
FROM THE AIRPORT AND DO NOT 
LEAVE FOR AT LEAST 14 DAYS.
THIS IS NOT A SUGGESTION.
YOU CANNOT PICK UP GROCERIES OR 
VISIT OUR PARENTS OR YOUR 
FRIENDS.
YOU NEED TO GO HOME AND STAY 
THERE.
IF PEOPLE DO NOT FOLLOW THESE 

English: 
GUIDELINES, WE WILL PUT MUCH 
MORE STRINGENT MEASURES IN 
PLACE.
SINCE THE BEGINNING, I HAVE BEEN
IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH 
THE FIRST MINISTERS.
WE HAD ANOTHER CALL LAST NIGHT 
AND WE AGREED WE HAVE TO KEEP 
COLLABORATING TO ENSURE THAT ALL
REGIONS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED, 
INCLUDING TESTING EQUIPMENT AND 
MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
WE DISCUSSED THE RANGE OF 
CHALLENGES BEING FACED AND 
OVERCOME ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE TALKED ABOUT WORKING EVEN 
MORE CLOSELY TOGETHER TO DO MORE
TO KEEP CANADIANS SAFE.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE 
EMERGENCY MEASURES THAT HAVE 
BEEN PUT IN PLACE AT THE 
PROVINCIAL AND TERRITORIAL 
LEVEL.
THE FEDERAL EMERGENCIES ACT IS A
LAST RESORT, BUT AS I KEEP 
SAYING, ALL OPTIONS ARE ON THE 
TABLE.
IF PEOPLE DO NOT COMPLY WITH 
EXPERT ADVICE AND GOVERNMENT 
GUIDELINES, WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE
ADDITIONAL STEPS.
RIGHT NOW THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO 
ARE STILL GOING TO WORK BECAUSE 

English: 
THEY HAVE TO.
PHARMACISTS, DELIVERY FOLKS, 
POSTAL WORKERS, CUSTODIAL STAFF,
TRUCK DRIVERS AND MANY, MANY 
MORE ARE KEEPING THE COUNTRY 
RUNNING.
THEY DESERVE OUR THANKS FOR 
EVERYTHING THEY DO.
BUT THESE PEOPLE ARE MORE THAN 
JUST THEIR JOB.
THEY'RE SOMEBODY'S MOM OR GRAND 
DAD.
SOMEBODY'S BEST FRIEND OR 
FAVOURITE COLLEAGUE.
SO, PLEASE, FOR THEM, STAY HOME.
AND DO IT FOR THE HEALTH CARE 
WORKERS WHO WE CAN'T AFFORD TO 
LOSE DURING THE BIGGEST PUBLIC 
HEALTH CRISIS OUR COUNTRY HAS 
EVER SEEN, BECAUSE HERE'S THE 
HARD TRUTH.
IF OUR NURSES AND DOCTORS HAVE 
COVID-19, THEY CAN'T HELP YOU.
THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO TREAT YOU 
OR YOUR LOVED ONES IF YOU GET 
SICK.
THIS IS SERIOUS.
THE DECISIONS YOU MAKE HAVE 
SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES.
NOT JUST ON YOUR COMMUNITY, BUT 
ON THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, SO DO 
YOUR PART.

English: 
THAT'S HOW WE WILL KEEP EACH 
OTHER SAFE.
[Speaking French]
>> Translator: I'M HAPPY TO TAKE
YOUR QUESTIONS.
>> GLOBAL NEWS.
PRIME MINISTER, YOU JUST TALKED 
ABOUT THE NEED OF GETTING MONEY 
OUT THE DOOR AS QUICKLY AS 
POSSIBLE.
CRITICS SAY THIS STILL INVOLVES 
A LOT OF PAPERWORK, SO WHY NOT 
GIVE EVERY TAX FILER A CHEQUE 
RIGHT NOW AND TO THAT END, LAST 
WEEK ALONE WE HAD NEARLY A 
MILLION PEOPLE -- EXTRA PEOPLE 
FILING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT 
INSURANCE, PROCESSING TIMES CAN 
BE SLOW.
HOW QUICKLY CAN THEY EXPECT 
THEIR CHEQUES?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WE RECOGNIZE THE NEED 
TO HELP CANADIANS DIRECTLY AND 
QUICKLY.
PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT 
AFFORDING THEIR GROCERIES, 
THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT PAYING 
THEIR RENT, THEY'RE WORRIED 
ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO STAY 
SAFE AND KEEP THEIR FAMILIES 
SAFE WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE 
REVENUE COMING IN.
THAT IS WHY WE'VE PUT FORWARD 
MEASURES THAT WILL GET MONEY OUT
TO THEM QUICKLY.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE DEMAND IS 

English: 
MASSIVE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND WE ARE WORKING VERY, VERY 
HARD TO BE ABLE TO FLOW MONEY TO
PEOPLE VERY RAPIDLY.
BUT AS I'VE SAID, NOTHING IS OFF
THE TABLE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A BROAD RANGE 
OF MEASURES FOR SUPPORTING 
VULNERABLE PEOPLE, FOR 
SUPPORTING BUSINESSES, SMALL 
BUSINESSES SPECIFICALLY, AND 
GIVING MORE HELP TO CANADIANS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK AND 
ROLL OUT THOSE MEASURES AS WE 
MOVE FORWARD.
[Speaking French]
>> Translator: RECOGNIZE THAT 
PEOPLE ARE WORRIED, WORRIED 
ABOUT HOW THEY WILL BE ABLE TO 
PAY FOR THEIR FOOD OR PAY FOR 
THEIR RENT OR HOW THEY CAN 
SUPPORT THEIR FAMILY IN THESE 
CHALLENGING TIMES, PARTICULARLY 
IF THEIR INCOME IS DOWN OR THEIR
PAYCHEQUE ISN'T ARRIVING.
THAT'S WHY WE TOOK MEASURES TO 
GET THAT MONEY OUT TO PEOPLE 
QUICKLY, TO EVERYONE WHO NEEDS 
IT, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS
A MASSIVE CHALLENGE FOR THE 
GOVERNMENT TO FLOW SO MUCH MONEY

English: 
OUT TO PEOPLE, BUT IT HAS TO BE 
DONE AND IT HAS TO BE DONE 
QUICKLY.
AND THE MEASURES THAT WILL BE 
PASSED THIS AFTERNOON WILL HELP 
US TO HELP CANADIANS.
>> Reporter: WE'RE HEARING THAT 
SOME DOCTORS AND NURSES ARE 
WAITING MORE THAN A WEEK TO GET 
TEST RESULTS.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT SKEWS THE 
NUMBERS OF HOW BIG A PROBLEM 
THIS IS AND IT LIMITS WHO AN 
INFECTED PERSON CAME INTO 
CONTACT WITH.
WHY DIDN'T YOUR GOVERNMENT 
ENHANCE LAB CAPABILITIES?
>> WE HAVE BEEN ENHANCING LAB 
CAABILI
CAPABILITIES.
WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE BACKLOGS 
AND CHALLENGES, PARTICULARLY IN 
MORE REMOTE OR OVERBURDENED 
JURISDICTIONS TO GET THOSE TEST 
RESULTS BACK QUICKLY.
WE DISCUSSED IT WITH THE 
PREMIERS LAST NIGHT ACTUALLY AS 
WELL.
WE ARE MOVING TO ACCELERATE THE 
PROCESSES BECAUSE TESTING IS NOT
JUST ABOUT GIVING PEOPLE PEACE 

English: 
OF MIND, IT'S AN ESSENTIAL 
ELEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH 
RESPONSE THAT WILL KEEP US ALL 
SAFE.
WE KNOW THAT MASSIVE TESTING HAS
BEEN PART OF THE SOLUTION IN 
PLACES THAT HAVE MANAGED TO 
CONTAIN OR SLOW THE SPREAD OF 
COVID-19.
THAT IS WHY WE'RE INVESTING 
SIGNIFICANTLY IN INCREASING BOTH
OUR TESTING CAPACITY AND THE 
SPEED WITH WHICH WE'LL BE ABLE 
TO RESPOND.
[Speaking French]
>> Translator: WE RECOGNIZE THAT
THERE ARE CHALLENGES AT THIS 
TIME WHEN IT COMES TO SCREENING 
TESTS AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT THIS
IS PARTICULARLY THE CASE IN MORE
REMOTE AREAS OR OVERBURDENED 
SYSTEMS.
IT CAN TAKE LONGER TO GET THE 
RESULTS OUT.
AND I TALKED TO THE PREMIERS 
ABOUT THAT LAST EVENING.
IT'S ALSO WHY WE'RE TAKING 
MEASURES TO ACCELERATE THE 
SCREENING PROCESS IN ORDER THAT 
THE RESULTS CAN BE RECEIVED MORE
QUICKLY.
EVERY SINGLE DAY THERE ARE TENS 
OF THOUSANDS MORE CANADIANS 
BEING TESTED, BUT WE HAVE TO DO 

