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
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GLAD YOU'RE JOINING US.
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WE ARE, AS WE HAVE COME TO GET
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USED TO, WAITING TO HEAR FROM
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THE PRIME MINISTER, JUSTIN
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TRUDEAU, EVERY TIME EVERY DAY AT
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THIS TIME.
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WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR MORE ON
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THE PAYROLL SUBSIDY.
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WE ARE ALSO HEARING TODAY THAT
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THE NUMBER OF CANADIANS WHO HAVE
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ASKED FOR EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
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HAS GONE UP TO MORE THAN 1.6
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MILLION PEOPLE IN THE LAST NINE
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TO 10 DAYS.
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THAT IS MORE APPLICANTS FOR
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EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SINCE
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STATSCAN BEGAN TAKING THAT DATA
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IN MORE THAN 70 YEARS OR SO AGO.
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THAT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF THE
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NEED CANADIANS HAVE AS THE
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GOVERNMENT TRIES TO FIGHT THE
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PANDEMIC FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH
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PERSPECTIVE AND STABILIZE THE
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ECONOMY WHICH IS STARTING TO
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MELT DOWN AS PEOPLE ARE LAID OFF
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AND FORCED TO WORK FROM HOME.
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WE ALSO KNOW FROM A HEALTH
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PERSPECTIVE, DR. THERESA TAM,
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THE CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER
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IN THIS COUNTRY, TELLING US THAT
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THIS WEEK IS A CRITICAL WEEK IN
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TERMS OF SEEING WHETHER
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CANADIANS' EFFORTS OF PHYSICAL
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DISTANCING ARE MAKING A
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DIFFERENCE AND WHETHER WE CAN
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FLATTEN THE CURVE.
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LET'S BRING IN VASSY KAPELOS,
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THE HOST OF "POWER & POLITICS"
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AND DAVID COCHRANE.
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VASSY, I'LL START WITH YOU.
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WE KNOW MONDAY HAD BEEN THE DAY
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THE GOVERNMENT PROMISED TO GIVE
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MORE DETAILS ABOUT THIS SMALL-
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AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESS AID.
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>> Vassy: THIS IS A FEW DAYS
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INTO THE ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
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A LOT OF SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZED
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BUSINESS OWNERS ANXIOUS TO FIND
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OUT IF THEY'RE GOING TO QUALIFY
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BECAUSE THOSE DETAILS HAVE NOT
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BEEN PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC.
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MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE WILL
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BE A FEW DETAILS PROVIDED TODAY,
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BUT THE BULK OF THOSE DETAILS
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WILL BE RELEASED TOMORROW.
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I THINK THE PRIMARY QUESTIONS ON
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WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE QUALIFY
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INCLUDES THINGS LIKE DO I HAVE
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TO BE INCORPORATED, CAN I BE A
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PARTNERSHIP.
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IS THERE GOING TO BE A CAP IN
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THE LAST ITERATION OF THIS, THE
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10% WAGE SUBSIDY, THERE WAS A
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CAP PER EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE.
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THE INDEPENDENT FEDERATION OF
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BUSINESSES SAYS THAT A CAP WOULD
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NOT BE HELPFUL IN THIS INSTANCE.
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THAT WOULD INCREASE THE COST OF
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THE PROGRAM, BUT THEY'RE SAYING
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THE CASH NEEDS TO COME QUICKLY
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AND THERE SHOULD NOT BE AN UPPER
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LIMIT FOR THE EMPLOYER, MAYBE
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THE EMPLOYEE, BUT NOT THE
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EMPLOYER.
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ALL THOSE SIGNIFICANT AND
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IMPORTANT DETAILS HAVE TO COME.
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I'M NOT ANTICIPATING ALL OF THEM
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WILL COME FROM THE PRIME
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MINISTER.
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THE BULK OF THEM WILL COME
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TOMORROW.
