Juno News - Looks like the economy may reopen soon

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

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

Juno News - April 23, 2020