Evidence of meeting #8 for Procedure and House Affairs in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was election.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Liberal
Kirsty Duncan Liberal Etobicoke North, ON
Thank you so much.
Were there outbreaks in any other congregate settings during the election, yes or no, please?
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Chief Medical Health Officer, Ministry of Health, Government of Saskatchewan
Not in congregate settings, but outbreaks in small clusters were happening.
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Liberal
Kirsty Duncan Liberal Etobicoke North, ON
Thank you.
Did you have guidance for other congregate settings, please?
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Chief Medical Health Officer, Ministry of Health, Government of Saskatchewan
Yes, we had it for personal care homes.
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Liberal
Kirsty Duncan Liberal Etobicoke North, ON
Could that information be tabled with the committee, please?
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Chief Medical Health Officer, Ministry of Health, Government of Saskatchewan
Yes.
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Liberal
Kirsty Duncan Liberal Etobicoke North, ON
Thank you so much.
I'm wondering if you could table with the committee the range of coronavirus cases and the average number of new daily cases for Saskatoon, Regina and Prince Albert, please.
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Chief Medical Health Officer, Ministry of Health, Government of Saskatchewan
Yes.
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Liberal
Kirsty Duncan Liberal Etobicoke North, ON
We know that in a community, you don't have the same level of positive tests. Did you see a range in a community of positive testing, yes or no?
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Chief Medical Health Officer, Ministry of Health, Government of Saskatchewan
Yes.
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Liberal
Kirsty Duncan Liberal Etobicoke North, ON
Thank you.
I was really interested in the IPAC specialists. To whom did the IPAC specialists report, please?
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Chief Medical Health Officer, Ministry of Health, Government of Saskatchewan
To Elections Saskatchewan, but they were linked to medical health officers and environmental health consultants in my office.
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Liberal
Kirsty Duncan Liberal Etobicoke North, ON
Could you provide what the organization chart looked like and the roles and responsibilities of the IPAC specialists, please?
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Chief Medical Health Officer, Ministry of Health, Government of Saskatchewan
Yes.
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Liberal
Kirsty Duncan Liberal Etobicoke North, ON
Thank you very much. I'm grateful.
I will go to Dr. Russell.
During the election, what was the range of coronavirus cases that you had in New Brunswick? What was the average number of new daily cases? Could you table that with the committee, please?
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Chief Medical Officer of Health, Ministry of Health, Government of New Brunswick
Yes, I can.
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Chief Medical Officer of Health, Ministry of Health, Government of New Brunswick
Are you going to be submitting these in writing? I'm not taking notes, but I can take notes.
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Chief Medical Officer of Health, Ministry of Health, Government of New Brunswick
Okay, great.
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Liberal
Kirsty Duncan Liberal Etobicoke North, ON
During the election, what was the range of coronavirus cases you had, and what was the average number of daily cases, for example, for Moncton, Saint John and Fredericton? Would you be willing to table that with the committee?
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Chief Medical Officer of Health, Ministry of Health, Government of New Brunswick
Yes.
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Liberal
Kirsty Duncan Liberal Etobicoke North, ON
Thank you.
I have one last question for you both. You are both so gracious.
Dr. Shahab, you talked about contact tracing and signing in. Would you be worried in a location where you may be doing the contacts but there is no contact tracing happening in the city?
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Chief Medical Health Officer, Ministry of Health, Government of Saskatchewan
We work with local public health, so we would not expect that to be the situation. It has not arisen so far.