As Saskatchewan announces its plan to slowly reopen its economy, pressure is mounting on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the federal government to reveal plans for restoring economic activity across the country.
Now that Saskatchewan has announced its plan to slowly reopen its economy, pressure is mounting on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the federal government to roll out a strategy for restoring economic activity across the country.
Today, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer called on Trudeau to deliver such a plan.
“Certain provinces have been able to flatten the curve and are now starting to talk about when they may be able to slowly start revising health restrictions over the coming weeks and months,” Scheer said.
“This has raised concerns about a possible patchwork approach across the country. Other countries have released national frameworks. So why hasn’t Canada? Does the federal government have a plan to start revising health restrictions in an orderly fashion when this crisis passes?”
Trudeau said that until Canada gets a vaccine, life here will not return to normal — but in the coming months restrictions will be eased across the country on a province-by-province basis.
Watch: Trudeau asked when Canadians can return to a normal life:
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with reporters including the CBC’s Julie Van Dusen on Thursday. 2:26
“We recognize that different provinces will make different decisions about how and where to start re-starting and re-opening their economies,” Trudeau said Wednesday.
The prime minister expanded on that idea today, saying that provinces and the federal gover