 
ROSEMARY BARTON HERE IN THE 
NATION'S CAPITAL.
WELCOME TO OUR SPECIAL COVERAGE 
ON "CBC NEWS NETWORK" AND 
STREAMING RIGHT AROUND THE WORLD
ON OUR APP AND ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE'RE STANDING BY THIS MONDAY TO
HEAR FROM PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN 
TRUDEAU WHO WILL TAKE QUESTIONS 
FROM REPORTERS IN A FEW MINUTES,
AT 11:15 EASTERN FROM HIS HOME.
WE ARE NOT EXPECTING ANYTHING 
TERRIBLY NEW IN THE PRIME 
MINISTER'S UPDATE ON THIS 
MONDAY, BUT THE PRIME MINISTER 
IS EXPECTED TO GENERALLY UPDATE 
US ON SOME OF THE MEASURES THAT 
THE GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN OVER 
THE PAST FEW MONTHS, AT THIS 
POINT, WHETHER IT BE ECONOMIC OR
HEALTH MEASURES.
IT IS ALSO THE FIRST TIME THAT 
THE PRIME MINISTER WILL SPEAK TO
REPORTERS SINCE THE BLACK LIVES 
MATTER PROTESTS THAT HAPPENED 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON FRIDAY, 
AND THE PRIME MINISTER ATTENDED 
ONE OF THOSE, OF COURSE, ON 
PARLIAMENT HILL.
WE HEARD EARLIER FROM ANDREW 
SCHEER AND YVES FRANÇOIS 
BLANCHET.
THE HYBRID COVID-19 COMMITTEE 
WILL MEET LATER TODAY, AND THE 
NOON BRIEFING WITH CABINET AND 
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS.
MORE PROVINCES ARE REOPENING 
TODAY OR MOVING INTO THE NEXT 
PHASES OF THAT.
NEWFOUNDLAND, SASKATCHEWAN ARE 
LIFTING MORE RESTRICTIONS WHILE 
ONTARIO LATER THIS AFTERNOON 
PLANS TO LAY OUT ITS NEXT STEPS.
IT'S STILL IN THE PHASE ONE OF 
THINGS IN THIS PROVINCE.
MONTREAL BUSINESSES EARLIER 
TODAY ANNOUNCED THE GOVERNMENT 
INJECTION OF MILLIONS IN RELIEF 
FUNDS, INCLUDING SOME ADDITIONAL
COMMERCIAL RENT HELP FOR PEOPLE,
FOR BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN 
MONTREAL.
I WILL BRING IN MY COLLEAGUES 
NOW, THE HOST OF "POWER & 
POLITICS", VASSY KAPELOS, AND 
THE CBC'S DAVID COCHRANE.
GOOD TO SEE YOU BOTH.
HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD WEEKEND.
AS WE WAIT FOR THE PRIME 
MINISTER HERE TO EMERGE, AS I 
SAID, VASSY, NOT NECESSARILY TO 
ANNOUNCE ANYTHING HUGE TODAY BUT
TO SORT OF GIVE US WE THINK AN 
UPDATE ON WHERE THINGS ARE AT.
>> Vassy: YEAH, I THINK AN 
UPDATE SPECIFICALLY AROUND 
UPTAKE OF VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT 
THE GOVERNMENT HAS ROLLED OUT, 
AND WE ARE ENTERING, AS YOU 
COULD HEAR FROM OPPOSITION 
LEADERS TODAY, SORT OF A PERIOD 
WHERE A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS 
ARE COMING TO THEIR END, OR 
CLOSE TO THEIR END.
LIKE THE CERB OR THE WAGE 
SUBSIDY PROGRAM.
BUT THERE ARE SORT OF PROMISES 
FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND
IN SOME CASES SPECIFIC ONES, 
OTHERS JUST SORT OF INDICATIONS 
THAT THOSE PROGRAMS WILL 
CONTINUE TO SOME DEGREE, AND SO 
NOW WE'RE STARTING TO GET A 
SENSE OF IN WHAT WAY.
AND HOW MUCH WILL THEY CONTINUE,
TO WHAT DEGREE.
I THINK ALL THOSE QUESTIONS ARE 
BASICALLY GOING TO BE SWIRLING 
AROUND PARLIAMENT OVER THE NEXT 
WEEK, AND SO THE PRIME MINISTER 
IS SET TO GIVE A BIT OF AN 
UPDATE ON THE UPTAKE FOR THOSE 
PROGRAMS, AND THE PROGRAMS THAT 
I WOULD SORT OF ZONE IN ON RIGHT
NOW, IS, OF COURSE, THE NUMBER 
ONE PROGRAM WOULD BE THE WAGE 
SUBSIDY.
THAT'S SOMETHING THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT HAS EXPLICITLY SAID 
THAT IT WILL EXTEND TO THE END 
OF AUGUST.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO END IN JUNE.
THE UPTAKE WAS NOT GREAT.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS AS OF 
LAST WEEK THERE WERE ABOUT 
322,000 APPROVED APPLICATIONS.
THEY HAD ANTICIPATED A MILLION 
APPLICATIONS.
THEY HAD ALSO ORIGINALLY 
ANTICIPATED THE PROGRAM WOULD 
COST ABOUT $70 BILLION TOTAL.
SO FAR THEY HAVE PAID OUT JUST 
OVER $9 BILLION.
AGAIN, THAT'S EARLY LAST WEEK.
THAT'S THE LATEST INFORMATION 
THAT'S AVAILABLE.
SO THE GOVERNMENT HAD PROMISED 
TO NOT ONLY EXTEND THE PROGRAM 
IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE UPTAKE,
BUT ALSO WIDEN THE PARAMETERS 
FOR QUALIFICATION.
SO YOU HAD TO SHOW A 30% DECLINE
IN REVENUE YEAR OVER YEAR, LET'S
SAY THAT'S THE KIND OF BASELINE 
QUALIFIER.
THERE WERE SOME NUANCES TO THAT.
BUT THAT WAS HARD INITIALLY FOR 
SOME BUSINESSES, EVEN HARDER AS 
THEY START TO REOPEN.
YOU MENTIONED NEWFOUNDLAND AND 
LABRADOR, SASKATCHEWAN, LOTS OF 
BUSINESSES STARTING TO REOPEN TO
VARYING DEGREES, AND SO THE NEED
FOR THE PROGRAM STILL EXISTS, 
BUT MAYBE THEY CAN'T SHOW A FULL
30% DROP.
SO WE'LL BE LOOKING TO THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO GET SOME 
ANSWERS, AND THE PRIME MINISTER 
SPECIFICALLY, ON HOW THEY SEE 
THIS PROGRAM EVOLVING.
AND THEN ALSO ON THE CERB, WHICH
WE KNOW HAS HAD A WILD UPTAKE, 
MORE THAN 8 MILLION UNIQUE 
APPLICANTS TO THAT PROGRAM AND 
THE VALUE OF THAT PROGRAM ALSO 
INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THE
GOVERNMENT HAD SET ASIDE TO PAY 
FOR IT ALSO INCREASED.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AS 
PEOPLE GET READY TO APPLY FOR 
THEIR LAST MONTH OF THAT $2,000 
A MONTH.
WILL IT BE EXTENDED?
WILL THERE BE VARIANCES IN HOW 
IT'S APPLIED?
AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT 
PARLIAMENT IS GOING TO BE 
DISCUSSING.
AND THEN FINALLY YOU MENTIONED 
COMMERCIAL RENT.
TODAY QUEBEC ANOUNGSED THAT 
THEY'RE GOING TO SORT OF GIVE A 
LOT MORE MONEY TO IT SO THAT 
LANDLORDS DON'T HAVE TO PAY AS 
MUCH AS THEY WERE, KIND OF TAKE 
AS MUCH OF A HIT AS THEY HAD 
PLANNED TO TAKE.
SO THAT UPTAKE ON THAT PROGRAM 
IS ALSO NOT FANTASTIC.
AS OF LAST WEEK, AT LEAST.
16 LANDLORDS HAD SUBMITTED 
APPLICATIONS ON BEHALF OF 16,000
TENANTS FOR RENT SUBSIDIES WORTH
$65 MILLION.
I THINK THEY HAD ANTICIPATED IT 
TO BE ABOUT TRIPLE THAT.
THAT COULD BE A DELAY IN THE 
APPLICATIONS ARE PRETTY 
CUMBERSOME.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN UPDATE ON 
THAT PROGRAM IF THE GOVERNMENT 
IS CONSIDERING ANY CHANGES ON 
THE FEDERAL LEVEL OR EXPECTING 
OTHER PROVINCES TO FOLLOW SUIT 
WITH QUEBEC.
>> Rosemary: THANK YOU FOR ALL 
THAT, VASSY.
THAT'S ALL GOOD INFORMATION.
I WOULD SAY LOTS OF PEOPLE ON 
CERB ARE PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT 
ANXIOUS TO HEAR MORE ABOUT WHAT 
THE FUTURE HOLDS.
AS YOU SAY, WE'RE NOW INTO -- IF
YOU STARTED WHEN IT FIRST BECAME
AVAILABLE, YOU'RE ON YOUR FOURTH
WEEK -- FOURTH MONTH, RATHER, OF
THAT, WHICH ENDS THE BEGINNING 
OF JULY.
SO PEOPLE WANT SOME CLARITY 
AROUND IF I DON'T HAVE A JOB TO 
GO BACK TO, WHAT EXACTLY CAN I 
COUNT ON IN TERMS OF GOVERNMENT 
SUPPORT.
DAVID, MAYBE YOU CAN PICK UP 
THERE.
I THINK WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF 
INDICATIONS, OTHER THAN IT WOULD
BE SOME SORT OF EI-CERB THING, 
ALTHOUGH I DO BELIEVE THAT 
THERE'S BEEN A SUGGESTION IT 
COULD BE EXTENDED EVEN, BUT WE 
DON'T REALLY KNOW MORE THAN 
THAT.
>> David: YEAH, I THINK THERE'S 
ALSO THE ISSUE OF WHETHER YOU 
CAN MAKE ANY PERMANENT DECISIONS
ABOUT THE LIFE OF ANY OF THESE 
PROGRAMS IN THE ABSENCE OF 
KNOWING WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S 
GOING TO BE A SECOND WAVE OF 
THIS PANDEMIC, WHAT THE SEVERITY
OF IT MIGHT BE, HOW THIS 
REOPENINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY COULD TRIGGER
MORE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATA FROM THE
STATES, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT 
EXPERIENCE, SOME OF THE STATES 
STARTED REOPENING IN A BIG WAY, 
FLORIDA, CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, 
THEY'VE GOT SOME PROBLEMS.
YOU'RE SEEING A BIG SURGE IN 
NUMBERS.
AND THE NUMBER IS DO YOU KEEP 
PUSHING AHEAD WITH THAT OR DO 
YOU BACK INTO A LOCKDOWN AND HOW
DO YOU SUPPORT PEOPLE IF YOU 
HAVE TO RETREAT FROM THESE 
REOPENINGS.
SO THAT CREATES A PUBLIC POLICY 
PROBLEM THAT IS DRIVEN ENTIRELY 
A ECONOMICAL SITUATION.
IT GOES BEYOND THE PHILOSOPHY OF
PAYING, YOU CAN STOP CERB NOW, 
BUT YOU MAY HAVE TO BRING IT 
BACK, OR DO YOU MAKE IT A 
REGIONAL THING.
IF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND CAN 
FULLY REOPEN ITS LOCAL ECONOMY, 
EXCLUSIVE OF PEOPLE COMING IN 
AND OUT OF ITS PROVINCE, OR IF 
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR CAN DO
THE SAME THING BECAUSE OF THEIR 
LOW CASE LEVELS AND RELATIVELY 
ISOLATION AND ABILITY TO CONTROL
ACCESS IN AND OUT, DO YOU MAKE 
CERB MORE DIFFICULT -- FOR LIKE 
AN EI, MORE REGIONALLY BASED?
THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABLES THAT 
GO INTO ANY OF THESE 
CONVERSATIONS.
I SUSPECT WE WILL GET THE MATH 
UPDATE ON THAT FROM THE PRIME 
MINISTER.
THIS WILL BE HIS FIRST PUBLIC 
COMMENT SINCE HE WENT TO THE 
PROTEST ON PARLIAMENT HILL ON 
FRIDAY AND KNELT IN SOLIDARITY 
WITH ANTI-BLACKRACISM 
PROTESTERS, AND CABINET IS 
MEETING TODAY, WHICH IT DOESN'T 
NORMALLY DO ON A MONDAY, AND I'M
TOLD THAT ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES 
THAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT AT 
THE CABINET TABLE TODAY IS 
POLICING.
IT IS RACISM, AND WHAT NEXT 
STEPS WOULD BE AND WHAT CONCRETE
ACTIONS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
CAN TAKE.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN ISSUE 
THAT'S REALLY EXPLODED IN THE 
UNITED STATES, BUT OBVIOUSLY 
CANADA IS NOT IMMUNE FROM IT, 
AND CERTAINLY NOT, FOR EXAMPLE, 
COMPLETELY CLEAN HANDS WHEN IT 
COMES TO DEALING WITH THESE 
ISSUES.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT 
GOVERNMENTS AT EVERY LEVEL OF 
THE COUNTRY ARE DEALING WITH, 
AND THE FEDERAL CABINET WILL BE 
DEALING WITH PARTICULARLY TODAY.
>> Rosemary: AND WE KNOW THAT 
PRIME MINISTER DID DISCUSS IT 
WITH THE RCMP COMMISSIONER ON 
FRIDAY, BUT WE DIDN'T REALLY GET
AN UPDATE ON HOW THAT 
CONVERSATION WENT, SO PERHAPS 
HE'LL HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT 
THAT TOO.
THANK YOU BOTH.
I WANT TO NOW TURN OUR ATTENTION
TO ONE OF THE PROVINCES THAT HAS
DONE VERY WELL IN CONTAINING THE
VIRUS AND IS NOW ACTUALLY 
ENTERING THE THIRD PHASE OF ITS 
COVID-19 REOPENING PLAN, AND 
THAT IS SASKATCHEWAN.
AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT MEANS 
THAT SALONS, SPAS AND SOME OTHER
SERVICES CAN NOW OPEN THEIR 
DOORS.
THE OWNER OF A SPA IN SASKATOON 
IS RESUMING SOME SERVICES TODAY.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, JESS.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> Rosemary: WELL, SO I'M IN 
ONTARIO, AND VERY JEALOUS OF 
THIS REOPENING STAGE IN 
SASKATCHEWAN, BECAUSE WE ARE 
OBVIOUSLY NOWHERE NEAR THAT.
BUT TELL ME HOW YOU HAVE 
PREPARED YOUR BUSINESSES FOR 
THIS.
I'M SURE YOU'VE ANXIOUSLY BEEN 
AWAITING IT, BUT HOW HAVE YOU 
GOTTEN READY FOR IT?
>> SO WE OPENED FOR MASSAGE 
THERAPIY ON MAY 19, SO WE'VE HAD
A LITTLE BIT OF TIME OF TRIAL 
AND I ROR OF WHAT WORKS AND WHAT
DOESN'T WORK.
AESTHETIC SERVICES ARE MORE 
PERSONAL.
WE ARE DEFINITELY HAVING CLOSER 
CONTACT, WE'RE RIGHT IN THAT 
SPACE, SO THAT MEANS MORE 
SANITATION, MORE POLICIES PUT IN
PLACE.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD 
AND FOLLOWING THE SASKATCHEWAN 
HEALTH AUTHORITY'S GUIDELINES.
THERE ISN'T REALLY, 
UNFORTUNATELY, AN OUTLINE FOR 
AESTHETICS SPECIFICALLY.
THERE IS FOR MASSAGE THERAPY 
DEPARTMENTS FROM THE INSURANCE 
PROVIDERS.
HOWEVER, AESTHETICS JUST DOESN'T
HAVE THAT.
IT'S REALLY BEEN ON OUR OWN TO 
FIGURE OUT WHAT LEVEL WE WANT TO
GO TO, HOW THOROUGH WE WANT TO 
BE, AND SO WE'VE KIND OF TAKEN 
THE ANGLE THAT THE SAFER THE 
BETTER.
OBVIOUSLY I DON'T WANT TO BE 
RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYBODY GETTING 
SICK OR ANY SORT OF, YOU KNOW, 
PANDEMIC GROWING IN OUR 
COMMUNITY.
>> Rosemary: SO TELL ME WHAT 
THAT LOOKS LIKE THEN.
WHAT HAS CHANGED PRACTICALLY 
INSIDE YOUR SALONS?
WHAT KINDS OF THINGS HAVE YOU 
HAD TO BUY OR ADJUST?
>> EVERYTHING'S CHANGED.
IT IS, LIKE, BASICALLY I 
ALWAYS -- I'VE BEEN SAYING IT'S 
LIKE STARTING A BUSINESS ALL 
OVER AGAIN.
I'VE HAD TO RELEARN EVERYTHING, 
EVERY POLICY, EVERY PROTOCOL HAD
TO BE RE-WRITTEN.
THAT MEANS EXTENSIVE P.P.E.
SO WE HAVE OUR TEAM SHOWING UP 
IN THE MORNING IN THEIR CLOTHES 
THAT THEY WERE WEARING FROM 
HOME.
THEY CHANGE.
THEY HAVE P.P.E. CHANGES 
STATIONS WHERE THEY CHANGE INTO 
THEIR P.P.E.
THAT MEANS A UNIFORM, A CLEAN 
SANITIZED APRON, PROTECTION 
GLASSES, SURGICAL MASKS AND 
NITRILE OR HYBRID GLOVES, 
DEPENDING ON THE SERVICE.
AND THEN BETWEEN EVERY SINGLE 
CLIENT THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL 
TIME ADDED ON TO EACH SERVICE 
AND THEY WILL HAVE TO CHANGE ALL
OF THEIR P.P.E. AGAIN.
SO IT'S JUST LIKE COMING INTO A 
WHOLE NEW PROTOCOL FOR EVERY 
SINGLE SERVICE THAT WE DO, AND 
WE'VE HAD TO CUT BACK ON SOME 
SERVICES THAT WEREN'T 
SPECIFICALLY SAFE OR THERE WERE 
THINGS IN THAT SERVICE THAT 
COULDN'T BE DONE SAFELY.
SO YOU KNOW, WE CUT THOSE AS 
WELL.
>> Rosemary: IT SOUNDS TO ME 
LIKE A HUGE EXPENSE AS A 
BUSINESS OWNER.
I GUESS YOU DON'T HAVE A CHOICE,
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE A HUGE 
EXPENSE. 
>> IT IS.
IT'S INCREDIBLE THE EXPENSE THAT
IT'S -- OUR BOTTOM LINE IS 
SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT NOW, AND
NOT ONLY IS OUR EXPENSE FOR THIS
P.P.E. AND SANITATION PRODUCTS 
SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER, BUT WE'RE 
NOT ALLOWED TO DO AS MANY 
SERVICES -- OR WE CAN'T, I 
SHOULD SAY.
IT'S NOT POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE
DISTANCING GUIDELINES AND HAVING
CLIENTS FARTHER APART FROM EACH 
OTHER AND TIMES THAT CUSTOMERS 
ARE ENTERING THE BUILDING HAD TO
CHANGE.
SO OVERALL OUR EXPENSES ARE 
HIGHER AND OUR INCOME IS LOWER.
>> Rosemary: DID YOU EVER HAVE A
MOMENT WHERE YOU THOUGHT TO 
YOURSELF MAYBE THIS JUST ISN'T 
WORTH IT?
>> NO.
I DON'T THINK SO.
I MEAN, AT THE BEGINNING WHEN WE
FIRST, YOU KNOW, WERE CLOSING 
DOWN, I HONESTLY BELIEVED IT WAS
GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
VERY NAIVE, OBVIOUSLY, AT THAT 
POINT.
THERE WERE A LOT OF TEARS, BUT I
KIND OF WENT INTO SURVIVAL AND 
FIGHT MODE TO PROTECT MY 
BUSINESSES AND MY 150 STAFF 
ACROSS THE PROVINCE.
AND WE WORKED REALLY HARD WHILE 
WE WERE CLOSED TO KIND OF GET 
CREATIVE AND CONTINUE SALES, AND
WE DID LOTS OF PROMOTIONS AND 
THINGS TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A BIT
OF A CUTION TO REOPEN, AND THEN 
OF COURSE WE DIDN'T COME INTO IT
BLINDLY.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING AROUND THE 
CLOCK TO MAKE SURE WE WERE 
PREPARED SO THAT WE COULD 
CONTINUE.
I THINK BECAUSE BUSINESS WAS 
STRONG GOING INTO THIS PANDEMIC,
I THINK WE'LL COME OUT OF IT 
QUITE STRONG AS WELL. 
>> Rosemary: WHAT ARE YOU 
EXPECTING FOR TODAY?
MY SISTER'S IN MANITOBA AND 
SHE'S HAD HER NAILS DONE, SO I'M
VERY JEALOUS OF IT ALL.
WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING IN TERMS 
OF PEOPLE SHOWING UP.
THEY HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT THEY'RE
WILLING TO MANAGE IN TERMS OF 
RISK TOO. 
>> I REALLY DID THINK THAT WE 
NEEDED -- MAYBE THE LINES WOULD 
BE A LITTLE SLOWER, BUT WE 
OPENED OUR BOOKING LINES A WEEK 
AGO FOR RESERVATIONS STARTING 
TODAY, AND WE WERE BOOKED SOLID 
VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
WE'VE BEEN VERY OPEN AND UP 
FRONT ABOUT OUR SANITATION 
POLICIES, ABOUT ALL OF THE EXTRA
THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING 
ABOVE AND BEYOND TO ENSURE THE 
SAFETY.
THE SASKATCHEWAN HEALTH 
AUTHORITY HAS BEEN CHECKING IN, 
WHICH IS REALLY GREAT FOR OUR 
INDUSTRY.
