Foreign Affairs committee  CAMR is a process by which additional supply can be brought to bear from a Canadian perspective in those countries that potentially have need. It is worth noting that that would need to be a demonstrable capacity to move that through, and as we saw, there was a significant effort

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm happy to start on that, Ambassador. With respect to the questions of Canada's access to medicines regime, there is a process, as you outlined, that needs to be followed to be able to move it through. Canada continues to work in international fora with respect to this and fol

Foreign Affairs committee  I think it's very important to come back to the comments that were made by my colleagues in Geneva with respect to the fact that right now the problem is not one of supply—

Government Operations committee  I think it really depends on the nature of the application, because in many of these applications, there's no data that's produced. In the Bluetooth handshakes that are potentially engaging between two telephones using an API, the sole thing that's generated is a synonymized or a

Government Operations committee  The Government of Canada has been exploring a number of options, and we are obviously aware that one of the critical factors that determine the success of exposure notification applications is uptake and the degree to which there is widespread adoption. One of the ways to fuel t

Government Operations committee  There has been a brand new set of scientific, academic and other research articles that have driven into this space as a function of the pandemic. There's no pure answer to that question, but a number of studies have pointed out that potentially 50% to 60% uptake may be required

Government Operations committee  Obviously, any model the federal government would endorse or seek to help drive uptake toward would have to do a number of things. One of them is obviously that we'd be pushing for something that could be interoperable. The second is that it needs to conform to the guidance that'

Government Operations committee  There's actually quite a bit of work that has been under way to understand all of the capacities and innovative capabilities that can be brought to bear in this particular space, whether it's contact tracing, exposure notification or broader innovations. The Government of Canada

Government Operations committee  Thank you so much, Mr. Chair. Thanks, Mitch, for turning the question over. The Government of Canada has been exploring options for mobile apps that will enable Canadians to monitor their exposure to COVID-19 and minimize the spread of the virus. Sometime into the pandemic, Appl

Government Operations committee  Any application that the Government of Canada potentially would work into this space would have to conform to the directives given by the privacy commissioners of Canada, who have laid out very clear guidance as to how contact-tracing applications and exposure notification applic