Health committee  It was generally the case back in January that the guidance and advice was in fact evolving. We were in fact the first country to mandate face coverings throughout the air journey—

Health committee  Thank you. I'll start the answer and then I'll turn it over to one of my colleagues who is far more proficient. I think it's important to note that the aviation industry, as I mentioned before, is heavily regulated in Canada to ensure the strongest safety measures are in place t

Health committee  That's a powerful email. I had similar discussions with my family at the end of January. We worked very closely with Labour Canada, Health Canada and labour unions to assess, through all those lenses that you've identified, the situation for key transportation workers in Canada

Health committee  There was never a situation where any of us felt, or I felt.... I never felt pressured. It was about trying to provide the best advice through task hazard analyses, working with the labour program and with provinces and territories, and ensuring that employees were provided the b

Health committee  That's a difficult question for me to answer. I really don't know what kinds of disciplinary processes an individual employer would have.

Health committee  I would say a few things. One, as I mentioned before, there's the work we've done in trying to create a multi-layered system. Two, there's what we've relied on in terms of advice from other aviation authorities as well. Third, our advice and direction and guidance will continue a

Health committee  This advice was taken in concert with our engagement with the International Civil Aviation Organization and a number of agencies around the world, including what we had seen from our advice here internally to civil aviation medicine. We work closely with the Public Health Agency

Health committee  Mr. Chair, the temperature thermal screeners, and I'll turn to my colleagues, I don't believe have been purchased yet. In fact, the purchase price will depend on the device being purchased, but they have not been purchased yet, to my knowledge.

Health committee  I don't know for certain, Mr. Chair, but it very well could have been used by the airline at that time.

Health committee  I'll say that we believe that temperature screening is one of myriad different measures that can be used and implemented in the aviation sector to ensure we're doing all we can to prevent—

Health committee  Mr. Chair, I believe it was Mr. Doherty who asked for that information previously, and we undertook to provide that. I'm happy to do that. Again, I must stress that we see the temperature screen and the proper standard operating procedures for its use as being one measure among

Health committee  They are not required, Mr. Chair, to wear masks at this time.

Health committee  I will note, Mr. Chair, just for additional context, that masks are requested to be worn in the measures we took where physical distancing is simply not possible or not practical. In the passenger rail sector—and really, that's VIA, for all intents and purposes—the volumes have b

Health committee  I'll start an answer and then turn it over to one of my colleagues, who have been working very closely with this sector on exactly these types of issues. I'll say that it's clearly recognized that on an airplane physical distancing is a challenge. Consequently, that's why we put

Health committee  I will start off the answer, and then I'll turn it over to my colleague Ms. Nixon. It's very important that the health checks be overseen by Transport Canada's oversight process. On the privacy of individual passengers, it's crucial that we maintain not only the safety of the e