IT'S HOLDING US ACCOUNTABLE AND 
MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING 
CONTINUES TO BE DONE SAFELY.
I REALLY JUST AM ECSTATIC THAT 
OUR CLIENTS AND OUR CUSTOMERS 
ARE BEING SO SUPPORTIVE AND ARE 
EXCITED TO GET BACK IN.
>> Rosemary: GOOD.
WELL, I WISH YOU LOTS OF LUCK.
THANK YOU FOR TELLING US ABOUT 
HOW YOU'VE ADAPTED.
LOTS OF PEOPLE LOOKING FORWARD 
TO THE SAME THING HAPPENING IN 
THEIR PROVINCE.
>>> WE SPOKE TO HER IN SASKATOON
AS WE AWAIT THE PRIME MINISTER 
HERE GOING TO COME OUT OF HIS 
HOME AND GIVE US A BIT OF AN 
UPDATE ON THE SITUATION, HIS 
GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO 
COVID-19.
I'LL BRING BACK MY COLLEAGUES 
VASSY AND DAVID.
IT'S INTERESTING TO TALK TO 
PEOPLE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE 
COUNTRY, BECAUSE OF COURSE 
ONTARIO REALLY FAR BEHIND IN 
TERMS OF REOPENING AT THIS 
STAGE.
WE'RE STILL IN PHASE ONE, 
ALTHOUGH THE PREMIER EXPECTED TO
TALK ABOUT WHAT STAGE TWO WOULD 
LOOK LIKE, ALTHOUGH WE 
UNDERSTAND NOT TO GIVE A DATE ON
WHEN PHASE TWO IS, AND THERE'S 
BEEN SOME PRESSURE ON PREMIER 
FORD AS OF LATE TO TALK MORE 
ABOUT THE REGIONAL REOPENINGS, 
BECAUSE THE SITUATION REALLY 
ABOUT THREE QUARTER OF THE 
COVID-19 CASES ARE IN AND AROUND
TORONTO, IN THE G.T.A., AND AT 
SOME POINT LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE 
ASKING DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO 
HAVE THE SAME MEASURES IN PLACE 
ACROSS THE PROVINCE IF IT'S NOT 
THE SAME SITUATION ACROSS THE 
PROVINCE, VASSY.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE 
HOW THEY MANAGE THAT LATER THIS 
AFTERNOON WHEN THEY UPDATE 
PEOPLE.
>> Vassy: YEAH, AND THAT 
CONVERSATION HAS REALLY -- AND 
IT'S INTERESTING THAT YOU BRING 
IT UP, BECAUSE WHAT I FOUND FROM
TALKING TO A NUMBER OF MAYORS IS
EVEN -- IT REALLY DOES DEPEND ON
WHERE YOU LIVE, A, BUT EVEN SOME
WHO ARE SEEING MORE POSITIVE 
RESULTS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND BY 
POSITIVE I MEAN THE VIRUS IS, 
YOU KNOW, A LOT MORE DORMANT 
THERE THAN IT IS IN THE G.T.A., 
FOR EXAMPLE, ARE NOT 100% SOLD 
ON REGIONAL OPENING.
AND I THINK IT'S -- REGIONAL 
APPROACH, RATHER, TO REOPENING.
AND I THINK IT SPEAKS TO THE 
INTRICACIES OF DOING THAT.
YOU CAN IMAGINE IN KINGSTON 
WHERE THINGS ARE GOING REALLY 
WELL, THERE MUST BE A HUGE 
AMOUNT OF ANXIETY AROUND LET'S 
GET THINGS GOING.
VERSUS IN PEEL OR IN MISSISSAUGA
WHERE THE MAYORS ARE ALREADY, 
YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR 
WEEKS, WHOA, WE ARE ALREADY 
GOING TOO FAST.
WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEONE WANTS TO
GO FOR DINNER AND DRIVE TWO 
HOURS INTO KINGSTON.
THERE'S SOME ANXIETY THERE 
AROUND HOW ARE YOU GOING TO 
MANAGE THINGS.
HOW DO YOU NAVIGATE BORDERS 
WITHIN A PROVINCE?
IT'S A REALLY DIFFICULT QUESTION
TO ANSWER, AND I THINK IT GIVES 
US A BIT OF A WINDOW INTO WHY IT
IS TAKING SO LONG TO ANSWER THAT
QUESTION.
THE PREMIER AT FIRST SAID HE WAS
TOTALLY AGAINST IT IN ONTARIO.
THEN HE SAID I'M OPEN TO IT, 
NOTHING'S OFF THE TABLE, BUT 
THERE REALLY HASN'T BEEN MUCH 
MOVEMENT SINCE THEN, AND I DO 
THINK IT SPEAKS TO HOW 
COMPLICATED THAT MIGHT BE.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S A 
HARD REALITY TO IGNORE, RIGHT?
IF YOU ARE LIVING IN ONE OF 
THOSE AREAS THAT IS NOT HIT THAT
BAD RIGHT NOW, YOUR BUSINESSES 
ARE SUFFERING.
YOUR ECONOMY IS SUFFERING 
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T REOPEN BECAUSE
OF SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN
A VERY DIFFERENT PLACE IN THE 
PROVINCE.
AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE -- I'M 
INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THEY SAY 
FROM THE PROVINCE TODAY ABOUT 
WHAT THIS PHASE TWO WILL LOOK 
LIKE, IF IT DOES INCLUDE ANY 
KIND OF REGIONAL APPROACH, HOW 
THEY MIGHT TACKLE THAT.
BUT I THINK IT GIVES US -- THE 
FACT THEY DON'T HAVE A DATE 
ATTACHED TO IT GIVES US AN IDEA 
OF, AGAIN, HOW FAR THINGS ARE 
BEHIND HERE VERSUS OTHER 
PROVINCES. 
>> Rosemary: WE'RE STILL LIMITED
TO GROUPS OF FIVE, JUST SO 
PEOPLE KNOW.
NOTHING HAS INCREASED.
WE'RE SEEING THE SAME FIVE 
PEOPLE ALL THE TIME.
THERE ARE OTHER PROVINCES, 
DAVID, WHERE THEY HAVE MANAGED 
TO DO THIS.
ALBERTA OPENED UP, YOU KNOW, 
BASICALLY THE WHOLE PROVINCE 
EXCEPT FOR CALGARY, AND NOW 
CALGARY HAS MOVED INTO A 
DIFFERENT PHASE AS WELL.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE IT CAN'T BE 
DONE, THESE REGIONAL REOPENINGS,
ALTHOUGH CERTAINLY THERE ARE 
COMPLICATIONS TO IT. 
>> David: IT CAN BE DONE IF YOU 
HAVE A HANDLE ON TESTING AND ON 
TRACING, AND ONTARIO HAS HAD 
SOME CHALLENGES IN THAT 
PARTICULAR AREA, AND I THINK 
THERE IS PROBABLY A REFLECTIVE 
INSTINCT TO GO A LITTLE BIT 
SLOWER THAN FASTER BECAUSE OF A 
REOPENING THAT HAPPENS TOO FAST 
LEADS TO A RE-CLOSURE THAT 
HAPPENS TO ABRUPTLY.
AND THIS IS THE CHALLENGE THAT 
WE'RE GOING TO FACE IN THIS 
PATCHWORK APPROACH TO THIS, THIS
QUILT-LIKE APPROACH TO THIS.
WE TALK ABOUT THE PRIME 
MINISTER, WE SEE HIM EVERY 
SINGLE DAY, BUT IT'S REALLY THE 
PREMIERS WHO ARE DRIVING THIS, 
DRIVING THE NATIONAL RESPONSE IN
TERMS OF WHAT CLOSES, WHAT 
REOPENINGS, WHAT THE 
RESTRICTIONS ARE, AND THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TRYING TO 
HELP COORDINATE A WAY THAT THERE
COULD BE A CONSISTENT LEVEL OF 
SAFETY WITH AN INCONSISTENT 
APPROACH TO REOPENING.
AND I DON'T MEAN INCONSISTENT IN
A NEGATIVE WAY.
IT'S JUST AN UNEVEN APPROACH.
IT'S DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON 
WHERE YOU ARE.
I KNOW WHERE THE CASELOADS ARE 
LOW THERE'S A FRUSTRATION THAT 
IT'S GOING TO SLOW, BUT AS WE 
SAW IN NEW BRUNSWICK WITH THAT 
DOCTOR WHO CAME BACK AND DIDN'T 
SELF-ISOLATE PROPERLY AND WASN'T
QUITE CLEAR ON WHERE HE HAD 
BEEN, ALL IT TAKES IS ONE SLIPUP
FOR POTENTIALLY HUNDREDS OF 
PEOPLE TO BE EXPOSED AND WE GET 
INTO THE LARGER POPULATION 
CENTRES LIKE HERE IN CENTRAL 
CANADA, IT BECOMES A TRICKY 
THING.
SO WE'RE ENTERING A VERY 
DIFFICULT PHASE, I THINK, FOR A 
LOT OF THE POLITICAL LEADERS 
BECAUSE THE ECONOMIC PAIN IS 
MORE AND MORE PRONOUNCED WITH 
EACH MONTH, AND STARTS TO PILE 
UP, AND THAT CREATES A PRESSURE 
AND AN AGITATION FOR PEOPLE WHO 
ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR 
FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS LOSSES.
THE WEATHER IS GOOD IN MOST 
PARTS OF THE COUNTRY NOW.
PEOPLE WANT TO GET OUTSIDE.
KIDS ARE GOING CRAZY AND WANT TO
GET OUT AND SEE THEIR FRIENDS, 
BUT THE VIRUS DOESN'T CARE ABOUT
ANY OF THIS, AND THAT BECOMES 
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE 
CONVERSATION AND THE OTHER SIDE 
OF WHAT YOU HAVE TO WEIGH.
AND YOU JUST LOOK AT JUST HOW 
SIGNIFICANT THAT CHORE AND THAT 
TASK IS, ROSIE, THE PRIME 
MINISTER PUT $14 BILLION ON THE 
TABLE LAST THURSDAY IN THE PHONE
CALL WITH THE PREMIERS, AND THE 
UNIVERSAL REACTION IS THAT IS 
NOWHERE CLOSE TO BEING ENOUGH.
SO THIS IS A MASSIVE FINANCIAL 
UNDERTAKING TO MAKE SURE IT'S 
DONE PROPERLY AS WELL AND TO 
MAKE SURE THAT LOCAL SERVICES 
CAN MEET THE EXTRA STRAIN AND 
THE EXTRA NEED.
IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN
BE DONE QUICKLY AT ALL.
>> Rosemary: YEAH, AND THAT $14 
BILLION, IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT 
THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF A 
NEGOTIATION IN TERMS OF HOW THAT
MONEY WOULD BE USED, WHAT KIND 
OF STRINGS WOULD BE ATTACHED, 
ALTHOUGH PROVINCES NEVER LIKE TO
HEAR THAT.
WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR MORE, 
PERHAPS THIS WEEK, ABOUT WHERE 
THEY ARE AT WITH THOSE TALKS AS 
THE PRIME MINISTER HAS BEEN 
HAVING THESE WEEKLY CALLS WITH 
PREMIERS, AND CERTAINLY THE 
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER IS ON 
EVERY PREMIER'S SPEED DIAL, FROM
WHAT I UNDERSTAND, SO THERE ARE 
LOTS OF TALKS GOING ON BEHIND 
THE SCENES.
AS WE WAIT FOR THE PRIME 
MINISTER, I'LL JUST DIP QUICKLY 
TO DAVID'S HOME PROVINCE IN 
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR 
BECAUSE THAT IS ANOTHER PROVINCE
MOVING INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF 
ITS REOPENING.
GROUPS OF UP TO 20 PEOPLE NOW 
PERMITTED IN NEWFOUNDLAND.
CHRIS O'NEIL YEATS IS IN 
ST. JOHN'S TO GIVE US A PICTURE 
OF HOW THE REOPENING IS GOING 
THERE, CHRIS.
>> WELL, HI, ROSIE, I HAVE 
WALKED DOWN AND BEEN ON THIS 
STREET IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS 
AND IT'S THE FIRST SIGN OF 
ACTIVITY.
IT'S WATER STREET, OUR MAIN 
STREET HERE, AND RESTAURANTS 
WILL BE ALLOWED TO OPEN TODAY 
WITH THE USUAL PROVISOS OF 
SOCIAL DISTANCING.
THERE WON'T BE ANY BUFFETS HERE,
TOFU CHINESE BUFFET WILL NOT BE 
OPEN TODAY HERE ON WATER STREET,
NOR WILL ANY OF THEM.
AS WELL PEOPLE TODAY CAN GO OUT 
AND GET A HAIRCUT, WHICH A LOT 
OF PEOPLE LIKE ME WERE REALLY 
HAPPY ABOUT.
GET YOUR NAILS DONE, GET A TOO 
TATTOO, BUT ALSO THINGS LIKE 
WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS THAT 
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PUTTING OFF.
THOSE THINGS CAN HAPPEN, AS YOU 
SAID, WITH A LIMIT OF 20 PEOPLE.
SOME RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, 
SUCH AS POOLS, SOME SPORTS WILL 
BE ALLOWED.
FOR THE TOURISM INDUSTRY HERE, 
THIS IS WELCOME NEWS, EVEN 
THOUGH TOURISTS ARE NOT ALLOWED 
IN.
THERE'S A BIG ENCOURAGEMENT ON 
THE PART OF TOURIST OPERATORS 
AND THE GOVERNMENT, THOUGH, TO 
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TRAVEL AT 
HOME, BUT ALL THIS IS BEING DONE
WITH A REAL NOTE OF CAUTION.
THIS PROVINCE HAS TAKEN A VERY 
CONSERVATIVE APPROACH, YOU KNOW,
TO OPENING THINGS UP AGAIN, TO 
SOME SEMBLANCE OF NORMALITY, 
BECAUSE WE SAW A WHILE AGO, YOU 
KNOW, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT 
WHAT ONE CASE COULD DO.
WE HAD ONE CASE AT A FUNERAL 
HOME SOMETIME AGO, AND IT LED TO
OVER 100 PEOPLE COMING DOWN WITH
COVID-19, CATCHING THE VIRUS, 
BEING TESTED POSITIVE FOR IT.
IT'S BEING DONE REALLY 
CAUTIOUSLY, BUT PEOPLE HERE ARE 
READY FOR IT.
IT'S BEEN THREE MONTHS.
>> Rosemary: IT HAS BEEN.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AND GOOD TO SEE 
WATER STREET REOPENING.
QUIET WATER STREET IS NOT A 
NORMAL THING, SO IT'S NICE TO 
SEE SOME OPENINGS SIGNS BEHIND 
YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> OKAY, ROSIE.
>> Rosemary: WE ARE WAITING FOR 
THE PRIME MINISTER TO COME OUT 
TODAY.
I WAS WONDERING WHO WOULD RUSH 
OUT TO GET A COVID-19 TATTOO IN 
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR.
MAYBE SOME PEOPLE WANT TO MARK 
THE OCCASION, BUT THIS IS, OF 
COURSE, A PART OF A LARGER 
PICTURE OF PROVINCES STARTING TO
REOPEN ACROSS CANADA TO VARYING 
DEGREES.
HERE IS THIS PRIME MINISTER ON 
THIS MONDAY MORNING TO GIVE US 
AN UPDATE ON HIS GOVERNMENT'S 
APPROACH TO THIS.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: I 
WANT TO BEGIN THIS MORNING BY 
REFLECTING ON THE REPORTS AND 
VIDEOS THAT HAVE CONTINUED TO 
SURFACE THE LAST FEW DAYS ON 
VIOLENCE AGAINST INDIGENOUS AND 
RACIALIZED PEOPLE.
ON FRIDAY I WENT TO A RALLY ON 
PARLIAMENT HILL TO SHOW MY 
SUPPORT AND LISTEN TO WHAT 
COMMUNITY AND BLACK LEADERS ARE 
CALLING FOR.
I HEAR YOU AND I SEE YOU.
AS YOU CALL OUT SYSTEMIC 
DISCRIMINATION, RACISM AND 
UNCONSCIOUS BIAS, AS YOU CALL 
FOR ACTION AND AS YOU CALL FOR 
IT NOW.
[Speaking French]
[Voice of Interpreter]
OUR COMMUNITIES ARE SUFFERING 
FROM INEQUALITY AND RACISM AT 
THIS TIME, INCLUDING DURING THIS
PANDEMIC.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT A 
MAP OF THE CASES OF COVID-19 IN 
TORONTO AND MONTREAL TO SEE THAT
BLACK CANADIANS ARE HARDER HIT 
BY COVID-19.
I AM HERE AND I AM LISTENING TO 
THE DEMANDS OF BLACK CANADIANS.
I HEAR YOU DENOUNCE SYSTEMIC 
DISCRIMINATION, RACISM, 
UNCONSCIOUS BIAS, THINGS THAT 
PERSIST IN OUR SOCIETY.
AND I'M READY TO TAKE ACTION.
[ End of Interpretation ]
THE REALITY IS THAT MANY PEOPLE 
IN THIS COUNTRY SIMPLY DO NOT 
FEEL PROTECTED BY THE POLICE.
IN FACT, THEY ARE AFRAID OF 
THEM.
THAT ALONE WOULD BE BAD ENOUGH, 
BUT SYSTEMIC DISCRIMINATION AND 
RACISM IN CANADA GOES MUCH 
FURTHER THAN JUST POLICING.
IT'S ABOUT POVERTY AND MENTAL 
HEALTH.
IT'S ABOUT THE FACT THAT PEOPLE 
ARE ALL TOO OFTEN TREATED LIKE 
CRIMINALS INSTEAD OF RECEIVING 
THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED.
WE, AS GOVERNMENTS, NEED TO WORK
TOGETHER.
WE, AS LEADERS, NEED TO 
RECOGNIZE THAT THESE PROBLEMS 
ARE TIED TO ECONOMIC INEQUALITY 
AND THE RACIALIZATION OF 
POVERTY.
AND WE NEED BOLD MEASURES TO 
ADDRESS THIS.
OUR GOVERNMENT PROMISED TO 
ADDRESS SYSTEMIC RACISM AND 
INJUSTICE.
WE KNEW THAT THIS WORK HAD TO BE
INFORMED BY THE LIVED 
EXPERIENCES OF RACIALIZED 
COMMUNITIES AND INDIGENOUS 
PEOPLES.
SO WE LISTENED, AND WE WORKED 
TOGETHER TO CHANGE THINGS.
WE INVESTED IN MENTAL HEALTH 
RESOURCES AND YOUTH PROGRAMS FOR
BLACK CANADIANS.
WE WORKED TO CLOSE THE GAPS IN 
SERVICES FOR INDIGENOUS 
COMMUNITIES.
WE FUNDED STATISTICS CANADA SO 
THEY COULD CREATE A GENDER, 
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION 
STATISTIC HUB.
AND THIS WORK CULMINATED IN THE 
STRATEGY FOR 2019-2022 AND THE 
CREATION OF AN ANTI-RACISM 
SECRETARIAT.
JUST LAST FALL WE APPOINTED A 
MINISTER TO FOCUS SPECIFICALLY 
ON DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.
TOGETHER WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS, 
PROGRESS THAT HAS MEANT SUPPORT 
FOR GROUPS LIKE THE BLACK HEALTH
ALLIANCE AND NEW SCHOOLS FOR 
INDIGENOUS KIDS.
BUT I HEAR YOU WHEN YOU SAY THAT
IT ISN'T ENOUGH.
I HEAR YOU WHEN YOU SAY THAT IT 
DOESN'T SOLVE SYSTEMIC RACISM, 
AND I AGREE.
WITH THE MANY DISTURBING REPORTS
OF VIOLENCE AGAINST BLACK 
CANADIANS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE,
WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO DO MUCH 
MORE.
AND WE NEED TO DO IT NOW.
I HAD A DISCUSSION WITH CABINET 
ON FRIDAY THAT WILL CONTINUE 
LATER TODAY.
I ALSO SPOKE WITH COMMISSIONER 
LUCCI OF THE RCMP THIS MORNING.
THE COMMISSIONER ENSURED ME THAT
SHE WILL USE ALL AVAILABLE TOOLS
TO TAKE QUICK SOLID ACTION.
ON OUR CALL, ONE OF THE THINGS 
WE DISCUSSED WAS THE ADOPTION OF
BODY CAMERAS.
I'M COMMITTING TO RAISING THIS 
WITH THE PROVINCES THIS WEEK SO 
WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AS QUICKLY 
AS POSSIBLE.
MINISTER BLAIR HAS ALSO 
REAFFIRMED TO ME HIS COMMITMENT 
TO IMPROVING INDIGENOUS 
POLICING.
AND LATER TODAY -- ON 
RECONCILIATION TO DISCUSS OUR 
WORK WITH INDIGENOUS 
COMMUNITIES.
I AM COMMITTING TO YOU THAT THIS
WORK WILL CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE
THE PACE OF CHANGE, BECAUSE YOU 
DESERVE REAL COMMITMENTS AS 
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE THAT 
ADDRESSES THE ROOT CAUSES OF 
THESE PROBLEMS.
[Speaking French]
[Voice of Interpreter]
THINGS MUST CHANGE, BUT FIXING 
CENTURIES OF INJUSTICE, 
EXCLUSION AND VIOLENCE ARE NOT 
THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN 
OVERNIGHT.
WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER AND WE 
HAVE TO WORK HARD.
TODAY I AM PLEDGING TO CONTINUE 
TO LEAD THE CHARGE, AND OUR 
GOVERNMENT WILL BE WORKING AS 
WELL AND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE 
TO BUILD A COUNTRY THAT IS MORE 
JUST AND BETTER WITH YOU.