English: 
MORE.
ALSO WITH RESPECT TO GETTING 
THOSE RESULTS BACK.
BECAUSE TESTING SOMEONE IS NOT 
JUST ABOUT GETTING INFORMATION 
THAT WILL REASSURE US, OR ALLOW 
US TO CHANGE OUR BEHAVIOR, IT'S 
ALSO AN ESSENTIAL MEASURE OF 
CONTROL OF SPREAD OF THE VIRUS 
AS WE'VE SEEN IN COUNTRIES 
AROUND THE WORLD.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO 
ACCELERATE THOSE EFFORTS SO THAT
WE CAN GET MORE TESTING DONE FOR
EVERYONE QUICKLY.
>> Reporter: CBC NEWS, WHY WOULD
YOUR GOVERNMENT THINK IT'S A 
GOOD IDEA TO PROPOSE A BILL TO 
BROADLY TAX AND SPEND WITHOUT 
PARLIAMENTARY APPROVAL UNTIL 
DECEMBER 2021?
MANY OPPOSITION MEMBERS SAY THEY
CAN'T SUPPORT THIS OVERREACH.
WHY WOULD YOU BRING POLITICS 
INTO A PANDEMIC?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WE RECOGNIZE THIS 
PANDEMIC IS MOVING EXTREMELY 
QUICKLY AND IT IS A SITUATION 
THAT REQUIRES EXTREME 
FLEXIBILITY AND RAPIDITY OF 
RESPONSE BY GOVERNMENTS TO BE 
ABLE TO HELP CANADIANS AND 

English: 
REACTS TO A SITUATION THAT WE'VE
SEEN IS MOVING QUICKLY EVERY 
SINGLE DAY.
SO SAYING WE HAVE A PARLIAMENT 
THAT WORKS, WE HAVE AN 
OPPOSITION THAT IS DOING ITS JOB
OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING
THE RIGHT STEPS THE RIGHT WAY 
AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN 
WORKING ON DRAFTING THE RIGHT 
LEGISLATION UP UNTIL THE LAST 
MINUTE.
WE'VE BEEN IN CLOSE DISCUSSION 
WITH THE OPPOSITION PARTIES TO 
FIND A WAY TO BOTH GET THAT 
FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO GET 
MEASURES OUT THE DOOR, AND KEEP 
IN PLACE OUR DEMOCRATIC 
INSTITUTIONS AND THE VALUES THAT
ARE SO IMPORTANT TO US ALL.
WE WILL ALWAYS ENSURE THAT OUR 
SYSTEM WORKS IN A ROBUST WAY 
BOTH AROUND ACCOUNTABILITY AND 
HELPING CANADIANS AS QUICKLY AS 
IS NECESSARY IN THESE 
EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND 
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING
TO SEE THIS AFTERNOON IN WHAT 
I'M SURE WILL BE ROBUST, BUT 
EXTREMELY COOPERATIVE AND 
COLLABORATIVE DEBATE THIS 
AFTERNOON IN THE HOUSE.
[Speaking French]
>> Translator: WE RECOGNIZE THAT

English: 
THE SITUATION WE FIND OURSELVES 
IN NOW IS UNPRECEDENTED.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT PARLIAMENT AND
THE OPPOSITION PARTIES HAVE A 
CRITICAL ROLE TO PLAY IN TERMS 
OF ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY AND 
BEING AWARE OF THE MEASURES 
WE'RE PUTTING FORWARD.
AND WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT OUR 
DEMOCRACY WORKS PROPERLY, EVEN 
IN EXTREME SITUATIONS.
AND THAT IS WHY THE DISCUSSIONS 
WE HAD WITH THE OPPOSITION 
PARTIES CONTINUED UP UNTIL THE 
LAST MINUTE.
AND WE MADE CHOICES TO ENSURE 
THAT THERE COULD BE MORE RECALLS
OF PARLIAMENT SO WE HAVE THE 
NECESSARY FLEXIBILITY.
THIS IS A DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM THAT
IS WORKING AND WE WILL CONTINUE 

English: 
TO DEFEND OUR DEMOCRATIC VALUES 
AND INSTITUTIONS ALL THE TIME.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, PRIME
MINISTER.
ARE THE TELECOM DATA USED TO 
PROVIDE SURVEILLANCE OF PEOPLE 
AT HOME?
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT COULD 
HAPPEN?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WELL, I THINK WE ALL 
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE'RE IN A 
SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE'S 
BEHAVIOR AND CHOICES AND THE 
CHOICES WE MAKE AS A GOVERNMENT 
MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE 
WOULD DO IN A SITUATION THAT IS 
NOT AN EMERGENCY.
BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW, WE ARE NOT
TAKING MEASURES SUCH AS THE ONES
YOU REFERRED TO.
AS I KNOW, EVERYTHING IS ON THE 
TABLE, BUT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING
WE'RE DOING AT THIS POINT IN 
TIME AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT
WE ARE CONTEMPLATING FOR THE 
DAYS TO COME.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: I THINK WE RECOGNIZE 
THAT IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION 

English: 
WE NEED TO TAKE CERTAIN STEPS 
THAT WOULDN'T BE TAKEN IN 
NONEMERGENCY SITUATIONS.
BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW, THAT IS 
NOT A SITUATION WE'RE LOOKING AT
RIGHT NOW.
BUT AS I SAID, ALL OPTIONS ARE 
ON THE TABLE TO DO WHAT IS 
NECESSARY TO KEEP CANADIANS SAFE
IN THESE EXCEPTIONAL TIMES.
>> GOOD MORNING, PRIME MINISTER.
WINNIPEG FREE PRESS.
HOW MANY PREMIERS ASKED YOU TO 
INVOKE THE EMERGENCIES ACT AND 
WHAT IS THE TIPPING POINT TO 
ENACT IT?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WE HAD A GOOD 
DISCUSSION ON THE FEDERAL 
EMERGENCIES ACT, RECOGNIZING 
THAT MOST PROVINCES AND 
TERRITORIES, IF NOT ALL, HAVE 
BROUGHT IN THEIR OWN EMERGENCIES
ACT TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THE 
SITUATION.
THE FEDERAL EMERGENCIES ACT IS 
REALLY A STEP ABOVE THAT WOULD 
INVOLVE POWERS OF COORDINATION, 
OF REARRANGING LOGISTICAL SUPPLY
CHAINS TO VARIOUS CHALLENGES IN 
PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE 
PREMIERS LARGELY THOUGHT WAS 

English: 
NECESSARY AT THIS POINT.
MOST OF THEM INDICATED THAT IF 
IT BECAME NECESSARY, THEY WOULD 
OF COURSE SUPPORT IT, BUT THEY 
DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS THERE YET.
I IMPRESSED UPON THEM THE NEED 
TO FURTHER COORDINATE AND 
PROVIDE DATA ON THINGS LIKE HOW 
MANY VENTILATORS THEY HAVE, SO 
WE CAN MAKE SURE THEY'RE GOING 
TO THE AREAS -- MAYBE NOT IN 
THEIR PROVINCE, BUT NEXT DOOR --
THAT NEED THEM THE MOST AND 
ENSURE A BETTER FLOW OF 
EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT TO THE 
PLACES THAT NEED IT.
BUT AS LONG AS WE'RE DOING THAT 
IN A ROBUST WAY THERE IS NOT YET
A NEED FOR THE EMERGENCIES ACT.
BUT AS WE KNOW, THINGS ARE 
CHANGING RAPIDLY.
SOME PREMIERS WERE MORE OPEN TO 
IT THAN OTHERS, BUT ALL OF THEM 
INDICATED AN OPENNESS TO 
CONTINUE THE DISCUSSIONS TO MAKE
SURE WE'RE ABLE AS INDIVIDUAL 
JURISDICTIONS, BUT ALSO AS A 
COUNTRY, TO DO EVERYTHING 
NECESSARY TO KEEP CANADIANS 
SAFE.

