Health committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Again, I think this is an answer that will involve both a response from me and a response from my colleague at Health Canada. At the federal level, we have been working very closely together with key organizations that are involved in research and developm

Health committee  I will have to confirm, but to the best of my knowledge, we have not had requests from other countries. However, it is possible that my colleague from Global Affairs Canada is aware of other requests made to us.

Health committee  Thank you for the question. As has been raised during previous appearances at the committee, Canada was approached, as were a number of other countries, by China for assistance in the context of China responding to the crisis that was happening in the country. In the context of

Health committee  Mr. Chair, in response to the question, at the federal level we have been working with all of our provincial and territorial partners on the issue of testing within Canada. I think there is broad recognition of the importance of testing and the need to ramp up testing across the

Health committee  Yes. Perhaps I can start and then my colleague from Health Canada can also offer any comments he may have.

Health committee  In relation to the overall strategy, the Government of Canada has a multi-pronged approach. That includes acquiring and contracting suppliers globally that produce the kind of equipment Canada needs.

Health committee  No, and the second—

Health committee  In addition, we have many efforts under way in the federal government to work with local suppliers to do exactly what the member who asked the question was requesting. There are various efforts under way at the industry, science and economic development department, for example, a

Health committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I think this is a question that actually is shared between me and my colleague at Health Canada, in that we've been working very closely together with our provincial and territorial partners as well as other federal organizations to make sure that

Health committee  Let me start again. In the context of the work that is being done at the federal level as well as with the provinces and territories, we've been working for weeks in the context of ensuring that Canada is prepared and equipped to deal with the impact of what may transpire in Ca

Health committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for the opportunity to update the committee on the Public Health Agency of Canada's efforts to respond to the novel coronavirus pandemic in Canada. I will give you a short overview of the situational update. As of this morning there were 719,758

Health committee  Thank you. I think what is very true is that we've worked very closely with our colleagues at the Canada Border Services Agency. In fact, as I was running in here, I had just gotten off the phone with the president of that agency, just to check in to make sure that we are indeed

Health committee  I think that question should be put to our foreign affairs colleagues. I know they chose and applied criteria. However, I don't know which criteria they used to choose the people on the first flight.

Health committee  I will try to answer the question. We are now finalizing protocols with the province of Ontario. Right now, based on our approach, the province is responding in a highly reactive manner, with help from EMAT, the Emergency Medical Assistance Team, an Ontario government resource.

Health committee  Yes, Mr. Chair.