[ End of Interpretation ]
THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THE LAST 
FEW MONTHS HAVE BEEN HARDER THAN
ANYONE COULD HAVE EXPECTED.
THIS PANDEMIC HAS MEANT 
DIFFERENT CHALLENGES FOR 
EVERYONE.
BUT NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE AND NO
MATTER WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH,
A LITTLE BIT OF HELP CAN MAKE 
ALL THE DIFFERENCE.
MAYBE YOUR EMPLOYER HAS BEEN 
ABLE TO KEEP YOU ON THE PAYROLL 
BECAUSE OF THE WAGE SUBSIDY, A 
PROGRAM THAT'S SUPPORTING 2.5 
MILLION JOBS.
PERHAPS YOU GOT SOME EXTRA PEP 
THROUGH THE CANADA CHILD BENEFIT
OR YOU'LL RECEIVE MORE MONEY 
WITH THE TOP-UP TO YOUR OLD AGE 
SECURITY, OR YOU MIGHT EVEN BE 
ONE OF THE 500,000 YOUNG PEOPLE 
WHO HAS ACCESSED THE STUDENT 
BENEFIT, HELPING YOU PAY FOR 
NEXT YEAR'S TUITION.
[Speaking French]
[Voice of Interpreter]
IN RECENT MONTHS WE'VE BEEN 
WORKING HARD TO HELP PEOPLE GET 
THROUGH THIS CRISIS, AND THE 
PROGRAMS WE'VE INTRODUCED AND 
THE INVESTMENTS WE'VE BEEN 
MAKING ARE MAKING A REAL 
DIFFERENCE.
I'M THINKING, FOR EXAMPLE, OF A 
STORY I WAS TOLD ABOUT A 
MONTREAL FIRM CALLED FRANKLIN 
EMPIRE THAT MANUFACTURES 
ELECTRICAL GOODS.
THAT FAMILY BUSINESS HAS BEEN 
AROUND FOR FOUR GENERATIONS AND 
EMPLOYS MORE THAN 500 PEOPLE IN 
QUEBEC AND ONTARIO.
THE BUSINESS WAS DOING FINE, BUT
WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, THEY HAD 
TO SHUT DOWN THEIR PRODUCTION 
LINE.
THEY WANTED TO KEEP THEIR 
EMPLOYEES, BUT THEY COULDN'T DO 
THAT ON THEIR OWN.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE EMERGENCY 
WAGE SUBSIDY COMES INTO PLAY.
THEY WERE ABLE TO REHIRE ALL 
THEIR EMPLOYEES, AND WITH OUR 
HELP PROVIDE THEM WITH A FULL 
SALARY.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 500 PERSONS 
AND THEIR FAMILIES NOW RECEIVING
THEIR PAYCHEQUE AS USUAL IN 
SPITE OF THE PANDEMIC, AND THIS 
IS ONLY ONE EXAMPLE, BUT IT DOES
SHOW WHY PROGRAMS LIKE THE 
EMERGENCY WAGE SUBSIDY ARE SO 
IMPORTANT.
BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE'S STILL A
LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE.
[ End of Interpretation ]
ON FRIDAY I ANNOUNCED THAT THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD 
CONTRIBUTE $14 BILLION TOWARDS A
SAFE RE-START AGREEMENT WITH THE
PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES FOR 
THE THINGS THAT ALL CANADIANS 
NEED AS WE GET OUR COUNTRY BACK 
UP AND RUNNING.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING WITH THE
PREMIERS ON WHAT THIS RE-START 
COULD LOOK LIKE IN THE COMING 
MONTHS.
AND AS WE DO THAT, WE'RE STAYING
FOCUSED ON PEOPLE'S NEW 
REALITIES.
IF YOU WORK IN A HOSPITAL, OR IN
A BUSINESS THAT'S REOPENING, 
YOU'LL NEED P.P.E. TO STAY SAFE.
IF YOU'RE BACK ON THE JOB, YOU 
MIGHT NEED TRANSIT, CHILD CARE 
OR THE OPTION TO TAKE TIME OFF 
IF YOU ARE ILL.
IF YOU'RE A SENIOR, OR AT HIGHER
RISK FROM COVID-19, YOU MAY NEED
SOME EXTRA SUPPORT.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT 
CANADIANS ARE THINKING ABOUT, SO
IT'S WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT 
TOO.
[Speaking French]
[Voice of Interpreter]
THE PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES 
ARE ALL FACING DIFFERENT 
REALITIES RIGHT NOW, AND WE HAVE
TO CONSIDER THAT AS WE LOOK TO 
THE NEXT STEPS, BUT WHEREVER YOU
LIVE, WE ARE WORKING WITH YOUR 
PREMIER TO REACH A RE-START 
AGREEMENT THAT WILL ALLOW US TO 
PROTECT YOUR HEALTH AND SAFETY 
TOGETHER.
IN ADDITION TO COOPERATING ON 
THAT AGREEMENT, THE PREMIERS AND
MYSELF HAVE ALSO DISCUSSED ABOUT
CANADIANS WHO ARE SEPARATED FROM
THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS BECAUSE OF 
THE BORDER CLOSURE.
OBVIOUSLY WE WANT FAMILIES TO BE
TOGETHER, BUT OUR PRIORITY 
REMAINS THE SAFETY OF ALL 
CANADIANS.
SO WE WILL BE INTRODUCING A 
LIMITED EXEMPTION THAT WILL 
ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE IMMEDIATE 
FAMILY OF CITIZENS OR PERMANENT 
RESIDENTS TO ENTER CANADA, 
MAINLY SPOUSES, CHILDREN AND THE
PARENTS OF MINOR CHILDREN.
BUT I WANT TO BE ABSOLUTELY 
CLEAR, ANY PERSON ENTERING 
CANADA WILL HAVE TO SELF-ISOLATE
FOR 14 DAYS.
I KNOW THAT MINISTER MENDICCINO 
WILL HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT THIS
LATER TODAY.
[ End of Interpretation ]
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT 
TIME TO BE APART FROM A SPOUSE, 
A CHILD, A MOM AND DAD.
WE HEAR THAT.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE BRINGING IN A 
LIMITED EXEMPTION TO ALLOW 
IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS OF 
CITIZENS OR PERMANENT RESIDENTS 
TO COME TO CANADA.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR, THOUGH, 
ANYONE ENTERING THE COUNTRY WILL
BE REQUIRED TO QUARANTINE FOR 14
DAYS.
IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW THESE RULES,
YOU COULD FACE SERIOUS 
PENALTIES.
I KNOW THAT MINISTER MENDICCINO 
WILL HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT ALL 
OF THIS LATER TODAY.
[Speaking French]
[Voice of Interpreter]
I KNOW THAT AFTER THIS DIFFICULT
SPRING A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE 
HOPING THAT THE SUMMER WILL BE 
EASIER TO DEAL WITH.
THINGS ARE STARTING TO IMPROVE 
FOR MANY PEOPLE, BUT WE KNOW 
THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO 
BE DONE, AND CANADIANS CAN COUNT
ON OUR SUPPORT IN THE MONTHS AND
WEEKS TO COME.
THANK YOU.
[No Interpretation]
[ End of Interpretation ]
>> Operator: THANK YOU, MERCI, 
FIRST QUESTION, TORONTO SUN.
LINE OPEN. 
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, PRIME
MINISTER.
YOU HAVE SPOKEN OFTEN ABOUT THE 
NEED FOR THE PROVINCES TO BE 
CAUTIOUS IN REOPENING.
LAST WEEK YOU SPECIFICALLY SAID 
THAT YOU WANT TO BE CLEAR WE'RE 
NOT OUT OF THE WOODS, THE 
PANDEMIC IS STILL THREATENING 
THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF 
CANADIANS.
SO I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE 
FACT THAT SO MANY CANADIANS DID 
PARTICIPATE IN PROTESTS OVER THE
WEEKEND.
SOME WERE WEARING MASKS.
SOME WERE NOT.
SOME WERE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND 
OTHERS WERE NOT.
BUT A LOT OF CANADIANS ARE 
LOOKING AND SAYING I'VE LOST MY 
JOB BECAUSE I FOLLOWED THE 
RULES.
I COULDN'T GO TO A FAMILY 
FUNERAL, FAMILY MEMBER'S FUNERAL
BECAUSE I FOLLOWED THE RULES.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO CANADIANS WHO
ARE SITTING AND SAYING I 
UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES OF RACISM,
I UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES THE 
PROTESTERS WERE RAISING, BUT 
I'VE LOST OUT ON NEARLY THREE 
MONTHS OF MY LIFE DUE TO THIS.
CAN YOU CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE 
LOCKDOWN MEASURES THAT HAVE BEEN
IN PLACE?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WE'VE
SEEN THOUSANDS OF CANADIANS COME
OUT THIS WEEKEND AND OVER THE 
PAST DAYS TO HIGHLIGHT THEIR 
DEEP CONCERNS AND STAND IN 
SOLIDARITY WITH RACIALIZED 
CANADIANS AND INDIGENOUS 
CANADIANS.
AGAIN, AS YOU POINTED OUT, WE 
SAW MANY, MANY EFFORTS MADE TO 
WEAR MASKS, TO CONTINUE SOCIAL 
DISTANCING.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE FOLLOW 
PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE THROUGHOUT,
EVEN AS WE PROTEST AND 
DEMONSTRATE IN ORDER TO CREATE A
BETTER WORLD.
WE HAVE TO GET THAT BALANCE 
RIGHT, AND I CONTINUE TO EXHORT 
CANADIANS TO DO JUST THAT.
[Speaking French]
[Voice of Interpreter]
IN RECENT DAYS WE HAVE SEEN 
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF 
CANADIANS GO DOWN INTO THE 
STREET TO DEMONSTRATE, TO TALK 
ABOUT INEQUALITY AND SYSTEMIC 
DISCRIMINATION THAT EXISTS IN 
CANADA, PARTICULARLY FOR 
RACIALIZED CANADIANS AND 
INDIGENOUS CANADIANS.
WE ALSO SAW THAT MANY PEOPLE 
HAVE MADE AN EFFORT BY WEARING A
MASK AND KEEPING THE PROPER 
DISTANCE FROM OTHERS, AND THEY 
HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING PUBLIC 
HEALTH ADVICE, AND WE NEED 
PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW 
THAT PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE, EVEN 
WHEN THEY ARE DEMONSTRATING.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE BE 
CAREFUL AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO 
GET THROUGH THIS CRISIS.
[ End of Interpretation ]
>> FOLLOW-UP?
>> Reporter: STEPS FROM WHERE 
YOU TOOK A KNEE, THOUGH, PRIME 
MINISTER, THERE WAS AN OTTAWA 
RESTAURANT ALLOWING CUSTOMERS TO
EAT THEIR PIZZA SOCIALLY 
DISTANCED ON A PATIO.
THEY ARE FACING AN $880 FINE FOR
VIOLATING THE SAME EMERGENCY 
ORDERS THAT YOU VIOLATED, THAT 
MANY OF THE PEOPLE AT THE 
PROTEST VIOLATED.
SO CAN YOU CONTINUE TO SAY THAT 
WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THESE LOCKDOWN
MEASURES IN PLACE WHEN THERE IS 
OBVIOUSLY A DIFFERENCE OF HOW 
THEY ARE APPLIED BETWEEN PEOPLE 
MEETING ON THEIR DRIVEWAYS, 
PEOPLE EATING PIZZA AND PEOPLE 
PROTESTING?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: THANK
YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION, BRIAN.
I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE 
WONDERING ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY IS 
THE RIGHT THING TO DO, WHAT THE 
COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS WILL 
HOLD FOR US.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE 
SEEN VERY CLEARLY FROM OTHER 
JURISDICTIONS, INCLUDING PLACES 
LIKE SOUTH KOREA AND OTHERS, 
WHERE A STRONG HANDLING OF THE 
CRISIS AT THE BEGINNING HAS 
GIVEN WAY TO SOME RESURGENCES 
HERE AND THERE, IS THAT AS WE 
LOOSEN SOME OF THE POPULATION 
CONTROL MEASURES, AS PEOPLE ARE 
RETURNING TO WORK IN SOME WAYS, 
SEEING BUSINESSES REOPEN, WE 
NEED TO STEP UP IN OTHER WAYS.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE SOCIALLY 
DISTANCING.
WE NEED TO WEAR MASKS WHERE 
APPROPRIATE, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STEPPING 
UP ON THINGS LIKE CONTACT 
TRACING, EXPOSURE NOTIFICATION 
AND MASSIVE TESTING.
THERE ARE MANY MORE THINGS WE 
NEED TO DO, EVEN AS WE RE-START 
THE ECONOMY WE NEED TO BRING IN 
OTHER MEASURES AS WELL TO ENSURE
THAT WE CAN HANDLE ANY 
RESURGENCE.
ALL THIS IS DIFFICULT AND 
FRUSTRATING AND LONGER THAN WE'D
HOPED IT WOULD BE IN MANY WAYS.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE KNOW 
THAT THE COST OF HAVING TO 
RETURN INTO SOCIAL ISOLATION, 
RETURN INTO LOCKDOWN BECAUSE OF 
A MASSIVE RESURGENCE IS NOT ONE 
THAT ANYONE WANTS TO BEAR, WHICH
IS WHY WE ARE BEING VERY 
CAUTIOUS GOING FORWARD, AND WE 
CONTINUE TO ENSURE PEOPLE TO 
FOLLOW ALL PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE 
AND GUIDANCE.
>> THANK YOU.
OPERATOR, NEXT QUESTION.
>> Operator: 
[No Interpretation]
[Speaking French]
[Voice of Interpreter]
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, PRIME
MINISTER.
ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT THESE 
DEMONSTRATIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN 
AND CONTINUE TO SEE WILL BOOST 
THE NUMBER OF CASES, AND WILL 
YOU BE TESTED NOW SINCE YOU WERE
IN THE MIDDLE OF A CROWD ON 
FRIDAY?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WELL,
RAY, AS YOU ALL SAW, I TOOK THE 
NECESSARY STEPS, AS MUCH AS 
POSSIBLE.
I WORE A MASK.
I KEPT A PROPER DISTANCE TO THE 
BEST OF MY ABILITY, AND OF 
COURSE THIS IS A VERY DELICATE 
BALANCE, AND PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO
BE CAUTIOUS.
IF YOU CANNOT FOLLOW THE 
DISTANCING MEASURES, YOU MUST 
WEAR A MASK, WASH YOUR HANDS 
REGULARLY AND USE DISINFECTANT.
PEOPLE FEEL A VERY PROFOUND NEED
TO DEMONSTRATE, TO SHOW THEIR 
SOLIDARITY WITH RACIALIZED AND 
INDIGENOUS CANADIANS.
PEOPLE WHO FACE THIS SYSTEMIC 
DISCRIMINATION AND HAVE BEEN 
ENDURING THAT RIGHT ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE MUST KEEP 
OUR DISTANCE FROM OTHERS AND DO 
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PREVENT 
FURTHER SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.
[ End of Interpretation ]
WE HAVE SEEN THAT PEOPLE FEEL A 
DEEP NEED TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY
WITH RACIALIZED CANADIANS, WITH 
INDIGENOUS CANADIANS WHO 
CONTINUE TO FACE UNACCEPTABLE 
LEVELS OF SYSTEMIC 
DISCRIMINATION IN THIS COUNTRY.
THIS IS A TIME FOR PEOPLE TO 
MAKE SURE THEIR VOICES ARE 
HEARD, BUT IT'S ALSO A TIME IN 
WHICH WE NEED TO FOLLOW PUBLIC 
HEALTH INSTRUCTIONS AS BEST AS 
POSSIBLE, WHICH IS WHY I AND 
MANY OTHERS WORE MASKS, EVEN AS 
WE TRIED TO KEEP OUR DISTANCES 
IN THOSE MASSIVE CROWDS.
BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE 
GETTING THAT BALANCE RIGHT OF 
LOOKING TO BUILD A BETTER WORLD,
LOOKING TO ENSURE THAT REAL 
CHANGE HAPPENS NOW AND INTO THE 
COMING MONTHS WHILE AT THE SAME 
TIME ENSURING THAT WE SLOW AND 
DECREASE THE SPREAD OF COVID-19.
[Speaking French]
[Voice of Interpreter]
>> FOLLOW-UP?
>> Reporter: WELL, WE SAW YOU 
FRIDAY KNEELING ON THE GROUND.
WHAT DID IT MEAN TO YOU?
COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO US?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: FOR 
ME, IT MEANT SHOWING RESPECT FOR
ALL THE PEOPLE DEMONSTRATING 
AROUND ME, AND IT MEANT SAYING 
THAT THINGS ARE NOT RIGHT, THAT 
WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT CONTINUES 
TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST BLACK 
CANADIANS, RACIALIZED CANADIANS,
INDIGENOUS CANADIANS.
AND WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT
THAT EVEN THOUGH WE LIVE IN AN 
EXTRAORDINARY COUNTRY, MAYBE THE
BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, WE 
STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO 
TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE FEELS --
EVERYONE IN CANADA FEELS THAT 
THEY LIVE IN THE BEST COUNTRY IN
THE WORLD.
THAT IS NOT THE REALITY FOR 
EVERYONE, AND FOR ME KNEELING 
WAS A SIGN OF RESPECT AND 
SOLIDARITY WITH THEM.
[ End of Interpretation ]
>> THANK YOU.
OPERATOR, NEXT QUESTION.
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
MERCI.
[No Interpretation]
[Speaking French]
[Voice of Interpreter]
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, 
MR. TRUDEAU.
I'D LIKE TO COME BACK TO THE $14
BILLION YOU PROMISED TO THE 
PROVINCES.
DID YOU AGREE ON HOW THE MONEY 
WOULD BE SHARED BETWEEN THE 
PROVINCES?
MR. LEGAULT WAS SAYING IT SHOULD
NOT BE THE TRADITIONAL FORMULA, 
THE PER CAPITA FORMULA, 
BECAUSE -- AND IN FACT IT SHOULD
BE BASED ON THE EFFECT OF THE 
PANDEMIC IN THE PROVINCE.
IN OTHER WORDS, QUEBEC AND 
ONTARIO SHOULD RECEIVE MORE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WELL,
QUEBEC AND ONTARIO WILL BE 
RECEIVING MORE BECAUSE OF THEIR 
POPULATION.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT MANY 
JURISDICTIONS WHO HAVE NOT HAD 
THAT MANY CASES OF COVID-19 HAVE
STILL HAD TO SUSPEND CERTAIN 
SERVICES, AND THEY DO HAVE 
ADDITIONAL COSTS TO BEAR IN 
ORDER TO PROTECT AGAINST A 
SECOND WAVE.
AND ALL OF THAT ARE DISCUSSIONS 
AND NEGOTIATIONS THAT ARE 
ONGOING WITH THE PROVINCES.
BUT THE FACT IS THAT WE ARE HERE
TO ENSURE THAT EVERY SINGLE 
CANADIAN RIGHT ACROSS THE CAN 
COUNTRY HAS ACCESS TO WHATEVER 
THEY NEED, WHETHER IT IS 
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT OR
CHILD CARE OR HELP FOR OUR 
SENIORS.
OR HELP FOR OUR MUNICIPALITIES.
SO THAT WE CAN RE-START THE 
ECONOMY SAFELY.
>> FOLLOW-UP?
>> Reporter: YES, AND I'D LIKE 
TO COME BACK TO WHAT YOU SAID IN
YOUR SPEECH ABOUT BODY CAMERAS 
FOR POLICE OFFICERS.
WHAT IS YOUR POSITION ON THIS?
SHOULD THE RCMP OFFICERS WEAR 
THEM?
AND WHEN YOU DISCUSS THIS WITH 
THE PROVINCES, OR WHEN YOU DID 
DISCUSS IT, WHAT WAS THEIR 
RESPONSE OR REACTION?
WERE THEY OPEN TO THE IDEA? 
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WELL,
I DID SPEAK TO THE PREMIERS OF 
THE NEED TO TAKE CONCRETE 
ACTION.
WE DID NOT DIRECTLY SPEAK OF 
BODY CAMERAS FOR POLICE, BUT 
THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT
I WILL BE RAISING WITH THEM IN 
THE COMING DAYS AT OUR WEEKLY 
CALL.
SO OF COURSE AT THE FEDERAL 
LEVEL WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY 
FOR THE RCMP, BUT THE PROVINCES 
HAVE THEIR OWN RESPONSIBILITY 
FOR THE PROVINCIAL AND MUNICIPAL
POLICE FORCES.
SO WE WILL HAVE TO WORK 
TOGETHER.
BUT CERTAINLY THERE IS NO DOUBT 
THAT BODY CAMERAS ARE A VERY 
IMPORTANT PART OF THIS.
IT SHOWS TRANSPARENCY, AND I 
THINK IT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT
FOR POLICE OFFICERS TO HAVE THEM
IN THIS COUNTRY.
[ End of Interpretation ]
ON THURSDAY LAST WEEK WITH THE 
PREMIERS, I HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED
FOR US TO TAKE CONCRETE, DIRECT 
ACTIONS TO MOVE FORWARD ON 
SYSTEMIC DISCRIMINATION IN THIS 
COUNTRY, ON MOVING FORWARD 
TOGETHER, ON MAKING REAL CHANGE 
SO THAT MORE CANADIANS CAN FEEL 
SAFE AND RESPECTED IN THEIR OWN 
COUNTRY.
THIS IS A CHALLENGE THAT HAS 
GONE ON FOR FAR TOO LONG AND 
REQUIRES CONCERTED ACTION ACROSS
ALL ORDERS OF GOVERNMENT.
IN REGARDS TO BODY CAMERAS, IT 
DIDN'T COME UP IN OUR 
CONVERSATION LAST THURSDAY, BUT 
CERTAINLY MOVING FORWARD THIS 
WEEK IT WILL COME UP.