English: 
[Speaking French]
>> Translator: WE HAD A GOOD 
DISCUSSION WITH THE PREMIERS 
LAST EVENING ABOUT THE EMERGENCY
MEASURES ACT.
ALL THE PREMIERS INDICATED THAT,
OF COURSE, IF WE COME TO A POINT
WHERE WE NEED TO INVOKE THE 
FEDERAL LEGISLATION, THE 
EMERGENCY MEASURES ACT, OF 
COURSE, THEY WILL SUPPORT IT, 
BUT THEY DO NOT BELIEVE WE HAVE 
REACHED THAT STAGE YET.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO 
COLLABORATE AND TAKE WHATEVER 
STEPS ARE NECESSARY TO RESPOND 
TO THE NEEDS OF CANADIANS ACROSS
THE DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS AND 
WE HAVE PLEDGED TO CONTINUE TO 
WORK TOGETHER TO HAVE ALL THE 
NECESSARY TOOLS TO PROTECT 
CANADIANS.
>> Reporter: [Speaking French]
FROM TERESA WRIGHT, THE CANADIAN
PRESS, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
YOUR LINE IS NOW OPEN.
 
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, PRIME
MINISTER.
I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN TELL ME
IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT SIGNS 

English: 
THAT THE U.S. IS KEEN TO MOVE 
AWAY FROM COVID RESTRICTIONS IN 
THE NAME OF TRYING TO HELP JUMP 
START THE ECONOMY.
AND HOW SUCH A MOVE WOULD IMPACT
THE CANADA-U.S. BORDER 
AGREEMENTS.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: OBVIOUSLY, THE 
AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH THE 
UNITED STATES IS LIMITING ALL 
NONESSENTIAL TRAVEL, TOURISM, 
FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES.
WE RECOGNIZE THE DEEPLY 
INTEGRATED SUPPLY CHAINS THAT GO
BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE UNITED
STATES AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO 
ENSURE THAT ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES 
OF MEDICATION, OF INDUSTRIAL 
EQUIPMENT, OF FOOD, CONTINUE TO 
FLOW.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE 
CONTINUING IN CANADA TO BASE OUR
DECISIONS AND OUR 
RECOMMENDATIONS AND GUIDELINES 
TO CANADIANS ON SCIENCE.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE NEED FOR 
SOCIAL DISTANCING, WHICH MEANS 
KEEPING TWO METRES APART AND NOT
GATHERING IN GROUPS, IS GOING TO
BE IN PLACE FOR MANY MORE WEEKS.

English: 
AND WE WILL ENSURE THAT WE ARE 
GIVING THE SUPPORT TO CANADIANS,
TO SMALL BUSINESSES, SO AS WE 
GET THROUGH THIS, WE'RE ABLE TO 
RESTORE THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY 
THAT KEEPS US ALL PROSPEROUS 
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.
OUR PRIORITY IS KEEPING 
CANADIANS ALIVE AND HEALTHY.
AND THAT IS WHAT WE WILL 
CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON IN CANADA.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU.
NEXT QUESTION IS FROM STEVE 
SHEER.
>> Reporter: HELLO, PRIME 
MINISTER.
TODAY THE W.H.O. SAID THAT THE 
UNITED STATES COULD BECOME AN 
EPICENTRE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS.
YOU ALREADY HAVE BORDER CONTROLS
IN PLACE FOR NONESSENTIAL 
TRAVEL, BUT ARE YOU PREPARED TO 
DO MORE TO GET TOUGHER ON THE 
BORDER?
WE'VE HEARD ANECDOTALLY THAT 
TRUCKERS ARE JUST ASKED IF 
THEY'RE HEALTHY OR NOT.
IS THE GOVERNMENT PREPARED TO DO
MORE ON THE BORDER?
AND WHAT COULD THAT BE?
>> Prime Minister Justin 

English: 
Trudeau: AS I'VE SAID, WE ARE 
BRACED FOR A BROAD RANGE OF 
SCENARIOS.
WE HAVE PUT CONTINGENCY PLANS 
FOR NEXT STEPS DEPENDING ON WHAT
TRAJECTORY THE VIRUS TAKES IN 
CANADA, OR INDEED AROUND THE 
WORLD.
WE ARE LOOKING AT A BROAD RANGE 
OF THINGS.
NOTHING IS OFF THE TABLE.
BUT WE WILL RESPOND EVERY STEP 
OF THE WAY WITH THE NECESSARY 
ACTIONS AT A GIVEN MOMENT.
AT THIS TIME WE FEEL THAT THE 
MEASURES WE HAVE TAKEN TO 
RESTRICT FLOW ACROSS THE BORDER,
TO ESSENTIAL TRAVEL AND 
ESSENTIAL GOODS, IS THE -- 
SORRY, TO GOODS AND ESSENTIAL 
TRAVEL IS THE IMPORTANT THING 
THAT WE'RE DOING TO KEEP 
CANADIANS SAFE.
OF COURSE, AS THE SITUATION 
EVOLVES, WE'LL BE READY TO SHIFT
OUR POSTURE WITH THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT QUESTION.
>> Reporter: [Speaking French]
>> Translator: VERY SPECIFIC 

English: 
QUESTION.
THE CIVIL SERVICE IS WORKING 
VERY HARD.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE APPLYING FOR
EI.
THE UNIONS ARE SOMEWHAT 
CONCERNED.
CAN YOU TELL US WHY DID YOU NOT 
SEND THE MONEY DIRECTLY TO 
BUSINESSES AND PEOPLE SO THAT 
THEY CAN GET THAT MONEY RIGHT 
AWAY?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: [Speaking French]
>> Translator: WE WILL BE DOING 
BOTH.
WE ARE SENDING DIRECT AID TO 
WORKERS THAT QUALIFY FOR EI OR 
DON'T QUALIFY.
AND WE WILL ALSO BE HELPING 
BUSINESSES TO KEEP PEOPLE ON 
THEIR PAYROLL AND NOT HAVE TO 
LAY THEM OFF.
WE KNOW THAT IN A SITUATION SUCH
AS THIS, THERE IS NOT A SINGLE 
SOLUTION THAT WILL WORK FOR 
EVERYONE OR FOR EVERY FAMILY, SO
WE NEED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT 
MEASURES AND DIFFERENT WAYS OF 
GETTING THE NECESSARY HELP TO 
FAMILIES AND WE WILL DO THAT IN 

English: 
A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
IT'S NOT ONE OR THE OTHER.
IT'S ALL NECESSARY MEASURES AT 
THE SAME TIME.
>> Rosemary: THAT IS THE PRIME 
MINISTER OF CANADA GOING BACK 
INTO HIS HOME WHERE HE IS 
SELF-ISOLATING NOW.
ON THE OTHER PART OF THE SCREEN,
YOU SAW THE SPEAKERS PARADE TO 
OPEN UP THIS EXTRAORDINARY DAY 
OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS SITTING 
TO, INDEED, PASS THE LEGISLATION
THAT IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO GET 
SOME OF THESE IMPORTANT 
FINANCIAL MEASURES OUT TO 
CANADIANS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
LET ME JUST GO QUICKLY -- OKAY, 
I'M JUST GOING TO GO VERY 
QUICKLY TO THE PREMIER OF NOVA 
SCOTIA.
BECAUSE HE'S ON THE LINE AND I 
DON'T WANT TO LOSE A CHANCE TO 
TALK TO HIM BEFORE WE GO IN THE 
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
NOVA SCOTIA DECLARED A STATE OF 
EMERGENCY OVER THE WEEKEND.
PREMIER McNEIL JOINS ME FROM 
HALIFAX.

