Today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc held the seventeenth call with Canada’s provincial and territorial premiers to discuss their shared response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Building on the strong federal, provincial, and territorial collaboration that led to the Safe Restart Agreement, First Ministers discussed provincial and territorial efforts to re-open schools for the fall. They reaffirmed the need to ensure a safe and secure return to class for students and staff, and to minimize future surges in cases of COVID-19.

First Ministers agreed on the need to coordinate their efforts closely moving forward and reiterated their support for the Team Canada approach to fighting COVID-19.

Associated links

• Joint Communiqué – Safe Restart Agreement
• Prime Minister releases joint statement by First Ministers for restarting the economy