Federal officials stressed the dangers to long-term care residents and Indigenous communities if COVID-19 restrictions are lifted too quickly after projections in Quebec painted a dire picture of the potential cost.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday he is "very worried" about residents of Montreal -- the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada -- where the province is preparing to loosen confinement measures despite a rash of fatal outbreaks at nursing homes.
Long-term care residents account for more than 80 per cent of deaths caused by the virus across Canada despite making up only one in five cases, chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said Saturday. Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller said outbreaks of COVID-19 in First Nations communities may have been delayed because of their remoteness, but the government needs to remain vigilant in the future.
NDP MP Niki Ashton criticized Miller after the government sent medical tents to the First Nations community of Pukatawagan in northern Manitoba that "weren't requested," calling the move "paternalistic." "They're dying in indignity in vast numbers. And that will continue if there are measures that are relaxed too soon. That is the scientific conclusion," Miller said.
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