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CoronaVirus Vocabulary: Qualification Details, Benefit Cap, Quick Funds, Military Need, Forest Fe, Flood Season,Loss and Damage Mitigation,Domestic Travel Screenings,Flattening the curve, Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy   TIME STAMPED Transcript to use as an aid to view any part of video: GLAD YOU'RE JOINING US. 00:05 WE ARE, AS WE HAVE COME TO GET 00:07 USED TO, WAITING TO HEAR FROM 00:09 THE PRIME MINISTER, JUSTIN 00:11 TRUDEAU, EVERY TIME EVERY DAY AT 00:18 THIS TIME. 00:19 WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR MORE ON 00:22 THE PAYROLL SUBSIDY. 00:27 WE ARE ALSO HEARING TODAY THAT 00:31 THE NUMBER OF CANADIANS WHO HAVE 00:33 ASKED FOR EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE 00:34 HAS GONE UP TO MORE THAN 1.6 00:37 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE LAST NINE 00:39 TO 10 DAYS. 00:40 THAT IS MORE APPLICANTS FOR 00:42 EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SINCE 00:45 STATSCAN BEGAN TAKING THAT DATA 00:47 IN MORE THAN 70 YEARS OR SO AGO. 00:50 THAT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF THE 00:53 NEED CANADIANS HAVE AS THE 00:56 GOVERNMENT TRIES TO FIGHT THE 00:58 PANDEMIC FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH 01:00 PERSPECTIVE AND STABILIZE THE 01:02 ECONOMY WHICH IS STARTING TO 01:03 MELT DOWN AS PEOPLE ARE LAID OFF 01:06 AND FORCED TO WORK FROM HOME. 01:09 WE ALSO KNOW FROM A HEALTH 01:11 PERSPECTIVE, DR. THERESA TAM, 01:13 THE CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER 01:14 IN THIS COUNTRY, TELLING US THAT 01:16 THIS WEEK IS A CRITICAL WEEK IN 01:18 TERMS OF SEEING WHETHER 01:21 CANADIANS' EFFORTS OF PHYSICAL 01:22 DISTANCING ARE MAKING A 01:24 DIFFERENCE AND WHETHER WE CAN 01:27 FLATTEN THE CURVE. 01:28 LET'S BRING IN VASSY KAPELOS, 01:30 THE HOST OF "POWER & POLITICS" 01:34 AND DAVID COCHRANE. 01:36 VASSY, I'LL START WITH YOU. 01:38 WE KNOW MONDAY HAD BEEN THE DAY 01:40 THE GOVERNMENT PROMISED TO GIVE 01:42 MORE DETAILS ABOUT THIS SMALL- 01:46 AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESS AID. 01:48 >> Vassy: THIS IS A FEW DAYS 01:51 INTO THE ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT. 01:53 A LOT OF SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZED 01:54 BUSINESS OWNERS ANXIOUS TO FIND 01:55 OUT IF THEY'RE GOING TO QUALIFY 01:57 BECAUSE THOSE DETAILS HAVE NOT 01:59 BEEN PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC. 02:01 MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE WILL 02:02 BE A FEW DETAILS PROVIDED TODAY, 02:04 BUT THE BULK OF THOSE DETAILS 02:07 WILL BE RELEASED TOMORROW. 02:08 I THINK THE PRIMARY QUESTIONS ON 02:11 WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE QUALIFY 02:12 INCLUDES THINGS LIKE DO I HAVE 02:13 TO BE INCORPORATED, CAN I BE A 02:17 PARTNERSHIP. 02:18 IS THERE GOING TO BE A CAP IN 02:20 THE LAST ITERATION OF THIS, THE 02:23 10% WAGE SUBSIDY, THERE WAS A 02:27 CAP PER EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE. 02:30 THE INDEPENDENT FEDERATION OF 02:32 BUSINESSES SAYS THAT A CAP WOULD 02:35 NOT BE HELPFUL IN THIS INSTANCE. 02:37 THAT WOULD INCREASE THE COST OF 02:38 THE PROGRAM, BUT THEY'RE SAYING 02:41 THE CASH NEEDS TO COME QUICKLY 02:43 AND THERE SHOULD NOT BE AN UPPER 02:45 LIMIT FOR THE EMPLOYER, MAYBE 02:47 THE EMPLOYEE, BUT NOT THE 02:50 EMPLOYER. 02:50 ALL THOSE SIGNIFICANT AND 02:51 IMPORTANT DETAILS HAVE TO COME. 02:54 I'M NOT ANTICIPATING ALL OF THEM 02:56 WILL COME FROM THE PRIME 02:57 MINISTER. 02:57 THE BULK OF THEM WILL COME 02:59 TOMORROW. 02:59 WE'RE ANTICIPATING TO HEAR FROM 03:01 THE DEFENCE MINISTER LATER ON AS 03:03 WELL AS THE CHIEF OF THE DEFENCE 03:05 STAFF TALKING ABOUT THE 03:05 MILITARY'S POSTURE AND 03:06 POSITIONING IN ALL OF THIS, AND 03:10 NOT SO MUCH THAT THEY'RE CALLING 03:12 THE MILITARY IN PER SE, THERE IS 03:22 ALSO FOREST FIRE SEASON AND 03:26 FLOODING SEASON COMING UP. 03:29 WE'RE EXPECTING THE DETAILS ON 03:33 THAT FROM GENERAL VANCE. 03:38 BUT I'M TOLD THE PRIME MINISTER 03:40 WILL MENTION THE MILITARY IN 03:42 CANADA'S RESPONSE TO COVID-19 AS 03:43 WELL AS ALL THE OTHER THINGS 03:45 GOING ON. 03:46 >> Rosemary: A FEW DETAILS THERE 03:48 FOR SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZED 03:49 BUSINESSES, BUT NOT EVERYTHING. 03:51 IT IS COMPLICATED AND THERE ARE 03:52 LOTS OF DETAILS, BUT WE WILL SEE 03:54 HOW QUICKLY THEY CAN GET THAT 03:56 SORTED OUT. 03:57 JUST TO GIVE PEOPLE AN UPDATE ON 03:59 TESTING IN THIS COUNTRY, MORE 04:01 THAN 210,000 TESTS HAVE BEEN 04:03 COMPLETED ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 04:04 OF COURSE TESTING SO CRITICAL TO 04:07 INVESTIGATING, ISOLATING CASES, 04:09 TRACING CONTACTS SO YOU CAN SEE 04:12 WHAT'S HAPPENING INSIDE 04:13 COMMUNITIES. 04:14 I DO HAVE A GRAPH FOLLOWING SOME 04:17 REPORTING DONE BY MY COLLEAGUE 04:18 MIKE CRAWLEY AROUND THE I.C.U. 04:24 CAPACITIES. 04:24 HE CONFIRMED THAT CONFIRMED OR 04:27 SUSPECTED COVID-19 CASES NOW 04:29 ACCOUNT FOR ONE IN FOUR PATIENTS 04:31 IN ONTARIO. 04:32 NOW, THERE'S STILL CAPACITY IN 04:33 THE HOSPITALS, BUT IT DOES SHOW 04:36 A COUPLE OF THINGS. 04:36 FIRST OF ALL, IT SHOWS THAT 04:39 ONTARIO, AS YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR 04:40 SCREEN THERE, IS TESTING A 04:42 SMALLER PROPORTION OF ITS 04:43 POPULATION VERSUS THE OTHER 04:46 PROVINCES, QUEBEC, B.C., AND 04:47 ALBERTA. 04:48 THAT MIGHT BE TROUBLING, GIVEN 04:50 THAT WE ARE EXPECTING THIS WEEK 04:53 TO BE SO CRITICAL FOR THAT. 04:55 LET ME BRING IN -- WE'RE TRYING 04:57 TO GET SET UP. 04:59 I'LL BRING IN DAVID COCHRANE AND 05:01 WE'LL KEEP GOING ON THAT FRONT. 05:03 AT NOON TODAY THE GOVERNMENT IS 05:05 PUTTING STRICTER MEASURES AROUND 05:07 DOMESTIC TRAVEL, EITHER BY RAIL 05:09 OR AIR. 05:10 >> David: YEAH, THEY'RE ASKING 05:12 AIRLINES AND PASSENGER TRAIN 05:13 COMPANIES TO DO A SCREENING OF 05:15 THEIR PASSENGERS, ASKING THEM -- 05:20 WHETHER THEY'RE SYMPTOMATIC OR 05:23 ANYTHING LIKE THAT, AND IF THEY 05:26 ARE, THEY ARE GOING TO BE 05:27 REFUSED ENTRY TO THE PLANE OR 05:28 THE TRAIN. 05:29 THIS IS A CRITICAL WEEK IN WHAT 05:31 THE DATA WILL TELL US. 05:32 THIS IS WHAT DR. THERESA TAM, 05:35 THE CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER 05:39 FOR THE COUNTRY TOLD US. 05:40 WHEN WE GET THE LAG OF SNOWBIRDS 05:43 AND SPRING BREAKERS THAT ARE 05:45 COMING BACK TO CANADA, AND ALSO 05:47 WE'RE GOING TO GET A SENSE OF 05:49 HOW WELL THE PHYSICAL DISTANCING 05:51 AND LOCKDOWN MEASURES THAT WERE 05:53 IMPLEMENTING AROUND THE SAME 05:54 TIME THAT PEOPLE WERE COMING 05:56 BACK MAY HAVE DONE TO SLOW OR 05:57 FLATTEN THE NUMBER OF CASES. 06:00 THE ENTIRE OBJECTIVE OF ALL OF 06:02 THESE MEASURES IS TO FLATTEN THE 06:04 CURVE. 06:04 I SUSPECT THERE WILL BE SOME 06:06 CONCERN THAT THE RETURN OF 06:08 NEARLY 1 MILLION CANADIANS OUT 06:10 OF THE COUNTRY BACK TO CANADA, 06:14 COINCIDING WITH THE ECONOMIC 06:16 LOCKDOWN OF THINGS WE HAVE SEEN 06:17 COULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A 06:19 PROBLEM OR THEY COULD COLLIDE 06:20 WITH EACH OTHER. 06:21 THERE IS SOME CONCERN THAT COULD 06:22 SHOW UP IN THE NUMBERS. 06:24 IT'S GOING TO BE A CRITICAL WEEK 06:27 GETTING AN IDEA OF WHERE CANADA 06:29 IS ON THESE THINGS BECAUSE OF 06:30 THE TWO TIMELINES THAT WE'RE 06:32 WORKING WITH ON EXTREME PHYSICAL 06:34 DISTANCING AND THE RETURN OF 06:35 PEOPLE. 06:35 JUST COMING BACK TO TODAY'S 06:38 ANNOUNCEMENT. 06:38 THE WAGE SUBSIDY IS EXTREMELY 06:41 IMPORTANT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES 06:42 THAT WANT TO STAY IN OPERATION 06:45 THROUGHOUT THIS, WHETHER YOUR 06:47 LOCAL CORNER STORE, PHARMACY, 06:49 GROCERY STORE. 06:49 NOT THE BIG CHAINS LIKE LOBLAWS, 06:52 BUT SMALLER PLACES. 06:55 SOME OF THEM IT COULD MEAN THE 06:57 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STAYING OPEN 06:58 OR GOING UNDER. 06:59 AND THE BEST DESCRIPTION I HEARD 07:01 WITH WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE 07:03 CANADIAN ECONOMY OUTSIDE OF THE 07:04 OIL SECTOR CAME FROM A CARLETON 07:05 PROFESSOR SAYING ESSENTIALLY THE 07:08 CANADIAN AND THE WORLD ECONOMY 07:09 IS IN A MEDICALLY INDUCED COMA. 07:12 IT'S BEEN PUT UNDER TO STOP THE 07:15 SPREAD OF ADDITIONAL HARM. 07:17 THE MEASURES WE'RE DOING NOW ARE 07:18 MEANT TO SUSTAIN IT THROUGH THIS 07:20 PERIOD AND HELP IT COME BACK TO 07:22 FULL STRENGTH ONCE THE COMA 07:25 PERIOD IS OVER. 07:27 >> Rosemary: THAT'S A GOOD SEGUE 07:30 THERE. 07:30 APOLOGIES FOR THE TECHNICAL 07:32 ISSUES. 07:32 IT WAS THAT I COULDN'T HEAR 07:33 ANYTHING. 07:34 WE'RE WAITING FOR THE PRIME 07:36 MINISTER IN ABOUT SEVEN MINUTES 07:37 OR SO. 07:38 LET ME BRING IN A GUEST AND THAT 07:41 IS DAVID MCMILLAN, A RESTAURANT 07:45 OWNER OF JOE BEEFS, A VERY CHEF 07:49 AND RESTAURANT OTHER THAN IN 07:50 MONTREAL. 07:51 GOOD TO SEE YOU. 07:54 >> Interview: THANK YOU. 07:56 HOW ARE YOU? 07:57 >> Rosemary: I'M GOOD. 07:58 I WANTED TO GET YOU ON BECAUSE 07:59 OF SOME STARK NUMBERS ON YOUR 08:02 INSTAGRAM AND THAT IS BECAUSE 08:05 700,000 PEOPLE IN THE RESTAURANT 08:06 AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY LOST 08:09 THEIR JOBS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF 08:11 WEEKS. 08:11 HOW ARE YOU DOING? 08:13 >> Interview: I'M DOING GOOD. 08:14 THERE'S ABOUT 1.2 MILLION 08:16 WORKING IN THE RESTAURANT 08:17 INDUSTRY, ARGUABLY MORE. 08:19 LAST WEEK 700,000 PEOPLE GOT 08:22 THEIR WALKING PAPERS. 08:24 SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO 08:27 DEALING WITH ISSUES RELATED TO 08:30 THIS, MAKING SURE EVERYONE IS 08:32 GOOD. 08:32 WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE 08:35 TRICKLE-DOWN EFFECT. 08:36 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESTAURANT 08:38 WORKERS, BUT RESTAURANTS WORK 08:39 WITH ALL KINDS OF COMMUNITY MANY 08:41 OF BASED ORGANIZATIONS, SMALL 08:47 FARMS, CHEESE, WINE MAKERS, THE 08:53 WHOLE GAMUT. 08:55 >> Rosemary: YOUR RESTAURANT HAS 08:57 BEEN AROUND AND IT'S SUCCESSFUL. 08:59 IS IT HITTING YOU DIFFERENTLY 09:01 THAN A SMALLER, NEWER 09:04 RESTAURANT? 09:05 >> Interview: ABSOLUTELY. 09:06 JOE BEEF IS 15 YEARS OLD AND 09:08 DOES FAIRLY WELL. 09:10 WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A WAR 09:13 CHEST, NOT MUCH AFTER 15 YEARS. 09:18 WE COULD WEATHER A COUPLE OF 09:21 MONTHS MAYBE, BUT I HAVE FRIENDS 09:26 MESSAGING ME WHO OPENED A WEEK 09:28 BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. 09:29 A GRAND OPENING AND CLOSING. 09:31 I HAVE FRIENDS WHO HAVE $300,000 09:35 IN RENOVATION FEES WHO HAD TO 09:38 CLOSE FIVE DAYS AFTER THEY 09:40 RE-OPENED FROM RENOVATING. 09:42 THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN HOT 09:44 WATER. 09:44 >> Rosemary: WHAT ABOUT THE WAGE 09:45 SUBSIDY THAT THE PRIME MINISTER 09:46 AND THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED 09:48 LAST WEEK, 75% OF WAGES FOR 09:51 COMPANIES? 09:52 I KNOW YOU'VE HAD TO LAYOFF SOME 09:53 OF YOUR PEOPLE, BUT IF YOU 09:55 BROUGHT THEM BACK ON THE 09:57 PAYROLL, WOULD THAT BE ENOUGH TO 09:59 COVER WHAT THEY NEED? 10:00 WOULD THAT WORK FOR YOU? 10:03 >> Interview: IT MAY. 10:04 WE STILL HAVE TO READ THE FINE 10:07 PRINT. 10:08 MY BUSINESS PARTNER IS DOING HER 10:10 DUE DILIGENCE TODAY READING 10:12 THROUGH THIS, TODAY AND 10:15 TOMORROW. 10:15 THERE IS FINE PRINT. 10:16 WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW 10:17 EXACTLY THAT WORKS. 10:19 I CAN PUT EVERYBODY BACK ON 10:21 PAYROLL IF THE GOVERNMENT SAYS 10:24 SO, BUT EVENTUALLY FOUR WEEKS 10:25 FROM NOW I WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE 10:27 PAYROLL. 10:28 SO WE HAVE TO STUDY ALL OF THAT 10:31 AND ALL OF THE FINE PRINT VERY 10:35 CAREFULLY. 10:35 >> Rosemary: THEY ALSO HAVE PUT 10:38 SOME LOANS IN PLACE. 10:40 I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S 10:41 SOMETHING YOU DO PERSONALLY WITH 10:42 A CREDIT LINE. 10:43 >> Interview: YEAH, SURE, BUT 10:45 GETTING IN DEBT DURING THIS IS 10:48 ABSOLUTELY NOT OUR IDEAL 10:50 SCENARIO. 10:53 I DON'T WANT ANY LOANS TO BE 10:56 HONEST. 10:57 I'D LIKE UTILITIES TO CALM DOWN, 11:00 I WOULD LIKE BELL TO STEP OFF, 11:03 HYDRO QUÉBEC AND UTILITIES TO 11:05 STEP OFF. 11:06 I'M GOING TO WRITE OFF A MONTH 11:09 HERE. 11:09 I MIGHT WRITE OFF TWO MONTHS. 11:12 I EXPECT EVERYBODY TO WRITE OFF 11:14 DOWN THE CHAIN TWO MONTHS FOR 11:16 THIS TO WORK. 11:17 WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE TRUE 11:19 NATURE OF BIG BUSINESS COMING 11:21 SOON. 11:21 >> Rosemary: WHAT WORRIES YOU 11:23 ABOUT THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY 11:26 SORT OF ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND 11:27 IN THE UNITED STATES? 11:28 YOU HEAR SOME REALLY SAD STORIES 11:30 ABOUT EVEN BIG RESTAURANTS AND 11:33 BIG CHEFS HAVING TO CLOSE 11:36 THINGS. 11:36 >> Interview: IT'S EXACTLY JUST 11:37 THAT. 11:37 THE NATURE OF OUR BUSINESS IS A 11:41 VERY OLD, HISTORICAL BUSINESS OF 11:44 FEEDING PEOPLE AND RESTORING 11:46 PEOPLE IN SMALL ROOMS AND 11:47 GROUPS. 11:48 NOW WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IF THE 11:51 NEW REALITY IS THAT WE CAN'T SIT 11:54 MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN DINING ROOMS 11:56 IN CLOSE CONFINES, WE'LL HAVE TO 11:58 COMPLETELY CHANGE THE WAY THAT 12:00 WE PRACTICE OUR BUSINESS. 12:02 IT'S VERY SPECIAL. 12:06 I DON'T EVEN SEE LIGHT AT THE 12:07 END OF THE TUNNEL, TO BE HONEST, 12:10 THAT I CAN SIT 40 PEOPLE IN A 20 12:14 FOOT BY 20 FOOT DINING ROOM IN 12:17 THE NEXT EIGHT WEEKS DOESN'T 12:19 SOUND REALISTIC TO ME. 12:20 SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A 12:22 HARD LOOK INTERNALLY AT HOW WE 12:24 WORK AND COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS. 12:27 >> Rosemary: ARE YOU WORRIED 12:28 ABOUT YOUR FUTURE AND YOUR 12:31 BUSINESS? 12:31 >> Interview: ABSOLUTELY. 12:32 I'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE I WAS 12:34 17 YEARS OLD. 12:35 I'M GOING TO BE 50 NEXT YEAR. 12:37 I'VE GIVEN MY WHOLE LIFE TO THE 12:38 RESTAURANT BUSINESS. 12:40 I LOVE IT. 12:41 I ENJOY IT. 12:43 YEAH, I CAN DEFINITELY SEE WE'RE 12:48 JUST HAEMORRHAGING MONEY. 12:52 THERE'S NOTHING TO -- IT COULD 12:55 BE THE END, YOU KNOW. 12:57 BUT THAT'S FINE. 12:58 CHIN UP. 12:59 I'LL BUY GROCERIES. 13:01 I'LL HELP OUT. 13:02 . 13:02 >> Interview: I COULD CRY ABOUT 13:04 IT. 13:04 I HAD A GOOD RUN. 13:06 HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET BACK TO IT, 13:08 STAY POSITIVE. 13:10 I'VE HAD A WONDERFUL CAREER AND 13:12 A GREAT RUN. 13:13 IF THAT'S IT, SO BE IT. 13:16 I JUST MAKE SURE THAT MY KIDS 13:18 ARE HAPPY AND HEALTHY AND MY 13:20 LOVED ONES ARE TAKEN CARE OF. 13:23 CHIN UP. 13:24 >> Rosemary: ARE YOU -- I'LL 13:25 JUST END ON THIS, AND I LIKE THE 13:28 EXPRESSION "CHIN UP." 13:29 I USE IT A LOT TOO. 13:32 THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE COOKING 13:34 AT HOME AND POSTING ON INSTAGRAM 13:36 AND TWITTER. 13:38 ARE YOU DOING THAT AND DOING 13:40 SOMETHING THAT BRINGS YOU HOPE 13:42 AND JOY AT HOME? 13:43 >> Interview: YEAH, WE'RE 13:45 COOKING FAMILY MEALS AND 13:47 OVERCOOKING AND SHARING FOODS. 13:50 SHARING WITH FRIENDS IN THE 13:52 IMMEDIATE QUARANTINE CIRCLE. 13:53 HAVING A GREAT TIME WATCHING 13:55 SOCIAL MEDIA. 13:56 LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE MAKING SOUR 14:00 DOUGH BREAD. 14:01 LOTS OF PASTAS. 14:04 LOTS OF PEOPLE SHARING FANCY 14:06 WINES THEY'RE DRINKING. 14:08 SOCIAL MEDIA IS FUN, LOTS OF 14:10 LIVE INSTAGRAM VIDEOS. 14:12 IT'S NEAT. 14:13 WE NEED A -- THANK GOD FOR 14:15 SOCIAL MEDIA. 14:15 AT LEAST WE HAVE A CONNECTION 14:18 WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND SEE WHAT 14:19 THEY'RE UP TO. 14:20 >> Rosemary: LISTEN, I HOPE IT'S 14:22 NOT THE END FOR YOU AND OTHER 14:25 RESTAURANTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, 14:26 BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME 14:27 OF THE STARK NUMBERS YOU PUT ON 14:29 INSTAGRAM, 700,000 PEOPLE LOSING 14:32 THEIR JOBS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF 14:35 WEEKS. 