And if those younger workers - particularly in the province's important construction sector - can keep away from their parents and grandparents, “then we can start to reopen,” Legault told reporters during his daily news conference.
“We need to ensure that is true,” Legault said, “but the numbers are holding up. It's been a few days now.” Figures released Thursday show Quebec had the largest unemployment rate increase in Canada in March, rising by 3.6 percentage points to 8.1 per cent. Legault said hundreds of thousands of Quebecers are in financial difficulty, and Arruda added that Quebecers cannot expect to eliminate all new infections.
Legault had shut down all businesses deemed “non-essential” in March and after initially considering a reopening in mid-April, extended the order until May 4. Dorval said the business community is concerned authorities want to restart the economy sector by sector, as opposed to taking a broader approach.
Dorval says businesses that cannot always ensure workers and clients maintain a distance of two metres should still be able to open - under certain conditions. Those include equipping employees with protective gear, limiting contact with clients and ensuring all customers maintain adequate distance between themselves, he said.
Reading all this hate and nonsense makes me sick. People are truly and will be traumatized for quite some time. We will try and restart gradually in MAY. You guys can stay home if you want. Nobody will pay for this beside Quebecois, we own and pay for our own healthcare system.
Well that just makes sense....
OMG check their infected numbers. Can’t believe this! Looks like economy is more important than safety...
Yes, for May 2020. Just don't be like asshole Trump and go over board.
Ploy for more federal handouts. No one else in Canada with shred of integrity would do this. These guys are pro extortionists. That just want to keep the federal grant process flowing.
If you want to sacrifice Quebecers then close the borders! No one from Quebec should be allowed to travel anywhere else in Canada. Until they test every single citizen they truly have no idea what 'curve' really is...disgusting!
Pragmatic approach but of course will get scorched by the pandemic pushers.
By “stabilize” they mean how quickly the infection rate is rising, and it IS stabilizing. This is a conversation all countries should be having. Economic ruin isn’t fun, either.
Time to enable Herd immunity.
Why am I reminded of this?
Unbelievable! sure hope the rest of canada closes its borders to residents of Quebec , that province has the highest number of infected people and the most deaths from this virus and they want to reopen the economy 🙄
By 'reopen the economy', do you mean get another cheque from Alberta?
Another good reason why I just cancelled my vacation to Quebec city this summer. I am not willing to play Russian roulette with my life. Enough said!!
Close the borders to Ontario and New Brunswick. Any Quebec resident wanting to come in Ontario or New Brunswick should not be allowed to cross the border.
What could possibly go wrong?
Are you for real? Stabilized Our cases jump so high everyday and our elders are falling like flies and dying and talking about reopening anything? What the hell..
😲 What? They have the highest number of infections in the country. 😲
He sounds like trump.
Seeing that we have the most cases in Canada, we should be very careful before taking this step. Things can get worse very rapidly.
Interesting ideas, not sure how age segregation would work Maybe start planning once you sure to be on the downside of the curve
Open it up!! Open the whole country up and let the chips fall where they may...
ok. Let's not turn the young workers into potential sacrificial workers. Not even BC would consider this! (I hope)
How stupid can you be
More stupid comments from the peanut gallery of Quebec, what a stupid suggestion.
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