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Health committee That was a newspaper story about a designated quarantine facility, is what I'm trying to say, which is a different category of institution.
June 7th, 2021Committee meeting
Iain Stewart
Health committee It's not a quarantine hotel. It's a designated quarantine facility.
June 7th, 2021Committee meeting
Iain Stewart
Health committee I wouldn't know how to begin to answer a question structured that way, but thank you, honourable member.
June 7th, 2021Committee meeting
Iain Stewart
Health committee It actually varies by jurisdiction. They are not required to collect the samples under the jurisdiction of a nurse. It varies by province. It may be an appropriate health care professional, and so on. It's different language in different provinces. That said, of their workforce—
June 7th, 2021Committee meeting
Iain Stewart
Health committee Thank you, sir. First of all, I want to thank you for bringing the matter to my attention, honourable member. As you know, obviously we're very distressed at the situation that we've created for him. Second, we have in fact, in response, set up a change in procedure. Somebody i
June 7th, 2021Committee meeting
Iain Stewart
Health committee They're supposed to phone Switch Health, and we've changed the operating procedure to make sure that what you just described doesn't happen again.
June 7th, 2021Committee meeting
Iain Stewart
Health committee No, effective today, we have changed it so that the situation will not recur.
June 7th, 2021Committee meeting
Iain Stewart
Health committee Thank you.
June 7th, 2021Committee meeting
Iain Stewart
Health committee Yes.
June 7th, 2021Committee meeting
Iain Stewart
Health committee Hello, sir. How are you today? Thank you for the question. The contracting aspect would probably be better placed with Bill Matthews, but with respect to Switch Health, as you point out, they are a service provider of the Public Health Agency.
June 7th, 2021Committee meeting
Iain Stewart
Health committee On the renewal of the contract for post-arrival testing?
June 7th, 2021Committee meeting
Iain Stewart
Health committee Yes, that would be for Bill Matthews.
June 7th, 2021Committee meeting
Iain Stewart
Health committee Excuse me for jumping in, Mr. Chair and honourable member. That was an operational decision made by the public health officials.
June 7th, 2021Committee meeting
Iain Stewart
Health committee When we entered into our contract with that hotel, they were not in a strike position at that time. From what you are saying, you are indicating that things have progressed. We use the hotel facility and we also employ hotel staff in the back office elements of the operation. H
June 7th, 2021Committee meeting
Iain Stewart
Health committee Could we produce our contract with our designated quarantine facility in British Columbia?
June 7th, 2021Committee meeting
Iain Stewart