Madam Chair, I cannot answer this question fully because part of it pertains to the mandate of the Public Health Agency. I know that you have regular briefing sessions with its officials, and it would be more appropriate to direct the public health questions to Dr. Butler-Jones or other officials from this agency.
What I can tell you is that in a federation where responsibilities regarding health and public health are shared between the provinces and the territories, our objective is to provide better coordination in a pandemic situation.
We are trying to improve our coordination by holding various meetings. For example, there are weekly meetings between the chief medical officers of health and the Chief Public Health Officer of the Public Health Agency of Canada. In addition, there are regular teleconferences between the health deputy ministers in all of the jurisdictions in the country. One of the main goals is to coordinate activities as well as possible.