PM Justin Trudeau on Manitoba child care, Ottawa truck protest February 3, 2022

In a virtual news conference, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discusses the federal government’s progress in improving access to child care and early learning in Manitoba. The province is expanding eligibility on February 6 for its subsidy program, which is expected to triple the number of children currently supported in regulated child care spaces. Joining the prime minister are federal ministers Karina Gould (families, children and social development) and Dan Vandal (Prairies Economic Development Canada), as well as Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson and Wayne Ewasko (provincial minister of education and early childhood learning), who take part from Winnipeg. Trudeau faces questions from reporters on whether he would negotiate with protesters or deploy the military to end the ongoing truck demonstration in Ottawa against COVID-19 vaccine mandates.