IN MY COLLEAGUES DAVID COCHRANE 
AND VASSY KAPELOS TO TALK ABOUT 
THAT.
THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO GARNER 
A SEAT AT THE U.N. SECURITY 
COUNCIL.
THAT VOTE HAS ALREADY GOTTEN 
UNDER WAY.
WE'LL GET RESULTS LATER TODAY.
TWO SEATS UP FOR GRABS AND 
THREE CONTENDERS.
CANADA BEING ONE OF THEM.
ALL RIGHT.
I'M GOING TO BRING IN MY 
COLLEAGUES RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE 
WE'RE EXPECTING THE PRIME 
MINISTER TO COME OUT SHORTLY 
AND I'LL START WITH DAVID 
COCHRANE TODAY.
IF YOU DON'T MIND.
BECAUSE, DAVID, YOU WERE THE 
ONE THAT BROKE THIS NEWS ABOUT 
AN ECONOMIC UPDATE COMING SOON.
>> David: YEAH.
WE'LL GET A FISCAL AND ECONOMIC 
UPDATE OF SOME SORT IN JULY.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE 
PRIME MINISTER HAS BEEN UNDER 
PRESSURE TO DELIVER.
THE FINANCE MINISTER HAS BEEN 
UNDER PRESSURE TO DELIVER.
AND PRESSURE THAT THEY HAVE 
DISMISSED SO FAR SAYING THINGS 
LIKE IT WOULD BE AN EXERCISE IN 
INVENTION AND IMAGINATION.
NOW IT IS GOING TO BE AN 
EXERCISE IN PARLIAMENT IN JULY 
WHEN THE FINANCE MINISTER WILL 
GIVE US A FISCAL UPDATE.
NOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS JUST 
HOW ROBUST OR HOW SIGNIFICANT 
THIS FISCAL UPDATE WILL BE 
BECAUSE THERE HASN'T BEEN A 
BUDGET.
THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IN 
LATE MARCH.
THAT GOT SHELVED AS THE 
CORONAVIRUS SPREAD AROUND THE 
WORLD AND THE COUNTRY WENT INTO 
LOCKDOWN AND PLANS KIND OF GOT 
SIDESWIPED BY THIS GLOBAL 
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.
THERE ISN'T A BUDGET TO UPDATE.
THE QUESTION IS, HOW ROBUST 
WILL THIS FISCAL UPDATE BE?
THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN ADAMANT 
THAT THERE IS TOO MUCH 
UNCERTAINTY AND TOO MUCH 
INABILITY TO GIVE THE SORT OF 
CLEAR KIND OF REALLY DETAILED 
THE UPDATE THAT WE NORMALLY SEE 
IN THE FALL OF THE YEAR WITH 
THE SPRING BUDGET.
I'M LOOKING FOR TWO THINGS FROM 
THE PRIME MINISTER WHEN HE 
CONFIRMS THIS NEWS IN HIS 
PUBLIC STATEMENTS.
WHEN EXACTLY IT WILL BE AND 
JUST HOW THOROUGH AND 
SIGNIFICANT IT WILL BE AND WHAT 
CHANGED FROM A WEEK AGO WHEN 
YOU SAID THIS WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO 
DO IN ANY KIND OF A MEANINGFUL 
WAY.
>> Rosemary: I THINK HIS OTHER 
WORDS WERE HIGHLY UNRELIABLE 
ARE WORDS HE USED IN THE PAST.
A FISCAL UPDATE IS NOT EVEN 
REQUIRED TO HAPPEN IN 
PARLIAMENT.
IF THEY DON'T WANT TO DO IT ON 
ONE OF THE DAYS THAT PARLIAMENT 
IS SUPPOSED TO COME BACK, THEY 
CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE TO.
VASSY, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING 
ABOUT WHAT THIS PICTURE MIGHT 
SHOW.
AND SASKATCHEWAN HAS DONE A 
BUDGET RECENTLY AND QUEBEC HAS 
AN UPDATE COMING TOWARD THE END 
OF THE WEEK.
>> Vassy: IT'S INTERESTING.
I'M TOLD IT WILL BE TOWARD THE 
BEGINNING OF JULY BECAUSE THAT 
IS A QUESTION FOR A LOT OF 
PEOPLE, GIVEN THAT PARLIAMENT 
IS KIND OF COMING TO AN END OR 
WHAT PARLIAMENT LOOKS LIKE 
RIGHT NOW IS COMING TO AN END.
IT'S INTERESTING THAT YOU BRING 
UP SASKATCHEWAN.
I TALKED TO PREMIER MOE LAST 
NIGHT AND INTERVIEWED HIM ON 
THE SHOW.
HIS GOVERNMENT WAS RECEIVING A 
LOT OF CRITICISM FROM THE 
OPPOSITION IN THAT PROVINCE FOR 
NOT PAINTING A LONG-TERM ENOUGH 
PICTURE.
BASICALLY HIS BUDGET ONLY GOES 
TO THE END OF MARCH NEXT YEAR 
AND THE OPPOSITION WAS SAYING 
YOU'RE NOT REALLY LAYING OUT 
HERE HOW YOU'RE GOING TO DEAL 
WITH ALL OF THIS INCREASED 
SPENDING.
DO YOU PLAN ON RAISING TAXES?
HE SAID HE DOESN'T.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TACK THIS 
WILL?
AND I IMAGINE, WHAT I'M TOLD OR 
AT LEAST BEING TELEGRAPHED TO 
ME IS THAT THIS WILL BE MORE OF 
A SNAPSHOT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL FIT 
INTO THE CONSTRUCT OF A NORMAL 
FISCAL UPDATE.
OBVIOUSLY IT WON'T BECAUSE IT 
WILL PRESENT A RANGE OF 
SCENARIOS AND THERE IS 
UNCERTAINTY.
I'M TOLD THAT IT MIGHT NOT 
NECESSARILY PLEASE THE 
OPPOSITION.
IT IS NOT GOING TO SATISFY WHAT 
THEY HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR.
SO I, TOO, LIKE DAVID, AM 
LOOKING TO SEE FROM THE PRIME 
MINISTER A BIT MORE DETAIL 
ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY THEY MIGHT 
PRESENT.
I'M GUESSING THOSE DETAILS WILL 
PROBABLY COME FROM THE FINANCE 
MINISTER, BILL MORNEAU, WHO 
WILL PROBABLY SPEAK A BIT LATER 
TODAY ON THE SAME SUBJECT.
BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, GIVEN 
THE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE ON THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WHAT THEY 
HAVE SAID ABOUT WHY THEY CAN'T 
DO THIS, I THINK THEY'RE NOT 
GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO A TOTAL 
180 AND SAY THINGS AREN'T 
UNCERTAIN ANYMORE.
BECAUSE IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE 
VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THEY 
SAID IN THE PAST.
I EXPECT THAT TO INFORM EXACTLY 
WHAT THEY PRESENT AT THE 
BEGINNING OF JULY.
I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT BLOC 
QUÉBÉCOIS LEADER YVES FRANÇOIS 
BLANCHET SIGNALED EARLIER THIS 
WEEK THAT HE WAS PREDICATING 
SOME OF HIS SUPPORT TODAY.
THERE ISN'T JUST ONE VOTE AT 
THE U.N., THERE IS A COUPLE OF 
BIG VOTES IN THE HOUSE OF 
COMMONS, TOO, AND HE WOULD -- 
IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE HE WOULD 
SUPPORT THEM ANYWAY.
BUT HE WAS SAYING YOU HAVE TO 
HAVE A FISCAL UPDATE IN ORDER 
FOR YOU TO CONSIDER SUPPORTING 
THE GOVERNMENT ON THEIR 
ESTIMATES TODAY.
THE CONFIDENCE VOTES TODAY.
A LOT OF POLITICAL PRESSURE AS 
WELL AS PEOPLE LIKE FORMER 
BUDGET WATCHDOG KEVIN PAGE, THE 
FORMER PARLIAMENTARY BUDGET 
OFFICER SAYING THAT THERE 
SHOULD BE SOME SORT OF UPDATE.
GIVE US A RANGE OF SCENARIOS 
BUT GIVE US SOMETHING S.
>> Rosemary: A FISCAL UPDATE 
CAN BE AS LITTLE AS HERE'S WHAT 
WE SPENT TODAY AND HERE'S WHAT 
WE AUTHORIZED IN SPENDING TODAY.
HERE'S WHAT WE ESTIMATE THE 
DEFICIT TO BE AT WHICH THE 
CURRENT P.B.O. SAID AT LEAST 
$260 BILLION.
HERE'S WHERE THE FEDERAL DEBT 
IS AT.
HERE'S WHAT THE DEBT-TO-G.D.P. 
RATIO LOOKED LIKE.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE HERE'S 
ALL OF OUR SPENDING FOR THE 
NEXT 12 MONTHS.
IT CAN BE HERE'S WHAT THINGS 
LOOK LIKE IN THE CURRENT 
CONTEXT.
AND HERE'S WHY WE ARE WORRIED 
OR AREN'T WORRIED.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A VAST 
DOCUMENT IS WHAT I WOULD SAY.
I'VE HAD ECONOMIC UPDATES THAT 
ARE LIKE EIGHT PAGES LONG.
>> David: ROSEY, ONE THING THEY 
MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO IS YOU'LL 
HAVE A LINE OF DEMARCATION, A 
SPLIT WHEN THE EMERGENCY 
SUPPORT MONEY WILL BE INCLUDED 
IN THIS AND THEN THE STIMULUS 
RECOVERY MONEY WILL BE RECORDED 
AFTERWARDS.
SO YOU CAN LOOK AT IT AND SEE 
HOW MUCH OF THIS IS BECAUSE OF 
THE EMERGENCY AND HOW MUCH IS 
BECAUSE OF THE RECOVERY.
WE HAVE LONG-TERM FISCAL 
ANALYSIS.
>> Rosemary: OK.
HERE'S THE PRIME MINISTER NOW 
AND THAT CONFIDENCE MOTION IS 
HAPPENING LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: I 
WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE GREAT 
WORK THAT ALL OF TEAM CANADA 
HAS DONE AHEAD OF TODAY'S 
UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL 
VOTE.
WE'RE RUNNING FOR THE SECURITY 
COUNCIL SEAT BECAUSE WE SAW A 
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE 
WITH OUR PARTNERS ACROSS THE 
U.N. TO BUILD SUSTAINABLE PEACE 
AND TO MAKE REAL PROGRESS ON 
THE ISSUES THAT MATTER.
AROUND THE WORLD, PEOPLE WANT 
MANY OF THE SAME THINGS.
CLEAN AIR, A REAL SHOT AT 
SUCCESS, A FAIR ECONOMY AND A 
JUST SOCIETY.
AND TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, WE 
HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.
TODAY AND EVERY DAY.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR 
GOVERNMENT IS READY TO DO.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, I 
DON'T THINK ANYONE COULD HAVE 
PREDICTED WHAT THE COMING 
MONTHS WOULD HOLD.
COVID-19 IS TRULY AN 
UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGE.
AND RIGHT FROM THE START, IT 
WAS CLEAR THAT WE NEEDED TO PUT 
EVERYTHING WE HAD ON THE TABLE 
IN RESPONSE.
SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT OUR 
GOVERNMENT DID.
IN THE SPACE OF A FEW WEEK, WE 
INTRODUCED THE CANADA EMERGENCY 
RESPONSE BENEFIT AND THE CANADA 
EMERGENCY WAGE SUBSIDY.
WE CREATED LOANS FOR SMALL 
BUSINESSES AND PUT IN PLACE 
SUPPORT FOR SPECIFIC SECTORS 
THAT HAVE BEEN HARDEST HIT.
WE ROLLED OUT HELP FOR SENIORS, 
FOR STUDENTS, FOR FAMILIES AND 
EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, WE KEPT 
CANADIANS UP TO DATE ABOUT WHAT 
WE WERE DOING TO RESPOND.
TAKEN TOGETHER, WE'VE NOW 
INTRODUCED THE LARGEST ECONOMIC 
MEASURES IN OUR LIFETIMES, 
MEASURE THAT ARE HELPING 
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE 
SITUATION DEMANDED.
NOW AS WE BEGIN TO SAFELY AND 
GRADUALLY RESTART, I KNOW 
PEOPLE ARE WONDERING WHAT THIS 
PANDEMIC WILL MEAN FOR THEIR 
JOBS IN THE LONG RUN AND WHAT 
THE IMPACT HAS BEEN ON OUR 
ECONOMY AND ON OUR PATH FORWARD.
WE HEAR THAT.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 
YOU HAVE THE BEST INFORMATION 
POSSIBLE.
SO TODAY, I CAN ANNOUNCE THAT 
IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON JULY 
8, OUR GOVERNMENT WILL BE 
RELEASING AN ECONOMIC AND 
FISCAL SNAP SHOT.
THIS WILL GIVE CANADIANS A 
PICTURE OF WHERE OUR ECONOMY IS 
RIGHT NOW, HOW OUR RESPONSE 
COMPARES TO THAT OF OTHER 
COUNTRIES AND WHAT WE CAN 
EXPECT FOR THE MONTHS TO COME.
IS LATER TODAY, MINISTER 
MORNEAU WILL FORMALLY ANNOUNCE 
IN PARLIAMENT THAT WE WILL BE 
PRESENTING THIS ECONOMIC AND 
FISCAL SNAPSHOT.
[Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: FROM 
THE BEGINNING OF THIS CRISIS, 
WE KNEW THAT COVID-19 
REPRESENTED AN UNPRECEDENTED 
CHALLENGE FOR OUR COUNTRY.
SO, OUR RESPONSE HAD TO REFLECT 
THAT.
IN JUST A FEW WEEKS, OUR 
GOVERNMENT INTRODUCED A WHOLE 
SERIES OF MEASURES TO HELP 
PEOPLE GET THROUGH THIS 
DIFFICULT TIME.
WE INTRODUCED THE EMERGENCY 
RESPONSE BENEFIT AND THE 
EMERGENCY WAGE SUBSIDY.
WE PROVIDED LOANS TO SMALL 
BUSINESSES AND GAVE TARGETED 
SUPPORT TO SECTORS THAT HAD 
BEEN HARDEST HIT BY THE CRISIS.
WHETHER YOU'RE A STUDENT OR 
RETIRED, WITH OR WITHOUT A JOB, 
WE WANTED TO BE THERE FOR YOU.
AS WE NOW START TO RE-OPEN THE 
ECONOMY, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE 
WONDERING WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE 
COMING MONTHS AND WHAT THIS 
CRISIS WILL MEAN FOR OUR 
ECONOMY.
THAT'S WHY TODAY WE ARE 
ANNOUNCING THAT OUR GOVERNMENT 
WILL PUBLISH A SNAPSHOT OF OUR 
ECONOMIC AND FISCAL SITUATION 
ON JULY 8 IN THE HOUSE OF 
COMMONS.
THAT WILL GIVE US AN IDEA OF 
THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY AND 
HOW OUR RESPONSE COMPARES TO 
THAT OF OTHER COUNTRIES AND 
WHAT WE CAN EXPECT IN FUTURE.
LATER TODAY, MINISTER MORNEAU 
WILL BE INFORMING PARLIAMENT 
THAT WILL OCCUR.
MEASURES TO MITIGATE THE 
CONSEQUENCES OF THE CRISIS ON 
OUR ECONOMY IS ONLY PART OF THE 
CHALLENGE.
WE ARE ALSO WORKING VERY HARD 
TO ENSURE THAT HOSPITALS AND 
FRONTLINE WORKERS HAVE THE 
EQUIPMENT AND ALL THE MATERIAL 
THAT THEY REQUIRE.
AND ON THAT NOTE, I HAVE SOME 
GOOD NEWS TO SHARE WITH YOU.
FIRST, OUR GOVERNMENT HAS 
SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE 
MONTREAL COMPANY GALENAS TO 
PRODUCE SILICA MICROBEADS 
ESSENTIAL FOR TESTING AND THIS 
WEEK HEALTH CANADA CERTIFIED 
VENTILATORS PRODUCED BY TWO 
CANADIAN GROUPS, C.A.E. AND THE 
CONSORTIUM VENTILATORS FOR 
CANADIANS.
THEY NOW WILL BE ABLE TO RAMP 
UP THEIR PRODUCTION TO PRODUCE 
THE 20,000 VENTILATORS THAT 
HAVE BEEN ORDERED.
TWO YEARS AGO, I WAS AT C.A.E. 
TO ANNOUNCE AN INVESTMENT IN 
WORKER TRAINING.
TODAY WE'RE SEEING WHY IT IS SO 
IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT NOT ONLY 
TALENT, BUT INNOVATION HERE AT 
HOME.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: 
RESEARCHERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY 
MAKE INCREDIBLE DISCOVERIS CAN 
EVERY DAY FROM RAPID ADVANCES 
IN UNDERSTANDING COVID-19 OVER 
THE LAST FEW MONTHS, TO YEARS' 
LONG STUDIES OF CLIMATE CHANGE 
AND CANCER TREATMENTS.
IT'S IN EVERYONE'S INTERESTS 
THAT THEY CONTINUE DOING THEIR 
VITAL WORK.
SO TODAY, WE'RE ANNOUNCING 
ALMOST $500 MILLION IN FUNDING 
THROUGH AN ANNUAL DISCOVERY 
GRANTS PROGRAMME.
THIS MONEY WILL SUPPORT 
THOUSANDS OF CANADIAN 
RESEARCHERS AND THEIR 
GROUND-BREAKING WORK, WHETHER 
THEY'RE STUDYING VIRUSES, 
DEVELOPING A.I. OR MAKING 
STRIDES IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING.
CANADIANS ARE INNOVATIVE AND 
CREATIVE AND THAT IS SOMETHING 
WE'LL ALWAYS SUPPORT.
THIS MORNING, I WANT TO SPEAK 
ABOUT HELP FOR ANOTHER GROUP OF 
CANADIANS WHO DO VITAL WORK -- 
OUR FISH AND SEAFOOD PRODUCERS.
THE WOMEN AND MEN WHO WORK ON 
FISHING BOATS AND IN PROCESSING 
PLANTS KEEP OUR FAMILIES FED.
BUT THEY HAVE BEEN FACING SOME 
REALLY TOUGH TIMES LATELY.
THAT IS WHY, IN THE NEXT WEEK, 
WE'RE OPENING APPLICATIONS FOR 
TWO ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMES TO 
SUPPORT THE SECTOR.
AS OF TODAY, THE CANADIAN FISH 
AND SEAFOOD OPPORTUNITIES FUND 
IS AVAILABLE TO HELP PRODUCERS 
ACCESS NEW MARKETS, REACH NEW 
CUSTOMERS AND MAINTAIN A 
FOOTHOLD INTERNATIONALLY.
CANADA'S SEAFOOD IS AMONG THE 
BEST IN THE WORLD AND THIS FUND 
WILL HELP SPREAD THE WORD.
ON MONDAY, PROCESSORS WILL ALSO 
BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR HELP 
THROUGH THE CANADIAN SEAFOOD 
STABILIZATION FUND WE CREATED 
THIS SPRING.
THE FUND WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT 
FOR EVERYTHING FROM BUYING 
P.P.E. TO KEEPING WORKERS SAFE, 
TO PURCHASING FREEZERS SO 
PRODUCTS STAY GOOD WHILE 
PRODUCERS FIND BUYERS.
[Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: 
TODAY, WE ARE ANNOUNCING THE 
RE-OPENING OF THE CANADIAN FISH 
AND SEAFOOD OPPORTUNITIES FUND.
THIS PROGRAMME WILL HELP 
SEAFOOD PRODUCERS TO ACCESS NEW 
MARKET, SERVE NEW CLIENTS AND 
RETAIN THEIR PRESENCE ON 
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS.
AND MONDAY, PROCESSORS WILL 
ALSO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR 
FUNDING UNDER THE CANADIAN 
SEAFOOD STABILIZATION FUND THAT 
WE CREATED EARLIER THIS SPRING.
THIS IS SUPPORT THAT THEY CAN 
USE FOR MANY THINGS, INCLUDING 
BUYING INDIVIDUAL PROTECTIVE 
EQUIPMENT, PROTECTING THEIR 
EMPLOYEES OR BUYING FREEZERS IN 
OTHER WORDS TO PRESERVE THEIR 
PRODUCTS.
IF IT TAKES LONGER THAN USUAL 
TO FIND BUYERS.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: I 
WANT TO END TODAY WITH AN 
UPDATE ON PARKS CANADA.
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, NO SUMER 
IS COMPLETE WITHOUT GETTING THE 
TENT PACKED, THE KIDS IN THE 
CAR AND THE TIME OFF TO GO 
CAMPING.
NOW, BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, 
MANY CAMPGROUNDS HAD TO CLOSE 
TEMPORARILY.
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT 
AS OF MONDAY, PARKS CANADA WILL 
GRADUALLY START RE-OPENING SOME 
OF THEIR CAMPING SITES.
NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING 
THIS SUMMER, WHETHER IT'S 
CAMPING OR BARBECUES, KEEP 
FOLLOWING PUBLIC HEALTH 
RECOMMENDATIONS AND KEEP DOING 
YOUR PART TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE 
AROUND YOU.
TOGETHER, WE WILL GET THROUGH 
THIS.
MERCI.
>> THANK YOU, PRIME MINISTER.
WE'LL NOW GO TO THE PHONES FOR 
QUESTIONS.
ONE QUESTION, ONE FOLLOW-UP.
OPERATOR?
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
MERCI.
[Speaking French] 
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: GOOD 
MORNING, MR. TRUDEAU.
I'D LIKE TO COME BACK TO THE 
EXTENSION OF THE CERB THAT YOU 
ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY.
A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING 
FRANÇOIS LEGAULT AND CHAMBERS 
OF COMMERCE ARE CONCERNED THAT 
THIS WILL JUST MAINTAIN THE 
DISINCENTIVE TO WORK.
AT THE TIME YOU SAID THIS WAS 
AN EMERGENCY AND YOU HAD TO 
HELP PEOPLE RIGHT AWAY.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU SAID IT 
WOULD NOT BE CHANGED.
BUT NOW THREE MONTHS LATER, 
DON'T YOU THINK YOU SHOULD TAKE 
THE TIME TO ADJUST THE CERB?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: 
[Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: 
WELL, THERE ARE CURRENTLY SOME 
THREE MILLION CANADIANS WHO 
WOULD LIKE A JOB, WHO LOST 
THEIR JOB AND ARE NOT FINDING 
ANY EMPLOYMENT.
YES, WE KNOW THAT THE ECONOMY 
IS GRADUALLY RE-OPENING.
AND THAT SOME JOBS ARE BEING 
CREATED.
BUT THE FACT REMAINS THAT THERE 
ARE STILL FAR TOO MANY PEOPLE 
OUT THERE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR 
JOBS, WITHOUT THOSE JOBS BEING 
AVAILABLE.
SO, WE HAVE TO BE THERE TO HELP 
THOSE PEOPLE WHO NEED SUPPORT, 
WHO NEED THE CERB IN ORDER TO 
PAY FOR GROCERIES OR SUPPORT 
THEIR FAMILIES.
YES, WE ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE 
AND BRINGING IN MEASURES TO 
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TAKE ANY 
JOBS THAT BECOME AVAILABLE.
BUT WE'RE VERY FAR FROM BEING 
IN A SITUATION WHERE THERE ARE 
ENOUGH JOBS FOR EVERYONE WHO 
WANTS TO WORK.
AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE EXTENDING 
THE CERB FOR AN ADDITIONAL 
EIGHT WEEKS.
FOLLOW-UP?
>> Reporter: [Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: YES.
I UNDERSTAND.
THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'VE 
REPEATED A NUMBER OF TIMES OVER 
THE LAST FEW DAYS.
BUT I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION -- 
WHY WOULD IT BE IMPOSSIBLE TO 
CHANGE THE CERB?
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE 
WHO STILL CAN'T FIND WORK.
BUT THE QUESTION IS NOT TO -- 
TO NOT EXTEND IT, BUT PERHAPS 
TO CHANGE IT.
TO ADAPT IT.
AND YOUR MINISTER QUALTROUGH 
SAID THAT YOU INTEND TO IMPOSE 
SANCTIONS ON FRAUDSTERS THE.
-- ON FRAUDSTERS.
SO, HOW DO YOU INTEND TO DO 
THAT SINCE THE BILL DID NOT GO 
THROUGH?
WELL, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT 
THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT, IN 
A CRISIS SUCH AS THIS ONE, WE 
HAD TO GET THE MONEY OUT THE 
DOOR AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE 
WITH AS FEW CHECKS AS POSSIBLE.
WITH RESPECT TO PEOPLE'S 
INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES 
BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE NEEDED THE 
MONEY QUICKLY.
