Mr. Chair, I'll be sharing my time with the member of Parliament for Miramichi—Grand Lake.
First of all, on behalf of the constituents of Surrey Centre, I want to express my heartfelt condolences to the people of Nova Scotia. We all pray for you during this very difficult time.
It's an honour to speak and ask a question in Canada's first virtual Parliament in a time that is unprecedented in our history.
My riding of Surrey Centre had many constituents travelling abroad when the COVID-19 pandemic began to escalate globally. Specifically, we had many individuals stuck in Peru, India, Pakistan and the Philippines. My office has dealt with requests from hundreds of concerned constituents who were trying to get home or trying to help their loved ones get home after the country they were in or travelling to limited internal movement, closed its borders and restricted airspace to commercial flights.
The federal government has taken unprecedented action in this time to negotiate access to locked-down countries and reach Canadians and bring them home. I want to thank the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, their team and consular staff around the world for undertaking the largest repatriation effort in Canada's history.
My team and I are so appreciative of your quick replies to our inquiries and the inquiries of my constituents. You have been working around the clock, and we are so grateful for your efforts.
Can the minister please update us on how many Canadians have been repatriated over the last few weeks?