Roundup: Addressing the vulnerable

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For his Sunday presser, prime minister Justin Trudeau – once again tieless – made a couple of minor announcements, all related to the vulnerable. He again spoke directly to kids, and said that they were investing more in Kids Help Phone to hire more counsellors because it can be stressful for many to be trapped at home; and then for seniors facing isolation, he spoke about new investments in the New Horizons for Seniors programme. During the Q&A, he also said that he was concerned about how Correctional Services was protecting inmates from COVID-19 and that more announcements were coming, and acknowledged that there were worst-case scenario preparations being made regarding turning hotels, convention centres and arenas into possible field hospitals. He also said that the personal protective equipment arriving from China would be tested to ensure that it met standards, after concerns that equipment sent to the Netherlands didn’t. Finally, he also stated that he would continue to self-isolate for the end of the two-weeks since his wife was symptomatic, while also stating that she has taken the children to the official residence at Harrington Lake now that she’s had a clean bill of health.

During the ministerial presser afterward, Ahmed Hussen spoke about other supports for the charitable sector that they were rolling out, while Dr. Theresa Tam said that the coming week would be a crucial period to see if the physical distancing measures were having an effect.

Good reads:

  • Despite the pandemic, Canadian officials are continuing their quest for a UN Security Council seat – albeit in a slightly different way now.
  • Peter MacKay has been self-isolating after his family went on vacation in Mexico (without him) in early March.

Odds and ends:

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  1. Harper’s I.D.U. colleague Viktor Orbán just made himself a dictator using coronavirus as the cover. The Liberals’ *draft proposal* (leaked in *bad faith* by Harper’s I.D.U. arm in Canada) was not a “power grab”. It was a *draft* to be discussed and negotiated *before* the final bill was tabled. Literally everything the right does is projection, and why they need to be thwarted and disbanded rather than waved off as a legitimate political entity. Why does the media slam Trudeau and pretend that Harper’s real-life SPECTRE group doesn’t exist? I suppose the answer can be found in a quote from a “conservative media operative” of years past:

    “Always accuse your enemy of that which you are guilty.” -Joseph Goebbels

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