Thank you, Madam Chair.
Good morning, everyone. I thank the witnesses for being here.
My first question is for the representatives of the Public Health Agency of Canada.
I would like to talk about airport screening. I have a report in front of me from your website that has some pretty disturbing numbers. In two weeks, from April 5 to 17, 117 international flights that landed in Canada had people on board who were infected with COVID-19 or COVID-19 variants. Thus, it can be estimated that a few hundred infected individuals arrived in the country as a result.
Can you explain to me how it is that infected people could have been on 117 planes that landed in Canada, when all passengers are, in principle, required to provide a negative test before takeoff?