AS YOU KNOW, THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT HAS JURISDICTION OVER
THE RCMP, BUT THERE ARE MANY 
OTHER PROVINCIAL AND MUNICIPAL 
POLICE FORCES THAT SHOULD BE 
LOOKING AT GREATER TRANSPARENCY 
MEASURES AS WELL, AND I WILL 
CERTAINLY BE TALKING ABOUT THE 
PROVINCE -- WITH THE PROVINCES 
AND PREMIERS ABOUT THE NEED TO 
MOVE FORWARD ON MEASURES LIKE 
BODY CAMERAS.
>> THANK YOU.
OPERATOR, LAST QUESTION ON THE 
PHONE.
>> Operator: YES, THANK YOU, 
MERCI.
LAST QUESTION, "THE GLOBE AND 
MAIL".
LINE OPEN.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, PRIME
MINISTER.
IN RECENT DAYS ATHABASCA 
CHIPEWYAN FIRST NATION CHIEF 
ALLAN ADAM HAS ALLEGED HE WAS 
BEATEN BY THE RCMP.
HE HAS SHARED PICTURES OF HIS 
BLOODY FACE AND SWOLLEN EYE.
GIVEN THIS INCIDENT AND MANY 
OTHERS THAT HAVE COME TO LIGHT, 
HOW CAN CANADIANS BE CONFIDENT 
THAT THERE ARE MECHANISMS IN 
PLACE TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS 
SOMEONE POLICING THE POLICE?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WE 
HAVE OBVIOUSLY ALL SEEN AND BEEN
DEEPLY ALARMED BY THE PICTURES 
THAT CHIEF ADAM HAS SHARED.
OBVIOUSLY MINISTER MILLER HAS 
ENGAGED WITH THE CHIEF DIRECTLY 
MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE PAST 
DAYS.
WE NEED TO DO MORE.
WE NEED TO TAKE SIGNIFICANT 
MEASURES TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE BROUGHT IN AN RCMP MANAGEMENT
BOARD A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO WHEN
WE -- AS WE COMMITTED TO.
THAT IS HELPING WITH CIVILIAN 
OVERSIGHT OVER THE RCMP, BUT 
THERE IS MORE TO DO, AND THAT IS
A CONVERSATION I HAD WITH 
COMMISSIONER BRENDA LUCCI THIS 
MORNING, AND I WILL CONTINUE 
WORKING WITH HER AND WITH ALL OF
OUR PARTNERS ON ENSURING THAT WE
BRING FORWARD SIGNIFICANT, 
CONCRETE AND RAPID MEASURES TO 
ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
[Speaking French]
[Voice of Interpreter]
WE WERE ALL DISTURBED BY THE 
PHOTOGRAPHS SHARED BY THE CHIEF 
A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.
MINISTER MILLER HAS BEEN IN 
DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH HIM 
AND I SPOKE TO COMMISSIONER 
LUCCI OF THE RCMP THIS MORNING.
WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO 
EXPEDITE CHANGE WITHIN THE RCMP.
NOW WE DID BRING IN ADDITIONAL 
MEASURES IN RECENT YEARS.
TO ENSURE GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY
WITHIN THE RCMP, BUT WE KNOW 
THERE IS A LOT MORE TO BE DONE, 
AND WE WILL BE WORKING TOGETHER 
IN THE COMING DAYS TO BRING IN 
NEW MEASURES.
[ End of Interpretation ]
>> FOLLOW-UP?
>> Reporter: PRIME MINISTER, 
FIVE YEARS AGO THE TRUTH AND 
RECONCILIATION COMMISSION 
HIGHLIGHTED SYSTEMIC ISSUES 
BETWEEN POLICE AND INDIGENOUS 
PEOPLE, THE NATIONAL PUBLIC 
INQUIRY THAT YOUR GOVERNMENT 
CALLED ON MISSING AND MURDERED 
INDIGENOUS WOMEN DID THE SAME.
HAVE YOU GIVEN ANY CONSIDERATION
TO APPOINTING SOMEONE IN YOUR 
CABINET TO ASSESS ALLEGATIONS OF
SYSTEMATIC RACISM AND TO BE 
TASKED WITH TAKING ACTION ON IT?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WE 
HAVE NOT WAITED FOR THOSE 
REPORTS TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE HAVE BEEN TAKING ACTION ON 
THESE SYSTEMATIC CHALLENGES, 
WHETHER IT WAS BRINGING IN NEW 
REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT MANAGEMENT 
BOARDS FOR THE RCMP, WHETHER 
IT'S MOVING FORWARD ON 
STATISTICS CANADA BEING BETTER 
ABLE TO WORK WITH DISAGGREGATED 
DATA, WHETHER IT'S WORKING MORE 
DIRECTLY WITH COMMUNITY 
ORGANIZATIONS AND GIVING THEM 
THE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP 
PROGRAMS THAT CAN HELP.
THERE ARE MANY THINGS WE'VE 
DONE, INCLUDING DIRECTLY WITHIN 
THE NATIONAL POLICE FORCE IN 
TERMS OF BRINGING FORWARD 
SIGNIFICANT MEASURES AND 
TRANSFORMATIONS.
BUT THERE IS MUCH, MUCH MORE TO 
DO.
WE APPOINTED A MINISTER OF 
DIVERSITY INCLUSION FOR THE VERY
FIRST TIME LAST FALL, AND SHE 
HAS BEEN TASKED WITH LOOKING 
DIRECTLY AT THESE ISSUES, AND 
OUR MINISTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY 
HAS, OF COURSE, THE MANDATE TO 
ENSURE THAT WE ARE FIGHTING 
AGAINST SYSTEMIC DISCRIMINATION 
IN EVERYTHING WE DO.
[Speaking French]
[Voice of Interpreter]
>> Reporter: RADIO-CANADA.
NOW YOU DENOUNCED SYSTEMIC 
RACISM, BUT FOR YEARS 
COMMISSIONS AND EXPERTS HAVE 
BEEN RECOMMENDING ALL SORTS OF 
THINGS, AND THERE'S STILL -- 
THAT ARE STILL WAITING FOR 
CONCRETE RESULTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, AN INVESTIGATIVE 
BUREAU THAT WOULD BE LOOKING AT 
INCIDENTS ASSOCIATED WITH POLICE
BRUTALITY AGAINST INDIGENOUS 
PEOPLE.
WILL WE SEE AN ORGANIZATION LIKE
THAT IN CANADA SOON? 
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WELL,
WE WILL VERY QUICKLY BE LOOKING 
AT ALL THE MEASURES THAT ARE 
CURRENTLY IN PLACE IN TERMS OF 
TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND
SO ON.
AND WE ARE READY TO DO ANYTHING 
NECESSARY.
WE ARE PREPARED TO INTRODUCE NEW
STRUCTURES OR STRENGTHEN 
EXISTING STRUCTURES.
THAT'S EXACTLY THE KIND OF 
CONVERSATION I HAD WITH THE 
COMMISSIONER THIS MORNING, AND 
THOSE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS WE 
ARE ALSO HAVING IN CABINET.
WE KNOW WE HAVE TO TAKE CONCRETE
STEPS, AND WE KNOW WE NEED TO 
STRENGTHEN THE CURRENT SYSTEM 
AND PERHAPS ADD THINGS TO IT, 
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT
THIS WEEK.
>> Reporter: ONE YEAR AGO THE 
INVESTIGATION ON MISSING AND 
MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN 
RECOMMENDED THAT CIVILIAN GROUPS
BE ASKED TO MONITOR THE POLICE 
RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND I 
THINK THE PEOPLE ARE WONDERING 
WHAT YOU'RE WAITING FOR TO DO 
THAT.
WHEN WILL THOSE GROUPS BE PUT IN
PLACE? 
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WELL,
THE RCMP HAS CREATED ADVISORY 
GROUPS IN EVERY REGION TO WORK 
WITH THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, BUT 
WE KNOW THERE HAS TO BE MORE 
DONE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE 
LOOKING AT THIS WEEK.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHERE WE CAN
GO A BIT FURTHER, WHERE WE HAVE 
TO GO A LOT FURTHER IN ORDER TO 
ENSURE THAT WE ARE ACTING -- 
TAKING CONCRETE ACTIONS, THAT 
WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT 
INTENTIONS, BUT THAT WE'RE 
TAKING CONCRETE ACTION THAT WILL
TRANSFORM THIS COUNTRY.
[ End of Interpretation ]
WE HAVE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS 
OVER THE PAST YEARS ABOUT 
FIGHTING AGAINST SYSTEMIC 
DISCRIMINATION, WHETHER IT HAS 
BEEN CREATING BETTER OVERSIGHT 
OF THE RCMP, WHICH WE'VE MOVED 
FORWARD ON, WHETHER IT'S THE 
RCMP COMMISSIONER SETTING UP 
INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCILS 
RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO 
BETTER RESPOND TO WHAT THEY ARE 
DOING.
WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF THINGS, 
BUT WE KNOW WE HAVE TO DO MUCH 
MORE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE 
TALKING ABOUT THIS WEEK, LOOKING
AT CONCRETE MEASURES WHERE WE 
CAN STRENGTHEN CERTAIN EXISTING 
BODIES, WHERE WE MIGHT NEED TO 
BRING IN NEW BODIES, WHERE WE 
CAN MOVE FORWARD ON DIFFERENT 
MEASURES.
THERE'S A RANGE OF THINGS THAT 
OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO DO.
THE INTENTION HAS BEEN THERE TO 
FIGHT SYSTEMIC DISCRIMINATION IN
THIS COUNTRY.
WE NOW NEED TO DO EVEN MORE IN 
TERMS OF ACTIONS TO MAKE SURE 
THAT THAT GETS DONE.
>> Reporter: TOM PERRY, CBC.
I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR 
OWN DECISION TO ATTEND THE RALLY
ON FRIDAY.
THIS IS CLEARLY SOMETHING THAT'S
BEEN IMPORTANT TO YOU, BUT 
YOU'VE BEEN TELLING CANADIANS 
FOR WEEKS TO AVOID DOING THINGS 
THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO THEM.
ALSO YOU WERE ASKED EARLIER IF 
YOU WERE GOING TO GET TESTED.
ARE YOU? 
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: I 
WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW PUBLIC 
HEALTH PROTOCOLS IN TERMS OF 
GETTING TESTED.
I'M OPEN TO GETTING TESTED, 
OBVIOUSLY, BUT WHEN I WAS IN 
ISOLATION BECAUSE I WAS IN 
PROXIMITY WITH MY WIFE WHO HAD 
TESTED POSITIVE, IT WAS 
DETERMINED AT THE TIME THAT I 
DIDN'T NEED TO GET TESTED 
BECAUSE I WAS ISOLATING, AND I 
SHOWED ABSOLUTELY NO SYMPTOMS.
I CONTINUE OBVIOUSLY TO SHOW NO 
SYMPTOMS.
IN REGARDS TO THE RALLIES, IT 
WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO ATTEND.
I THINK TO LOOK OUT THE WINDOWS 
OF MY OFFICE AND SEE THOUSANDS 
UPON THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE, 
OF CANADIANS OF ALL AGES, STAND 
IN SOLIDARITY WANTING TO SEE 
CHANGE HAPPEN, I FELT IT WAS 
IMPORTANT FOR ME TO BE PART OF 
THAT, TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN, TO 
BE ABLE TO HEAR PEOPLE AND TO BE
ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND TO SHARE 
WITH PEOPLE HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS
TO ACT ON IT.
AS BEST I COULD, I FOLLOWED 
SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES, 
WEARING A MASK, KEEPING DISTANCE
WHERE POSSIBLE, BUT I RECOGNIZE 
THAT IT IS A DIFFICULT SITUATION
WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO BALANCE 
VERY IMPORTANT COMPETING 
INTERESTS.
FOR ME, IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT I 
BE THERE TO HEAR.
[Speaking French]
[Voice of Interpreter]
I THINK WE'RE IN A SITUATION NOW
WHERE WE'RE CONSTANTLY BEING 
CALLED UPON TO MAKE DIFFICULT 
CHOICES.
OF COURSE WE MUST TRY TO FOLLOW 
PUBLIC HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS.
THAT'S WHAT I TRIED TO DO, BUT I
ALSO FELT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT 
THAT THE PRIME MINISTER BE THERE
TO LISTEN AND HEAR THE VOICES OF
THOUSANDS OF CANADIANS WHO WANT 
US TO ACT QUICKLY TO COUNTER 
SYSTEMIC DISCRIMINATION THAT 
EXISTS IN THIS COUNTRY.
THAT IS THE CHOICE THAT I MADE, 
AND I BELIEVE IT WAS THE RIGHT 
CHOICE.
WELL, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO I 
SELF-ISOLATED WHEN SOPHIE TESTED
POSITIVE FOR COVID-19, AND I AM 
BEING TOLD THAT SINCE I HAD NO 
SYMPTOMS I HAD NO NEED TO BE 
TESTED.
BUT I'M ALWAYS OPEN TO BE TESTED
AGAIN.
[ End of Interpretation ]
>> Reporter: JUST WANT TO BE 
CLEAR.
THIS IS SOMETHING YOU THINK 
SHOULD HAPPEN AND YOU THINK THE 
RCMP OFFICERS SHOULD BE WEARING 
THESE CAMERAS?
AND ALSO IN YOUR CONVERSATIONS 
WITH THE COMMISSIONER, IS SHE 
SAYING SHE THINKS HER OFFICERS 
WOULD BE WILLING TO WEAR THESE 
CAMERAS? 
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: I 
THINK THESE DISCUSSIONS ARE ONES
WE NEED TO GO FORWARD ON ON THE 
LOGISTICS, ON THE COSTS, ON THE 
COST TO PROVINCES WHERE THERE IS
CONTRACT POLICING IN PLACE.
BUT THE CHALLENGES THAT I'VE 
HEARD ARE MORE LOGISTICAL AND 
ECONOMIC CONCERNS ABOUT REMOTE 
AREAS AND THE WAY THOSE CAMERAS 
WOULD WORK.
BUT YES, IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS
IN MY OPINION WHAT WE NEED TO 
MOVE FORWARD WITH.
[Speaking French]
[Voice of Interpreter]
IN MY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE 
COMMISSIONER THIS MORNING, WE 
TALKED ABOUT BODY CAMERAS.
THE CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH 
THOSE CAMERAS ARE -- HAVE TO DO 
WITH LOGISTICS AND ECONOMICS.
THEY ARE NOT AS SUBSTANTIVE.
THERE ARE ALSO SOME TECHNICAL 
CHALLENGES, SO I THINK WE AGREE 
THAT WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD 
WITH BODY CAMERAS FOR RCMP 
OFFICERS.
[ End of Interpretation ]
>> Reporter: HELLO, PRIME 
MINISTER.
CTV NATIONAL NEWS.
YOU TOOK A KNEE AT FRIDAY'S 
RALLY SHOWING YOUR SUPPORT FOR 
THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT.
MANY OF THE PROTESTERS WE SPOKE 
WITH SAID THAT THEY APPRECIATE 
THE SYMBOLISM, BUT THEY WANT 
CONCRETE ACTIONS TO SHOW THAT 
THAT WAS NOT JUST A PHOTO OP.
YOU MENTIONED BODY CAMERAS IN 
YOUR SPEECH, BUT MANY ADVOCATES 
SAY THAT IS SIMPLY A BAND AID 
SOLUTION.
I'M WONDERING WHAT FIRM STEPS 
WILL YOU TAKE IMMEDIATELY TO 
BEGIN ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC 
RACISM?
CANADA? 
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: I 
THINK FIRST OF ALL BODY CAMERAS 
IS A SIGNIFICANT STEP TOWARDS 
TRANSPARENCY, AND WE'RE, AS I'VE
SAID, GOING TO WORK ON THAT THIS
WEEK.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO MOVE FORWARD
ON LOOKING AT VARIOUS REVIEW 
STRUCTURES AND OVERSIGHT 
COMMISSIONS AT THE POLICING 
LEVEL TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY 
HAVE THE POWERS AND THE 
ABILITIES TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE
DONE.
BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SYSTEMIC 
RACISM, IT'S EASY AND IMPORTANT 
TO LOOK AT POLICING IN THIS 
COUNTRY AS BEING A KEY 
CHALLENGE.
BUT THE DRIVERS OF SYSTEMIC 
RACISM ARE FAR GREATER THAN JUST
POLICING.
THERE ARE SOCIO-ECONOMIC 
FACTORS.
THERE ARE INEQUALITIES, 
LONG-STANDING INEQUALITIES, THE 
RACIALIZATION OF POVERTY IS A 
REALITY IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE ADDRESSING ALL OF THOSE AT 
THE SAME TIME.
THAT IS WHY AS A CABINET, AS A 
GOVERNMENT, AS A COUNTRY WE WILL
HAVE MANY IMPORTANT 
CONVERSATIONS, BUT I HEAR VERY 
CLEARLY THAT AS MUCH AS WE HAVE 
MADE STRONG EFFORTS OVER THE 
PAST YEARS ON STEPPING FORWARD 
IN THE RIGHT WAY, IT HASN'T BEEN
ENOUGH.
WE HAVE TO DO MUCH MORE AND WE 
WILL.
>> Reporter: YOU'VE ALSO SAID 
THAT THE PROTESTS ARE CALLING 
FOR ACTION NOW, AND ONE OF THE 
CLEAR CALLS THAT WE'RE HEARING 
IS TO REDUCE POLICE BUDGETS AND 
TO REDIRECT MONEY TO BETTER 
SUPPORT BLACK COMMUNITIES.
MINNEAPOLIS ANNOUNCED THAT IT 
WILL DO JUST THAT, AND I'M 
WONDERING WHETHER YOU WILL 
REVIEW THE RCMP BUDGET.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: I 
THINK THERE'S ALWAYS A NEED TO 
REVIEW EVERY DOLLAR, EVERY 
PUBLIC DOLLAR SPENT TO ENSURE 
THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BEST 
RESULTS OUT OF IT, THAT WHAT 
WE'RE DOING IS THE BEST THING TO
KEEP CANADIANS SAFE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CANADIANS 
EXPECT OF THEIR GOVERNMENTS, AND
WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT, TO 
ENSURE THAT BUDGETS ARE SPENT 
APPROPRIATELY, THAT BUDGETS 
THEMSELVES ARE APPROPRIATE, AND 
MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO 
INVESTING IN ALL THE THINGS THAT
NEED TO BE INVESTED IN TO ENSURE
TRULY SAFER COMMUNITIES.
[Speaking French]
[Voice of Interpreter]
I THINK PEOPLE EXPECT US TO BE 
CONSTANTLY REVIEWING BUDGETS AND
EXPENDITURES TO BE SURE THAT WE 
ARE INVESTING MONEY IN THE RIGHT
THINGS AND THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING
THE RIGHT PROGRAMS AND TOOLS TO 
KEEP ALL CANADIANS SAFE, AND 
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL 
CONTINUE TO DO.
[ End of Interpretation ]
>> Reporter: PRIME MINISTER, THE
MIGRANT WORKERS ALLIANCE FOR 
CHANGE SAYS MORE THAN A THOUSAND
COMPLAINTS ON BEHALF OF MIGRANT 
FARM WORKERS WENT UNHEEDED BY 
FEDERAL AND PROVINCIAL 
AUTHORITIES AHEAD OF THESE 
RECENT COVID-19 OUTBREAKS.
WHY DIDN'T YOUR GOVERNMENT DO 
MORE TO ENSURE THESE ESSENTIAL 
WORKERS WERE SAFE?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: NO 
ONE IN CANADA SHOULD BE AT 
GREATER RISK OF COVID-19, AND WE
KNOW WE NEED TO DO BETTER BY 
MIGRANT WORKERS.
TEMPORARY FOREIGN WORKERS IN 
CANADA HAVE AN EXTREMELY 
IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY IN OUR 
AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS.
WE'VE HAD MANY DISCUSSIONS WITH 
AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY AND WITH 
MIGRANT WORKER ORGANIZATIONS TO 
ENSURE THAT WE ARE PUTTING 
MEASURES IN PLACE THAT WOULD 
ALLOW BOTH ISOLATION AND THE 
IMPORTANT WORK IN ENSURING 
CANADA'S FOOD SUPPLY CONTINUES.
OF COURSE WE WILL BE CONTINUING 
TO LISTEN TO THEM AND LOOKING AT
HOW WE CAN MAKE THINGS BETTER 
GOING FORWARD.
>> Reporter: CRAMPED LIVING 
CONDITIONS, WORKING LONG HOURS 
IN CLOSE PROXIMITY, ADVOCATES 
HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT 
THESE ISSUES FOR DECADES.
WILL YOUR GOVERNMENT CONSIDER 
GIVING MIGRANT WORKERS PERMANENT
RESIDENT STATUS SO THEY CAN 
ASSERT THEIR RIGHT TO A SAFE 
WORKPLACE? 
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WE 
NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF 
PROTECTING TEMPORARY 
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS IN THIS 
COUNTRY, TEMPORARY FOREIGN 
WORKERS IN THIS COUNTRY.
WE HAVE TAKEN A NUMBER OF STEPS,
BUT THERE'S MORE TO DO, AND WE 
WILL DO IT.
>>. 
[No Interpretation]
>> Rosemary: THIS IS THE PRIME 
MINISTER OF CANADA ON THIS 
MONDAY GIVING HIS DAILY 
BRIEFING, WHICH IS USUALLY ABOUT
COVID-19.
ALTHOUGH TODAY PRIMARILY THE 
DISCUSSION AROUND ANTI-BLACK 
RACISM PROTESTS AND POLICING.
ALTHOUGH A LITTLE BIT OF NEWS 
THERE ON EXEMPTIONS ON PEOPLE 
LOOKING TO REUNITE THEIR 
FAMILIES IF THEY GOT SORT OF 
SEPARATED BETWEEN CANADA AND THE
UNITED STATES OVER THE COURSE OF
THE PAST FEW MONTHS.