English: 
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
SO I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A 
CONVERSATION BETWEEN PREMIERS 
AND THE PRIME MINISTER ABOUT THE
EMERGENCIES ACT AND THERE 
DOESN'T SEEM TO BE BROAD 
CONSENSUS THAT IT IS NEEDED 
RIGHT NOW.
AFTER YOU DECLARED THAT STATE OF
EMERGENCY, HAVE YOU SEEN A SHIFT
IN BEHAVIOR IN YOUR PROVINCE?
>> THERE IS NO QUESTION, NOVA 
SCOTIANS ARE FOLLOWING THE 
ADVICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL 
OFFICER NOW.
THE PUBLIC GATHERINGS WE WERE 
SEEING LAST WEEKEND ARE NO 
LONGER HAPPENING.
THERE IS FINES ASSOCIATED WITH 
IT.
MY MESSAGE TO THE PRIME MINISTER
LAST NIGHT WAS USE EVERY 
AVAILABLE TOOL THEY HAVE TO 
PROTECT CANADIANS.
THE REALITY IS, THE VAST 
MAJORITY OF CANADIANS, THE VAST 
MAJORITY OF NOVA SCOTIANS ARE 
RESPONDING TO THE CALL AND THE 
ADVICE OF CHIEF MEDICAL 
OFFICERS, BUT THOSE WHO AREN'T, 
WE NEED TO USE EVERY TOOL WE CAN
TO KEEP THE REST OF US SAFE.
>> Rosemary: WHAT WOULD BE THE 
BREAKING POINT FOR PREMIERS, FOR
EVERYBODY TO SAY, GO AHEAD AND 
DO THIS, WE NEED THAT ADDED 
SUPPORT?

English: 
>> WELL, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK 
FOR THE OTHER PREMIERS.
I'LL SPEAK FOR NOVA SCOTIA.
PEOPLE NEED TO FOLLOW THE ADVICE
OF CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICERS AND GO
HOME.
SELF-ISOLATE FOR 14 DAYS IF 
YOU'VE BEEN OUTSIDE, IN OUR 
CASE, OUTSIDE OF OUR PROVINCE, 
NO EXCEPTIONS.
IF WE'RE GOING TO PREVENT THE 
SPREAD OF THIS VIRUS IT WILL 
REQUIRE ALL OF US TO FOLLOW THE 
ADVICE AND GO HOME.
>> Rosemary: WHAT THE -- 
OBVIOUSLY WHAT IS HAPPENING IN 
OTTAWA, CRITICAL FOR PEOPLE 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO GET THESE 
ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL MEASURES 
OUT TO CANADIANS.
HOW ARE PEOPLE IN NOVA SCOTIA 
COPING FROM AN ECONOMIC 
PERSPECTIVE?
>> WELL, OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE ARE 
VERY SCARED.
WE'RE A PROVINCE AND A REGION 
THAT IS BUILT ON SMALL BUSINESS,
MANY OF WHOM WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
MAKE AVAILABLE UNEMPLOYMENT 
INSURANCE, SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR 
FLEXIBILITY.
MY MESSAGE TO THE PRIME MINISTER
WAS LAST NIGHT, THESE ARE 
EXTRAORDINARY TIMES.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE FIRST OF 
ALL WE CAN GET THE MONEY OUT 
QUICKLY.

English: 
THAT WE BROADEN THE PEOPLE THAT 
ARE ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR IT.
FOR EXAMPLE, A SMALL BUSINESS 
OWNER, MIND YOU, SHOULD BE ABLE 
TO QUALIFY FOR EMPLOYMENT 
INSURANCE AND ALLOW COMPANIES TO
BASICALLY STACK ON TOP OF 
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND KEEP 
THEIR EMPLOYEES WHOLE.
BECAUSE THE REALITY OF IT IS, IN
ORDER FOR OUR ECONOMY TO COME 
OUT OF THIS WHEN WE'RE THROUGH 
IT, IT WILL REQUIRE THOSE 
BUSINESSES TO STILL BE THERE.
I'M AFRAID IF THERE IS NOT 
FLEXIBILITY AND FUNDING FOR 
COMPANIES, MANY OF THEM WILL 
FAIL.
>> Rosemary: I APPRECIATE YOU 
MAKING TIME DURING THIS BUSY 
TIME.
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND YOUR 
PROVINCE.
LET US GO INSIDE THE HOUSE OF 
COMMONS THERE.
YOU SEE BRUCE STANTON, ONE OF 
THE DEPUTY SPEAKERS.
THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF 
COMMONS IS IN NORTHERN ONTARIO 
AND DIDN'T TRAVEL DOWN.
I SHOULD TELL YOU THERE ARE 
LIMITED NUMBER OF M.P.s IN THE 
HOUSE.
WHILE NORMALLY THEY WOULD BE 

French: 
.
- (fin de la traduction) Vous
remarquez que les arrangements
auxquels nous sommes habitués
sont différents aujourd'hui.
Nous sommes moins nombreux, et
d'autres mesures spéciales ont
été mis en place conformément
aux recommandations des
responsables de la santé

French: 
publique.
(voix de l'interprète) Et je
sais ... mais je crois
comprendre qu'il y aura une
entente pour que l'application
de l'article 17 du règlement
soit suspendu pour cette séance
afin que les députés puissent
observer une distanciation
sociale. J'encourage tous les
députés à suivre cette pratique
ainsi que tout autre pratiques
exemplaires recommandées.
(fin de la traduction)
(inaudible) Tout député qui
désire obtenir la parole ou
s'adresser à la présidence de
se lever de n'importe quel
siège à la Chambre.
(voix de l'interprète) De plus,
nous suspendrons la séance
toutes les 45 minutes pendant

English: 
REQUIRED TO SIT IN THEIR OWN 
SEATS FOR THE PROCEEDINGS, 
OBVIOUSLY, SOCIAL DISTANCING 
BEING DEMONSTRATED INSIDE THE 
HOUSE, TOO.
SO YOU WILL SEE THEM FURTHER 
APART THAN NORMAL.
AND OF COURSE VERY FEW NUMBERS 
IN THERE AT ALL.
THERE IS ALSO REDUCED NUMBER OF 
STAFF INSIDE THE CHAMBER TO TRY 
TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS 
WELL PROTECTED HERE.
JUST BEFORE WE START TO HEAR 
FROM THE FINANCE MINISTER, BILL 
MORNEAU, WHO WILL SORT OF MAKE 
THE ARGUMENT AND EXPLAIN WHAT 
THIS LEGISLATION IS DOING, LET 
ME JUST HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF 
THINGS FROM THE PRIME MINISTER 
THERE.
FIRST OF ALL, HAVING TO CLARIFY 
AFTER WHAT THE OPPOSITION CALLED
AN OVERREACH BY THE GOVERNMENT 
YESTERDAY, THAT HE HAS AN 
UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO UPHOLD 
DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS, MEANING
THEY'RE GOING TO FIND WAYS TO 
MAKE DUE AND MAKE SURE THAT 
EVERYBODY IS HELD TO ACCOUNT FOR
THEIR DECISIONS.
SO SOME REASSURANCE THERE FROM 
THE PRIME MINISTER AFTER A 
DIFFICULT, LET'S SAY, 12 HOURS 
IN TERMS OF GETTING TO THIS 
PLACE.
HE ALSO CONFIRMED THERE WILL BE 

English: 
THE FIRST FLIGHT FROM PERU WILL 
LEAVE TODAY WITH CANADIANS 
ABOARD.
TWO MORE THIS WEEK.
OTHER FLIGHTS SCHEDULED FOR 
PANAMA, TUNISIA, UKRAINE.
THEY'RE WORKING ON THOSE.
AND FINALLY HE SAID ABOUT THE 
EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE THAT I JUST
TWEETED OUT A LINK FOR PEOPLE 
ASKING ABOUT IT.
HE SAYS THE DEMAND IS MASSIVE.
NOTHING IS OFF THE TABLE.
AND THEY REALIZE THAT THEY NEED 
TO GET THINGS TO PEOPLE QUICKLY.
SO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO TALK 
ABOUT HERE TODAY AFTER ROYAL 
ASSENT TOMORROW, THEN YOU WILL 
START TO SEE MORE INFORMATION ON
THE CANADA.CA WEBSITE.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO CONTACT 
SERVICE CANADA TO SEE IF YOU 
QUALIFY, BECAUSE WHILE 
SELF-EMPLOYED PEOPLE WILL 
QUALIFY UNDER ONE OF THESE 
MEASURES, IF YOU'RE A SMALL 
BUSINESS OWNER, I'M NOT SURE 
WHERE YOU FIT INTO THAT.
SO WE'LL GET YOU MORE 
INFORMATION WHEN WE HAVE IT.
BUT THIS IS A CRITICAL MOMENT, 
BOTH FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND FOR 
THE COUNTRY AS THE BEGINNING OF 
FINANCIAL AID STARTS TO GET 
DISCUSSED AND THEN FINALLY 

French: 
une minute pour permettre aux
employés qu'ils fournissent un
séance à plus tard aujourd'hui
pour nous donner le temps de
consulter tous les leaders des
partis à la Chambre. Ainsi, la
Chambre suspend la séance et
reprendra lors de la
convocation par la présidence.