14:35 DAVE, THANKS. 14:36 I HOPE I GET BACK TO EAT YOUR 14:39 LOBSTER SPAGHETTI. 14:41 >> Interview: THANKS. 14:42 >> Rosemary: THAT WAS DAVE 14:44 MCMILLAN, THE OWNER OF JOE BEEF. 14:47 AS WE WAIT FOR THE PRIME 14:48 MINISTER, WE WILL BRING BACK 14:51 VASSY KAPELOS AND DAVID 14:53 COCHRANE. 14:54 VASSY, I'LL GO TO YOU. 14:56 YOU SEE DAVE TALKING ABOUT 14:57 KEEPING HIS CHIN UP AND TRYING 14:59 TO PUT A GOOD FACE ON, BUT THERE 15:02 ARE ALREADY PEOPLE CONTEMPLATING 15:04 TWO MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD, I 15:06 DON'T KNOW IF I CAN COME BACK, I 15:08 DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE. 15:10 IS THERE A BIG SHIFT IN MANY 15:12 INDUSTRIES, BUT PARTICULARLY THE 15:13 HOSPITALITY ONE? 15:14 >> Vassy: YEAH, IT DOES 15:15 DEFINITELY DEPEND ON THE 15:17 INDUSTRY. 15:17 I THINK ANYBODY WHO RUNS THEIR 15:19 OWN BUSINESS -- I COME FROM A 15:21 FAMILY OF PEOPLE WHO DO -- IS 15:23 VERY MUCH RIGHT NOW WORRIED 15:24 ABOUT STAYING OPEN. 15:25 WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY 15:27 TO DRAW REVENUE, TO BRING IN ANY 15:30 REVENUE, VERY QUICKLY YOUR 15:32 RESERVES START TO LEAVE YOU. 15:33 I THINK THAT'S WHY THE POTENTIAL 15:35 FOR THIS WAGE SUBSIDY, THIS 15:38 INCREASED 75% WAGE SUBSIDY IS 15:41 HUGELY KEY. 15:42 I HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE REACH 15:44 OUT TO ME ON FRIDAY SAYING IF 15:46 THE DETAILS ARE OKAY AND I 15:49 QUALIFY, I CAN KEEP MY EMPLOYEES 15:50 ON THE PAYROLL FOR THE NEXT TWO 15:52 OR THREE MONTHS IF I HAVE TO. 15:54 IT IS SUBSTANTIAL. 15:55 AND I THINK THE IMPORTANT AND 15:56 THE SIGNIFICANT POINT WE'VE BEEN 15:58 HIGHLIGHTING ALL MORNING AND 15:59 THAT OUR VIEWERS NEED TO KNOW, 16:02 WE NEED SOME VERY CLEAR SIGNALS 16:05 FROM THE GOVERNMENT ABOUT WHO 16:06 WILL QUALIFY AND WILL SOMEONE 16:09 LIKE THE ONE YOU JUST SPOKE TO, 16:12 THE OWNER OF JOE BEEF, WILL THEY 16:15 BE ABLE TO QUALIFY, WILL THE 16:18 OWNERS OF A SALON QUALIFY. 16:20 NOT ALL BUSINESSES ARE RUN THE 16:22 SAME, SOME ARE INCORPORATED OR 16:24 PARTNERSHIPS, SOME ARE NOT. 16:26 SO I THINK THOSE DETAILS ARE 16:28 GOING TO BE HUGELY SIGNIFICANT. 16:29 I THINK WHAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS 16:30 SIGNALLED SO FAR IS THAT IT WILL 16:32 BE BROAD. 16:34 THAT'S WHAT THEY SIGNAL WITH THE 16:39 C.R.B. AS WELL. 16:40 THE IDEA IS TO CATCH A BIG SWATH 16:44 OF PEOPLE. 16:45 IT WILL HAVE TO MATCH UP WITH 16:47 THE RHETORIC AND JUDGE IT BASED 16:49 ON THAT AND SEE HOW MANY 16:50 BUSINESSES QUALIFY. 16:50 IF THE PRIME MINISTER CAN COME 16:52 OUT AND PROVIDE AN OVERALL COST 16:54 OF THE PROGRAM, THAT WILL GIVE 16:57 US AN IDEA OF HOW BIG A SWATH 16:59 THIS AIMS TO CATCH. 17:01 THAT IS SOMETHING I'M PAYING 17:02 ATTENTION TO AND LOOKING FOR 17:03 FROM THE PRIME MINISTER WHEN HE 17:04 SPEAKS ANY MOMENT NOW. 17:06 >> Rosemary: I THINK IT'S FAIR 17:07 TO SAY THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS 17:09 TRYING TO FIRE HOSE AS MUCH OF 17:12 BUSINESSES AS THEY CAN. 17:13 IT WOULD BE TO THEIR BENEFIT AND 17:16 TO THE BENEFIT OF THE ECONOMY TO 17:17 CATCH AS MANY PEOPLE AS THEY 17:20 CAN, AS YOU POINT OUT THERE, 17:22 VASSY. 17:23 I THINK THE PROBLEM IS, AS WE 17:24 HEARD FROM DAVE, AS WE HEAD INTO 17:28 THE END OF THIS MONTH AND INTO 17:30 APRIL, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE 17:32 TO START NOT PAYING RENTS ON 17:34 THEIR COMMERCIAL LEASES AND NOT 17:37 PAYING BILLS AND KEEP THINGS 17:38 GOING. 17:39 YOU CAN SEE THAT AS YOU WALK 17:41 AROUND NEIGHBOURHOODS IN THIS 17:43 CITY AND ELSEWHERE, PLACES BEING 17:48 SHUTTERED. 17:48 IT'S NOT JUST THE PRESSURE OF 17:49 WHAT IS THERE, BUT THE QUESTION 17:51 OF HOW QUICKLY CAN THEY GET IT 17:53 TO PEOPLE. 17:55 >> Vassy: EXACTLY. 17:56 CASH IS GOING TO BE KING HERE, 17:58 LIKE IT IS NORMALLY, BUT THE 18:00 C.R.B. GOING TO THE C.R.A. 18:05 SYSTEM, WILL THE MONEY BE ONLINE 18:07 OR WHAT FORM. 18:09 THOSE ARE THE DETAILS THAT 18:12 PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE GETTING HELP 18:14 THROUGH THIS REALLY NEED TO 18:16 KNOW. 18:16 >> Rosemary: A REMINDER TO 18:17 PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY MIGHT 18:19 QUALIFY FOR THE CANADIAN 18:20 EMERGENCY RESPONSE BENEFIT, THE 18:21 GOVERNMENT SAYS THAT PORTAL WILL 18:23 BE OPEN A WEEK TODAY, SO THAT'S 18:25 APRIL 6. 18:26 THE PRIME MINISTER YESTERDAY 18:27 MADE A GOOD SUGGESTION FOR 18:29 PEOPLE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, 18:30 THAT YOU GO TO THE CANADA 18:33 REVENUE AGENCY, GO TO MY SOURCE, 18:35 AND OPEN AN ACCOUNT FOR YOURSELF 18:37 AND CHOOSE DIRECT DEPOSIT. 18:39 SO THAT ONCE THE MONEY STARTS 18:42 FLOWING, YOU CAN GET THAT AS 18:43 FAST AS POSSIBLE. 18:44 THAT WAS THE ADVICE FROM THE 18:45 PRIME MINISTER YESTERDAY. 18:46 YOU WILL HAVE TO WEEK A WEEK TO 18:49 APPLY AND WAIT 10 DAYS TO GET 18:52 THE MONEY. 18:53 IF YOU'RE ONE OF THE 1.7 MILLION 18:56 PEOPLE WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR 18:58 EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE OVER THE 18:59 PAST FIVE TO 10 DAYS, THAT'S 19:01 FINE, THAT'S IN THERE. 19:02 IF YOU APPLIED FOR THE EMERGENCY 19:04 RESPONSE BENEFIT, YOU'LL 19:05 AUTOMATICALLY GET TRANSFERRED 19:07 INTO THAT. 19:07 I'LL GO BACK TO DAVID AS WE WAIT 19:10 FOR THE PRIME MINISTER WHO IS A 19:11 COUPLE MINUTES LATE. 19:12 >> David: YEAH, I THINK THERE IS 19:14 A MORE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE FOR 19:16 SMALL BUSINESSES. 19:16 EVEN IF THE WAGE SUBSIDY IS 19:18 BROAD AND VAST, A LOT OF 19:20 BUSINESSES AREN'T ALLOWED TO 19:22 OPERATE. 19:23 IF YOU CAN OPERATE AND GET A 19:24 REVENUE STREAM GOING IN AND YOU 19:26 CAN USE THIS WAGE SUBSIDY, 19:28 THAT'S HELPFUL. 19:29 BUT IF YOU'RE A SMALL BUSINESS 19:31 OR A TOY STORE THAT'S BEEN 19:33 CLOSED BECAUSE IT'S CONSIDERED A 19:35 NON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESS, YOU HAVE 19:36 TO DIP INTO CASH RESERVES AND 19:40 SAVINGS TO PAY PEOPLE. 19:42 THAT'S WHY THESE BENEFITS ARE SO 19:48 IMPORTANT. 19:48 IF YOU'RE A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER 19:50 AND YOU CAN'T OPERATE AT ALL, 19:53 LIKE A DAYCARE, YOU CAN FURLOUGH 19:57 YOUR WORKERS AND THEY KEEP 19:59 WHATEVER WAGES THEY HAVE, BUT 20:01 THEN THEY GET THE C.R.B. FROM 20:03 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 20:04 IT'S HOW THESE THINGS WORK IN 20:05 CONCERT THAT IS GOING TO HELP 20:07 BUSINESSES AND COMPANIES IN THE 20:09 WAY THEY OPERATE. 20:09 DAVE MCMILLAN IN JOE BEEF HAS A 20:15 PECULIAR SITUATION. 20:16 THEY HAVE NO DRIVE-THRU WINDOW. 20:21 THAT IS A NICE SIT-DOWN 20:24 RESTAURANT. 20:24 THEY HAVE THE EXTRA CHALLENGE 20:25 THAT THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO 20:27 OPERATE IN THE WAY THEY NORMALLY 20:29 OPERATE. 20:30 A WAGE SUBSIDY, UNLESS THEY 20:33 TOTALLY RETOOL TO BECOME 20:35 PRIMARILY TAKEOUT, WHICH THEY 20:37 COULD DO, THE WAGE SUBSIDY IS 20:39 NOT GOING TO BE THE SOLUTION. 20:40 NOBODY IS GOING TO COME OUT OF 20:42 THIS WHOLE OR COMPLETELY INTACT. 20:44 THE GOAL HAS TO BE TO 20:46 MITIGATE -- IT'S ALL ABOUT LOSS 20:48 MITIGATION AND DAMAGE MITIGATION 20:49 TO TRY TO CONTAIN IT AS MUCH AS 20:52 POSSIBLE. 20:52 I THOUGHT THE MOST TELLING THING 20:54 HE SAID WAS WE ARE GOING TO SEE 20:57 THE TRUE NATURE OF BIG BUSINESS 20:59 COMING SOON, AS FAR AS CALLING 21:01 RENT IN AND MORTGAGE AND 21:02 INSURANCE AND CANCELLING 21:04 UTILITIES. 21:05 WE'VE SEEN THAT ONE-QUARTER OF 21:07 SMALL BUSINESSES IN THIS COUNTRY 21:08 DON'T HAVE THEIR APRIL RENT AND 21:11 MORTGAGE. 21:11 AS WE'RE WAITING FOR THE AID 21:15 PACKAGES, MOST OF THEM HAVE LOST 21:17 THEIR MARCH REVENUE AND PREPAID 21:19 THOSE COSTS. 21:20 THE ECONOMIC CONTAGION OF THIS 21:23 IS REALLY QUITE SEVERE AND 21:24 REALLY, LIKE ALL OF THESE THINGS 21:26 ARE DESIGNED TO GET US THROUGH 21:28 THIS SOCIAL DISTANCING AND 21:30 PHYSICAL DISTANCING CRISIS 21:31 PERIOD, THERE IS GOING TO BE A 21:34 LARGER CONVERSATION THAT HAS TO 21:35 HAPPEN IN THIS COUNTRY ABOUT THE 21:36 REBUILDING AND RESTRUCTURING OF 21:39 THINGS ONCE THIS IS OVER IN 21:40 TERMS OF PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT 21:42 FINANCES, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT 21:43 FINANCES AND SMALL- AND 21:44 MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES AND THE 21:46 LARGE-SCALE INDUSTRIES HIT LIKE 21:49 AIRLINES, TOURISM, AND THE OIL 21:50 PATCH. 21:50 THE REBUILDING, THE 21:52 PHYSIOTHERAPY PART OF THIS, BACK 21:55 TO MEDICINE, THAT IS GOING TO BE 21:58 A SIGNIFICANT AND VASTLY 22:00 IMPORTANT TASK THE GOVERNMENT 22:02 HAS AHEAD OF IT. 22:03 >> Rosemary: WE GOT THE 22:05 TWO-MINUTE WARNING. 22:06 I'M GOING TO BRING IN DR. ISAAC 22:09 BOGOCH. 22:10 HE IS AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE 22:12 SPECIALIST AT TORONTO GENERAL 22:14 HOSPITAL. 22:14 I HAVE ONE QUESTION AFTER 22:16 HEARING DR. TAM ABOUT WHY THIS 22:18 WEEK IS SO IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF 22:21 GETTING A SENSE OF WHERE WE ARE 22:22 AT AND HOW WE'RE DOING. 22:28 >> Isaac Bogoch: WE KNOW 22:30 WE'VE -- 22:31 >> Rosemary: DR. BOGOCH, I'M 22:34 SORRY, THE PRIME MINISTER IS 22:36 EARLY. 22:36 I'LL COME BACK TO YOU. 22:37 HERE IS THE PRIME MINISTER OF 22:40 CANADA. 22:41 >> Prime Minister Justin 22:41 Trudeau: 22:43 THANK YOU 22:44 FOR BEING HERE. 22:45 TO FIGHT COVID-19, WE ARE ASKING 22:48 EVERYONE TO STAY HOME AS MUCH AS 22:51 POSSIBLE, BUT THESE 22:54 RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE HAD THE 22:56 EFFECT OF SLOWING DOWN BUSINESS 22:58 ACTIVITY. 22:59 SOME ARE EVEN HAD TO SHUT DOWN 23:01 AND THAT'S CONCERNING NOT ONLY 23:03 FOR BUSINESS PEOPLE, BUT FOR 23:07 YOUR EMPLOYEES WHO NEED THEIR 23:10 PAYCHEQUE IN ORDER TO MEET THEIR 23:12 NEEDS. 23:12 WE THEREFORE INTRODUCED A PLAN 23:14 IN THREE POINTS TO PROTECT JOBS 23:16 AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN LAID 23:18 OFF, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING 23:20 BUSINESSES WHO ARE HAVING 23:21 PROBLEMS WITH CASH FLOW. 23:23 WE KNOW FOR MANY PEOPLE THEIR 23:25 MAJOR CONCERN IS TO ENSURE THAT 23:26 THEY CAN CONTINUE TO RECEIVE A 23:28 SALARY. 23:29 WE, THEREFORE, ANNOUNCED A WAGE 23:31 SUBSIDY LAST WEEK TO ENCOURAGE 23:36 EMPLOYERS TO KEEP THEIR 23:38 EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLL. 23:39 WE 23:41 ANNOUNCED THAT THE GOVERNMENT 23:42 WOULD SUBSIDYIZE UP TO 70% OF 23:46 WAGES FOR QUALIFYING BUSINESSES. 23:47 WE KNOW WHAT BUSINESSES ARE 23:49 GOING THROUGH. 23:49 OVER THE PAST WEEKS, YOU'VE HAD 23:51 TO GET CREATIVE TO KEEP MONEY 23:54 COMING IN. 23:54 IN SOME CASES, YOU'VE HAD TO 23:57 MAKE THE DIFFICULT DECISION OF 23:58 LETTING YOUR EMPLOYEES GO. 23:59 FOR PEOPLE TO GET THROUGH THIS 24:01 TOUGH TIME AND FOR THE ECONOMY 24:03 TO REBOUND, PEOPLE HAVE TO KEEP 24:05 THEIR JOBS. 24:06 SO WE ANNOUNCED THE CANADA 24:08 EMERGENCY WAGE SUBSIDY. 24:10 I SAID LAST WEEK THAT WE WOULD 24:12 HAVE MORE DETAILS TO SHARE, AND 24:14 THAT'S THE FIRST THING I WANT TO 24:15 TALK WITH YOU ABOUT TODAY. 24:17 IF YOUR BUSINESS' REVENUES HAVE 24:20 DECREASED BY AT LEAST 30% 24:22 BECAUSE OF COVID-19, YOU WILL BE 24:25 ELIGIBLE FOR THIS SUBSIDY. 24:27 THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES YOU HAVE 24:29 WILL NOT DETERMINE WHETHER OR 24:31 NOT YOU GET THIS SUPPORT. 24:33 IT WILL APPLY TO NON-PROFIT 24:36 ORGANIZATIONS AND CHARITIES, AS 24:38 WELL AS COMPANIES BOTH BIG AND 24:42 SMALL. 24:42 THIS IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT 24:44 PEOPLE ARE STILL GETTING PAID 24:46 WHETHER THEY WORK FOR A BUSINESS 24:47 THAT EMPLOYEES 10 PEOPLE OR 24:50 1,000 PEOPLE. 24:52 SO HERE'S WHAT THIS MEANS FOR 24:54 WORKERS. 24:54 IF YOU WORK FOR A COMPANY THAT 24:57 HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY COVID-19, 24:59 THE GOVERNMENT WILL COVER UP TO 25:02 75% OF YOUR SALARY ON THE FIRST 25:08 $58,700 THAT YOU EARN. 25:09 THAT MEANS UP TO $847 A WEEK. 25:16 AS I MENTIONED ON FRIDAY, THIS 25:19 WILL BE BACKDATED TO MARCH 15. 25:23 THIS SUBSIDY WILL MAKE A REAL 25:26 DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIVES AND 25:29 HELP EVERYONE AFFECTED, BRIDGE 25:30 TO BETTER TIMES. 25:32 IN QUÉBEC IT'S GOING TO HELP 25:35 TRUCKING AND LOGISTICS COMPANY 25:39 STAY IN BUSINESS SO THEY CAN 25:41 MOVE ESSENTIALS LIKE FOOD AND 25:43 TOILET PAPER. 25:44 IN CALGARY IT WILL GIVE 25:46 BREATHING ROOM TO THE BENGE HAIR 25:49 SALON THAT HAD TO CLOSE. 25:51 MINISTER MORNEAU AND MINISTER NG 25:54 ARE WORKING HARD TO GET THE 25:57 BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS EXPLAINING 25:57 THE TECHNICAL DETAILS OF THIS 25:59 MEASURE. 26:00 ON THAT NOTE, I WANT TO THANK 26:02 THE PUBLIC SERVICE WHO IS 26:04 WORKING AROUND-THE-CLOCK TO GET 26:06 THIS DONE. 26:07 BUSINESSES THAT 26:09 SHOW THAT THEIR REVENUES HAVE 26:11 GONE DOWN BY AT LEAST 30% WILL 26:14 BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE WAGE SUBSIDY 26:16 ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK. 26:18 THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WILL NOT 26:23 DETERMINE YOUR ELIGIBILITY. 26:25 THE SUBSIDY WILL APPLY TO 26:26 NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND 26:29 CHARITIES, AS WELL AS TO 26:30 COMPANIES BIG AND SMALL. 26:32 WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO BE 26:36 PAID WHETHER THEY'RE WORKING FOR 26:38 A BUSINESS THAT HAS 10 EMPLOYEES 26:40 OR 1,000 EMPLOYEES. 26:43 SO IF THE BUSINESS FOR WHICH YOU 26:50 WORK HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY 26:52 COVID-19, THE GOVERNMENT 26:53 MR. COVER UP TO 75% OF YOUR 26:55 SALARY ON THE FIRST $58,700 THAT 26:59 YOU EARN. 27:00 THAT MEANS $847 PER WEEK -- UP 27:04 TO $847 PER WEEK. 27:06 AS I SAID LAST WEEK, THAT 27:08 SUBSIDY WILL BE RETROACTIVE TO 27:11 MARCH 15. 27:13 MINISTERS NG AND MORNEAU ARE 27:16 WORKING VERY HARD TO PROVIDE 27:17 MORE DETAILS TO COMPANIES AS 27:19 QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 27:20 IN THAT REGARD, I WANT TO THANK 27:22 THE ENTIRE PUBLIC SERVICE THAT 27:24 IS WORKING 24/7 TO FINALIZE THE 27:28 DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION ON 27:30 THIS. 27:31 ABOUT YOU, 27:32 ABOUT HARD-WORKING EMPLOYEES 27:34 ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 27:35 IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE YOU HAVE 27:37 MONEY TO BUY GROCERIES RIGHT NOW 27:38 AND A JOB TO COME BACK TO LATER, 27:42 ONCE WE'RE THROUGH THIS. 27:44 EVERY BUSINESS OF EVERY SIZE IS 27:46 HAVING TO MAKE SOME DIFFICULT 27:47 DECISIONS BECAUSE OF COVID-19, 27:48 AND THAT'S WHY THE NUMBER OF 27:51 EMPLOYEES IS NOT THE ELIGIBILITY 27:54 CRITERIA WE'VE CHOSEN. 27:55 THIS IS IN LINE WITH BEST 27:56 PRACTICES WE'VE OBSERVED IN 27:58 OTHER COUNTRIES. 28:00 THAT SAID, I WANT TO OFFER A 28:02 WORD OF CAUTION TO BUSINESSES. 28:04 WE ARE TRUSTING YOU TO DO THE 28:07 RIGHT THING. 28:08 IF YOU HAVE THE MEANS TO PAY THE 28:10 REMAINING 25% THAT'S NOT COVERED 28:12 BY THE SUBSIDY, PLEASE DO SO. 28:14 AND IF YOU THINK THIS IS A 28:16 SYSTEM YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF 28:18 OR GAME, DON'T. 28:21 THERE WILL BE SERIOUS 28:24 CONSEQUENCES FOR THOSE WHO DO. 28:26 THIS UNPRECEDENTED SITUATION 28:29 CALLS FOR UNPRECEDENTED ACTION. 28:32 IT CALLS FOR GOOD FAITH AND 28:35 TRUST BETWEEN EVERYONE INVOLVED. 28:39 WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER AND 28:41 THAT'S WHY OUR GOVERNMENT IS 28:43 STEPPING UP TO HELP ALL 28:44 EMPLOYERS KEEP THEIR EMPLOYEES. 28:46 FOR THIS TO WORK, EVERYONE HAS 28:49 TO DO THEIR PART. 28:50 EVERY DOLLAR OF THIS SHOULD GO 28:52 TO WORKERS. 