Very early on in our process we make use of our federal, provincial and territorial mechanisms. As early as December 31, our chief public health officer, Dr. Tam, engaged with the Canadian council of chief medical officers of health. In addition, as part of our federal-provincial-territorial response plan for biological events, we put in place very early on a special advisory committee, and they've been meeting regularly, two or three times a week, since January with a very effective sharing of information.
Noting the different timelines in which public health measures came on board in the provinces, there was very great sharing across the table in terms of the consistency of the public health measures that were needed for provinces and territories to work co-operatively, recognizing that infectious diseases don't respect borders, international or provincial.
In terms of receiving information, to the extent of discussing how we would define active cases and the amount of information necessary for us to accurately reflect Canada's situation, I would say information sharing from the provinces was quite strong and started quite early.