AND A WE'VE SAID RIGHT FROM THE 
VERY BEGINNING, WE WANT TO 
ENSURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO 
RECEIVE THE CERB ARE NOT TRYING 
TO DEFRAUD THE SYSTEM.
NOW WE UNDERSTAND AND WE SAW 
THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS OF CANADIANS WHO HAVE 
ALREADY REPAID SOME PAYMENTS 
UNDER THE CERB THAT THEY SHOULD 
NOT HAVE RECEIVED.
SO, THE SYSTEM IS WORKING.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS A 
SMALL NUMBER OF CRIMINALS AND 
FRAUDSTERS WHO HAVE TAKEN 
ADVANTAGE OF THAT SYSTEM IN 
ORDER TO COLLECT THAT MONEY 
WHILE OTHERS ARE SUPPORTING 
EACH OTHER AND THERE WILL BE 
CONSEQUENCES FOR THOSE 
INDIVIDUALS.
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
MERCI.
[Speaking French] 
>> Reporter: [Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: 
THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, MR. TRUDEAU.
LAST WEEK, MANY WERE STILL 
SAYING THAT THE SITUATION IN 
CANADA WAS STILL TOO UNCERTAIN 
TO PROVIDE AN ECONOMIC UPDATE.
NOW YOU'RE SAYING THE REVERSE 
TODAY.
SO, WHAT CHANGED?
WELL, AN ECONOMIC UPDATE WOULD, 
IN FACT, BE UNREALISTIC.
AN ECONOMIC UPDATE INCLUDES 
PROJECTIONS OF EXACTLY WHAT 
MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE COMING 
MONTHS AND YEARS OF OVER A 
THREE TO FIVE-YEAR HORIZON.
OBVIOUSLY WE ARE NOT IN A 
POSITION TO PRESENT THAT.
BUT EVERY TWO WEEKS, THE 
FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN 
SHARING ALL AVAILABLE 
INFORMATION ON THE MEASURES 
WE'VE INTRODUCED AND WE ARE 
CERTAINLY CAPABLE OF BRINGING 
TOGETHER OF THAT DATA AND THAT 
INFORMATION ON WHAT WE'RE DOING 
WITH A COUPLE OF PROJECTIONS AS 
TO WHAT COULD HAPPEN IN THE 
NEXT FEW MONTHS.
SO, THAT IS WHY WE ARE GOING TO 
CONTINUE TO BE TRANSPARENT AND 
OPEN, PRESENT A SNAPSHOT OF THE 
ECONOMY IN A FEW WEEKS SO THAT 
PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT THE STATE 
OF THE ECONOMY IS NOW AND WHAT
COULD HAPPEN IN THE COMING 
WEEKS.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: I'VE 
CONSISTENTLY SAID THAT AN 
ECONOMIC AND FISCAL UPDATE 
WOULD BE UNREALISTIC RIGHT NOW 
BECAUSE IT AUTOMATICALLY 
INCLUDES PROJECTIONS FOR A 
YEAR, THREE YEARS, FIVE YEARS 
AHEAD OF TIME, WHICH QUITE 
FRANKLY WE SIMPLY COULDN'T MAKE 
ANY RESPONSIBLE PREDICTIONS 
ABOUT.
HOWEVER, EVERY TWO WEEKS OVER 
THE PAST NUMBER OF MONTHS, WE 
HAVE PUT FORWARD ALL THE 
INFORMATION FROM FINANCE TO THE 
FINANCE COMMITTEE, TO 
PARLIAMENTARIANS ON THE 
MEASURES WE HAVE MOVED FORWARD 
ON TO GIVE A PRECISE ACCOUNTING 
ON WHAT WE'VE DONE.
WE'VE CONTINUEDED TO DO THAT 
AND N  -- AND, IN A FEW WEEKS, 
WE'LL GATHER THAT ALL TOGETHER 
IN A SENSE OF WHERE WE ARE, 
COMPARED TO OTHER COUNTRIES AND 
SOME ESTIMATES ON WHERE WE 
COULD BE IN THE COMING MONTHS.
BUT THIS WILL NOT BE AN 
ECONOMIC OR FISCAL UPDATE.
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: 
FOLLOW-UP?
>> Reporter: [Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: YES, 
SO I UNDERSTAND THIS -- YOU'RE 
NOT GOING BEYOND A HORIZON OF 
SEVERAL MONTHS.
SO UNTIL WHEN WILL WE HAVE AN 
IDEA OF THE STATE OF THE 
ECONOMY?
WELL, THE MINISTER OF FINANCE 
IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THIS.
OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO PROVIDE AS 
MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE TO 
PEOPLE.
BUT WE ALSO WANT THAT 
INFORMATION TO BE HELPFUL.
SO, THE MINISTER OF FINANCE 
WILL BE ABLE TO ASSESS WHAT 
THAT WILL INCLUDE A LITTLE 
LATER.
>> NEXT QUESTION, OPERATOR.
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
MERCI.
NEXT QUESTION, TERESA WRIGHT 
FROM THE CANADIAN PRESS.
LINE OPEN.
>> Reporter: YES.
GOOD MORNING, PRIME MINISTER.
JUST FOLLOWING UP ON WHAT YOU 
JUST SAID IN THE FACT THAT YOU 
SAID UNCERTAINTY MAKES IT 
IMPOSSIBLE TO PROVIDE A 
MEANINGFUL FISCAL UPDATE.
GIVEN THAT, WHAT IS THE VALUE 
OF THIS FISCAL SNAPSHOT THAT IS 
COMING IN JULY, GIVEN ALL THAT 
UNCERTAINTY THAT WE FACE?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: I I 
THIS IT WILL BE USEFUL FOR 
PEOPLE TO SEE THE SCALE AND THE 
DETAILS ON EVERYTHING THAT WE 
HAVE PUT OUT.
AS I SAID, WE HAVE BEEN KEEPING 
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND, 
THROUGH THEM, PARLIAMENTARIANS 
UPDATED EVERY TWO WEEK ON ALL 
THE MEASURES WE'VE BEEN FLOWING 
OUT.
AT THE SAME TIME, PULLING THEM 
ALL TOGETHER IN A LOOK OVER THE 
PAST FEW MONTHS ON ALL THE 
MEASURES WE'VE DONE, COMPARING 
THE MEASURES WE'VE DONE IN 
CANADA TO COUNTRIES AROUND THE 
WORLD.
SOME MAY HAVE DONE BETTER.
SOME WON'T HAVE DONE NEARLY AS 
MUCH.
SO WE GET A SENSE OF WHERE WE 
ARE COMPARED TO OTHERS AND A 
SENSE OF WHAT THE COMING WEEKS 
OR MONTHS COULD LOOK LIKE.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE 
USEFUL FOR PEOPLE TO COME 
TOGETHER ON.
BECAUSE OF THE TRANSPARENCY WE 
DEMONSTRATED EVERY STEP OF THE 
TIME, IT IS A CONSISTENCY WITH 
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
>> FOLLOW-UP QUESTION?
>> Reporter: YES.
ON ANOTHER ISSUE, IT OFTEN 
TAKES YEARS FOR THE RCMP TO 
RESPOND TO FORMAL 
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE 
FORCE'S CIVILIAN WATCHDOG.
IS THIS ACCEPT TONIGHT YOU?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: I  
-- ACCEPTABLE TO YOU?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: ONE 
OF THE THINGS WE'VE SEEN COME 
TO LIGHT OVER THE PAST WEEKS 
AND MONTHS IS THAT OUR SYSTEMSS 
ARE NOT ADEQUATE TO RESFONLDS 
THE CONCERNS THAT RACIALIZED 
CANADIAN AND INDIGENOUS 
CANADIAN AND OTHERS WHO WANT TO 
SEE A REDUCTION OF SYSTEMIC 
DISCRIMINATION IN OUR 
INSTITUTIONS MOVE FORWARD 
QUICKER.
SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE MUCH 
QUICKER ON RESPONDING TO THESE 
THING, ON MAKING CHANGES NO OUR 
INSTITUTIONS, TO REALLY GO 
AFTER SYSTEMIC DISCRIMINATION.
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: I 
THINK WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING 
FOR SEVERAL WEEKS NOW IS THE 
SPEED AT WHICH OUR INSTITUTIONS 
ARE RESPONDING TO COMPLAINTS 
AND TO THE NEED TO CHANGE AND 
THAT CHANGE IS TOO SLOW.
IT MUST BE EXPEDITED.
>> Operator: THANK YOU.
MERCI.
NEXT QUESTION.
LINE OPEN.
>> Reporter: HELLO.
GOVERNMENT IN THE PAST HAVE 
USED OMNIBUS BILLS TO PUT A LOT 
OF SIDE LEGISLATION INTO BUDGET 
PACKAGES.
WHEN YOU DO PRESENT A FULL 
BUDGET, IS IT -- WILL YOU 
COMMIT TO REFRAINING FROM USING 
AN OMNIBUS BILL TO PUT IN OTHER 
MEASURES?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WE 
HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT IN OUR 
APPROACH OVER THE PAST COUPLE 
OF YEARS.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE 
FAIRLY STRICT ON.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SAW 
PREVIOUS CONSERVATIVE 
GOVERNMENTS SIGNIFICANTLY ABUSE 
WHICH IS WHY WE MADE 
COMMITMENTS TO NOT HAVE OMNIBUS 
LEGISLATION AND WE'RE GOING TO 
BE STICKING WITH THAT.
[Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: WE 
SAW IN THE PAST, CONSERVATIVE 
GOVERNMENTS ABUSE OMNIBUS BILLS.
THERE WERE MANY MEASURES 
INCLUDED IN THEM THAT WERE NOT 
CONNECTED TO THE SPECIFIC GOALS 
OF THE BILL OR THE BUDGET.
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE LIMITED THE 
NUMBER OF MEASURES WITHIN THE 
LEGISLATION SO THAT WE CAN HAVE 
A BETTER DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT 
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO TAKE THAT 
APPROACH.
>> Reporter: GIVEN THE RISE IN 
GIG AND TECH COMPANIES, DO WE 
HAVE TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT 
SOCIAL PROGRAMMES OR REGULATION 
OR TAXATION OF THESE KINDS OF 
GIG EMPLOYERS WHEN WE GET 
THROUGH THIS TOUGH MOMENT?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: I 
THINK ABSOLUTELY, GREG.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED 
TO LOOK AT.
WE'VE SEEN THIS CRISIS EXPOSE 
REAL VULNERABILITIES WITHIN OUR 
COMMUNITIES, WITHIN OUR 
EMPLOYMENT SYSTEMS.
WE ARE RESPONDING TO THIS 
EMERGENCY RIGHT NOW.
BUT WE'RE ALSO REFLECTING VERY 
CAREFULLY ON HOW WE CAN BUILD 
BACK BETTER, BUILD BACK FAIRER, 
BUILD BACK GREENER.
MAKE CHANGES TO OUR SYSTEMS SO 
THAT GOING FORWARD, WHETHER 
THERE'S ANOTHER PANDEMIC OR 
SOME OTHER CRISES OR NOT, THAT 
PEOPLE ARE BETTER SUPPORTED BY 
OUR SYSTEMS.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE 
DOING RIGHT BY CANADIANS AND 
THIS CRISIS HAS GIVEN US NOT 
JUST EXAMPLES OF WHERE WE 
HAVEN'T BEEN GOOD ENOUGH IN THE 
PAST, AS GOVERNMENTS, BUT 
OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE 
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: I 
ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE 
TO LOOK AT OWL OF OUR SYSTEMS 
TO SEE IF WE CAN IMPROVE THEM.
THIS PANDEMIC HAS EXPOSED FLAWS 
IN OUR SYSTEM IN TERMS OF ITS 
TREATMENT OF THE MOST 
VULNERABLE AND IT GIVES US AN 
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE CHANGES FOR 
THE BETTER AND REBUILD OUR 
COUNTRY AND SYSTEMS THAT WILL 
BE FAIRER AND MORE GENEROUS 
TOWARDS THE MOST VULNERABLE.
SO, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY 
FOR EVERYONE.
IF THERE ARE OTHER PANDEMICS OR 
IF WE GO BACK TO NORMAL, 
WHATEVER THE SITUATION, WE NEED 
TO DO MORE FOR VULNERABLE 
CANADIANS.
>> Reporter: YOU'VE SAID JULY 8 
THERE WILL BE A FISCAL SNAPSHOT.
I'M WONDERING WHAT SPECIFICALLY 
IT WILL INCLUDE, WHAT SORTS OF 
NUMBERS?
AND IF THIS IS A MEANS TO 
APPEASE THE OPPOSITION WHO HAVE 
BEEN ASKING FOR A FISCAL UPDATE.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: OVER 
THE PAST NUMBER OF MONTHS, WE 
HAVE PUT FORWARD, IN FULL 
TRANSPARENCY, UPDATED NUMBERS 
EVERY TWO WEEKS TO THE FINANCE 
COMMITTEE ON MEASURES THAT 
WE'VE PUT FORWARD.
SO, OUR COMMITMENT TO 
TRANSPARENCY HAS BEEN ONGOING 
AS HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR THIS 
GOVERNMENT SINCE THE VERY 
BEGINNING.
AT THE SAME TIME, IT WILL BE 
USEFUL TO PULL TOGETHER ALL 
THESE DIFFERENT MEASURES SO 
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE SCALE OF 
WHAT THIS COUNTRY HAS DONE.
SOME COMPARORS WITH OTHER 
COUNTRIES SO WE CAN SEE HOW 
THEY FIT ON THE SPECTRUM OF 
HELP TO CITIZENS IN OUR PEER 
COUNTRIES.
WE'RE ALSO A SENSE OF WHAT 
COULD BE EXPECTED IN THE COMING 
MONTHS.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A LITTLE 
BIT UNREALISTIC TO PROJECT MUCH 
FURTHER THAN A FEW MONTHS 
BECAUSE THINGS ARE CHANGING SO 
RAPIDLY.
BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO 
DEMONSTRATE THE KIND OF 
TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY 
THAT CANADIANS EXPECT AND 
DESERVE.
[Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: I 
THINK IT WILL BE A GOOD IDEA, 
AND INTERESTING TO BRING 
TOGETHER ALL THE INFORMATION AT 
THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT WITH 
RESPECT TO OUR INVESTMENTS AND 
THE RESOURCES WE'RE PROVIDING 
TO CANADIANS.
AT THE SAME TIME, IT WILL BE A 
CHANCE TO COMPARE OURSELVES TO 
OTHER COUNTRIES TO SEE WHERE WE 
ARE WITH RESPECT TO OUR SUPPORT 
FOR CANADIANS.
AND IT WILL ALSO GIVE PEOPLE AN 
IDEA OF WHAT THE NEXT WEEKS OR 
MONTHS COULD HOLD.
WITHOUT NECESSARILY PROVIDING 
LONG-TERM PREDICTIONS AND WE 
CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON 
TRANSPARENCY.
>> Reporter: IT WAS SAID THAT 
YOU HAVE NO RESPECT FOR 
PARLIAMENT AND YOU ARE DOING 
NOTHING FOR QUEBEC.
I'D LIKE TO GET YOUR RESPONSE 
TO THAT.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: AS 
WE KNOW, THIS IS A MINORITY 
PARLIAMENT.
DECISIONS ABOUT WHETHER 
PARLIAMENT SITS AND HOW WE MOVE 
FORWARD NEED TO BE MADE ON A 
CONSENSUS OR ON A MAJORITY 
BASIS IN THE PARLIAMENT, WHICH 
IS WHY NUMBER OF WEEKS AGO, WE 
WORKED WITH OTHER PARTIES AND 
GOT AN AGREEMENT TO CONTINUE TO 
FOCUS ON THE COVID-19 CRISIS 
BUT EXPAND THE ROLES TO ENSURE 
THAT WE HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY 
MOMENTS IN TIME FOR THE 
PARLIAMENT TO RETURN THROUGHOUT 
THIS SUMMER, INCLUDING ON JULY 
8 WHERE WE'LL BE PRESENTING A 
FISCAL UPDATE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THREE DIFFERENT 
PARTIES CAME TOGETHER TO MAKE A 
DETERMINATION OF WHAT 
PARLIAMENT WOULD DO.
THAT IS HOW PARLIAMENT 
FUNCTIONS.
I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT BOTH THE 
BLOC QUÉBÉCOIS AND THE 
CONSERVATIVES DID NOT WANT THIS 
PARTICULAR OUTCOME, BUT THE 
WILL OF PARLIAMENT WAS 
EXPRESSED BY A MAJORITY, BY THE 
THREE PARTIES WHO CAME TOGETHER 
TO DETERMINE WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THAT IS HOW PARLIAMENT WORKS.
EVERY TIME SOMETHING DOESN'T GO 
THEIR WAY AND THE OPPOSITION 
PARTY CRIES IT'S A DICTATORSHIP 
IS SOMEWHAT IRRESPONSIBLE AND 
UNDERMINES THE STRENGTH OF 
DEMOCRACY THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE 
TO SHOW THROUGH THIS CRISIS.
AND STRENGTHS OF INSTITUTIONS 
THAT CONTINUE TO DO REALLY 
IMPORTANT WORK, NOT JUST TO 
HELP CANADIANS DURING THIS 
CRISIS, BUT TO REMAIN 
ACCOUNTABLE AND ENGAGED IN OUR 
DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES.
[Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: I 
THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT 
TO POINT OUT THAT THE CURRENT 
SITUATION IN PARLIAMENT WAS 
DEBATED AND VOTED ON BY THE 
MAJORITY OF PARLIAMENTARIANS.
THERE ARE THREE PARTIES THAT 
CAME TOGETHER TO DETERMINE 
THAT, YES, WE WERE GOING TO 
HAVE A COVID-19 COMMITTEE 
BROADEN QUESTION PERIOD SO THAT 
MORE PARLIAMENTARIANS COULD ASK 
QUESTIONS ON ANY ISSUE AND COME 
BACK FOUR TIMES DURING THE 
SUMMER, INCLUDING IN JULY, FOR 
THIS ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT.
AGE THINK THAT IS THE WAY A 
PARLIAMENT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK.
A MINORITY PARLIAMENT IN THAT 
TYPE OF MINORITY PARLIAMENT, NO 
PARTY ALONE CAN DECIDE HOW 
THINGS WILL WORK.
WE NEED TO COLLABORATE AND THE 
SFAKT  -- AND THE FACT IS THAT 
A MAJORITY OF MEMBERS OF 
PARLIAMENT AGREED WITH THAT 
APPROACH.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE BLOC 
QUÉBÉCOIS AND THE CONSERVATIVES 
WERE NOT HAPPY WITH THAT 
CONCLUSION, THEY DIDN'T LIKE 
THE MAJORITY DECISION OF 
PARLIAMENT.
BUT IF EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT 
SOMEONE DOESN'T GET WHAT THEY 
WANT IN A MINORITY PARLIAMENT, 
THEY START TO SAY WELL THIS IS 
NOTHING BUT A DICTATORSHIP, I 
THINK THAT IS A BIT RIDICULOUS, 
FIRST OF ALL.
AND SECOND OF ALL, IT 
UNDERMINES THE PEOPLE'S 
CONFIDENCE, THE CONFIDENCE 
PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE IN OUR 
INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE SERVING 
CANADIANS VERY, VERY WELL.
NOW WE BROUGHT IN FOUR BILLS IN 
THE LAST FEW MONTHS TO HELP 
CANADIANS AND WE HAVE ALSO 
SHOWN JUST HOW WELL OUR 
DEMOCRACY AND OUR INSTITUTIONS 
ARE CONTINUING TO OPERATE.
THAT SHOULD RE-ASSURE CANADIANS 
THAT EVEN IN A CRISIS WE'RE 
WORKING VERY WELL AS A 
DEMOCRACY.
>> Reporter: [Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: 
RADIO-CANADA.
WITH RESPECT TO A SEAT ON THE 
U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL, YOU HAVE 
INVESTED A GREAT DEAL 
PERSONALLY IN THIS, A LOT OF 
POLITICAL CAPITAL.
YOU'VE SAID CANADA IS BACK.
WHAT HAPPENS IF WE LOSE?
WHAT IF YOU DON'T GET THAT 
PERMANENT SEAT?
DO YOU BELIEVE IT WILL BE YOUR 
FAULT PERSONALLY?
>>  >> Prime Minister Trudeau: 
[Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: 
WELL, FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, 
CANADA HAS BEEN MUCH MORE 
DEEPLY ENGAGED IN THE WORLD.
WHETHER IT'S THROUGH OUR 
INITIATIVES IN PARIS ON CLIMATE 
CHANGE, WHETHER IT'S IN THE G-7 
OR WHETHER IT'S IN PROTECTING 
OUR OCEANS AND ADDRESSING 
SEXUAL EQUALITY IN THE WORLD, 
IN OUR WORK AND MANY 
MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS HAS 
SHOWN THAT CANADA CONTINUES TO 
BE DEEPLY ENGAGED IN DEVELOPING 
PRIORITIES FOR OURSELVES AND 
FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.
PARTICULARLY DEVELOPING 
COUNTRIES THAT NEED MORE 
FUNDING AND BETTER INSTITUTIONS 
IN A SITUATION SUCH AS THIS.
SO CANADA IS WORKING VERY WELL 
WITHIN THE MULTILATERAL SYSTEM 
AND HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST FIVE 
YEARS.
THE SEAT ON THE U.N. SECURITY 
COUNCIL IS AN ADDITIONAL MEANS 
OF ENSURING THAT OUR VOICE WILL 
BE HEARD.
OUR ACTIONS WILL CONTINUE, 
WHATEVER THE RESULT, IN THE 
COMING DAY.
WE KNOW THAT AN ENGAGED CANADA 
IS GOOD FOR THE REST OF THE 
WORLD.
BUT IT IS ALSO GOOD FOR 
CANADIANS.
IT'S IN OUR OWN INTERESTS TO 
HAVE STABLE AND PREDICTABLE 
RULES AROUND THE WORLD.
IT'S IN OUR OWN INTERESTS TO 
HAVE SUPPORT OUT THERE FOR 
VULNERABLE PEOPLE THROUGH 
EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS 
FOR PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.
BECAUSE CANADA SUCCEEDS WHEN 
EVERYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD 
SUCCEEDS.
THAT IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING 
FOR FIVE-YEAR AND THAT IS WHAT 
WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO.
WHETHER WE'RE ON THE SECURITY 
COUNCIL OR NOT.
IF WE ARE THERE, IT WILL BE 
EASIER TO HAVE OUR VOICE HEARD, 
BUT OUR ENGAGED APPROACH WILL 
NOT CHANGE.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: I 
THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE 
SEEN OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS 
IS CANADA HAS STEPPED UP ON THE 
WORLD STAGE, WHETHER IT HAS 
BEEN ON THE FIGHT AGAINST 
CLIMATE CHANGE, THROUGH OUR 
OCEANS AND THROUGH SUPPORT FOR 
SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES 
AS WELL AS CLIMATE FINANCING 
INTERNATIONALLY, WHETHER IT HAS 
BEEN ON WOMEN, PEACE AND 
SECURITY ON OUR IMPACTS ON THE 
NEW VANCOUVER PRINCIPLES, ON 
PEACEKEEPING.
WHETHER IT'S MOVING FORWARD ON 
FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT WITH 
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, LOOKING 
AT OUR INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL 
INSTITUTIONS THAT THREATEN WOOD 
STRUCTURES THAT HAVE LASTED AND 
KEPT US SO WELL FOR 75 YEARS.
BUT NEED TO BE MODIFIED.
CANADA HAS CONTINUED TO BE A 
STRONG VOICE ON THE WORLD STAGE 
BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT CANADA 
DOES WELL AND WE WILL CONTINUE 
TO DO IT.
YES, A SEAT ON THE U.N. 
SECURITY COUNCIL WILL BE AN 
ADDITIONAL LEVER AND EXTRA WAY 
THAT CANADA CAN MAKE SURE THAT 
OUR VOICE AND OUR VALUES ARE 
BEING HEARD AT THE HIGHEST 
LEVELS.
BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD AND 
DEFEND MULTILATERALISM NOT JUST 
BECAUSE IT IS GOOD FOR THE 
WORLD BUT BECAUSE IT'S GOOD FOR 
CANADIANS.
CANADIANS DO WELL WHEN WE ARE 
CONNECTED TO THE WORLD, WHEN 
WE'RE TRADING WITH THE WORLD.
WHEN THERE ARE CLEAR RULES IN 
PLACE FOR THINGS LIKE INTERINGS 
 -- INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND 
INTERNATIONAL BEHAVIOURS.
WE DO WELL WHEN COUNTRIES COME 
TOGETHER TO WORK 
COLLABORATIVELY TO SOLVE BIG 
PROBLEMS.