28:53 YOU SHOULD MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO 28:55 TOP-UP THEIR WAGES AND EVERY 28:58 EFFORT TO HIRE BACK THOSE 28:59 WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN LAID OFF 29:01 IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS BECAUSE OF 29:03 COVID-19. 29:03 THAT'S WHY WE SET UP A 29:06 COMPREHENSIVE THREE-POINT PLAN 29:08 TO SUPPORT EVERYONE ACROSS THE 29:10 ECONOMY, WEATHER THE STORM, AND 29:13 COME ROARING BACK. 29:17 WITH THE CANADA EMERGENCY WAGE 29:21 SUBSIDY, WE'RE PROTECTING JOBS. 29:23 WITH THE CANADA EMERGENCY 29:25 RESPONSE BENEFIT, WE'RE HELPING 29:26 THOSE WHO LOSE THEIR JOBS. 29:29 AND WITH THE LOANS FOR 29:31 BUSINESSES OF ALL SIZES, WE'RE 29:35 HELPING THOSE WHO NEED IT ACCESS 29:38 CREDIT. 29:39 I WOULD LIKE TO 29:40 SPEAK DIRECTLY TO BUSINESSES FOR 29:41 A MINUTE. 29:41 WE TRUST YOU TO DO THE RIGHT 29:43 THING. 29:43 IF YOU ARE ABLE TO PAY THE 25% 29:45 THAT IS NOT COVERED BY THE WAGE 29:48 SUBSIDY, PLEASE DO. 29:50 IF YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN TAKE 29:56 ADVANTAGE OF THE SYSTEM, DO NOT 29:59 DO THAT. 30:00 THERE WILL BE SERIOUS 30:01 CONSEQUENCES FOR ANYONE WHO 30:04 TRIES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE. 30:06 WE ARE IN AN UNPRECEDENTED 30:07 SITUATION AND THAT MEANS WE HAVE 30:09 TO TAKE UNPRECEDENTED ACTION. 30:10 THIS CRISIS IS CALLING ON US ALL 30:13 TO ACT IN GOOD FAITH. 30:16 WE ARE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT, AND 30:18 THAT IS WHY OUR GOVERNMENT WANTS 30:19 TO HELP ALL EMPLOYERS TO KEEP 30:22 THEIR EMPLOYEES. 30:23 BUT IN ORDER FOR OUR STRATEGY TO 30:25 WORK, EVERYONE HAS TO DO HIS OR 30:28 HER SHARE. 30:29 EVERY DOLLAR IS INTENDED FOR 30:31 EMPLOYEES. 30:32 YOU MUST DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN 30:34 TO SUPPLEMENT THEIR WAGES AND 30:36 REHIRE ANY WORKERS WHO WERE LAID 30:38 OFF IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. 30:40 WE HAVE A PLAN, A THREE-POINT 30:43 PLAN TO HELP THE ECONOMY TO 30:46 REBOUND. 30:46 FOR EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES, WE 30:50 HAVE THE CANADA EMERGENCY WAGE 30:52 SUBSIDY. 30:53 IF YOU LOSE YOUR JOB OR IF YOU 30:55 ARE SELF-EMPLOYED, THE NEW 30:58 CANADA EMERGENCY RESPONSE 30:59 BENEFIT WILL BE THERE FOR YOU. 31:01 AND IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH 31:03 CASH FLOW, WE HAVE ANNOUNCED A 31:04 NUMBER OF MEASURES TO HELP YOU. 31:08 AND IN ADDITION, TO GIVE YOU 31:11 MORE TIME TO MAKE YOUR PAYMENTS 31:14 AND PAY WHAT YOU NEED TO PAY, WE 31:19 HAVE POSTPONED THE PAYMENT UNTIL 31:22 JUNE THE PAYMENT OF DUTIES ON 31:24 IMPORTS AND G.S.T. PAYMENTS. 31:30 OUR TOP 31:30 PRIORITY IS TO GET YOU THE HELP 31:33 NEEDED. 31:33 TO DO THAT OUR GOVERNMENT IS 31:34 READY FOR EVERY SCENARIO. 31:35 OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, 31:38 THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES HAVE 31:39 BEEN GEARING UP TO SUPPORT OUR 31:41 EFFORTS AND COMMUNITIES AS WE 31:43 FIGHT COVID-19. 31:44 OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM 31:46 HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR 31:48 CANADIANS IN THEIR TIME OF NEED, 31:50 AND PANDEMIC IS NO EXCEPTION. 31:53 FOR THE TIME BEING, 31:55 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS 31:56 RECEIVED NO REQUEST FROM THE 31:58 PROVINCES TO HAVE THE ARMY 32:01 RESPOND, BUT IF THAT WERE TO 32:03 CHANGE, THE CANADIAN ARMED 32:06 FORCES WOULD BE PREPARED TO 32:07 ANSWER THE CALL AS THEY HAVE 32:09 DONE THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY, 32:12 WHETHER TO BRING MEDICAL 32:13 EQUIPMENT TO THOSE WHO NEED IT 32:15 OR TO HELP OUT WITH FOREST FIRES 32:17 OR FLOODING, OUR MEN AND WOMEN 32:19 IN UNIFORM ARE ALWAYS THERE FOR 32:21 YOU. 32:21 THEY HAVE A PLAN TO SUPPORT OUR 32:23 COMMUNITIES DURING THIS 32:24 DIFFICULT PERIOD. 32:25 AT NOON A NUMBER OF MINISTERS 32:28 AND THE CHIEF OF THE DEFENCE 32:32 STAFF WILL HOLD A MEDIA BRIEFING 32:34 TO SAY MORE ABOUT THIS. 32:36 WE WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT 32:37 EMERGENCY PLANNING WITH THE 32:39 PREMIERS OF THE PROVINCES AND 32:40 TERRITORIES AT OUR NEXT VIRTUAL 32:42 MEETING. 32:42 I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY 32:44 TO THANK ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE 32:46 CANADIAN ARMED FORCES FOR THEIR 32:48 WORK AND THEIR SERVICE. 32:50 YOU ARE ALWAYS READY TO STEP UP, 32:52 AND WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE 32:53 EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR US. 32:57 I KNOW 32:58 WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 32:59 DAYS WHEN THINGS ARE BACK TO 33:02 NORMAL, BUT FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, 33:04 WE NEED TO KEEP TAKING THE RIGHT 33:06 STEPS TODAY. 33:08 IT MEANS FOLLOWING PUBLIC HEALTH 33:10 RECOMMENDATIONS. 33:11 YOU KNOW THE DRILL. 33:12 STAY HOME AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 33:14 WASH YOUR HANDS OFTEN. 33:15 KEEP AT LEAST 2 METRES FROM EACH 33:18 OTHER. 33:19 OUR GOVERNMENT WILL KEEP DOING 33:22 EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE 33:23 WORKERS ARE GETTING PAID AND 33:25 COMPANIES ARE SUPPORTED. 33:26 THE MEASURES WE'VE ANNOUNCED 33:28 WILL HELP DO JUST THAT AND 33:30 ENSURE THAT OUR ECONOMY IS WELL 33:32 POSITIONED TO RECOVER FROM THIS. 33:34 WE'RE GOING THROUGH A TOUGH TIME 33:36 RIGHT NOW ALL TOGETHER, BUT YOU 33:39 KNOW YOUR GOVERNMENT HAS YOUR 33:45 BACK. 33:45 AND AS ALWAYS, IF WE NEED TO DO 33:48 MORE, WE WILL DO MORE. 33:50 I WANT TO CLOSE THIS MORNING BY 33:53 THANKING ALL FIRST RESPONDERS 33:57 ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO ARE DOING 33:58 AN INCREDIBLE JOB FOR ALL 33:59 CANADIANS. 34:00 MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, FIRST 34:02 RESPONDERS, CUSTODIAL STAFF, 34:05 FARMERS, PEOPLE WHO WORK ALONG 34:07 THE SUPPLY CHAIN. 34:07 THANK YOU. 34:08 GOING TO WORK RIGHT NOW IS 34:11 STRESSFUL AND I KNOW YOU'RE 34:13 WORRIED, BUT WE'RE DOING 34:14 EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP YOU 34:16 SAFE. 34:16 YOU ARE DOING ESSENTIAL WORK AND 34:18 WE CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH. 34:21 AS ALWAYS, CANADA AND CANADIANS 34:24 WILL GET THROUGH THIS BY LEANING 34:26 ON EACH OTHER AND EVERYONE DOING 34:30 THEIR PART. 34:33 MERCI BEAUCOUP. 34:42 >> THE FIRST QUESTION IS FROM 34:44 RYAN SILTY, "NATIONAL POST." 34:48 YOUR LINE IS OPEN. 34:50 >> Question: GOOD MORNING, PRIME 34:51 MINISTER. 34:52 I'M WONDERING WITH THE WAGE 34:53 SUBSIDY DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE 34:54 RIGHT NOW AS TO WHAT THAT WILL 34:57 COST THE TREASURY, WHAT THE 34:58 OVERALL COST OF THAT WILL BE? 35:01 >> Prime Minister Justin 35:01 Trudeau: WE HAVE BEEN MAKING 35:03 CHANGES TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING 35:04 OVER THE PAST DAYS AND WEEKS. 35:06 THESE COSTS KEEP CLIMBING, BUT I 35:09 CAN ASSURE PEOPLE THAT OUR FOCUS 35:12 RIGHT NOW IS ON MAKING SURE THAT 35:16 CANADIANS KEEP THEIR JOBS, EVEN 35:19 IF THEY'RE NOT WORKING ON THEM 35:20 RIGHT NOW AND KEEP THEIR 35:22 PAYCHEQUES ROLLING IN, THAT 35:23 PEOPLE WHO LOSE THEIR JOBS GET 35:26 THE CANADA EMERGENCY RESPONSE 35:27 BENEFIT TO HELP THEM GET THROUGH 35:29 THIS DIFFICULT TIME. 35:31 AND THAT THERE IS CREDIT TO 35:33 ACCESS FOR COMPANIES AND 35:34 BUSINESSES WHO NEED TO BRIDGE 35:36 THROUGH IN THE COMING WEEKS. 35:38 OUR FOCUS IS ON MAKING SURE THAT 35:40 CANADIANS ARE SAFE NOW AND THAT 35:43 OUR ECONOMY CAN BOUNCE BACK 35:45 STRONGLY AFTER THIS TIME OF SLOW 35:48 DOWN, OF STOPPAGE, IS DONE. 35:55 FORTUNATELY, CANADA HAS TAKEN 35:56 RESPONSIBLE DECISIONS OVER THE 35:58 PAST MANY YEARS TO HAVE ONE OF 36:00 THE BEST BALANCE SHEETS IN THE 36:03 G7. 36:03 WE HAVE BEEN MAKING SURE THAT WE 36:04 HAVE MONEY ASIDE FOR A RAINY 36:07 DAY. 36:07 WELL, IT'S RAINING, AND WE ARE 36:10 NOW ABLE TO INVEST IN CANADIANS, 36:12 TO SUPPORT CANADIANS, AS WE MAKE 36:14 THE DIFFICULT DECISIONS NEEDED 36:16 TO GET THROUGH THIS AND TO COME 36:20 BACK STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE. 36:23 >> Question: BUT DO YOU EVEN 36:25 HAVE A BALLPARK ESTIMATE, IS 36:27 THIS GOING TO BE IN THE TENS OF 36:28 BILLIONS OR HUNDREDS OF 36:31 BILLIONS? 36:32 >> Answer: THE FINANCE MINISTER 36:35 WILL BE ADDRESSING CANADIANS 36:37 TOMORROW WITH MANY MORE DETAILS, 36:38 INCLUDING DETAILED COSTINGS AND 36:40 EXPECTATIONS. 36:41 RIGHT NOW OUR FOCUS IS ON 36:43 CREATING A PROGRAM THAT IS GOING 36:44 TO HELP CANADIANS KEEP THEIR 36:46 JOBS, STAY IN THEIR JOBS, EVEN 36:48 IF THEY'RE STAYING AT HOME SO WE 36:51 CAN ALL DO THE THINGS WE NEED TO 36:54 DO TO KEEP OURSELVES SAFE, TO 36:55 KEEP OUR FAMILIES SAFE, TO KEEP 36:58 OUR HEALTH WORKERS SAFE, AND TO 37:00 KEEP ALL CANADIANS SAFE. 37:02 WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS. 37:04 THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. 37:06 RIGHT NOW, WE ARE 37:08 FOCUSED ON COMING THROUGH THIS 37:11 DIFFICULT SITUATION AND IN ORDER 37:15 TO DO THAT, WE NEED CANADIANS TO 37:18 STAY HOME AND FOLLOW THE 37:20 RECOMMENDATIONS IN ORDER TO 37:21 FOLLOW THE SITUATION. 37:23 WE KNOW THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT 37:25 FOR BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS 37:26 AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE PROVIDING 37:28 THEM A WAGE SUBSIDY SO THAT THEY 37:32 CAN KEEP THEIR EMPLOYEES ON THE 37:34 PAYROLL DURING THIS DIFFICULT 37:35 TIME SO THAT WE CAN COME BACK 37:38 AND RECOVER QUICKLY AT THE END 37:40 OF THIS. 37:41 THAT IS OUR PRIORITY. 37:42 FOR MORE DETAILS, THE MINISTER 37:45 OF FINANCE AND THE MINISTER OF 37:47 SMALL BUSINESS WILL BE AVAILABLE 37:48 TOMORROW TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. 37:50 BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO 37:53 REASSURE EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS 37:55 RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT WE 37:57 WILL BE THERE FOR THEM. 38:05 . 38:07 >> Question: 38:09 GOOD 38:09 MORNING, PRIME MINISTER. 38:10 I UNDERSTAND THE DETAILS WILL BE 38:12 COMING, BUT WHEN WILL THIS 38:13 SUBSIDY BE PAID TO EMPLOYEES? 38:16 >> Answer: RIGHT NOW WE ARE 38:19 WORKING TO FINALIZE THOSE 38:25 DETAILS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 38:27 FOR C.R.A., IT'S ABOUT ENSURING 38:31 THAT THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE 38:33 BENEFIT CAN GET TO PEOPLE AS 38:36 QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 38:37 BUT I CAN ALSO SAY NOW TO 38:39 ENTREPRENEURS AND BUSINESS 38:40 PEOPLE AND BUSINESS OWNERS THAT 38:43 THIS HELP WILL BE GETTING TO 38:45 THEM SOON. 38:46 THEY WILL BE ABLE TO RE-HIRE 38:49 THEIR EMPLOYEES. 38:50 THEY SHOULD ENSURE THAT THEY 38:52 WILL GET PAID THROUGH THE CREDIT 38:55 FACILITY THAT WE MADE AVAILABLE 38:57 BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE 38:59 THERE TO PROVIDE A WAGE SUBSIDY 39:02 OF UP TO 75% IF YOU'RE AFFECTED 39:04 BY COVID-19. 39:05 SO WE ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO 39:07 GET THAT MONEY OUT THE DOOR IN 39:10 THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. 39:12 IN THE MEANTIME, YOU HAVE ACCESS 39:14 TO CREDIT WHICH WILL ALLOW YOU 39:16 TO MOVE FORWARD. 39:17 KNOW THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE 39:19 THERE TO HELP YOU AND TO HELP 39:21 YOUR EMPLOYEES. 39:22 >> Question: ON ANOTHER TOPIC, 39:24 THE UNITED STATES PROVIDED SOME 39:28 VERY STRIKING FIGURES ABOUT WHAT 39:35 IS THERE. 39:36 I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT SOME 39:38 SCENARIOS. 39:39 DO YOU THINK CANADA IS FOLLOWING 39:41 THE U.S. TRAJECTORY AT THIS 39:42 TIME? 39:43 >> Answer: WELL, I THINK I WOULD 39:44 SAY WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY ON THE 39:46 SAME TRAJECTORY. 39:47 WE ARE QUICKER TO GET THE 39:50 SCREENING DONE AND I THINK WE 39:55 WOULD HAVE MORE SUCCESS IN 39:58 GETTING PEOPLE TO SELF-ISOLATE. 40:01 BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE WILL SEE 40:03 WHAT THE CLEAR SITUATION IS IN 40:06 THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO BASED ON 40:08 WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING IN THE 40:10 LAST WEEK AND THEN WE WILL KNOW 40:13 WHETHER THAT IS BEARING FRUIT. 40:15 EVERYTHING IS BASED ON THE 40:17 DECISIONS PEOPLE HAVE MADE AND 40:19 CONTINUE TO MAKE. 40:21 I AM PROUD OF THE WAY CANADIANS 40:22 HAVE RALLIED AND CONTINUE TO 40:24 ABIDE BY THE GUIDELINES. 40:26 AND I THINK THEY UNDERSTAND WE 40:28 ALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE 40:29 A DIRECT IMPACT ON CANADA'S 40:31 ABILITY TO COME OUT OF THIS. 40:33 I'M VERY PROUD TODAY TO BE 40:36 CANADIAN. 40:42 >> Question: GOOD MORNING, 40:45 MR. TRUDEAU. 40:47 NOW, THE TRANS MOUNTAIN 40:49 CONSTRUCTION WORK IS CONTINUING. 40:54 IT ALLOW BELONGS TO THE FEDERAL 40:56 GOVERNMENT. 40:56 THERE ARE SOME INDIGENOUS 40:57 COMMUNITIES WHO ARE WORRIED 40:58 ABOUT THE HEALTH OF THOSE 41:00 WORKERS. 41:00 I'M WONDERING AS OWNER OF T.M.X. 41:04 WHY YOU DON'T STOP THAT 41:06 CONSTRUCTION WORK. 41:07 >> Answer: THAT'S A GOOD 41:09 QUESTION. 41:09 A NUMBER OF DECISIONS ARE BEING 41:11 TAKEN RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY 41:13 ABOUT WHETHER SOME WORKERS ARE 41:15 ESSENTIAL OR NOT OR WHETHER 41:16 CERTAIN TYPES OF WORK SHOULD 41:18 CONTINUE OR NOT. 41:20 I WILL BE FOLLOWING UP ON THAT 41:22 TO GIVE YOU A BETTER ANSWER 41:25 TOMORROW. 41:27 >> Question: AND SINCE YOU DON'T 41:28 SEEM TO HAVE THE ANSWER NOW, I 41:31 WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WITH RESPECT 41:33 TO TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT, YOU SAY 41:35 THERE WILL BE SERIOUS 41:36 CONSEQUENCES FOR BUSINESSES THAT 41:38 TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SUBSIDY. 41:39 WHY DO YOU FEEL THE NEED TO WARN 41:43 PEOPLE? 41:46 DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A 41:48 RISK THAT THIS WILL BE LIKE AN 41:51 OPEN BAR THAT PEOPLE WILL 41:53 EXPLOIT? 41:54 >> Answer: NO, I DON'T THINK IT 41:56 WILL BE A PROGRAM THAT WILL BE 41:59 EASILY EXPLOITED. 42:00 WE HAVE DEVELOPED PARAMETERS FOR 42:03 COMPANIES IN TERMS OF KEEPING 42:05 PEOPLE ON THE PAYROLL OR 42:07 BRINGING THEM BACK IN IF THEY 42:08 WERE LAID OFF. 42:09 BUT WE DO UNDERSTAND WHEN THE 42:12 PRIORITY IS TO GIVE HELP TO AS 42:15 MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE AS 42:16 QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, YOU DO HAVE 42:18 TO ACT QUICKLY AND TRUST IS 42:19 REQUIRED IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES. 42:21 YOU HAVE TO TRUST PEOPLE TO DO 42:23 THE RIGHT THING AND NOT TAKE 42:25 ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION. 42:27 BUT I WANT TO ENSURE EVERYONE WE 42:28 WILL HAVE THE MEASURES AND 42:30 SYSTEMS IN PLACE IN THE WEEKS TO 42:32 COME TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS NO 42:34 ABUSE. 42:34 I CAN TELL YOU THAT IF THERE IS 42:37 ABUSE, THERE WILL BE SEVERE 42:39 CONSEQUENCES FOR ANYONE WHO 42:41 TRIES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE 42:42 SYSTEM AND, THEREFORE, TAKE 42:45 ADVANTAGE OF CANADIANS DURING 42:46 THIS DIFFICULT TIME. 42:51 . 42:53 >> THE NEXT QUESTION BRIAN LILY 42:55 "TORONTO SUN." 42:57 YOUR LINE IS OPEN. 42:58 >> Question: PRIME MINISTER, I'M 42:59 WONDERING WITH THE ECONOMIC 43:01 HARDSHIP THAT SO MANY CANADIANS 43:02 ARE FACING EVEN ONCE THIS WAGE 43:04 SUBSIDY KICKS IN, HAVE YOU OR 43:07 OTHER M.P.s THOUGHT OF FOREGOING 43:08 YOUR RAISE THAT KICKS IN ON 43:10 APRIL 1 OR PAUSING THE CARBON 43:13 TAX THAT IS SET TO GO UP BY 50% 43:15 ON APRIL 1? 43:17 >> Answer: THE PRICE ON 43:18 POLLUTION HAS BEEN DESIGNED AS 43:21 TO PUT MORE MONEY IN HOUSEHOLDS' 43:25 POCKETS, MORE MONEY IN THE 43:27 POCKETS OF THE MIDDLE CLASS, 43:29 WHILE WE'RE DOING WHAT IS 43:30 NECESSARY TO FIGHT POLLUTION AND 43:32 PROTECT OUR PLANET. 