Health committee  I don't believe there is. We're consulting with the Public Health Agency of Canada to coordinate communications. The Japanese student who was incubating measles when she arrived with her tour group became clinically ill and was hospitalized, and the diagnosis of measles was made.

Health committee  Monique, it's up to you.

Health committee  I'm willing to go there, but I want you to talk to this.

Health committee  I would agree with Dr. Douville, and it is the opinion of the public health network and the folk who are working on our Canadian pandemic influenza plan that the Quarantine Act is not going to keep pandemic influenza out of Canada. In all likelihood, the first cases we actually i

Health committee  Answering the same questions? My concern would be that if it did stay in the act, it would have to be acted on, and then, I would say, there could be unintended consequences that could weaken our existing system.

Health committee  I'm sorry. If it were left in the act, I would be concerned that it would then need to be acted upon, with the potential downside of the unintended consequences of weakening the public health system and draining away resources to no benefit. As to whether you might need such a

Health committee  I have consulted only with the public health officials in B.C. who have a responsibility in health areas next to or very close to the border and who would be impacted by this.

Health committee  I think all medical officers in provinces and territories have the abilities within their acts and exceptions within their protection of privacy acts to enable them to make the appropriate communications to other public health officials in other provinces and territories or indee

Health committee  Yes. We're attempting to develop specific and official memoranda of understanding through the public health network, with sign-off by ministers of health at the federal, provincial, and territorial levels so that everybody is very explicitly clear that we have that ability, that

Health committee  Yes. Alaska is included in our meetings.

Health committee  I think, on Dr. Douville-Fradet's proposal, with very specified mechanisms of transportation such as a train, one wouldn't necessarily need to stop it at the border, but then if you had concerns that someone on board that conveyance was ill and needed medical attention, if you ha

Health committee  To the first question, official linkages between British Columbia health officials and health officials of governments outside of Canada would be through PHAC. But in fact, our public health officials at the B.C. Centre for Disease Control do have ongoing relationships with other

Health committee  We would be just as safe without this. I agree with Dr. Douville. As far as erring on the side of caution goes, my concern would be that if we set up a process that had many advance calls to quarantine officers or others, which then required public health professionals to be di

Health committee  Yes.

Health committee  Yes. I could spell my rationale out very simply. I don't think it adds any additional protection to what we currently have, and it has the downside risk of diverting public health resources to an activity that wouldn't have any additional benefit.