Chrystia Freeland makes her way to a ceremony naming her Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Chrystia Freeland in Ottawa, Wednesday November 20, 2019. The Minister of Everything has one more hot potato on her plate. Justin Trudeau has tapped Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland to chair a cabinet committee aimed at co-ordinating the federal government's response to the COVID-19 outbreak. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says she and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have agreed to stay in constant contact in regards to the fate of our shared border and any travel restrictions.
Last night, U-S President Donald Trump announced any foreign nationals who recently spent time in Europe will not be allowed entry, in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Freeland says she stressed Canada's very strong public health care system, and measures being taken to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus.