That's a whole topic that the committee might be interested in having more fulsome detail on. But just to give you the 40,000-foot level on that, we have a national pandemic plan that has been recently reviewed and renewed. That plan is consistent with the international health regulations of the World Health Organization, so we fit like a hand in a glove with the international requirements.
We have a continental initiative with our partners in the United States of America and Mexico to make sure we know what everybody's doing and that we react in a concerted fashion that will assist us in keeping our borders open, for instance, in the event of a pandemic.
All of these initiatives are taking place. They then funnel down to the pandemic planning by each province and territory, and you probably see it in your local public health unit in their pandemic planning. So all of this has been integrated. This is relatively new for Canada. I've been spending a lot of time, because of my experience during the SARS outbreaks in Ontario, on the need for more communication, more planning, and more testing before an event. When you're in the middle of an event you won't have the time to test whether it's right or wrong; you have to act.
These are all things that are going on. This Friday I'll be in Toronto for the largest emergency response exercise in Canada's history. You'll probably be seeing some media on that. There are at least 900 participants who will be participating in this emergency response exercise.
These are the kinds of things we're doing that I believe will help us deal with the pandemic when it occurs.