Foreign Affairs committee  I think it's unclear currently. There are two [Technical difficulty—Editor] The first is that the multilateral initiative, Covax, to further fair and equitable distribution of the vaccine, is underfunded. It is particularly underfunded in the resources it needs to build up the i

Foreign Affairs committee  Again, I apologize for the connectivity issues. My written testimony was provided in advance, so people should refer to that. We make two recommendations. In terms of the system, we suggest setting up a hospital-based sentinel surveillance system. The reason for doing so is t

Foreign Affairs committee  This is a hospital-based sentinel system. It wouldn't actually evaluate policies. It would collect information on an ongoing basis about unusual hospitalizations. We actually have a similar system around famines. There is an internationally funded system that reports indicators

Foreign Affairs committee  It's not around enforcement. It's around a new indicator of information other than nations simply self-reporting when they have an outbreak, which is what we largely rely on now.

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm on.

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today on the response of the international community, including the Canadian government, to the humanitarian needs that have been created and exacerbated by the pandemic. Plagues put a mirror to the so

Foreign Affairs committee  I appreciate the indulgence of the committee and I'm sorry for the Internet connectivity issues. I'll continue on the three interrelated conclusions from the task force report. First, while confirmed deaths from the coronavirus are approaching 1.5 million globally, the most da