Transport committee  Certainly Canada has been very good on the international front, but Covax is interesting, because it was just...I was going to use the words “cobbled together”, but those are probably not the most appropriate terms. It's through an alliance with the WHO and Gavi, which is a big i

Transport committee  That's a great point. The short answer is I don't know. I just don't know, because we don't actually know yet about.... What we do know about these vaccines is that to date if someone gets the vaccine they're much less likely to have symptomatic COVID-19, significantly less likel

Transport committee  I could take a quick stab at that. I think the important thing to consider here is what we have available now, but that's rapidly evolving too, like inexpensive, easy to use, rapid screening tests. They're not diagnostic tests; they're screening tests. They are cheap, easy, poi

Transport committee  No. What I was mentioning before is that we're really looking for multiple tiers of protection, and the rapid test is just one of many levels of protection there. It will certainly provide incremental safety, but by itself, it's not going to be the saviour and make airline travel

Transport committee  Absolutely. For rapid testing, I think we're just using that as an umbrella term. There are certain products available and there are going to be more that are going to come onto the market soon. We have to remember that the goal here is not to detect infection. We're trying to

Transport committee  Yes, I would certainly agree with that. I can go on, if you would like. Yes, as for the the flight itself, you certainly can transmit on an airplane. There have been credible cases of COVID-19 being transmitted on planes. We have to come away from this acknowledging that. It's

Transport committee  Sure. There are a couple of things to note. I helped with those IATA recommendations. A lot of those were conjured up in March in Singapore, which was my last trip before everything shut down, so I'm aware of those and I think they're pretty strong because there was broad consul

Transport committee  That shouldn't be a problem at all. Let's start with immunity passports. I think we need to poll the Canadian public, because there are very polarizing thoughts on this. I can certainly see some benefits and obviously some clear drawbacks, and especially some major equity issues

Transport committee  It's the lighting.

Transport committee  Thank you so much. Thank you very much for the invitation to speak at the House of Commons Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the aviation sector. I don't have a ton of time, so I'm going to jump right in. Let's

Justice committee  Those are both great points. The first issue is why the four to six months? Essentially, the medications are reducing the burden of HIV in an individual from a lot to a tiny, tiny amount. Essentially the four to six months basically ensures that someone is continuing to take the

Justice committee  The answer is that we obviously have several barriers to appropriate HIV care that are preventing diagnosis, treatment and prevention. This is but one of several barriers. Changing the Criminal Code would eliminate some of these barriers and would really send a message to people

Justice committee  I certainly would like to echo those last statements. The criminalization of HIV permeates multiple aspects of the Criminal Code, and then there are additional issues, such as criminalization of sex work and drug consumption. Again, we're working with many individuals affected by

Justice committee  I practised.

Justice committee  Good morning everybody. My name is Isaac Bogoch. I'm an infectious disease and HIV physician and researcher based out of the Toronto General Hospital and University of Toronto. Thank you very much for inviting me to appear before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice