There were two main reasons why Prime Minister Justin Trudeau went to an Ottawa-area brewery this morning.

He wanted to highlight the fact that the Big Rig Brewery re-tooled to produce hand sanitizer and to point out that it has used the federal wage subsidy to re-hire workers.

Trudeau has been urging businesses to take advantage of that program.

And he says thanks to the brewery and other companies, Canada has almost reached the point of being self-sufficient in terms of producing personal protective equipment needed in the fight against COVID-19.

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