Public Safety committee  Yes. As I was saying, we are aware of this question as well. A number of questions have been raised that we are continuing to examine, including the one you just raised.

Public Safety committee  Yes, and a long list of other issues.

Public Safety committee  Yes, as I mentioned, when these OIC situations come to light that we must examine, we are doing that. I will finish by saying that we are concerned about the variants. The international movement is of concern, so we will examine how the risks can continue to be mitigated.

Public Safety committee  I can answer this question. It is indeed something that has been brought to our attention and that we are looking into.

Public Safety committee  Every time we publish a new version of the order in council, we receive a lot of comments. As in the previous case, the issue you raise has been brought to our attention, and this is one of the issues we are looking at. I cannot tell you what the decision will be, but we are awar

Public Safety committee  Yes, indeed. You mentioned the email box where we receive questions. We consult it as and when requests come in. This allows us to make a decision and to give a regulatory or non-regulatory answer.

Public Safety committee  Yes. These are agents who have to go through a series of training sessions, and they have to take an exam after each one. Our agency has a very clear script and very strict rules about the way people must present themselves. For example, a screening officer cannot enter someone'

Public Safety committee  Thank you.

Public Safety committee  There are different ways when we talk about hotel quarantining. Australia or the U.K. use the hotels for the entire quarantine period. In Canada, we prefer people quarantining at home for the 14 days being the best situation. However the variants and how to prevent the potential

Public Safety committee  I can answer this question. What I can tell you is that the agency's safety division did an internal review to see what lessons were learned and how we responded to what happened. Following the exercise, a report will be completed. Some measures have already been put in place, i

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, I just wanted to confirm again that there are locks on the doors in these facilities.

Public Safety committee  There have always been locks on the doors on these hotel rooms.

Public Safety committee  I can only tell you what I know about our practices in the facilities that we run. There are locks on the doors.

Public Safety committee  Since the beginning of the pandemic, close to 6,000 people have gone through our facilities, and this is the first incident of this kind, which we regret completely.

Public Safety committee  When someone arrives and doesn't have a hotel room pre-booked as required by the regulations, there are two things that can happen. They can be asked to book a room on arrival, and opportunities are provided to do that, or the person is sent to a designated quarantine facility.