Oh, and yes, I guess I have some personal news to share:

I can attest: it is a pretty cool job. It really is one of the best TV producing gigs in the business, and it’s been a total privilege and honour of doing it.

Feel free to DM me if you have questions.

If there’s one chart to illustrate today’s staggering unemployment # in Canada:

March’s 1M+ jobs lost was the largest drop in a single month going all the way back to 1976 when StatsCan records began.

Previous record: 124,800 jobs lost in 2009.

cbc.ca/news/business/… #cdnpoli

Expected today
• Industry Canada will 'refocus' to fight COVID-19
• A push for industries to retool to make medical products
• Help existing manufacturers on a supply chain resistant to disruption

From me, Rosemary Barton Vassy Kapelos
@CochraneCBC: cbc.ca/news/politics/…

From me & Rosemary Barton: Canada's response to the coronavirus outbreak is winning unusual praise in China – in news reports in state-run media, messages posted by Chinese citizens online, even official Chinese government statements
cbc.ca/news/politics/… #cdnpoli #cdnfp

❤️

80 years ago this year King George VI officially unveiled the National War Memorial in Ottawa, originally built to mark Canada's sacrifice in the First World War. #CanadaRemembers

To understand a party's election strategy, just follow the leader | CBC News cbc.ca/news/politics/…

Enjoyed every minute! (Whoops, sorry for keeping you past bedtime CBCOttawaMorning)

New from me & Cat Tunney: 'The noise of a ruined friendship between China and Canada will eventually become history,' Lu Shaye said this week. The same envoy who last month said relations hit 'rock bottom' cbc.ca/news/politics/… #cdnpoli #cdnfp #mengwanzhou #g20

Cracking yarn here from Philip Ling and @CBCKatie which kinda confirms what we already suspected (but it's another thing to get the actual receipts)

New from me and @CBCKatie: Beijing ignored a personal attempt by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau earlier this year to arrange a conversation with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang cbc.ca/news/politics/… #cdnpoli #cdnfp