WE DO WELL WHEN VULNERABLE 
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD HAVE 
BETTER OPPORTUNITIES TO SUCCEED 
AND FEWER CONFLICTS AND FEWER 
SOCIAL INEQUITIES.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT 
CANADA HAS BEEN DOING FOR THE 
PAST FIVE YEARS.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'LL 
DON'T DO INTO THE FUTURE, 
REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS THIS 
WEEK.
BUT IT CERTAINLY WOULD BE NICE 
TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT EXTRA 
LEVEL OF -- LEVER OF A SEAT ON 
THE SECURITY COUNCIL.
>> Reporter: [Speaking French] 
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: I 
WAS ASKING IF PART OF IT WOULD 
BE YOUR OWN FAULT IF YOU DON'T 
GET A SEAT.
NOW UNDER THE LONG-TERM CARE 
FACILITIES, THE SOLDIERS HAVE 
BEEN THERE, THERE HAVE BEEN 
PROBLEMS THERE.
IS THERE AN AGREEMENT WITH 
QUEBEC NOW?
HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS FROM THE 
CANADIAN RED CROSS WILL BE 
GOING IN THERE.
CAN YOU CLEARLY EXPLAIN WHAT IS 
HAPPENING?
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT'S 
OCCURRING IN THESE HOMES.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE 
BEEN CONTINUING OUR VERY 
PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH 
QUEBEC.
THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT OF GREAT 
COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND QUEBEC.
AND WE'LL HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS TO 
MAKE ON THAT VERY SOON.
>> Reporter: THIS FISCAL 
SNAPSHOT THAT YOU ARE 
RELEASING, IF YOU ARE DOING 
THIS, DOES THIS MEAN THAT THE 
BIG SPENDING ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE 
NOW ALL BEEN MADE AND, IF NOT, 
HOW RELIABLE WILL THIS BE?
ALSO WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU'LL 
BE IN A POSITION TO ACTUALLY 
PUT FORWARD A FISCAL UPDATE OR 
A BUDGET?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: 
FIRST OF ALL, WE KNOW THAT WE 
ARE MOVING THROUGH THE 
EMERGENCY PHASE RIGHT NOW, INTO 
SOMETHING THAT IS MORE OF A 
RECOVERY PHASE.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR 
WHAT IS NEEDED IN THE ECONOMY 
AS WE GO FORWARD ON EXTENDING 
CERTAIN PROGRAMMES, ON 
MODIFYING OTHERS.
BUT AS WE'VE BEEN DOING FROM 
THE BEGINNING, WE'LL KEEP 
ADJUSTING AS WE GO.
I THINK IT IS USEFUL TO BUNDLE 
TOGETHER ALL THE INITIATIVES 
AND ALL THE WAYS WE'VE HELPED 
CANADIANS OVER THE PAST MONTHS 
IN ONE CONCRETE SNAP SHOT IN A 
FEW WEEKS.
BUT, OF COURSE, WE RECOGNIZE 
THAT IF THERE IS A SECOND WAVE, 
IF CANADIANS FALL ON HARD TIMES 
BECAUSE OF COVID-19 IN THE 
COMING MONTHS, WE'LL NEED TO DO 
MORE.
WE ARE GOING TO REMAIN FOCUSED 
ON MAKING SURE THAT CANADIANS 
ARE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THIS IN 
THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY, TO BE 
ABLE TO KEEP OURSELVES AND OUR 
FAMILIES SAFE BUT ALSO TO BE 
ABLE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A 
STRONG ECONOMY GOING FORWARD.
SO, YES, NOW IS A NATURAL TIME 
FOR BUNDLING TOGETHER 
EVERYTHING THAT WE'VES DONE 
WITH THIS FISCAL SNAPSHOT.
BUT CERTAINLY AS WE MOVE 
FORWARD, WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE 
TRANSPARENT ABOUT DECISIONS BIG 
AND SMALL WE HAVE TO TAKE TO 
CONTINUE TO KEEP CANADIANS SAFE.
AS FOR WHEN THERE WILL BE A 
FULL FISCAL UPDATE OR AN 
EVENTUAL BUDGET, YOU KNOW, 
RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL VERY MUCH 
RESPONDING TO AN IMMEDIATE 
SITUATION AND WE WILL DON'T 
REFLECT ON WHEN THAT TIME COULD 
BE RIGHT AS THE SITUATION 
STABILIZES.
[Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: OF 
COURSE, WE ARE MOVING NOW FROM 
THE EMERGENCY TO A RE-OPENING 
ECONOMY SO IT'S PERFECTLY 
LOGICAL THAT WE SHOULD PROVIDE 
INFORMATION ABOUT ALL THE 
MEASURES WE'VE BROUGHT IN OVER 
THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
NOW THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT 
THERE WILL NOT BE OTHER 
INITIATIVES INTRODUCED IF THERE 
IS A SECOND WAVE OR IF WE NEED 
TO EXTEND CERTAIN PROGRAMMES.
BUT IT IS LOGICAL TO SHARE A 
PICTURE OF WHERE WE ARE NOW IN 
CANADA WITH CANADIANS.
WITH RESPECT TO THE NEXT STEPS, 
A BUDGET OR A MORE FORMAL 
ECONOMIC UPDATE, WE CONTINUE TO 
LOOK AT THE SITUATION AND WHEN 
THE ECONOMY IS STABLE ENOUGH TO 
DO THAT, WE WILL.
>> Reporter: AND YOU ASKED US 
THIS EARLIER, I'D LIKE TO GIVE 
YOU ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO 
ANSWER.
HOW MUCH DO YOU HAVE PERSONALLY 
RIDING ON THIS U.N. SECURITY 
COUNCIL VOTE?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: I 
THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT 
CANADIANS EXPECT FOR US TO BE 
INVOLVED IN THE WORLD AND I'VE 
CERTAINLY SEEN THE IMPACT THAT 
CANADA CAN HAVE ON THE WORLD 
STAGE THROUGH THE G7 AND G-20 
AT A TIME WHEN THERE ARE LARGE 
COUNTRIES WITHDRAWING A LITTLE 
BIT FROM THE GLOBAL STAGE.
I BELIEVE DEEPLY THAT CANADA 
CAN AND SHOULD BE STEPPING UP 
TON WORLD STAGE AND 
DEMONSTRATED THAT CANADIANS CAN 
AND DO HAVE A LARGE IMPACT ON 
THE WORLD WHEN WE DO THAT OVER 
THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
I CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO 
BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT.
I DO SEE THAT THE U.N. SECURITY 
COUNCIL SEAT COULD BE A VERY 
POWERFUL TOOL FOR CONTINUING 
WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AS I SAID FROM THE BEGINNING, A 
SEAT ON  THE U.N. SECURITY 
COUNCIL IS NOT AN END TO IN 
ITSELF.
IT'S A MEANS TO CONTINUE 
ENSURING THAT OUR VALUES AND 
OUR VOICE AND THAT OUR 
SOLUTIONS ARE HEARD AND 
RESONATING AT ALL LEVELS OF 
MULTILATERALISM.
[Speaking French] 
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: AS I 
NOTED MANY TIME, A SEAT ON THE 
U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL IS NOT AN 
END TO ITSELF, IT'S A MEANS OF 
AN END.
A WAY TO ENSURE THAT CANADIAN 
VALUES AND SOLUTIONS CAN 
CONTINUE TO RESONATE ON THE 
WORLD STAGE.
I THINK PEOPLE HAVE SEEN JUST 
WHAT KIND OF POSITIVE IMPACT 
CANADA'S HAD ON THE WORLD IN 
THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
AND I HOPE TO CONTINUE THAT 
WITH A SEAT ON THE SECURITY 
COUNCIL.
HOWEVER, WHATEVER THE RESULT OF 
THE VOTE IS, WE'LL CONTINUE TO 
BE THERE AND TO BE ENGAGED WITH 
THE REST OF THE WORLD BECAUSE 
IT IS GOOD FOR CANADIANS TO 
HAVE A MORE STABLE WORLD WHERE 
PEOPLE FOLLOW THE RULES.
>> Reporter: PRIME MINISTER, 
YOU LISTED MANY THINGS CANADA 
HAS DONE INTERNATIONALLY, ON 
THE WORLD STAGE.
BUT WE KNOW THAT FOR MEMBERS -- 
U.N. MEMBERS VOTING TODAY ON 
THE SECURITY COUNCIL SEAT, TWO 
KEY FACTORS ARE COMMITMENTS TO 
PEACEKEEPING AND THE PERCENTAGE 
OF G.D.P. DEDICATED TO FOREIGN 
A.
HOW DO YOU THINK CANADA HAS 
DONE ON THOSE TWO MEASURES 
COMPARED TO THE TWO COUNTRIES 
WE'RE COMPETING AGAINST?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: I 
THINK THERE IS ALWAYS MORE TO 
DO AND WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT 
HOW CANADA CAN BETTER HELP, HOW 
CANADA CAN BEST HELP ON THE 
WORLD STAGE.
BUT RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE SEEING 
IN THE WORLD IS CHALLENGES TO 
THE MULTIWILL THE -- 
MULTILATERAL SYSTEM WITH LARGE 
COUNTRIES WITHDRAWING THEIR 
SUPPORT FOR ENGAGEMENT ON THE 
WORLD STAGE.
IT IS TIME FOR MEDIUM-SIZED 
COUNTRIES WHO CAN HAVE A BIG 
VOICE TO STEP UP AND THAT IS 
WHY CANADA'S SEAT ON -- 
CANADA'S VOICE ON THE U.N. 
SECURITY COUNCIL COULD BE A 
STRONG LEVER FOR CONTINUING THE 
DEFENCE OF THE MULTILATERAL 
SYSTEM WE'RE IN AND 
IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT 
MULTILATERAL SYSTEM.
I HAVE NOTHING BUT RESPECT FOR 
OUR TWO COMPETITORS , IRELAND 
AND NORWAY, THAT HAVE 
DEMONSTRATED AN ENGAGEMENT IN 
THE WORLD.
THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
IT IS UNFORTUNATE WE'RE IN A 
SITUATION TO HAVE TO COMPETE 
AGAINST FRIENDS FOR THIS.
BUT I KNOW THAT CANADA HAS A 
PARTICULAR ABILITY TO CONVENE 
VOICES FROM AROUND THE WORLD, 
TO MOVE FORWARD IN WAYS THAT 
ARE CONNECTED TO TESTIFY 
COUNTRY AROUND THE WORLD 
THROUGH OUR DIASPORA, A VOICE 
THAT IS CONSISTENT AND STRONG 
IN ITS VALUES AND IT'S REALLY 
NECESSARY ON THE WORLD STAGE 
RIGHT NOW.
WE NEED TO HAVE STRONG VOICES 
THAT ARE THERE TO SPEAK FOR 
OTHERS, NOT JUST FOR THEMSELVES 
AND CANADA HAS CONSISTENTLY 
DONE THAT AND THAT'S WHY I AM 
OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE PROCESS 
WE'RE IN.
>> [Speaking French].
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: OK.
[Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: I 
THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO SAY 
THAT CANADA HAS A SPECIAL  
CONTRIBUTION TO MAKE WITH ITS 
DIVERSITY AND INTERNATIONAL 
ENGAGEMENT.
WE'RE BIG ENOUGH TO MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE BUT SMALL ENOUGH TO 
KNOW THAT WE CANNOT DO 
EVERYTHING ALONE.
THAT IS OUR STRENGTH AND HAS 
BEEN FOR MANY YEARS.
CERTAINLY IRELAND AND NORWAY 
ARE ALLIED COUNTRIES AND THEY 
HAVE HAD A VERY POSITIVE IMPACT 
ON THE WORLD.
BUT CANADA HAS A SPECIAL 
STRENGTH TO CONTRIBUTE, WHICH 
IS EITHER -- EVEN GREATER THAN 
THOSE TWO COUNTRIES, THROUGH 
OUR MEMBERSHIP IN THE G-7, THE 
G-20, THE FRANCOPHONE, THE 
COMMONWEALTH, THE ORGANIZATION 
OF AMERICAN STATES, ETC.
AND OPEC.
WE HAVE BEEN PRESENT AT SO MANY 
DIFFERENT TABLES THAT WE'RE 
ABLE TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
TO ENSURE THAT A POSITIVE VOICE 
CAN BE HEARD, A VOICE THAT 
OFTEN IS NOT HEARD BECAUSE 
SOMETIMES THE LARGE COUNTRIES 
ARE MORE WORRIED ABOUT 
THEMSELVES THAN OTHERS.
>> Reporter: [INAUDIBLE] THE 
NHL'S RETURN TO PLAY PROVIDED 
AGREEMENT FROM THE LOCAL 
AUTHORITIES.
BUT THE 14-DAY QUARANTINE FOR 
PEOPLE CROSSING THE U.S.-CANADA 
BORDER IS STILL A LIMITING STEP 
TOWARD THAT AND THE SAME RULE 
THAT'S KEPT PEOPLE FROM GOING 
TO FUNERALS, WEDDINGS.
WHAT DO YOU PROPOSE WITH 
REGARDS TO HOCKEY PLAYER.
ARE YOU GOING TO CREATE THEM AS 
AN ESSENTIAL WORKER OR A WAIVER 
TO ALLOW THEM TO ENTER THE 
COUNTRY WITHOUT THE 14-DAY 
QUARANTINE?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau:s 
WE'LL BE MAKING ANNOUNCEMENTS 
AROUND THIS AT THE APPROPRIATE 
TIME, BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH 
LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES, 
PROVINCIAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES 
AND THE NHL TO MAKE SURE THAT, 
REGARDLESS OF THE MEASURES IN 
PLACE, CANADIANS ARE KEPT SAFE 
AND OUR FOCUS IS ON COMMUNITY 
SAFETY THROUGHOUT.
THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN 
ENSURE THAT THE PRINCIPLES ARE 
RESPECTED IN A WAY THAT MAKE 
SENSE FOR THE NHL AND THOSE ARE 
WHAT THE CONVERSATIONS WITH.
AS I SAID, WE'RE OPEN TO MAKING 
ARRANGEMENTS AS LONG AS THE 
PRINCIPLES OF KEEPING CANADIANS 
SAFE FIRST AND FOREMOST AND 
PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF 
COVID-19 ARE RESPECTED.
[Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: I 
THINK THAT EVEN IF WE'D ALL 
LIKE TO SEE SOME HOCKEY PLAYED 
THIS SUMMER, WE HAVE TO FOCUS 
ON THE PRINCIPLE OF PROTECTING 
CANADIAN AND PREVENTING THE 
SPREAD OF COVID-19.
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE BEEN 
WORKING WITH THE NHL AND 
PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES AND 
LOCAL AUTHORITIES ON MEASURES 
THAT WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR 
THE NHL TO PLAY, KNOWING THAT 
AT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, WE 
WILL NOT BE RISKING THE HEALTH 
OF CANADIANS.
MERCI BEAUCOUP.
>> Rosemary: THE PRIME MINISTER 
OF CANADA ON THIS WEDNESDAY, 
GIVING ALWAYS NUMBER OF BITS OF 
NEWS THERE AND MAINLY, AS DAVID 
COCHRANE REPORTED EARLIER, THAT 
THERE WILL BE NOT AN ECONOMIC 
UPDATE.
HE IS NOT USING THAT WORD.
HE IS USING FISCAL SNAPSHOT 
WHICH SEEM TO BE SOMETHING 
QUITE MORE LIMITED THAN WHAT AN 
ECONOMIC UPDATE WILL BE.
BUT IT WILL BE DONE INSIDE THE 
HOUSE OF COMMONS ON JULY 8.
I'LL BRING BACK VASSY AND DAVID 
TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND MORE.
VASSY, IS VERY -- I THINK THAT 
IS DONE VERY SPECIFICALLY, SO 
THAT WE DON'T HAVE CERTAIN 
EXPECTATIONS AROUND WHAT WE'RE 
GOING TO GET JULY 8.
THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AS 
COMPLETE AS AN ECONOMIC UPDATE 
WOULD BE.
>> Vassy: YEAH.
THE PRIME MINISTER WAS PRETTY 
SPECIFIC AND EVEN IN HIS 
TERMINOLOGY AND I THINK THAT'S 
WHY PRIOR TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT 
THIS MORNING, I WAS GETTING ALL 
OF THESE SIGNALS FROM THE 
GOVERNMENT THAT THE OPPOSITION 
PROBABLY WON'T BE SATISFIED 
WITH WHAT THEY ANNOUNCED TODAY 
AND IT WASN'T A FULL 180 FROM 
WHAT THEY HAD TELEGRAPHED 
EARLIER WHEN THEY WERE 
INSISTING THAT I WAS WAY TOO 
UNCERTAIN TO DO A FISCAL UPDATE 
SO THEY'RE CALLING IT A FISCAL 
SNAPSHOT INSTEAD AND THE PRIME 
MINISTER'S EXCLAMATION FOR THAT 
OBVIOUSLY INVOLVED AROUND THE 
UNCERTAINTY AND FLUIDITY RIGHT 
NOW.
BUT HE SAID THAT THERE WOULD BE 
SOME PROJECTIONS, A FEW 
PROJECTIONS, I THINK WAS 
EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID GOING A 
NUMBER OF MONTHS OUT.
BUT CERTAINLY NOTHING THAT GOES 
INTO A NUMBER OF YEARS OUT.
I AM ANTICIPATING THAT THAT 
WILL NOT SATISFY THE OPPOSITION 
WHO WERE LOOKING.
I DON'T THINK NECESSARILY -- IT 
DEPENDS ON WHICH PARTY YOU'RE 
ASKING FOR, LOOKING FOR 
UNCERTAINTY THREE YEARS FROM 
NOW, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
BUT A LITTLE BIT OF A PLAN AS 
TO HOW THIS GOVERNMENT IS 
THINKING ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE 
GOING TO DO AFTER THIS IS ALL 
OVER OR THROUGH THE MID POINT 
OF HOW THIS ALL WORKS OUT.
I THINK WHAT I TOOK FROM WHAT 
THE PRIME MINISTER SAID WAS 
THAT FROM HIS VIEW, THAT WAS 
NOT POSSIBLE.
BECAUSE, AGAIN, OF THAT 
UNCERTAINTY.
BUT WHAT WE WOULD SEE INSTEAD 
WAS A SORT OF [INAUDIBLE]  -- 
TOTALITY OF EVERYTHING THEY'VE 
DONE SO FAR.
WE KNOW WHAT PROGRAMMES, THE 
CERB, THE WAGE SUBSIDY, ALL OF 
THOSE THINGS.
HOW MUCH HAVE THOSE COST SO FAR 
AND HOW MUCH DO THEY ANTICIPATE 
THEY WILL END UP COSTING AND 
THEN, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT LOOKS 
LIKE A FEW MONTHS FROM NOW.
THE ONE THING THAT MAYBE WE CAN 
GARNER FROM THAT INFORMATION 
WHEN IT COMES OUT, I THINK A 
LOT OF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED TO 
SEE WHAT HAPPENS BEYOND THE 
SUMMER IN PARTICULAR AND THAT 
IS BECAUSE YESTERDAY THE 
GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED THE CERB 
WILL CONTINUE FOR AN EXTRA TWO 
MONTHS AND THE WAGE  SUBSIDY 
THEY ANNOUNCED EARLIER WILL 
EXTEND AGAIN.
WE DON'T HAVE AN INDICATION FOR 
MANY OF THESE PROGRAMMES WHAT 
HAPPENS AFTER OR WHAT HAPPENS 
INTO THE FALL.
AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE ALL SITTING 
AROUND WONDERING IF THERE IS 
GOING TO BE A SECOND WAVE AND 
HOW THAT MIGHT AFFECT THE 
ECONOMY AND THE RE-OPENING 
PROCESS AND ALL OF THAT.
SO, IF, IN FACT, THIS UPDATE -- 
THIS SNAP SHOT, I SHOULD CALL 
IT, SORRY, DOES GIVE US AN 
INDICATION AND DOES TELL US 
THAT THEY ARE NOT PLANNING TO 
CONTINUE THE CERB DWLAONLDS OR 
NOT GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE 
WAGE SUBSIDY OR THEY'RE GOING 
TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY 
THEY THINK IT WILL COST.
THAT MEANS THAT THE PROGRAMME 
MIGHT BE AMENDED OR THAT'S WHAT 
THEY'RE THINKING.
THAT WOULD AT LEAST I THINK 
PROVIDE PARLIAMENTARIANS AND 
CANADIANS WITH AN IDEA OF WHERE 
THE GOVERNMENT THINKS THEIR AID 
PACKAGES ARE GOING.
BUT SHORT OF THAT, I THINK 
GENERALLY THOSE WHO ARE CALLING 
FOR MORE ROBUST TRANSPARENCY ON 
THESE FINANCIAL ISSUES MIGHT BE 
LEFT A BIT WANTING BY WHAT THE 
PRIME MINISTER SAID TODAY.
>> Rosemary: AND FISCAL 
SNAPSHOT, SO CANADIANS KNOW, 
THAT IS NOT A COMMON PHRASE 
AROUND THESE PARTS.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THE 
GOVERNMENT HAS COME UP WITH IN 
ORDER TO DESCRIBE WHAT IT IS 
DOING SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T 
THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET 
AS COMPLETE A PICTURE AS THEY 
WOULD IF IT WASN'T A BUDGET OR 
AN ECONOMIC UPDATE.
I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT 
JULY 8, I THINK PARLIAMENT IS 
SITTING JULY 7 IF I'M NOT 
MISTAKEN, SO THEIR COVID 
COMMITTEE, YOU CAN CORRECT ME 
IF I'M WRONG EITHER OF YOU.
BUT JULY 8, I'M NOT SURE A LOT 
OF CANADIAN WILL BE SITTING 
AROUND THE TV WAITING FOR THIS 
FISCAL PICTURE, EITHER.
I'M NOT SURE -- I GUESS I'M 
JUST NOT SURE HOW MUCH 
TRANSPARENCY IS GOING TO BE 
THERE, GIVEN THAT THAT IS SORT 
OF, YOU KNOW, THE BEGINNING OF 
SUMMER.
PEOPLE HAVE -- ARE FOCUSED ON 
OTHER THINGS.
AND I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THERE 
COULD POTENTIALLY BE SOME 
CRITICISM THERE AS WELL, DAVID.
>> David: AS A GUY WHO LEADS 
OUR COVERAGE ON THE FISCAL 
UPDATE EVERY YEAR, I'M NOT SURE 
A LOT OF CANADIANS ARE SITTING 
AROUND WAITING FOR FISCAL 
UPDATE IN NORMAL TIMES.
THIS IS GOING TO BE LESS THAN A 
FISCAL STATEMENT AND A FISCAL 
SELFIE.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE FISCAL 
SNAPSHOT IS.
THEY DO WANT US TO HAVE SOME 
EXPECTATION AND THEY DO WANT 
THOSE EXPECTATIONS TO BE PRETTY 
LOW.
IT SOWN LIKE THIS IS GOING TO 
BE A SUMMARY DOCUMENT SIMPLY 
COMPILING WHAT THEY SPENT SO 
FAR AND FROM THE LANGUAGE THE 
PRIME MINISTER HAS USED, I 
CAN'T SEE A PROJECTION GOING 
OUT MORE THAN, SAY, THREE TO 
SIX MONTHS BASED ON WHAT HE'S 
SAYING HERE.
TO GIVE PEOPLE AN IDEA OF WHAT 
IS IN A FISCAL UPDATE EVERY 
YEAR, YOU SEE ONE YEAR 
PROJECTION, THREE-YEAR 
PROJECTIONS, FIVE-YEAR 
PROJECTION AND ALL OF THOSE 
HAVE THE CAVEAT OF VOLATILITY 
BECAUSE YOU HAD, FOR EXAMPLE, 
IN THE LAST ONE WE HAD SOME 
CIVIL UNREST HAPPENING IN 
EUROPE.
YOU KNOW T YELLOW VEST MOVEMENT 
WAS TAKING PLACE.
AND SLOWING GROWTH IN CHINA AND 
THERE'S TRADE UNCERTAINTY WITH 
THE UNITED STATES.
A GRADUAL ECONOMIC DAMPENING 
AROUND THE E.U. CAUSED BY 
BREXIT.
ALL OF THESE THINGS THROW 
SIGNIFICANT VOLATILITY INTO THE 
PROJECTIONS, BUT THEY STILL TRY 
TO GIVE YOU THOSE HORIZONS 
BECAUSE THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT 
MORE PREDICTABLE IN SOME WAYS 
THAN WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH 
NOW WHICH IS A SERVICE-LED 
RECESSION WHICH WE'VE NEVER 
SEEN.
THE PANDEMIC PACKED ON TOP OF 
IT COMBINED WITH A SLIELGLY 
RECOVERING OIL SHOCK.
SO, THE VOLATILITY IS NOTHING 
LIKE WE'VE EVER SEEN.
THE UNCERTAINTY IS LIKE NOTHING 
WE'VE EVER SEEN.