English: 
PASSED IN ORDER TO FLOW TO 
CANADIANS AS QUICKLY AS 
POSSIBLE.
OKAY, HERE'S PABLO RODRIGUES, 
HE'S THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE 
LEADER.
LET'S LISTEN TO HIM.
>> TO THE CALL OF THE CHAIR 
AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE 
HOUSE LEADERS.
>> ACCORDINGLY, THE HOUSE WILL 
REMAIN SUSPENDED AT THE CALL OF 
THE CHAIR.
>> Rosemary: SO THERE WILL BE 
SOME PROCEDURAL THINGS HAPPENING
HERE AS THE HOUSE RETURNS FOR 
THIS EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT IN OUR
HISTORY.
AND I'LL BRING IN DAVID AND 
VASSY AS I NEED THEM.
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE 
CHAMBER RIGHT NOW -- SO THEY'RE 
NOT GOING TO GET GOING RIGHT 
AWAY.
THE PEOPLE IN THE CHAMBER RIGHT 
NOW ARE ALL PEOPLE WITHIN 
DRIVING DISTANCE OF OTTAWA.
THAT IS WHO THEY DECIDED WOULD 
BE HERE, OR IF THERE WERE 
CABINET MINISTERS ALREADY IN 
TOWN BECAUSE THEY REMAINED HERE 
TO DO THEIR WORK, THAT IS WHO 
WILL ALSO BE THERE AS THEY MOVE 
FORWARD FOR ABOUT A FOUR-HOUR 
SESSION, WHICH WE WON'T BRING 

English: 
YOU ALL OF, BECAUSE THAT WOULD 
BE A LOT [LAUGHTER].
BUT WE'LL BRING YOU KEY MOMENTS 
IN THE FINANCE MINISTER, 
OPPOSITION LEADER AND WHAT HAVE 
YOU.
MAYBE WE CAN CIRCLE BACK.
I WANTED TO GET THE PREMIER IN.
DON'T LIKE TO KEEP PREMIERS 
WAITING, BUT CIRCLE BACK TO THE 
THINGS THE PRIME MINISTER HAD TO
SAY.
>> Vassy: A COUPLE OF THINGS 
THAT JUMPED OUT FOR ME, THE 
FIRST IS ON THE POLITICAL 
UNDERTONE TO WHAT IS HAPPENING 
TODAY, YOU HAVE ALREADY 
SUMMARIZED FOR OUR VIEWERS WHAT 
HAPPENED OVERNIGHT, HOW 
ESSENTIALLY THE OPPOSITION 
ACCUSED THE GOVERNMENT OF 
TACKING ON THIS MEASURE THAT 
WOULD HAVE GIVEN IT UNILATERAL 
POWER TO CHANGE TAXES OR TO 
CHANGE SPENDING FOR A LONG TIME.
UNTIL THE END OF 2021.
THEY BACKED DOWN OFF OF THAT.
IT APPEARS THAT OPPOSITION, SO 
FAR FROM TWEETS AND I'M SAYING 
PIERRE POILIEVRE AND ANDREW 
SCHEER, THEY HAVEN'T BACKED DOWN
ENOUGH.
THEY SAY THERE IS OTHER STUFF.
THAT IS SOMETHING FOR THE 
VIEWERS TO WATCH AS WE SEE THIS 

English: 
UNFOLD IN PARLIAMENT TODAY.
HOW DOES THE DEBATE, WHICH WE'RE
ANTICIPATING TO BE FOUR HOURS, 
HOW DOES IT GO?
ARE THEY ABLE TO -- IT SEEMS 
THEY'LL BE ABLE TO REACH 
AGREEMENT ON THE BROAD STROKES 
OF THE BILL AND PARTICULARLY 
WHERE THE FINANCIAL AID IS 
CONCERNED, ABOUT HOW DOES THIS 
FACTOR INTO IT.
HE WAS ASKED BY OLIVIA 
STEFANOVICH AND HE DIDN'T 
PROVIDE A SPECIFIC ANSWER.
HE SAID THERE WAS A NEED TO 
RESPOND TO A FLUID SITUATION.
PERHAPS THAT WHY THEY FELT THEY 
NEEDED THAT POWER, BUT IN 
TALKING TO OPPOSITION PARTIES, 
HE TRIED TO PROVIDE REASSURANCE,
SHOULD PARLIAMENTARY OVERSIGHT 
BE NECESSARY, EVERYBODY CAN 
PERFORM THAT FUNCTION, BUT I 
DON'T FEEL THAT HE SPOKE TO THE 
STRATEGY BEHIND INCLUDING IT.
AND PARTICULARLY, SHE ASKED WHY 
DID YOU BRING POLITICS INTO THE 
PANDEMIC WHICH IS AGAIN 
SOMETHING DAVID HIGHLIGHTED AND 
HE DIDN'T PROVIDE AN ANSWER ON 
THAT AS WELL.
THAT IS ONE THING THAT WILL 
CONTINUE TO DOG THE GOVERNMENT 

English: 
TODAY DURING THE DISCUSSION.
HE TALKED ABOUT A BUNCH OF OTHER
STUFF.
YOU BROUGHT IT UP WITH THE 
PREMIER OF NOVA SCOTIA, THE 
EMERGENCIES ACT.
FROM MY INFORMATION, THE PREMIER
OF QUÉBEC IS OPPOSED TO THAT 
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
THE PRIME MINISTER SAID 
BASICALLY IT DIDN'T SEEM BROADLY
IN THE DISCUSSION LIKE THE 
PREMIERS WERE ASKING FOR IT TO 
HAPPEN, BLAINE HIGGS THE PREMIER
OF NEW BRUNSWICK IS THE ONLY ONE
TO PUBLICLY THAT IS SOMETHING 
THAT IS NECESSARY.
BUT IT SEEMS THEY'RE STILL A 
DISTANCE AWAY FROM ENACTING 
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
>> Rosemary: AS WE'VE BEEN 
TALKING, JUST SENT A COUPLE OF 
TEXTS.
IT SEEMS THAT THE HOUSE HAS 
SUSPENDED, PABLO RODRIGUES, THE 
HOUSE LEADER ASK THE HOUSE BE 
SUSPENDED UNTIL LATER TODAY.
I'M TOLD BY A COUPLE OF PEOPLE 
IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL 
NEGOTIATING ON THE LEGISLATION 
ITSELF.
SO THIS IS A LITTLE MORE 
COMPLICATED THAN WE THOUGHT IT 
WOULD BE.
A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED THAN 
IT EVEN NEEDS TO BE PROBABLY, 

English: 
BUT THIS IS THE OPPOSITION DOING
THEIR WORK TO MAKE SURE THEY ASK
THE RIGHT QUESTIONS AND 
EVERYBODY GETS THE RIGHT PIECE 
OF LEGISLATION THAT THEY CAN 
SUPPORT.
A REMINDER, THE FIRST DRAFT 
PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT PEOPLE
RECEIVED, INCLUDING OPPOSITION 
PARTIES, WAS GOING TO ALLOW THE 
GOVERNMENT TO PUT IN DIFFERENT 
TAXATION MEASURES AND SPENDING 
MEASURES ALL UNTIL DECEMBER 
2021.
THERE WAS A PERIOD OF 
NEGOTIATION LAST NIGHT.
FINALLY THE PRIME MINISTER 
CONCLUDING THAT AND THE HOUSE 
LEADER SAYING THAT WOULD BE 
REMOVED, BUT NOW, AND MAYBE IT'S
SOME OF THOSE THINGS YOU WERE 
TALKING ABOUT THERE, VASSY, SOME
OF THE THINGS THAT PIERRE 
POILIEVRE, WHO IS SELF-ISOLATING
RIGHT NOW AS HE AWAITS A COVID 
TEST, IS HIGHLIGHTING MAYBE SOME
OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE OF 
CONCERN AND SO NEGOTIATIONS 
CONTINUE I GUESS BETWEEN HOUSE 
LEADERS AND CRITICS ABOUT WHAT 
THIS IS ACTUALLY GO TO LOOK 
LIKE.
I'LL MAYBE LET YOU DO A LITTLE 
TEXTING, TOO.
I'LL GO TO DAVID.
>> Vassy: YEAH [LAUGHTER].