I'LL BRING IN VASSY KAPELOS AND 
DAVID COCHRANE TO WALK US 
THROUGH THERE WHAT WE HEARD.
IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE HOW 
EVENTS OVERTAKE THESE PRESS 
CONFERENCES AND IT BECOMES 
SOLELY FOCUSED ON THE PANDEMIC.
IN THIS CASE, VERY MUCH IN 
RESPONSE TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN FROM
POLITICIANS AND PEOPLE ON THE 
STREET ABOUT THE PAST COUPLE OF 
DAYS, ANTI-BLACK PROTESTS, 
VASSY.
>> Vassy: YES, AND LOTS OF 
INTERESTING COMMENTS TO DISSECT.
I THINK NONE MORE SIGNIFICANT 
THAN THE PRIME MINISTER NEAR THE
END THERE INITIALLY TALKING 
ABOUT HIS DISCUSSION WITH RCMP 
COMMISSIONER BRENDA BUCKI THIS 
MORNING AND BROACHING THE 
SUBJECT OF BODY CAMERAS FOR RCMP
OFFICERS, BUT THEN WHEN PRESSED 
BY VARIOUS REPORTERS, INCLUDING 
OUR COLLEAGUE TOM, HE BASICALLY 
ENDORSED THE USE OF OR MOVING 
FORWARD -- HE SAID MOVING 
FORWARD WE AGREE WE HAVE TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH BODY CAMERAS.
THAT WAS THE EXACT WORDING, FOR 
RCMP OFFICERS.
THAT IS SIGNIFICANT.
HE MENTIONED THAT HE WOULD BE 
TALKING TO PREMIERS, FOR 
EXAMPLE, ABOUT POLICING IN 
GENERAL ON BODY CAMERAS FOR 
POLICING IN GENERAL BECAUSE 
JURISDICTION IS VERY DIFFERENT 
WHEN IT COMES TO VARIOUS POLICE 
OFFICERS AND IN SOME CASES THE 
RCMP IN VARIOUS PROVINCES.
WHERE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
DOES HAVE JURISDICTION IS OVER 
CERTAIN RCMP MEMBERS IN CERTAIN 
AREAS OF THE COUNTRY, AND I'M 
THINKING SPECIFICALLY FOLLOWING 
THE EVENTS OF LAST WEEK IN 
NUNAVUT, WHERE A NUMBER OF 
INVESTIGATIONS HAVE BEEN 
LAUNCHED, SIX ACTUALLY SINCE 
JANUARY, INTO THE CONDUCT OF 
RCMP OFFICERS THERE.
I SPOKE WITH THE MAYOR AND 
DEPUTY MAYOR OF IQALUIT WHO, FOR
EXAMPLE, HAVE TAKEN IT UPON 
THEMSELVES AT THE MUNICIPAL 
LEVEL TO INTRODUCE VARIOUS 
MOTIONS AND STATEMENTS IN 
SUPPORT OF MAKING THOSE BODY 
CAMERAS MANDATORY FOR RCMP 
OFFICERS.
SO FOR THE PRIME MINISTER TO 
COME OUT AND SAY THAT IT'S 
SOMETHING HE ENDORSES I THINK IS
SIGNIFICANT.
WHETHER IT AFFECTS THE POLICY 
DIRECTION OF THE RCMP GOING 
FORWARD IS A DIFFERENT SUBJECT.
OR NOT DIFFERENT SUBJECT, BUT 
IT'S CERTAINLY A DIFFERENT 
QUESTION.
I HAVE NOT HEARD THE 
COMMISSIONER RECENTLY TALK ABOUT
IT.
HE MENTIONED THAT IN THEIR 
DISCUSSIONS SHE BROUGHT UP SOME 
OF THE CHALLENGES, BE IT 
ECONOMICAL, BE IT TECHNICAL.
THERE HAVE BEEN TWO I THINK 
DISTINCT STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN 
DONE, OR TRIALS I SHOULD SAY, ON
THE USE OF BODY CAMERAS.
IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO FIND 
OUT FROM THE RCMP EXACTLY THE 
REASONS THAT THEY HAVE HELD BACK
ON MOVING FORWARD, BUT IF IT IS 
ECONOMIC, LET'S SAY, IF IT IS 
TECHNICAL, NOW THAT THE PRIME 
MINISTER HAS PRONOUNCED HIS 
SUPPORT FOR THAT, WHAT EXACTLY 
IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
PREPARED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE RCMP CAN MOVE FORWARD AND 
ADDRESS THOSE CHALLENGES AND HOW
QUICKLY COULD THAT HAPPEN.
AND THEN WHERE DOES THE 
CONVERSATION GO WITH THE VARIOUS
PROVINCES WHO, AGAIN, AS I 
MENTIONED, DO HAVE JURISDICTION 
OVER VARIOUS POLICING FORCES, 
AND EVEN AT A MUNICIPAL LEVEL, 
RATHER, TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, 
DEPENDING ON THE CITY THAT 
YOU'RE IN.
I THINK THIS IS A DEFINITE SHIFT
IN THAT CONVERSATION.
THE FACT THAT IT'S BEEN STUDIED 
FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS BUT NOT 
REALLY UNIFORMLY ACTED UPON 
TELLS YOU THAT THERE WAS THIS 
DISCUSSION TO BE HAD.
I THINK GIVEN THE NUMBER OF 
QUESTIONS THE PRIME MINISTER GOT
ABOUT THE SYMBOLISM OF WHAT HE'S
DONE AND SAID IN THE LAST WEEK 
IN SUPPORT OF THOSE PROTESTERS, 
YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION HAS OFTEN
BEEN TO HIM, WHAT ARE YOU GOING 
TO DO ABOUT IT.
[PLEASE STAND BY]
OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE 
CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING AND 
SPURRED ON BY EVENTS IN THIS 
COUNTRY VERY MUCH, DAVID.
AND I WONDER, TOO, ABOUT BODY 
CAMERAS FOR THE RCMP.
YOU KNOW, THE RCMP ARE OFTEN IN 
REMOTE AREAS OF THE COUNTRY, 
SOMETIMES ON THEIR OWN IN 
PATROL CARS AND WHETHER HAVING 
BODY CAMERAS WOULD BE OF HELP 
IN POLICING AND IN SORT OF THE 
OVERSIGHT OF POLICE AS THERE 
ARE, YOU KNOW, POLICING FORCES 
IN THIS COUNTRY THAT HAVE MOVED 
IN THIS DIRECTION AS WELL.
CALGARY IS THE BIGGEST CITY 
WHERE ALL THE OFFICERS NOW HAVE 
BODY CAMS.
>> David: YEAH, THE RCMPS IN 
NORTHERN CANADA, RURAL CANADA 
AND PROVIDE SOME MUNICIPAL 
POLICING AS WELL.
SOMETHING THE PRIME MINISTER 
SAID EARLY IN HIS REMARK.
THE REALITY IS THAT IN PEOPLE 
IN THIS COUNTRY SIMPLY DO NOT 
FEEL PROTECTED BY THE POLICE.
IN FACT, THEY'RE AFRAID OF THEM.
AND VASSY OUTLINED SOME OF THE 
INCIDENTS OF THE PAST WEEK.
WE HAD THAT 22-YEAR-OLD IN 
NUNAVUT, AN INDIGENOUS MAN 
KNOCKED TO THE DOOR  -- TO THE 
GROUND BY THE DOOR OF A PICK UM 
TRUCK.
AND A WOMAN KILLED IN A 
WELLNESS CHECK BY A POLICE 
OFFICER AND OF COURSE THE ALAN 
ADAM ALTERCATION WITH THE RCMP, 
WHICH THE POLICE DO NOT DENY 
HAPPENED.
THEY JUST SAY THAT IT WAS 
JUSTIFIED.
ONE OF THOSE WAS CAUGHT ON
FILM, TWO OF THOSE WERE NOT.
AND IN THIS DAY AND AGE, WITH 
THE ISSUE OF POLICE USE OF 
FORCE, SO FRONT AND CENTER, YOU 
SIMPLY CAN'T RELY ON CITIZENS 
WITH CELL PHONES TO CAPTURE ALL 
OF THESE MOMENTS.
YOU KNOW, IT HAPPENED IN 
NUNAVUT AND LOOK AT THE 
SITUATION IN BUFFALO, FOR 
EXAMPLE.
I KNOW IT IS ANOTHER COUNTRY 
AND ANOTHER POLICE FORCE, BUT 
BY NOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD 
HAVE SEEN  THE IMAGE OF THE MAN 
SHOVED TO THE GROUND AND 
HITTING THE CONCRETE AND BLOOD 
GOING EVERYWHERE.
THE POLICE REPORT SAID HE 
SLIPPED AND FELL WHEN VIDEO 
SHOWED HE WAS CLEARLY SHOVED.
IT IS AN ISSUE THAT THE PRIME 
MINISTER HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT 
PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY DO NOT 
FEEL SAFE.
THEY FEEL THREATENED BY POLICE.
THEY'RE AFRAID OF POLICE.
WHEN THIS TECHNOLOGY DOES 
EXIST, LET'S FACE IT, MONEY IS 
NO OBJECT RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF 
DEALING WITH ISSUES.
THERE'S BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 
BEING SPENT EVERY WEEK.
AND IF THE NATIONAL POLICE 
FORCE GETS KIDDED OUT WITH BODY 
CAMERAS THE WAY THEY GET PEPPER 
SPRAYED, IT IS GOING TO BE VERY 
DIFFICULT FOR MUNICIPAL AND 
PROVINCIAL POLICE FORCES TO 
IGNORE THAT.
BECAUSE YOU WILL HAVE A 
NATIONAL STANDARD THAT IS -- 
THAT WILL BE APPLIED BY THE 
RCMP THAT WILL CREATE 
SIGNIFICANT POLITICAL PRESSURE 
DOWNWARD FOR OTHER POLICE 
FORCES TO GET IN LINE.
THERE WAS A COUPLE OF 
INTERESTING THINGS FOR THE 
PRIME MINISTER THERE TO 
ACKNOWLEDGE UP FRONT THE 
SEVERITY OF THE PROBLEM AND 
ACKNOWLEDGE THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING HIS, HAVE 
SIMPLY NOT DONE ENOUGH AND 
PROMISE CHANGE AND RIGHT OFF 
THE BAT ONE IMMEDIATE THING 
WOULD BE THE IDEA OF MOVING IT 
FOR  BODY CAMERAS OF THE 
NATIONAL POLICE FORCE.
>> Rosemary: AND THERE WAS THE 
WOMAN WHO FELL TO HER DEATH 
DURING A MENTAL HEALTH CALL AND 
CHIEF SAUNDERS IN TORONTO HAS 
SAID THAT HE IS OPEN TO BODY 
CAMERAS AND SUGGESTED THAT 
MAYBE HE COULD GET THEM IN 
PLACE BY SEPTEMBER.
THAT, TOO, ANOTHER PLACE WHERE 
CERTAINLY HER FAMILY FEELS LIKE 
BODY CAMERAS AND MORE EVIDENCE 
OF WHAT HAPPENED WOULD BE 
HELPFUL AND UNDERSTANDING HOW A 
WOMAN CALLED -- WAS CALLED FOR 
HELP AND ENDED UP DEAD WHEN 
POLICE WENT INTO THE APARTMENT.
LOTS OF THINGS THERE OBVIOUSLY 
TO TAKE IN.
LET'S JUST QUICKLY GO INTO THE 
EXEMPTION PART BECAUSE THERE 
ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE 
TWEETED.
WE'VE SEEN STORIES ABOUT 
FAMILIES SEPARATED BETWEEN 
CANADA AND THE EYE.
AND NOW THE GOVERNMENT ALLOWING 
AN EXEMPTION FOR A VERY 
PARTICULAR SET OF PEOPLE WHO 
HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FROM THEIR 
FAMILY, VASSY.
>> Vassy: YEAH.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE 
PRIME MINISTER HINTED A FEW 
WEEKS AGO THAT THEY WERE 
CONSIDERING.
I'LL READ THE EXACT WORDING.
A LIMITED EXEMPTION AT THE 
BORDER.
HE SAYS WE WILL INTRODUCE TO 
ALLOW IMMEDIATE MEMBERS OF 
CITIZENS OR PERMANENT RESIDENTS 
TO COME TO CANADA.
THE PRIME MINISTER ALSO ADDED 
THE CAVEAT THAT THEY WILL, LIKE 
EVERYONE ELSE WHO CROSSES THE 
BOARDS VERDICT TO SELF-ISOLATE 
AND QUARANTINE FOR 14 DAYS 
FOLLOWING WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS ON 
EXACTLY WHEN THEY WILL 
INTRODUCE IT OR IF THEY HAVE TO 
DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN JUST, 
YOU KNOW, DECIDE THAT THAT'S 
GOING TO BEABLE THE CASE.
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT THAT THAT 
THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF 
ANECDOTETAL STORIES OF PEOPLE 
SEPARATED FROM ESPECIALLY THEIR 
IMMEDIATE FAMILIES SO THINK 
KIDS, PARENTS, THAT KIND OF 
THING AND SEPARATE IT AT THE 
BORDER AND UNABLE TO REUNITE 
WITH THEM AND SO THIS LOOKS 
LIKE IT WILL PROVIDE THE 
ABILITY TO DO SO.
I'M CURIOUS TO FIND OUT IF IT 
WILL BE RECIPROCATED ON THE 
OTHER SIDE OF THE BORDER OR HOW 
THAT IS GOING TO BE COORDINATED 
OR LOOKED AT IN THE TIMELINE 
FOR THAT.
AS SOON AS I DO GET THOSE 
DETAILS, I'LL MAKE SURE OR 
MAYBE THERE MIGHT BE A PRESS 
RELEASE OUT THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN 
ABLE TO SEE, BUT WE'LL BE ABLE 
TO SHARE THOSE.
>> David: SORRY.
IT COMES INTO EFFECT -- THE 
CBSA IS ANNOUNCING IT BASICALLY 
AS OF MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
JUNE 8, 23:59 FOR NATIONALS WHO 
DO NOT HAVE COVID-19 OR EXHIBIT 
ANY SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS OF 
COVID-19 AND DO NOT HAVE REASON 
TO BELIEVE THEY HAVE COVID-19 
WILL BE  EXEMPT FROM THE 
PROHIBITION OF ENTERING CANADA 
FOR AT LEAST 15 DAYS.
YOU HAVE TO DO THE 14-DAY 
QUARANTINE AND THAT IS FOLLOWED 
BY A SPECIFIC LIST OF SPOUSE OR 
COMMON-LAW PARTNER OR DEPENDENT 
CHILD, PARENT OR STEP PARENT OF 
WHO EXACTLY QUALIFIES.
ESSENTIALLY THE BAN ON THAT, ON 
THE FAMILY UNIFICATION THING, 
IF YOU ARE COMING HERE FOR A 
SERIOUS CHUNK OF TIME, THAT 
KICKS IN ESSENTIALLY AT 
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
>> Rosemary: OK.
THANK YOU, BOTH.
WE AWAIT THE PRESS CONFERENCE 
WITH CABINET MINISTERS AND 
HEALTH CARE OFFICIALS.
OBVIOUSLY THE NEWS FROM THE 
PRIME MINISTER'S BRIEFING TODAY 
REALLY VERY MUCH IN RESPONSE TO 
THOSE ANTI-BLACK RACISM 
PROTESTS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE 
UNITED STATES AND NOW IN THIS 
COUNTRY AND THE PRIME 
MINISTER'S, YOU KNOW, ADMISSION 
THAT THIS GOVERNMENT HAS DONE 
THINGS, NEEDS TO DO MORE AND 
WILL CONTINUE A CONVERSATION 
WITH CABINET THIS AFTERNOON IN 
ORDER TO DO SO AND HIS 
ESSENTIALLY HIS ENDORSEMENT 
THAT BODY CAMERAS FOR THE RCMP 
IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO 
MOVE IN THE DIRECTION OF AND WE 
KNOW HE HAS BEEN SPEAKING TO 
THE COMMISSIONER.
SO, WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT 
CONVERSATION GOES LATER TODAY.
WE HAVE HEARD, THOUGH, OVER THE 
PAST NUMBER OF WEEKS, OF 
COURSE, THAT WE'RE AN AWFULLY 
LONG WAY AWAY FROM GETTING BACK 
TO NORMAL.
THERE IS A HUNT GOING ON FOR 
THE COVID-19 VACCINE.
BIG CHALLENGES WITH PATIENT 
TESTING, TRACKING, TREATMENT.
MY NEXT GUEST IS PART OF A 
VANCOUVER TEAM CO-DEVELOPING A 
POTENTIAL ANTI-BODY TREATMENT 
AND THE FIRST HUMAN TRIAL FOR 
THAT RIGHT NOW HAS ALREADY 
BEGUN.
JOINING ME FROM VANCOUVER IS 
CARL HANSON, C.E.O. OF EPSILARA.
I KNOW THE GOVERNMENT HAS 
SUPPORTED EPSILAR A IN THIS BID 
SO GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT 
THEY'RE DOING AND HOW IT MIGHT 
HELP THE REST OF US.
>> WELL, IT IS A BITE COMPANY  
-- BIOTECH COMPANY IN VANCOUVER 
THAT'S CREATED A TECHNOLOGY 
THAT LETS YOU SKAFN, DECODE AND 
ANALYZE SYSTEMS AND WE APPLIED 
THAT TO LOOK THROUGH THE 
IMMUNO-RESPONSE OF A COVID-19 
SURVIVOR TO ISOLATE THE PROTEIN 
THAT CAN BLOCK THE VIRUS AND 
RECENTLY WE PARTNERED WITH ELI 
LILLY, A GLOBAL PHARMA FROM THE 
U.S., AND WE PUT IT INTO 
CLINICAL TRIAL TO TEST FOR 
SAFETY.
THE NEXT STEPS IS TEST CAN THIS 
ANTIBODY HELP PATIENTS, GET 
BETTER FASTER AND PREVENT 
PATIENTS FROM BEING INFECTED.
>> Rosemary: SO, DO WE KNOW AT 
THIS STAGE WHETHER ONCE YOU'VE 
HAD COVID-19, YOU ARE THEN 
IMMUNE FROM IT OR ARE WE STILL 
NOT SURE OF THAT?
>> Caller: THERE IS GOOD 
EVIDENCE THAT MOST PATIENTS 
MOUNT A ROBUST AND IMMUNE 
RESPONSE TO COVID-19.
THERE ARE SOME REPORTS OF 
PATIENTS THAT HAVE BEEN 
INFECTED TWICE.
BUT THOSE REPORTS ARE QUITE 
RARE AND I THINK THAT THE DATA 
IS NOT YET CONCLUSIVE ON THAT.
SO, THE PREPONDERANCE OF THE 
EVIDENCE WOULD STHAUG ONCE 
YOU'VE BEEN INFECTED OR HAVE A 
GOOD IMMUNO-RESPONSE, YOU'RE 
PROTECTED FROM THE VIRUS.
>> Rosemary: ONCE YOU'VE DONE 
THIS PHASE OF THE TRIAL, USING 
HUMANS, WHAT DO YOU HOPE WILL 
BE THE OUTCOME?
WHAT IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 
THAT FOR THE REST OF US?
>> GREAT QUESTION.
SO, MAYBE THE FIRST THING I 
WOULD HIGHLIGHT IS THE SPEED AT 
WHICH THIS IS GOING.
TYPICALLY ONCE AN ANTIBODY GOES 
INTO THE CLINIC, IT WOULD TAKE 
ANYWHERE FROM TWO AND A HALF 
YEARS TO FIVE-YEARS TO GET AN 
APPROVAL.
OBVIOUSLILY NO ONE HAS THE TIME 
WAIT FOR THAT RIGHT NOW SO 
WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH 
REGULATORY AGENCIS TO EXPEDITE 
THIS PROCESS.
THE FIRST TRIAL, WHICH IS THE 
PHASE ONE THAT STARTED AND WAS 
ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK, IS 
INTENDED TO TEST THE SAFETY OF 
THE ANTIBODIES IN PATIENTS THAT 
ARE ALREADY INFECTED.
THE NEXT TRIALS WILL BE IN 
PATIENTS THAT ARE EARLIER ON IN 
THE INFECTION AND EXPECT THAT 
THERE WILL BE A SERIES OF 
ADDITIONAL TRIALS DESIGNED TO 
TEST YOUTH PATIENTS ON THIS 
ANTIBODY TO HELP THEM GET 
BETTER OR ON PATIENTS THAT 
HAVEN'T YET BEEN EXPOSED TO 
PROTECT THEM FROM INFECTION IN 
THE MEANTIME WHILE WE'RE 
DEVELOPING A VACCINE.
>> Rosemary: YOU TALK ABOUT THE 
SPEED OF THIS.
I TALKED TO MANY SCIENTISTS 
WORKING FROM DIFFERENT PLACES 
IN THE COUNTRY ON A VACCINE OR 
ANTI-BODY TESTS.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN IN YOUR LIFE 
ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN TERMS OF 
THE SHARING OF INFORMATION AND 
THE COOPERATION BETWEEN 
SCIENTISTS?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
THE SPEED IS UNPRESS -- 
UNPRECEDENTED AND SPEAKS TO THE 
LEVEL OF COOPERATION.
IT'S LIKE RUNNING A MARATHON IN 
AN HOUR.
THIS IS NOT JUST FAST, THIS IS 
COMPLETELY UNPRECEDENTED AND IT 
HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE 
COMPANIES AND GOVERNMENTS, 
REGULATORY AGENCIES ANDS THE 
PRIVATE SECTOR HAVE COME NOTING 
A WAY THAT IS TRULY 
UNPRECEDENTED TO BRING THE BEST 
TECHNOLOGIES FORWARD AND THAT 
IS REALLY BEING DRIVEN BY AN 
URGENT NEED AND DESIRE BY THE 
BIOINDUSTRY TO DO SOMETHING 
ABOUT IT.
