Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Dr. Attaran, I would like to explore the federal government's powers a bit more, specifically the Emergencies Act.
Section 3 of the Emergencies Act defines a national emergency as “an urgent and critical situation of a temporary nature that...seriously endangers the lives, health or safety of Canadians and is of such proportions or nature as to exceed the capacity or authority of a province to deal with it” and one that “cannot be effectively dealt with under any other law of Canada.”
Given what you have said about Alberta, and I think some of those comments may apply equally to Ontario, would you say that this definition of national emergency is triggered by the current COVID crisis?