English: 
>> Rosemary: OBVIOUSLY, THE 
HOUSE IS SUSPENDING AND WE HAVE 
TO COME BACK LATER AND WE'LL 
HAND OVER COVERAGE, BUT THAT 
SEEMS TO BE WHAT IS AT PLAY.
>> Reporter: I HAVE INFORMATION.
OPPOSITION M.P. WHO WAS IN A 
POSITION TO KNOW, SAY THEY'RE 
SUSPENDED UNTIL 1:50 EASTERN.
SO NEARLY 2:00 EASTERN TIME.
SO THE HOUSE IS ON BREAK FOR 
ANOTHER HOUR AND 40 MINUTES AS 
THEY SORT OUT THIS UNPOPULAR 
PIECE OF LEGISLATION, OR A PIECE
OF LEGISLATION WITH UNPOPULAR 
SEGMENTS.
AND NOW THAT BACK-AND-FORTH IS 
HAPPENING.
WHAT LOOKED LIKE A UNITY 
PARLIAMENT, REDUCED PARLIAMENT, 
IS NOW BUSINESS AS USUAL IN 
UNUSUAL TIMES AS THEY HAGGLE ON 
WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE ON 
APPROVE TODAY.
THAT IS THE LATEST WE HAVE FROM 
THE OPPOSITION M.P.
WE ALL EXPECTED THIS TO GET GO, 
WHAM, BAM, IT WOULD BE DONE, BUT
NOTHING GOES AS PLANNED IN THE 
MIDDLE OF COVID-19.
THEY'RE STILL NEGOTIATING AND 
THE WAY THE MOTION -- THE WAY 

English: 
THE MOTION WILL WORK AND AS SOON
AS THEY PASS -- OKAY.
THEY'RE STILL NEGOTIATING.
THEY'RE GOING IT FIGURE OUT -- 
SO IF WE START, THEY'RE DONE.
AND THERE IS NO WAY THIS MOTION 
IS GOING TO PASS THE WAY IT IS 
CURRENTLY DONE.
>> Rosemary: OKAY.
AND THAT, OF COURSE, FOLLOWS THE
PRIME MINISTER HAVING TO COME 
OUT AND SAY OFF THE TOP OF HIS 
BRIEFING TODAY, THAT HE BELIEVES
IN OUR DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS, 
HE HAS UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO 
UPHOLD THEM AND WANTS TO WORK 
WITH THE OPPOSITION PARTIES TO 
GET THIS DONE.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE SHOULD 
QUESTION THAT IT WILL GET DONE.
THERE SEEMS TO BE AT LEAST ON 
THE A-PACKAGE ITSELF, ENORMOUS 
AMOUNT OF GOOD WILL.
IN SOME OF THE DETAILS IN TERMS 
OF HOW FAR THE GOVERNMENT CAN 
GO.
AND THE OPPOSITION, YOU KNOW, 
WHEN THE HOUSE IS NOT SITTING, 
IT'S DIFFICULT TO PERFORM YOUR 
DUTY AS AN OPPOSITION PARTY, BUT
THESE ARE THE MOMENTS WHEN THEY 

English: 
DO HAVE TO STEP UP AND MAKE 
SURE, PARTICULARLY IN A MINORITY
PARLIAMENT, THAT THEY'RE ASKING 
THE RIGHT QUESTIONS AND GETTING 
THE RIGHT KIND OF ANSWERS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE MORE 
INFORMATION, VASSY?
>> Vassy: YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.
THEY ARE STILL NEGOTIATING AND 
IT COULD -- I'M HEARING FROM TWO
PEOPLE IN THE GOVERNMENT THAT 
COULD LAST A FEW HOURS.
THAT THEY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY 
FROM THE GOVERNMENT'S 
PERSPECTIVE, AT LEAST, HOW LONG 
THAT IS GOING TO LAST.
THEY'RE PROVIDING FOR AS MUCH 
TIME AS POSSIBLE SO THEY DON'T 
MESS UP ANY OTHER TIME LINE SET 
FOR THE AFTERNOON, WHICH WE KNOW
ARE IMPORTANT TIME LINES, 
ESPECIALLY TAKING A STEP OUTSIDE
OF OTTAWA AND PARLIAMENT FOR 
PEOPLE AWAITING NEWS ON THE 
FINANCIAL HELP.
BUT THEY SEEM TO THINK THAT 
GIVEN WHAT NEGOTIATIONS ARE 
TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW, THEY'LL 
STILL BE ABLE TO COMPLETE WHAT 
THEY NEEDED TO COMPLETE TODAY, 
BUT WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT A 
DELAY OF A FEW HOURS.
>> Reporter: IF I CAN, ONE OF 
THE THINGS I'M TOLD, ONE OF THE 
CONCERNS FROM THE OPPOSITION 
PARTIES, ONCE THIS IS TABLED AND
PASSED, THERE IS NO WAY TO COME 
BACK AND AMEND IT, JUST THE WAY 

English: 
PARLIAMENT IS WORKING.
NO AMENDING PROCESS.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS 
THEY'RE TRYING TO SORT OUT IN 
THE NEGOTIATIONS.
WHAT I'M TOLD, ONCE YOU SEE THE 
HOUSE OF COMMONS COME BACK FROM 
THE SUSPENSION BY THE CHAIR 
RIGHT NOW, IT MEANS THE 
NEGOTIATIONS ARE OVER AND THIS 
IS GOING TO BE DONE BECAUSE IT 
WILL ONLY COME BACK IF THERE IS 
THAT CROSS-PARTY SUPPORT TO GET 
THIS DONE.
>> Rosemary: THAT'S AN IMPORTANT
POINT.
THIS IS NOT A SITUATION WHERE 
THERE WILL BE ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF
TIMES OF ADDING AMENDMENTS AND 
STUDYING IT.
THEY WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TODAY 
AND ROYAL ASSENT BY 3:00 
TOMORROW.
I THINK EVERYONE AGREES, THE 
MEASURES ARE IMPORTANT.
YOU HEARD IT FROM THE PRIME 
MINISTER.
CIVIL SERVANTS WORKING FULL OUT 
TO PUT THE SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO 
MAKE SURE THAT WILL HAPPEN AS 
WELL.
A SLIGHT CHANGE OF PLANS AND A 
SLIGHT DELAY IN TERMS OF HOW 
THIS UNFOLDS.
THE GOVERNMENT AND THE 

English: 
OPPOSITION PARTIES NOW TAKING A 
SHORT BREAK AS VASSY SAYS, A FEW
HOURS POTENTIALLY, TO TRY TO 
SORT OUT THE FINAL DETAILS OF 
THE LEGISLATION.
THEY WILL COME BACK LATER.
WE WILL HEAR FROM THE FINANCE 
MINISTER AND WE WILL GET 
EXPLANATIONS AROUND WHAT THIS 
FINAL VERSION WILL LOOK LIKE.
LET'S HOPE THAT IT GETS DONE 
TODAY BECAUSE EKNOW AND -- I 
KNOW AND HAVE RECEIVED SO MANY 
E-MAILS FROM SO MANY OF YOU 
WAITING FOR THIS TO BEHALF.
WE'RE WAITING FOR AN UPDATE FROM
CANADA'S CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH 
OFFICER, THERESA TAM, WHO WILL 
DO IT ON HER OWN, BECAUSE THE 
CABINET THAT USUALLY IS WITH 
HER, HAS MOVED TO THE 
NEGOTIATIONS.
AS WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS 
HAPPENING NEXT, LET'S GO TO OUR 
FRIEND DR. PETER LIN.
I'LL TAKE A PAUSE FROM THE 
PARLIAMENTARY STUFF.
THE PARLIAMENTARY DECISIONS AND 
THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.