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WE'RE ANTICIPATING TO HEAR FROM
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THE DEFENCE MINISTER LATER ON AS
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WELL AS THE CHIEF OF THE DEFENCE
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STAFF TALKING ABOUT THE
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MILITARY'S POSTURE AND
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POSITIONING IN ALL OF THIS, AND
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NOT SO MUCH THAT THEY'RE CALLING
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THE MILITARY IN PER SE, THERE IS
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ALSO FOREST FIRE SEASON AND
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FLOODING SEASON COMING UP.
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WE'RE EXPECTING THE DETAILS ON
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THAT FROM GENERAL VANCE.
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BUT I'M TOLD THE PRIME MINISTER
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WILL MENTION THE MILITARY IN
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CANADA'S RESPONSE TO COVID-19 AS
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WELL AS ALL THE OTHER THINGS
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GOING ON.
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>> Rosemary: A FEW DETAILS THERE
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FOR SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZED
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BUSINESSES, BUT NOT EVERYTHING.
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IT IS COMPLICATED AND THERE ARE
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LOTS OF DETAILS, BUT WE WILL SEE
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HOW QUICKLY THEY CAN GET THAT
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SORTED OUT.
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JUST TO GIVE PEOPLE AN UPDATE ON
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TESTING IN THIS COUNTRY, MORE
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THAN 210,000 TESTS HAVE BEEN
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COMPLETED ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
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OF COURSE TESTING SO CRITICAL TO
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INVESTIGATING, ISOLATING CASES,
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TRACING CONTACTS SO YOU CAN SEE
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WHAT'S HAPPENING INSIDE
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COMMUNITIES.
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I DO HAVE A GRAPH FOLLOWING SOME
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REPORTING DONE BY MY COLLEAGUE
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MIKE CRAWLEY AROUND THE I.C.U.
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CAPACITIES.
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HE CONFIRMED THAT CONFIRMED OR
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SUSPECTED COVID-19 CASES NOW
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ACCOUNT FOR ONE IN FOUR PATIENTS
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IN ONTARIO.
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NOW, THERE'S STILL CAPACITY IN
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THE HOSPITALS, BUT IT DOES SHOW
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A COUPLE OF THINGS.
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FIRST OF ALL, IT SHOWS THAT
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ONTARIO, AS YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR
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SCREEN THERE, IS TESTING A
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SMALLER PROPORTION OF ITS
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POPULATION VERSUS THE OTHER
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PROVINCES, QUEBEC, B.C., AND
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ALBERTA.
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THAT MIGHT BE TROUBLING, GIVEN
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THAT WE ARE EXPECTING THIS WEEK
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TO BE SO CRITICAL FOR THAT.
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LET ME BRING IN -- WE'RE TRYING
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TO GET SET UP.
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I'LL BRING IN DAVID COCHRANE AND
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WE'LL KEEP GOING ON THAT FRONT.
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AT NOON TODAY THE GOVERNMENT IS
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PUTTING STRICTER MEASURES AROUND
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DOMESTIC TRAVEL, EITHER BY RAIL
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OR AIR.
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>> David: YEAH, THEY'RE ASKING
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AIRLINES AND PASSENGER TRAIN
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COMPANIES TO DO A SCREENING OF
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THEIR PASSENGERS, ASKING THEM --
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WHETHER THEY'RE SYMPTOMATIC OR
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ANYTHING LIKE THAT, AND IF THEY
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ARE, THEY ARE GOING TO BE
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REFUSED ENTRY TO THE PLANE OR
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THE TRAIN.
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THIS IS A CRITICAL WEEK IN WHAT
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THE DATA WILL TELL US.
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THIS IS WHAT DR. THERESA TAM,
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THE CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER
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FOR THE COUNTRY TOLD US.
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WHEN WE GET THE LAG OF SNOWBIRDS
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AND SPRING BREAKERS THAT ARE
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COMING BACK TO CANADA, AND ALSO
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WE'RE GOING TO GET A SENSE OF
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HOW WELL THE PHYSICAL DISTANCING
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AND LOCKDOWN MEASURES THAT WERE
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IMPLEMENTING AROUND THE SAME
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TIME THAT PEOPLE WERE COMING
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BACK MAY HAVE DONE TO SLOW OR
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FLATTEN THE NUMBER OF CASES.
