Juno News - April 23, 2020


Looks like the economy may reopen soon


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3 minutes

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676

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The coronavirus outbreak continues to ravage Canada, but the good news is that some premiers across the country are taking the lead and doing what they can to reopen public services and public spaces. This is a good thing.

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00:00:00.000 this has got to be the most optimistic week to date when it comes to battling the coronavirus
00:00:10.800 great news from premiers all across the country across the political spectrum geographically as
00:00:17.000 well you've got Newfoundland and Labrador Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba British Columbia they are
00:00:23.440 all talking about their plans to reopen society dr. Bonnie Henry NBC their chief doctor she's
00:00:29.680 talking about ways to get restaurants and schools reopening Brian Pallister he's the premier of
00:00:34.240 Manitoba he says he wants to be the first to do it it's like a race to show hey we can do this
00:00:40.080 safety is key though it's not a not a neglectful race not a foolish one not a reckless one but one 0.99
00:00:46.240 where they're saying whatever we can do safely and sensibly they are doing it and good on them because
00:00:53.200 right now we need a can-do attitude a positive attitude that says we can do this we can take
00:00:59.200 the data we can take the evidence we can go okay here's the most vulnerable here's what we need to
00:01:04.560 do to protect them and shore them up make sure that they are safe and here is how the rest of us can
00:01:10.320 get back to work and slowly get back into society now the Angus Reid institute conducted a poll that
00:01:16.240 showed that most Canadians say it'll be a good two or three weeks after they get the green light until
00:01:22.240 they make the personal choice to go and start doing the things they were doing before what that tells us
00:01:27.920 is that Canadians they can be trusted to be adults they're going to be cautious about all of this
00:01:33.200 they are going to make judicious decisions people are not instantly going to put themselves in risky
00:01:38.000 situations but all these things that people are already saying well why can't we do that right now
00:01:43.760 those are the things we're going to see happen workplaces stores public spaces where people can
00:01:50.400 socially distance they're going to do that Canadians are still reeling in the aftermath of the tragic Nova
00:01:56.560 Scotia mass shooting and it was really unfortunate to see provincial officials say sorry guys but
00:02:02.000 you can only have funerals attended by five people five people there are number of cases where immediate
00:02:08.240 families have more than five members you got to sit down and you got to say oh no this this relative
00:02:13.600 this brother this sister they can't attend what are you going to do draw straws it's kind of sad to have
00:02:18.720 that be issued at the same time as reopening plans or already in the works funeral parlors are typically
00:02:25.360 pretty large spaces you can't have seven or nine or eleven people you can't make the decision on a
00:02:31.120 case-by-case basis i understand why the rules are in place but you'd think that discretion should be
00:02:36.800 used in a case like this regardless the fact that we are a few weeks away and yes middle of may is what
00:02:42.320 some people are talking about right now some premiers that suggests the light at the end of the tunnel
00:02:47.360 it's getting brighter it is getting nearer now the unfortunate caveat is you have prime minister
00:02:52.240 justin trudeau who's still saying well we're weeks away from even talking about it and dr teresa tam
00:02:57.600 well she's being a little bit more optimistic but she is still one being very cautious and the feds are
00:03:02.480 saying we need national coordination i'm sorry we don't this is not a one-size-fits-all approach and
00:03:08.640 the premiers they have been the leaders in all of their provinces across the country they are not taking
00:03:14.000 their cues from the feds jason kenney even saying yeah we're not going to listen to dr tam we're going to
00:03:18.960 listen to world experts that's the way we need to head in all of this case by case what the evidence
00:03:25.040 tells us what responsibly makes sense and good on the premiers for having that can-do attitude
00:03:30.800 because that's what we need right now