Canada-China Relations committee  In terms of the discussions we have had with the Chinese authorities in regard to the evacuation plans, these discussions have been constructive. We have been working. They have issued visas for our team. We are working through the details of some of the complex family situations

Canada-China Relations committee  In the cases of members of Parliament, we do work directly in some cases. When families provide consent for members of Parliament to act on their behalf, we'll engage to the extent that families allow.

Canada-China Relations committee  We're engaged in discussions with the Government of China about what restrictions they're placing on the evacuation operations. I'm not in a position to comment about where those discussions will end, but we are making some progress, and we will continue to work on this.

Canada-China Relations committee  From the perspective of the Privacy Act, in order to protect the individual in question, it would not be advisable for us to comment on the strategies for any particular case. What I will say is that we are working very intensively for the safe return of Michael Kovrig and Micha

Canada-China Relations committee  In terms of the consular services we can provide to people who are arbitrarily detained—and we call this case an arbitrary detention because of the timing of it, because of the decision to order Mr. Schellenberg's retrial, because of the public comments that were made by China's

Canada-China Relations committee  I'm not going to speak to the views of others, Mr. Chair.

Canada-China Relations committee  I can only speak to the consular approach that we are taking on the ground, and I can assure you that we're working very intensively through channels at all levels of government.

Canada-China Relations committee  The Government of Canada is deeply concerned by the credible reports of detention and family separation of Uighurs in China, which run counter to China's human rights obligations. We've urged the Chinese authorities to release those who are detained. In the case of Mr. Celil, we

Canada-China Relations committee  The situation in Wuhan was first raised just over a week ago, with the imposition of quite severe quarantine restrictions on a large province. The Chinese government imposed these measures in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus. With the imposition of those measures,

Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Members of the Special Committee on Canada-China Relations, I'm very pleased to appear before the committee today to provide a briefing on consular services, with a particular focus on the People's Republic of China. My name is Heather Jeffrey. I

Health committee  At the moment, we don't have any such cases, but we're alert to them. The Government of China has a policy of trying to contain this virus through quarantine and through exit controls around provinces and cities. For example, if an individual is found at screening to be symptom

Health committee  In terms of the consular response, we've not received any reports that I'm aware of on human rights concerns. People have informed us that they are subject to general restrictions amongst the population in terms of their ability to leave and depart Hubei province. The calls we'v

Health committee  Do you mean in terms of the numbers of calls that we receive?

Health committee  I don't have the exact numbers here.

Health committee  We receive thousands and thousands of calls. We have 50 people receiving calls on a 24-7 basis, and they're busy.