43:34 THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE GOING 43:35 TO CONTINUE TO DO BECAUSE WE 43:37 KNOW WE NEED TO DO THINGS TO 43:39 MAKE SURE WE'RE BOTH SUPPORTING 43:40 FAMILIES THROUGH ORDINARY TIMES 43:42 AND THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES AND 43:44 MOVING FORWARD ON CONTINUING THE 43:46 FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE, 43:48 WHICH REMAINS EVEN AT A TIME OF 43:52 IMMEDIATE CRISIS AND PANDEMIC. 43:53 IN REGARDS TO SALARIES, I 43:56 HAVEN'T HEARD THE PARLIAMENT OF 43:57 CANADA HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS, 43:59 BUT I'M SURE THEY WILL REFLECT 44:02 ON IT NOW THAT YOU'VE ASKED THE 44:04 QUESTION. 44:06 WITH RESPECT TO A 44:08 PRICE ON POLLUTION, WE 44:10 INTRODUCED THAT PROGRAM IN ORDER 44:11 TO GIVE MORE MONEY TO FAMILIES 44:13 AND MORE MONEY TO THE MIDDLE 44:15 CLASS THAN WHAT IT WOULD COST 44:17 THEM BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S 44:19 IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT FAMILIES, 44:21 WHILE AT THE SAME TIME FIGHTING 44:22 CLIMATE CHANGE. 44:23 WE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD 44:25 WITH OUR CLIMATE CHANGE PLAN. 44:28 . 44:29 >> Question: THE TRAVEL 44:30 SCREENING MEASURES THAT YOU 44:32 TALKED ABOUT ON SATURDAY, YOU 44:34 HAD PREVIOUSLY DISMISSED THOSE 44:35 FOR INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS. 44:37 YOU DISMISSED CALLS FOR BANNING 44:41 TRAVEL EARLIER ON, EVEN JUST 44:43 LESS THAN TWO WEEKS BEFORE YOU 44:45 EVENTUALLY DID. 44:46 AT THAT POINT, MOST OF THE CASES 44:47 OF COVID-19 WERE TRAVELLERS 44:49 COMING INTO CANADA. 44:51 NOW IT'S 63% COMMUNITY SPREAD. 44:53 DO YOU REGRET NOT ACTING SOONER 44:55 ON TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AT 44:58 AIRPORTS FOR FLIGHTS FROM 45:00 INTERNATIONAL HOT SPOTS? 45:02 >> Answer: I THINK THERE'S GOING 45:04 TO BE LOTS OF ANALYSES AROUND 45:11 WHAT HAPPENED WHEN. 45:12 OUR FOCUS EVERY STEP OF THE WAY 45:14 WAS DOING WHAT WAS NECESSARY 45:15 EVERY MOMENT BASED ON THE 45:17 RECOMMENDATIONS OF EXPERTS, 45:18 BASED ON SCIENCE, AND DOING WHAT 45:20 WE CAN TO KEEP CANADIANS SAFE. 45:22 WE'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT IN AN 45:24 UNPRECEDENTED SITUATION. 45:26 WE'RE NOT ALWAYS GOING TO GET 45:28 THINGS PERFECTLY RIGHT, BUT 45:30 WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE 45:31 COMMITTED TO DOING THINGS THE 45:34 BEST WE CAN AND FIGURING OUT 45:35 WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T AND 45:37 MOVING FORWARD IN A WAY THAT IS 45:39 NIMBLE AND FOCUSED ON HELPING 45:41 CANADIANS INSOMUCH AS A 45:43 GOVERNMENT CAN BE NIMBLE AND 45:45 AGILE. 45:45 I THINK WE'VE DEMONSTRATED WE'RE 45:47 GOING TO STAY FOCUSED ON 45:48 CANADIANS AND DOING THE RIGHT 45:49 THINGS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO. 45:55 >> Question: JULIE VAN DUSEN, 45:59 CBC. 45:59 HOW CAN YOU GET AN ACCURATE 46:03 PICTURE OF COVID WITHOUT A LOT 46:05 MORE TESTING, ESPECIALLY THOSE 46:07 WORKING IN ESSENTIAL SERVICES 46:08 WHO MAY BE OUT THERE WITHOUT 46:10 SYMPTOMS AND SPREADING THE VIRUS 46:11 AND NOT EVEN KNOWING IT? 46:13 >> Answer: OVER THE PAST FEW 46:15 WEEKS WE'VE BEEN RAMPING UP OUR 46:17 TESTING CAPACITIES AND THAT 46:20 CONTINUES, BOTH WITH MORE TESTS, 46:22 BETTER TESTS, DIFFERENT KINDS OF 46:25 TESTS, WITH TESTS THAT RETURN 46:27 RESULTS MORE QUICKLY. 46:28 THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE AN 46:30 ESSENTIAL PART OF MANAGING THE 46:32 SPREAD OF THE DISEASE AND INDEED 46:33 REDUCING THE SPREAD OF THIS 46:35 DISEASE. 46:35 WE WILL CONTINUE TO RAMP UP OUR 46:39 TESTING EFFORTS, BUT AT THE SAME 46:41 TIME THE MEASURES AROUND 46:42 SELF-ISOLATION THAT HAVE BEEN 46:43 PUT IN PLACE ARE ALSO GOING TO 46:45 BE EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE FOR 46:47 KEEPING PEOPLE AT HOME. 46:48 IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS 46:50 OF COVID-19, SELF-ISOLATE. 46:52 TAKE MEASURES TO NOT SPREAD. 46:55 WHETHER OR NOT YOU GET A TEST 46:57 BACK IMMEDIATELY OR TESTED RIGHT 46:59 AWAY, YOU CAN TAKE MEASURES 47:01 THROUGH SELF-ISOLATING YOURSELF 47:02 THAT WILL PREVENT THE SPREAD. 47:04 AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE WILL GET 47:07 MORE AND MORE MEASURES TO TEST 47:09 MORE ACCURATELY, TEST MORE 47:11 RAPIDLY, GET THOSE RESULTS BACK, 47:13 AND KEEP CANADIANS SAFE. 47:15 RIGHT NOW THESE SELF-ISOLATION 47:17 MEASURES ARE AN EXTREMELY 47:19 IMPORTANT THING WHILE WE RAMP UP 47:20 OUR TESTING CAPACITIES. 47:24 WE UNDERSTAND THAT 47:29 MASSIVE SCREENING IS IMPORTANT 47:30 IN ORDER TO COME THROUGH THIS, 47:32 AND THAT'S WHY EVERY DAY AND 47:35 EVERY WEEK WE HAVE BEEN 47:39 SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASING OUR 47:43 TESTING CAPACITY AND THE NUMBER 47:44 OF TESTS THAT ARE CARRIED OUT. 47:46 THOSE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO GO UP 47:48 BECAUSE WE NEED TO MANAGE THAT 47:51 CRISIS IN THE NEXT WEEKS AND 47:53 MONTHS WITH A LOT MORE TESTING, 47:56 AS OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE DONE. 47:58 BUT FOR THE TIME BEING, AND 48:00 THAT'S WHY SELF-ISOLATION IS SO 48:02 IMPORTANT, IF YOU DON'T FEEL 48:03 WELL OR IF YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS, 48:06 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU 48:07 SELF-ISOLATE AND NOT WAIT FOR A 48:09 POSITIVE RESULT TO TAKE THIS 48:11 ACTION. 48:18 YOU HAVE TO SELF-ISOLATE 48:19 IMMEDIATELY TO PROTECT YOUR 48:20 FAMILY AND COMMUNITY AND PREVENT 48:21 THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS. 48:23 . 48:24 >> Question: WHERE DO YOU STAND 48:25 ON THE ENERGY SECTOR AND WILL 48:26 THERE BE HELP FOR THE ENERGY 48:28 SECTOR. 48:28 AND WITH CANADIAN OIL OPENING UP 48:30 AT LESS THAN $5 A BARREL, WILL 48:33 THERE BE HELP FOR THE ENERGY 48:35 SECTOR AND, IF SO, WHEN? 48:38 >> Answer: FIRST OF ALL, THE 48:40 WAGE SUBSIDY WE HELPED WILL HELP 48:43 COMPANIES LARGE AND SMALL ACROSS 48:44 ALL SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY. 48:47 THAT WILL GO A LONG WAY TO 48:50 ENSURING WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS 48:52 THAT THEY WILL GET THROUGH THE 48:55 COMING WEEKS. 48:56 THERE ARE CERTAIN INDUSTRIES 48:57 THAT HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY HARD 48:59 HIT BY BOTH THE DROP IN OIL 49:01 PRICES AND THE COVID-19 49:03 CHALLENGE, WHETHER AIRLINES, OIL 49:05 AND GAS, TOURISM. 49:06 THERE ARE AREAS WE WILL HAVE TO 49:08 DO MORE, AND AS I SAID FROM THE 49:10 VERY BEGINNING, WE WILL BE DOING 49:12 MORE. 49:13 WE RECOGNIZE WHAT 49:23 WE DID WITH THE WAGE SUBSIDY 49:26 ANNOUNCEMENT WILL HELP MANY 49:29 EMPLOYEES ACROSS THE COUNTRY 49:32 THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY 49:34 COVID-19, BUT THERE ARE ALSO 49:35 PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES THAT WILL 49:36 BE MORE HARD HIT THAN OTHERS. 49:39 FOR EXAMPLE, THE AIRLINE 49:43 INDUSTRY, THE OIL INDUSTRY, THE 49:45 TOURISM SECTOR. 49:48 THERE WE WILL NEED TO DO MORE 49:49 AND WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN 49:51 DO THAT. 49:53 . 49:54 >> Question: WHY ISN'T THE 49:56 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RELEASING 49:57 THEIR MODELLING NUMBERS? 49:58 IN ADDITION, WHAT ABOUT 49:59 PREDICTIONS THERE COULD BE A 50:01 SECOND AND THIRD WAVE? 50:03 IF YOU COULD ANSWER IN FRENCH, 50:05 PLEASE. 50:05 THANK YOU. 50:06 >> Answer: WE WILL CONTINUE TO 50:07 RELEASE THE INFORMATION WE HAVE 50:09 IN AS ACCURATE AS -- A WAY AS 50:15 POSSIBLE TO SEE WHERE WE'RE 50:17 GOING AND HOW WE'RE DOING. 50:19 WE RECOGNIZE WHAT'S GOING TO 50:21 HAPPEN IN A FEW WEEKS OR A MONTH 50:24 AND MONTHS FROM NOW DEPENDS ON 50:26 HOW PEOPLE ARE BEHAVING TODAY. 50:28 WITH THE BUILT-IN LAG IN 50:29 COVID-19 OF TWO WEEKS, WITH THE 50:31 DELAYS OF GETTING TEST RESULTS 50:33 AND FROM GETTING RESULTS FROM 50:35 PROVINCES, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S 50:38 NOT ALWAYS AN ACCURATE PICTURE 50:39 TODAY OF WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY. 50:41 THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO KEEP 50:44 MODELLING THE DIFFERENT 50:45 SCENARIOS THAT COULD HAPPEN AND 50:46 CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE TO 50:48 CANADIANS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS 50:49 THAT THEY ABIDE BY THE RULES AND 50:55 RECOMMENDATIONS AND GUIDELINES 50:57 SET FORTH BY PUBLIC HEALTH 50:59 AGENCY OF CANADA. 51:04 WE KNOW THAT IT'S 51:05 IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE 51:07 INFORMATION ABOUT HOW WE WILL 51:09 CONTINUE TO FIGHT COVID-19 AND 51:13 WHAT IS HAPPENING. 51:15 WE WILL CONTINUE TO SHARE 51:18 INFORMATION AS IT COMES. 51:20 IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE WE 51:23 HAVE MODELS THAT WILL PREDICT 51:26 WHAT WILL HAPPEN BASED ON 51:28 PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOUR TODAY AND WE 51:29 WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT A RANGE 51:31 OF SCENARIOS AND KEEP CANADIANS 51:33 INFORMED ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING 51:34 AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 51:37 . 51:37 >> Question: TODAY NEW SCREENING 51:38 MEASURES ARE COMING IN PLACE FOR 51:40 AIRLINES AND TRAINS. 51:42 I'M WONDERING, MANY OF THESE 51:45 PEOPLE WHO ARE CONDUCTING THESE 51:46 TESTS TO SCREEN PASSENGERS FOR 51:48 COVID-19 ARE NOT MEDICAL 51:50 PROFESSIONALS. 51:51 HOW ARE THEY EXPECTED TO 51:55 ADEQUATELY DO THEIR JOB AND WHAT 51:57 TYPE OF TRAINING AND PROTECTIVE 51:59 EQUIPMENT WILL THESE PEOPLE 52:01 HAVE? 52:01 >> Answer: THE FUNDAMENTAL 52:02 PRINCIPLE WE HAVE PUT FORWARD IS 52:03 IF YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS OF 52:05 COVID-19, IF YOU FEEL YOU MIGHT 52:06 HAVE SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19, STAY 52:09 HOME, SELF-ISOLATE, DON'T GO 52:11 OUTSIDE, DON'T TRAVEL. 52:13 THAT IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING OF ALL 52:16 CANADIANS. 52:17 THESE MEASURES WE'VE BROUGHT IN 52:19 FOR AIRLINES AND RAILWAYS IS AN 52:21 ADDITIONAL MEASURE, AN 52:23 ADDITIONAL ENCOURAGEMENT AND 52:24 EXPECTATION THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE 52:25 SYMPTOMS OF A COLD OR OF 52:27 COVID-19 WILL NOT TRAVEL. 52:29 THAT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, AND 52:31 IT'S SOMETHING THAT, LIKE SO 52:33 MANY OF THESE MEASURES WE PUT IN 52:35 PLACE, IS GOING TO RELY ON 52:38 PEOPLE STEPPING UP, DOING WHAT 52:39 IS RIGHT, AND NOT TRAVELLING IF 52:42 THEY HAVE SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19. 52:44 >> Question: LAST WEEK THE 52:46 BUSINESS LOAN OF -- EXCUSE ME, 52:50 FROM THE BANK OF CANADA -- MANY 52:53 PUBS AND BARS AND CANNABIS 52:55 INDUSTRY BUSINESSES ARE 52:56 WONDERING WHY THEY DON'T QUALIFY 52:58 FOR THAT EXTENDED LINE OF 53:11 CREDIT. 53:13 >> Answer: WHAT WE ARE PUTTING 53:18 FORTH IS LOANS FOR BUSINESSES 53:22 WHO HAVE HAD TO OR ARE ABOUT TO 53:24 LAYOFF THEIR WORKERS. 53:26 NOW THEY CAN KEEP THEIR WORKERS 53:28 ON THE PAYROLL AT 75% OR MORE IF 53:30 THEY CAN TOP IT UP OF THEIR 53:33 SALARIES, SO THAT WHEN WE ARE 53:34 THROUGH THIS, THEY CAN PICK UP 53:36 AGAIN WHERE WE LEFT OFF AND GET 53:38 OUR ECONOMY ROARING BACK. 53:40 THAT IS OUR FOCUS NOW. 53:41 IN TERMS OF ACCESS TO CREDIT, 53:43 THERE ARE MANY MECHANISMS OUT 53:44 THERE FOR BUSINESSES OF ALL 53:46 DIFFERENT SIZES TO ACCESS 53:49 CREDIT. FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, 53:51 THERE IS THE $40,000 LOAN, OF 53:54 WHICH $10,000 WILL NOT HAVE TO 53:56 BE REPAID IF THEY MEET CERTAIN 54:00 CONDITIONS. 54:00 THERE ARE MANY THINGS WE'RE 54:01 DOING OUT THERE WITH 54:03 LOW-INTEREST OR NO-INTEREST 54:05 LOANS TO HELP BUSINESSES GET 54:08 THROUGH THIS. 54:09 BUT THE WAGE SUBSIDY AND THE 54:11 EMERGENCY RESPONSE BENEFIT FOR 54:13 THOSE WHO LOSE THEIR JOBS WILL 54:16 BE THERE TO MAKE SURE WE COME 54:18 THROUGH THIS STRONGLY. 54:20 >> Question: 54:20 I'D LIKE 54:21 TO COME BACK TO THE CANADIAN 54:22 ARMED FORCES. 54:24 IN SOME CASES THEY ARE USING THE 54:29 ARMY TO USE OR PRODUCE MEDICAL 54:32 EQUIPMENT. 54:32 YOU MENTIONED A COUPLE OF 54:33 SCENARIOS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO 54:35 KNOW EXACTLY WHY WE MIGHT NEED 54:37 THE ARMY AND UNDER WHAT MEDICAL 54:39 SCENARIO THEY COULD BE HELPFUL. 54:42 >> Answer: THE MINISTER OF 54:43 DEFENCE WILL BE AT A PRESS 54:46 CONFERENCE LATER AND CAN GIVE 54:47 YOU DETAILS ON THAT. 54:51 BUT I CAN TELL YOU THE CANADIAN 54:56 ARMED FORCES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN 54:57 THERE TO HELP CANADIANS AND 54:59 COMMUNITIES IN DIFFICULTY, 55:00 WHETHER IT WAS BECAUSE OF 55:04 FLOODING OR OTHER EMERGENCIES. 55:05 WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME 55:08 SCENARIOS UNDER WHICH THEY COULD 55:11 HELP AND WE KNOW THAT THE ARMY 55:14 COULD DO A LARGE NUMBER OF 55:21 THINGS. 55:22 WE WILL ASK FOR HELP TO WORK 55:26 WITH THE PROVINCES AND 55:27 TERRITORIES IF THERE IS A 55:29 REQUEST, BUT THE POINT IS 55:31 THEY'RE THERE IF WE NEED THEM. 55:33 >> Question: NOW, YOU SAY PEOPLE 55:35 WILL RECEIVE SEVERE PENALTIES IF 55:37 THEY ABUSE THE SYSTEM. 55:38 HOW WILL YOU KNOW AND HOW WILL 55:40 YOU PENALIZE THEM? 55:42 >> Answer: WELL, WE'LL BE 55:44 PUTTING IN PLACE A SYSTEM IN THE 55:45 COMING WEEKS TO ENSURE THAT THIS 55:50 WAGE SUBSIDY DOES GET TO 55:52 BUSINESSES AND THE MONEY GETS TO 55:54 THOSE COMPANIES WHO TRULY NEED 55:56 IT. 55:56 IF THERE ARE COMPANIES OR 55:58 INDIVIDUALS WHO TAKE ADVANTAGE 56:00 OF THE PROGRAM, THERE WILL BE 56:03 SEVERE CONSEQUENCES. 56:04 WE'RE AT A TIME WHEN CANADIANS 56:05 HAVE TO TRUST EACH OTHER AND BE 56:07 ABLE TO RELY ON EACH OTHER. 56:09 PEOPLE WHO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A 56:11 CRISIS TO PUT MONEY IN THEIR OWN 56:17 POCKETS WILL SEE STIFF 56:20 CONSEQUENCES ON THE PART OF OUR 56:22 SOCIETY, BUT ALSO ON THE PART OF 56:24 THE GOVERNMENT. 56:27 WE'LL MORE TO SAY ABOUT THAT 56:29 TOMORROW. 56:31 . 56:31 >> Question: IT'S NEARLY APRIL 1 56:33 AND CANADA'S SMALLEST BUSINESSES 56:36 ARE WONDERING HOW TO PAY RENT. 56:39 THEIR WORKERS ARE COVERED BY 56:41 MEASURES YOU'VE ANNOUNCED, BUT 56:43 THE BUSINESS OWNERS CAN'T TAKE 56:45 ON MORE DEBT, EVEN INTEREST-FREE 56:48 LOANS. 56:48 IS RENT REALLY ON THE TABLE FOR 56:50 THEM? 56:50 >> Answer: WE KNOW THAT A 56:52 SIGNIFICANT PART OF BUSINESS 56:55 EXPENSES ARE AROUND PAYROLL AND 56:57 OUR FOCUS IS ON SUPPORTING 56:58 WORKERS AND SUPPORTING CANADIANS 57:01 SO THEY CAN STAY HOME, SO THEY 57:03 CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THE 57:05 THINGS WE NEED TO TO GET THROUGH 57:07 THIS AS QUICKLY AND AS WELL AS 57:09 WE POSSIBLY CAN. 57:10 OUR FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS ON THIS 57:12 WAGE SUBSIDY OF 75% FOR 57:15 EMPLOYERS WHO NEED IT. 57:18 THAT WILL GIVE CANADIAN WORKERS 57:20 UP TO $847 A WEEK, DEPENDING ON 57:25 WHAT THEIR SALARY IS. 57:26 THESE ARE MEASURES THAT WILL 57:29 MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN RELIEF 57:32 FOR BUSINESSES, IN RELIEF FOR 57:34 WORKERS, IN ENSURING OUR 57:36 CAPACITY TO BOUNCE BACK, TO RUSH 57:38 BACK STRONGLY WHEN THIS IS ALL 57:41 THROUGH. 57:41 THAT IS OUR FOCUS RIGHT NOW. 57:44 AS I'VE SAID, THESE ARE MEASURES 57:46 WE'RE DOING NOW. 57:47 WE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO LOOK AT, 57:49 ARE THERE MORE THINGS WE NEED TO 57:51 DO. 57:51 ARE THERE OTHER WAYS WE CAN AND 57:54 MUST HELP PEOPLE GET THROUGH 57:55 THIS DIFFICULT TIME. 57:56 WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK AND 57:59 LISTEN TO PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE WE 58:01 COME THROUGH THIS AS STRONG AS 58:03 POSSIBLE AND GET OUT THE OTHER 58:05 SIDE AS STRONGLY AS POSSIBLE. 58:10 >> Rosemary: THAT IS THE PRIME 58:12 MINISTER OF CANADA WITH HIS 58:14 DAILY UPDATE ON HOW HIS 58:16 GOVERNMENT IS DEALING WITH THE 58:19 PANDEMIC, COVID-19. 