SO, THE PRIME MINISTER AND 
FINANCE MINISTER WHO'S NOW 
TWEETED ABOUT IT, ESSENTIALLY 
TELLING US WE'LL GET A FISCAL 
UPDATE LIKE NOTHING WE'VE EVER 
SEEN.
AND I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.
I THINK THE OPPOSITION IS NOT 
GOING TO BE SATISFIED WITH THIS.
I'M NOT SURE THERE WOULD BE 
MUCH BEYOND THE FULL BUDGET 
THAT WOULD SATISFY THEM.
BUT YOU -- THERE IS THE REALITY 
THAT IF YOU DID DO A FULLY 
ROBUST, TRADITIONAL SORT OF 
FISCAL STATEMENT AND DROP IT 
INTO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON 
JULY 8, BY AUGUST 8, IT'S 
PROBABLY COMPLETELY OUT OF DATE.
SO THIS IS A CHALLENGE HERE.
I THINK IT IS GOOD THAT THEY'LL 
DO A SUMMARY SO PEOPLE CAN GET 
A CLEAR SENSE OF WHERE THINGS 
ARE IN THIS EMERGENCY PHASE AS 
THE PRIME MINISTER DESCRIBES IT 
AS WE PREPARE TO GLIDE INTO OUR 
LAUNCH INTO THIS RECOVERY PHASE 
AND THAT LETS YOU LOOK AT THE 
TOLL OF THE EMERGENCY MEASURES 
VERSUS THE DEFICIT TOLL OF THE 
RECOVERY MEASURES AND THEN SORT 
OF YOU CAN ASSESS THE EFFICACY 
OF ALL OF THOSE AND WHETHER 
THEY WORKED OR NOT AND WHETHER 
THEY'VE GONE FROM BEING 
ONE-TIME DEFICITS OR MAYBE 
STRUCTURAL DEFICITS, WHICH IS 
CERTAINLY THE DEEP CONCERN.
I THINK WE CAN ALSO EXPECT TO 
SEE THE BORROWING, THE INTEREST 
RATE BITE FROM THE BORROWING, 
HISTORIC LOW INTEREST RATES.
SOMETHING LIKE THAT YOU WANT TO 
SEE OVER A FIVE-YEAR HORIZON OR 
10-YEAR HORIZON AND THE EXTRA 
DEBT SERVICING COST OF ALL THIS 
SPENDING.
THIS IS GOING TO BE LIKE THE 
MOULDING TON COVID PROJECTIONS.
THAT PEOPLE WANTED IT AND WHEN 
THEY GOT IT, THEY REALISED JUST 
HOW IMPRECISE IT WAS.
I GET THE SENSE IT MIGHT BE 
SOMETHING LIKE THAT COMING NEXT 
MONTH.
>> Rosemary: AND VASSY AND PHIL 
HAVE BOTH SENT ME TEXTS.
IT IS JULY 8 THAT THE HOUSE IS 
EXPECTED TO RETURN.
>> David: A WEDNESDAY, I THINK.
>> Rosemary: THEY WILL PRESENT 
THIS FISCAL SNAPSHOT.
I WILL POINT OUT FOR THE PRIME 
MINISTER TO SAY THAT AN 
ECONOMIC UPDATE IS HIGHLY 
UNRELIABLE AND THEN TO TURN 
AROUND TODAY AND SAY HE WAS  
PRESENTING AN ECONOMIC UPDATE 
PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE COHERENT 
SO HE HAD TO COME UP WITH THIS 
FISCAL SNAPSHOT.
>> David: THE OTHER CHALLENGE, 
IF I CAN ADD IT, NORMALLY THE 
FISCAL UPDATE UPDATES A FULL 
BUDGET.
SO YOU HAVE AN ECONOMIC 
DOCUMENT TO BUILD OFF.
>> Rosemary: SOMETIMES IT'S 
JUST A FALL STATEMENT IF 
THERE'S BEEN AN ELECTION, FOR 
INSTANCE.
I'LL LEAVE IT THERE WITH BOTH 
OF YOU FOR NOW.
AND TALK ABOUT ANOTHER STORY 
THAT I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE 
ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR 
BECAUSE CHURCHES, MOSQUES AND 
SYNAGOGUES, TEMPLES HAVE 
STARTED TO RE-OPEN IN PLACES 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
SOME OF YOU HAVE ALREADY GONE 
BACK TO YOUR FAITH-BASED 
PRACTICES AND IN ONTARIO, 
CATHOLIC CHURCHES ARE STARTING 
TO WELCOME PARISHIONERS FOR 
PUBLIC MASS AND IT STARTS TODAY.
BUT IT'S PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING 
ELSE.
IT'S NOT GOING TO LOOK QUITE 
THE SAME AS IT DID BEFORE.
CARDINAL THOMAS COLLINS IS THE 
ARCHBISHOP OF TORONTO, THE 
COUNTRY'S LARGEST CATHOLIC 
ARCHDIOCESE AND HE JOIN ME NOW.
NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> Rosemary: SO, THIS HAS BEEN 
DIFFICULT, I WOULD IMAGINE.
NOT JUST FOR YOU BUT FOR 
PARISHIONERS TO NOT BE IN A 
COMMON PLACE TOGETHER 
CELEBRATING, PRAYING, 
ESPECIALLY AT A TIME WHEN YOU 
MIGHT NEED THAT EVEN MORE.
>> THAT'S VERY TRUE.
WE COULD DO SOMETHING.
WE'VE BEEN LIVE STREAMING MASS 
EVERY DAY AND, OF COURSE, MASS 
HAS BEEN CELEBRATED 
INDIVIDUALLY BY THE PRIESTS 
EVERY DAY.
BUT IT'S NOT TO BE ABLE TO BE 
PRESENT IS A VERY GREAT 
SACRIFICE.
AND IT'S ALSO HARD ON US ON OUR 
CATHOLIC TRADITION TO NOT COME 
TO CHURCH TO PLAY FOR THE YIEK 
R *IS AND BLESSED SACRAMENT.
IT HAS BEEN A GREAT SACRIFICE 
AND I'M SO GLAD THIS THAT THIS 
MORNING 7:30, I CELEBRATED MASS 
AS I'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST 
91 DAYS, LIVE STREAM, BUT THERE 
WERE PEOPLE THERE AS WELL.
[LAUGHTER]
OH, MY.
NOT AN EMPTY CHURCH.
THERE'S PEOPLE.
>> Rosemary: THAT IS LOVELY FOR 
YOU.
TELL ME WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE 
THEN.
OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT SURE IT'S 
7:30 ON A WEDNESDAY, BUT ON A 
SUNDAY, IS EVERYONE IS PACKED 
IN THE PEWS.
IT'S FAIRLY BUSY.
HOW WILL THINGS BE DIFFERENT 
NOW?
>> WELL, IT IS -- ALL THE 
CHURCHS ARE VIDE OUT INTO 
SIX-FOOT SECTIONS.
YOU KNOW, A MARKER EVERY SIX 
FEET AND SO ON WITH LINES ON 
THE FLOOR.
WHEN WE COME UP TO RECEIVE 
COMMUNION, THERE IS SIX-FOOT 
APART MARKERS WHERE YOU SYMPTOM 
AND SO ON.
SO, THERE'S FEWER PEOPLE.
THE LIMIT IN ONTARIO IS 30%.
BUT IF YOU DIVIDE ANY CHURCH 
INTO SIX-FOOT UNITS, YOU ARE 
NOT GOING TO GET ANYWHERE NEAR 
EVEN 30%.
ALTHOUGH SOME PEOPLE, IF IT'S A 
FAMILY, THEY CAN SIT TOGETHER 
AT ONE OF THE POINTS.
BUT IF EVERYONE IS INDIVIDUAL, 
THEY MUST LOWER.
BUT THEY WERE THERE.
THE COO>> Kate: THESE RAL SEATS 
ABOUT 1100 AND THERE WERE ABOUT 
100 PEOPLE THERE SPREAD OUT.
IT WAS SO GOOD TO SEE.
>> Rosemary: I BET IT WAS.
WHAT ABOUT MASK WEARING AND 
SANITIZING YOUR HAND AND THINGS 
WE HAVE TO DO WHEN WE GO OUT TO 
OTHER PLACES.
ARE YOU DOING THAT, TOO?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WHEN PEOPLE COME INTO CHURCH, 
THEY SANITIZE THEIR HANDS.
WHEN THEY'RE IN THE CHURCH, 
THEY'RE MORE THAN SIX FEET 
APART.
BUT WHEN THEY COME UP TO 
COMMUNE, SINCE THEY'RE GOING 
ONCE PLACE AFTER ANOTHER WITH 
SOMEONE THAT'S BEEN BEFORE, 
THEY WEAR THE MASK.
I CELEBRATE THE MASS WITHOUT A 
MASK BECAUSE IT MAKES SOME 
SENSE BUT WE'RE MORE THAN 20 
FEET AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE.
WHEN I WENT DOWN TO DRIBBLE THE 
COMMUNION, I SANITIZE MY HAND 
AND PUT ON THE MASK AND SAY 
"BODY OF CHRIST" FROM SIX FEET 
AWAY AND THEY SAY "AMEN" AND 
GIVE THEM COMMUNION AND THEY 
STEP ASIDE AND TAKE OFF PART OF 
THE MASK AND RECEIVE COMMUNION.
WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE THINGS IN 
PLACE TO BE CAREFUL FOR ONE 
ANOTHER.
>> Rosemary: I DIDN'T THINK 
ABOUT COMMUNION AND HOW 
COMPLICATED THAT MIGHT BE.
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE 
THAT FIGURED OUT.
HAVE YOU BEEN TALKING TO OTHER 
FAITH LEADER IN THE COMMUNITY 
MOSQUES OR TEMPLES OR WHAT HAVE 
YOU TO SEE IF THEY HAVE TO 
SHARE BEST PRACTICES?
HAVE YOU ALL HAD ANY 
CONVERSATIONS LIKE THAT?
>> THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, ALL THE 
BIOMEDICALS OF ONTARIO PUT 
TOGETHER AN ASTONISHING 
DOCUMENT.
I'M AMAZED.
I DIDN'T WRITE IT, BUT I'M 
AMAZED WITH MEDICAL ADVICE.
WE PUT IT ON OUR WEBSITE AND 
EVERYONE IS FREE TO ADAPT WHAT 
THEY WANT FROM IT.
WE HAVE A SHORTER FORM AND THE 
KEY POINTS THAT WE USE.
WE HAVE VIDEOS AND STUFF OF HOW 
TO DO THAT.
ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BORROW AND 
USE THEM, THEY'RE MOST WELCOME.
BUT I HAVEN'T HAD DIRECT 
CONVERSATIONS EXEMPT THAT I WAS 
ON A CONFERENCE CALL LIKE A 
VIDEO CALL WITH A BUNCH OF 
VARIOUS RELIGIOUS LEADERS 
SPONSORED BY ONE OF MEMBERS OF 
PARLIAMENT.
AND SO IN THAT CASE, WE ALSO 
HAD MINISTER McNAUGHTON WHO'S 
THE LIAISON WITH THE RELIGIOUS 
GROUP.
SO, WE HAD AN INTERCHANGE.
>> Rosemary: RIGHT.
YOU DID YOUR FIRST MASS THIS 
MORNING AT 7:30.
YOU SAID THEY HAD ABOUT 100 
PEOPLE, WHICH IS PRETTY GOOD 
FOR A 7:30 ON A WEDNESDAY 
DURING A PANDEMIC, I MUST SAY.
AND YOU SAID IT WAS NICE TO SEE 
THEM.
WHAT WAS YOUR MESSAGE TO THEM 
AFTER HAVING NOT SEEN PEOPLE 
FACE-TO-FACE IN SO LONG AND HOW 
DID IT FEEL FOR YOU?
>> WELL, I DIDN'T SPEAK 
DIRECTLY ABOUT THE PANDEMIC, 
ALTHOUGH AFTER THE MASS FOR THE 
LAST THREE MONTHS, WE WOULD 
BRING THE ROSARY FOR PEOPLE WHO 
ARE SUFFERING AND WE'D SAY A 
SPECIAL PRAYER FOR POPE FRANCIS 
AND PEOPLE SUFFERING IN THE 
PANDEMIC.
I JUST TALKED ABOUT THE GOSPEL 
AND THE FIRST READING AND I'VE 
BEEN DOING THAT FOR THREE 
MONTHS NOW.
SO IT WASN'T SPECIFICALLY ON 
THAT.
BUT BEFORE GIVING COMMUNE I 
DON'T THINK SOER I GIVE 
INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO DO IT.
AND I MUST SAY I THINK IT WENT 
FINE.
I DIDN'T NOTICE ANY ABERRATION 
OR ANYTHING AT ALL.
EVERYONE WAS SIX FEET APART.
>> Rosemary: GOOD.
AND YOU FELT GOOD, TOO.
I KNOW THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO 
PRAY IN PRIVATE AND DON'T NEED 
A CROWD, BUT IT MUST HAVE BEEN 
-- TELL ME HOW YOU FELT SEEING 
PEOPLE THERE ANYWAY.
>> IT WAS SO GOOD.
IN A SENSE, THE THING THAT GOT 
ME EXCITED WAS ON SUNDAY, WE 
WERE GOING IN AND FOR THREE 
DAYS NOW WE'VE HAD PRIVATE 
PRAYER ALLOWED IN THE CHURCH.
BUT NOT A CELEBRATION MASS.
BUT I'VES BEEN CELEBRATING MASS 
BEFOREHAND WITH THE PEOPLE LIVE 
STREAMING AND IT WAS SO MUCH 
JOY ON SUNDAY .
AT THE END OF MASS, I WENT DOWN 
THE AISLE WITH THE OTHER 
PRIEST, OPENED THE GATES OF THE 
CATHEDRAL AND THERE WAS A SMALL 
GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT CAME FOR A 
PRIVATE MASS AND SAID WELCOME 
HOME AND WE ALL WALKED IN.
AND I SWOUZ MOVED BY THAT AND 
THEN WE HAD THESE THREE DAYS OF 
PRAYER AND NOW STARTING MASS 
WITH THE BIG SUNDAY MASS WITH 
MANY MORE PEOPLE.
>> Rosemary: WELL, I KNOW THAT 
YOU AND OTHER FAITH LEADERS 
RIGHT NOW ARE ANXIOUS TO BE 
BACK AT WORK AND  ANXIOUS TO 
SEE PEOPLE THERE.
I WISH YOU WELL.
STAY HEALTHY.
STAY TWO METRES APART FROM 
EVERYBODY.
GOOD LUCK ON SUNDAY WHEN THERE 
SHOULD BE A GOOD TURNOUT, TOO.
APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
GOOD BLESS.
>> Rosemary: AND TO YOU.
CHURCHS ARE OPENING TODAY.
BUT CHURCHES AND MOSQUES HAVE 
OPENED UP ACROSS THE COUNTRY 
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE 
ANXIOUS FOR THAT TO HAPPEN IN 
ONTARIO AS WELL.
WE'RE COMING UP TO THE TOP OF 
THE HOUR, NOON EASTERN HERE.
THIS IS  CBC NEWS NETWORK AND 
WE HEARD FROM THE PRIME 
MINISTER NOT LONG AGO 
CONFIRMING THAT THE GOVERNMENT 
WILL, IN FACT, GIVE A, QUOTE, 
FISCAL SNAPSHOT OF THE STATE OF 
THE ECONOMY SINCE THE PANDEMIC 
STRUCK ON JULY 8 INSIDE THE 
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
THIS IS NOT, THE PRIME MINISTER 
MADE IT CLEAR, A FULL ECONOMIC 
UPDATE.
INSTEAD, IT WILL PROVIDE THE 
SPENDING TO DATE, HOW WE'RE 
DOING COMPARED TO OTHER 
COUNTRIES AND PERHAPS GIVE US 
SOME PROJECTIONS OVER THE NEXT 
COUPLE OF MONTHS.
I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT IN THIS 
CITY AS WELL, THE LIBERAL 
GOVERNMENT FACES A CONFIDENCE 
VOTE LATER TODAY INSIDE THE 
HOUSE OF COMMONS AND THIS 
AROUND KEY GOVERNMENT SPENDING 
ESTIMATES THAT HAVE TO BE 
APPROVED INSIDE THE HOUSE OF 
COMMONS IN ORDER FOR THAT 
SPENDING TO GO ON IN SUPPORT OF 
THE N.D.P.
WE BELIEVE THAT THAT VOTE WILL, 
INDEED, PASS.
AND THERE IS ANOTHER BIG VOTE 
HAPPENING, TOO, AND THIS IS FOR 
THE GOVERNMENT, CERTAINLY A LOT 
AT STAKE POLITICALLY.
BUT ALSO FOR THE ENTIRE NATION.
CANADA AT THE UNITED NATIONS IS 
HOPING TO GAIN A TEMPORARY SEAT 
ON THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL.
VOTING IS UNDER WAY.
T *Z EXPECTED TO WRAP UP A 
LITTLE BIT LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
CANADA IS EXPECTED TO CAST ITS 
BALLOT LATER THIS HOUR.
THAT IS THE UNITED NATIONS 
YOU'RE SEING THERE IN NEW YORK.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, 
VOTING IS STAGGERED TO MAKE 
SURE EVERYONE IS KEEPING SAFE 
AND FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM ONE 
ANOTHER.
THERE ARE TWO ROTATING SEATS 
THERE UP FOR GRABS.
NOT SURE WHO THAT IS VOTING OR 
IF THEY WOULD TELL US.
NORWAY, IRELAND AND CANADA 
COMPETING FOR THOSE TWO SEATS 
RIGHT NOW AND THE PRIME 
MINISTER WAS ASKED ABOUT THAT 
TODAY AS WELL.
I HAVE MY COLLEAGUES WITH ME, 
DAVID AND VASSY.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT U.N. BID.
THERE IS A FAIR BIT RIDING ON 
IT FOR THE PRIME MINISTER.
HE'S MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT 
REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME, YOU 
KNOW, THE RELATIONSHIP WILL 
CONTINUE.
HIS GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO 
BE PRESENT IN OTHER 
MULTILATERAL ORGANISATIONS.
BUT HE WAS ASKED -- I THOUGHT A 
VERY GOOD QUESTION FROM GLEN 
McGREGOR OF CTV WHEN HE SAID 
LOTS OF THESE VOTES THAT HAVE 
COME TO TALLY ARE BASED ON 
DEVELOPMENT MONEY AND 
PEACEKEEPERS.
AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT IN 
OUR EARLIER MEETING TODAY HERE 
IN THE BUREAU AND MURRAY 
BREWSTER, WE ASKED HIM HOW MANY 
PEACEKEEPERS DO WE HAVE AND 
IT'S SOMETHING LIKE 20 RIGHT 
NOW.
SO IF THAT IS THE WEIGHT THAT 
PEOPLE PUT ON THIS VOTE, IT MAY 
NOT GO THAT WELL FOR THE 
GOVERNMENT.
BUT IF IT IS OTHER THINGS LIKE 
THE PRIME MINISTER POSITIONED 
IN CANADA AS THIS IMPORTANT 
VOICE ON A MULTILATERAL 
PLATFORM AND HIS PERSONAL 
RELATIONSHIPS WITH LEADER, IT 
MIGHT WORK OUT FOR CANADA.
>> Vassy: YEAH.
IT IS INTERESTING TO TRY TO 
FIGURE OUT AND DETERMINE, AND 
IT'S A SECRET BALLOT SO 
PROBABLY WE'LL NEVER KNOW.
WHAT VARIOUS COUNTRIES ARE 
USING TO ASSESS OR TO MAKE 
THEIR DETERMINATION ABOUT HOW 
THEY VOTE.
OBVIOUSLY THIS GOVERNMENT, 
NORWAY AND IRELAND, HAVE BEEN 
MAKING THESE PITCHES FOR THE 
LAST TWO YEARS.
AND YOU HEARD THAT THROUGH THE 
PRIME MINISTER'S TWOEERSES 
TODAY.
AMPLIFYING FOR THIS SO THEY CAN 
BEST TACKLE THE SITUATIONS LIKE 
WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.
THE SIGNIFICANT OF THESE 
INSTITUTIONS IN TIMES THE LIKE 
THIS AND CANADA'S DESIRE TO 
AMPLIFY ITS OWN VOICE AND 
AMPLIFY THOSE INSTITUTIONS IN 
TURN.
THAT SEEMS TO BE THE PITCH, 
ALMOST UNDERSCORED BY THE 
PANDEMIC RIGHT NOW, THROUGH THE 
PRIME MINISTER AND THROUGH 
OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN AIDING IN 
CANADA'S LOBBYING EFFORTS.
I JUST DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL 
WORK.
ULTIMATELY THOSE POINTS THAT 
YOU MADE AND MURRAY AND TO 
GLEN'S QUESTIONS MADE ARE VALID 
ONES.
WE DON'T HAVE A LARGE 
PEACEKEEPING PRESENCE.
THERE WAS SOME CRITICISM AROUND 
WHAT WE DID CONTRIBUTE TO THE 
MISSION IN MALI, FOR EXAMPLE.
WHEN IT COMES TO FOREIGN AID, 
NORWAY SPENDS 1% OF ITS G.D.P. 
THOUGH CANADA HAS PROMISED TO 
GET TO THAT NUMBER, WHICH IS AN 
ASPIRATIONAL GOAL DETERMINED BY 
A NUMBER OF MULTILATERAL 
ORGANISATIONS.
IT'S NOT THERE RIGHT NOW.
I THINK IT IS AT .27 AND IT 
HASN'T INCREASED ALL THAT MUCH 
AS A FUNCTION OF G.D.P. FROM 
THE YEARS PRIOR AND WITH THE 
PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT.
SO, THERE ARE VALID CRITICISMS.
IT JUST DEPEND ON WHAT PEOPLE 
END UP VOTING BASED ON AND ALSO 
DEPENDS ON HOW SUCCESSFUL THIS 
SORT OF WOOING CAMPAIGN HAS 
BEEN, WHICH I MENTIONED 
YESTERDAY, HAS CERTAINLY 
CHANGED BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
THERE WAS A VIRTUAL RECEPTION, 
NOT A REAL ONE.
THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF 
DIFFERENT THINGS THAT PEOPLE OR 
COUNTRIES ARE CONSIDERING.
JUSTS FROM A TECHNICAL POINT OF 
VIEW, WE'RE SHOWING THOSE VOTES 
BEING CAST ON ALL MY 
CONVERSATIONS BETHIENL SCENES 
AND YOU CAN HEAR THE COPYING 
WITH THIS WITH THE PRIME 
MINISTER.
THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE 
A 100% GRASP ON HOW THINGS WILL 
TURN OUT.
EVEN THOUGH YOU TALKED TO ALL 
THESE PEOPLE, THE PRIME 
MINISTER HAS HAD 60 
CONVERSATIONS OR MORE WITH 
OTHER WORLD LEADERS SINCE THE 
START OF THE PANDEMIC ABOUT 
THIS.
YOU TRY TO FIGURE OUT DO YOU 
HAVE THEIR VOTE IN THEY REALLY 
DO FEEL LIKE IT'S NOT 100% EITH 
EARTH WAY.
THEY ANTICIPATE THAT IT WILL GO 
TO A SECOND ROUND BECAUSE YOU 
NEED TWO THIRDS TO SQUUR A SEAT.
NORWAY SDIENLDS OF THOUGHT TO 
BE A FRONTRUNNER, BUT REALLY 
NOBODY I TALKED TO SEEMSS TO 
KNOW HOW IT IS GOING TO UNFOLD.
>> Rosemary: NO, WHICH ISN'T AT 
ALL SURPRISING.
THEY DO THEIR BEST TO GAUGE.
WHAT DID YOU HAVE ON LAST NIGHT?
THE PRIME MINISTER --
>> Vassy: BARBADOS.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Rosemary: SO YOU HAVE ONE 
LOCKED DOWN.
>> David: 1-0.
>> Rosemary: AND IT WILL BE 
MINISTER CHAMPAGNE WHO WILL 
CAST CANADA'S VOTE TODAY AND 
THAT HAPPENS BETWEEN 12:30 AND 
1:00 SO WE'LL KEEP OUR EYES OUT 
FOR HIM WHEN HE POPS UP.
HE DID GO DOWN TO NEW YORK TO 
HELP WITH THIS FINAL PUSH 
BECAUSE THE PANDEMIC HAS 
CHANGED THE CAMPAIGN A LOT.
MANY PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THE 
AMBASSADOR HAS BEEN A 
SIGNIFICANT STRENGTH TO CANADA, 
CERTAINLY.
