PM daily pandemic briefing: The government has come to an agreement with Amazon to help deliver medial supplies to the provinces #cdnpoli #Coronavirus #COVID19
The military is also being activated. The province of Quebec has asked for military help for remote communities in Northern Quebec. This is the first domestic deployment to aid a province in the coronavirus pandemic #cdnpoli #Coronavirus #COVID19
PM makes an appeal to Canadians to help their local food banks for Canadians in need. Government will be investing $100 million in foodbanks including those up North #cdnpoli #Coronavirus #COVID19
GST credits for individual Canadians will now come in April instead of May. Working with banks to get the CERB into Canadians' bank accounts through direct deposit. #cdnpoli #Coronavirus #COVID19
PM on how long this is going to last: we are testing more people which means experts have more data to analyze. Provinces are updating their data and will soon be releasing it. Data will be posted on canada.ca/coronavirus #cdnpoli #Coronavirus #COVID19
Of note: one thing I heard from people in the medical community in recent days is that modelling is hard to do if you don't have enough broad testing in the population to see extent of infection rate #cdnpoli #Coronavirus #COVID19
PM on President asking 3M to stop sending N95 respirator masks to Canada: talking to the US to emphasize the two way nature of trade. "It would be a mistake to create blockages to reduce the back and forth trade of medical goods and services" #cdnpoli #Coronavirus #COVID19
PM points out that thousands of Canadian nurses work in the Detroit medical system every day and medical goods for the US are made in Canada too. Trade in both directions essential and access of essential workers #cdnpoli #Coronavirus #COVID19
PM does not say if Canada is considering retaliatory measures against the US if the President's intervention causes 3M to stop shipping N95 respiratory masks to Canada. #cdnpoli #Coronavirus #COVID19
On national projections govt is under pressure to release, PM Trudeau says that they want accurate info and info they have now would not be an accurate model. Says daily provincial numbers are available & cdns can use those for now to project #cdnpoli #Coronavirus #COVID19
