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Health committee  Yes. In fact there's no reporting requirement built into the interim order with respect to the health checks. We have asked air carriers for their numbers, the numbers of people who were turned away based on the questions alone. In fact, some people, a handful of people, were turned away from flights based on the answers they provided.

June 22nd, 2020Committee meeting

Wendy Nixon

Health committee  We have provided air operators a significant amount of guidance material, including contact information for provincial health authorities and direction on what to give passengers when they arrive and answer those questions in a way that might indicate they have COVID symptoms or if symptoms are visually observed or if there are other signs to indicate denial of boarding.

June 22nd, 2020Committee meeting

Wendy Nixon

Health committee  To add to Kevin's response, the set of questions that airlines are asked to rely on is an awareness or communication factor with passengers to promote the fact that they should be looking for COVID symptoms, especially in the early days of travel, to make them understand the three main signs of COVID.

June 22nd, 2020Committee meeting

Wendy Nixon

Health committee  The number of active cases is actually tracked by the Public Health Agency as part of the tracking that CBSA does at border crossings, so as people arrive and depart, we do get notified. It's not a significant number in recent weeks because of the travel volumes being so diminished, but they are the ones who track that.

June 22nd, 2020Committee meeting

Wendy Nixon