>> Marcy: WHAT  -- WHERE WOULD 
YOU SAY WE ARE ABOUT THE 
TIMELINE?
MAYBE NEXT YEAR, CERTAINLY 
BEYOND.
THAT'S WHAT TERESA TAM IS 
SAYING AS WELL.
HAVE WE SHRUNK THE TIMELINE 
BECAUSE OF THE WAY YOU'RE ALL 
COOPERATING AND WORKING 
TOGETHER?
WOULD YOU SAY THAT WE'RE 
GETTING CLOSE TO SOME SORT OF 
SOLUTION HERE?
>> WELL, FIVE MONTHS FOG YOU 
SUGGESTED THAT SOMEONE COULD GO 
FROM INITIATE AGO PROGRAM THAT 
WE DID IN MARCH TO A PHASE ONE 
CLINICAL TRIAL, YOU WOULD HAVE 
THOUGHT THAT'S SCIENCE FICTION.
SO, WE HAD GONE INTO THIS 
PROJECTING THAT WE WERE 
AMBITIOUSLY LOOKING TO START A 
CLINICAL NRIEL SDWRUL.
-- TRIAL IN JULY.
SINCE THEN, WE MANAGED TO BEAT 
THAT DEADLINE.
ON THE CLINICAL TRIAL 
DEVELOPMENT, IT IS DIFFICULT TO 
SPECULATE EXACTLY WHEN THE 
TRIALS WOULD BE APPROVED 
BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON THE 
OUTCOME AND THE PATIENTS THAT 
WE'RE LOOKING TO TREAT.
BUT THERE IS GOOD HOPE, AND I 
THINK PROBABLY REASON TO 
SUSPECT THAT THIS COULD BE IN 
PLACE BY TEND OF THE YEAR.
AND VARIOUS COMPANIES HAVE 
ALREADY MOVED TO LARGE SCALE 
MANUFACTURING AT RISK SO THEY 
WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE 
LARGE NUMBER OF DOSES THAT 
WOULD BE NEEDED TO MEET THE 
PATIENT NEED.
>> Rosemary: I KNOW THE 
GOVERNMENT LAST WEEK SAY THEY 
WERE PROCURING 37 MILLION 
SYRINGES IN ORDER DEAL WITH 
JUST THIS THING IF WE GET 
CLOSER THAN WE THINK.
I'LL END ON THIS MAYBE AND IT 
IS SOMETHING, AGAIN, THAT THE 
GOVERNMENT HAS TALKED ABOUT IN 
COOPERATION WITH GABI AND OTHER 
ORGANIZATIONS AND THAT IS THE 
EQUITY OF A DISTRIBUTION OF A 
VACCINE.
YOU KNOW, WHETHER THE FACT THAT 
CANADA HAS INVESTED IN 
EPSILARA, DOES THAT GIVE 
CANADIANS AN ADVANTAGE TO 
GETTING THE VACCINE?
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU TALK 
ABOUT INSIDE THE COMPANY?
>> IT'S OBVIOUSLY A TOPIC 
INSIDE THE COMPANY.
IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WITH 
GOVERNMENT.
EVERY INDICATION FROM OUR 
PARTNERS FROM THE GOVERNMENT IS 
THE LASER FOCUS IS BRINGING 
SOMETHING TO THE CLINIC AND 
DOING SOMETHING SAFE AND 
AFFECTIVE AND DOING WHATEVER IS 
NEEDED, PULLING OUT THE STOP TO 
GET THAT THERAPY TO AS MANY 
PATIENTS AS REQUIRED.
THOSE ARE EFFORTS IN THE 
DEVELOPED WORLD.
THERE'S ALSO SOME VERY STRONG 
EFFORTS TO MAKE THESE MEDICINES 
ACCESSIBLE TO DEVELOPING WORLDS 
AND, OF COURSE, THAT IS 
SOMETHING THAT WE ALL WANT TO 
HAPPEN.
>> Rosemary: OK.
I KNOW YOU'RE SUPER BUSY, BUT 
THIS IS SUCH IMPORTANT WORK.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO 
PICK YOUR BRAIN AND HIGHLIGHT 
IT.
APPRECIATE IT.
THAT IS THE C.E.O. OF EPSILARA.
THEY ARE DOING THOSE ANTI-BODY 
TREATMENT TESTS IN THE CLINICAL 
TRIALS RIGHT NOW.
THAT IS SOME SORT OF 
ENCOURAGING NEWS THAT ALL THIS 
IS HAPPENING AND WE SEEM TO BE 
MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION 
ON A NUMBER OF FRONTS IN TERMS 
OF GETTING A VACCINE OR SOME 
SORT OF TREATMENT.
AGAIN, HEARING MR. HANSON SAY 
IT COULD BE TOWARD TEND OF THE 
YEAR.
I'M NOT SURE I HAD HEARD THAT 
TIMELINE BEFORE.
BUT THAT IS SOME GOOD NEWS FOR 
ALL OF US.
OBVIOUSLY WE ARE WAITING RIGHT 
NOW FOR CABINET MINISTERS TO 
EMERGE HERE.
THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT LATE FOR 
THEIR BRIEFING AND PUBLIC 
HEALTH OFFICIALS TO GIVE US THE 
PICTURE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN 
THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
I'LL BRING BACK MY COLLEAGUES 
VASSY KAPELOS AND DAVID 
COCHRANE AS WE AWAIT THAT.
I AM GOING TO SPEAK TO THE 
PREMIER OF THE NORTHWEST 
TERRITORIES SHORTLY ABOUT HOW 
THEY'RE MOVING INTO THE NEXT 
PHASE OF THEIR RE-OPENING.
BUT PROBABLY ALSO A LITTLE BIT 
AROUND THIS POLICING ISSUE 
BECAUSE, OF COURSE, SHE WOULD 
BE ON THE CALLS WITH THE PRIME 
MINISTER THAT THEY ARE HAVING 
NOW ON A WEEKLY BASIS AND ONE 
OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS IS 
AROUND POLICING AND CERTAINLY 
THE PRIME MINISTER WANTS TO 
TALK MORE ABOUT BODY CAMERAS 
THIS WEEK.
OK.
EVERYONE HAS MOVED INTO THEIR 
POSITIONS AS I WAS YAMMERING ON.
SO I WILL COME BACK TO YOU BOTH 
IN A LITTLE BIT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HERE NOW IS THE PRESIDENT OF 
THE TREASURY BOARD.
>> [Speaking French].
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US 
AGAIN.
TODAY WE'LL HAVE THE PLEASURE 
OF HEARING FROM TERESA TAM WHO 
IS CANADA'S CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH 
OFFICER AND DR. NAJOO AND DR. 
MENDOCHINO.
DR. TAM?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, BONJOUR.
AT TO END OF THE DAY SUNDAY, 
JUNE 7, THERE ARE NOW 95699 
CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19, 
INCLUDING 7800 DEATHS.
54233, OR 57%, HAVE NOW 
RECOVERED.
LABS ACROSS CANADA HAVE TESTED 
OVER 1,896,000 PEOPLE FOR 
COVID-19 TO DATE WITH ABOUT 5% 
OF THESE TESTING POSITIVE 
OVERALL.
OVER THE PAST WEEK, WE HAVE 
BEEN TESTING AN AVERAGE OF 
33,000 PEOPLE DAILY.
AND THESE NUMBERS CAN CHANGE 
QUICKLY AND THEY ARE NOW BEING 
UPDATED ONCE DAILY IN THE 
EVENINGS ON 
CANADA.CA/CORONAVIRUS.
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE 
COVID-19 EPIDEMIC IS CONTINUING 
TO SLOW DOWN WITH DAILY CASE 
COUNTS CONTINUING TO DECREASE 
EVEN IN ONTARIO AND XWEB.
-- AND QUEBEC.
THE TROUBLE SPOTS WHERE 
COVID-19 TRANSSUBMISSION 
CONTINUING INCLUDE A NUMBER OF 
OUTBREAKS, BUT MORE CONCERNING 
STILL ARE AREAS WITH COMMUNITY 
SPREAD OF THE VIRUS S. ALTHOUGH 
OUTBREAKS ARE PROBLEMATIC, THEY 
CAN BE EASILY -- EASIER TO 
MANAGE WITH CONTACT TRACING AND 
TARGETED PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL 
MEASURES, ESPECIALLY IF TIED TO 
A SINGLE SETTING.
COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION, ON THE 
OTHER HAND, CAN BE HARDER TO 
MANAGE, DEPENDING ON HOW 
WIDESPREAD VIRUS ACTIVITY IS.
THIS IS WHY SOME OF CANADA'S 
HOTSPOTS HAVE BEEN A PERSISTENT 
CHALLENGE , CONTRIBUTING TO 
FLUCTUATIONS IN THE NATIONAL 
GROWTH RATES.
THEY HAVE BEEN MOBILIZING MORE 
TESTING.
TAKEN TOGETHER, THESE TROUBLE 
SPOTS REMIND US WE'VE GOT TO 
CONTINUE OUR PATH DOWN THE 
CURVE WITH EXTREME CARE, 
MAINTAINING PHYSICAL DISTANCING 
AND HYGIENE PRACTICES 
EVERYWHERE TO MAKE SURE THAT 
THERE ARE NO NEW FLARE-UPS.
I KNOW IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT 
DEALING WITH THESE WEEKS AND 
MONTHS OF UNCERTAINTY AND 
DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT 
THERE YET, AND THAT WE STILL 
DON'T KNOW WHAT LIES AHEAD, 
THERE IS ONE THING THAT HAS 
BECOME CLEAR -- CANADIANS WILL 
UNITE WITH DETERMINATION TO GET 
THROUGH ADVERSITY TOGETHER.
AND WE'LL KEEP ON DOING IT TO 
PROTECT OUR FAMILIES, OUR 
COMMUNITIES AND OUR SOCIETY.
WHEN WE BEGAN THIS JOURNEY, I 
HAD BELIEF IN THE STRENGTH OF 
CANADIANS BUT WHAT I HAVE SEEN 
OVER THESE DIFFICULT MONTHS HAS 
BEEN SO MUCH MORE THAN I 
IMAGINED AND IT IS ENOUGH TO 
GIVE ME ASSURANCE THAT WE'LL 
GET THROUGH THE UNCERTAINTIES 
AHEAD, TOO.
THANK YOU.
MERCI.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR. TAM.
DR. NAJOO, PLEASE.
>> MERCI.
[Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: 
THANK YOU.
AS OF THE END OF THE DAY 
SUNDAY, JUNE 7, THERE ARE 95699 
CONFIRMED CASES, INCLUDING 7800 
DEATHS.
54233, OR 57%, HAVE NOW 
RECOVERED.
LABS ACROSS CANADA HAVE TESTED 
1,896,000 PEOPLE FOR COVID-19 
TO DATE, WITH ABOUT 5% OF THOSE 
TESTING POSITIVE OVERALL.
OVER THE PAST WEEK, WE HAVE 
BEEN TESTING AN AVERAGE OF 
33,000 PEOPLE DAILY.
THESE NUMBERS CHANGE QUICKLY 
AND ARE NOW BEING UPDATED ONCE 
DAILY IN THE EVENINGINGS ON 
CANADA.CA/CORONAVIRUS.
ACROSS THE COUNTRY T COVID 
EPIDEMIC IS CONTINUING TO SLOW 
DOWN WITH DAILY CASES 
CONTINUING TO  DECREASE EVEN IN 
ONTARIO AND QUEBEC.
THE TROUBLE SPOT WHERE IS 
COVID-19 TRANSMISSION IS 
CONTINUING INCLUDE A NUMBER OF 
OUTBREAKS, BUT MORE CONCERNING 
STILL ARE AREAING WITH 
COMMUNITY SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.
ALTHOUGH OUTBREAKS ARE HARD TO 
CONTAIN, THEY CAN BE MANAGED 
WITH PUBLIC CONTROL MEASURES 
ESPECIALLY IF TIED TO A SINGLE 
SETTING.
COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION, ON THE 
OTHER HAND, CAN BE HARDER TO 
MANAGE, DEPENDING ON HOW 
WIDESPREAD OUR VIRUS ACTIVITY 
IS.
THIS IS WHY SOME OF CANADA'S 
HOTSPOTS HAVE BEEN PERSISTENT, 
CHALLENGE CONTRIBUTING TO 
FLUCTUATIONS IN THE NATIONAL 
GROWTH RATE.
PROVINCES HAVE BEEN MOBILIZING 
MORE TESTING TO TRACE AND 
CONTROL ANY LINGERING CHAINS OF 
TRANSMISSION IN THESE MOST 
AFFECTED AREAS.
TAKEN TOGETHER, THESE TROUBLE 
SPOTS REMIND US THAT WE'VE GOT 
TO CONTINUE OUR PATH DOWN THE 
CURVE WITH EXTREME CARE, 
MAINTAINING PHYSICAL DISTANCING 
AND HYGIENE PRACTICES 
EVERYWHERE TO MAKE SURE THAT 
THERE ARE NO NEW FLARE-UPS.
I KNOW IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT 
DEALING WITH THESE WEEKS AND 
MONTHS OF UNCERTAINTY.
AND DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE'RE 
NOT THERE YET, AND THAT WE 
STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT LIES 
AHEAD, THERE IS ONE THING THAT 
HAS BECOME CLEAR.
IT'S THAT CANADIANS WILL UNITE 
WITH DETERMINATION TO GET 
THROUGH ADVERSITY TOGETHER AND 
WILL KEEP ON DOING IT TO 
PROTECT OUR FAMILIES, OUR 
COMMUNITIES AND OUR SOCIETY.
WHEN WE BEGAN THIS JOURNEY, I 
HAD BELIEF IN THE STRENGTH OF 
CANADIANS, BUT WHAT I'VE SEEN 
OVER THESE DIFFICULT MONTHS HAS 
BEEN SO MUCH MORE THAN I 
IMAGINED AND IT'S ENOUGH TO 
GIVE ME ASSURANCE THAT WE'LL 
GET THROUGH THE UNCERTAINTIES 
AHEAD, TOO.
THANK YOU.
>> MERCI.
[Speaking French].
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: 
THANK YOU, DOCTOR.
I'LL NOW GIVE THE FLOOR TO THE 
MINISTER OF IMMIGRATION, 
REFUGEES AND CITIZENSHIP.
MARCO?
>> THANK YOU.
I'M PLEASED TO BE HERE TODAY TO 
MAKE AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT 
REGARDING THE MEASURES WE ARE 
TAKING TO PROTECT THE HEALTH 
AND SAFETY OF ALL CANADIANS AT 
OUR BORDERS IN.
RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 
PANDEMIC, CANADA ENTERED INTO A 
RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE 
UNITED STATES BANNING ALL 
NONESSENTIAL TRAVEL BETWEEN OUR 
TWO COUNTRIES.
SIMILAR RESTRICTIONS WERE PUT 
INTO PLACE FOR ALL OTHER 
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL.
WE ALSO MADE SURE WHEN THE 
SPECIAL MEASURES CAME INTO 
FORCE THAT THE FLOW OF GOODS 
AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES INTO 
CANADA WOULD CONTINUE UNIMPEDED 
BY ALLOWING TEMPORARY WORKERS, 
STUDENTS AND VISA HOLDERS TO 
ENTER IN A SAFE AND ORDERLY 
MANNER, ALL OF WHOM ARE SUBJECT 
TO THE MANDATORY 14-DAY 
ISOLATION PERIOD UPON ARRIVAL.
THIS APPROACH HAS ENSURED WE 
CONTINUE TO GET ACCESS TO THE 
FOOD, FUEL AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES 
WE NEED WITHOUT PUTTING IN 
JEOPARDY THE HEALTH AND SAFETY 
OF CANADIANS.
WHILE THE BORDER MEASURES HAVE 
BEEN PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S 
OVERALL RESPONSE TO COVID-19, 
WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THEY 
HAVE HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT 
PERSON AND DISCRETIONARY TRAVEL.
IN SOME CASES, AND AS A 
NECESSARY PRECAUTION TO 
PRECAUTION THE RISKS ASSOCIATED 
WITH COVID-19, FAMILIES HAVE 
BEEN SEPARATED UNDER THE TERMS 
OF THE NONESSENTIAL TRAVEL 
AGREEMENT BETWEEN CANADA AND 
THE UNITED STATES.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS HAS 
BEEN DIFFICULT.
WHERE APPROPRIATE, OUR 
OFFICIALS AT THE BORDER HAVE 
EXERCISED THEIR DISCRETION 
RESPONSIBLY TO RESPONSE 
INDIVIDUAL MATTERS ON A 
CASE-BY-CASE BASIS.
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, 
WE'VE WORKED HARD TO ADDRESS 
THE QUESTION OF HOW BEST TO 
KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER IN A 
COMPASSIONATE WAY BUT MEASURED 
AGAINST THE ONGOING CONCERNS 
RELATED TO THE TRANSMISSION OF 
THE VIRUS.
FOLLOWING A REVIEW OF OUR 
CURRENT POLICIES, AND IN 
CONSULTATION WITH OUR PUBLIC 
HEALTH EXPERTS AS WELL AS THE 
PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES, WE 
NOW HAVE A PATH FORWARD.
TODAY, I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE 
AN EXEMPTION TURNED CURRENT 
TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS THAT WILL 
ALLOW THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY 
MEMBERS OF CANADIAN CITIZENS 
AND PERMANENT RESIDENTS TO 
ENTER INTO CANADA.
A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT 
CONDITIONS MUST BE SATISFIED 
BEFORE THIS EXEMPTION WILL 
APPLY.
FIRST, IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS 
WILL BE DEFINED AS SPOUSES, 
COMMON LAW PARTNERS, DEPENDENT 
CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN, 
PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS.
SECOND, IMMEDIATE FAMILY 
MEMBERS MUST PLAN TO STAY IN 
CANADA FOR AT LEAST 15 DAYS.
AND, THIRD, ALL OTHER PUBLIC 
HEALTH CARE PROTOCOLS, 
INCLUDING SCREENS AT THE 
BORDER, REMAIN FIRMLY IN PLACE.
HERE I WOULD MAKE SPECIFIC 
REFERENCE TO THE FACT THAT 
ANYBODY PERMITTED ENTRY TO THE 
FAMILY EXEMPTION WILL STILL 
HAVE TO SELF-QUAINTER TEEN FOR 
14 DAYS AS SOON AS THEY ENTER 
CANADA.
TO BE CLEAR, THE IMMEDIATE 
FAMILY EXEMPTION DOES NOT MEAN 
THE BORDER WILL NOW BE OPEN TO 
WEEKEND TRAVELERS OR THOSE 
SEEKING JUST TO ATTEND A 
PERSONAL OR SOCIAL GATHERING.
FOR PEOPLE TRAVELING FROM 
ABROAD, THEY MUST STILL HAVE A 
VALID VISA OR ELECTRONIC TRAVEL 
WITH AUTHORIZATION.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEASURE IS 
NOT TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO COME AND 
GO INTO CANADA WHENEVER THEY 
LIKE, BUT RATHER TO HELP 
CANADIAN FAMILIES REUNITE 
DURING THIS UNPRECEDENTED TIME.
TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT REPRESENTS 
A RESPONSIBLE STEP, AN 
INCREMENTAL STEP.
ONE THAT WE WILL MONITOR 
CAREFULLY AS WE CONTINUE TO 
MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF OUR 
BORDERS.
[Speaking French] 
TODAY I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE 
AN EXEMPTION TO THE IMMEDIATE 
FAMILIES OF CANADIAN CITIZENS 
AND PERMANENT RESIDENTS, BUT 
ONLY IF THEY WISH TO ENTER 
CANADA FOR A MINIMUM OF 15 DAYS.
IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS WILL 
BE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS -- 
SPOUSES, COMMON-LAW SPOUSES, 
DEPENDENT CHILDREN AND THEIR 
CHILDREN, PARENTS AND LEGAL 
GUARDIANS.
ALLOW ME TO BE VERY CLEAR.
PUBLIC HEALTH REQUIREMENTS 
REMAIN IN PLACE.
ANY PERSON EXEMPTED WILL HAVE 
TO BE QUARANTINED FOR 14 DAY 
AFTER ENTERING THE COUNTRY.
THIS DOES NOT MEAN THE BORDER 
WILL BE OPEN TO TRAVELERS.
FOR A WEEKEND OR THOSE WHO WANT 
TO COME INTO THE COUNTRY TO 
ATTEND AN EVENT.
THIS MEASURE IS PUT IN PLACE TO 
HELP CANADIAN FAMILIES REUNITE 
AND NOT TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO COME 
AND GO AS THEY PLEASE.
>> IN CLOSING, COVID-19 REMAINS 
A CONCERN AND WE MUST CONTINUE 
TO TAKE MEASURES AT THE BORDER 
THAT ARE NECESSARY FROM 
SPREADING IT AND THE MEASURES 
TODAY REPRESENT AN INCREMENTAL, 
RESPONSIBLE AND THOUGHTFUL 
RESPONSE TOWARD THAT OBJECTIVE.
THANK YOU.
MERCI.
>> [Speaking French].
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: 
THANK YOU FOR THIS IMPORTANT 
ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT FAMILY 
REUNIFICATION.
WHEN THEY ARE CANADIAN CITIZEN 
OR PERMANENT RESIDENTS, WE'RE 
NOW VERY PLEASED TO ANSWER YOUR 
QUESTIONS.
>> AS USUAL, WE'LL START WITH 
THREE QUESTIONS ON THE PHONE 
BEFORE WE TURN TO THE ROOM.
ONE QUESTION, ONE FOLLOW-UP.
OPERATOR?
>> THANK YOU.
MERCI.
PLEASE PRESS STAR 1 AT THIS 
TIME IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
[Speaking French].
