Public Safety committee  Thank you. It's a pleasure for us to be here. We had been advised that based on the minister's statement at the opening, we wouldn't need to give an opening monologue, if you will, in terms of our participation today. But Mr. Christiansen and I are very pleased to be here to add

Health committee  From the onset of the situation, we began to explore and work with the Public Health Agency of Canada on what measures we needed to put in place both at the land-air borders and at Roxham Road. We began to introduce measures to effect the screening of all individuals, as request

Health committee  We work very closely with the United States. I'm in contact with my American counterpart. We have very similar screening processes for travellers arriving at the border. When they enter the United States, they are subject to the same screening measures. One of the reasons why we

Health committee  No.

Health committee  Officers at land border crossings have the same information as those working in airports, but they weren't given a mandate to put the screening question to travellers. Their information comes from the Public Health Agency of Canada. We work with our American counterparts to ensu

Health committee  I'm not sure the number is actually 37, but there were 18 individuals nationwide. That includes the new airports added on Saturday, where passengers are being asked the screening question. These are people who were referred to the Public Health Agency of Canada, which made the ap

Health committee  Those were people who indicated that they were—

Health committee  —in Hubei province, not—

Health committee  That's correct. That represents 37 cases, but 18 is the number of cases in which—

Health committee  We follow the guidelines that the Public Health Agency of Canada gives us. That hasn't been deemed necessary at this time. Transport Canada advised the airlines that they must make sure pilots and cabin crew notify us if someone appears to experience symptoms during the flight. T

Health committee  Not as of now, no.

Health committee  This isn't new territory for us. It's what we do every day; we were doing it even before the crisis emerged. Our officers are always on the lookout, so that they're ready to respond. Right now, we are in the midst of planning to determine the steps to take in the event of an out

Health committee  I can't speak with absolute authority, but I know that our screening officers, under the Quarantine Act, can refer someone to a quarantine officer under PHAC. The individuals must wait until they've been dealt with by that quarantine officer, and only at that time can they depart

Health committee  There are two components to this. One is that there are the areas for which we are responsible, so we've equipped our officers with the necessary materials to be able to disinfect the surfaces. If you think of a standard PIL booth, the desks, if you go to immigration or what we c

Health committee  I can take that one. Absolutely. We have put out a couple of products for our officers that go to all officers at all ports of entry to raise their awareness. One is an occupational health and safety bulletin about how to take the proper precautions in the event you come across