Public Accounts committee  If it's okay, I'll jump in and respond to that question. The majority of the incoming travellers arriving from international destinations to Canada arrive in Vancouver or Toronto. I believe that over 50% of travellers arrive at those two airports. Similarly, at the land border,

Public Accounts committee  I'm sorry. I'm getting a lot of feedback. Incarceration has not been looked at as a mechanism for enforcement.

Public Accounts committee  At this point in time, you're correct.

Public Accounts committee  Sure. I'm obviously not going to address the details of the cases you're referring to. I am aware of one of them in particular. With respect to entry at the port of entry, the admissibility determination is done by the Canada Border Services Agency based on information and instr

Public Accounts committee  Each case that is presented to a quarantine officer or screening officer is assessed on its individual merits. I know that our officers are provided flexibility with respect to assessing these cases, and they are provided the discretionary authority to weigh exigent circumstances

Public Accounts committee  We're assessing all possible options with respect to enforcement. By way of example, other government departments I have worked for, such as CBSA—and I know Transport Canada does as well—have administrative monetary penalty regimes. That could be used as a potential model going f

Public Accounts committee  Thank you. To reiterate some of the messages that have been outlined by the president, although PHAC could not issue contravention tickets across the country, we did have a national, consistent compliance and enforcement program. The president has outlined some of those component