Global National: March 27, 2020 | Canadian government lends helping hand to businesses

this Friday night a big boost for Canada's small and medium-sized

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the wage subsidies the Prime Minister promises more Canada's key interest rate falls as low as possible Ontario's emergency alert to travelers as BC reveals its Worst case scenario over 200 Canadians trapped on a cruise ship infected by the virus and at least four passengers have died. The fans are like gold wire. Politicians in the US fight over them. I don't think 40,000 or 30,000 more are needed. Britain's Prime Minister and Health Minister test positive and register their arrival. from the kitchen and how to deal with the advantages and dangers of working from home for cats

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with Donna freezin good evening and thank you for joining us many developments this Friday starting with a lifeline for companies whose

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have been destroyed by this virus, the federal

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Subsidizing employee salaries at small and medium-sized businesses is part of a sweeping new aid package that will cover 75% of workers' salaries, an increase from the 10 percent announced last week and will be backdated On March 15 so that employers can rehire the people we have already laid off too, the

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is offering loan guarantees for small and medium-sized businesses worth $40,000 and will be interest-free for one year.

Our hope is that employers who are being forced to lay off people due to kovat 19. will think again and for those who have already had to lay off workers, we hope they will consider rehiring them given this payroll support. The Bank of Canada is also moving quickly. It cut its reference interest rate again, reducing it to 0.25 percent, which is the lowest. bank thinks he may leave governor stephen poloz also announced plans to buy debt to try to keep money circulating in the economy says he is doing everything he can to prevent the pandemic from devastating the economy and no firefighters were criticized for using too much water , this is all designed to keep the business afloat during the worst of this so they can get back up and running when it's over David Aiken reports that a barbershop their chairs are empty for two weeks, we have to think that this decision is safe for my team and for my clientele, but it is a decision that entails costs without income.

Thousands of business owners have had to lay off employees, but now there is new help that Ottawa hopes will allow business owners to bring back some workers. A massive wage subsidy that employers will see covered by the federal government. 75% of the payroll arrears date back to March 15. I think it's good, it's a good percentage and I think it's very good for the Canadian citizen, plus a new government loan worth $40,000. Companies can also defer filing their gst/hst and others. federal taxes until June, is a measure that is equivalent to an interest-free loan. Now many details will not be announced until next week, what size of company, for example, will be able to receive the wage subsidy and whether there will be a limit, but one of those of the federal government.

The goal of these measures is to reduce the number of new employment insurance claims filed at Canada service centers that the federal government closed to the public on Friday for safety reasons and also for our serving members. The government wants to move all AI applications. online or by phone, a move that many found frustrating, their offices are all closed, you can't talk to anyone, try calling the phone lines, call first thing in the morning, the lines are busy, you can't reach the call demand is ridiculous now that these new measures for small and medium-sized businesses are obviously seeking immediate relief, but they are also important to help keep employers and their workforce together and that will be critical to ensuring that the economic recovery is as strong as possible and as fast as possible. how it can be once this health crisis passes Donna, okay, David similar in Ottawa, thank you, let's look at the numbers now everyone is looking at the numbers across the country.

More than 700 new cases were confirmed across Canada today. BC had 67 new cases. Quebec once again had the biggest daily spike 392 new cases there 10 more people died in Quebec, bringing the death toll there to 18 in Canada more than 4,700 people have tested positive now 55 people have died in all provinces and territories Except for Nunavut, the virus has been detected and as you can see the numbers are increasing across the country Quebec Ontario Alberta and British Columbia are the hardest hit Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliot said the province is using all the possible tools to inform the public about the critical steps they should take to limit the spread of this virus Ontario has been sending emergency alerts to cell phones, radios and televisions, those are the alerted demands that travelers who have recently returned to Canada should , and are required by law, to stay home and isolate for 14 days, which means not going shopping or visiting family or friends, many of the recent cases in Canada are among people who have returned from travel.

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shortage of personal protective equipment, or PPE, is now one of the most urgent threats to our collective ability to save lives without that healthcare equipment. Workers are getting sick, in some cases dying. PPE and ventilators are now a much more precious commodity than oil. We are already hearing about rationing and shortages in Canada and, as Abigail Beeman reports on some doctors or even asking for donations, we have over 10,000 views. websites and is essentially a resource for the public to know what they can donate dr. Sonny Joe Hall is an emergency room doctor so concerned about personal protective equipment on the front lines that he started wearing a mask like a hero to connect donations with hospitals in British Columbia and Ontario that need them.

Some hospitals are already rationing masks on Thursday. Prime Minister Trudeau promised more equipment, millions more items that are needed, but when will they actually reach the hospitals that need them? I can't give you an exact date or time for all the different pieces and types of equipment, but rest assured we are looking all over the world and obviously in Canada as well. The federal government is working with provinces and territories and their different needs, as officials everywhere emphasized the need to stay home and maintain physical distancing. BC now has early evidence that it is working, the planning being done should allow us to adequately care for everyone who needs it.

