Procedure and House Affairs committee  I believe it is possible. I believe we have examples of that happening in several jurisdictions across the country.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would not like to see us create circumstances that would facilitate the further transmission of COVID-19, but I don't necessarily believe that an election per se would create those circumstances. We are in a very different place on the road now than we were back then, and we ar

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm not sure if I'm appointed or not, but I am an executive with the Public Health Agency of Canada and I've been in a range of positions there since 2009. I joined at the time of the H1N1 pandemic, so it's come full circle.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I am not sure, but I think I might be as good as it gets.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Dr. Tam briefs the Prime Minister and the cabinet on a regular basis. I'm not privy to what is said in those meetings. I can tell you that if Dr. Tam were posed the question, I'm confident that she would be very careful, as Dr. Henry has alluded to, in terms of outlining and prov

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I have to tell you, it strikes me as more of a logistical challenge from an Elections Canada point of view, but in light of the preparedness work they have done, in light of the experience that has been gained in a couple of by-elections in Toronto and by our provincial colleague

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would say that we expect our public leaders, our public politicians, our MPs, our elected officials to always, whenever possible, exemplify the kinds of behaviours that we are encouraging Canadians to take.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I am appearing on behalf of the Public Health Agency of Canada, which would be Dr. Tam as well.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Certainly, I believe we can share some of the chronology of engagement. It has been ongoing. There are formal engagement meetings, and then there are numerous calls and informal consultations. But sure, we will do our best on that. In terms of advice provided, I would say that

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The COVID Alert app is one tool in our tool box, one additional measure we have implemented in an attempt to reach out and increase the number of people who may be aware that they've been unknowingly exposed. It certainly has areas of applicability. I would like to highlight th

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's an interesting question. To start, I don't envision a scenario where Canadians would be deprived of their right to vote. I think every possible contingency plan is being put into place to enable that to happen. It is a challenging time right now. We are on a long road—I s

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That has been a topic of discussion very much along the same lines of the groups that Dr. Henry described, and examining the safest way to permit everyone who is able and wants to vote to do so. Those are people who have limited mobility, who may be quarantined or isolated, who

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes. Essentially, we have had to adapt our activities in many aspects of our lives. The recommendations that are in place in, say, St. John's, Newfoundland, are quite different from those in Toronto, Ontario or in Vancouver, B.C. That is true, yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I referenced earlier that there is a federal-provincial-territorial special advisory committee, or the SAC, which meets twice a week. Dr. Henry is on that committee, as are the chief medical officers of health from all jurisdictions. We have not encountered a situation where we

Procedure and House Affairs committee  To be frank, the use of rapid testing for elections is not something that would necessarily be all that feasible at this moment in time, but it is an evolving development that could be considered as we move into the future. The important considerations are the availability and a