Transport committee  That interview with Lorraine Simpson was directly in response to the McMaster HealthLabs study, the arrival testing, but certainly there is a potential role for pre-departure testing as well. There are pros and cons to that for sure, Mr. Chair.

Transport committee  Thank you, Chair, for the question. I do fully agree that this has been a significant challenge for everyone—all Canadians. I don't think anyone is to blame, per se, for the pandemic. It really just happened. We were fortunate in that we had already developed a partnership with

Transport committee  We were reviewing our pandemic checklist. Part of that pandemic checklist is a review of what supplies are required and what inventory we had at that time.

Transport committee  It's not a single individual in any large organization like ours. It takes an entire team. It was the entire team, including our vice-president of corporate safety and our corporate safety team as well, who got together to discuss these issues and to review what was the best evid

Transport committee  Air Canada has always been a strong advocate of testing. I feel that we've been a world leader, quite frankly, in this area in advocating testing as a means of mitigating the pandemic and the risk of importation of infected COVID passengers. Similar to my colleague, Mr. Gibbons,

Health committee  Mr. Chair, thank you for the question. That is a very good question, and it does take a bit of a dissertation, so I apologize for a bit of a lengthy answer here. In flight, the cabin air typically will be a 50-50 mix of bleed air through the engine and recirculated air through t

Health committee  No, I think you've covered it pretty well, Ferio. Certainly, just to reiterate, we've instituted a multi-layered approach and are also handing out all those non-pharmaceuticals for intervention, such as masks, the hand sanitizer and the wipes, as well as other measures, includin

Health committee  I can respond to that. As I said earlier in a previous response, Mr. Chair, there is no manual for this outbreak. We've been learning as we go along, and the manual is literally being written. The data and the science have evolved over time, to the point that it is strongly supp

Health committee  This whole COVID-19 has been somewhat confusing, essentially. Literally, we're on month six, and I remember when it started. I was on a beach somewhere when I got my first notification from BlueDot about this potential SARS-like outbreak in Wuhan. It has evolved at lightspeed, a

Health committee  Maybe I'll take that question. We recognize that there are multiple points throughout the travel journey, not only here but internationally, where there may be periods when one is unable to maintain social distancing. That's why there's a multi-layered approach to—

Health committee  I apologize, Mr. Chair. That's why we advocate and why all the expert guidance has been on a multi-layered approach, recognizing that there are periods when one will perhaps be unable to maintain social distancing, hence the other non-pharmaceutical interventions, such as hand h

Health committee  These are just my thoughts on that. Firstly, at the initial outbreak of this pandemic, there was not a lot of information, unfortunately. We're learning as we go along, quite frankly. Where we are now with the knowledge of COVID-19, its pathogenesis, essentially its incubation pe

Health committee  Thank you for your question. I will answer it in English. What I can say is that we have taken every measure possible to mitigate the risk of acquiring COVID throughout the entire journey. This includes the process of checking through the airport; the wearing of a mask, even at

Health committee  Sure. Could you just clarify that question? Do you mean the provision of PPE for our crew?

Health committee  Specifically, did the government provide us with PPE? Is that the question?