A lot of that depends on us all doing our part to keep this from blowing up. There are also concerns about sufficient equipment for patients and healthcare workers. We have a limited number of fans. We know a certain proportion of these patients. It will require critical care and ventilator support, so I am concerned that it will be exceeded and that deaths will be greater than necessary for the scenario being planned; We intend to have ventilators available for anyone who needs them, but yes, we have an ethicist who is in charge. table we are building an ethical framework options about who gets help no one wants to have to do abigail Beaman Global News Ottawa it's obvious we can't wait to see what's coming react we know what could come we've had 12 weeks to prepare, buy equipment and restrict movements of people, governments are preparing worst-case scenarios and today British Columbia released its projections on whether what happened in China or Italy happened in British Columbia with the health system able to cope with Erik Sorenson, reports the center Linn Valley care.

North Vancouver saw Canada's first death from kovat 19 and showed how the virus could spread BC. Health officials are modeling expectations to manage this unpredictable virus. They are comparing BC to outbreaks elsewhere. Those are the new BC cases. Where is the star. It is nothing like what is happening in northern Italy, the blue bars, but officials have to be prepared for the worst; They would hope to maximize the number of beds to about 20,000 and then could manage a South Korea-type epidemic with spare beds only in the worst case, such as the hospital epidemic in northern Italy, there could be a shortage of beds.

The most serious model, the hospital-type epidemic in northern Italy, the hospital one that we do not foresee but that we have to prepare for you see the shortage of beds here and only here in In all jurisdictions, this is the big risk: an increase of 19 cases of kovat more beyond the capacity of the health system, beyond the capacity of your local hospital, you can get more beds and more ventilators and increase that capacity, but what needs to happen is people staying home to reduce the spread that will reduce the peak of the curve for hospitals to manage the crisis would be for a longer period but could avoid the worst case scenario.

Saskatchewan has also modeled what could happen if a quarter of its population contracted the virus. The Saskatchewan Health Authority's elite documents state that in the worst case demand for acute services will exceed the existing capacity of hospital beds, ICU beds and ventilators and, in the worst case, a number of deaths of 15,000 in that province, but it is just a planning tool that will actually result in Saskatoon for the The plan is not what is on that page, it was to give an example. Health officials must prepare for all possibilities and the public must be trusted to do the right thing if we can crush HP quickly if we all just stay calm and be rational about our choices and what we do. we choose to do then shows that we can be trusted to make good sound decisions some forecasts may seem alarmist but public trust comes from knowing the honest best and worst scenarios Eric Sorenson Global News Toronto another cruise ship is infected with corona virus and more of 240 Canadians are on board the and for the passengers of that Holland America ship have died the Zaandam is waiting to sail through the Panama Canal there are more than 1,800 people on board about one hundred and fifty of them told they are sick that they They will stay on board healthy passengers tell us they will be transferred to another ship The captain announced the deaths today Holland America says the four people who died were elderly guests Spain's death toll skyrocketed overnight 769 people died in one day By Kovac 19 more 7,800 people were infected, although health authorities say the number is beginning to stabilize.

Almost 5,000 people have died in Spain and hospitals are full, short of supplies and at their limit. Today Spain's Ministry of Health confirmed that more than 9,000 healthcare workers are infected with Koban 19, representing almost 15 percent of all confirmed cases in that country and in the United Kingdom, the death toll increased by one hundred and eighty-one in 24 hours and the thousands of infected now include the two main political leaders leading the response to Cova 19 Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his health minister are now isolating themselves, but what happens if they become seriously ill and at who else did they infect?

They hear the glass start. I have developed mild symptoms of the corona virus, namely a temperature and a persistent cough. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's positive diagnosis was just the beginning in his video. He was calm and committed to continuing the important work to protect public health, but then his health secretary released his own video. I was tested and that test came back positive, so I will be self-isolating here until next Thursday. Professor Chris Witte is the face of the UK's public awareness campaign to help save lives. Stay home. Anyone can spread the coronavirus. He also has the question: Did these individuals infect other people where they are supposed to be? a lockdown that is only activated when absolutely necessary and we have all been instructed to keep our distance from each other, the infection rate has doubled every three or four days, officials say it is not a question of advice being ignored , but rather proof that the pandemic does. do not discriminate, there is good news, health care workers will have a blood test to see if the virus is in their system.

This will be an antigen test to check if people currently have the disease so that our health and social care workers can be confident in the knowledge that they are safe to return to work if their test is negative. Frontline staff saythat for them these tests are as important as masks and gloves. For the life-saving team, the United States, now the epicenter of the outbreak in the world, has more than 100,000 confirmed cases of Copan 19, there will surely be many more because so far limited testing has been done on more than 1,500 people in the US. US now dead the virus is accelerating across the country, but New York City remains the worst, many hospitals already overcrowded with patients, ventilators are shared as political leaders argue over what should happen next , Jackson Prosecco reports that New York hospitals are already filled beyond capacity.