58:21 SOME DETAILS TODAY, FIRST, THAT 58:23 WE WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT ACTUALLY 58:26 TOMORROW ABOUT HELP FOR 58:27 BUSINESSES IN THIS COUNTRY. 58:28 YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THE 58:29 GOVERNMENT LAST WEEK DECIDED TO 58:31 INCREASE THE AVAILABLE WAGE 58:33 SUBSIDY IT HAD PREVIOUSLY 58:34 ANNOUNCED ALL THE WAY UP TO 75%. 58:37 WELL, THE BIG CHANGE IN WHAT WE 58:39 HEARD FROM THE PRIME MINISTER 58:40 TODAY IS THAT IT WILL NOW APPLY 58:42 TO COMPANIES BIG AND SMALL. 58:44 IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY 58:45 EMPLOYEES YOU HAVE. 58:46 IF YOU FEEL YOU NEED THE WAGE 58:49 SUBSIDY TO KEEP YOUR EMPLOYEES 58:50 ON THE PAYROLL AND PAY THEM UP 58:53 TO 75% AND -- RATHER, HAVE THE 58:58 GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIZE THEM UP TO 59:01 75%, THEY WILL DO THAT. 59:04 THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES DOES NOT 59:06 MATTER. 59:07 AND IMPORTANTLY, AND I KNOW THIS 59:09 IS SOMETHING MANY PEOPLE HAVE 59:11 BEEN ASKING ABOUT, IT DOES APPLY 59:14 TO NOT-FOR-PROFIT AND CHARITIES. 59:15 THEY CAN ALSO USE THIS WAGE 59:19 SUBSIDY MOVING FORWARD. 59:20 THOSE DETAILS ARE COMING 59:23 TOMORROW. 59:23 WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE YOU HERE ON 59:25 CBC TELEVISION. 59:26 IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE NOON 59:31 COVERAGE, WE'RE ON CBC NEWS 59:32 NETWORK AND ON cbc.ca. 59:35 I'M ROSEMARY BARTON. 59:36 SEE YOU BACK TOMORROW. 59:38 THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. 59:39 59:51 >> Rosemary: WELCOME BACK TO OUR 59:52 ONGOING CBC NEWS SPECIAL. 59:53 I'M ROSEMARY BARTON HERE IN 59:54 OTTAWA. 59:55 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON CBC 59:57 NEWS NETWORK AND STREAMING 60:00 AROUND THE WORLD ON cbc.ca. 60:03 IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS WE WILL 60:06 HEAR FROM FEDERAL OFFICIALS ON 60:11 THE PANDEMIC. 60:11 WE ARE WAITING TO SEE IF THESE 60:14 PHYSICAL DISTANCING MEASURES WE 60:15 ARE TAKING ARE REALLY GOING TO 60:16 PAY OFF. 60:17 THERE IS A HOPE AND A DESIRE 60:19 FROM THE HEALTH OFFICIALS THAT 60:21 THEY WILL. 60:22 THEY HAVE SEEN SOME GLIMMERS OF 60:24 HOPE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, FOR 60:25 INSTANCE. 60:26 TODAY WE WILL HEAR FROM CANADA'S 60:28 TOP SOLDIER, THE CHIEF OF THE 60:31 DEFENCE STAFF, TO TALK ABOUT 60:32 POSSIBLE MILITARY INVOLVEMENT. 60:34 THE PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCED 60:41 THAT, BUT HE SAID WE WILL WAIT 60:43 TO SEE IF THERE WILL BE 60:46 INVOLVEMENT. 60:47 WE HAVE VASSY KAPELOS AND DAVID 60:49 COCHRANE JOINING US. 60:50 VASSY, TO ME, THE BIGGEST DEAL 60:52 IS THAT IT NOW APPLIES 60:55 EVERYWHERE BIG AND SMALL. 60:56 YOU CAN TAP INTO THIS IF YOU 60:58 THINK IT CAN HELP. 60:59 >> Vassy: THE WAY I READ THAT, 61:02 AND IF IT CHANGES TOMORROW, 61:04 CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, IT 61:05 SOUNDS LIKE THERE WILL NOT BE A 61:07 CAP PER EMPLOYER. 61:09 THAT WAS ONE OF THE HUGE 61:11 QUESTIONS THAT SELF-EMPLOYED AND 61:15 SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZED 61:16 BUSINESSES HAD. 61:18 BEFORE THERE WAS A CAP. 61:18 THAT MEANS THIS APPLIES, AS YOU 61:21 RIGHTLY POINTED OUT, ROSIE, NOT 61:24 ONLY TO RESTAURANTS THAT 61:26 EMPLOYEE 20 OR 30 PEOPLE, BUT 61:28 COULD BE AN EMPLOYER THAT 61:29 EMPLOYEES 1,000 PEOPLE. 61:31 THE SPECIFICS HERE, THERE ARE A 61:33 FEW THE PRIME MINISTER GAVE, 61:34 THAT ARE RELEVANT. 61:35 UP TO 75% OF YOUR SALARY ON THE 61:38 FIRST $58,700 THAT YOU EARN. 61:44 IT WILL BE UP TO $847. 61:59 THIS APPLIES TO BIG AND SMALL 62:03 BUSINESSES. 62:03 IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THERE IS 62:05 AN OVERALL CAP. 62:07 THE OVERALL COST OF THE PROGRAM 62:08 WILL PROBABLY BE LARGE, BUT I 62:11 THINK THAT HEADLINE IS CERTAINLY 62:13 SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF 62:14 BUSINESSES WILL BE PAYING 62:15 ATTENTION TO. 62:15 THE OTHER THING HE MENTIONED WAS 62:18 30%, SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE -- YOUR 62:20 REVENUES HAVE TO HAVE DECLINED 62:22 BY 30% COMPARED TO PRIOR TO THE 62:23 START OF THIS PANDEMIC. 62:25 SO THE GRANULAR DETAILS THERE AS 62:28 WELL, WHAT IS THE TIME FRAME 62:30 YOU'RE LOOKING AT OVER TIME 62:32 PERIOD WILL BE SIGNIFICANT. 62:33 BUT REALLY THE BIG NEWS HERE IS 62:35 THAT IT WILL APPLY TO SMALL AND 62:37 MEDIUM AND LARGE-SIZED 62:41 BUSINESSES. 62:41 >> Rosemary: AND THAT 62:42 NON-PROFITS AND CHARITIES 62:43 BECAUSE MANY OF THEM HAD BEEN 62:44 ASKING FOR HELP. 62:46 DAVID, ONE OF THE THINGS THE 62:47 PRIME MINISTER WAS ASKED ABOUT 62:49 BUT DIDN'T GIVE AN ANSWER OTHER 62:51 THAN TO SAY WE'LL SEE. 62:54 A LOT OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS 62:55 THAT ARE E-MAILING ME SAYING 62:57 THAT'S NICE, BUT I WON'T BE ABLE 63:00 TO PAY RENT TOMORROW OR IN TWO 63:02 DAYS. 63:02 I CAN BRING ALL THESE EMPLOYEES 63:05 BACK ON THE PAYROLL OR KEEP THEM 63:06 ON THE PAYROLL, BUT IF THERE'S 63:08 NO BUSINESS TO COME BACK TO, I'M 63:10 NOT SURE HOW THAT HELPS ME. 63:11 >> David: THERE'S A COUPLE OF 63:13 THINGS. 63:13 RENT RELIEF IS A PROVINCIAL 63:15 ISSUE. 63:15 THE RENTAL MARKETS ARE 63:17 CONTROLLED PROVINCIALLY. 63:18 THAT'S SOMETHING VARIOUS 63:19 PROVINCES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO 63:21 TAKE MEASURES ON WHEN RENT IS 63:24 BEING FURLOUGHED, FOR LACK OF A 63:26 BETTER WORD. 63:27 I THINK THE VIEW OF THE FEDERAL 63:28 GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW IS THE 63:30 $40,000 INTEREST-FREE CREDIT 63:34 LINES BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO 63:35 SMALL BUSINESSES, THAT'S WHAT 63:36 YOU CAN USE TO PAY YOUR RENT. 63:38 I HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY 63:41 ON THE WAGE SUBSIDY, SOME 63:44 DETAILS FROM GOVERNMENT 63:45 OFFICIALS WHEN ALL OF THIS WAS 63:46 GOING ON. 63:47 THE $847 A WEEK UP TO THAT 63:50 AMOUNT. 63:51 THAT IS FOR EVERY EMPLOYEE YOU 63:54 HAVE WHETHER YOU ARE OPEN ARE 63:56 NOT. 63:57 THE SALARY CAP OF $58,700, THAT 64:00 NUMBER WASN'T PLUCKED OUT OF 64:01 THIN AIR. 64:02 THAT IS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF 64:04 EARNINGS THAT QUALIFY UNDER 64:06 C.P.P. AS PENSIONABLE INCOME. 64:07 THAT IS WHY THEY HAVE GONE WITH 64:09 THAT NUMBER. 64:09 YOU WILL GET UP TO $847 A WEEK 64:13 FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES WHETHER OR 64:14 NOT YOUR OPEN. 64:15 THAT IS AN IMPORTANT POINT. 64:17 THE 25% TOP-UP IS NOT A 64:20 REQUIREMENT, BUT DO IT IF YOU 64:21 CAN. 64:22 THE TWO EXAMPLES USED, A 64:24 TRUCKING COMPANY IN QUÉBEC, THEY 64:26 WOULD HAVE A REVENUE STREAM AND 64:27 THEY COULD DO IT. 64:28 THE SALON SHUT DOWN IN CALGARY 64:32 CANNOT BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN SHUT 64:35 DOWN FOR PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS. 64:38 THE COST OF THIS IS GOING TO BE 64:40 STAGGERING BECAUSE THEY ARE 64:42 ESSENTIALLY UNDERWRITING THE 64:43 FIRST 0.75 ON EVERY DOLLAR FOR 64:48 EVERY EMPLOYEE IN THE COUNTRY. 64:50 IN TERMS OF THE TEST AND THE 64:50 CONSEQUENCES THAT HE TALKED 64:52 ABOUT, THE 30% REVENUE DROP, 64:53 THAT WILL BE ASSESSED AFTER THE 64:56 FACT. 64:56 IF YOU ARE FOUND TO HAVE NOT HAD 64:59 A 30% REVENUE DROP, THERE WILL 65:01 BE A REPAYMENT REQUIREMENT OF 65:03 SOME FORM. 65:04 I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A TOTAL 65:06 AMOUNT, IF IT COMES IN AT 27.5 65:11 AND YOU THINK IT'S 30. 65:14 THAT'S HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DEAL 65:16 WITH IT. 65:16 EVERY BUSINESS, TAKE DAYCARES IN 65:18 THIS CITY, I'VE GOT A KID IN 65:20 DAYCARE. 65:21 THAT DAYCARE IS SHUT DOWN RIGHT 65:22 NOW. 65:23 THERE IS NO REVENUE COMING IN. 65:25 THE OWNER OF THAT DAYCARE WILL 65:28 QUALIFY FOR A 75% WAGE SUBSIDY. 65:31 THEY CAN MAINTAIN THEIR 65:32 RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR EMPLOYER 65:33 AND THE MINUTE ALL OF THIS IS 65:35 LIFTED, THEY CAN GO BACK TO WORK 65:37 WITHOUT HAVING TO REAPPLY AFTER 65:39 BEING LAID OFF. 65:40 IT MAINTAINS THAT RELATIONSHIP 65:41 AND PUTS A FINANCIAL FLOOR UNDER 65:43 THE PAYROLLS OF BASICALLY EVERY 65:46 COMPANY AND NON-PROFIT IN THE 65:49 COUNTRY DEPENDING ON HOW THIS 65:51 WILL APPLY. 65:53 IT ALLOWS THEM TO COME BACK 65:56 QUICKER. 65:56 THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 65:58 TOO, PREPARING EVERYBODY FOR THE 65:59 TIME WHEN ALL OF THESE EXTREME 66:00 MEASURES ARE OVER AND THINGS CAN 66:03 COME BACK. 66:07 LIKE WE'VE SEEN FROM THE 66:11 C.E.R.V. IS THE POLICY WILL BE 66:12 PAY FIRST AND ASK QUESTIONS 66:15 LATER. 66:15 THEY WILL DEAL WITH PAYMENTS, 66:19 REPAYMENTS, AND FRAUD AFTER THE 66:21 FACT. 66:22 >> Rosemary: INTERESTING REALLY 66:22 FOR THE FIRST TIME WE DID HEAR 66:24 FROM THE PRIME MINISTER -- IT 66:25 HASN'T BEEN THE CASE SO MUCH 66:27 WITH THE CANADA EMERGENCY 66:28 BENEFIT, IT'S THE PRIORITY TO 66:30 GET THE MONEY OUT TO PEOPLE AS 66:32 QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT HERE 66:34 THE PRIME MINISTER CALLING FOR 66:35 GOOD FAITH AND TRUST FOR ALL 66:37 INVOLVED AND TELLING BUSINESSES, 66:40 DON'T BOTHER TRYING TO TAKE THIS 66:43 BECAUSE WE WILL GET YOU. 66:45 >> David: THIS IS A VERY BIG 66:48 CARROT SO IT NEEDS TO BE BACKED 66:51 UP BY A BIG STICK. 66:52 >> Rosemary: I'M GOING TO LEAVE 66:54 YOU TWO. 66:56 I'M GOING TO BRING BACK 66:58 DR. ISAAC BOGOCH. 67:01 I CUT HIM OFF BUT IT WAS FOR THE 67:03 PRIME MINISTER. 67:04 WE WERE TALKING BEFORE THE PRIME 67:05 MINISTER, DOCTOR, ABOUT WHY THIS 67:07 WEEK IS SO IMPORTANT. 67:08 GIVE US YOUR SENSE OF WHY IT IS 67:11 IMPORTANT TO WATCH FROM A PUBLIC 67:14 HEALTH PERSPECTIVE. 67:15 >> Isaac Bogoch: CERTAINLY THIS 67:16 WEEK WE WILL SEE IF THE SOCIAL 67:18 DISTANCING OR PHYSICAL 67:19 DISTANCING MEASURES ARE PAYING 67:20 OFF. 67:20 THERE ARE SHREDS OF EVIDENCE 67:22 FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA THAT MAYBE 67:23 THEY'RE GOING TO START TO SEE A 67:27 REDUCED NUMBER OF NEW CASES PER 67:29 DAY. 67:29 LET'S SEE IF THAT PANS OUT OVER 67:32 TIME. 67:32 WE REALLY START TO SEE THAT PICK 67:34 UP IN ONTARIO. 67:36 THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT BECAUSE 67:37 THERE WAS CERTAINLY A GREATER 67:38 NUMBER OF CASES IN ONTARIO DAY 67:40 BY DAY. 67:41 QUITE FRANKLY, WE HAVE TO 67:42 FLATTEN THE CURVE HERE TO 67:43 PREVENT THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM 67:44 FROM GETTING OVERWHELMED. 67:46 >> Rosemary: WELL, I HAVE TO 67:53 SAY, THE AMOUNT OF TESTING IN 67:55 ONTARIO, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S 67:56 THE BACKLOG OR THE NUMBER OF 67:58 TESTS, SEEMS WORRYING BECAUSE IT 68:00 WOULD LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THERE 68:02 ARE MORE CASES THAN WE KNOW 68:05 ABOUT. 68:06 B.C., QUEBEC, AND ALBERTA ARE 68:08 TESTING PEOPLE PROPORTIONALLY 68:11 MANY MORE. 68:12 ONTARIO SAYS IT'S HOPING TO DO 68:15 5,000 A DAY BY EARLY THIS WEEK, 68:20 SURGING INTO APRIL. 68:21 WOULD YOU AGREE THAT THIS SORT 68:22 OF TESTING IN ONTARIO IS, 68:24 PERHAPS, TROUBLING BECAUSE IT 68:26 DOESN'T GIVE US A REALLY GOOD 68:28 PICTURE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING? 68:29 >> Isaac Bogoch: 100%, I AGREE 68:32 WITH YOU 100%. 68:35 WE NEED TO BE DOING BETTER. 68:39 THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO BE 68:41 SCALING BACK ON TESTING. 68:45 IT'S NICE TO HEAR THAT FOR 68:48 APRIL, BUT WE NEED THAT TODAY. 68:49 IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO HAVE 68:51 A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE 68:52 TRUE BURDEN OF INFECTION, BOTH 68:55 HERE IN ONTARIO AND ELSEWHERE IN 68:58 CANADA. 69:00 YOU'VE SEEN PLACES LIKE ALBERTA 69:03 AND BRITISH COLUMBIA LEAD THE 69:06 WAY, AND QUÉBEC IS PICKING UP 69:08 SPEED, BUT IT HAS TO BE BETTER 69:09 IN ONTARIO. 69:10 >> Rosemary: WHAT IS THE 69:12 REASONING? 69:12 IS IT THAT THEY'RE LIMITING IT 69:13 TO A PARTICULAR SECTION OF 69:15 PEOPLE, HEALTHCARE WORKERS, 69:16 OLDER PEOPLE, OR PEOPLE THAT 69:18 HAVE BEEN ABROAD? 69:19 WHAT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING WHY 69:20 THE TESTING ISN'T HAPPENING? 69:23 >> Isaac Bogoch: I THINK THERE'S 69:24 SEVERAL ISSUES. 69:25 CERTAINLY THERE WAS LAB CAPACITY 69:27 ISSUES WHICH WE HEARD ABOUT THIS 69:30 BACKLOG WHICH IS SLOWLY GETTING 69:32 RESOLVED AND I THINK THERE WAS 69:35 NOW ABOUT A WEEK AGO WHERE WE'VE 69:38 HEARD FROM THE MINISTER OF 69:41 HEALTH REDUCING THE BUREAUCRATIC 69:44 HURDLES TO GET TESTING KITS 69:46 ALLOWED IN CANADA. 69:48 I THINK WE WILL SEE AN EXPLOSION 69:50 OF TESTS IN ONTARIO. 69:52 MY CONCERN IS THE DELAY. 69:54 THIS IS A CRUCIAL WEEK AND LAST 69:56 WEEK AND THE WEEK AHEAD ARE SUCH 69:58 PIVOTAL POINTS HERE. 70:00 WE NEED ALL THE DATA WE CAN 70:03 FIND. 70:03 THIS HELPS GUIDE THE PUBLIC 70:05 HEALTH RESPONSE AND CLINICAL 70:08 MANAGEMENT. 70:09 DIAGNOSTIC TESTING IS ONE OF THE 70:11 MAIN OR MULTIPLE PILLARS OF 70:15 EPIDEMIOLOGY MANAGEMENT. 70:16 YOU CAN'T FIGHT BLINDLY. 70:18 IF WE REALLY DO START TO EXPAND 70:19 TO 5,000 A DAY AND HOPEFULLY 70:21 MORE THAN THAT, I THINK WE WILL 70:24 BE IN A BETTER POSITION IN PONT. 70:27 >> Rosemary: DR. BOGOCH, I'M 70:30 GOING TO CUT YOU OFF FOR THE 70:32 DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER. 70:33 HERE IS THE DEPUTY PRIME 70:35 MINISTER. 70:35 >> PRACTICE PHYSICAL DISTANCING. 70:38 I KNOW THAT IT IS HARD, BUT WE 70:43 ALL MUST STAY STRONG AND STAY AT 70:46 HOME UNLESS WE ARE DOING 70:48 ESSENTIAL WORK LIKE STOCKING THE 70:51 SHELVES IN OUR GROCERY STORES, 70:53 LIKE WORKING ON THE FRONTLINES 70:56 OF OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. 70:57 OF COURSE YOU CAN GO FOR A WALK 70:59 OR A RUN, BUT MAINTAIN YOUR 71:02 DISTANCE WHILE YOU DO IT AND 71:03 WASH YOUR HANDS, PLEASE, WHEN 71:06 YOU GET HOME. 71:07 THIS IS A CRITICAL 71:12 WEEK IN OUR FIGHT AGAINST THE 71:15 VIRUS. 71:15 CANADIANS MUST PRACTICE SOCIAL 71:17 DISTANCING AND PHYSICAL 71:18 DISTANCING. 71:18 WE MUST REMAIN STRONG AND STAY 71:20 HOME UNLESS YOU'RE AN ESSENTIAL 71:23 WORKER, SUCH AS FILLING GROCERY 71:26 SHELVES OR WORKING IN THE 71:27 HEALTHCARE FIELD. 71:28 YOU CAN GO OUT FOR A WALK. 71:30 YOU CAN GO RUNNING, BUT STAY 71:32 APART FROM OTHERS AND WASH YOUR 71:36 HANDS AS SOON AS YOU GET HOME. 71:38 I KNOW IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO 71:40 DO, BUT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THIS. 71:43 TODAY YOU 71:44 WILL HEAR FROM DR. TAM, THE 71:47 MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENCE, 71:52 HARJIT SAJJAN. 71:57 PABLO RODRIGUEZ, OUR MINISTER OF 72:01 HEALTH PATTY HAJDU, GENERAL 72:05 VANCE, DR. NJOO. 72:07 WE ARE TRYING TO SPREAD 72:09 OURSELVES OUT WHICH IS WHY YOU 72:10 DON'T SEE THEM AT THE PODIUM, 72:13 BUT THEY ARE AVAILABLE FOR YOUR 72:15 QUESTIONS. 72:16 DR. TAM. 72:17 >> HELLO, EVERYONE. 72:20 IN CANADA THERE ARE 6,671 CASES, 72:25 INCLUDING 66 DEATHS. 72:26 IN ADDITION, AT ANY POINT IN 72:29 TIME THERE ARE MANY OTHER PEOPLE 72:31 UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR 72:34 COVID-19. 72:35 THEY ARE AWAITING LAB RESULTS OR 72:36 NOT YET TESTING. 72:38 EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT HEARING OF 72:39 CASES IN YOUR COMMUNITY, IT 72:41 DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE ARE NO 72:43 CASES OR NO EXPOSURES WAITING TO 72:46 HAPPEN. 72:46 WE NOW HAVE COMPLETED TESTS FOR 72:50 OVER 220,000 PEOPLE IN CANADA, 72:53 WITH ABOUT 3% OF THE PEOPLE 72:55 CONFIRMED AS POSITIVE AND OVER 72:58 93% CONFIRMED AS NEGATIVE. 73:00 SO OF THE OVER 6,000 CASES THAT 73:04 WE KNOW ABOUT RIGHT NOW, 73:06 APPROXIMATELY 7% ARE REQUIRING 73:08 HOSPITALIZATION AND 3% ARE 73:10 CRITICALLY ILL, WITH 1% HAVING 73:13 BEEN FATAL. 73:15 THIS IS DATA FOR WHAT IS 73:17 HAPPENING IN REAL TIME SO WE CAN 73:21 EXPECT THESE RATES TO FLUCTUATE 73:23 AS AND WHEN THE PROVINCES REPORT 73:26 NEW INFORMATION. 