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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a series of new measures Friday to protect Canadians from COVID-19, including a strategy to help manufacturers rapidly ramp up production of medical supplies and a plan to bar asylum seekers from crossing the Canada-U.S. border.
Trudeau called the measures unprecedented and necessary during an emergency that many are comparing to wartime and the Great Depression.
Trudeau said the industrial strategy will allow companies already making sanitizers, masks another other equipment to scale up quickly, while mobilizing others to shift production to items that are in high demand.
The federal government has a reciprocal agreement with the U.S. through which Canada will now be returning irregular migrants who attempt to cross anywhere at the Canada-U.S. border. Trudeau called it an "exceptional measure" to protect Canadians.
Trudeau also announced a repatriation flight to bring home Canadians stranded in Morocco will take place this weekend. Talks are underway with airlines for other repatriation flights.
CBC News has special coverage of Trudeau's address to the nation, followed by a news conference with cabinet ministers and health officials beginning at 11 a.m. Watch it here on CBCNews.ca.
In addition, sources say, almost every program within the Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development will be "refocused" on fighting the virus. The sources spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not permitted to speak publicly.
Trudeau called the measures unprecedented and necessary during an emergency that many are comparing to wartime and the Great Depression.
Trudeau said the industrial strategy will allow companies already making sanitizers, masks another other equipment to scale up quickly, while mobilizing others to shift production to items that are in high demand.
The federal government has a reciprocal agreement with the U.S. through which Canada will now be returning irregular migrants who attempt to cross anywhere at the Canada-U.S. border. Trudeau called it an "exceptional measure" to protect Canadians.
Trudeau also announced a repatriation flight to bring home Canadians stranded in Morocco will take place this weekend. Talks are underway with airlines for other repatriation flights.
CBC News has special coverage of Trudeau's address to the nation, followed by a news conference with cabinet ministers and health officials beginning at 11 a.m. Watch it here on CBCNews.ca.
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In addition, sources say, almost every program within the Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development will be "refocused" on fighting the virus. The sources spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not permitted to speak publicly.
