during this outbreak Justin Trudeau's
government has had a sharp focus on the
health of Canadians but now an urgent
focus on the health of the Canadian
economy we need to keep you alert but we
need to keep moving forward in a way
that keeps Canadians safe and keeps our
economy rolling the promise of coming
government action back stopped by
immediate action from the Bank of Canada
which cut its key interest rate by half
a percentage point calling kovat 19 a
material- shock to the Canadian and
global economies that will likely get
worse this is not a situation that
Canada created but it is a situation
that we are going through the viral
slump is another drag on an economy
already slowed by rail blockades
teachers strikes and snowstorms so a new
cabinet committee chaired by the Deputy
Prime Minister to deal with the economic
and health fallout our first priority is
to keep Canadians safe to do that they
are working with provinces to make sure
hospitals have what they need and
relying on existing plans for an
influenza pandemic to deal with Kovach
19 there are enough similarities for
this plan to pry this with a solid
foundation and an advance starting point
for a comprehensive response and while
the country is anxious the number of
cases in Canada remains less than one in
a million I think it's important for us
to seek a sort of you know I would call
it the Goldilocks response not too hot
not too cold it's important for our
response to be adequate and they stress
the adequate response from Canadians to
keep themselves safe is really quite
simple
wash your hands cover your coughs and
sneezes and stay at home if you're sick
David Cochran CBC News Ottawa