Health committee  I wouldn't have specific information in terms of how many have been done. Part of the processes do involve, as I mentioned earlier, some of the other jurisdictions from local health units as well as other requirements that are in place. That type of information isn't something th

Health committee  No. Correct. Sorry if I misled. What I'm trying to indicate is that it's part of a process that we're working on, primarily led by PHAC. It has been doing a number of inspections. The indications we have so far, in terms of what has been done, is that fairly minor difficulties

Health committee  Thank you for the question. I'll attempt an answer and then see if my colleague Mr. Seppey wants to add anything. I don't think I'd be in a position to make a comparison between the two different streams of funding for different types of initiatives or programs and how the gove

Health committee  —priority. What I can say is that they are to serve different outcomes and objectives.

Health committee  Thank you for the question. Again, it's not under the purview of our department, but I do know this is one of the areas that is currently being looked at as the situation is unfolding. As well, from what I understand in terms of the virtual inspections, they are by video, in wh

Health committee  Thank you for the question. Unfortunately, I'm not in a position to be able to provide details as to those specific cases as they don't fall under the purview of our department.

Health committee  I don't have those numbers either. We have been having conversations, particularly with the provinces, to try to gather that information, but even at the provincial level there has been some difficulty to pull the information together because it comes from the local health units

Health committee  We could look to get that information to the committee. Again, I would just say with a caveat that it will depend on the kind of information that we can get from the municipal to the provincial level. We've started those conversations already to try to get a handle on those numbe

Health committee  I don't have that information, but that is something we can look to get back to you on as well. It would be related to the same type of information gathering.

Health committee  Off the top of my head, I don't have those specifics, but I do know that the Mexicans want, above all, to avoid farms where workers have tested positive for COVID-19. It's fair to say that the program is currently on hold, but the Mexican government's intentions are to continue a

Health committee  Thank you for your question, Mr. Desilets. Certainly, it's a very complicated issue. Although the program doesn't really fall under the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food, we are working closely with our counterparts in other departments, as well as our provincial and munic

Health committee  I would say the responsibility is shared among the different levels of government and farmers, depending on the issue in question. Health matters on regional farms fall, first and foremost, under the jurisdiction of regional and provincial health authorities, so it's important th

Health committee  Again, thank you for your question, Mr. Desilets. We are currently in talks with the Mexicans to determine what we need to do to meet their conditions. We are also talking to other departments, since ours isn't the only one involved. There is no doubt that the Mexican government

Health committee  Go ahead, Frédéric.

Health committee  We have received indication that it certainly has been helping. A large amount of the funds has been distributed out to major food bank organizations and has gotten out to smaller organizations across the country as well. I don't currently have data in terms of to what degree al