Thank you.
Mr. Latimer, at his appearance before this committee on April 14, Dr. Amir Attaran said the following:
Scientists need transparent data on the disease from every province to make mathematically and medically accurate disease models and forecasts. We're not there, because the provinces hold the data, and sharing it with the Public Health Agency of Canada is optional. They have no legal obligation to share. Then, even more foolishly, the Public Health Agency of Canada censors the data before it's disclosed to scientists, probably to avoid embarrassing certain provinces.
Can you confirm if PHAC has engaged in the practice of removing information from the provincial and territorial COVID-19 data disclosed to scientists through Statistics Canada?