73:31 THERE HAVE BEEN 73:32 REPORTS OF CASES IN COMMUNITIES 73:34 THAT ARE AT HIGH RISK OF SEVERE 73:37 OUTCOMES OF COVID-19. 73:40 NOTABLY, THE FIRST CASE OF 73:42 COVID-19 WAS REPORTED IN NUNAVIK 73:47 IN NORTHERN QUÉBEC THIS PAST 73:49 WEEKEND. 73:49 IN ADDITION, THERE CONTINUE TO 73:51 BE OUTBREAKS IN LONG-TERM CARE 73:53 FACILITIES LEADING TO 73:56 DEVASTATING OUTCOMES. 73:59 PREVENTIVE MEASURES ARE CRUCIAL 74:00 TO PREVENT THE ACCELERATION OF 74:01 SPREAD IN ENCLOSED ENVIRONMENTS, 74:04 WHERE PERSONS WITH UNDERLYING 74:06 MEDICAL CONDITIONS RESIDE. 74:09 PREVENTION IS A KEY PART OF OUR 74:11 PANDEMIC RESPONSE. 74:13 THERE HAVE 74:14 BEEN REPORTS OF CASES IN 74:16 COMMUNITIES THAT ARE AT HIGH 74:18 RISK OF SEVERE OUTCOMES OF 74:21 COVID-19. 74:22 NOTABLY, THE FIRST CASE OF 74:24 COVID-19 WAS REPORTED IN NUNAVIK 74:26 IN NORTHERN QUÉBEC THIS PAST 74:29 WEEKEND. 74:29 IN ADDITION, THERE CONTINUE TO 74:31 BE OUTBREAKS IN LONG-TERM CARE 74:33 FACILITIES, LEADING TO 74:35 DEVASTATING OUTCOMES. 74:36 IT IS CRUCIAL TO PREVENT THE 74:37 ACCELERATION OF SPREAD IN 74:39 ENCLOSED ENVIRONMENTS WHERE 74:41 PERSONS WITH UNDERLYING MEDICAL 74:43 CONDITIONS RESIDE AND IT IS A 74:45 KEY PART OF OUR PANDEMIC 74:47 RESPONSE. 74:47 WITH THE WARM WEATHER PRO 74:49 TEMPORING, I WANT TO REITERATE 74:51 MY MESSAGE FROM YESTERDAY. 74:55 OUR KEY MESSAGE IS ON RETURNING 74:58 TRAVELLERS AND PROTECTING THOSE 75:01 IN VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. 75:03 FOR TRAVELLERS RETURNING FROM 75:04 OUTSIDE OF CANADA, SNOWBIRDS, 75:07 MARCH BREAK VACATIONERS, AND 75:09 OTHERS, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE 75:11 THE RIGHT ACTION TO PROTECT ALL 75:13 CANADIANS, HEAD DIRECTLY HOME, 75:14 DO NOT STOP FOR GROCERIES OR 75:17 OTHER ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES, USE 75:19 THE PHONE TO ORDER WHAT YOU 75:21 NEED, BUT DO NOT GO OUT INTO 75:23 PUBLIC SPACES. 75:24 ONCE HOME, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO 75:27 BE THERE AND QUARANTINE 75:31 YOURSELF. 75:32 LIKE, SOME IMPORTANT 75:34 OBSERVANCERS ARE COMING UP, 75:36 INCLUDING EASTER, PASSOVER, 75:38 RAMADAN. 75:38 NOW IS THE TIME WHEN ALL 75:41 ASSEMBLY NEEDS TO HAPPEN 75:43 VIRTUALLY. 75:43 PREPARE AHEAD TO CONNECT THROUGH 75:46 SOCIAL MEDIA AND OVER THE PHONE 75:51 AND INTERNET. 75:52 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR. TAM. 75:54 NOW WE WILL HEAR FROM THE 75:59 MINISTER OF DEFENCE. 76:02 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 76:04 WHEN CANADA NEEDS THEIR ARMED 76:06 FORCES, THEY ARE ALWAYS THERE. 76:07 IT SHOWS THAT IN TIMES OF GREAT 76:11 DIFFICULTY, CANADIANS NEVER FACE 76:12 HARDSHIP ALONE. 76:13 THEY FOUGHT FOR CANADIAN VALUES 76:15 DURING THE GREAT WARS, HAVE BEEN 76:17 THERE FOR OUR FRIENDS AND 76:20 PARTNERS IN THE PACIFIC AND 76:22 UKRAINE AND IN THE MIDDLE EAST. 76:25 THEY HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 76:27 COMMUNITIES LIKE NEWFOUNDLAND 76:29 THIS YEAR AND FOR FLOODS IN 76:31 QUÉBEC AND ONTARIO OR FOREST 76:32 FIRES LIKE THOSE THAT HIT 76:34 ALBERTA AND B.C. IN PREVIOUS 76:36 YEARS. 76:36 WE DEVELOPED OUR DEFENCE POLICY, 76:39 STRONG, SECURE, ENGAGED, IN 76:41 ORDER TO SUPPORT OUR ARMED 76:42 FORCES TO BE PREPARED AND 76:43 EQUIPPED TO DEAL WITH THE 76:45 CHALLENGES THAT LAY AHEAD. 76:48 NOW, DURING THESE UNPRECEDENTED 76:50 TIMES, THOSE WHO WEAR THE 76:52 UNIFORM WILL BE THERE FOR 76:53 CANADIANS WHEN CALLED UPON. 76:54 THAT IS WHY WE TOOK 76:56 PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES EARLY TO 76:58 ENSURE THAT THE FORCES REMAINED 77:01 READY. 77:01 IT IS WHY EARLY IN THIS CRISIS 77:04 THE CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF 77:05 DIRECTED MANY OF THEM TO ENGAGE 77:08 IN PHYSICAL DISTANCING, TO STAY 77:10 HOME AND TO BE HEALTHY AND READY 77:12 TO RESPOND. 77:13 FROM THE BEGINNING, THE CANADIAN 77:15 ARMED FORCES HAVE BEEN PART OF 77:17 THE WHOLE-OF-GOVERNMENT EFFORT 77:19 IN OUR FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19. 77:20 WE ARE THE MEN AND WOMEN IN 77:23 UNIFORM ASSISTING BRINGING 77:24 CANADIANS HOME FROM CHINA AND 77:26 JAPAN TO C.F.B. TRENTON. 77:27 OVER THE PAST WEEKS, I HAVE BEEN 77:29 IN CONTACT WITH MY INTERNATIONAL 77:30 PARTNERS AND COLLEAGUES TO LEARN 77:33 FROM THEIR EXPERIENCES. 77:34 WITH THAT INFORMATION AND 77:36 LOOKING AT THE POSSIBLE NEEDS 77:36 ACROSS CANADA, I DIRECTED THE 77:38 CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF TO 77:40 DEVELOP A PLAN THAT WOULD ALLOW 77:42 US TO SUPPORT A DOMESTIC 77:44 RESPONSE TO COVID-19 BASED 77:45 AROUND THREE PRIORITIES. 77:46 TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS TO SPLO 77:49 THE SPREAD OF COVID-19, TO 77:52 PROVIDE SUPPORT TO VULNERABLE 77:54 COMMUNITIES ACROSS CANADA, TO 77:56 ASSIST OUR PROVINCIAL AND 77:57 TERRITORIAL PARTNERS WITH 78:00 LOGISTICS, INCLUDING DIRECTLY 78:02 SUPPORTING MUNICIPALITIES IF 78:04 NEEDED. 78:04 AND I ALSO WANT TO STRESS THAT 78:07 THIS RESPONSE TO COVID-19 WOULD 78:08 OCCUR WHILE STILL MAINTAINING 78:11 OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND TO 78:12 POSSIBLE FLOODING OR FOREST 78:15 FIRES. 78:15 BASED ON THIS GUIDANCE, THE 78:18 CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF HAS 78:20 DEVELOPED A PLAN THAT WOULD SEE 78:22 THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES 78:24 MOBILIZING UP TO 24,000 REGULAR 78:27 AND RESERVE MEMBERS ACROSS THE 78:29 CANADIAN ARMED FORCES TO SUPPORT 78:30 THESE EFFORTS. 78:32 THE CANADIAN ARMY HAVE READIED 78:38 10,000 MEMBERS ACROSS CANADA. 78:40 THEY CAN PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN 78:42 PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT 78:43 AND DELIVERING SUPPLIES. 78:45 THEY WILL BE READY TO RESPOND TO 78:47 SUPPORT CANADIANS, NO MATTER 78:48 WHERE THEY LIVE. 78:50 ALSO MADE AVAILABLE, RESERVISTS 78:52 AND CANADIAN RANGERS ARE BEING 78:55 BROUGHT INTO FULL-TIME SERVICE 78:56 AND WILL BE PART OF AN 78:58 INTEGRATED CANADIAN ARMED FORCES 78:59 RESPONSE. 79:00 THESE FLEXIBLE TEAMS ARE CAPABLE 79:02 OF OPERATING AS LOCAL RESPONSE 79:04 FORCES TO ASSIST WITH 79:05 HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE, WELLNESS 79:07 CHECKS, NATURAL DISASTER 79:09 RESPONSE, AND OTHER TASKS AS 79:10 REQUIRED. 79:11 I ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT 79:13 PARTICULAR ATTENTION WAS GIVEN 79:14 TO INDIGENOUS AND NORTHERN AND 79:16 ARCTIC COMMUNITIES. 79:18 THIS -- THESE NEEDS DIRECTED OUR 79:23 PLANNING. 79:23 THAT IS WHY OVER 50 CANADIAN 79:26 RANGER PATROLS WILL BE AVAILABLE 79:27 TO ENHANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF 79:28 THE NEEDS OF THE NORTHERN, 79:30 REMOTE, AND INDIGENOUS 79:32 COMMUNITIES AND WE WILL BE READY 79:34 TO RESPOND AS REQUIRED. 79:36 OUR ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE HAS 79:38 ALL NECESSARY CAPABILITIES AND 79:40 PERSONNEL TO SUPPORT A 79:45 WHOLE-OF-GOVERNMENT SUPPORT THE 79:47 EFFORTS AGAINST COVID-19. 79:49 THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY ARE ALSO 79:51 READY TO RESPOND ON SHORT NOTICE 79:53 TO COASTAL COMMUNITIES WHO MIGHT 79:55 NEED A HELPING HAND. 79:57 WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS 79:58 PLAN TO HELP SUPPORT CANADIANS, 80:00 NO MATTER WHERE THEY LIVE, WHEN, 80:02 AND WHERE IT IS NEEDED. 80:05 THOUGH WE HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED 80:07 ANY FORMAL REQUESTS FOR 80:08 ASSISTANCE, THE TEAM AT THE 80:11 DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE 80:12 AND I CONTINUE TO WORM WITH 80:14 MINISTER BLAIR AND PUBLIC SAFETY 80:16 CANADA SO WE ARE READY WHEN 80:17 CALLED UPON. 80:18 WE WILL PROVIDE LOCAL COMMANDERS 80:19 THE AUTHORITY TO BE FLEXIBLE IN 80:21 OUR ASSISTANCE TO ENSURE THAT 80:23 LOCAL NEEDS ARE MET QUICKLY. 80:25 AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, THE 80:27 CANADIAN ARMED FORCES REMAIN 80:29 READY TO HELP CANADIANS DURING 80:30 THESE CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES, 80:33 WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ENSURING 80:34 THAT THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES 80:35 WILL BE THERE TO SUPPORT 80:37 COMMUNITIES THAT MAY BE IMPACTED 80:39 BY SPRING FLOODING AND FOREST 80:40 FIRES. 80:41 THE DECISION THAT WE MADE EARLY 80:43 HAS MADE SURE THAT THE CANADIAN 80:46 ARMED FORCES IS HEALTH AND 80:48 STANDS READY TO SERVE. 80:50 WE WILL BE READY TO TAKE STRONG 80:53 PRECAUTIONS SO THAT THE MEN AND 80:55 WOMEN WHO SERVE WILL STAY 80:57 HEALTHY AND BE READY TO HELP. 80:58 THE PLAN WE HAVE DONE WILL ALLOW 81:01 YOUR FORCES TO RESPOND TO 81:03 COVID-19 AT HOME AND TO PROTECT 81:05 COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY NATURAL 81:06 DISASTERS, WHILE ALLOWING US TO 81:08 CONTINUE THE WORK WE DO WITH OUR 81:10 ALLIES AND PARTNERS TO SUPPORT 81:12 INTERNATIONAL SECURITY. 81:12 WE WILL BE THERE. 81:13 WE ARE READY TO HELP. 81:15 NO MATTER HOW CHALLENGING THE 81:17 CIRCUMSTANCES, WHEN CALLED UPON, 81:18 THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ARE 81:19 READY TO SERVE. 81:21 TO ALL OUR CANADIAN ARMED FORCES 81:23 MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, 81:29 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. 81:31 >> NOW I'LL GIVE THE FLOOR TO 81:34 THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE LEADER, 81:37 PABLO RODRIGUEZ. 81:41 >> OUR MESSAGE IS THAT 81:43 WE ARE READY AND WE HAVE ASKED 81:46 THE ARMED FORCES TO ESTABLISH A 81:50 MOBILIZATION PLAN SO THAT THEY 81:51 CAN BE PREPARED TO GO WHERE 81:52 NEEDED AND QUICKLY. 81:54 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 24,000 81:56 MEMBERS OF REGULAR OR RESERVE 81:58 MEMBERS, WHETHER IN THE ROYAL 82:00 CANADIAN AIR FORCE, THE ROYAL 82:02 CANADIAN NAVY, AND OUR 82:04 INTERVENTION PLAN, IF REQUIRED, 82:06 WOULD BE BASED ON THREE 82:07 PRIORITIES. 82:08 FIRST OF ALL, TO SLOW THE SPEED 82:10 OF SPREADING OF COVID-19, 82:12 PROVIDING SUPPORT TO VULNERABLE 82:13 COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE 82:16 COUNTRY, AND TO HELP OUR F.P.T. 82:20 PARTNERS IN THE AREA OF 82:21 LOGISTICS AND, SPECIFICALLY, 82:23 SUPPORTING MUNICIPALITIES 82:24 CONCRETELY. 82:25 WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE OUR 82:28 HELICOPTERS TO SUPPORT ISOLATED 82:31 COMMUNITIES, WHETHER THEY BE 82:32 INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES. 82:34 WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT 82:35 PROVINCES AND MUNICIPALITIES 82:37 DIRECTLY IN THEIR EFFORTS. 82:39 WE COULD ALSO HELP WITH 82:42 LOGISTICS, TRANSPORTATION OF 82:44 MATERIAL, HUMANITARIAN 82:45 ASSISTANCE THROUGHOUT WHERE 82:47 PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES WOULD 82:48 NEED HELP. 82:49 WE KNOW THAT THE WORK COULD BE 82:53 RELATED TO SOMETHING ELSE. 82:55 WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FLOODS 82:56 AND FOREST FIRES, OUR TROOPS 82:58 WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT 83:00 SUPPORT, BUT ALSO HAVING THE 83:01 CAPACITY TO SUPPORT THE FIGHT 83:03 AGAINST CORONAVIRUS. 83:04 BUT LET'S BE CLEAR, AS THE 83:07 MINISTER SAID, WE ARE NOT 83:08 PLANNING TO DEPLOY OUR FORCES AT 83:11 THIS POINT. 83:12 WE HAVE DAILY CONTACT WITH THE 83:14 PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES. 83:15 FOR NOW NO PREMIER HAS ASKED US 83:21 TO DEPLOY OUR TROOPS. 83:22 IT IS FUNDAMENTAL THAT WE 83:24 CONTINUE TO DISCUSS AND EXCHANGE 83:26 AND COLLABORATE WITH THE 83:27 PROVINCES. 83:28 THAT IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE 83:29 SAYING TODAY IS THAT WE ARE 83:31 READY TO INTERVENE IF A PREMIER 83:33 ASKS US OFFICIALLY TO DO SO. 83:35 THE PLANNING THAT THE ARMED 83:37 FORCES HAS DONE WILL ALLOW THEM 83:39 TO DEPLOY QUICKLY TO HELP 83:41 CANADIANS WHO NEED THAT HELP AND 83:42 WILL BE THERE FOR ALL CANADIANS, 83:45 REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY ARE. 83:47 WE WON'T FORGET ANYBODY. 83:51 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PABLO. 83:55 . 83:55 >> WE'LL START WITH QUESTIONS 83:58 FROM THE PHONE. 84:00 OPERATOR. 84:00 >> THANK YOU. 84:02 MERCI. 84:03 IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE 84:05 PRESS STAR 1 ON YOUR TELEPHONE 84:07 KEY PAD. 84:19 >> Question: 84:20 HELLO. 84:22 MY QUESTION IS FOR YOU, MADAM 84:23 FREELAND. 84:24 I KNOW THAT DETAILS WILL BE 84:26 FORTHCOMING TOMORROW FROM 84:27 MR. MORNEAU, BUT COULD YOU 84:29 INDICATE WHY THE GOVERNMENT HAS 84:33 CHANGED VIEW, DECIDING THAT THIS 84:35 WAGE SUBSIDY WOULD NOT BE 84:37 LIMITED TO S.M.E.s, BUT WOULD 84:39 APPLY TO ALL COMPANIES? 84:41 >> Answer: WE HAVEN'T CHANGED A 84:44 VIEW. 84:44 ALL WE'VE DONE IS CLARIFY THE 84:48 DETAILS. 84:56 AND THE DETAILS WE'VE 84:57 ESTABLISHED ARE NECESSARY AND 84:59 CORRECT FOR THE CANADIAN 85:00 ECONOMY. 85:01 WE UNDERSTAND THAT CORONAVIRUS 85:03 AND THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF 85:06 CORONAVIRUS DOES NOT MAKE ANY 85:09 DISTINCTION BETWEEN LARGE 85:10 COMPANIES, SMALL COMPANIES, OR 85:13 MEDIUM-SIZED COMPANIES. 85:14 THE IDEA OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO 85:17 HELP ALL CANADIAN BUSINESSES TO 85:20 CONSERVE JOBS. 85:24 WE KNOW THAT BUSINESSES WANT TO 85:27 MAINTAIN THEIR WORKFORCE AND WE 85:29 KNOW THAT FOR CANADIANS WHO HAVE 85:33 WORK AT THIS POINT, IT'S MUCH 85:35 BETTER TO HAVE THAT WORK 85:37 AVAILABLE TO THEM. 85:40 THAT'S WHY WE ESTABLISHED THIS 85:43 HUGE ECONOMIC PROGRAM TO HELP 85:45 EMPLOYERS TO CONSERVE THEIR 85:48 BUSINESSES, BUT ALSO TO CONSERVE 85:51 JOBS FOR THEIR WORKERS. 85:54 THIS PROGRAM IS A VERY GOOD 86:02 ADDITION TO THE PROGRAM WE 86:03 ALREADY ANNOUNCED. 86:05 THAT IS THE PROGRAM TO HELP 86:07 CANADIANS WHO DO NOT HAVE A JOB, 86:09 WHO HAVE LOST THEIR JOB, OR WHO 86:12 CANNOT WORK BECAUSE OF 86:17 CORONAVIRUS. 86:17 WITH THOSE TWO PROGRAMS, WE HAVE 86:20 ONE PROGRAM TO HELP PEOPLE WHO 86:22 CANNOT WORK AND WE HAVE ANOTHER 86:25 PROGRAM TO HELP COMPANIES TO 86:27 MAINTAIN THE JOBS OF THEIR 86:29 WORKERS. 86:30 THAT'S TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT IN 86:32 THIS CONTEXT. 86:33 FURTHER TO THAT, WE HAVE ALSO 86:40 HELPED COMPANIES AND THE ECONOMY 86:41 BY PROVIDING A GREAT AMOUNT OF 86:43 FINANCIAL RESOURCES. 86:44 THANK YOU. 86:45 >> Question: SECOND QUESTION. 86:50 THE QUESTION IS PERHAPS FOR 86:52 MR. RODRIGUEZ OR PERHAPS 86:55 MR. SAJJAN COULD ANSWER THAT. 86:58 IN RELATION TO THE CANADIAN 86:59 ARMED FORCES AND YOUR CAPACITY 86:59 TO DEPLOY THEM, THERE'S A 87:02 COMMUNITY, AN INDIGENOUS 87:03 COMMUNITY, NABITIBI, THAT SENT A 87:09 LETTER ASKING THE ARMY TO COME, 87:12 IN ORDER TO ENSURE A STATE OF 87:14 EMERGENCY. 87:15 THEY WANT TO CLOSE OFF THEIR 87:17 TERRITORY. 87:17 ARE YOU TAKING UP THAT REQUEST 87:21 BY OTHER COMMUNITIES OR SHOULD 87:23 IT GO BEFORE A PREMIER OF A 87:26 PROVINCE FIRST? 87:29 DO YOU WANT 87:31 ME TO TRANSLATE? 87:33 >> Answer: WE'VE GOT 87:34 TRANSLATION. 87:34 WE ARE IN TOUCH WITH MANY REMOTE 87:37 COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY 87:37 INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES. 87:38 THE CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF HAS 87:40 BEEN PLANNING KIND OF EARLY 87:42 MEASURES OF WHAT WE CAN DO. 87:44 MORE IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S ALSO 87:47 STEPS THAT CAN BE TAKEN EARLY 87:48 ON, NOT JUST WITH THE CANADIAN 87:50 ARMED FORCES, BUT ALSO WITH THE 87:52 PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES. 87:53 SO WE'RE TAKING EVERY REQUEST 87:55 VERY SERIOUSLY. 87:56 I WANT TO REMIND THAT THE 87:57 CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IS A 88:01 WHOLE-OF-GOVERNMENT RESPONSE. 88:02 SO WHEN WE LOOK AT A CONCERN 88:03 THAT COMES UP, WE LOOK AT ALL 88:07 THE THINGS IN OUR TOOLBOX, DOWN 88:09 TO THE MUNICIPALITY, SO WE CAN 88:13 ENSURE THE RIGHT RESPONSE IS 88:14 THERE SO CANADIANS IMPACTED WILL 88:17 BE LOOKED AFTER. 