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THE ENTIRE OBJECTIVE OF ALL OF
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THESE MEASURES IS TO FLATTEN THE
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CURVE.
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I SUSPECT THERE WILL BE SOME
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CONCERN THAT THE RETURN OF
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NEARLY 1 MILLION CANADIANS OUT
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OF THE COUNTRY BACK TO CANADA,
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COINCIDING WITH THE ECONOMIC
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LOCKDOWN OF THINGS WE HAVE SEEN
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COULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A
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PROBLEM OR THEY COULD COLLIDE
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WITH EACH OTHER.
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THERE IS SOME CONCERN THAT COULD
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SHOW UP IN THE NUMBERS.
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IT'S GOING TO BE A CRITICAL WEEK
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GETTING AN IDEA OF WHERE CANADA
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IS ON THESE THINGS BECAUSE OF
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THE TWO TIMELINES THAT WE'RE
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WORKING WITH ON EXTREME PHYSICAL
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DISTANCING AND THE RETURN OF
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PEOPLE.
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JUST COMING BACK TO TODAY'S
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ANNOUNCEMENT.
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THE WAGE SUBSIDY IS EXTREMELY
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IMPORTANT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
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THAT WANT TO STAY IN OPERATION
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THROUGHOUT THIS, WHETHER YOUR
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LOCAL CORNER STORE, PHARMACY,
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GROCERY STORE.
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NOT THE BIG CHAINS LIKE LOBLAWS,
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BUT SMALLER PLACES.
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SOME OF THEM IT COULD MEAN THE
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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STAYING OPEN
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OR GOING UNDER.
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AND THE BEST DESCRIPTION I HEARD
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WITH WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE
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CANADIAN ECONOMY OUTSIDE OF THE
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OIL SECTOR CAME FROM A CARLETON
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PROFESSOR SAYING ESSENTIALLY THE
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CANADIAN AND THE WORLD ECONOMY
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IS IN A MEDICALLY INDUCED COMA.
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IT'S BEEN PUT UNDER TO STOP THE
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SPREAD OF ADDITIONAL HARM.
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THE MEASURES WE'RE DOING NOW ARE
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MEANT TO SUSTAIN IT THROUGH THIS
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PERIOD AND HELP IT COME BACK TO
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FULL STRENGTH ONCE THE COMA
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PERIOD IS OVER.
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>> Rosemary: THAT'S A GOOD SEGUE
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THERE.
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APOLOGIES FOR THE TECHNICAL
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ISSUES.
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IT WAS THAT I COULDN'T HEAR
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ANYTHING.
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WE'RE WAITING FOR THE PRIME
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MINISTER IN ABOUT SEVEN MINUTES
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OR SO.
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LET ME BRING IN A GUEST AND THAT
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IS DAVID MCMILLAN, A RESTAURANT
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OWNER OF JOE BEEFS, A VERY CHEF
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AND RESTAURANT OTHER THAN IN
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MONTREAL.
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GOOD TO SEE YOU.
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>> Interview: THANK YOU.
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HOW ARE YOU?
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>> Rosemary: I'M GOOD.
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I WANTED TO GET YOU ON BECAUSE
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OF SOME STARK NUMBERS ON YOUR
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INSTAGRAM AND THAT IS BECAUSE
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700,000 PEOPLE IN THE RESTAURANT
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AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY LOST
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THEIR JOBS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF
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WEEKS.
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HOW ARE YOU DOING?
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>> Interview: I'M DOING GOOD.
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THERE'S ABOUT 1.2 MILLION
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WORKING IN THE RESTAURANT
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INDUSTRY, ARGUABLY MORE.
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LAST WEEK 700,000 PEOPLE GOT
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THEIR WALKING PAPERS.