BUT IT WILL COME DOWN TO ALSO, 
YOU KNOW, WHAT -- WHERE THE 
WORLD WANTS TO SORT OF PUT SOME 
FOCUS RIGHT NOW, WHETHER THEY 
BELIEVE THEY NEED ANOTHER NORTH 
AMERICAN ALLY, WHETHER THEY 
WANT TO SEE EUROPE HAVE A 
BIGGER VOICE AT THE TABLE.
AND, OF COURSE, WHEN WE LAST 
TRIED FOR THIS UNDER STEPHEN 
HARPER IN 2010, WE LOST AND I 
WAS AT THE TIME VIEWED TO BE 
FAIRLY EMBARRASSING FOR CANADA.
WE LOST TO PORTUGAL, A MUCH 
SMALLER COUNTRY WITH FEWER 
RESOURCES AND I DON'T KNOW IF 
IT IS A VINDICATION, BUT A WIN 
FOR CANADA AND A WIN FOR THE 
GOVERNMENT P.
>> David: IT'S INTERESTING THE 
CHALLENGE CANADA FACES BECAUSE 
THE RHETORIC FROM CANADA 
SOMETIMES DOES NOT MATCH ITS 
EFFORT.
THE EFFORT OFTEN LAG BEHIND THE 
RHETORIC.
YOU GO BACK AS CANADA AS THE 
BIG DECLARATION AROUND THE TIME 
THEY STARTED THIS WHOLE BID TO 
GET THE STAOET ON THE UNITED 
NATIONS BUT THEN YOU SEE THE 
LACK OF REAL MEANINGFUL GROWTH 
IN FOREIGN AID IN A SUBSTANTIVE 
WAY TO MATCH THE COMPETITORS 
ARE DOING AND SLOW TO GET GOING 
IN THE [INAUDIBLE] AND IT 
WASN'T AT THE LEVEL THAT THEY 
ANTICIPATED THAT THEY WOULD DO 
SO THERE IS THAT CHALLENGE T. 
SOARING RHETORIC SOUNDS GREAT, 
RIGHT?
YOU WANT TO BE THIS PROGRESSIVE 
VOICE.
CANADA HAS GREAT 
REGULATIONSHIPS WITH MOST OF 
THEM WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 
CHINA AND THEY WANT TO BE THIS 
PROGRESSIVE VOICE AT THE TABLE 
TO BRING CANADA'S VOICE AND 
CANADA'S VALUES TO ONE OF THE 
PREMIER ARENAS FOR MULTILATERAL 
INITIATIVES.
SO, YOU HAVE THAT AND THEN AS 
OUR COLLEAGUES ARE REPORTING, 
THERE'S A KIND OF CRASS LEVEL 
OF CAMPAIGNING THAT GOES ALONG 
WITH THIS, TOO.
CANADA GAVE PEOPLE CELINE DION 
TICKETS.
IRELAND GAVE PEOPLE U2 TICKETS.
I DON'T KNOW IF NORWAY GAVE 
PEOPLE AHA TICKETS.
BUT IT'S ALMOST LIKE A CAM 
PAINT FOR THE FIFA WORLD CUP OR 
FOR THE SUPER BOWL WHERE YOU 
SEE LIKE THESE SORT OF 
BASE-LEVEL GIFT PACKAGES THAT 
ARE KIND OF BEING DONE.
IT IS AN INTERESTING THING OF 
THE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP OF 
THE PRIME MINISTER AND PERSONAL 
BRAND OF THE PRIME MINISTER 
WHETHER THAT HELPS AS WELL 
BECAUSE HE DID HAVE THAT ROCK 
STAR MOMENT WHEN HE CAME TO THE 
STAGE IN 2015 AND SEEN AS ONE 
OF THESE NEXT GENERATION OF 
PROGRESSIVE LEADERS GLOBALLY.
WHETHER CANADA HAS LIVED UP TO 
ALL OF THAT, AND WHAT IT HAS 
DONE ON THE WORLD STAGE TO 
SATISFY PEOPLE -- LET'S FACE IT 
-- IRELAND AND NORWAY ARE 
MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTORS TO THE 
UNITED NATIONS IN A VERY TOUGH, 
COMPETITIVE FIELD FOR CANADA TO 
GO UP AGAINST.
YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER TALKING TO 
A SENIOR OFFICIAL WHO EXPRESSED 
REGRET THAT CANADA HAD EVEN 
DONE THIS BECAUSE EVERYTHING 
THEY DID INTERNATIONALLY WAS 
LOOKED AT THROUGH THE LENS OF 
CAMPAIGN ON THE SEAT OF THE 
SECURITY COUNCIL.
>> Rosemary: YEAH.
GOOD TO REMEMBER THAT IRELAND 
AND NORWAY ARE ALSO PROGRESSIVE 
COUNTRIES IN LINE WITH MUCH ON 
CANADA'S THINKING SO IT 
SHOULDN'T BE VIEWED AS A REBUKE 
CERTAINLY OF CANADA.
BUT IT WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT 
DISAPPOINTMENT FOR GOVERNMENT.
OK.
THE PRESS CONFERENCE IS GETTING 
UNDER WAY.
LET'S GO NOW TO THE DEPUTY 
PRIME MINISTER -- OH, THIS IS 
TERESA TAM, CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH 
OFFICER.
INCLUDING 8213 DEATHS AND 61443 
PEOPLE OR 62% HAVE NOW 
RECOVERED.
LABS ACROSS CANADA HAVE TEST 
OVER 2,216,730 PEOPLE FOR 
COVID-19 TO DATE.
OVER THE PAST WEEK, AN AVERAGE 
OF 36,000 PEOPLE WERE TESTED 
DAILY WITH JUST OVER 1% TEST 
POSITIVE.
THESE NUMBERS, AGAIN, CHANGE 
QUICKLY AND THEY ARE  UPDATED 
DAILY.
YESTERDAY I IT RATED THAT 
COVID-19 IS STILL WITH US SO 
I'M STARTING TODAY WITH MY 
BROKEN RECORD ABOUT GOING OUT 
SMART.
WHAT HAS BROUGHT TO VIRUS UNDER 
CONTROL WAS OUR ACTIONS AND IT 
WILL TAKE ALL OF US CONTINUING 
WITH PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND 
GOOD HYGIENIC PRACTICES TO 
MAINTAIN THAT CONTROL.
THIS MEANS PHYSICAL DISTANCING 
TWO METRES FROM EACH OTHER, 
EVEN WHEN OUTDOOR, HAND WASHING 
AND COUGH ETIQUETTE EVERYWHERE 
AND WEARING A NONMEDICAL MASK 
OR FACIAL COVERING WHEN 
COVID-19 IS STILL ACTIVE IN 
YOUR AREA.
WITH THE UPS AND DOWNS OF 
COVID-19 PANDEMIC, IT CAN 
SOMETIMES SEEM LIKE OUR 
EMOTIONS ARE ON THEIR OWN 
TRAJECTORY.
FROM CONCERN AND CAUTIOUS 
AWARENESS TO FRUSTRATION AND 
FATIGUE WITH A BIT OF HOPE 
THROWN IN HERE AND THERE.
GIVEN THE LEVEL OF UNCERTAINTY, 
AND CHANGES IN OUR LIVES OVER 
PAST PAST MONTHS, THIS RANGE OF 
EMOTIONS IS TO BE EXPECTED.
THERE HAVE BEEN LOSSES THAT 
HAVE CAUSED GRIEF AND THINGS 
WE'VE PREVAILED AGAINST HAVE 
GIVEN US HOPE.
THIS IS A LOT TO PROCESS.
BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE 
ALL BEEN THROUGH TOGETHER AND 
SHARING OUR EXPERIENCES CAN 
HELP US WORK THROUGH LOSS AND 
BUILD ON HOPE.
ON THAT NOTE, TODAY I WANT TO 
HIGHLIGHT A NEW MENTAL WELLNESS 
CAMPAIGN CALLED TAKE THAT STEP.
IT WAS LAUNCHED THIS WEEK BY 
THE WELLNESS TOGETHER CANADA 
PORTAL.
IT REMIND US THAT WE CAN TAKE 
STEPS EVERY DAY TO IMPROVE OUR 
MENTAL WELL-BEING, ESPECIALLY 
DURING DIFFICULT TIME.
THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA FUND 
ADD WELLNESS CANADA PORTAL AND 
OFFERS A WIDE RANGE OF 
RESOURCES FROM INFORMATION AND 
SELF-ASSESSMENT TOOLS TO THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO CHAT WITH PEER 
SUPPORT WORKERS AND OTHER 
MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.
RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE FOR ALL 
AGES, FREE OF CHARGE, 24 HOURS 
A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
THE WELLNESS CANADA PORTAL 
REMINDS US THAT MENTAL HEALTH 
IS A JOURNEY, NOT DESTINATION.
WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS SO 
WHETHER YOU'RE STRUGGLING WITH 
PROBLEM GNATIC SUBSTANCE USE OR 
NEED HELP TO MANAGE STRESS, 
THERE ARE A RANGE OF IMMEDIATE 
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE 
SUPPORTS AS WELL AS RESOURCES 
TO MOTIVATE YOU ON YOUR 
WELLNESS JOURNEY.
IT MAKES IT THAT MUCH EASIER TO 
START YOUR JOURNEY.
SO, TAKE THAT STEP TODAY.
THANK YOU.
MERCI.
>> OK.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR. TAM.
[Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: NOW 
FOR DR. NJOOP. THANK YOU.
AS USUAL, WE BEGIN WITH THE 
LATEST UPDATES ON COVID-19.
IN CANADA, THERE ARE NOW 99467 
CASES INCLUDING 8213 DEATHS AND 
61443 PEOPLE OR 62% WHO HAVE 
NOW RECOVERED.
LAB ACROSS CANADA HAVE TESTED 
THE OVER 2,216,730 PEOPLE FOR 
COVID-19 TO DATE.
OVER THE PAST WEEK, AN AVERAGE 
OF 36,000 PEOPLE WERE TESTED 
DAILY WITH JUST OVER 1% TESTING 
POSITIVE.
THESE NUMBERS CHANGE QUICKLY 
AND ARE UPDATED DAILY IN THE 
EVENINGINGS ON 
CANADA.CA/CORONAVIRUS.
LATER TODAY, WE REITERATED THAT 
COVID-19 IS STILL WITH US.
SO WE STARTED TODAY WITH 
REPEATING HOWL  -- HOW TO GO 
OUT SMART.
THESE MEASURES HAVE ALLOWED US 
TO CONTROL THE VIRUS AND WE 
NEED TO CONTINUE WITH PHYSICAL 
DISTANCING AND GOOD HYGIENE 
PRACTICES TO MAINTAIN THE 
CONTROL.
THIS MEANS PHYSICAL DISTANCING 
TWO METRES FROM OTHERS, EVEN 
WHEN OUTDOORS, HAND WASHING AND 
COUGH ETIQUETTE EVERYWHERE AND 
WEARING NONMEDICAL MASK OR FACE 
COVERING WHERE COVID-19 IS 
STILL ACTIVE AND YOU CAN'T KEEP 
A TWO-METRE DISTANCE FROM 
OTHERS.
WITH THE UPS AND DOWNS OF THE 
COVID-19 PANDEMIC, IT CAN 
SOMETIMES SEEM LIKE OUR 
EMOTIONS ARE ON THEIR OWN 
TRAJECTORY FROM CONCERN AND 
CAUTIOUS AWARENESS AND 
FRUSTRATION AND FATIGUE WITH A 
BIT OF HOPE HERE AND THERE.
THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION 
TO DIGEST AND WE'RE ALL IN THE 
SAME BOAT, SHARING OUR 
EXPERIENCE CAN HELP US TO 
REBUILD WITH HOPE.
THAT SAID, TODAY WE WOULD LIKE 
TO PRAENLT NEW MENTAL WELLNESS 
CAMPAIGN.
IT IS CALLED TAKE THAT STEP, 
WHICH WAS LAUNCHED THIS WEEK BY 
THE WELLNESS TOGETHER CANADA 
PORTAL.
THE TAKE THAT STEP CAMPAIGN 
REMINDS US WE CAN TAKE STEPS 
EVERY DAY TO IMPROVE OUR 
WELL-BEG, ESPECIALLY DURING 
DIFFICULT TIMES.
THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA FUNDED 
WELLNESS PORTAL OFFERS A WIDE 
RANGE OF RESOURCES FROM 
INFORMATION AND SELF-ASSESSMENT 
TOOLS TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO 
CHAT WITH PEER SUPPORT WORKER 
AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH 
PROFESSIONALS.
RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE FOR ALL 
AGES, FREE OF CHARGE, 24 HOURS 
A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS.
AND WITH THIS PORTAL, YOU HAVE 
ACCESS TO A WIDE RANGE OF 
SUPPORTS, MENTAL HEALTH 
SUPPORTS AS WELL AS RESOURCES 
TO SUPPORT YOU AND MOTIVATE YOU 
ON YOUR WELLNESS JOURNEY.
HAVING A FULL RANGE OF 
RESOURCES THAT ARE REALLY 
ACCESSIBLE ONLINE MAKES IT 
EASIER TO START YOUR JOURNEY.
TAKE THAT STEP TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, DOCTOR.
AND NOW I WILL GIVE THE FLOOR 
TO MINISTER ANITA ANNAND.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I WILL START TODAY'S 
PROCUREMENT UPDATE BY 
ACKNOWLEDGING THE HARD WORK AS 
MANY ORGANISATIONS AND 
BUSINESSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY 
WHO ARE DILIGENTLY ENSURING 
THAT THEIR BL *ISHMENTS ARE SAF 
TO RE-OPEN FOR CUSTOMER AND 
EMPLOYEES ALIKE.
MANY OF YOU BUILT THESE 
ORGANISATIONS FROM SCRATCH AND 
NOW YOU MUST RECONSTRUCT THEM 
FOR VERY A VERY DIFFERENT WORLD.
CANADIANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY 
HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB TO 
FLATTEN THE CURVE AND ARE NOW 
IN A POSITION TO LAY THE 
FOUNDATIONS FOR AN ECONOMIC 
RECOVERY.
[Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: 
HOWEVER, WE MUST BE CAUTIOUS.
THE POTENTIAL FOR OUTBREAKS 
REMAIN AND THE SECOND WAVE 
COULD BE JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
FOR THE DOCTORS, NURSES AND 
FRONTLINE HEALTH CARE WORKERS, 
MIGHT HAVE BEEN CONTINUING TO 
BE VIGILANT IN PROCURING THE 
VITAL SUPPLIES THEY NEED TO 
KEEP THEMSELVES AND ALL 
CANADIANS SAFE IN THE MONTHS 
AND YEARS AHEAD.
>> WE ARE FOCUSED ON ENSURING 
THAT CANADA IS PREPARED WHEN IT 
COMES TO HAVING ENOUGH PERSONAL 
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
AS THE DEMAND FOR P.P.E. AROUND 
THE WORLD GOES UP, CANADA IS 
KEEPING UP.
OUR STRATEGY FROM THE BEGINNING 
HAS BEEN TO AGGRESSIVELY 
PROCURE P.P.E. IN A HIGHLY 
COMPETITIVE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE 
AND TO DIVERSIFY OUR SUPPLY 
CHAINS, ESPECIALLY BY ENGAGING 
DOMESTIC SUPPLIERS.
A TASK THAT I HAVE BEEN PLEASED 
TO WORK ON WITH MY COLLEAGUE, 
NAV BAINS.
NOW FOR THE DELIVERIES UPDATE.
INTERNATIONALLY, CARGO FLIGHTS 
OF P.  P.E. AND OTHER SUPPLIES 
DON'T ARRIVE DAILY.
THIS PAST WEEK, WE RECEIVED 11 
MORE PLANE LOADS OF SUPPLIES 
AND OUR 70TH CARGO FLIGHT IS ON 
THE WAY AS WE SPEAK.
70 FLIGHTS.
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE EFFORT.
SINCE LAST WEEK, WE HAVE ALSO 
RECEIVED FOUR ADDITIONAL 
SHIPMENTS BY SEA ARRIVING IN 
THE PORT OF VANCOUVER, CARRYING 
MORE THAN HALF A MILLION LITRES 
OF HAND SANITIZER.
GIVEN THE LARGE VOLUME OF 
SUPPLIES READY TO BE SHIPPED TO 
CANADA, TRANSPORT BY SEA WILL 
BECOME INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT 
OVER THE NEXT MONTHS.
[Speaking French] 
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: HERE 
IN CANADA, WE ARE RECEIVING 
DELIVERIS FROM CANADIAN 
COMPANIES EVERY DAY.
MORE AND MORE, WE ARE RELYING 
ON THE DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF 
SOME OF OUR MOST VITAL SUPPLIES.
>> IN THE FACT THAT CANADIAN 
COMPANIES ARE PLAYING AN 
IMPERATIVE ROLE IN OUR PANDEMIC 
RESPONSE.
WHILE SUSTAINING AND CREATING 
JOBS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AT A 
TIME WHEN CANADA NEEDS THEM 
MOST.
COMPANY SUCH AS FLUID ENERGY A 
CALGARY-BASED CHEMICAL AND 
PROCESSING MANUFACTURING FIRM 
WAS PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON 
PRODUCING AND DEVELOPING 
ENVIRONMENTALLY CHEMICAL 
SYSTEMS PRIOR TO COVID.
FLUID ENERGY HAS STEPPED UP TO 
PRODUCE 10 MILLION LITRES OF 
HAND SANITIZER FOR THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT AND CANADIANS AT 
LARGE.
THE COMPANY HAS ALREADY 
DELIVERED FIVE MILLION LITRES 
AND WILL BE FULFILLING THE 
REMAINDER OF THE ORDER IN THE 
NEXT FEW WEEKS.
CANADIAN COMPANIES ARE DOING 
THEIR PART AND WE ARE PURSUING 
OPPORTUNITIES WITH MORE 
COMPANIES, INCLUDING BUSINESSES 
BY TRADITIONALLY 
UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS.
FOR EXAMPLE, A RECENT REQUEST 
FOR PROPOSAL AIMS TO SOLICIT 
INTERESTS SPECIFICALLY FROM 
INDIGENOUS LED BUSINESSES THAT 
CAN HELP TO PROVIDE 25 
DISPOSABLE NONMEDICAL MASKS.
WE HAVE HAD AN ENCOURAGING 
RESPONSE SO FAR AND WE EXPECT 
TO AWARD CONTRACTS IN THE 
COMING WEEKS.
ON ALL FRONTS, WE'RE SEEKING 
MORE SUPPLIES AS DELIVERIES 
CONTINUE TO ARRIVE.
LET ME NOW PROVIDE YOU WITH AN 
UPDATE ON SPECIFIC ITEMS IN 
TERMS OF DELIVERIES.
GOWNS.
THIS WEEK, WE RECEIVED MORE 
THAN 600,000 GOWNS, INCLUDING 
FROM CANADIAN MANUFACTURERS 
LIKE LOGISTIC, UNICOR, YOGA 
JEAN AND SAMUELSSON.
THIS BRINGS OUR TOTAL TO 4.4 
MILLION RECEIVED AND 700,000 
MADE RIGHT HERE AT HOME.
FACE SHIELDS.
WE NOW HAVE MORE THAN 17 
MILLION RECEIVED WITH MOST OF 
THESE FACE SHIELDS MADE BY 
CANADIAN COMPANIES SUCH AS 
BAUER, JACOB AND THOMPSON, THE 
CANADIAN SHIELD AND STERLING 
INDUSTRIES TO NAME A FEW.
[Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: 
SURGICAL MASKS, WE RECEIVED 
MORE THAN 100 MILLION SURGICAL 
MASKS TO DATE WITH MORE ON THE 
WAY.
>> WE ALSO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE 
APPROXIMATELY HALF A MILLION 
N-95 RESPIRATORS EVERY MONTH 
FROM 3M WITH MANY MORE ARRIVING 
AND BEING DELIVERED.
CANADA HAS NOW DISTRIBUTED MORE 
THAN 3.1 MILLION N-95 
RESPIRATORSS TO THE PROVINCE 
AND TERRITORIES.
THESE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES 
OF THE P.P.E. WE HAVE COMING IN 
WITH A FULL LIST CONTAINED ON 
OUR PSPC WEBSITE.
WE'RE ALSO TAKING ACTION ON 
MORE TESTING AND TRACKING OF 
THE VIRUS.
TO HELP US DO JUST, THAT I'M 
PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE 
HAVE FINALIZED A CONTRACT WITH 
ABBOTT LABORATORIES FOR 140,000 
SEROLOGICAL TEST KITS.
THESE KITS CAN DETECT PRESENCE 
OF PREVIOUS EXPOSURE TO 
COVID-19 AND WILL BE USED FOR 
RESEARCH BY THE GOVERNMENT OF 
CANADA'S IMMUNITY TASK FORCE.
THESE KITS WILL PLAY AN 
IMPORTANT ROLE IN TRACKING HOW 
WIDELY THE VIRUS HAS SPREAD.
INFLAMMATION MADE AVAILABLE 
THROUGH THESE KITS COULD ALSO 
PROVE VALUABLE IN THE 
ESTIMATION OF POTENTIAL 
IMMUNITY AND VAUL NESHLS IN OUR 
POPULATIONS.
WITH RESTRICTIONS EASING ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY, WE KNOW THAT 
ACCESS TO P.P.E. WILL PROVE 
ESSENTIAL FOR ALL CANADIANS.
BUSINESS OWNERS ARE OPENING UP 
THEIR DOORS AND ORGANIZES ARE 
GEARING FOR EMPLOYEES TO RETURN 
SAFELY TO WORK.
THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW TO FIND 
THE RIGHT P.P.E. TO BE ABLE TO 
FUNCTION SAFELY.
WITH THIS CONCERN IN MIND, WE 
LAUNCHED THE SUPPLY HUB LAST 
WEEK.
IT IS AN INTERNET-BASED FLAT 
FORM THAT BLINGS TOGETHER 
AVAILABLE RESOURCES FOR 
ORGANISATIONS BUYING OR SELLING 
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT 
AND INCLUDES CONSUMER 
INFORMATION AND QUESTIONS TO BE 
ASKED PRIOR TO PURCHASE.
SINCE ITS LAUNCH IN ONE WEEK 
ALONE, PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY VISITED THE SUPPLY HUB 
PLATFORM NEARLY 33,000 TIMES.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE CANADIAN 
TRUCKING ALLIANCE CALLED THE 
HUB AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE AND 
SAID IT WILL HELP HIS INDUSTRY 
FIND WHAT THEY NEED TO KEEP 
EVERYONE SAFE WHILE WE WORK 
THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC.
WE KNOW THE NEED FOR SOURCING 
P.P.E. IS OUT THERE.
AND THAT IS WHY WE, AT PSPC 
CONTINUE TO BUY AGGRESSIVELY 
AND WHY OUR GOVERNMENT IS 
TAKING ACTION TO ENSURE THAT 
CANADIANS HAVE SUFFICIENT 
AMOUNTS OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE 
EQUIPMENT.
IN CLOSING -- TO THE THOUSANDS 
AND THOUSANDS OF CANADIANS WHO 
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RETURN TO 
THEIR JOBS, A KEY FACTOR IN 
DRIVING ECONOMIC RECOVERY, 
THANK YOU.
I WISH TO ONCE AGAIN 
ACKNOWLEDGE THE HEALTH CARE 
WORKERS AS WELL ON THE 
FRONTLINES KEEPING FLAYEDIANS 
SAFE.
THIS VOICE OF APPRECIATION 
CANNOT BE SAID ENOUGH.
YOU ARE THE HEROS THAT HAVE 
GUIDED US THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC 
AND CANADIANS APPRECIATE ALL 
THAT YOU DO.
OUR GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO 
ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE ENOUGH 
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT 
NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE.
WE ARE PRESSING FORWARD AND 
WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MERCI BEAUCOUP.
>> OK.
THANK YOU, ANITA.
NOW THE MINISTER FOR SCIENCE 
AND INNOVATION, NAVDEEP BAINS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, 
OUR GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN DOING 
WHATEVER IT TAKES TO PROTECT 
THE HEALTH OF CANADIANS AND THE 
CANADIAN ECONOMY.
AND I'VE BEEN EXTREMELY PROUD 
OF HOW COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY HAVE RESPONDED AS WE 
NAVIGATE THROUGH THIS CRISIS.
[Speaking French] 
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: WE 
ALL WANT TO GO BACK TO WORK.
WE ALL WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO TO 
SCHOOL AND SEE OUR ELDERS.
>> THIS IS A CALL TO ACTION.
OVER 6400 COMPANIES HAVE 
CONTACTED US TO OFFER THEIR 
EXPERTISE AND CAPACITY T. OF 
240E6Z 400 COMPANIES, 700 HAVE 
RETOOLED THE SUPPLY PERSONAL 
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
[Speaking French] 
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: WE 
ACTED QUICKLY, WE ANALYZED 
MATTERS AND MADE PURCHASES.