AND THE FIRST QUESTION IS FROM 
RAYMOND FILION FROM TVA.
>> Reporter: [Speaking French].
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: GOOD 
AFTERNOON.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR DR. 
NAJOO, AND DR. TAM MENTIONED, 
TOO, BUT YOU TALKED ABOUT THE 
IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING 
PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND WE'RE 
NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET.
ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT TIMAGES 
YOU SAW OF THE PROTESTS THAT 
HAPPENED THIS WEEKEND?
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
TO MY MIND, THERE ARE TWO 
IMPORTANT ISSUES HERE.
THE FIRST ISSUE, AS WE KNOW, IS 
THAT THIS IS AN HISTORIC MOMENT 
IN CANADA OR WORLDWIDE REALLY.
AS WE ALL RECOGNIZE THE 
INEQUALITIES IN OUR SOCIETY.
WORLDWIDE AND IN CANADA, WE SEE 
THE SYSTEMIC RACISM EXISTS AND 
THERE IS AN EQUALITY.
I EVEN NOTE AS A PUBLIC HEALTH 
DOCTOR THAT IN  EQUALITY IN OUR 
SOCIETY DOES HAVE AN IMPACT ON 
THE HEALTH OF A LARGE PORTION 
OF THE POPULATION.
SO, I'M SAYING THIS AS A 
SPECIALIST IN THE TECHNICAL 
AREA OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
NOW WHAT CAN WE DO?
OF COURSE, THERE ARE MANY WAYS 
TO SHOW EVERYONE THAT WE 
RECOGNIZE THAT INEQUALITY, THAT 
SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE.
THE SYSTEM HAS TO CHANGE.
AND ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS 
IN OUR DEMOCRACY IS THE RIGHT 
TO PROTEST.
I DO ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT 
DEMONSTRATIONS ARE HAPPENING 
DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
SO WE HAVE TO STRIKE A BALANCE.
SPEAKING STRICTLY FROM THE 
STANDPOINT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
I SAID, AND DR.S TAM HAS 
REPEATED MANY TIMES, WHAT ARE 
THE IMPORTANT MEASURES THAT 
HAVE TO BE PRACTICED TO 
MINIMIZE THE RISK OF CATCHING 
OR BEING CONTAMINATED WITH 
COVID-19?
THAT'S PHYSICAL DISTANCING, TWO 
METRES.
IF THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE, USE A 
MASK, A NONMEDICAL MASK OR A 
MEDICAL MASK.
HAVE A LOT OF HAND SANITIZER 
WITH YOU.
THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEREFORE, WHAT I SEE IN THESE 
IMAGES IS THAT THERE WERE MANY 
PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED IN 
THESE DEMONSTRATIONS AND WHO 
WORE A MASK.
IN SOME PICTURES, I SAW THAT 
THERE WAS QUITE A GOOD DISTANCE 
BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS, BUT 
HONESTLY THERE IS A POSSIBILITY 
THAT, GIVEN WHAT HAPPENED, 
THERE IS SOME RISK.
THAT'S THE REALITY.
I THINK EVERYONE WHO 
PARTICIPATED HAS DONE A 
SELF-EVALUATION OF THEIR OWN 
RISK.
THEY HAVE TAKEN ALL MEASURES 
NECESSARY AND POSSIBLE TO BE AS 
SAFE AS POSSIBLE.
AND THAT IS IT.
WE'LL SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN 
THE COMING WEEKS.
THANK YOU.
YES, QUESTION.
I WAS AT THE OTTAWA 
DEMONSTRATION ON PARLIAMENT 
HILL FRIDAY.
THERE IS NO PHYSICAL DISTANCING 
IN MOST PLACES.
PEOPLE WERE VERY CLOSE TO EACH 
OTHER.
SHOULD WE EXPECT AN INCREASE IN 
THE NUMBER OF CASES?
SHOULD THE PRIME MINISTER WHO 
WAS PRESENT BE TESTED?
THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
ANSWER.
AS WE SAID MANY TIMES, IT IS 
DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN TWO 
METRES OF PHYSICAL DISTANCING.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO USE OTHER 
METHODS, PARTICULARLY MASKS AND 
WHAT I SAW IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS 
AND IMAGES, THERE WERE MANY 
PEOPLE WHO DID HAVE ONE.
THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL MEASURE 
FOR PROTECTION.
FOR ALL THE DEMONSTRATORS WHO 
TOOK PART, I THINK THEY MUST 
CONTINUE TO PRACTICE GOOD 
PERSONAL PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES.
AND IT IS AMS A MATTER OF 
CHECKING FOR SYMPTOMS.
WE ARE A BIT WORRIED BECAUSE 
THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF 
EXPOSURE.
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE 
INCUBATION PERIOD IS THAT 
NORMALLY IT TAKES FIVE, SIX 
DAYS, MAYBE A WEEK.
--
>> Rosemary: OK, I'M GOING TO 
PULL AWAY FROM THE PRESS 
CONFERENCE BRIEFLY.
IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE 
LISTENING, I'LL COME BACK IT TO.
IT IS ON cbc.ca.
WE WANT TO SQUEEZE IN AN 
INTERVIEW HERE GIVEN THE TIME 
RESTRICTIONS FROM THE PREMIER.
WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE LOTS OF 
RESTRICTIONS BEING LIFTED 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IT MEANS 
THAT THERE ARE A WIDE VARIETY 
OF BUSINESSES AND ACTIVITIES 
RESUMING IN THE NORTHWEST 
TERRITORIES.
CASES OF THE VIRUS REMAIN 
RELATIVELY LOW.
SO, THE GOVERNMENT IS ALSO 
PLANNING MORE OF THE RE-OPENING 
OF THE ECONOMY AND CAROLYN 
COCHRANE IS THE PREMIER AND 
JOINS ME NOW FROM YELLOWKNIFE.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, PREMIER.
>> GOOD MORNING.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> Rosemary: I'M GOOD.
TELL ME, ARE YOU MOVING INTO 
PHASE TWO IN THE NORTHWEST 
TERRITORIS?
COULD IT HAPPEN AS EARLY AS 
THIS WEEK?
>> IT COULD HAPPEN AS EARLY AS 
THIS WEEK.
WE WENT INTO PHASE ONE AND THEN 
WE HAD TO WAIT FOR TWO ROUNDS 
OF INCUBATION PERIOD TO MAKE 
SURE THAT WE HAD NO CASES 
RELATED TO COMMUNITY SPREAD.
SO SO FAR WE'VE BEEN FINE AND 
WE'RE TAUGHT ABOUT OPENING UP 
TO PHASE TWO.
>> Rosemary: AND WHAT WOULD 
PHASE TWO ALLOW THE TERRITORY 
TO DO?
>> IT ALLOWS BUSINESSES TO OPEN 
UP.
OF COURSE, WITH THE PROPER 
P.P.E., IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO 
SOCIAL GATHER, AND MORE PEOPLE, 
ALLOWING UP TO 50 PEOPLE IN A 
CROWD, AGAIN, MAKING SURE THAT 
THEY HAD THE SOCIAL DISTANCING 
AND THE MASKS.
>> Rosemary: YOU ARE DOING 
QUITE WELL UP THERE AND IT 
MIGHT BE BECAUSE OF THE NATURE 
OF THE TERRITORY, HOW REMOTE IT 
IS AND THE WAY YOU CAN CONTROL 
THINGS.
HOW MANY CASES HAVE YOU HAD IN 
THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS?
HAVE YOU HAD ANY NEW CASES?
>> WE'VE HAD NO NEW CASES SINCE 
WE FIRST -- COVID-19 HIT US IN 
EARLY MARCH.
WE HAD FIVE CASES.
THEY WERE ALL RELATED TO TRAVEL.
SO FAR WE'VE HAD NO COMMUNITY 
SPREAD.
SO, WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE 
THAT WAY.
>> Marcy: SO, YOU KEPT YOUR 
STATE OF EMERGENCY IN PLACE IN 
THE TERRITORY IN SPITE OF THE 
FACT THAT YOU'VE HAD NO NEW 
CASES.
WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT?
>> THE STATE OF EMERGENCY 
PROTECTS THE -- BACKS UP THE 
CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER.
IT KEEPS US AN AWARENESS IN 
CASE SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN, 
SUCH AS PRICE GOUGING, PEOPLE 
REFUSING TO OPEN UP A MAJOR 
GROCERY STORE, THINGS LIKE THAT 
THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO ADDRESS 
IN A TIMELY MANNER.
>> Rosemary: YOU TALKED ABOUT 
POTENTIALLY BUBBLING WITH THE 
TERRITORY OF NUNAVUT.
IS THAT SOMETHING ON THE TABLE 
AND LIKELY TO HAPPEN?
>> Caller: ABSOLUTELY.
--
>> ABSOLUTELY.
NUNAVUT ALSO HAS ZERO CASES SO 
WE'RE RECOGNIZING THAT OUR 
TOURISM INDUSTRY HAS TAKEN A 
HUGE HIT.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT IF WE 
COULD OPEN UP NUNAVUT, HAVE A 
TRAVEL BUBBLE BETWEEN NUNAVUT 
AND THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, 
THAT WE WOULD ALLOW MORE PEOPLE 
TO ACTUALLY TOUR, TO SEE THE 
NORTH, WHICH WOULD HEM  -- HELP 
OUR TOURISM BUSINESS AND THE 
ECONOMY WITHIN BOTH TERRITORIES.
>> Rosemary: OBVIOUSLILY, THERE 
MIGHT BE SOME TOURISM BETWEEN 
THE TWO TERRITORIES BUT 
PROBABLY NOT A WHOLE LOT.
ARE YOU NOT CONSIDERING OPENING 
UP THE TERRITORY IN A BROADER 
SENSE TO OTHER CANADIANS AND 
HOPING THAT THEY WILL COME AND 
VISIT OR EVEN UP TO WORKERS 
BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT 
OF PEOPLE THAT MOVE IN AND OUT 
OF THE TERRITORY FOR WORK.
>> YES.
PEOPLE WHO COME HERE FOR WORK 
ARE MORE THAN WELCOME.
OF COURSE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO 
HAVE THE SELF-ISOLATION PLANS 
AND WORK PERMIT.
PEOPLE THAT COME FROM OTHER 
JURISDICTIONS ARE ALSO WELCOME 
BUT THEY ALSO NEED TO HAVE A 
SELF-ISOLATION PLAN BEFORE THEY 
CAN ENTER A TERRITORY.
>> Rosemary: TOURISM IS REALLY 
NOT ON THE TABLE THEN FOR YOU 
THIS SUMMER?
>> WELL, TOURISM IS ON THE 
TABLE.
I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO 
REALIZE THAT THE NORTH HAS A 
LOT TO OFFER.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL 
COUNTRY UP HERE.
WE HAVE MORE PRISTINE LANDSCAPE 
THAN ANYWHERE IN CANADA.
THE NORTH HAS A LOT TO OFFER 
AND SO WE ARE HOPING THAT 
PEOPLE WILL TAKE THE ADVANTAGE 
AND SEE OUR BEAUTIFUL TERRITORY.
>> Rosemary: YEAH.
BUT YOU HAVE TO SELF-ISOLATE 
WHEN YOU ARRIVE.
IS THAT --
>> UNLESS YOU'RE FROM THE 
TERRITORIES.
IF YOU ARE FROM THE 
TERRITORIES, NORTHWEST 
TERRITORIES OR NUNAVUT, ONCE WE 
OPEN UP THE TRAVEL BUBBLES, 
THEN YOU WOULD HAVEN'T TO 
SELF-ISOLATE.
COMING FROM THE SOUTH, OF 
COURSE, YOU HAVE TO 
SELF-ISOLATE.
>> Rosemary: I DON'T KNOW IF 
YOU CAUGHT THE PRIME MINISTER 
WHEN HE CAME OUT AT 11:15 THIS 
MORNING, PREMIER, HE TALKED 
ABOUT HOW THIS WEEK HE PLANS TO 
DISCUSS BODY CAMERAS WITH ALL 
OF YOU ON YOUR WEEKLY CALL AND 
HE SAID THAT IT IS, IN HIS 
VIEW, PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA FOR 
THE RCMP TO MOVE IN THAT 
DIRECTION.
YOU HAVE HAD CASES OF POLICE -- 
ALLEGATIONS OF POLICE ABUSE 
WITH THE RCMP IN THE 
TERRITORIES.
ARE YOU -- HOW DO YOU FEEL 
ABOUT THE IDEA OF BODY CAMERAS?
>> I THINK THAT -- THERE'S TWO 
SIDES OF ARGUMENT.
OF COURSE, BLACK LIVES MATTER.
WE CARE ABOUT -- WE'RE 50% 
INDIGENOUS.
SO FOR US, RACE  -- RACISM IS A 
HUGE ISSUE AND SOMETHING WE'RE 
ALWAYS COMBATING.
BUT THE RCMP HAS A TOUGH JOB AS 
WEFM IT CAN BE VERY SCARY AT 
TIMES SO I UNDERSTAND THEIR 
NEED FOR PROTECTION.
HOWEVER T USE OF BODY CAMERAS 
WILL HELP THE PUBLIC AND NOT 
ONLY ENSURE THE PUBLIC ARE 
BEING TREATED PROPERLY BUT 
REGAIN THAT SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE 
OF THE RCMP.
PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF THEM RIGHT 
NOW AND SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO 
TO MAKE PEOPLE REALIZE THAT THE 
RCMP ARE FRIENDS AND THEY'RE 
THERE TO PROTECT US AND TO MAKE 
SURE THAT THEY ALSO FOLLOW THE 
LAW.
NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.
>> Rosemary: HOW HA
>> Rosemary: I DON'T KNOW IF 
YOU CAUGHT THE PRIME MINISTER 
WHEN HE CAME OUT AT 11:15 THIS 
MORNING, PREMIER, HE TALKED 
ABOUT HOW THIS WEEK HE PLANS TO 
DISCUSS BODY CAMERAS WITH ALL 
OF YOU ON YOUR WEEKLY CALL AND 
HE SAID THAT IT IS, IN HIS 
VIEW, PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA FOR 
THE RCMP TO MOVE IN THAT 
DIRECTION.
YOU HAVE HAD CASES OF POLICE -- 
ALLEGATIONS OF POLICE ABUSE 
WITH THE RCMP IN THE 
TERRITORIES.
ARE YOU -- HOW DO YOU FEEL 
ABOUT THE IDEA OF BODY CAMERAS?
>> I THINK THAT -- THERE'S TWO 
SIDES OF ARGUMENT.
OF COURSE, BLACK LIVES MATTER.
WE CARE ABOUT -- WE'RE 50% 
INDIGENOUS.
SO FOR US, RACE  -- RACISM IS A 
HUGE ISSUE AND SOMETHING WE'RE 
ALWAYS COMBATING.
BUT THE RCMP HAS A TOUGH JOB AS 
WEFM IT CAN BE VERY SCARY AT 
TIMES SO I UNDERSTAND THEIR 
NEED FOR PROTECTION.
HOWEVER T USE OF BODY CAMERAS 
WILL HELP THE PUBLIC AND NOT 
ONLY ENSURE THE PUBLIC ARE 
BEING TREATED PROPERLY BUT 
REGAIN THAT SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE 
OF THE RCMP.
PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF THEM RIGHT 
NOW AND SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO 
TO MAKE PEOPLE REALIZE THAT THE 
RCMP ARE FRIENDS AND THEY'RE 
THERE TO PROTECT US AND TO MAKE 
SURE THAT THEY ALSO FOLLOW THE 
LAW.
NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.
>> Rosemary: HOW HAVE YOU BEEN 
VIEWING THE EXAMPLES OVER THE 
PAST COUPLE OF DAYS, WHETHER 
IT'S THE SHOOTING OF CHANTAL 
MOORE IN NEW BRUNSWICK.
>> Rosemary: IS THERE 
ANYTHINGST ANYTHING ELSE THAT 
THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES NEED 
BECAUSE YOU ARE IN A SPECIFIC 
LOCATION.
IS THERE SOMETHING YOU FEEL 
YOU'RE NOT GETTING OR NEED MORE 
OF.
>> THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES 
STARTED OUT WITH WHAT WE CALL 
AN OPPORTUNITY GAP.
IT MEANS THAT WE WEREN'T AT THE 
SAME PLACE AS OUR SOUTHERN 
JURISDICTIONS.
WE DON'T HAVE THE HEALTH 
CENTERS, WE DON'T HAVE THE 
INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE DON'T 
HAVE THE ROADS TO ACCESS MANY 
OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
SO, COVID-19 HIT US OFF GUARD 
RIGHT ACROSS CANADA.
IT HIGHLIGHTED OUR NEED THAT WE 
NEED TO BE CONSIDERED NOT ONLY 
THE SAME AS OUR SOUTHERN 
JURISDICTION, BUT ACTUALLY MORE 
SO. 
MY BIGGEST FEAR IS THAT WE WERE 
BEHIND THE BALL BEFORE WE 
STARTED COVID-19 AND IF WE DON'T
 GET ADDITIONAL FEDERAL 
SUPPORT, WE WILL BE BEHIND AND 
OUR PEOPLE SUFFER.
SO, IT'S NAORNL WE RECOGNIZE 
THAT WE CANNOT BASE IT ON PER 
CAPITA FUNDING.
IT NEEDS TO BE A SPECIAL 
ALLOCATION FOR THE NORTH AND 
ALSO THAT WE NEED FLEXIBILITY.
IT'S OFTEN THAT THE FUNDING 
THAT'S LET IT GO BY THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT DOESN'T MEET OUR 
NEEDS SO WE NEED FLEXIBILITY 
WITHIN THAT AS WELL.
>> Rosemary: SO, THE $14 
BILLION THAT THE PRIME MINISTER 
AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS PUT 
ON THE TABLE, WHERE DO YOU WANT 
MUCH OF THAT MONEY OR SOME OF 
THAT MONEY TO GO FOR YOU?
>> 
AT THIS POINT, WE HAVEN'T GONE 
THROUGH IT AS WELL.
WE'RE STILL IN THE BEGINNING OF 
THE NEGOTIATION STAGE.
LIKE I SAID, WE PUT PEOPLE INTO 
HOUSES, PEOPLE THAT WERE 
HOMELESS INTO CARE.
WE'VE INCREASED OUR CHILD CARE 
SUPPORTS.
HOW DO I TAKE THAT BACK.
THOSE ARE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT 
HAVE HAPPENED AND HORRIBLE THAT 
HAD TO HAPPEN BECAUSE OF 
COVID-19.
BUT WE FINALLY GOT PEOPLE INTO 
HOMES AND WE FINALLY GOT 
ADEQUATE CHILD CARE.
HOW DO I TAKE THAT BACK?
I CAN'T.
SO, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT 
WE'RE ASKING FOR THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT TO CONSIDER FOR US 
AS WELL.
AND OUR NEED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE NEED WORK.
WE NEED PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY HAVE 
AN INCOME IN THE NORTH.
OUR COST OF LIVING IS AT LEAST 
TWICE AS HIGH AS IN THE SOUTH.
>> Rosemary: PREMIER, GOOD OF 
YOU TO MAKE THE TIME TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HAVE A GREAT DAY.
>> Rosemary: YOU, TOO.
APPRECIATE IT.
THAT IS CAROLYN COCHRANE, 
PREMIER OF THE NORTHWEST 
TERRITORIES.
WE'LL ZIP BACK NOW TO THAT 
BRIEFING BY PUBLIC HEALTH 
OFFICIALS.
HERE NOW THE MINISTER OF 
IMMIGRATION.
>> CREATING A FAMILY EXEMPTION 
FOR THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY 
MEMBERS OF CANADIAN CITIZENS 
AND PERMANENT RESIDENTINGS.
-- RESIDENTS.
IT ENSURES THAT THE PUBLIC 
HEALTH CARE CONTROLS REMAIN IN 
PLACE SO EVEN WHERE THIS 
EXEMPTION APPLIES, EVERYONE 
ENTERING UNDER IT MUST STILL 
ABIDE BY THE MANDATORY 14-DAY 
ISOLATION PERIOD.
AND WITH REGARDS TO THOSE 
IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO 
ARE RELATED TO THOSE WHO HOLD 
VALID VISAS HERE, THIS 
EXEMPTION DOES NOT APPLY.
BUT THERE IS STALE RESIDUAL 
DISCRETION THAT LOOKS TO ENSURE 
THE PURPOSE OF THAT TRAVEL IS 
NECESSARY WITHOUT IN ANY WAY 
COMPROMISING THE HEALTH AND 
SAFETY OF CANADIANS.
>> THANK YOU, MINISTER.
WE WILL NOW TURN TO THE ROOM 
FOR QUESTIONS.
STARTING WITH ANNIE FROM CTV.
>> Reporter: HI, IT'S ANNIE 
BERGERON-OLIVER WITH CTV NEWS.
SO, WE'RE RE-OPENING THE BORDER 
FOR FAMILY REUNIFICATIONS AND 
YOU TALKED ABOUT THE NEED FOR 
14-DAY QUARANTINE.
HOWEVER, I'M HEARING FROM MORE 
AND MORE CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL 
TRAVELERS WHO WILL R GETTING 
TESTED THE DAY THEY COME BACK 
INTO CANADA AND IF THAT TEST IS 
NEGATIVE, THEY ARE SKIPING THE 
14-DAY QUARANTINE.
ONE S THAT ACCURATE?
THAT INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS 
WHEN THEY LAND IN CANADA AND 
HAVE A NEGATIVE TEST, THEY NO 
LONGER HAVE TO QUARANTINE.
TWO, WHAT ASSURANCES DO YOU 
HAVE THAT CANADIANS WHO ARE 
COMING IN OR TRAVELERS ARE, 
INDEED, ABIDING BY THAT 14-DAY  
QUARANTINE RULE?