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SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO
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DEALING WITH ISSUES RELATED TO
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THIS, MAKING SURE EVERYONE IS
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GOOD.
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WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE
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TRICKLE-DOWN EFFECT.
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WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESTAURANT
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WORKERS, BUT RESTAURANTS WORK
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WITH ALL KINDS OF COMMUNITY MANY
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OF BASED ORGANIZATIONS, SMALL
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FARMS, CHEESE, WINE MAKERS, THE
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WHOLE GAMUT.
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>> Rosemary: YOUR RESTAURANT HAS
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BEEN AROUND AND IT'S SUCCESSFUL.
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IS IT HITTING YOU DIFFERENTLY
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THAN A SMALLER, NEWER
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RESTAURANT?
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>> Interview: ABSOLUTELY.
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JOE BEEF IS 15 YEARS OLD AND
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DOES FAIRLY WELL.
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WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A WAR
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CHEST, NOT MUCH AFTER 15 YEARS.
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WE COULD WEATHER A COUPLE OF
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MONTHS MAYBE, BUT I HAVE FRIENDS
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MESSAGING ME WHO OPENED A WEEK
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BEFORE THIS HAPPENED.
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A GRAND OPENING AND CLOSING.
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I HAVE FRIENDS WHO HAVE $300,000
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IN RENOVATION FEES WHO HAD TO
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CLOSE FIVE DAYS AFTER THEY
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RE-OPENED FROM RENOVATING.
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THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN HOT
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WATER.
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>> Rosemary: WHAT ABOUT THE WAGE
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SUBSIDY THAT THE PRIME MINISTER
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AND THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED
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LAST WEEK, 75% OF WAGES FOR
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COMPANIES?
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I KNOW YOU'VE HAD TO LAYOFF SOME
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OF YOUR PEOPLE, BUT IF YOU
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BROUGHT THEM BACK ON THE
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PAYROLL, WOULD THAT BE ENOUGH TO
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COVER WHAT THEY NEED?
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WOULD THAT WORK FOR YOU?
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>> Interview: IT MAY.
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WE STILL HAVE TO READ THE FINE
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PRINT.
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MY BUSINESS PARTNER IS DOING HER
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DUE DILIGENCE TODAY READING
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THROUGH THIS, TODAY AND
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TOMORROW.
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THERE IS FINE PRINT.
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WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW
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EXACTLY THAT WORKS.
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I CAN PUT EVERYBODY BACK ON
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PAYROLL IF THE GOVERNMENT SAYS
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SO, BUT EVENTUALLY FOUR WEEKS
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FROM NOW I WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE
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PAYROLL.
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SO WE HAVE TO STUDY ALL OF THAT
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AND ALL OF THE FINE PRINT VERY
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CAREFULLY.
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>> Rosemary: THEY ALSO HAVE PUT
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SOME LOANS IN PLACE.
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I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S
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SOMETHING YOU DO PERSONALLY WITH
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A CREDIT LINE.
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>> Interview: YEAH, SURE, BUT
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GETTING IN DEBT DURING THIS IS
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ABSOLUTELY NOT OUR IDEAL
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SCENARIO.
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I DON'T WANT ANY LOANS TO BE
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HONEST.
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I'D LIKE UTILITIES TO CALM DOWN,
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I WOULD LIKE BELL TO STEP OFF,
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HYDRO QUÉBEC AND UTILITIES TO
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STEP OFF.
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I'M GOING TO WRITE OFF A MONTH
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HERE.
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I MIGHT WRITE OFF TWO MONTHS.
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I EXPECT EVERYBODY TO WRITE OFF
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DOWN THE CHAIN TWO MONTHS FOR
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THIS TO WORK.
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WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE TRUE
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NATURE OF BIG BUSINESS COMING
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SOON.
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>> Rosemary: WHAT WORRIES YOU
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ABOUT THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY
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SORT OF ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
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IN THE UNITED STATES?