>> WE'VE DEVELOPED TESTING AND 
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT 
CAPACITY IN CANADA.
[Speaking French] 
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: WE 
SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH A 
MONTREAL COMPANY.
THIS COMPANY WILL CREATE 
MAGNETIC REAGENTS AND THIS 
TECHNOLOGY IS ESSENTIAL FOR 
LABORATORY TESTING.
>> AND CANADIANS HAVE RECEIVED 
AN AUTHORIZATION FROM HEALTH 
CANADA.
THIS IMPORTANT STEP IS ANOTHER 
MILESTONE IN OUR MADE IN CANADA 
PROJECT.
AND IT DEMONSTRATES THAT 
CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF SECURING 
DOMESTIC SUSPECT MILE OF VITAL, 
LIFE-SAVING EQUIPMENT TO FIGHT 
COVID-19.
WE STARTED BY BRINGING TOGETHER 
A COALITION OF CANADIAN 
MANUFACTURERS TO DESIGN AND 
PRODUCE MULTIPLE MADE IN CANADA 
VENT LAYS TOER AND NOW THESE 
FIRMS ARE ABLE TO RAMP UP 
MANUFACTURING WITH, TO DELIVER 
ON CONTRACTS THAT THE 
GOVERNMENT HAS ESTABLISHED WITH 
EACH GROUP FOR A COMBINED OF 
20,000 VENTILATOR FOR THESE TWO 
SPECIFIC COMPANIES.
ON MASKS, THE NATIONAL RESEARCH 
COUNCIL IS WORKING WITH DORMA 
FILTRATION TO ADAPT THEIR 
LOW-COST REUSABLE N-95 MASK 
PRODUCTION TO MEET THE NEEDS OF 
CANADIAN HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
FRO *IFRJ FRENCH 
-- [Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: I 
WOULD LIKE THE HIGHLIGHT THE 
WORK OF OUR RESEARCHER AND THE 
WORK THEY DO THROUGHOUT OUR 
COUNTRY.
CANADIAN CAN BE PROUD OF THEM.
>> IN 2018, THE GOVERNMENT 
INVESTED THE LARGEST AMOUNT IN 
CANADA'S HISTORY TOWARD 
FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCE.
THAT WAS A POINT OF PRIDE.
AND IT IS THOSE RESEARCHERS 
THAT WE COUNT ON TODAY AND WILL 
CONTINUE TO COUNT ON IN THE 
FUTURE.
AS A PART OF OUR CONTINUED 
EFFORT IN THIS ENDEAVOUR, TODAY 
I ANNOUNCED $492 MILLION IN 
FUNDING BY THE NATURAL SCIENCES 
AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH 
COUNCIL OF CANADA THROUGH ITS 
DISCOVERY, A RESEARCH PROGRAMME 
WHICH WILL HELP OVER 2400 
RESEARCHERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THERE WILL BE ADVANCES IN THE 
NATURAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 
AND PROMISE TO UNLOCK 
DISCOVERIS THAT WILL ADDRESS 
OUR WORLD'S BIGGEST CHALLENGES.
AND WE'RE PROUD TO SUPPORT THE 
WOMEN AND MEN MAKING THIS 
HAPPEN.
TOO EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN 
CONTRIBUTING TO THESE EFFORTS, 
OUR RESEARCHERS, ENTREPRENEURS, 
BUSINESSES BOTH LARGE AND 
SMALL, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY 
SINCERE GRATITUDE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 
STEPPING UP.
IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED AND 
TOGETHER WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.
MERCI BEAUCOUP.
>> OK.
THANK YOU, NAV.
I THINK WE'RE NOW READY TO 
ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
>> OPERATOR, OVER TO YOU. PRAY 
PLAY THANK YOU.
MERCI.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE 
PRESS STAR 1 ON YOUR TELEPHONE 
KEY PAD.
[Speaking French] 
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: 
FIRST QUESTION FROM 
RADIO-CANADA.
YES, HELLO.
WE HEARD IT IS IMPORTANT TO 
HAVE PROPER SCREENING 
STRATEGIES.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF WHAT'S 
HAPPENING IN QUEBEC WHERE THERE 
WAS A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN 
TESTS?
DOES IT CONCERN YOU THAT THERE 
ARE NOT ENOUGH TESTS BEING DONE 
FOR US TO HAVE AN IDEA OF THE 
SITUATION?
ANSWER?
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, DR. 
NJOO.
THROUGHOUT CANADA, WE HAVE A 
STRATEGY THAT WE AGREED ON WITH 
OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE PROVINCES 
AND TERRITORIES.
I BELIEVE THAT THE STRATEGY IS 
ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE CHANGED CRITERIA FOR PEOPLE 
WHO ARE SYMPTOMATIC T. AT THE 
BEGINNING OF PANDEMIC, 
PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES.
BUT THAT ONLY PEOPLE WHO WERE 
SYMPTOMATIC WITH A COUGH OR 
FEVER WERE WORTH THE RISK.
BUT WITH EXPERIENCE, WE HAVE 
BEEN ABLE TO NOTICE THAT THERE 
ARE A WIDE RANGE OF SYMPTOMS 
AND THERE ARE EVEN PEOPLE WHO 
ARE ASYMPTOMATIC.
SO THE CRITERIA FOR SCREENING 
HAS BEEN INCREASED IN QUEBEC 
WITH ANY KIND OF SYMPTOM IF ONE 
DOESN'T FEEL WELL, HEADACHES 
MUSCLE ACHE AND TELL PEOPLE TO 
PROGRAMMES SEE A DOCTOR OR GO 
TO A SCREENING SITE.
SECONDLY, WITH EVIDENCE AND 
WORLD EXPERIENCE, WE KNOW THAT 
ASYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE COULD 
CONTRIBUTE TO THE SPREAD OF THE 
VIRUS.
IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, IF 
THERE IS A CASE IN A LONG-TERM 
CARE FACILITY, WHERE THE 
POPULATION IS ALREADY VULNERABLE
 IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO 
SCREEN ALL OF THE OTHER 
RESIDENTS AND STAFF IN THAT 
FACILITY.
THIS IS AN APPROACH THAT WAS 
WELL-IMPLEMENTED BY ALL 
PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES.
AND LASTLY, IN SOME PROVINCES, 
THERE ARE STUDIES FOR AN 
APPROACH TO OFFER SCREENING FOR 
PEOPLE WHO ARE ASYMPTOMATIC.
THERE ARE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH 
SCREENING PEOPLE WHO ARE 
ASYMPTOMATIC AND THERE ARE 
BENEFITS AS WELL.
BUT WE WILL SEE THE RESULTS OF 
THE PILOT PROJECTS OR THESE 
STUDIES AND AS A SPECIAL 
ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WE TALKED 
ABOUT THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS.
CURRENTLY THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF
 POSITIVE RESULTS IN THE 
ASYMPTOMATIC POPULATION.
BUT WE'LL KEEP FOLLOWING UP ON 
THESE RESULTS.
I CAN'T NECESSARILY TALK ABOUT 
WHAT'S GOING ON IN QUEBEC.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT YOUR 
LOCAL IMMUNOLOGIES.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A BETTER 
QUESTION TO ASK QUEBEC WHAT IS 
GOING ON IN QUEBEC.
FOLLOW-UP QUESTION?
THIS IS DR. TAM.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MORE DATA.
IT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF POSITIVE 
CASES IN QUEBEC, FOR THE FIRST 
TIME, THE PERCENTAGE OF 
POSITIVE TESTS IS UNDER 3%.
AND THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE 
START OF THIS PANDEMIC.
>> Rosemary: OK.
IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE 
WATCHING THIS BRIEFING, YOU CAN 
DO SO AT cbc.ca/POLITICS.
LET'S GO INSIDE THE WEST BLOCK 
NOW, THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, 
WHERE THE COVID COMMITTEE IS 
BEGINNING QUESTIONS.
THAT WAS ANDREW SCHEER.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: 
[Speaking French].
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: WHO 
DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A 
GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND THIS ISN'T 
SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SOLVE 
ALONE.
IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO WORK 
ON WITH THE INTERNATIONAL 
COMMUNITY SO THE EFFORTS I'VE 
BEEN MAKING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS 
NOW AND THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE 
HAD WITH LEADER AND THROUGH THE 
INVESTMENTS I'VE MADE IN 
SAFETY, WELL WE'RE GOING TO 
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE REST 
OF THE WORLD TO FACE THESE 
CHALLENGES AND HELP CANADIANS 
TO CREATE A BETTER WORLD.
MR. SCHEER?
>> Andrew Scheer: HE CLAIMS 
HE'S BEEN MAKING PHONE CALLS.
ON JUNE 11, THE PRIME MINISTER 
HAD A CALL WITH THE SULTAN OF 
OMAN.
WILL HE TODAY CONDEMN OMAN'S 
REPEATED ARREST OF 
ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTERS?
>> HEAR, HEAR.
>> THE RIGHT HONORABLE PREMIER.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: MR. 
EKE SPAOER, WE CONTINUE TO BE 
ENGAGED AROUND THE WORLD ON 
ISSUES THAT MATTER TO CANADIAN, 
WHETHER IT IS DEFEATING 
COVID-19, MAKE INVESTMENTS OR 
WORKING WITH PARTNERS AROUND 
THE WORLD TO ADVANCE COMMON 
CAUSES.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO 
ENGAGE IN THE WORLD BECAUSE 
THAT IS WHAT CANADIANS EXPECT.
>> Andrew Scheer: BUT HE WON'T 
CONDEMN THAT HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE.
ON MAY 6, THE PRIME MINISTER 
HAD A PHONE CALL WITH THE EMIR 
OF QATAR.
WILL HE CONDEMN QATAR'S USE OF 
SLAVE LABOUR TO BUILD A SOCCER 
STADIUM?
>> THE RIGHT HONORABLE PRIME 
MINISTER.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: MR. 
SPEAKER, CANADA HAS LONG BEEN 
ENGAGED IN THE WORLD, INCLUDING 
WITH PEOPLE WHO WE DON'T ALWAYS 
AGREE.
BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO WORK 
TOGETHER ON ISSUES WHERE WE DO 
AGREE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE 
CONTINUING TO SPEAK LOUDLY AND 
STRONG LITTLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 
WHICH CANADA ALWAYS DOES.
>> Andrew Scheer: HE WON'T 
CONDEMN HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.
HE JUST CALLS THEM 
DISAGREEMENTS.
WELL, ON JUNE 11, THE PRIME 
MINISTER SPOKE WITH THE 
PRESIDENT OF RWANDA.
WILL THE PRIME MINISTER CONDEMN 
THE MURDER, FREQUENT ARREST, 
TORTURE AND IMPRISONMENT OF 
OPPOSITION POLITICIAN AND 
INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS, YES 
OR NO?
[APPLAUSE]
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: MR. 
SPEAKER, OVER THE PAST MONTHS 
AND INDEED YEAR, CANADA HAS REN 
GAUGED WITH AFRICA.
WE'VE WORKED WITH A NUMBER OF 
STRONG AFRICAN LEADERS ON 
ISSUES THAT MATTER TO PEOPLE.
WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, 
HIGHLIGHTING HOW OUR SUPPORT 
AND OUR WORKING TOGETHER CAN 
IMPROVE THE SITUATION AROUND 
HUMAN RIGHTS RIGHT ACROSS THE 
CONTINENT.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH 
LEADERS ACROSS AFRICA.
>> Andrew Scheer: THAT WAS A 
YES OR NO QUESTION.
THE PRIME MINISTER CAN'T BRING 
HIMSELF TO CRITICIZE DICTATORS 
AND DESPOTS AROUND THE WORLD 
WHO ABUSE HUMAN RIGHTS.
AND WE KNOW THAT HE LIKES TO 
FUND UNRA TO CURRY FAVOUR WITH 
NATIONS WHO ARE IDEOLOGICALLY 
OPPOSED TO ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO 
EXIST.
NOT ONLY HAS UNRA HELPED HAMAS 
AND PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL 
MATERIALS THAT ATTACKS JEW JUST 
LAST YEAR ITS LEADERS WERE 
FOUND TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED 
WITH, QUOTE, SEXUAL MISCONDUCT, 
NEPOTISM, RETALIATION, 
DISCRIMINATION AND OTHER ABUSE 
OF PERSONS IN AUTHORITY TO 
SUPPRESS DISSENT IN ORDER TO 
ACHIEVE THEIR PERSONAL 
OBJECTIVE.
WHY IS THE PRIME MINISTER 
FUNDING UNRA?
>> THE RIGHT HONORABLE PRIME 
MINISTER.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: MR. 
SPEAKER, WE MADE THE DECISION 
TO RESTORE FUNDING TO UNRA 
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WORKING 
TOWARDS PEACE AND PROSPERITY IN 
THE MIDDLE EAST GO HAND IN HAND.
WE HAVE BROUGHT IN GREATER 
SAFEGUARD AND GREATER CAN 
THABILITY FOR UNRA THROUGH OUR 
SLO *FMENT IN IT.
BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT CREATING 
A BETTER OPPORTUNITY AND BETTER 
SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE IN THE 
REGION IS PART OF THE PATH 
TOWARDS PEACE.
>> THE -- MR. SCHEER.
>> Andrew Scheer: THE PRIME 
MINISTER'S RECORD ON FOREIGN 
AFFAIRS HAS BEEN A COMPLETE 
DISASTER.
HE SURRENDERED TO DONALD TRUMP, 
OFFERING UP CONCESSION AFTER 
CONCESSION.
HE WENT TO CHINA TO GET A FREE 
TRADE DEAL AND ALL HE CAME HOME 
WAS A NICKNAME FROM THE 
COMMUNIST PARTY THAT IS SO 
OFFENSIVE THE SPEAKER HAS RULED 
I CAN'T REPEAT IT IN THIS 
CHAMBER.
[LAUGHTER]
HIS ERRATIC BEHAVIOR DURING THE 
TRANSPACIFIC PARTNERSHIP TALKS 
ANDINGERED OUR ALLIS IN 
AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN AND, OF 
COURSE, WHO CAN FORGET HIS 
DISASTEROUS TRIP TO INDIA.
SO, MR. SPEAKER, WHICH ONE OF 
THE --
>> Rosemary: OK.
WE'LL LEAVE THE HOUSE OF 
COMMONS AND BRING YOU THE 
UNITED NATIONS WHERE YOU CAN 
SEE FRANÇOIS PHILIPPE 
CHAMPAGNE, HE WILL BE CASTING 
THE VOTES ON CANADA'S BEHALF 
HERE.
THERE ARE THREE VOTES.
THE GRAOEFN BOX -- OR LOOK FOR 
THE PURPLE BOX.
THAT ONE RIGHT THERE.
THAT IS THE VOTE ON THE 
NONPERMANENT MEMBERS OF THE 
SECURITY COUNCIL.
OF COURSE, THAT IS WHAT CANADA 
IS VYING FOR.
THERE ARE TWO SEATS UP FOR 
GRABS.
CANADA, IRELAND AND NORWAY 
COMPETING FOR ONE OF THOSE 
SEATS.
THAT IS OUR FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
MINISTER.
I IMAGINE WE KNOW HOW HE IS 
VOTING.
EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE SECRET 
BALLOTS.
THIS ORANGE BOX HERE IS THE 
PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL  
ASSEMBLY AND ALL THREE VOTES 
HAVE BEEN CAST AND NOW CANADA 
HAS TO WAY.
THERE ARE 193 U.N. AMBASSADORS 
WHO HAVE TO CAST A VOTE TODAY.
YOU NEED TO GET TWO THIRDS.
ASSEMBLY IN ORDER TO WIN A SEAT.
SO, CANADA JUST WANDED TO MARK 
THAT MOMENT.
WE ARE EXPECTING SOME RESULTS 
LATER TODAY.
BUT IT COULD GO TO A SECOND 
ROUND AND THAT IS HIGHLY 
POSSIBLE.
LET'S GO BACK NOW TO THE HOUSE 
OF COMMONS.
THAT IS THE LEADER OF THE BLOC 
QUÉBÉCOIS ASKING SOME QUESTIONS 
NOW OF THE PRIME MINISTER.
>> [Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: AND 
SENT A MESSAGE.
IT TELLS HOW THE GOVERNMENT HAS 
BEEN WORKING FOR A CERTAIN TIME.
IN TERMS OF THE RECENT PAST, I 
HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
FOR EXAMPLE, WHILE THE PRIME 
MINISTER PRI TENDS TO BE 
TALKING TO THE OTHER PREMIERS 
IN QUEBEC TAN PROVINCES EVERY 
THURSDAY AND EVERYTHING SEEMS 
TO BE GOING WELL, PREMIERS ARE 
SAYING THAT IN TERMS OF HEALTH 
TRANSFERS, THINGS AREN'T GOING 
WELL.
THE PRIME MINISTER'S REFUSING 
TO INCREASE HEALTH TRANSFERS.
HIS CURRENT ATTITUDE, WHAT IS 
IT TELLING QUEBEC ABOUT HEALTH 
CARE TRANSFERS?
THE RIGHT HONORABLE PRIME 
MINISTER.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE LEADER OF 
THE BLOC  FOR WORKING WITH US 
FOR MANY INITIATIVES HERE IN 
THIS HOUSE TO HELP QUEBECERS 
AND ALL CANADIANS OVER THE PAST 
THREE MONTHS.
WE PASSED FOUR BILLS WITH 
VARIOUS PARTNERS IN THIS HOUSE, 
INCLUDING THE BLOC, TO DELIVER 
RESULTS FOR OUR SENIORS, FOR 
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND CANADIAN, 
WE'LL DON'T WORK.
IT DONE MEAN WE'LL ALWAYS AGREE 
ON EVERYTHING.
OF COURSE IT IS A PARLIAMENT 
HERE, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO 
WORK TOGETHER AND I'D LIKE TO 
THANK HIM FOR HIS COOPERATION.
>> MR. BLANCHET?
>> [Speaking French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: IS 
HE JOKING?
[LAUGHTER]
THERE WAS NOTHING THAT HAD TO 
DO WITH MY QUESTION.
HE KIND OF SMILED.
IT'S FUNNY.
THEY DON'T REALLY ANSWER YOUR 
QUESTIONS.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS 
CRISIS, HE TRANSFERRED $500 
MILLION TO PROVINCES AND THE 
PREMIERS WANTED TO TALK ABOUT 
HEALTH TRANSFER AND HE SHOULD 
BE CONSIDERING ANOTHER 500 
MILLION TRANSFERS BEFORE HEALTH 
CARE TRANSFERS.
WHAT MESSAGE DOES THIS SEND 
QUEBEC?
WELL, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 
TRANSFERS.
IT IS A PRIORITY FOR US ALL 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THAT IS WHY OUR PROPOSAL OF $14 
BILLION INCLUDES HEALTH 
TRANSFERS THAT WILL HELP HEALTH 
CARE IN THE PROVINCES AND WE'RE 
GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK NANLD 
HAND WITH PREMIERS.
DURING A PANDEMIC, THIS IS 
SOMEWHAT LACKLUSTER.
THE PROVINCES ARE SAYING THE 
SAME THING AS HIM.
THIS $14 BILLION HAS BEEN 
DENOUNCED BY THE VERY PROVINCES 
AND QUEBEC BECAUSE THERE IS A 
SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO ENCROACH 
ON PROVINCIAL JURISDICTION, 
INCLUDING THAT OF QUEBEC P. 
THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO 
DEFEND THE INTERESTS OF 
CANADIANS.
BUT IS THAT THE MESSAGE HE IS 
SENDING.
THE RIGHT HONORABLE PRIME 
MINISTER.
CHAIR, ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT 
AGREE THAT WE HAVE TO DO 
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROTECT 
CANADIANS.
THROUGHOUT THIS PANDEMIC.
TO RESTART THE ECONOMY, SAFELY, 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE ARE SUPPOSING TO HELP 
PROVINCES WITH IMPORTANT 
MEASURES FOR EARLY CHILD CARE 
CENTRES SO THAT PEOPLE COULD GO 
BACK TO WORK.
AND WITH HELP FOR PERSONAL 
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND HELP 
FOR MUNICIPALITIES.
THIS IS ALL LEVELS OF 
GOVERNMENT.
WE HAVE TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF 
CANADIAN AND THAT IS WHY WE'RE 
WORKING WITH THE PROVINCES AND 
TERRITORIES ON THIS.
MR. BLANCHET.
HE IS NOT WORKING WITH THE 
PROVINCE AND TERRITORIES.
THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS, LISTEN,
 I HAVE A LEGACY I WANT TO STEP 
ON YOUR JURISDICTION BY USING 
FEDERAL FUNDS, WHICH COMES IN 
THE PROVINCES.
THERE IS NO AGREEMENT.
THERE'S BEEN NO ACCORD SIGNED.
THIS IS CLEAR INTERFERENCE.
THIS IS A SERIES OF PROPOSALS 
THAT SHOWS A SPIRIT OF 
COOPERATION.
IT SAYS WHAT QUEBEC IS ASKING 
FOR ITS PROVINCE.
AND SHUT THE DOOR ON US.
AND THEY THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD 
JUST VOTE WITH THEM.
IS THAT THE PRIME MINISTER'S 
MEANING OF COOPERATION?
IS THAT THE MESSAGE HE IS 
SENDING QUEBEC AND QUEBECERS?
THE RIGHT HONORABLE PRIME 
MINISTER.
MR. CHAIR, WE UNDERSTAND 
COMPLETELY THAT, FOR POLITICAL 
REASONS, THE BLOC ALWAYS WANTS 
TO SHOW THAT THE RELATION 
SH *IFMS FROM THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT AND THE PROVINCES 
ISN'T WORKING.
A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ARE 
CONTINUING WITH THE PROVINCE OF 
QUEBEC.
POSITIVE DISCUSSIONS ARE UNDER 
WAY AND WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER 
TO ENSURE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY 
OF OWL CANADIANS AND THAT IS 
XANGLY WHAT WE'RE DOING.
YOU WON'T ALWAYS AGREE.
WE'RE HAVING TANGIBLE 
CONVERSATIONS THAT WILL HELP 
CANADIANS BY IMPLEMENTING 
MEASURES TO RESTART OUR PARTIES 
SAFELY.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Jagmeet Singh: FAMILIES WERE 
WEEKS AWAY FROM NOT PUTTING 
GOVERNMENT ON THE TABLE BEFORE 
THE GOVERNMENT FINALLY EXTENDED 
THE BENEFIT TO HELP CANADIANS 
OUT.
THIS SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED.
FAMILIES SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN 
WORRIED ABOUT WHEN THEY'RE 
GOING GET SUPPORT WEEKS AWAY 
FROM THEIR SUPPORT RUNNING OUT.
WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR AUGUST FOR 
FAMILIES THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE 
TO GO BACK TO WORK?
>> RIGHT HONORABLE PRIME 
MINISTER.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: MR. 
SPEAKER, I AGREE WITH THE 
HONORABLE LEADER OF THE N.D.P.
THIS SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED.
WE DO NOT WANT TO BE FINDING 
OURSELVES IN THE MIDST OF A 
GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND YET, WE ARE.
AND EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, AS A 
GOVERNMENT, WE HAVE BEEN 
RESPONDING TO BE THERE FOR 
CANADIANS, TO HELP THEM, 
MODIFYING, ADJUSTING, EXPANDING 
AND EXTENDING IN THIS CASE THE 
CANADA EMERGENCY RESPONSE 
BENEFIT FOR AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT 
WEEKS TO ENSURE THAT CANADIANS 
ARE SUPPORTED THROUGH THIS 
DIFFICULT TIME.
>> Jagmeet Singh: WILL THE 
PRIME MINISTER ADMIT THAT THE 
E.I. SYSTEM IS BROKEN FOR MOST 
CANADIANS?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: ONE 
OF THING THIS IS PANDEMIC HAS 
SHOWN IS WE NEED TO DO BETTER 
AROUND VULNERABLE CANADIAN AND 
WHAT WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW TO 
HELP PEOPLE AND WE ALSO NEED TO 
LOOK AT THE LONGER TERM, 
INCLUDING --
>> MR. SINGH?
>> Jagmeet Singh: WILL THE 
PRIME MINISTER FIX E.I. SO IT 
HELPS ALL CANADIANS IN NEED?
>> HONORABLE PRIME MINISTER?
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: 
WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO MOVE 
FORWARD ON IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR 
SYSTEMS TO HELP CANADIAN AND 
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE 
VERY MUCH LOOKING AT --
>> MR. SINGH?
>> Jagmeet Singh: [Speaking 
French]
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: WILL 
THE PRIME MINISTER ENHANCE 
EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SO WE CAN 
HELP ALL THOSE IN NEED?
THE RIGHT HONORABLE PRIME 
MINISTER.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: 
CHAIR, OUR PRIORITY RIGHT NOW 
IS HELPING PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP 
IMMEDIATELY, ENHANCEMENTS AND 
MODIFICATIONS TO HELP MORE 
PEOPLE.