88:20 >> THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM 88:22 BILL CURRY FROM "THE GLOBE AND 88:30 MAIL". 88:30 >> Question: THANK YOU. 88:31 MY QUESTION IS FOR MS. FREELAND. 88:34 IN TERMS OF LARGE COMPANIES AND 88:36 FUTURE ANNOUNCEMENTS, IS THE 88:39 GOVERNMENT CONSIDERING DIRECTOR 88:40 OWNERSHIP STAKES, LIKE WE SAW 88:43 WITH THE AUTO SECTOR IN 2009. 88:47 WILL THERE BE ANYTHING IN TERMS 88:49 OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND IS 88:50 THE GOVERNMENT CONCERNED ABOUT 88:51 FOREIGN TAKEOVERS OF COMPANIES 88:54 DURING THIS PERIOD? 88:55 >> Answer: THANK YOU FOR THE 88:58 QUESTION, BILL. 89:00 I THINK AS YOU PROBABLY EXPECT, 89:01 I AM NOT TODAY GOING TO PRE-EMPT 89:04 FUTURE ANNOUNCEMENTS. 89:05 I WILL SAY TO YOU, AND I WOULD 89:07 LIKE TO ASSURE ALL CANADIANS, 89:10 THAT WE VERY MUCH UNDERSTAND 89:12 THAT PARTICULAR SECTORS OF THE 89:14 ECONOMY, WHETHER IT IS TOURISM 89:15 AND AVIATION OR THE ENERGY 89:17 SECTOR, ARE FACING PARTICULAR 89:19 STRAINS BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT OF 89:21 THE CORONAVIRUS, BOTH IN CANADA 89:23 AND WORLDWIDE. 89:25 WE ARE VERY MINDFUL OF THAT AND 89:28 IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE 89:30 DEFINITELY FOCUSED ON. 89:33 >> ONE FOLLOW-UP. 89:35 >> Question: YES, ON ANOTHER 89:36 TOPIC. 89:37 SINCE THE SERVICE CANADA OFFICES 89:39 SHUT DOWN, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF 89:42 STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE NOT ABLE TO 89:44 REACH AN OFFICIAL ON A PHONE TO 89:46 ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS. 89:47 THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GET HELP IN 89:50 PERSON AS TRYING TO GET E.I. 89:52 IS THE GOVERNMENT TRYING TO 89:54 RE-OPEN THESE OFFICES? 89:56 HOW ARE YOU DEALING WITH THIS 89:58 PROBLEM? 89:58 >> Answer: OF COURSE IT'S VERY 89:59 IMPORTANT FOR CANADIANS TO HAVE 90:01 ACCESS TO THE GOVERNMENT 90:03 PROGRAMS WE'VE PUT IN PLACE OVER 90:04 THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND WE 90:07 ARE WORKING HARD TO ENSURE 90:08 CANADIANS CAN HAVE ACCESS TO 90:10 THOSE PROGRAMS, EVEN AS WE ARE 90:12 THOUGHTFUL ABOUT AND MINDFUL OF 90:15 THE NEED TO BE MAINTAINING 90:17 PHYSICAL DISTANCING IN OUR DAILY 90:18 LIVES AND THE NEED TO ENSURE 90:19 THAT PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR THE 90:21 GOVERNMENT OF CANADA ARE ALSO 90:22 SAFE AS THEY DO THEIR WORK. 90:24 I KNOW THAT IT IS HARD FOR ALL 90:28 OF US, WHETHER IT IS IN THE 90:30 DELIVERY OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS 90:32 OR WHETHER IT IS, AS DR. TAM WAS 90:36 DESCRIBING FOR RETURNING 90:38 SNOWBIRDS, TO NOT GO TO THE 90:41 GROCERY STORE AND TO FIGURE OUT 90:42 HOW TO ORDER THEIR GROCERIES 90:44 ONLINE OR OVER THE PHONE. 90:45 IT IS NOT EASY TO OPERATE IN AN 90:47 ECONOMY AND IN A SOCIETY WHERE 90:49 WE ALL HAVE TO PRACTICE PHYSICAL 90:51 DISTANCING, BUT IT'S WHAT WE 90:52 HAVE TO DO. 90:53 I DO WANT TO SAY TO ALL THE 90:56 CANADIANS WHO NEED ACCESS TO 90:57 THESE PROGRAMS, WE GET IT. 90:59 THAT'S WHY WE HAVE PUT THESE 91:01 PROGRAMS IN PLACE. 91:02 I REALLY APOLOGIZE SINCERELY FOR 91:09 SOME OF THE KINKS IN THE 91:10 DELIVERY OF THESE PROGRAMS, BUT 91:13 I WANT TO ASSURE PEOPLE WE ARE 91:17 WORKING 24/7 TO GET SUPPORT OUT 91:21 TO CANADIANS. 91:24 >> THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM 91:27 BRUCE CAMPION-SMITH FROM THE 91:36 "TORONTO STAR." 91:38 >> Question: I WONDER IF YOU 91:38 COULD SPEAK MORE SPECIFICALLY 91:39 ABOUT THE TYPE OF HELP THAT THE 91:41 MILITARY MIGHT BE ABLE TO 91:42 PROVIDE. 91:43 IN THE U.S. WE'RE SEEING THE 91:45 MILITARY THERE PROVIDE FIELD 91:47 HOSPITALS, MILITARY ENGINEERS TO 91:48 HELP RE-ENGINEER CIVILIAN SPACES 91:53 TO MAKESHIFT HOSPITALS. 91:55 I'M WONDERING PRACTICALLY WHAT 91:58 WE COULD SEE IF THE HELP FOR 92:01 PROVINCES CAME. 92:04 >> Answer: SPEAKING WITH 92:05 SECRETARY ESPER ON A NUMBER OF 92:08 THE LAST FEW DAYS ON WHAT 92:10 THEY'VE BEEN DOING, BUT IT'S 92:12 ALSO TO KEEP IN MIND, EVERY 92:14 SITUATION IS GOING TO BE VERY 92:15 DIFFERENT HERE. 92:16 WHAT WE'RE DOING IS MAKING SURE 92:18 THAT WE HAVE A FORCE THAT WE'RE 92:21 ABLE TO RESPOND TO THE VARIOUS 92:23 NEEDS. 92:24 WE ARE THE LAST RESORT WHEN IT 92:27 COMES TO PROVIDING SUPPORT. 92:28 SO THE COMPOSITION THAT WE HAVE 92:30 CREATED AND THE PRIORITIES THAT 92:32 WE HAVE SET OUT IS MAKING SURE 92:34 WE ARE FLEXIBLE AND MAKING SURE 92:37 WE CAN RESPOND DIRECTLY, WHETHER 92:39 THERE IS A SURGE IN THE NEED, 92:40 WHETHER IT'S A NORTHERN 92:42 COMMUNITY THAT NEEDS DIRECT 92:44 SUPPORT, WHETHER IT'S A 92:45 LOGISTICAL SUPPORT. 92:46 SO THERE'S A WIDE RANGE OF 92:48 SUPPORT THAT ALLOWS THE CANADIAN 92:50 ARMED FORCES TO RESPOND. 92:51 THE CHIEF IS GOING TO GO INTO A 92:53 FEW DETAILS OF IT, BUT JUST KEEP 92:56 IN MIND THAT WE ARE ABLE TO 92:58 RESPOND ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH 93:02 PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE 93:03 NORTH AND THE ARCTIC. 93:04 CHIEF. 93:05 >> THANKS, MINISTER. 93:06 IF I COULD START OFF, I WOULD 93:08 LIKE TO SAY AND OFFER 93:11 CONDOLENCES TO PEOPLE SUFFERING. 93:14 ON BEHALF OF THE ARMED FORCES, 93:15 IT'S A TOUGH TIME. 93:17 WE'VE BEEN PREPARING FOR A LONG 93:19 TIME FOR THIS. 93:19 WE HAVE GOOD PLANS IN PLACE. 93:22 WE HAVE THE TROOPS SEQUESTERED, 93:24 STAYING AS HEALTHY AS POSSIBLE 93:26 SO WE CAN MOUNT MANY PEOPLE IF 93:29 WE NEED TO. 93:30 THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 93:31 WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO 93:34 RESPOND EITHER WITH SPECIALIST 93:36 CAPABILITIES, LIKE MEDICAL, 93:38 LOGISTICS, ENGINEERING FOR A 93:40 SHORT-DURATION EVENT OR FOR 93:41 LONGER-DURATION EVENTS, 93:43 DEPENDING ON THE NEEDS OF THE 93:45 PROVINCES. 93:45 WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT 93:46 SIGNIFICANT RESPONSES. 93:47 IN THE EVENT THAT COMMUNITIES 93:49 START TO SUFFER MULTIPLE EVENTS, 93:51 INCLUDING FLOODS, FOREST FIRES 93:54 INSIDE A COVID ENVIRONMENT, 93:55 WHERE THE ARMED FORCES WILL BE 93:57 ABLE TO PUT IN PLACE NECESSARY 93:59 SUPPORT TO CRITICAL 94:01 INFRASTRUCTURE, LOGISTICS, AS 94:02 WELL AS SOME MEDICAL SUPPORT. 94:04 IT'S SCALEABLE, BRUCE, DEPENDING 94:06 ON THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM. 94:08 THANK YOU. 94:14 >> BRUCE, ONE FOLLOW-UP? 94:19 OKAY. 94:19 WE'LL TURN TO THE ROOM FOR THREE 94:21 QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GO BACK ON 94:23 THE PHONE. 94:27 >> Question: THIS IS A QUESTION 94:29 FOR YOU AND MS. HAJDU IF YOU 94:31 WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT. 94:32 I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOUR 94:34 THOUGHTS. 94:34 DR. TAM, A FEW DAYS AGO YOU SAID 94:37 A WELL PERSON DOES NOT NEED TO 94:38 WEAR A MASK, BUT WHEN YOU TAKE A 94:41 LOOK AT COUNTRIES THAT HAVE DONE 94:43 QUITE WELL, CHINA, TAIWAN, AND 94:49 OTHERS, THE CULTURE IS TO WEAR 94:52 MASKS. 94:52 IS CANADA TELLING PEOPLE NOT TO 94:54 WEAR MASKS BECAUSE WE ARE 94:55 WORRIED ABOUT A SHORTAGE AND WE 94:57 WANT TO MAKE SURE DOCTORS AND 95:00 OTHER FRONTLINE HEALTH WORKERS 95:02 HAVE THEM? 95:03 >> Answer: I THINK THERE'S TWO 95:04 SEPARATE REASONS. 95:05 FOR SURE, ABSOLUTELY, WE WANT TO 95:08 PROTECT OUR FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE 95:10 WORKERS. 95:11 PRIORITIZING SUPPLY IN THAT 95:13 SETTING IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. 95:16 WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT 95:18 AVENUES TO PROCURE. 95:20 FOR THE PUBLIC, I THINK THE 95:25 CURRENT SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE WE 95:26 ARE CONTINUING TO EVALUATE, OF 95:29 COURSE WE CAN BE FLEXIBLE IF WE 95:31 FIND ANY NEW EVIDENCE, BUT I 95:33 THINK THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE IS 95:35 IF YOU ARE SICK, PUT ON A MASK 95:37 TO PREVENT THOSE DROPLETS FROM 95:40 FLYING IN ANY SPACE AS PERHAPS 95:42 YOU'RE GOING TO A CLINIC OR 95:44 HAVING TO MOVE YOURSELF AROUND 95:46 THE COMMUNITY FOR ESSENTIAL 95:48 NEEDS. 95:49 PUTTING A MASK ON AN 95:51 ASYMPTOMATIC PERSON IS NOT 95:55 BENEFICIAL OBVIOUSLY IF YOU'RE 95:56 NOT INFECTED. 95:57 IF YOU HAVE A CLOSE CONTACT OF A 96:00 CASE AND UNDER CERTAIN 96:03 CIRCUMSTANCES, ESPECIALLY -- YOU 96:05 WOULD ALSO BE IN SELF-ISOLATION 96:06 IF YOU WERE IN CLOSE CONTACT OF 96:07 A CASE AND YOU ALSO NEED TO MOVE 96:10 FOR ANY ESSENTIAL REASON, THAT'S 96:13 PERHAPS ANOTHER SITUATION. 96:16 WHAT WE WORRY ABOUT IS ACTUALLY 96:18 THE POTENTIAL NEGATIVE ASPECTS 96:19 OF WEARING MASKS, WHERE PEOPLE 96:21 ARE NOT PROTECTING THEIR EYES OR 96:24 OTHER ASPECTS OF WHERE THE VIRUS 96:27 COULD ENTER YOUR BODY, AND THAT 96:30 GIVES YOU A FALSE SENSE OF 96:32 CONFIDENCE. 96:32 BUT ALSO IT INCREASES THE 96:34 TOUCHING OF YOUR FACE IF YOU 96:36 THINK ABOUT IT. 96:37 IF YOU'VE GOT A MASK AROUND YOUR 96:39 FACE, SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T HELP 96:41 IT BECAUSE YOU'RE TOUCHING PARTS 96:42 OF YOUR FACE. 96:44 THE OTHER THING IS THE OUTSIDE 96:47 OF THE MASK COULD BE 96:47 CONTAMINATED AS WELL. 96:49 THE KEY IS HAND WASHING. 96:51 IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU'RE 96:54 DOING, HAND WASHING IS KEY. 96:57 EVEN IN THE HOSPITAL SETTING, WE 97:00 FIND THAT IT'S REMOVING PERSONAL 97:03 PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT THAT CAN 97:04 ACTUALLY LEAD TO INFECTION. 97:05 IF PEOPLE TRY TO USE THESE 97:09 MEASURES, THEY HAVE TO BE 97:11 REALLY, REALLY CAREFUL AND WASH 97:14 THEIR HANDS. 97:14 WE'RE ALSO WORRIED ABOUT THE 97:17 POTENTIALLY NEGATIVE IMPACTS. 97:22 >> Question: 97:23 -- EXPECT TO 97:24 GET MORE ACCURATE TESTING. 97:27 YOU'VE SAID RIGHT NOW THAT 93 97:34 WAS THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO 97:35 ARE DEEMED TO BE NEGATIVE. 97:38 CAN YOU TELL US THE ACCURACY OF 97:39 THE TESTING. 97:41 AND WHAT IS THE ACCURACY LEVEL, 97:44 IS THERE A NUMBER WE CAN KNOW? 97:46 >> Answer: THE TESTS AVAILABLE 97:49 AT THE PRESENT TIME ARE WHAT WE 97:50 CALL REAL-TIME P.C.R. 97:55 THEY HAVE BEEN VALIDATED BY THE 97:59 NATIONAL MICROBIOLOGY LAB. 98:06 SO THESE TESTS ARE HIGHLY 98:09 PERFORMING, BUT OF COURSE WHEN 98:11 YOU'RE TAKING A SWAB OF SOMEONE, 98:12 THEN -- AND SENDING IT IN TO THE 98:15 LAB, ET CETERA, THERE'S MULTIPLE 98:17 COMPONENTS. 98:18 ONE IS YOU'VE GOT TO TEST THE 98:20 RIGHT PERSON AT THE RIGHT TIME. 98:21 IF YOU TEST SOMEONE TOO EARLY, 98:24 YOU MAY NOT ACTUALLY GET A 98:26 POSITIVE SAMPLE, YOU MAY HAVE TO 98:29 RETEST. 98:29 THE METHODOLOGY AND HOW WELL YOU 98:31 SWAB THAT SAMPLE MAY COME INTO 98:34 PLAY AS WELL. 98:35 THERE'S CLINICAL JUDGMENT 98:37 WHETHER SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE 98:39 TESTED IN THE FIRST PLACE. 98:40 IT DEPENDS ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES. 98:42 BUT THE ACTUAL P.C.R. TEST IS 98:45 VERY SPECIFIC AND IT'S QUITE 98:47 SENSITIVE. 98:50 >> THANK YOU, DOCTOR. 98:53 >> Question: TO FOLLOW UP ON THE 98:54 TESTING, HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU 98:56 ON THE NUMBERS, ESPECIALLY IN 98:58 ONTARIO WE'RE HEARING OF 99:00 RATIONING OF TESTS, LONG WAITS 99:01 TO GET RESULTS. 99:03 WE'RE HEARING THE I.C.U. NUMBERS 99:05 MAY BE UNDERREPORTED. 99:07 DOES IT CONCERN YOU THAT ONTARIO 99:08 IS TESTING PEOPLE AT A MUCH 99:11 LOWER RATE PER 1,000 PEOPLE THAN 99:14 OTHER PROVINCES? 99:15 >> Answer: SO I THINK THE 99:17 COLLECTIVE PUBLIC HEALTH GOAL IS 99:18 TO INCREASE TESTING FOR SURE. 99:21 SO WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT 99:23 WE CAN RIGHT NOW TO INCREASE THE 99:24 CAPACITY OF TESTING IN CANADA. 99:26 FOR SURE, THOUGH, IF YOU 99:28 ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS 99:29 OF PEOPLE TESTED PER CAPITA, 99:32 CANADA IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST PER 99:35 CAPITA TESTING COUNTRIES IN THE 99:37 WORLD. 99:37 BUT WE CAN DO BETTER AND WE NEED 99:40 TO BE SUPPORTING JURISDICTIONS 99:42 TO GET BEING THROUGH ANY SORT OF 99:45 RATE-LIMITING STEPS. 99:46 WE ARE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING IN 99:48 TERMS OF UPPING THE CAPACITIES 99:49 OF PROVINCIAL LABS, BUT ALSO 99:53 THESE NEW DIAGNOSTICS THAT HAVE 99:56 BEEN MENTIONED BY MINISTER HAJDU 99:57 AND OTHERS. 99:58 WE ARE CURRENTLY AT THE N.M.L. 100:04 LOOKING AT THESE NEW TESTING 100:08 METHODS TO SEE IF THEY CAN BE 100:11 VALIDATED AND IF THEY ARE 100:12 ACCURATE AND PERFORM WELL, WE 100:15 ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDING THOSE. 100:17 I KNOW AUTHORITIES IN ONTARIO 100:18 ARE TRYING VERY HARD FOR SURE TO 100:21 PROVIDE THOSE TESTS. 100:24 WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT 100:26 HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS ARE 100:28 PRIORITIZED FOR SURE. 100:29 YOU'RE GOING TO BE TESTING 100:30 PATIENTS IN I.C.U., HOSPITAL 100:33 PATIENTS, HEALTHCARE WORKERS, 100:34 LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES, ALL 100:36 OF THOSE MUCH-HIGHER-RISK 100:39 SITUATIONS. 100:40 PROVINCES KNOW THAT THEY ARE 100:50 PRIORITIZING ALL OF THOSE 100:50 OPTIONS. 100:51 >> Question: JUST TO CLARIFY, 100:52 HOW TO NORTHERN AND FIRST 100:54 NATIONS COMMUNITIES ASK FOR 100:55 ASSISTANCE? 100:55 AND ALSO, IS THE ARMED FORCES 100:57 PREPARED TO HELP NEIGHBOURHOODS 100:58 SUCH AS WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN 101:00 QUÉBEC RIGHT NOW WITH 101:02 QUARANTINES? 101:03 >> Answer: WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE 101:06 DIRECT SUPPORT INTO NORTHERN 101:07 COMMUNITIES AND WE HAVE A VERY 101:09 GOOD PROCESS IN PLACE. 101:11 OVER THE PREVIOUS YEARS, WE'VE 101:12 BEEN RESPONDING TO FLOODS AND 101:15 FIRES AND EVACUATION FOR CERTAIN 101:17 COMMUNITIES, BUT THE CANADIAN 101:18 ARMED FORCES ARE THERE TO 101:19 RESPOND TO ANY EMERGENCIES AND 101:20 WE HAVE CONTINGENCIES IN PLACE. 101:25 WE HAVE A GOOD PROCESS IN PLACE. 101:27 WE HAVE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES 101:29 LEADERSHIP IN THOSE COMMUNITIES, 101:31 ESPECIALLY THROUGH OUR CANADIAN 101:33 RANGERS. 101:33 THROUGH THE TERRITORIES, WE'RE 101:35 ABLE TO HAVE AN ONGOING DIALOGUE 101:41 WITH THE -- WITH PUBLIC SAFETY 101:43 AND THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES. 101:43 THIS IS NOT DONE IN A SEQUENCE. 101:47 THIS IS DONE ALL AT ONCE SO WE 101:50 HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING EARLY 101:51 ON WHAT THE NEEDS ARE SO WE CAN 101:53 GET READY TO RESPOND WITH THE 101:55 RIGHT RESOURCES. 101:56 IF THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ARE 101:58 NEEDED, WE CAN RESPOND. 102:00 >> Question: 102:01 -- 102:01 >> Answer: WHEN IT COMES TO 102:02 QUARANTINE, WE HAVE TO BE 102:04 MINDFUL THAT THE CANADIAN ARMED 102:05 FORCES IS PART OF THE WIDER 102:07 GOVERNMENT RESOURCE. 102:08 WHEN IT COMES TO QUARANTINE, WE 102:09 HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT BASED 102:11 ON THE RIGHT EXPERT HEALTH 102:13 ADVICE AND THE RIGHT OFFICIALS. 102:16 THE DECISIONS WILL BE MADE ON 102:17 WHAT'S ACTUALLY REQUIRED. 102:19 YES, WE CAN PROVIDE SUPPORT, BUT 102:21 WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE 102:22 PROVIDING THE RIGHT SUPPORT. 102:24 RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY IT 102:25 COULD VARY ON VARIOUS THINGS 102:27 THAT WE COULD PROVIDE, WHETHER 102:30 QUARANTINE, LOGISTICAL SUPPORT, 102:31 MEDICAL SUPPORT. 102:33 THAT'S GOING TO BE BASED ON EACH 102:36 UNIQUE NEED THAT'S THERE. 102:37 WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT 102:39 OUR COMMANDERS ON THE GROUND 102:40 HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE 102:43 TO RESPOND QUICKLY AS WELL. 102:50 >> Question: MINISTER SAJJAN OR 102:52 GENERAL VANCE. 102:56 I'M WONDERING HOW DO WE KNOW WE 102:59 HAVE ENOUGH TROOPS TO HANDLE 103:01 THIS SITUATION? 