They are pushing doctors and nurses to the limit. It has been like a war zone. A medical war zone, working with limited resources. Makeshift morgues and refrigerated trucks are being used to store bodies. The first 1,000-bed temporary hospital is not yet there. finished and the governor is already planning to build eight more across the state, we are now looking at about 21 days for a possible apex, so we want to do everything we can to be prepared for that. More than 400 New York City police officers and 200 firefighters have tested positive for the virus. 911 calls beyond anything the city has ever seen in a 24 hour period we made over 6,500 calls which is a record for EMS the governor called on Washington to step up and provide 30,000 ventilators to meet expected demand, but on Thursday night the president questioned the need.

Many of the numbers being said in some areas are simply higher than they will be. I don't think 40,000 or 30,000 ventilators will be needed on Friday. Trump changed course and is now demanding General Motors. to make ventilators in times of warMeanwhile, the situation becomes more dire every day as case numbers rise in Michigan. Hospitals in Georgia and Illinois now have to make difficult decisions about which patients they can treat. Doctors have even turned to the black market to obtain basic supplies that they cannot obtain. Everywhere else we came together as an organization and said we would protect each other first if we wanted to be able to serve the community.

US lawmakers approved a $2 trillion economic bailout. It was signed into law by President Trump. Provides direct payments. To American citizens who have lost their jobs and bail out large corporations and airlines, this is the first bailout that will be necessary, but probably not the last. Donna, okay, Jackson Prosecco in Washington, thank you still ahead, how Canadian companies are changing course to give back. During this pandemic there has never been more need for a whole range of medical supplies around the world than there is now:

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sanitizers, gloves, masks, face shields and other protective equipment, not to mention ventilators, many large Canadian companies They are changing their production lines to help and, as Mike Armstrong advises smaller companies to step forward, a new production line is being built from scratch to make a product that this company does not sell, we have no intention of converting this in a business that you have done, so how is it? president of ad fast, makes construction products like sealants and paints, usually the goal is to be up and running producing

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sanitizer next week and they are not talking about small batches, well we have a capacity of about 32,000 liters per day, Dr.

Haas says it will sell its new product only for the cost of ingredients the company is paying for labor; He is even willing to share the production line design in case other companies want to join. The images available online write everything about the critical shortage. of medical supplies could cost lives, more ventilators are needed for patients, while protective equipment is desperately needed for healthcare workers who treat those patients well, some companies are stepping up to do the right thing, you know, Aqua Zanna is changing production in its Quebec factory instead of making jeans. is now purchasing fabric to make hospital gowns.

Canada Goose is shifting some of its production into making medical gowns and gowns and Labatt, after brewing beer for 170 years, now also produces hand sanitizer. This plant north of Montreal has a new product. Bauer hockey says it is now making face shields for healthcare workers who in this crisis are all on the same team, well they have teammates, a group of 3D printers in southern Ontario says it is producing shields to help even that the big manufacturers can increase what we are saying, it's time to come back now, the doctor is appealing to other companies to step forward and call on anyone who can collaborate to fight a common enemy Mike Armstrong Global News Montreal returns home from nine to five below the advantages and peculiarities of working from home we know that you are tired and stressed and that practically everything in your life has changed in a matter of weeks and includes millions of people who now work from home, so We want to end tonight with a lighter look at the dangers and unpredictability of working from home.

Here's Mike Joel, the Cove call is now official. The annual generation is driving us crazy, this father's face screams isolation and if it's not the children, it's our pets, maybe it's the quarantine talking, but I think the cats are up to something, they're always there pawing at something or sitting there. tortuous, it's different with dogs. and all his tail-wagging isolation from him has taught us a lot about ourselves and our fellow spouses' choice of tight white underwear. We've also learned about technology, like turning off cameras sometimes the hard way, and my producer Catherine learning the art of video bombing from her roommate is a lesson she could have learned from this man who rose to fame thanks to his kids and now he's apparently stopped trying to keep them out of his office maybe he knows there's no shelter hey I found you yeah I'm sure working from home will drive us crazy or make us laugh at dumb things like Party rappers B jumping through Jenga or Rita Wilson clearly kids at home are not a problem for celebrities ultralight global news Toronto I think it's the cats who love this the most that's

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global for this Friday I'm Jonah Friesen staying home helped stop the spread just a reminder and we leave you tonight with a little encouragement to take courage that is tragically modern guitars Paul Langlois and his family leading a courage song from their porch we hope you can keep your spirits up thanks for watching take care of yourselves goodbye