Health committee  Statistics Canada can do the same, too. They could build the system inside of about a couple of weeks, I'm told, but they need the mandate from cabinet. That is what's missing. There you go.

Health committee  I will just add one last thing to this. There was a time in this country when the federal government did provide a contract to somebody to develop such an epidemic data reporting system. It was given to IBM Canada. The system did not function, and they are the same ones who are b

Health committee  My grade is a C-minus or a D. And there is retaliation, yes. Since the last time I appeared in front of this committee, and was negative about some of those efforts, I was asked to join a grant application with people from PHAC. I understand they said they wouldn't participate un

Health committee  Sure. Third, sign an accord with the provinces on co-operating throughout this pandemic. In Australia, the prime minister and the premiers signed a COVID accord on March 13, and the Vikings have killed this thing. Those Australian Vikings have put it down. It’s unbelievable th

Health committee  Thank you. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for having me back at the health committee. I hope you've been well.

Health committee  I'm sorry, I forgot that. Let's start over.

Health committee  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for having me back at the health committee. I hope you've been well and that your families have been keeping safe. When we last met, Canada was in a full lockdown, and I strove to explain how we might get out of it. I offered a

Health committee  Of course. Here is the model, which has been posted on the Internet while we've been speaking. I'll provide a link to the clerk. I'll also provide my personal phone number so that any of you who want to reach me later can do so without going through anyone, but please don't share

Health committee  Doctor, what I said during my testimony was there's just no chance of a vaccine coming this year. What there is a chance of is a drug coming out of the types of clinical trials that Dr. Strong just described. Yes, they have to be large trials. Yes, they have to be well designed.

Health committee  Dr. Kitchen, thank you. It's an excellent question. It's one that we need to think about. At some point, although that is not now, this country will have widespread ability to test people who were infected and either developed antibodies or not to the virus. We hope that those

Health committee  You're absolutely right. I'm not saying any of this is easy, nor am I saying that an antibody test will give 100% accurate results. It will give false negatives and false positives which, depending on the context, can be problematic. What I am saying is that use of a person's i

Health committee  You are right, sir. Your colleague from the Conservative Party said that we cannot simply give $1,500 to farmers to manage it all. That is impossible. When I say resources, I am talking about technical resources, not just money.

Health committee  Could you repeat your question, please? I lost audio for five seconds.

Health committee  Thank you for your question. I agree with you almost entirely. We know very well that farmers, for example, dairy farmers, are not public health experts. That is obvious. If we put the onerous task of managing the quarantine onto the backs of farmers, there will almost certainly

Health committee  Sorry, since a remark was addressed to me, could I please answer, Mr. Chair?