103:01 IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'VE DONE 103:03 BEFORE. 103:03 HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THAT WE 103:05 CAN RESPOND AT THIS TIME? 103:06 >> Answer: WHEN IT COMES TO 103:08 HISTORICALLY, THE CANADIAN ARMED 103:09 FORCES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE AT 103:10 TIME OF NEED. 103:12 I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THIS -- 103:15 EVEN THIS IS AN UNPRECEDENTED 103:16 TIME. 103:17 WE HAVEN'T BEEN IN THIS TYPE OF 103:18 CRISIS BEFORE, BUT THE CANADIAN 103:21 ARMED FORCES, WITH THE 103:22 WHOLE-OF-GOVERNMENT APPROACH, 103:23 WILL BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THIS. 103:26 BECAUSE ONE, THE FRONT-END 103:30 HEALTHCARE WORKERS TO FIRST 103:31 RESPONDERS FROM POLICE, FIRE, 103:34 PARAMEDICS, THE CANADIAN ARMED 103:35 FORCES HAVE ALWAYS WORKED 103:37 TOGETHER ON VARIOUS OTHER 103:39 CHALLENGES. 103:39 THIS IS NO DIFFERENT. 103:40 WE WILL PUT THE SUPPORT AND WE 103:42 HAVE THE RIGHT RESOURCES AND 103:44 LEADERSHIP TO PLAN FOR THE LONG 103:48 TERM. 103:48 >> Question: BECAUSE THE WORLD 103:49 STILL GOES ON, HOW ARE WE STILL 103:51 ABLE TO CONTINUE WITH OUR 103:52 INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS WHILE 103:54 ALL THIS OTHER STUFF IS 103:55 HAPPENING? 103:55 >> Answer: IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 103:57 KEEP IN MIND, THE REST OF THE 103:58 WORLD IS ALSO DEALING WITH A 104:00 COVID-19 ENVIRONMENT. 104:01 I'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH MY 104:04 COUNTERPARTS ACROSS THE WORLD 104:05 AND I HAVE A NUMBER OF PHONE 104:07 CALLS TODAY AS WELL. 104:08 WE'RE LEARNING FROM ONE ANOTHER 104:10 AND LOOKING AT THE CURRENT 104:11 MISSIONS THAT WE HAVE, WHETHER 104:12 IT'S THE WORK THAT WE DO AT 104:15 NATO, IN THE UKRAINE, IN THE 104:18 MIDDLE EAST. 104:18 WE'RE MAKING MINOR ADJUSTMENTS 104:20 BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19 104:21 ENVIRONMENT. 104:21 THE CAPACITY-BUILDING THAT WE 104:23 USED TO DO IS NOT HAPPENING 104:25 BECAUSE IN CERTAIN AREAS LIKE 104:27 UKRAINE, WE CAN'T DO CAPACITY 104:29 BUILDING FOR THIS REASON. 104:30 WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THE FORCE 104:32 IS PROTECTED AS WELL. 104:33 AND WE'RE ALSO VERY MINDFUL THAT 104:36 WE'RE LOOKING AT ANY ADVERSARIES 104:38 THAT MIGHT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE 104:40 SITUATION. 104:40 WE'RE VERY MINDFUL OF THAT AND 104:42 WE'RE TAKING THE RIGHT MEASURES. 104:44 THIS IS WHAT -- WHEN YOU'VE BEEN 104:45 OPERATING IN A VERY CLOSE 104:47 MULTI-LATERAL ENVIRONMENT, 104:48 SOMETHING THAT THE PRIME 104:49 MINISTER HAS EMPHASIZED GREATLY, 104:51 AND THROUGH THOSE RELATIONSHIPS 104:52 WE'RE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THESE 104:54 VARIOUS THREATS. 104:55 >> WE'LL TURN TO THE PHONE FOR 104:58 THREE LAST QUESTIONS. 105:03 OPERATOR. 105:04 >> THANK YOU. 105:06 THE NEXT QUESTION 105:07 IS FROM "LE DEVOIR." 105:10 THE FLOOR IS YOURS. 105:12 >> Question: MY QUESTION IS FOR 105:14 YOU, MADAM FREELAND. 105:15 I WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK TO 105:17 LAST FRIDAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE. 105:19 YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS 105:22 POSSIBILITY THAT THE 105:22 UNITED STATES MIGHT DEPORT 105:24 REFUGEES THAT WE WOULD HAVE SENT 105:27 BACK TO THEM SINCE THE BORDER IS 105:30 CLOSED TO IMMIGRANTS. 105:32 SO I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD 105:35 GIVE US AN UPDATE AS TO THE 105:38 URGENT DISCUSSIONS THAT YOU 105:39 REFERRED TO. 105:40 SO DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE IN 105:42 RELATION TO THOSE DISCUSSIONS? 105:43 DID YOU OBTAIN GUARANTEES FROM 105:45 THE AMERICANS RELATING TO THAT? 105:51 IN TERMS OF REFUGEES WHO HAVE 105:52 BEEN SENT BACK TO THE 105:54 UNITED STATES AS OF THE 20th OF 105:56 MARCH, HOW MANY OF THEM HAVE 105:57 GONE BACK TO THEIR COUNTRIES OF 105:59 ORIGIN? 106:00 >> Answer: THANK YOU VERY MUCH 106:01 FOR YOUR QUESTION. 106:03 AS I SAID ON FRIDAY LAST, IT IS 106:07 AN ISSUE THAT IS OF TREMENDOUS 106:09 CONCERN TO CANADA. 106:11 MYSELF AND MINISTER BLAIR AND 106:14 OUR AMBASSADOR IN WASHINGTON 106:16 HAVE ALL HAD CONVERSATIONS 106:20 RELATING TO THAT ISSUE AND THE 106:23 DISCUSSIONS ARE ONGOING. 106:25 >> Question: SO I UNDERSTAND 106:27 THAT IT'S NOT SETTLED, BUT ARE 106:29 YOU AWARE OF CASES WHERE PEOPLE 106:32 WERE REALLY SENT BACK TO THE 106:34 UNITED STATES AND THEN WERE 106:36 SUBSEQUENTLY DEPORTED OR IS THIS 106:37 A THEORETICAL CONCERN? 106:40 >> Answer: THIS IS ONE OF THE 106:42 QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE ASKING 106:44 RIGHT NOW. 106:48 >> NEXT QUESTION. 106:52 . 106:52 >> THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM 106:55 JORJE BARRERA FROM CBC. 106:59 >> Question: MINISTER FREELAND, 107:01 THERE'S BEEN SOME FIRST NATIONS 107:03 LEADERS, PARTICULARLY IN THE 107:04 SOUTHERN CHIEFS ORGANIZATION IN 107:05 MANITOBA, WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE 107:07 HUMAN DOCTORS COME IN TO HELP 107:09 DEAL WITH THE POTENTIAL 107:11 OUTBREAKS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. 107:12 I'M JUST WONDERING HOW YOUR 107:14 GOVERNMENT FEELS ABOUT THIS 107:16 REQUEST. 107:19 >> Answer: OUR GOVERNMENT HAS 107:23 EVERY CONFIDENCE IN THE 107:25 EXCELLENCE OF THE CANADIAN 107:27 MEDICAL SYSTEM, IN THE 107:30 EXCELLENCE OF CANADIAN 107:31 HEALTHCARE WORKERS. 107:33 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HEARING OVER 107:35 THE PAST FEW DAYS A LOT FROM 107:40 MARC MILLER, THE MINISTER 107:43 CHARGED WITH INDIGENOUS 107:44 SERVICES, AND HE HAS BEEN 107:45 EMPHASIZING THE EXTENT TO WHICH 107:47 THE GOVERNMENT IS AWARE OF THE 107:50 PARTICULAR VULNERABILITIES 107:51 INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES FACE. 107:52 SO I HAVE HUGE FAITH AND TRUST 107:57 IN CANADIAN FRONTLINE MEDICAL 107:59 WORKERS. 108:00 THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB AND 108:01 THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO 108:03 THAT. 108:03 I WONDER IF DR. TAM WANTS TO SAY 108:06 ANY MORE ABOUT OUR MEDICAL 108:09 WORKERS. 108:09 >> SO I'VE CERTAINLY WORKED VERY 108:13 CLOSELY WITH THE CHIEF MEDICAL 108:14 OFFICER OF INDIGENOUS SERVICES 108:18 CANADA. 108:18 IF THERE ARE ANY REQUESTS OR 108:19 NEEDS, THERE ARE MECHANISMS IN 108:22 PLACE. 108:23 WE ALSO HAVE MECHANISMS FOR 108:26 MUTUAL AID BETWEEN DIFFERENT 108:28 JURISDICTIONS. 108:28 SHOULD THAT BE REQUIRED, THAT 108:30 CAN ALSO BE CHANNELLED THROUGH 108:31 THE PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF 108:34 CANADA. 108:35 >> THANK YOU, DOCTOR. 108:40 FOLLOW-UP. 108:41 >> Question: WHAT I'M HEARING IS 108:43 THROUGH THE MUTUAL AID IT IS 108:46 POSSIBLE TO BRING IN CUBAN 108:48 DOCTORS IF PARTICULAR FIRST 108:49 NATIONS WANT THAT HELP. 108:50 THERE IS REPORTS OF DOCTORS 108:52 BEING PULLED OUT TO DEAL WITH 108:55 OTHER REGIONS. 108:56 I'M WONDERING IF THIS IS A 108:58 POSSIBILITY ON THE TABLE RIGHT 108:59 NOW? 109:00 >> Answer: LET ME JUST SAY AND 109:02 BE VERY CLEAR THAT WE ARE VERY 109:05 CONFIDENT THAT CANADA'S 109:06 HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, WHICH IS 109:12 STAFFED BY OUTSTANDING 109:14 HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, HAS 109:16 THE CAPACITY TO DEAL WITH THIS 109:18 EXTRAORDINARY CHALLENGE. 109:19 OUR JOB AS A GOVERNMENT IS TO 109:20 WORK VERY HARD TO PROVIDE OUR 109:22 HEALTHCARE SYSTEM WITH ALL OF 109:23 THE RESOURCES IT NEEDS TO TAKE 109:26 CARE OF CANADIANS, INDIGENOUS 109:28 AND NON-INDIGENOUS. 109:30 WE ARE VERY AWARE OF THE 109:32 PARTICULAR CHALLENGES VULNERABLE 109:33 COMMUNITIES FACE. 109:35 >> THANK YOU, MINISTER. 109:36 NEXT QUESTION ON THE PHONE. 109:38 >> THANK YOU. 109:39 THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM EMILIE 109:47 BERGERON. 109:49 >> Question: 109:50 YES, 109:51 HELLO. 109:52 I'D LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THE 109:53 POSSIBILITY OF RELYING ON THE 109:56 EMERGENCIES ACT. 110:00 SEVERAL WEEKS HAVE GONE BY WHERE 110:02 ONE IS STUDYING THAT, AND I 110:05 WONDER WHERE ONE'S THOUGHTS ARE 110:07 IN TERMS OF USING THE 110:08 EMERGENCIES ACT OR NOT. 110:09 >> Answer: AS THE PRIME MINISTER 110:11 SAID THE OTHER DAY, THERE IS 110:13 ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THAT IS 110:15 EXCLUDED OR OFF THE TABLE AT 110:19 THIS POINT, BUT IT'S NOT ON THE 110:20 TABLE AT THIS POINT. 110:21 THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS ON A DAILY 110:23 BASIS WITH THE VARIOUS 110:25 PROVINCES, AND WE ARE CONFIDENT 110:26 THAT THE PROVINCES THROUGH THE 110:29 TOOLS AND THE MUNICIPALITIES ARE 110:30 CARRYING OUT THEIR WORK. 110:32 I MUST UNDERSCORE THE EXCELLENT 110:35 WORK THAT'S BEING DONE IN 110:37 QUÉBEC. 110:38 SO IT'S A TOOL THAT'S PART OF 110:40 THE TOOLBOX, BUT IT'S NOT 110:42 SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT 110:45 RIGHT NOW. 110:46 >> Question: THANK YOU. 110:48 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE POSSIBLE 110:50 INTERVENTION OF THE ARMED 110:52 FORCES, IS THERE AN ORDER 110:53 FIREFIGHTER PRIORITY THAT'S BEEN 110:56 ESTABLISHED? 110:57 FOR INSTANCE, INTERVENE IN ONE 110:59 PROVINCE FIRST RELATIVE TO 111:03 ANOTHER? 111:04 . 111:05 >> Answer: NO, THERE IS NO 111:06 PRIORITY SET. 111:07 THIS WILL BE BASED ON THE NEEDS 111:09 ON THE GROUND. 111:12 THE ASSESSMENTS THAT WILL HAPPEN 111:14 ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 111:16 WE HAVE A VERY GOOD SYSTEM IN 111:19 PLACE, BASED ON OUR PREVIOUS 111:21 EXPERIENCE, TO TRIAGE THE RIGHT 111:23 REQUESTS AND MAKING SURE THE 111:25 RIGHT SUPPORT IS PROVIDED. 111:26 HAVING SAID THIS, WE ALSO HAD TO 111:30 MAKE SURE THAT THE PLAN THAT 111:31 GENERAL VANCE HAS PUT TOGETHER 111:32 FOR THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES 111:34 ALLOWS US TO BE VERY FLEXIBLE TO 111:36 BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO MULTIPLE 111:38 AREAS IF NEEDED. 111:39 BEING ABLE TO RESPOND TO 111:41 COMMUNITIES, WHILE AILMENT BEING 111:42 ABLE TO RESPOND TO FLOODS AND 111:44 FIRES IF NEED BE, AND AT THE 111:46 SAME TIME BEING ABLE TO RESPOND 111:49 TO NORTHERN COMMUNITIES AND 111:49 ISOLATED COMMUNITIES IF 111:52 REQUIRED. 111:52 THERE IS NO PRIORITY PER SE, BUT 111:55 WILL BE BASED ON THE EXPERT 111:57 ADVICE FROM OUR OFFICIALS. 112:00 >> THAT'S IT FOR TODAY. 112:02 THANK YOU. 112:05 >> Rosemary: ALL RIGHT. 112:07 THAT IS OUR DAILY FEDERAL 112:09 BRIEFING FROM CABINET MINISTERS 112:11 AND PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS. 112:12 ONE OF THE MESSAGES THAT WE 112:14 HADN'T HEARD YET WAS THE 112:20 INVOLVEMENT OF CANADA'S MILITARY 112:21 INSIDE OF THE PANDEMIC. 112:22 WE HAD SEEN MEMOS AND REPORTS ON 112:25 HOW THEY WERE PREPARING. 112:26 WE GOT MORE DETAILS ON THAT 112:28 TODAY. 112:29 LET ME BRING IN MY COLLEAGUE THE 112:31 HOST OF "POWER & POLITICS," 112:33 VASSY KAPELOS, AND DAVID 112:35 COCHRANE. 112:35 I'LL START WITH YOU, VASSY. 112:36 UP TO 24,000 REGULAR AND RESERVE 112:39 FORCES PREPARED TO HELP IF 112:40 NEEDED. 112:41 >> Vassy: YEAH, AS DESCRIBED BY 112:43 THE DEFENCE MINISTER, HARJIT 112:44 SAJJAN, ROSIE, HE BASICALLY 112:50 TASKED THE CHIEF OF THE DEFENCE 112:52 STAFF, GENERAL VANCE, TO COME UP 112:53 WITH A PLAN. 112:54 IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT THAT 112:56 INCLUDES, YOU'RE RIGHT, 24,000 112:59 EITHER REGULAR OR RESERVE FORCE 113:00 MEMBERS AT THE READY. 113:01 THAT WILL DEPEND ON -- "AT THE 113:05 READY," WHAT I MEAN IS THAT WILL 113:07 DEPEND ON THE NEED. 113:08 WHAT THE PRIME MINISTER OUTLINED 113:11 AND MINISTER SAJJAN REITERATED, 113:14 NO PROVINCE HAS ASKED FOR HELP, 113:15 BUT THEY ARE READY TO ASSIST. 113:18 I WILL GO OVER THE THREE AREAS 113:20 THEY COULD BECOME INVOLVED IN. 113:22 THE FIRST IS PREVENTING THE 113:24 SPREAD OF COVID-19. 113:25 HE SPECIFIED PEOPLE WHO COULD 113:27 HELP IN ENGINEERING OR MEDICAL 113:30 SUPPLIES, PEOPLE WHO HAVE 113:31 SPECIALTIES IN THE ARMY THAT 113:33 COULD BE LENT OUT TO SUPPORT IN 113:35 THOSE TASKS. 113:36 ALSO TO SUPPORT PROVINCES AND 113:37 MUNICIPALITIES IF THERE IS A 113:39 NEED FOR MITIGATION, FOR 113:40 EXAMPLE, TO HELP WITH 113:42 COMMUNITIES THAT MIGHT NEED THE 113:44 HELP, THEN THAT WILL BE PART OF 113:46 THE TASK AS WELL. 113:47 THE THIRD IS TO ASSIST 113:49 VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. 113:51 I HEARD THE MINISTER SPECIFY THE 113:53 NORTH AND THE ARCTIC AS 113:54 POTENTIAL FOR THAT. 113:55 WE KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, A NUMBER 113:57 OF INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES IN THE 113:58 NORTH ARE VERY, VERY 114:01 UNDERSTAFFED WHEN IT COMES TO 114:03 MEDICAL STAFF AND LOTS OF SUPPLY 114:06 ISSUES AS WELL UP THERE. 114:07 SO YOU HAVE TO WONDER IF THERE 114:09 IS GOING TO BE A NEED FOR THE 114:11 MILITARY IN THAT CAPACITY AS 114:12 WELL. 114:12 NOT A LOT OF DETAILS ABOUT HOW 114:14 THE PROCESS WILL WORK EXACTLY, 114:16 BUT I THINK THE MESSAGE TODAY 114:17 SEEMED TO BE, OKAY, WE HAVE THIS 114:19 PLAN READY. 114:19 IF WE NEED TO, WE CAN RESPOND IF 114:22 WE ARE CALLED. 114:23 THE OTHER THING I WOULD 114:24 HIGHLIGHT THAT THEY POINTED OUT 114:26 IS THAT IF THERE ARE FLOODS, 114:28 WHICH THAT'S THE SEASON WE'RE IN 114:31 RIGHT NOW IN A NUMBER OF PARTS 114:33 OF THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING WHERE 114:35 WE ARE, IF THERE ARE FOREST 114:37 FIRES, A PLAN IS IN PLACE THAT 114:39 THE MILITARY WILL STILL BE ABLE 114:41 TO RESPOND TO THAT AND HELP IN 114:43 THOSE EFFORTS AS WE SAW LAST 114:46 YEAR IN BOTH INSTANCES WITH 114:48 FIRES AND FLOODS, WHILE STILL 114:50 BEING ABLE TO LEND THEMSELVES TO 114:52 WHERE THE NEEDS ARE TO COMBAT 114:55 THE SPREAD OF COVID-19. 114:56 THAT WAS THE OVERARCHING THEME 114:59 BEHIND TODAY. 115:02 WE WILL HAVE TO SEE THE 115:04 THRESHOLD TO WHICH THE MILITARY 115:05 IS APPLIED, BUT THIS WAS THE 115:07 BROAD STROKES OF IT. 115:09 >> Rosemary: IT'S INTERESTING 115:10 THAT GENERAL VANCE SAID TROOPS 115:14 HAD BEEN SEQUESTERED TO KEEP 115:15 THEM HEALTHY. 115:16 I ONLY HAVE A MINUTE AND A HALF 115:18 LEFT, DAVID. 115:20 IF YOU WANT TO WRAP-UP ON THE 115:23 WAGE SUBSIDY QUESTION. 115:24 >> David: THE WAGE SUBSIDY IS 115:25 THE BIGGEST ECONOMIC RESPONSE 115:27 THE GOVERNMENT HAS HAD TO 115:28 COVID-19. 115:29 IF YOUR REVENUE DROPS BY 30%, 115:31 YOU QUALIFY FOR A WAGE SUBSIDY 115:35 UP TO 75% PER EMPLOYEE 115:41 RETROACTIVE TO MARCH 15. 115:42 THERE WILL BE POST-PAYMENT 115:43 COMPLIANCE MEASURES. 115:45 IF YOU'RE FOUND TO HAVE NOT 115:47 NEEDED THIS OR HAD THE REVENUE 115:49 DROP AS SEVERE A BENCHMARK, 115:51 THERE WILL BE A REPAYMENT 115:54 OPTION. 115:54 IF YOU'RE RIPPING OFF THE 115:56 GOVERNMENT, THERE WILL BE 115:57 SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. 115:58 IT APPLIES TO SMALL, MEDIUM, 116:01 LARGE, NOT-FOR-PROFITS, AND 116:03 CHARITIES. 116:03 THEY ARE PUTTING A FINANCIAL 116:06 FLOOR UNDER EVERYBODY SO THE 116:07 MINUTE THIS PASSES WE CAN GO 116:09 BACK TO LIFE AND START THE 116:11 ECONOMIC RECOVERY THEY ARE 116:12 HOPING WILL BE THERE. 116:13 >> Rosemary: THANK YOU, DAVID, 116:15 AND VASSY. 116:17 YOU CAN CHECK VASSY ON HER SHOW, 116:23 "POWER & POLITICS" AND DAVID 116:25 WILL BE ON "THE NATIONAL." 116:28 A REMINDER, AS OF NOON TODAY, AN 116:30 HOUR AGO, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO 116:31 GET ON A PLAIN OR A TRAIN WITH 116:33 SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19, YOU WILL 116:34 BE PREVENTED FROM DOING THAT. 116:36 I'M ROSEMARY BARTON. 116:38 STAY WITH CBC NEWS NETWORK FOR 116:39 UP TO THE MINUTE INFORMATION AND 116:42 UPDATES SOME PROVINCIAL LEADERS 116:45 WILL BRING YOU ALL THE LATEST 116:46 AND THE HEALTH OFFICIALS 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