Thank you, Mr. Chair.
It's unfortunate that Dr. Tam couldn't join us today. I know we were expecting her. It was a last-minute change to the agenda. We're hoping that doesn't preclude her from coming back to future meetings if we see fit.
She made a statement the other day on CTV, when she was asked about whether we should shut down our borders. I am hoping, Dr. Njoo, that you'll be able to answer this. She stated that the more countries are infected, the less effective and feasible it is to close our borders.
I am curious if this is some sort of admittance that the government should have shut down the borders when China was—from what we understood at the time—the only country that was heavily infected.