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International Trade committee Yes, absolutely. We've taken as many measures as we can to work with local stakeholders to really promote the ArriveCAN app, the requirements at the border, and to analyze how we can do the passage as safely as possible for the travellers and our folks. We are heavily engaged r
June 15th, 2022Committee meeting
Denis Vinette
International Trade committee People have to comply with the requirements. We have recently become more flexible. That said, from the beginning, we have been helping as many people as possible complete their applications when they arrive. If a traveller is quarantined in certain circumstances, there are reso
June 15th, 2022Committee meeting
Denis Vinette
International Trade committee At this time, there has not been. This is purely the vehicle by which we capture the health requirements at the border, so it's tied very closely to the ongoing orders in council.
June 15th, 2022Committee meeting
Denis Vinette
International Trade committee I would have to double-check in regard to each individual release, but consistently throughout—and I see Marie-Hélène nodding—we have been engaged with them.
June 15th, 2022Committee meeting
Denis Vinette
International Trade committee I will have to take that one back. I've had the pleasure of riding that bus to a Tigers' game, so I know what you're talking about, but I'd be happy to bring that back to the committee with a more fulsome answer.
June 15th, 2022Committee meeting
Denis Vinette
International Trade committee —and we had to ask all the questions—
June 15th, 2022Committee meeting
Denis Vinette
International Trade committee That is a fair statement. That was how it was actually being administered in the early days back in April 2020 when the measures came into force.
June 15th, 2022Committee meeting
Denis Vinette
International Trade committee Absolutely. As Canadians were coming back to Canada in March 2020, into April and May of 2020, it would take anywhere from five to seven minutes to process an individual. We had to ask all of the questions in a land border environment and each officer capture it for each individu
June 15th, 2022Committee meeting
Denis Vinette
International Trade committee Absolutely.
June 15th, 2022Committee meeting
Denis Vinette
International Trade committee Yes. Depending on the complexity of the travelling party, 45 seconds is a low-end average for individual travellers as well as the commercial trucking sector.
June 15th, 2022Committee meeting
Denis Vinette
International Trade committee That is fair.
June 15th, 2022Committee meeting
Denis Vinette
International Trade committee Perhaps I'll invite my colleague to competently answer, but we support all travellers, especially on arrival. We do recognize instances, and the orders in council do account for some instances where individuals have been unable to provide it for various reasons. Perhaps Marie-Hé
June 15th, 2022Committee meeting
Denis Vinette
International Trade committee Undoubtedly, the processing of travellers today with the health measures and the health requirements does take additional time as compared with the time pre-COVID. We had been on a journey to modernize how we deal with travellers at the border for some time using technology. That
June 15th, 2022Committee meeting
Denis Vinette
International Trade committee The processing—
June 15th, 2022Committee meeting
Denis Vinette
International Trade committee There are two parts to the answer. First, for the trucking community, which in Fort Erie at the Ambassador Bridge is a large group, our processing time for trucks remains the same as it was previously, and they've submitted their ArriveCAN information. They're able to cross with
June 15th, 2022Committee meeting
Denis Vinette