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YOU HEAR SOME REALLY SAD STORIES
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ABOUT EVEN BIG RESTAURANTS AND
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BIG CHEFS HAVING TO CLOSE
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THINGS.
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>> Interview: IT'S EXACTLY JUST
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THAT.
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THE NATURE OF OUR BUSINESS IS A
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VERY OLD, HISTORICAL BUSINESS OF
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FEEDING PEOPLE AND RESTORING
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PEOPLE IN SMALL ROOMS AND
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GROUPS.
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NOW WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IF THE
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NEW REALITY IS THAT WE CAN'T SIT
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MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN DINING ROOMS
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IN CLOSE CONFINES, WE'LL HAVE TO
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COMPLETELY CHANGE THE WAY THAT
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WE PRACTICE OUR BUSINESS.
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IT'S VERY SPECIAL.
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I DON'T EVEN SEE LIGHT AT THE
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END OF THE TUNNEL, TO BE HONEST,
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THAT I CAN SIT 40 PEOPLE IN A 20
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FOOT BY 20 FOOT DINING ROOM IN
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THE NEXT EIGHT WEEKS DOESN'T
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SOUND REALISTIC TO ME.
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SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A
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HARD LOOK INTERNALLY AT HOW WE
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WORK AND COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS.
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>> Rosemary: ARE YOU WORRIED
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ABOUT YOUR FUTURE AND YOUR
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BUSINESS?
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>> Interview: ABSOLUTELY.
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I'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE I WAS
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17 YEARS OLD.
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I'M GOING TO BE 50 NEXT YEAR.
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I'VE GIVEN MY WHOLE LIFE TO THE
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RESTAURANT BUSINESS.
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I LOVE IT.
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I ENJOY IT.
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YEAH, I CAN DEFINITELY SEE WE'RE
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JUST HAEMORRHAGING MONEY.
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THERE'S NOTHING TO -- IT COULD
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BE THE END, YOU KNOW.
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BUT THAT'S FINE.
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CHIN UP.
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I'LL BUY GROCERIES.
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I'LL HELP OUT.
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.
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>> Interview: I COULD CRY ABOUT
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IT.
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I HAD A GOOD RUN.
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HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET BACK TO IT,
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STAY POSITIVE.
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I'VE HAD A WONDERFUL CAREER AND
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A GREAT RUN.
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IF THAT'S IT, SO BE IT.
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I JUST MAKE SURE THAT MY KIDS
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ARE HAPPY AND HEALTHY AND MY
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LOVED ONES ARE TAKEN CARE OF.
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CHIN UP.
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>> Rosemary: ARE YOU -- I'LL
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JUST END ON THIS, AND I LIKE THE
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EXPRESSION "CHIN UP."
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I USE IT A LOT TOO.
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THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE COOKING
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AT HOME AND POSTING ON INSTAGRAM
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AND TWITTER.
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ARE YOU DOING THAT AND DOING
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SOMETHING THAT BRINGS YOU HOPE
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AND JOY AT HOME?
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>> Interview: YEAH, WE'RE
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COOKING FAMILY MEALS AND
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OVERCOOKING AND SHARING FOODS.
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SHARING WITH FRIENDS IN THE
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IMMEDIATE QUARANTINE CIRCLE.
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HAVING A GREAT TIME WATCHING
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SOCIAL MEDIA.
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LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE MAKING SOUR
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DOUGH BREAD.
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LOTS OF PASTAS.
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LOTS OF PEOPLE SHARING FANCY
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WINES THEY'RE DRINKING.
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SOCIAL MEDIA IS FUN, LOTS OF
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LIVE INSTAGRAM VIDEOS.
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IT'S NEAT.
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WE NEED A -- THANK GOD FOR
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SOCIAL MEDIA.
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AT LEAST WE HAVE A CONNECTION
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WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND SEE WHAT
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THEY'RE UP TO.
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>> Rosemary: LISTEN, I HOPE IT'S
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NOT THE END FOR YOU AND OTHER
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RESTAURANTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
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BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME
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OF THE STARK NUMBERS YOU PUT ON
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INSTAGRAM, 700,000 PEOPLE LOSING
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THEIR JOBS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF
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WEEKS.
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DAVE, THANKS.
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I HOPE I GET BACK TO EAT YOUR
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LOBSTER SPAGHETTI.
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>> Interview: THANKS.
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>> Rosemary: THAT WAS DAVE
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MCMILLAN, THE OWNER OF JOE BEEF.
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AS WE WAIT FOR THE PRIME
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MINISTER, WE WILL BRING BACK
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VASSY KAPELOS AND DAVID
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COCHRANE.
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VASSY, I'LL GO TO YOU.
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YOU SEE DAVE TALKING ABOUT
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KEEPING HIS CHIN UP AND TRYING
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TO PUT A GOOD FACE ON, BUT THERE
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ARE ALREADY PEOPLE CONTEMPLATING
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TWO MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD, I
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DON'T KNOW IF I CAN COME BACK, I
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DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.
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IS THERE A BIG SHIFT IN MANY
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INDUSTRIES, BUT PARTICULARLY THE
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HOSPITALITY ONE?
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>> Vassy: YEAH, IT DOES
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DEFINITELY DEPEND ON THE
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INDUSTRY.
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I THINK ANYBODY WHO RUNS THEIR
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OWN BUSINESS -- I COME FROM A
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FAMILY OF PEOPLE WHO DO -- IS
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VERY MUCH RIGHT NOW WORRIED
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ABOUT STAYING OPEN.
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WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY
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TO DRAW REVENUE, TO BRING IN ANY
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REVENUE, VERY QUICKLY YOUR
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RESERVES START TO LEAVE YOU.
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I THINK THAT'S WHY THE POTENTIAL
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FOR THIS WAGE SUBSIDY, THIS
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INCREASED 75% WAGE SUBSIDY IS
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HUGELY KEY.
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I HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE REACH
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OUT TO ME ON FRIDAY SAYING IF
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THE DETAILS ARE OKAY AND I
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QUALIFY, I CAN KEEP MY EMPLOYEES
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ON THE PAYROLL FOR THE NEXT TWO
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OR THREE MONTHS IF I HAVE TO.
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IT IS SUBSTANTIAL.
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AND I THINK THE IMPORTANT AND
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THE SIGNIFICANT POINT WE'VE BEEN
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HIGHLIGHTING ALL MORNING AND
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THAT OUR VIEWERS NEED TO KNOW,
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WE NEED SOME VERY CLEAR SIGNALS
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FROM THE GOVERNMENT ABOUT WHO
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WILL QUALIFY AND WILL SOMEONE
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LIKE THE ONE YOU JUST SPOKE TO,
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THE OWNER OF JOE BEEF, WILL THEY
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BE ABLE TO QUALIFY, WILL THE
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OWNERS OF A SALON QUALIFY.
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NOT ALL BUSINESSES ARE RUN THE
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SAME, SOME ARE INCORPORATED OR
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PARTNERSHIPS, SOME ARE NOT.
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SO I THINK THOSE DETAILS ARE
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GOING TO BE HUGELY SIGNIFICANT.
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I THINK WHAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS
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SIGNALLED SO FAR IS THAT IT WILL
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BE BROAD.
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THAT'S WHAT THEY SIGNAL WITH THE
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C.R.B. AS WELL.
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THE IDEA IS TO CATCH A BIG SWATH
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OF PEOPLE.
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IT WILL HAVE TO MATCH UP WITH
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THE RHETORIC AND JUDGE IT BASED
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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
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MIDDLE EAST.
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WE'RE MAKING MINOR ADJUSTMENTS
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BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19
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ENVIRONMENT.
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THE CAPACITY-BUILDING THAT WE
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USED TO DO IS NOT HAPPENING
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BECAUSE IN CERTAIN AREAS LIKE
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UKRAINE, WE CAN'T DO CAPACITY
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BUILDING FOR THIS REASON.