>> Jagmeet Singh: CANADIANS 
LIVING WITH DISABILITIES HAVE 
BEEN IGNORED THROUGHOUT THIS 
PANDEMIC.
WE'VE FORCED AND PUSHED THE 
GOVERNMENT TO COMMIT TO HEMMING 
CANADIANS LIVING WITH 
DISABILITIES ALMOST TWO MONTHS 
AGO.
BUT STILL THERE IS NO HELP FOR 
THEM.
WHEN WILL CANADIANS LIVING WITH 
DISABILITIES GET THE HEM THEY 
NEED.
>> THE RIGHT HONORABLE PRIME 
MINISTER.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: MR. 
EKE SPAOER, FROM THE BEGINNING 
OF THIS PANDEMIC, THE MINISTER 
OF CANADIANS WITH DISABILITIES 
HAS WORKED WITH THE COMMUNITY 
AND WORKED TO HELP OUT AND WE 
AS A GOVERNMENT HAVE STEPPED UP 
ON HELPING MANY, MANY PEOPLE.
THERE IS MORE TO DO, WHICH IS 
WHY WE PUT FORWARD LEGISLATION 
TO SEND EXTRA HELP TO PEOPLE 
WITH DISABILITIES.
UNFORTUNATELY, POLITIC GOT IN 
THE WAY OF THAT.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON HOW 
TO HELP PEOPLE WITH 
DISABILITIES.
>> MR. SINGH?
>> [INAUDIBLE].
>> [Speaking French].
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: ONE 
MOMENT.
THERE IS A POINT OF ORDER.
MS. LA ROCHE?
>> [Speaking French] [INAUDIBLE 
FOR THE INTERPRETER]
>> LET ME SEE IF EVERYTHING IS 
BEING TRANSLATED.
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: CAN 
YOU HEAR ME IN FRENCH?
>> I AM TO SPEAK IN ENGLISH.
CAN YOU UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING 
BEING TRANSLATED?
[LAUGHTER]
OK.
PERFECT.
>> [Voice of Interpreter]: 
PERFECT.
THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN SOLVED.
THANK YOU SLFP.
-- THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, IT HELPS TO SPEAK THE 
CORRECT LANGUAGE.
WE'LL NOW PROCEED TO MR. SINGH.
MR. SINGH?
>> Jagmeet Singh: THANK YOU, 
MR. SPEAKER.
NEW DEMOCRATS ARE REPAIRED TO 
OFFER LEGISLATION THAT HELPS 
ALL CANADIANS LIVING WITH 
DISABILITIES.
WE WILL SUPPORT THAT 
LEGISLATION RIGHT AWAY.
>> THE RIGHT HONORABLE PRIME 
MINISTER.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: MR. 
SPEAKER, WE BROUGHT FORWARD 
SUCH LEGISLATION LAST WEEK.
UNFORTUNATELY THE CONSERVATIVES 
DENIED UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO BE 
ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD TO HELP 
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WITH 
AN EXTRA $600.
>> BACK TO MR. SINGH.
MR. SINGH.
>> Jagmeet Singh: IT HAS BEEN 
OVER TWO MONTHS AND CANADIANS 
WITH DISABILITIES NEED HELP 
RIGHT AWAY AND IT IS A MATTER 
OF CHOICES THAT THIS GOVERNMENT 
IS MAKING IN TERMS OF WHO 
THEY'RE CHOOSING TO HEM AND WHO 
THEY'RE NOT HELPING.
WE JUST LEARNED TODAY WHAT 
WE'VE KNOWN FOR A WHILE, THAT 
THE WEALTH
IEST 1% OF CANADIANS OWN AS 
MUCH AS THE BOTTOM 40%.
WILL THE PRIME MINISTER MAKE A 
CHOICE TO MAKE THE SUPER 
WEALTHY PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE?
>> THE RIGHT HONORABLE PRIME 
MINISTER.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: MR. 
SPEAKER, SINCE WE CAME TO 
OFFICE, WE'VE MOVED FORWARD ON 
MAKING THE TAX SYSTEM FAIRER ON 
ENSURING THAT EVERYONE PAYS 
THEIR PARTS.
THE FIRST THINGS WE DID WAS 
RAISE TAXES FOR THE WEALTHIEST 
1% SO WE COULD LOWER THEM FOR 
THE MIDDLE CLASS AND PEOPLE 
WORKING HARD TO JOIN IT.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON 
HELPING VULNERABLE CANADIANS IN 
THIS PANDEMIC AND GOING FORWARD.
>> Rosemary: OK.
I THINK WE'LL LEAVE THE REST OF 
THIS.
YOU CAN KEEP LISTENING AT 
cbc.ca/POLITICS.
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT QUESTION 
THERE FROM N.D.P. LEADER 
JAGMEET SINGH AROUND THE 
DISABILITY TOP-UPS THAT 
CANADIAN WERE HOPING TO RECEIVE 
SOON.
I WAS PAR OF THE LEGISLATION 
THAT DID NOT MOVE FORWARD LAST 
WEEK BUT THE GOVERNMENT IS 
STILL WORKING ON WAYS TO GET 
THAT TO CANADIANS AND WE'LL 
DON'T TRACK THAT STORY.
AN IMPORTANT STORY, OF COURSE.
I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT 
SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE PROBABLY 
SEEN ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA 
CHANNELS AND OTHER PLACES OVER 
THE PAST 24 HOURS.
AND IT IS THE MEN WHO HEMMED 
CREATE AND CO-HOSTED THE 
CANADIAN HEALTH AND FITNESS 
SEGMENT "BODY BREAK "WHO 
DECIDED TO REVEAL SOME STARLING 
NEWS IN A YouTube VIDEO, HAL 
JOHNSON SAYS THE SERIES WAS 
STARTED TO COMBAT RACISM.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> YOU THINK THAT "BODY BREAK 
"WAS STARTED BECAUSE OF FITNESS.
IT WASN'T.
IT WAS STARTED TO COMBAT RACISM.
THAT WAS THE NUMBER ONE REASON 
THAT WE STARTED "BODY BREAK," 
JOANNE AND I.
AND I THOUGHT HOW CAN I CHANGE 
THINGS?
HOW CAN I MAKE SO IT THAT WE 
CAN ALL LIVE, WORK AND PLAY 
TOGETHER AND IT BONE THIS 
ATTITUDE THAT WHITE AND BLACK 
AND ASIAN AND PERSONS WITH 
DISABILITIES AND MALE-FEMALE, 
WE ALL CAN'T BE TOGETHER.
SO, I CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA 
AND THE IDEA IS BODY BREAK.
>> Rosemary: HE TELLS THE STORY 
THAT INSPIRED THAT DECISION.
HE SAYS IT WAS STARTED WITH A 
JOB OFFER.
HE WAS HIRED AND THEN FIRED.
AND WE'VE REACHED HAL JOHNSON 
TODAY IN OAKVILLE.
WHAT A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU, HAL 
JOHNSON.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 
HAVING ME.
>> Rosemary: SO, WHY DID YOU 
DECIDE TO SHARE THIS STORY?
BECAUSE I MEAN, I GUY UP WITH 
"BODY BREAK "AS SO MANY PEOPLE 
DID.
IT WOULD NEVER HAVE OCCURED TO 
ME, I WOULD HAVE NEVER KNOWN 
THAT YOU STARTED IT BECAUSE YOU 
ESSENTIALLY LOST ANOTHER JOB 
THAT YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE LOST.
>> YEAH.
IT WAS A SERIES OF THINGS OVER 
THE YEARS THAT HAD OCCURRED AND 
I REALLY HAD ENOUGH WAS ENOUGH 
AND HOW CAN WE CHANGE THE 
LANDSCAPE?
HOW CAN WE MAKE IT THAT WE CAN 
ALL -- THAT THEY LIVE, WORK AND 
PLAY TOGETHER.
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
SO I JUST MET JOANNE, REALLY 
INSPIRED THE IDEA FOR THE SHOW.
AND THAT WE COULD.
SO I TALKED TO HER, WE PUT IT 
TOGETHER AND WE -- AND WHAT WE 
REALLY WANT TO SHOW, WHAT WE 
WANTED TO DO WAS REALLY NEVER 
TALK ABOUT IT.
JUST SHOW THAT PEOPLE CAN LIVE 
TOGETHER.
SHOW THAT I'M BLACK AND 
JOANNE'S WHITE.
I'M BLACK AND IRISH AND 
JOANNE'S GERMAN AND ITALIAN.
DON'T TALK ABOUT IT, JUST SHOW 
IT.
WHEN YOU WATCH OUR "BODY BREAK 
"UP SEWEDSES AND WE STARTED TO 
PUT THE OLD ONES UP ON YouTube, 
YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS IS A LOT 
OF DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES IN 
OUR EPISODE AND PERSONS WITH 
DISABILITIES AND THAT IS NOT BY 
ACCIDENT.
THINKING THAT IF WE GAVE YOU A 
LITTLE BIT OF MEDICINE, A 
LITTLE BIT OF -- THAT YOU WOULD 
BE ABLE TO TAKE IT, INGEST IT 
AND BECOME BETTER AND 
UNDERSTANDING THAT WE CAN SO 
THAT HAVING A BLACK COUPLE, A 
BLACK AND WHITE PEOPLE 
TOGETHER, THAT WOULD -- THAT IS 
NORMAL.
AND WE'RE SHARING ON YouTube 
ALL THE COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE 
SAYING THAT THEY GREW UP WITH 
US AND THOUGHT IT WAS NORMAL, 
HAL AND JO, BLACK AND WHITE 
PERSON BEING TOGETHER AND THAT 
IS REALLY HEARTENING.
>> Rosemary: THE STORY THAT YOU 
TOLD, THOUGH, IN THE VIDEO 
DATES BACK TO 1988 WHEN YOU 
WANTED TO BE A SPORTS REPORTER 
AT TSN AND THEY HIRED YOU.
AND MAYBE YOU CAN JUST, FOR 
PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN YOUR 
WHOLE VIDEO, TELL THEM WHAT 
HAPPENED AFTER THAT.
>> WELL, THEY HIRED ME AT 11:00 
IN THE MORNING, JUST A LOVELY 
GENTLEMAN NAMED JACK HUTCHISON.
AND HE CALLED ME IN TEARS AT 
2:00 AND HE SAID HE CAN'T HIRE 
ME BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE 
ANOTHER REPORTER, BLACK 
REPORTER, HIS NAME IS MARK 
JONES WHO WENT ON TO ESPN.
A GREAT REPORTER DOWN THERE.
AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE 
TWO.
THE HIGHER-UPS DIDN'T WANT TO 
HAVE TWO BLACK REPORTERS AT THE 
SAME TIME.
AND SO THAT AFTERNOON, I WENT 
HOME AND I ACTUALLY TOLD JOANNE 
ABOUT THAT AND THAT IT OCCURRED 
AND I WASN'T BITTER OR 
FRUSTRATE ABOUT THAT.
I WAS DISAPPOINTED.
BUT I WAS ALWAYS TOLD BY MY 
PARENT AND SHOWN THAT, YOU 
KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS A WAY.
AND AS TOUGH AS IT HAS BEEN FOR 
ME, IT'S BEEN A PIECE OF CAKE 
COMPARED TO WHAT THEY WENT 
THROUGH.
SO, PEOPLE ASK ME HOW WERE YOU 
ABLE TO GET THROUGH THAT?
AND I GO, WELL, THEY GOT 
THROUGH A LOT WORSE THAN I EVER 
DID.
I HAD TO GO THROUGH.
SO, YOU KNOW, JUST LITERALLY 
JUST SUCK IT UP AND DO IT.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Rosemary: SO, TSN, EVEN 
THOUGH THIS HAPPENED IN 1988 
YESTERDAY DID ISSUE AN APOLOGY.
I'LL READ A LITTLE BIT OF IT TO 
OUR VIEWERS.
THEY SAY THEY APOLOGIZE TO YOU 
FOR THE RACISM YOU EXPERIENCED, 
A SHAMEFUL PART OF OUR PAST AND 
THANK HIM FOR SHARING HIS STORY 
AS A REMINDER OF RACISM IN 
CANADIAN MEDIA THAT CONTINUES 
TODAY.
DID THAT MEAN ANYTHING?
DOES THAT CHANGE ANYTHING FOR 
YOU, THE FACT THAT THEY 
RECOGNIZED WHAT HAD HAPPENED 
AND THEY APOLOGIZED FOR IT?
>> TO ME, PERSONALLY, THEY 
DIDN'T NEED TO DO IT.
I'M NOT A VICTIM.
I'M NOT BITTER.
EVERYTHING TURNED OUT OK.
AND SO I DON'T HAVE ANY 
ILL-WILL TOWARD TSN AT ALL.
OR CTV.
I MEAN, THEY WERE FINE.
I THINK WHAT IT DOES DO IS IT 
PUTS -- I THINK THEIR LANDSCAPE 
OF MEDIA IS GOING TO CHANGE.
I THINK THAT HOPEFULLY THE 
LANDSCAPE OF ALL THE SWEEPS, 
THEY SHOULD REALISE YOU SHOULD 
HAVE SOMEBODY AT THE TABLE THAT 
IS REFLECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY 
THAT YOU'RE SERVING.
I THINK HAVING ANOTHER 
PERSPECTIVE IS CERTAINLY 
HELPFUL.
>> Rosemary: DO YOU THINK -- 
WOULD YOU HAVE THOUGHT ALL 
THOSE YEARS AGO THAT WE WOULD 
STILL BE AT THIS PLACE?
WHERE THERE WASN'T ENOUGH 
REPRESENTATION IN MEDIA, 
CERTAINLY, BUT IN OTHER PLACE 
AS WELL.
WOULD YOU HAVE HOPED THAT 
THINGS WOULD HAVE GOTTEN 
FURTHER?
WOULD YOU HAVE EXPECTED THAT TO 
HAPPEN?
>> WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S 
EXPECTED.
HOPED, DEFINITELY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THINGS TAKE A 
LONG TIME TO CHANGE.
NOW THE PANDEMIC COLLIDING WITH 
GEORGE FLOYD AND ALL OF THESE 
OTHER ISSUES HAVE CHANGES 
HAPPENING REALLY QUICK A LOT 
QUICKER.
AND MY DAD WHO 50E8S  -- WHO'S 
88 IS MORE HOPEFUL NOW THAN 
HE'S EVER BEEN BEFORE.
I THINK THINGS ARE REALLY GOING 
CHANGE AND, YOU KNOW, AND I PUT 
THIS IN QUOTATIONS.
AS TOUGH AS IT IS IN CANADA, 
IT'S MUCH WORSE IN THE STATES 
AND I LIVED IN THE STATES FOR 
10 YEARS AND I -- I THINK IN 
CANADA THERE IS A LOT OF -- 
THERE IS PREJUDICE, IN THE 
STATES THERE IS RACISM.
THERE'S HATE.
AND IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT 
COUNTRY AND, AS I SAY, I LIVED 
THERE 10 YEARS.
I KNOW WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
WHEN YOU CROSS THAT BORDER, I'M 
RELAXED.
WHEN I'M IN THE U.S. AND I'M 
DRIVING, I FEEL HUNTED.
I DO NOT FEEL THAT WAY WHEN I'M 
IN CANADA.
>> Rosemary: WOW.
BUT YOU STILL SEE PLACES FOR US 
TO DO WORK, OBVIOUSLY.
BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A 
CONVERSATION AS YOU KNOW FOR 
THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS ABOUT 
SYSTEMIC RACISM AND CHANGES 
THAT NEED HAPPEN IN THIS 
COUNTRY, TOO.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I'VE DONE -- I'VE BEEN IN 
LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF MEETINGS 
WITH ADVERTISING AGENCIES, 
COMPANIES AND I RARELY HAVE 
SEEN -- ESPECIALLY IN P.R. 
AGENCIES, AND ADVERTISING 
AGENCIES, PEOPLE OF COLOUR.
SO IF THEY'RE ADVERTISING, IF 
THEY'RE PROMOTING, HOW CAN THEY 
HAVE A SENATOR  --  PERSPECTIVE?
HOW CAN THEY UNDERSTAND?
I SAID WOULDN'T IT BE DIFFERENT 
HAVING A BLACK REPORTER TALKING 
TO A BLACK ATHLETE.
HOW IS IT DIFFERENT FOR A BLACK 
ATHLETE OR A BLACK VOTE INER A 
BLACK REPORTER CAN ASK THAT 
QUESTION AND GET THEM MORE 
INFORMATION AND SO I THINK THAT 
BRING A COLLECTIVE GROUP OF 
PEOPLE TO THE TABLE.
AND I THINK WHY NOT?
BUT THE WHY NOT IS PEOPLE DON'T 
WANT TO GIVE UP POWER AND ALSO 
WHEN YOU HIRE PEOPLE, YOU OFTEN 
HIRE PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE YOU.
>> Rosemary: I'VE RUN OUT OF 
TIME BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU I'M 
SUCH A FANGIRL AND I LOVE YOU 
AND JOANNE AND SAY HI TO HER 
FOR ME.
>> I WILL.
AND I'M A FAN OF YOURS, ROSEYE,.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Rosemary: HAL JOHNSON.
I'M ROSEMARY BARTON.
THIS IS NO *IN.
>> Andrew: HELLO, I'M ANDREW 
NICHOLSFUL THIS IS CBC NEWS 
NETWORK.
WE'RE WATCHING TWO IMPORTANT 
VOTES TODAY.
ONE HERE AT HOME AND ONE AT THE 
UNITED NATIONS.
LATER TODAY, THE PRIME MINISTER 
WILL FACE A CONFIDENCE VOTE IN 
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON THE 
GOVERNMENT SPENDING PACKAGE.
AND -- 
THIS IS THE SCENE RIGHT NOW AT  
THE UNITED NATIONS.
CANADA IS HOPING FAR SEAT ON 
THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL.
AMBASSADORS ARE VOTING RIGHT 
NOW AND WE COULD GET A RESULT 
TODAY OR IT COULD GO INTO 
TOMORROW.
AND THIS IS A LIVE SHOT OF THE 
ONTARIO LEGISLATURE IN TORONTO.
PREMIER DOUG AFFORD WILL HAVE 
HIS REGULAR COVID-19 UPDATE ANY 
MOMENT NOW.
WE WILL BRING THAT TO YOU LIVE.
FOR SEVERAL WEEK, THE PRIME 
MINISTER SAID HIS GOVERNMENT 
COULDN'T PROVIDE AN ECONOMIC 
UPDATE BECAUSE COVID-19 IS 
CAUSING SO MUCH ECONOMIC 
UNCERTAINTY.
TODAY, HE CHANGED HIS MIND.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau:s 
I'VE CONSISTENTLY SAID THAT AN 
ECONOMIC AND FISCAL UPDATE 
WOULD BE UNREALISTIC RIGHT NOW 
BECAUSE IT AUTOMATICALLY 
INCLUDES PROJECTIONS FOR A 
YEAR, THREE YEAR, FIVE YEARS 
AHEAD OF TIME, WHICH QUITE 
FRANKLY, WE SIMPLY COULDN'T 
MAKE ANY RESPONSIBLE 
PREDICTIONS ABOUT.
HOWEVER, EVERY TWO WEEKS, OVER 
THE PAST NUMBER OF MONTHS, WE 
HAVE PUT FORWARD ALL THE 
INFORMATION FROM FINANCE TO THE 
FINANCE COMMITTEE, TO 
PARLIAMENTARIANS, ON THE 
MEASURES THAT WE HAVE MOVED 
FORWARD ON, TO GIVE VERY 
PRECISE ACCOUNTING ON WHAT 
WE'VE DONE.
WE'VE CONTINUED TO DO THAT AND, 
IN A FEW WEEKS, WE'LL GATHER 
ALL OF THAT TOGETHER, ALONG 
WITH A SENSE OF WHERE WE ARE, 
COMPARISONS TO WHERE WE ARE 
COMPARED TO OTHER COUNTRIES 
AND, YOU KNOW, SOME ESTIMATES 
ON WHERE WE COULD BE IN THE 
COMING MONTHS.
BUT THIS WILL NOT BE AN 
ECONOMIC AND FISCAL UPDATE.
IT WILL BE MORE OF A SNAPSHOT 
OR A PORTRAIT OF WHERE WE ARE 
RIGHT NOW.
>> Andrew: THE CBC'S KARINA 
ROMAN HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE 
DEVELOPMENTS FROM OTTAWA.
HOW DOES THIS DIFFER FROM A 
FISCAL UPDATE?
>> Reporter: HE COULDN'T VERY 
WELL SAY IT WAS A FISCAL UPDATE 
WHEN FOR WEEKS SAYING DOING SO 
WOULD BE AN EXERCISE IN EN.
INVENTION AND IMAGINATION.
SO HE COULDN'T CALL IT A FISCAL 
UPDATE.
AS WELL I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT 
A FISCAL UPDATE FOR THE MOST 
PART USUALLY UPDATES THE BUDGET 
AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A BUDGET 
THIS YEAR BECAUSE, OF COURSE, I 
WAS CANCELED DUE TO COVID.
>> Andrew: ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
WE'LL LEAVE YOU A LITTLE EARLY 
TO TAKE YOU TO TORONTO WHERE 
PREMIER DOUG FORD IS SPEAKING.
LET'S LISTEN.
>> WE LEFT ABSOLUTELY NOTHING 
ON THE TABLE.
OUR HEROIC FRONTLINE  HEALTH 
CARE WORKERS STEPPED UP, 
THOUSANDS OF BUSINESSES STEPPED 
UP.
WE HAD AN ARMY OF 14.5 MILLION 
PEOPLE WHO WENT ABOVE AND 
BEYOND.
OUR FRONTLINE RESPONDERS PUT 
THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY EACH 
AND EVERY DAY TO KEEP US SAFE.
4300 PEOPLE PUT UP THEIR HAND 
TO HELP OUR SENIORS.
ONTARIO BUSINESSES ANSWERED THE 
CALL AS WELL.
WE MOBILIZED THE MANUFACTURING 
MIGHT OF ONTARIO TO SUPPORT OUR 
HEALTH CARE HEROES IN THE FIGHT 
AGAINST COVID-19.
HUNDREDS OF BUSINESSES RETOOLED 
THEIR OPERATIONS TO MAKE 
CRITICAL MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND 
EQUIPMENT.
THANKS TO THEIR HELP, WE'VE 
SECURED OVER 10,000 VENTILATORS 
FOR OUR STOCKPILE.
123 MILLION MASKS, FOUR MILLION 
FACE SHIELDS, 173 MILLION 
SURGICAL GLOVES AND 21 MILLION 
GOWNS.
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
AND I THANK YOU.
AND WHEN COVID-19 TOOK A TOLL 
ON PEOPLE'S LIVELY HOODS, WE 
ACTED QUICKLY TO PROVIDE RELIEF 
FOR ONTARIO FAMILIES AND 
BUSINESSES.
OUR GOVERNMENT IMMEDIATELY 
DEVELOPED A $200 MILLION SOCIAL 
SERVICES RELIEF FUND TO SUPPORT 
FOOD BANKS, SHELTERS AND THOSE 
MOST IN NEED.
WE PUT MONEY BACK IN THE 
POCKETS OF 1.5 MILLION FAMILIES 
BY PROVIDING A ONE-TIME PAYMENT 
OF $200 PER CHILD.
WE GAVE PEOPLE A BREAK ON THEIR 
HYDRO BILLS BY PROVIDING A 
FIXED OFF PEAK ELECTRICITY RATE 
24/7 FOR FAMILIES, SMALL 
BUSINESSES AND FARMS.
WE HELPED BUSINESSES STAY 
AFLOAT WITH A $10 BILLION 
RELIEF PACKAGE, INCLUDING TAX 
DEFERRALS AND WSIB PREMIUM 
RELIEF AND WE WORKED WITH OUR 
FEDERAL PARTNERS TO SET UP A 
$900 MILLION COMMERCIAL RENT 
RELIEF PROGRAMME TO HELP SMALL 
BUSINESSES THROUGH THESE 
DIFFICULT TIMES.
MY FRIENDS, IN THREE SHORT 
MONTHS, WE HAVE MADE TREMENDOUS 
PROGRESS.
AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP.
WE HAVE TO KEEP GOING.
BECAUSE OF THAT PROGRESS, 
BECAUSE OF OUR COLLECTIVE 
EFFORTS, MORE BUSINESSES ARE 
OPENING THEIR DOORS.
MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING BACK TO 
WORK AND TAKING HOME A 
PAYCHEQUE AGAIN.
AND WE ALL KNOW ALL OF ONTARIO 
WILL JOIN THEM VERY SOON.
BUT WE MUST REMAIN ON GUARD.