>> SO, YOUR INITIAL STATEMENT 
IS INCORRECT.
EVERYONE THAT COMES IN IS NOT 
EXEMPTIONED LIKE A ESSENTIAL 
SERVICE WORKER LIKE WHO'S 
DRIVING A TRUCK AND HAS TO GO 
PAST THE BORDER SO THEN 
EVERYONE IS MANDATED UNDER THE 
QUARANTINE ACT TO BE IN 
QUARANTINE FOR 14 DAYS.
AND WE WERE EXAMINED THE ROLE 
OF LABORATORY TESTING BUT YOU 
CAN IMAGINE IF YOU TEST 
NEGATIVE ON THE FIRST DAY, THAT 
DOESN'T ACTUALLY MEAN THAT 
YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY INCUBATING 
THE VIRUS.
BECAUSE WE KNOW THE INCUBATION 
PERIODS IN GENERAL IS FIVE OR 
SIX DAYS.
THEY CAN BE LONGER THAN THAT.
SO, THE QUARANTINE ACT, AS IT 
STANDS, REQUIRES THAT 14-DAY 
MANDATORY QUARANTINE.
>> I HAVE VERY LITTLE TO ADD, 
OTHER THAN THE EXEMPTION FOR 
IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS STILL 
MUST BE SUBJECT TO THE RIGOROUS 
PUBLIC HEALTH CARE CONTROLS 
WHICH ARE IN PLACE AS A MEANS 
OF REDUCING THE RISK OF 
TRANSMISSION FOR THOSE ENTERING 
INTO CANADA.
>> Reporter: OK.
GREAT.
YOU TALKED ABOUT AS WELL THAT, 
YOU KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE 
ASYMPTOMATIC AND SOMETIMES THE 
TEST WON'T PICK IT UP UNLESS 
YOU HAVE ENOUGH OF THE VIRAL 
LOAD.
YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT 
CANADIANS SHOULD BE MONITORING 
THEMSELVES FOR SYMPTOMS AND 
KEEPING AN EYE ON IT IF THEY 
ATTENDED ANY OF THE RALLIES 
ACROSS CANADA THIS WEEK.
SO, WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE TO 
CANADIANS WHO ATTENDED THOSE 
RALLIES, INCLUDING THE PRIME 
MINISTER.
WOULD YOU ADVISE THEM TO REMAIN 
ISOLATED THIS WEEK AND GET A 
COVID-19 TEST, YOU KNOW, IN 
FIVE TO SEVEN DAYS?
>> SO I THINK THE ADVISORS 
MONITOR YOUR SYMPTOMS.
HOWEVER, I THINK DEPENDING ON 
WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO YOU 
AND IN TERMS OF DOING THE 
PROTESTS AND YOU'RE CONCERNED 
ABOUT HAVING BEEN EXPOSED, 
BECAUSE PEOPLE SOMETIMES DON'T 
WEAR THEIR MASKS PROPERLY OR 
DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO HAND 
WASHING, ETC., AND THEY'RE 
CONCERNED AND TALK TO YOUR 
PUBLIC HEALTH ABOUT GETTING A 
TEST.
I KNOW THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, IN 
ONTARIO -- SO IF YOU'RE IN 
OTTAWA, THE ONTARIO PUBLIC 
HEALTH IS OPEN TO TESTING 
PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT 
HAVING BEEN EXPOSED.
SO, I THINK DEFINITELY CALL THE 
HEALTH LINE AND FOLLOW YOUR 
LOCAL INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT 
GETTING A TEST.
>> Reporter: IS THE SYSTEM TO 
GET A TEST?
>> I DON'T KNOW HIS PARTICULAR 
CIRCUMSTANCES BUT HE SHOULD 
EVALUATE WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM 
AND MONITOR HIS SYMPTOMS AND 
TALK TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND GET A 
TEST AS NEEDED.
>> DOCTOR, THE ONLY THING I 
WOULD ADD TO THAT IS IF EVEN IF 
YOU GET A TEST AND IT'S 
NEGATIVE, YOU'RE NOT IN THE 
CLEAR.
YOU NEED KEEP MONITORING FOR 
SYMPTOMS AND BECOME ILL, EVEN 
FOLLOWING A NEGATIVE TEST.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK TO 
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SEE THAT 
MAYBE YOU SHOULD GET ANOTHER 
TEST.
AS DR. TAM AND I MENTIONED, 
IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THAT IF I 
DON'T GO OUT THE WRONG TIME, 
YOU MAY BE AFFECTED WITH THE 
VIRUS.
BUT THE TIMING OF THE TEST YOU 
END UP BEING NEGATIVE AND MIGHT 
HAVE A FALSE SENSE OF ASSURANCE 
SAYING I'M GOOD.
I DON'T HAVE THE SARS COVI-2 
VIRUS AND THEN BANG, YOU BECOME 
ILL AND YOU THINK I MIGHT HAVE 
THE NEGATIVE TEST, SO I MIGHT 
HAVE COVID-19 BUT THAT MIGHT 
NOT BE THE CASE.
>> THANK YOU, DOCTOR.
A FURTHER REMINDER, ONE 
QUESTION, ONE FOLLOW-UP.
>> Reporter: CRAMPED LIVING 
CONDITIONS, WORKING IN CLOSE 
PROXIMITY AND NEW TWO DEATHS OF 
TEMPORARY FOREIGN WORKERS.
DOES CANADA NEED TO RETHINK HOW 
TO SAFELY DEPLOY TEMPORARY 
FOREIGN WORKERS IN CANADA SO 
THEY CAN DON'T PUT FOOD ON THE 
TABLE AND WHAT CAN SPECIFICALLY 
BE DONE?
>> WELL, LET ME BEGIN BY 
EXPRESSING MY SYMPATHY TO THE 
TWO MIGRANT WORKERS THAT I'M 
AWARE OF WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY 
FROM COVID-19 WHILE COMING TO 
CANADA TO ENSURE THAT CANADIANS 
CAN STILL GET ACCESS TO SAFE 
AND AFFORDABLE FOOD.
AND IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT 
WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE 
REPORTS OF OUTBREAKS ON FARMS 
AND AT FOOD PROCESSING PLANTS 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WE'RE 
WORKING VERY, VERY CLOSELY WITH 
OUR PROVINCIAL PARTNERS AS WELL 
AS THE FARMERS AND EMPLOYERS 
WHO WELCOME THE TEMPORARY 
WORKERS.
WE HAVE PUT INTO PLACE A NUMBER 
OF INVESTMENTS AND SUPPORTS TO 
ENSURE THAT EVERY TEMPORARY 
FOREIGN WORKER CAN APPLY THEIR 
TRADE IN A SAFE AND HEALTHY 
ENVIRONMENT.
WE PROVIDED $50 MILLION TO 
FARMERS WHICH WOULD BE 
DISTRIBUTED TO WORKERS, $1500 
PER INDIVIDUAL.
WE HAVE ALSO PUT INTO PLACE A 
NUMBER OF INSPECTION POWERS SO 
THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA, 
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE 
PROVINCE, CAN ACTUALLY GO TO 
THESE SITES AND EVALUATE 
WHETHER OR NOT THE DISTANCING T 
ACCOMMODATIONS, WHICH WERE 
DESIGNED TO BE THAT  -- 
FACILITATED BY THOSE ARE TAKING 
PLACE.
AND I KNOW REPRESENTATIVES FROM 
OUR LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT ARE 
CONTINUING TO UNDERTAKE THOSE 
INSPECTIONS.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO EXAMINE 
WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN RAISE THE 
LEVEL OF HEALTH AND SAFETY IN 
OUR FOOD PROCESSING PLANTS AND 
ON OUR FARMS BECAUSE WE KNOW 
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
>> AND WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE 
TO MAKE THESE CONDITIONS SAFER 
FOR THESE WORKERS?
OBVIOUSLY THE CRAMPED LIVING 
CONDITIONS ARE A CONCERN.
BUT WHAT CAN BE DONE ON THE 
GROUND TO MAKE SURE THAT 
THEY'RE SAFE?
>> WELL, FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE 
NEED CONTINUED COLLABORATION 
BETWEEN OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
AND PROVINCIAL COUNTERPARTS AND 
FOR MY PART I KNOW AS WELL, 
MINISTER QUALTROUGH, BIBEAU AND 
JORDAN HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH TO 
MAKE SURE WE'RE PROTECTING THE 
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF MIGRANT 
WORKERS AND ALL CANADIANS WHO 
WORK ON FARMS.
AND FROM THAT COOPERATION, WE 
HOPE TO EXERCISE THE INSPECTION 
AND REGULATORY POWERS THAT WERE 
BROUGHT IN AS A RESPONSE TO 
COVID-19 AND ALSO TO LOOK  AT 
WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN DELIVER 
THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT THAT IS 
NECESSARY TO CREATE THAT SPACE 
AND ACCOMMODATIONS AND WHICH 
ALLOW WORKERS THE DISTANCE THAT 
THEY NEED TO ABIDE BY THE 
14-DAY ISOLATION PERIOD, WHICH 
IS ONE OF CORNERSTONES OF OUR 
STRATEGY IN WELCOMING TEMPORARY 
RESIDENTS AND ALL RETURNING 
TRAVELERS TO CANADA.
>> THANK YOU, MINISTER.
[Speaking French] 
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
MERCI.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM 
LAUREN GARDINER FROM POLITICO.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> Reporter: HI, THIS QUESTION 
IS FOR MINISTER MENDOCINO.
BRIAN HIGGINS, A CONGRESS IN 
THE UNITED STATES FROM THE 
BUFFALO AREA, HAS CALLED FOR 
THE CANADIAN AND U.S. 
GOVERNMENTS TO DO MORE TO ALLOW 
FAMILIES WHO ARE SEPARATED BY 
THE BORDER TO SEE EACH OTHER, 
BUT ALSO FOR AMERICANS WHO OWN 
HOMES IN CANADA TO BE ABLE TO 
CROSS TO CHECK ON THEM.
GIVEN TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT 
ABOUT FAMILIES BEING ABLE TO 
SEE EACH OTHER, DO YOU HAVE ANY 
RESPONSE TO HIS ASK THAT 
AMERICANS OR THOSE LIVING ON 
THIS SIGH OF THE BOARDSER WHO 
DO OWN PROPERTY IN CANADA, 
WHETHER THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO, 
AT SOME POINT THIS SUMMER B 
ABLE TO CHECK ON THOSE 
PROPERTIES?
>> THE FIRST THING I WOULD SAY 
IS THAT THE CURRENT 
NONESSENTIAL TRAVEL AGREEMENT 
THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE WITH THE 
UNITED STATES IS THE PRODUCT OF 
EXTENSIVE COLLABORATION BETWEEN 
OUR TWO GOVERNMENTS, WHICH IS A 
REFLECTION OF THE LONG-STANDING 
RELATIONSHIP AND CLOSE 
FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN OUR TWO 
COUNTRIES AS WELL AS THE BORDER 
THAT WE SHARE.
IT IS FONTER 
-- IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT 
THE EXEMPTION WE ANNOUNCE TODAY 
IS TARGETED AND FOCUSED ON 
IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO 
HAVE RELATIVES WHO ARE CANADIAN 
CITIZEN AND CANADIAN PERMANENT 
RESIDENTS AS A WAY TO KEEP THEM 
TOGETHER THROUGHOUT THIS VERY 
UNPRECEDENTED TIME WITHOUT, IN 
ANY WAY, COMPROMISING THE 
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF CANADIANS 
WHILE WE MANAGE OUR RESPONSE TO 
THE PANDEMIC.
OTHER AREAS OF TRAVEL LIKE THE 
ONES YOU MENTIONED AND THE ONES 
THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED SOUTH 
OF THE BORDER ARE NOT CAPTURED 
BY THIS EXEMPTION AND SO WE'LL 
STILL BE SUBJECT TO ALL OF THE 
SCREEN WHICH IS WE HAVE IN 
PLACE IN THE BORDER WHICH 
REALLY ATTEMPTS TO FOCUS THE 
NATURE OF THE TRAVEL AS BEING 
ESSENTIAL AND NONDISCRETIONARY.
>> LAUREN, FOLLOW-UP?
>> Reporter: CAN YOU CLARIFY 
THE EXEMPTION THAT WAS 
ANNOUNCED TODAY?
IS THAT IN -- IS THAT EFFECTIVE 
IMMEDIATELY OR IS THIS GOING TO 
BE EFFECTIVE COME THE NEXT 
DEADLINE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS?
FOR THE AGREEMENT TO BE RENEWED.
>> IT'S ALREADY COME INTO FORCE 
AND I BELIEVE THE EFFECT DATE 
IS JUNE 5 AND WE'LL VERIFY THAT 
FOR YOU.
>> Caller: THANK YOU, MINISTER.
OPERATOR, LAST QUESTION, PLEASE.
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
MERCI.
THE LAST QUESTION, [Speaking 
French]
>> Reporter: [Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: 
QUESTION, THANK YOU.
MY QUESTION IS FOR MR. 
MENDOCINO.
YOU SAY WHAT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED 
HAS BEEN IN EFFECT FOR THREE 
DAYS NOW?
I THINK THE ANSWER -- I THINK 
THE CLARIFICATION HERE I'M 
LOOKING TO MY TEAM HERE, THE 
LAW COMES INTO EFFECT TODAY.
TONIGHT.
THAT IS THE CLARIFICATION.
I APOLOGIZE.
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
>> NOW THEY'RE ALL LOOKING AND 
NODDING.
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: OK.
SO, TO BE CLEAR IT COMES INTO 
EFFECT TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT AND 
MANY PEOPLE CAN COME INTO THE 
COUNTRY STARTING TOMORROW.
ANOTHER CLARIFICATION -- ARE WE 
TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE COMING 
THROUGH THE AMERICAN BORDER 
OPENLY OR EVERYWHERE IN THE 
WORLD WHERE SEPARATED FAMILY 
MEMBERS CAN COME BACK?
AND I'M WONDERING HOW YOUR 
GOVERNMENT CAN CONVINCE THE 
RELUCTANT PROVINCES LIKE 
ONTARIO AND QUEBEC TO AGREE TO 
THAT EXEMPTION AT THE BORDER.
THIS EXEMPTION APPLIES IN THE 
CONTEXT OF OUR AGREEMENT WITH 
THE UNITED STATES.
THIS IS A PRODUCT OF 
CONSULTATIONS WITH OUR EXPERTS.
IN PUBLIC HEALTH.
AND WITH A GREAT DEAL OF 
DISCUSSION AND CONSULTATION 
WITH OUR PARTNERS AND OUR 
PROVINCIAL COUNTERPARTS.
QUESTION.
SO, ONLY PEOPLE IN THE UNITED 
STATES WHO CAN COME BACK.
IS THAT CORRECT?
YES.
THANK YOU, MINISTER.
ONE LAST QUESTION.
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
MERCI.
[Speaking French] 
>> Reporter: [Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: 
QUESTION.
GOOD MORNING.
I'D LIKE TO GET BACK TO THE 
QUESTION PUT BY MY QUESTIONS AT 
TVA WITH REGARD TO ANTI-RACISM 
DEMONSTRATIONS.
WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF 
PUBLIC HEALTH?
SHOULD THESE PUBLIC 
DEMONSTRATIONS BE AVOIDED?
AND IF YOU DON'T GIVE THAT 
ADVICE, WHAT DO YOU TELL TO 
PEOPLE WHO COMPLAIN THAT 
THEYN'T GO TO CHURCH OR HAVE 
FUNERALS FOR THEIR LOVED ONES?
>> Rosemary: OK.
WE'LL PULL AWAY FROM THIS 
FEDERAL BRIEFING.
WE ESSENTIALLY HEARD THAT 
QUESTION ALREADY AND THE 
QUESTION WAS WHETHER PEOPLE 
SHOULD BE OUT PROTESTING DURING 
A PANDEMIC.
HIS RESPONSE WAS PEOPLE SHOULD 
WEAR MASKS AND FIND PHYSICAL 
DISTANCE WHEN POSSIBLE.
WHICH ISN'T ALWAYS POSSIBLE BUT 
THAT IS A DECISION THAT PEOPLE 
ARE CLEARLY MAKING BASED ON 
WHAT THEY'RE WILLING TO RISK 
AND THEIR OWN RISK.
RISK AND HOW IMPORTANT THAT 
RISK IS FOR THEM.
LET'S BRING BACK VASSY KAPELOS 
AND DAVID COCHRANE TO TALK 
ABOUT WHAT WE HEARD.
I'LL RECAP WHAT WE HEARD THERE 
FROM THE MINISTER OF 
IMMIGRATION, THAT THOSE MEASURE 
GO INTO EFFECT AS OF MIDNIGHT 
TONIGHT THAT.
WILL ALLOW SOME FAMILIES TO BE 
REUNITED, VASSY.
>> Vassy: YEAH.
THAT IS THE MAIN COVID-RELATED 
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT TODAY.
AS OF MID NIGHT, IF YOU ARE AN 
IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER OF A 
CANADIAN CITIZEN OR PERMANENT 
RESIDENT AND NOT EXHIBITING -- 
AND THIS IS IMPORTANT -- ANY 
COVID-19 RELATED SYMPTOMS OR 
DON'T HAVE ANY REASON TO 
BELIEVE THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE 
CONTRACTED THE VIRUS, YOU WILL 
BE EXCEPT FROM THE RESTRICTIONS 
THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE AT 
THE BORDER AND THOSE RETR *IXS 
ARE UNLESS YOUR TRAVEL IS 
ESSENTIAL SO IT HAS NOTHING TO 
DO WITH LEISURE OR TRAVEL,  
PERIOD, YOU CANNOT ACROSS THE 
BORDER THIS.
PROVIDES AN EXEMPTION AT 
MIDNIGHT AND THERE IS A LIST, 
AND I'M SURE OUR WEBSITE WILL 
HAVE IT SOON OF EXACTLY WHO, 
WHAT ANY IMMEDIATE FAMILY 
MEMBER MEANS, SO IT IS A SPOUSE 
OR COMMON-LAW PARENT OR CHILD 
OR STEP-PARENT OR PARENT OR 
CHILD.
THE EXACT WORDING WILL BE UP 
SHORTLY.
THAT IS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE 
BIGGER AGREEMENT WITH THE 
UNITED STATES THAT WAS JUST 
RENEWED A FEW WEEK AGO FOR 
ANOTHER 30 DAYS AND THAT IS THE 
GENERAL TIMELINE OF THE 
AGREEMENT EACH TIME IT IS 
RENEWED.
THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST SORT 
OF RELAXING OF THOSE 
RESTRICTIONS, THOUGH.
SO, KEEN TO SEE WHAT THAT MEANS.
ALSO IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE TO 
SELF-ISOLATE, AS ANYONE DOES 
WHEN YOU CROSS THE BORDER, FOR 
14 DAYS.
THAT REMAINS A STRONG CAVEAT TO 
THIS EXEMPTION.
>> Rosemary: YEAH.
DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN VISIT 
YOUR FAMILY OR CANADA IN THE 
EYE.
-- IN THE UNITED STATES.
THIS IS ABOUT REUNITING PEOPLE 
WHO WERE MAYBE CUT OFF DURING 
THE PANDEMIC AND NEED SEE ONE 
ANOTHER IN THESE PARTICULAR 
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT YOU OUTLINED 
THERE.
AND DAVID, MAYBE JUST -- WE'LL 
JUST END ON BODY CAMERAS 
BECAUSE WE DID -- THAT WAS WHAT 
THE PRIME MINISTER TALKED ABOUT 
TODAY AND IT WAS WHAT I PUT TO 
THE PREMIERS IN THE NORTHWEST 
TERRITORIES WHO SEEM VERY MUCH 
OPEN TO THE IDEA AS WELL, WHILE 
RECOGNIZING THAT THERE ARE SOME 
LIMITATIONS OBVIOUSLY TO IT BUT 
IT MIGHT BE A WELCOMED ADDITION 
TO THE RCMP IN HERER THE.
>> I'M TOLD THAT THE BODY 
CAMERA ENDORSEMENT BY THE PRIME 
MINISTER TODAY WILL BE THE 
FIRST A SERIES OF CONCRETE 
STEPS ON IMPROVING POLICING AND 
RACE RELATIONS AND THE 
CONFIDENCE OF RACIALIZED 
CANADIANS AND INDIGENOUS 
CANADIANS IN POLICING.
YOU CAN LOOK BROADLY AT BETTER 
CIVILIAN REVIEW, RACE-BASED 
STATS ON ARREST AND EMPHASIS ON 
THE USE OF FORCE AND 
DEESCALATION.
BUT THE BODY CAM ENDORSED BY 
THE PRIME MINISTER, AN 
IMPORTANT FIRST STEP ON THAT, 
IT'S NOT DEFINITE.
IT'S NOT DONE.
THEY NEED FIGURE OUT THE 
LOGISTICS AND THE FINANCES OF 
THIS AND RAISE IT WITH THE 
PREMIERS TO SEE HOW IT TRICKLES 
DOWN THE PROVINCIAL AND 
MUNICIPAL LEVELS AND ALSO FOR 
RCMP OFFICERS CONTRACTED TO 
WORK FOR PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS.
SO, IT IS NOT A SUPER QUICK AND 
EASY THING THEY CAN DO BUT THE 
PRIME MINISTER IS THROWING HIS 
WEIGH BEHIND IT.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT MATTERS.
>> Rosemary: OK.
THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH FOR 
YOUR COVERAGE TODAY.
AND THAT ENDS OUR COVERAGE HERE 
TODAY FOR COVID-19 SPECIAL.
A LOT OF TALK TODAY REALLY 
ABOUT POLICING.
WE'LL HAVE MORE OF THAT THROUGH 
THE DAY AS THE PRIME MINISTER 
MEETS WITH CABINET LATER TODAY.
I'M ROSEMARY BARTON.
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