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WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THE FORCE
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IS PROTECTED AS WELL.
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AND WE'RE ALSO VERY MINDFUL THAT
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WE'RE LOOKING AT ANY ADVERSARIES
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THAT MIGHT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
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SITUATION.
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WE'RE VERY MINDFUL OF THAT AND
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WE'RE TAKING THE RIGHT MEASURES.
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THIS IS WHAT -- WHEN YOU'VE BEEN
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OPERATING IN A VERY CLOSE
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MULTI-LATERAL ENVIRONMENT,
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SOMETHING THAT THE PRIME
104:49
MINISTER HAS EMPHASIZED GREATLY,
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AND THROUGH THOSE RELATIONSHIPS
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WE'RE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THESE
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VARIOUS THREATS.
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>> WE'LL TURN TO THE PHONE FOR
104:58
THREE LAST QUESTIONS.
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OPERATOR.
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>> THANK YOU.
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THE NEXT QUESTION
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IS FROM "LE DEVOIR."
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THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
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>> Question: MY QUESTION IS FOR
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YOU, MADAM FREELAND.
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I WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK TO
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LAST FRIDAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE.
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YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS
105:22
POSSIBILITY THAT THE
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UNITED STATES MIGHT DEPORT
105:24
REFUGEES THAT WE WOULD HAVE SENT
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BACK TO THEM SINCE THE BORDER IS
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CLOSED TO IMMIGRANTS.
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SO I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD
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GIVE US AN UPDATE AS TO THE
105:38
URGENT DISCUSSIONS THAT YOU
105:39
REFERRED TO.
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SO DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE IN
105:42
RELATION TO THOSE DISCUSSIONS?
105:43
DID YOU OBTAIN GUARANTEES FROM
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THE AMERICANS RELATING TO THAT?
105:51
IN TERMS OF REFUGEES WHO HAVE
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BEEN SENT BACK TO THE
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UNITED STATES AS OF THE 20th OF
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MARCH, HOW MANY OF THEM HAVE
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GONE BACK TO THEIR COUNTRIES OF
105:59
ORIGIN?
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>> Answer: THANK YOU VERY MUCH
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FOR YOUR QUESTION.
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AS I SAID ON FRIDAY LAST, IT IS
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AN ISSUE THAT IS OF TREMENDOUS
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CONCERN TO CANADA.
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MYSELF AND MINISTER BLAIR AND
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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
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YOU AWARE OF CASES WHERE PEOPLE
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WERE REALLY SENT BACK TO THE
106:34
UNITED STATES AND THEN WERE
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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.
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>> NEXT QUESTION.
106:52
.
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>> THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM
106:55
JORJE BARRERA FROM CBC.
106:59
>> Question: MINISTER FREELAND,
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THERE'S BEEN SOME FIRST NATIONS
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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
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DEAL WITH THE POTENTIAL
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OUTBREAKS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
107:12
I'M JUST WONDERING HOW YOUR
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GOVERNMENT FEELS ABOUT THIS
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REQUEST.
107:19
>> Answer: OUR GOVERNMENT HAS
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EVERY CONFIDENCE IN THE
107:25
EXCELLENCE OF THE CANADIAN
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MEDICAL SYSTEM, IN THE
107:30
EXCELLENCE OF CANADIAN
107:31
HEALTHCARE WORKERS.
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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
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THE GOVERNMENT IS AWARE OF THE
107:50
PARTICULAR VULNERABILITIES
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INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES FACE.
107:52
SO I HAVE HUGE FAITH AND TRUST
107:57
IN CANADIAN FRONTLINE MEDICAL
107:59
WORKERS.
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THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB AND
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THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO
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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.
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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
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CANADA.
108:35
>> THANK YOU, DOCTOR.
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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 WHO ARE
116:48
WORKING HARD TO CONTROL THE
116:49
PANDEMIC.
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