MY FRIENDS, MAKE NO MISTAKE.
TOUGH CHALLENGES LIE AHEAD.
BUT I'M CONFIDENT TEAM ONTARIO 
WILL COME BACK AND COME BACK 
STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE.
IF WE STICK TOGETHER, IF WE 
KEEP LOOKING OUT FOR EACH 
OTHER, WE'LL CHART A PATH TO A 
STRONG AND PROSPEROUS RECOVERY.
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS THE 
PEOPLE OF ONTARIO.
NOW I'D LIKE MINISTER ELLIOTT 
TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, PREMIER.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
TO SAY THAT THE LAST FEW MONTHS 
HAVE BEEN UNPRECEDENTED WOULD 
BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
IT HAS BEEN A TIME DEFINED BY 
IT DISRUPTION, NOT ONLY TO OUR 
HEALTH SYSTEM AND ECONOMY, BUT 
TO THE LIVES OF EVERY SINGLE 
ONTARIAN.
NEARLY FIVE MONTHS AFTER 
IDENTIFYING OUR FIRST CONFIRMED 
CASE OF COVID-19, AND THREE 
MONTHS AFTER DECLARING A STATE 
OF EMERGENCY, THERE ARE 
UNMISTAKABLE SIGNS THAT WERE 
MAKING REAL PROGRESS IN OUR 
FIGHT AGAINST THIS VIRUS.
FOR THE FOURTH DAY IN A ROW, 
ONTARIO REPORTED FEWER THAN 200 
NEW CASES OF COVID-19.
ONTARIO HAS ADDED MORE DESOLVED 
THAN NEW CASES MEANING FEWER 
AND FEWER ACTIVE CASES IN THE 
PROVINCE.
IN FACT, SINCE TUESDAY OF LAST 
WEEK, THERE ARE OVER 1400 FEWER 
ACTIVE CASES IN ONTARIO.
I.C.U. ADMISSION AND PATIENTS 
ON VENTILATORS ALSO CONTINUE TO 
DECLINE.
EVERY DAY A CLEAR MAJORITY OF 
PUBLIC HEALTH UNITS WILL REPORT 
FEWER THAN FIVE CASES WITH MANY 
OF THEM REPORTING NO NEW CASES 
AT ALL.
WITH ONTARIO CONTINUING TO LEAD 
THE COUNTRY IN DAILY TESTING, 
OUR POSITIVITY RATE REMAIN AT 
ALL-TIME LOWS.
OUR JOURNEY AS A PROVINCE HAS 
NOT BEEN WITHOUT LOSS.
BUT, DURING THESE TRYING TIMES, 
WE'VE ALSO SEEN THE VERY BEST 
OF OUR PROVINCE.
RETIRED NURSES AND DOCTORS 
JOINING HEROIC FRONTLINE 
WORKERS EACH OF WHOM PUT 
THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY TO 
KEEP OUR FAMILIES SAFE.
BUSINESSES RETOOLING PRODUCTION 
LINES TO HELP MANUFACTURE 
DESPERATELY NEEDED SUPPLIESAND 
NEIGHBOURS COMING TOGETHER TO 
DO WHAT MAY SEEM LIKE THE 
SIMPLEST OF GESTURES, BANGING 
POTS AND PANS IN THE EVENING, 
BUT WHICH SERVES AS A DAILY 
REMINDER THAT HERE IN ONTARIO, 
WE ALWAYS HAVE EACH OTHER'S 
BACKS.
BECAUSE OF THIS SHARED RESOLVE, 
WE ARE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO 
SAFELY RE-OPEN OUR PROVINCE AS 
EACH OFOUS ADJUST TO OUR NEW 
NORMAL.
AS WE DO, MORE AND MORE 
FAMILIES ARE GOING BACK TO WORK.
ONTARIANS ARE SAFELY ENJOYING 
EACH OTHER'S COMPANY AS THEY 
BUILD THEIR SOCIAL CIRCLES.
SCHEDULED SURGERIS ARE 
RESUMING, HELPING MORE 
ONTARIANS RECEIVE THE CARE THEY 
NEED AND HAVE WAITED FOR.
AND FRIENDS, FAMILY AND 
CAREGIVERS ARE REUNITING WITH 
LOVED ONES IN LONG-TERM CARE 
HOMES, RETIREMENT COMMUNITY, 
HOSPITALS AND RESIDENTIAL CARE 
SETTINGS AS VISITS RESUME UNDER 
SAFE CONDITIONS.
NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN 
POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE STRENGTHS 
AND DETERMINATION OF ALL 
ONTARIANS.
TOGETHER, WE WILL CONTINUE TO 
STOP THE SPREAD OF COVID-19.
WE WILL BEAT THIS VIRUS.
>> OK.
WE'LL GO TO THE PHONE LINES FOR 
QUESTION.
FIRST QUESTION?
>> Operator: FIRST QUESTION 
FROM RADIO-CANADA.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> HI, JULIA.
>> Reporter: HI, GOOD 
AFTERNOON, PREMIER.
WE'VE COME A LONG WAY IN TERMS 
OF TESTING IN THE PROVINCE BUT 
WE'VE BEEN OVER 20,000 EVERY 
DAY FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS.
AFTER SO MANY CHALLENGE, AND 
WHAT'S NEXT?
WHAT'S NEXT?
IS THERE A TARGET AS THE 
ECONOMY RE-OPENS AND WHEN DO 
YOU WANT SEE MORE TESTING BEING 
DONE?
>> I'LL TELL YOU.
WE ENDED UP GETTING THERE.
WE CHANGED THE STRATEGY.
I KNOW PUBLIC HEALTH WAS 
WORKING EXTREMELY HARD AND THEY 
MAX OUT.
BECAUSE OF THOSE TWO FOLKS AND 
THEIR TEAMS, THAT'S THE REASON 
WE'RE ABLE TO REACH OVER 20,000 
AND I'M SO PROUD OF THEM.
WE TESTED OVER ONE MILLION 
PEOPLE NOW IN ONTARIO.
SO CONGRATULATIONS.
BUT WE AREN'T GOING TO TAKE OUR 
FOOT OFF THE PEDAL.
WE'LL CONTINUE TESTING UNTIL WE 
DON'T NEED TO ANY LONGER AND 
HOPEFULLY THAT WILL COME SOONER 
THAN LATER.
>> Reporter: AND YOU TALKED 
ABOUT THE FACT THAT IT HAS BEEN 
THREE MONTHS SINCE THE 
DECLARATION OF THE STATE OF 
EMERGENCY.
I WAS WONDERING WHAT HAVE YOU 
LEARNED IN THOSE LAST MONTH AND 
HOW HAS IT CHANGED YOU AS A 
LEADER?
>> WELL, I THINK WHAT WE'VE 
LEARNED, EVERYONE HAS LEARNED 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT JUST 
AMAZING HOW THE BUSINESSES 
STEPPED UP, PEOPLE STEPPED UP, 
OUR FRONTLINE EMERGENCY SERVICE 
FOLKS, WE JUST CAME TOGETHER AS 
A TEAM AND WHAT I'VE LEARNED 
AND THE PEOPLE OF ONTARIO AND 
CANADA LEARNED IS THAT WHEN 
WE'RE ALL PULLING IN THE SAME 
DIRECTION AND ALL WORKING 
TOGETHER, DEPENDING ON -- 
DOESN'T MATTER WHAT POLITICAL 
STRIPE, IF YOU ARE FROM THE 
GREEN, ORANGE OR RED OR BLUE 
PARTY, WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER.
WE DIDN'T PLAY POLITICS AT THE 
FEDERAL LEVEL.
THEY DID A GREAT JOB.
MUNICIPALITIES DIDN'T.
I JUST ASK OTHER PEOPLE FROM 
OTHER PARTIES, BE IT OPPOSITION 
OR NOT, WORK WITH US.
IT'S EASY TO SIT BACK AND, YOU 
KNOW, FIRE SHOTS.
BUFF IT'S NOT WORTH IT.
PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT.
THEY WANT TO SEE US ALL WORKING 
TOGETHER.
AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'VES 
BEEN DOING.
>> NEXT QUESTION.
>> Operator: NEXT QUESTION 
COMES FROM CYNTHIA MULLIGAN 
FROM CityNews.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
HELLO, PREMIER.
>> Reporter: HI.
LISTEN, TODAY DOCTORS AT THE 
HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN 
RELEASED A REPORT STRONGLY 
RECOMMENDING THAT KIDS GO BACK 
TO SCHOOL IN SEPTEMBER.
THEY SAY THEY'RE LOSING SLEEP 
OVER THE RAMIFICATIONS SOCIALLY 
AND MENTALLY ON CHILDREN.
BUT MANY ARE CONCERNED THAT 
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE 
PROTECTED AND IT DOESN'T SPREAD 
AMONGST CHILDREN OR THEY'RE 
IMMUNO-COMPROMISED.
HOW CAN YOU PROTECT EDUCATORS 
WHEN SCHOOL DOES RESUME, 
PRESUMABLY IN SEPTEMBER?
>> FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO 
THANK SICK CHILDREN HOSPITAL, 
THEY ARE AN INCREDIBLE HOSPITAL.
AND I KNOW WE'VE BEEN 
CONSULTING WITH THEM.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO CONSULT WITH 
THEM.
AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS AND JUST 
PRAOERNLT.
SO, THANK YOU.
I KNOW MINISTER LECCE WILL BE 
LAYING OUT A PLAN.
I'M NOT GOING TO RISK ANYTHING 
THAT PUTS OUR KIDS IN JEOPARDY.
I'M JUST NOT GOING TO DO IT.
AND NOW FOR THE TEACHERS.
WE'LL MAKE SURE WE SIT DOWN 
WITH THE UNIONS AND DISCUSS A 
STRATEGY TO MAKE SURE THEY FEEL 
SAFE.
BECAUSE THEY'RE SO IMPORTANT TO 
OUR CHILDREN AND SO IMPORTANT 
TO THE EDUCATION SYSTEM AND I 
WANT TO THANK ALL THE TEACHERS 
OUT THERE WHO HAVE DONE AN 
INCREDIBLE JOB THROUGH THIS 
PANDEMIC WITH THE ONLINE 
COURSES.
AND GETTING ON THERE AND 
TEACHING OUR KIDS AS WE WENT 
THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC.
BUT WE'LL HAVE THAT DISCUSSION 
WITH THE UNIONS AND I WANT TO 
THANK THEM AND NEVER DO 
ANYTHING TO PUT OUR CHILDREN AT 
RISK.
>> Reporter: SO, IF A TEACHER 
IS IMMUNO-COMPROMISED OR CARING 
FOR A FAMILY MEMBER WHO'S 
IMMUNO-COMPROMISED, HOW WILL 
THEY BE PROTECTED?
>> THEIR JOBS WILL BE 
PROTECTED, JUST LIKE EVERYONE 
ELSE HAS BEEN PROTECTED AND 
WE'LL WORK WITH THEM AND COME 
UP WITH A SOLUTION.
THROUGH THEIR UNIONS AND 
THROUGH THE MINISTRY.
>> NEXT QUESTION.
>> Operator: NEXT QUESTION 
COMES FROM CHCH TV.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> HI, PREMIER.
>> Reporter: IN THE LAST THREE 
MONTH, THERE'S BEEN MANY 
EMERGENCY REGULATIONS PASSED.
SOME OF THEM ARE RELATIVELY 
PROGRESSIVE, LIKE ALLOWING 
ALCOHOL DELIVERY AND TAKEOUT 
FROM RESTAURANTS, CURBSIDE 
PICKUP, CANNABIS FROM ILLEGAL 
MARIJUANA STORES AND THE 
CREATION OF WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY 
VIRTUAL COURTROOMS.
ARE SOME OF THESE REGULATIONS 
GOING TO BECOME PERMANENT?
AND IF SO, WHICH DO YOU THINK 
WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO 
CONTINUE ON AFTER THIS THING IS 
OVER?
>> WELL, WE'VE BEEN PRETTY 
FLEXIBLE.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT 
COMPANIES COULD STAY OPEN AND 
HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO DELIVER 
THEIR PRODUCTS TO THE PUBLIC.
AND THAT IS SNAG WE HAVE TO 
REVIEW, RANDY.
A LOT OF IT HAS WORKED 
EXTREMELY WELL.
THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
AND I THINK WE CAN DO THINGS A 
LOT MORE EFFICIENTLY MOVING 
FORWARD AND LEARN FROM THE 
LESSONS OVER THE LAST FEW 
MONTHS.
>> Reporter: AND ALSO WE SEE A 
LOT OF THE CIVIL SERVICE, CIVIL 
SERVICE WORKING FROM HOME.
CAN YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S 
BENEFITS TO THAT.
IN THAT THERE IS NOT AS MANY 
PEOPLE ON TRANSIT AND ON THE 
ROADS.
CAN YOU SEE THAT CONTINUING?
THAT SOME OF THE CIVIL SERVICE 
WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE FROM 
THEIR HOMES AFTER THIS IS OVER 
AS OPPOSED TO GOING INTO 
OFFICES?
>> THAT IS A CONVERSATION I'LL 
HAVE WITH THE SECRETARY OF 
CABINET AND SIT DOWN WITH HIM.
AND SEE WHEN PEOPLE CAN WORK AT 
HOME.
THAT'S GREAT.
THERE IS ANOTHER HOLE, RANDY.
ANOTHER WHOLE SOCIAL ASPECT 
ABOUT GOING TO WORK.
SOME PEOPLE RELY ON GOING TO 
WORK TO MEET THEIR FRIENDS AND 
THEIR FELLOW TEAM MEMBER AND 
THERE IS A WHOLE OTHER SIDE 
THIS ABOUT THE SOCIAL ASPECT 
AND INTERACTING RATHER THAN 
SITTING AT HOME ALL DAY.
YOU CAN START GOING SQUIRRELY 
WORKING AT HOME ALL DAY IF YOU 
DON'T HAVE INTERACTIONS WITH 
YOUR CO-WORKERS.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL 
DISCUSS WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT 
MINISTRIES AND WITH THE PRIVATE 
SECTOR, TOO.
I'VE HEARD BOTH SIDES OF THE 
STORY ON THAT.
>> NEXT QUESTION.
>> Operator: NEXT QUESTION FROM 
CTV.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> Reporter: GOOD AFTERNOON, 
PREMIER.
I WANTED TO RETURN TO WHAT SICK 
KIDS IS RECOMMENDING FOR 
SCHOOLS.
ONE OF THE MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS 
THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO 
RE-OPEN SCHOOLS OR SCHOOLS CAN 
RE-OPEN IN SEPTEMBER FOR 
IN-PERSON LEARNING S. THAT A 
RECOMMENDATION THAT YOUR 
GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO ACCEPT, 
THAT SCHOOLS WILL RETURN IN 
SEPTEMBER?
>> WE'LL LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS.
THEY ARE THE EXPERTS.
OUR HEALTH TEAM ARE THE EXPERTS 
AND I'M NOT GOING WAIVER FROM 
THAT.
AS LONG AS THE HEALTH CARE 
EXPERTS INCLUDING THE SICK KIDS 
HOSPITAL, IF THEY THINK THE 
GREEN LIGHT IS GOOD TO GO, THEN 
WE'LL FOLLOW THEIR LEAD AND PUT 
IN REALLY STRINGENT PROTOCOL 
AND I KNOW MINISTER LECCE WILL 
BE ROLLING THAT OUT SHORTLY.
>> Reporter: I APPRECIATE THAT.
ON THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY, 
PREMIER, WE'VE SEEN IN THE TWO 
REGIONS THAT ARE NOT 
RE-OPENING, INCLUDING TORONTO, 
THE NUMBERS ARE BACK UP TODAY, 
DOWN YESTERDAY.
THERE IS SOME FLUCTUATION.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS SAID THERE 
WILL BE RE-OPENINGS EVERY 
FRIDAY.
IS THAT FIRM OR CAN TORONTO AND 
PEEL OPEN EARLIER THAN ANY 
GIVEN FRIDAY?
>> BEFORE I SEND IT OVER TO THE 
MINISTER OF HEALTH, I WANT TO 
BE CLEAR THAT ALL 34 
JURISDICTION, EVEN IF WE GIVE 
THEM THE GREEN LIGHT, IF THEY 
WANT TO DON'T KEEP THE SHOPS 
CLOSED, THAT IS GOING TO BE UP 
TO THEM.
THEY KNOW THEY HAVE THE POWERS 
TO DO THAT AND WE'RE GOING TAKE 
THE ADVICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL 
OFFICER AND THE HEALTH TABLE.
I JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN OPEN UP 
AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
I'LL PASS IT OVER TO TO THE 
MINISTER.
>> WE HOPE THAT THEY WILL BE 
ABLE TO COME BACK AS QUICKLY AS 
POSSIBLE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS ON 
MONDAYS, MAKING A DECISION 
ABOUT AN OPENING ON THE 
FOLLOWING FRIDAY SO THAT 
BUSINESSES IN CERTAIN AREAS 
WILL BE READY TO BE ABLE TO DO 
THAT.
WE GIVE THEM AS MUCH NOTICE AS 
POSSIBLE.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS WE GET THE 
DATA IN FOR EVERY DAY.
WE GET THE DATA IN FOR ON 
SUNDAY ABOUT 5:00 AND THEN THE 
DATA IS REVIEWED BY THE CHIEF 
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH AND 
THE OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH 
OFFICIALS AT THE HEALTH COMMAND 
TABLE AND THEY MADE THAT 
DETERMINATION AS TO WHAT THE 
RATE OF CASES HAS BEEN FOR THAT 
PERIOD UP TO AND INCLUDING THE 
INFORMATION THAT THEY RECEIVE 
ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND THEN THEY 
MAKE THE DETERMINATION ON THE 
MONDAY ABOUT WHETHER THAT CAN 
BE OPENED UP OR AN ANNOUNCEMENT 
MADE ABOUT IT OPENING UP FOR 
THE SUBSEQUENT FRIDAY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO 
DO THAT.
IT WORKS WELL FOR THE 10 GROUPS 
THAT ARE GOING TO BE OPENING ON 
FRIDAY.
AND WE'LL  CONTINUE TO DO THAT 
WITH PEEL, TORONTO AND 
WINDSOR-ESSEX AS WELL.
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>> Reporter: HI THERE, PREMIER.
1794 SENIORS HAVE DIED IN 
LONG-TERM CARE AND GLOBAL 
RECENTLY DID A REPORT ON THE 
WORST-HIT HOMES AND WHO RUNS 
THEM.
SIENNA HAS LOST 295 RESIDENT 
AND RIVERA HAS SEEN 230 DEATHS.
THE ONTARIO HEALTH COALITION 
SAYS IT IS IRREFUTABLE THAT FOR 
PROFIT HOME T LARGER CHAINS IN 
PARTICULAR, HAVE A STRONG 
CORRELATION OF THE HIGHEST 
DEATH RATES FROM COVID-19 IN 
OUR PROVINCE.
SIMPLE QUESTION -- DO YOU AGREE 
THERE IS A CORRELATION AND DO 
YOU THINK THAT THESE OWNERS 
SHOULD BE SHIELDED FROM CIVIL 
LAWSUITS?
>> LET ME TELL YOU THAT, TRAVIS.
WE CALLED AN INDEPENDENT 
EXHIBITIONER AS YOU KNOW.
THE AUDITOR GENERAL IS CALLING 
AN AUDIT AND SO IS THE 
OMBUDSMAN ALONG WITH THE -- 
FOEBL POLICE, THE CORONER'S 
OFFICE.
BUT LET ME BE VERY, VERY CLEAR.
I'M NOT SUPPORTING BAD ACTORS 
AND NOT ONLY THAT, I'M NOT EVEN 
SUPPORTING BAD ACTOR, BUT 
HOLDING THESE PEOPLE 
ACCOUNTABLE.
WHEN WE GET THROUGH THIS WHOLE 
PROCESS AND FIND OUT EXACTLY 
WHAT HAPPENED IN THESE HOMES, 
THERE IS GOING TO BE 
ACCOUNTABILITY.
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE PEOPLE 
WHO LOST AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR 
THE COMPANIES THAT LET THIS 
HAPPEN BECAUSE THERE IS 
ABSOLUTELY NO EXCUSE AFTER THAT 
REPORT FROM THE MILITARY.
ANY HUMAN BEING, NOT TO MENTION 
THE MOST ELDERLY AND MOST FRAIL 
AND MOST VULNERABLE IN SOCIETY 
WERE TREATED THE WAY THEY WERE 
TREATED.
AND THEY WILL BE HELD 
ACCOUNTABLE AND I'M NOT 
PROTECTING NIL OF THOSE BAD 
ACTORS.
SO I'LL MAKE MYSELF VERY CLEAR 
ON THAT ONE.
>> Reporter: OK.
ANOTHER ISSUE.
SOME WORKERS SAY THEY'VE BEEN 
LEFT OUT FROM THE DANGER PAY 
THAT MANY OTHER ESSENTIAL 
WORKERS ARE GETTING M. ARE 
PROTESTING ON THE LAWN OF 
QUEEN'S PARK.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THEM AND WHY 
DON'T THEY DESERVE A BUMP UP IN 
PAY LIKE EVERYONE ELSE?
>> AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, 
EVERYONE DESERVES IT.
AND WE PUT 375,000 PEOPLE WITH 
A PANDEMIC PAY.
THEY'RE HERO.
THEY HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE 
JOB.
WE SPENT EVERY PENNY THE FEDS 
HAVE GIVEN US.
AND THERE'S JUST NO MORE MONEY 
LEFT.
AGAIN, I WISH I COULD PAY 
EVERYONE.
I REALLY DO.
WE COVERED AS MANY PEOPLE, AS 
MANY AREAS AS POSSIBLE AND 
375,000 PEOPLE, THERE ARE A LOT 
OF PEOPLE AND I'M SORRY.
THESE PEOPLE ARE HEROES AS FAR 
AS I'M CONCERNED.
THEY HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE 
JOB AND I WISH WE HAD THE MONEY 
TO PAY EVERYONE.
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COMES FROM ROBERT BENCZE FROM 
THE "TORONTO STAR".
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> Reporter: HI, PREMIER.
I WANTED TO ASK YOU IN THAT 
VEIN, ON THE LAST FEW DAYS 
WE'VE SEEN THE GROCERY STORES 
ANNOUNCE THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE 
PAYING THE PANDEMIC PREMIUM 
ANYMORE AND YOU SPOKE DURING 
THE PANDEMIC AT THE HEIGHT OF 
IT HOW THESE FOLK WERE 
FRONTLINE HEROES AND THEY 
DESERVED EVERY PENNY THAT THEY 
WERE GETTING.
DO YOU THINK THAT THE GROCERY 
STORES ARE MAKING A MISTAKE 
REDUCING THIS PAY AT THIS TIME?
WE'RE NOT THROUGH THE WOODS YET.
>> I CAN'T COMMENT ON THE 
PRIVATE SECTOR.
THAT IS UP TO EACH AND EVERY 
COMPANY, EVERY COMPANY IS 
DIFFERENT.
SO THAT IS GOING TO BE UP TO 
THEM.
AND I DO THINK THEY'RE HEROES.
WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE HEROES.
JUST IMAGINE THAT THE CASH 
REGISTER CLERK STOOD THERE DAY 
AFTER DAY CASHING EVERYONE OUT 
AND JUST IMAGINE ALL THE PEOPLE 
THEY HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH.
THEY'RE HEROES.
THERES A LOT OF HEROES 
THROUGHOUT THAT HAVE HELPED US 
THROUGH THIS.
>> Reporter: AND TO FOLLOW-UP.
TODAY THE GOVERNMENT'S 
INTRODUCING LEGISLATION TO BAN 
EVICTIONS TO HELP SMALL 
BUSINESSES RETROACTIVE TO MAY 1.
JUST WONDERING IF YOU ARE 
HAVING ANY SECOND THOUGHTS AND 
MAYBE IF YOU COULD DO THIS 
AGAIN IF YOU WOULD HAVE DONE IT 
A LITTLE BIT EARLIER BECAUSE SO 
MANY BUSINESSES, OF COURSE, 
HAVE BEEN HURT BY THE PANDEMIC.
>> WELL S WE BACK DATED IT BACK 
-- MADE IT RETROACTIVE TO MAY 1.
AND I WAS BEGGING, TRYING TO 
GET THE LANDLORDS AND THE 
TENANTS TO WORK TOGETHER AND I 
KEPT TELLING THE LANDLORDS, I 
REP COMING OUT HERE NUMEROUS 
TIMES, BEGGING THEM TO WORK 
WITH THEM AND A LOT OF THEM 
DIDN'T WANT TO WORK WITH THEM.
SO WE DID WHAT WE HAVE TO DO 
AND I DON'T REGRET IT.
I HAVE TO PROTECT THE LITTLE 
BUSINESS.
ALWAYS.
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