PM Trudeau on Support for SMEs, Response to Ukraine Crisis – March 3, 2022

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes questions from reporters in Ottawa after announcing the launch of the Canada Digital Adoption Program, a $4-billion investment aimed at accelerating the digital transformation of small and medium enterprises through grants and loans. The federal government announced this program in its 2021 budget. The prime minister is joined at the news conference by Mary Ng, the federal minister of export promotion, small business and economic development, and Isabelle Hudon, CEO of the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC). He also announces that Canada is joining allies in calling on Russia to be expelled from the international policing agency INTERPOL, and responds to questions about Canada's response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He is asked about possible compensation for Canadian companies affected by sanctions against Russia and whether Russia should be expelled from the G20. (no interpretation)