English: 
WHICH ARE VERY IMPORTANT 
OBVIOUSLY FOR CANADIANS.
JUST TO TALK ABOUT THINGS FROM A
HEALTH PERSPECTIVE.
I NOTICED THAT THE W.H.O. AND I 
BELIEVE THE PRIME MINISTER WAS 
ASKED ABOUT IT TODAY, IS NOW 
SIGNALLING THAT THE UNITED 
STATES WILL SOON OR IS ALREADY 
THE EPICENTRE OF THIS DISEASE.
AND THE GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, 
GOVERNOR CUOMO IS SAYING THE 
NUMBER OF TESTS ARE DOUBLING AT 
A RAPID PACE.
HOW CONCERNING IS IT TO YOU THAT
OUR NEIGHBOUR TO THE SOUTH, 
OKAY, WE'VE RESTRICTED ENTRY AT 
THE BORDER, YOU KNOW, BUT STILL,
OUR NEIGHBOUR TO THE SOUTH IS 
NOW BECOMING A CASE OF A REAL 
PROBLEM OF CONTAINMENT OF THESE 
CASES.
>> YEAH, SO BASICALLY, THEY HAVE
OBVIOUSLY COMMUNITY SPREAD WHICH
MEANS THEY CANNOT TRACK THE 
PEOPLE.
WHICH NOW MEANS THEIR SOCIAL 
DISTANCING IS SO IMPORTANT.
I THINK THE KEY THING TO 
REMEMBER, THEIR NUMBERS ARE 
JUMPING UP 5,000 PER DAY.
OUR NUMBERS HERE ARE JUMPING UP 

English: 
IN TERMS OF HUNDRED, 200.
THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE WE CAN 
STILL CONTAIN IT BECAUSE WE HAVE
RETURNING TRAVELLERS, WE TACKLED
THEM WELL AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE 
ISOLATED AWAY FROM OTHER FOLKS 
AND WE KEEP THE CASES SMALL.
THERE WILL BE INCREASING CASES 
OF THE DAYS TO COME IN CANADA, 
BUT HOPEFULLY ONCE WE GET OVER 
THE TRAVEL WE WON'T BE IMPORTING
THE CASES AND HOPEFULLY WE DON'T
TRANSMIT.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO 
POINT OUT.
WHEN IS THIS GOING TO BE OVER?
HOW MANY MORE BILLIONS DO WE 
NEED TO POUR IN?
IN ORDER TO HAVE THINGS LIFTED, 
WE NEED ZERO NEW CASES FOR AT 
LEAST THREE WEEKS BEFORE WE CAN 
SAY WE'RE OVER THE INCUBATION 
PERIOD.
IMAGINE WE'RE IN THE 200 
BALLPARK INITIALLY.
IT JUMPED YESTERDAY BECAUSE WE 
CHANGED THE TESTING.
THERE ARE MORE TESTS COMING 
THROUGH, GETTING THROUGH THE 
BACKLOG.
BUT IF WE GET THAT NUMBER BACK 
TOWARD THE ZERO, THAT'S WHEN WE 
CAN START THINKING ABOUT LIFTING
THESE SANCTIONS OR WHATEVER YOU 
WANT TO CALL THESE THINGS THAT 
HAVE BEEN LIMITING.

English: 
BUT SO FAR IN THE WORLD, NOBODY 
HAS REACHED A ZERO.
SO CHINA HASN'T REACHED ZERO, 
SOUTH KOREA HASN'T REACHED ZERO.
THAT IS WHY THE SOCIAL 
DISTANCING IS SO IMPORTANT AND 
NOT TRANSMITTING IT WITHIN YOUR 
FAMILY IS SO IMPORTANT, BECAUSE 
AS SOON AS WE HIT ZERO, THAT 
MEANS WE'RE IN THE CLEAR PERIOD.
UNITED STATES IS NOT GOING TO 
HIT ZERO ANY TIME SOON BECAUSE 
THEIR NUMBERS ARE INCREASING.
>> Rosemary: I'M GOING TO LET 
YOU GO, BECAUSE THE TOP DOCTOR 
HERE IS ALSO TALKING.
WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU AS 
NEEDED.
DR. THERESA TAM, CANADA'S CHIEF 
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER.
>> WE HAVE TO AVOID COMING INTO 
CONTACT WITH MANY SURFACES THAT 
HAVE THE VIRUS, DOORKNOBS, 
COUNTERS, HANDRAILS.
THIS IS WHY FOR HIGH-RISK 
PEOPLE, IT IS SAFEST TO STAY 
INSIDE THE HOME AS MUCH AS 
POSSIBLE.
IF YOU NEED TO VENTURE OUT FOR 
FRESH AIR, KEEP OUR HANDS AWAY 
FROM YOUR FACE AND PRACTISE 

English: 
HAND-WASHING FOR 20 SECONDS AS 
SOON AS YOU'RE BACK HOME.
CANADIANS OF ALL AGES ARE 
JOINING IN THIS PUBLIC HEALTH 
EFFORT.
IN NEW BRUNSWICK, A KID COLOURED
WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT IN CRAYON
THESE WORDS POSTED IN THE WINDOW
FOR ALL TO SEE.
IT SAYS WE ALL HAVE TO DO HARD 
THINGS.
SO I AM YOUR EAR WORM, YOUR 
BROKEN RECORD, IT'S IMPORTANT TO
REINFORCE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO PLAY IT FORWARD.
CANADIANS ARE USED TO DOING HARD
THINGS.
LET'S NOT TIRE OR GIVE UP TOO 
SOON.
WE NEED TO GET THIS DONE.
LET'S PLANK THAT CURVE.
THANK YOU.

English: 
[Speaking French]
>> Translator: IN CANADA, AS OF 
THIS MOMENT, THERE ARE 2176 
CASES OF COVID-19 AND 25 DEATHS.
THIS MORNING, 220 REPATRIATED 
PASSENGERS FROM THE GRAND 
PRINCESS WHO ARE SYMPTOM-FREE AT
THE END OF THEIR 14-DAY 
QUARANTINE PERIOD WERE RELEASED 
FROM C.F.B. TRENTON.
OTHER PASSENGERS WHO TESTED 
POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS WILL 
REMAIN AT C.F.B. TRENTON UNTIL 
THEIR NEW RELEASE DATE.
ALONG WITH THEIR ASYMPTOMATIC 
CONTACTS WHOSE QUARANTINE PERIOD
WAS RESET.
OVER 120 PEOPLE IN CANADA HAVE 
BEEN TESTED SO FAR WHICH 
REPRESENTS AN AVERAGE OF 10,000 
PEOPLE TESTED PER DAY.
ACCORDING TO AVAILABLE 
INFORMATION, THERE IS AN ALMOST 
EQUAL MIX OF TRAVELLERS WHO ARE 
EXPOSED TO THE VIRUS OUTSIDE OF 
CANADA AND THEIR CLOSE CONTACTS 

English: 
AND AS CASES WHO WERE EXPOSED IN
A COMMUNITY SETTING IN CANADA.
TO REDUCE THE TRAVEL-RELATED 
CASES, TRAVELLERS COMING INTO 
CANADA MUST SELF-ISOLATE IN 
THEIR HOMES FOR 14 DAYS EVEN IF 
THEY ARE NOT SHOWING ANY 
SYMPTOMS.
AS LONG AS YOU REMAIN 
ASYMPTOMATIC, IT'S OKAY TO GO 
OUTSIDE FOR A WALK WHILE KEEPING
AT LEAST TWO METRES AWAY FROM 
OTHERS.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER
TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF 
THE LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES.
FOR THE REST OF THE POPULATION, 
WE MUST ALL CREATE TWO-METRE 
ZONE OF PROTECTION AROUND 
OURSELVES AND TO PROTECT 
VULNERABLE GROUPS BY PRACTISING 
SOCIAL DISTANCING.
TWO METRES IS THE DISTANCE THAT 
INFECTED DROPLETS CAN SPREAD 
FROM A COUGH OR SNEEZE.
WE MUST ALSO A AVOID COMING INTO
CONTACT WITH THE MANY SURFACES 
THAT CAN BE CONTAMINATED WITH 

English: 
THE VIRUS, LIKE DOORKNOBS, 
ELEVATOR BUTTONS, HANDRAILS, 
COUNTERS, ET CETERA.
THAT IS WHY IT IS SAFEST FOR 
HIGH-RISK PEOPLE TO STAY INSIDE 
THEIR HOME AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
IF YOU NEED TO GO OUTSIDE FOR 
FRESH AIR, PRACTISE METICULOUS 
HAND-WASHING FOR 20 SECONDS, AS 
SOON AS YOU ARE BACK HOME.
CANADIANS OF ALL AGES ARE 
JOINING IN THIS PUBLIC HEALTH 
EFFORT AND ARE DOING IT IN 
CARING WAYS.
IT SHOWS US HOW DEEP OUR 
HUMANITY RUNS.
IN NEW BRUNSWICK, ONE SMALL HAND
COLOURED IN SHOWED ENCOURAGING 
WORDS SAYING WE ALL HAVE TO DO 
HARD THINGS.
THIS WAS IN THE WINDOW SO THAT 
SOCIAL DISTANCING WALKERS COULD 
SEE IT.

English: 
CANADIANS ARE USED TO DOING HARD
THINGS.
WE MUST  NOT WAIVER OR GIVE UP 
TOO SOON.
THANK YOU.
>> WE'LL START WITH QUESTIONS IN
THE ROOM AND THEN GO TO THE 
PHONE.
>> HI THERE.
RACHEL HAYNES HERE FROM CTV.
MY FIRST QUESTION, DR. TAM, IS 
ABOUT THE MICHAEL GARIND 
HOSPITAL -- 
>> Rosemary: THIS IS THE REGULAR
BRIEFING WE GET FROM THE CABINET
COMMITTEE AND THE CHIEF PUBLIC 
HEALTH OFFICER.
TODAY, CABINET MINISTERS BUSY 
TRYING TO GET THIS CRITICAL 
PIECE OF LEGISLATION PASSED.
SO I WANT TO WRAP UP HERE ON THE
MAIN NETWORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES 
VASSY AND DAVID BEFORE WE GO 
BACK TO DR. TAM AND BRING YOU 
ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED 
THERE.
VASSY, A STRANGE TURN OF EVENTS 
HERE TO SAY THE LEAST.
>> Vassy: VERY STRANGE.
WHAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED WAS THAT

English: 
THESE 30 OR SO MEMBERS OF 
PARLIAMENT WOULD BE IN THERE AT 
THIS MOMENT DEBATING FOUR HOURS 
FOR THE LEGISLATION THEY NEED TO
ENACTS FOR THE FINANCIAL AID 
PACKAGE THAT THE GOVERNMENT 
FIRST PROPOSED LAST WEEK TO COME
INTO EFFECT SO CANADIANS CAN 
ACCESS THAT MONEY.
WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING AS WE 
WERE WATCHING, ALL OF A SUDDEN, 
PABLO RODRIGUES, THE HOUSE 
LEADER STOOD UP AND SUSPENDED 
THINGS.
WE'RE TOLD THAT IS BECAUSE 
THEY'RE STILL NEGOTIATING OVER 
THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE BILL.
AND SPECIFICALLY, I WOULD DRILL 
DOWN TO THE FACT THAT THAT 
NEGOTIATION COULD TAKE UP TO A 
COUPLE OF HOURS.
I THINK THAT NUMBER IS VERY 
FLUID AND COULD DEFINITELY 
CHANGE.
BUT ALSO ON THE WHOLE ISSUE THAT
CAME INTO PLAY LAST NIGHT ON THE
LIBERALS INSERTING INTO THE 
LEGISLATION NOT JUST THINGS TO 
DO WITH THE FINANCIAL AID 
PACKAGE, BUT UNILATERAL POWER TO
TAX AND SPEND THAT WAS THEN 
REMOVED, BUT THERE ARE OTHER 
PARTS OF THE BILL, AS IT 
CURRENTLY STANDS, THAT THE 
CONSERVATIVES SAY GIVES THE 

English: 
LIBERALS TOO MUCH POWER.
THAT IS A BIT ABOUT WHAT THE 
NEGOTIATIONS ARE RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE EXPECTING THEM TO TAKE 
MAYBE UP TO A FEW HOURS AT WHICH
POINT THE HOUSE WOULD RESUME AND
WE WOULD SEE DEBATED OR THE 
PROGRESSION OF THE BILL.
>> Rosemary: THERE IS VARIOUS 
MEETINGS AND CALLS HAPPENING 
RIGHT NOW AS WE'RE TRYING TO GET
TO A PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY 
AGREES ON THINGS.
I WOULD SAY WHEN THE PRIME 
MINISTER WAS ASKED ABOUT WHY 
THEY DID THIS, THE ANSWER WAS 
THAT THEY REQUIRE EXTREME 
RAPIDITY IN ORDER TO REACT TO 
THIS AND LOTS OF FLEXIBILITY.
SO I TAKE THAT POINT.
I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE, 
DAVID, AS THE GOVERNMENT LOOKS 
FOR THE FASTEST WAY TO GET HELP 
OUT TO PEOPLE, BUT THERE IS A 
ACCOUNTABILITY ASPECT.
THE GOVERNMENT DOES HAVE TO HAVE
A CERTAIN CHECK AND BALANCES ON 
HANDING OUT A HUGE AMOUNT OF 
MONEY.
>> Reporter: THERE IS ANOTHER 
DEVELOPING SITUATION I'M TRYING 
TO UNDERSTAND.

English: 
SCOTT REID, EASTERN ONTARIO, HE 
IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE PART OF 
THE 32 M.P.s IN THE HOUSE OF 
COMMONS.
HE HAS TWEETED AND POSTED, HE 
WILL BE IN PARLIAMENT OVER THE 
OBJECTIONS AND ADVICE OF HIS 
PARTY LEADERSHIP AND HIS PARTY 
WHIP BECAUSE HE IS EXTREMELY 
UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE MEASURES 
IN THIS LEGISLATION AND SAYS 
HE'S UNCOMFORTABLE IN THE 
AUTHORITIES THAT THE GOVERNMENT 
WAS GIVEN WHEN THE HOUSE 
SUSPENDED ON FEBRUARY 13TH.
AND HE IS GOING TO THE HOUSE OF 
COMMONS, HE SAYS, WITH THE 
INTENTION OF DENYING UNANIMOUS 
CONSENT WHICH IS WHAT ALL OF 
THESE NEGOTIATIONS HINGE ON TO 
ALLOW FOR THE SPEEDY PASSAGE OF 
THE AID PACKAGE, UNLESS THERE 
ARE LIMITERS PUT IN PLACE ON 
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT CAN DO.
SO HE'S NOT ONLY UNCOMFORTABLE 
WITH WHAT IS IN THE DRAFT 
LEGISLATION, BUT HE'S 
UNCOMFORTABLE RETROACTIVELY WITH
THE SPENDING AUTHORITIES THAT 
HIS OWN PARTY LEADERSHIP AGREED 
TO WHEN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS WAS
SUSPENDED ON FRIDAY THE 13TH 
UNTIL APRIL 20TH FOR THE 
GOVERNMENT TO OPERATE AND 
RESPOND TO THE PANDEMIC.

English: 
THIS IS SOMETHING NONE OF US SAW
COMING, BUT SCOTT REID HAS 
DEFIED ALL THE POLITICAL AND 
MEDICAL ADVICE TO STAY AWITH 
WAY -- AWAY, BUT HE SAYS HE'S 
NOT GOING TO LET THIS PASS.
>> Rosemary: THANK YOU FOR YOUR 
COVERAGE HERE.
JUST TO BRING YOU UP TO SPEED ON
WHAT SEEMS VERY PROCEDURAL IN 
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS RIGHT NOW.
SOMETHING YOU DON'T NORMALLY 
WATCH VERY CLOSELY, BUT THE 
REASON IT'S IMPORTANT, OF 
COURSE, IS THAT THE GOVERNMENT 
AND OPPOSITION PARTIES ARE 
TRYING TO GET TOGETHER TO 
COLLECTIVELY AND VERY QUICKLY 
PASS AN $82 BILLION STIMULUS 
PACKAGE.
AN AID PACKAGE TO YOU AT THIS 
MOMENT OF THE PANDEMIC.
$27 BILLION WHICH IS DIRECTLY 
MONEY COMING TO YOU.
THE REST IS TAX DEFERRALS.
THERE WAS A HOPE THAT COULD BE 
DONE BY THE END OF DAY TOMORROW,
BUT NOW BOTH SIDES ARE 
NEGOTIATING AROUND CONCERNS.
IT WOULD SEEM THE CONSERVATIVES 

English: 
HAVE ONGOING CONCERNS AROUND HOW
MUCH POWER THE GOVERNMENT HAS 
BEEN GIVEN THIS PIECE OF 
LEGISLATION.
THE HOUSE SUSPENDED FOR NOW, BUT
WILL BE BACK LATER THIS 
AFTERNOON.
WE'LL BRING THAT TO YOU LIVE.
AS W
