International Trade committee  I am going to have to get back on the question of the specific company. I'm not familiar with the name of the company. I know we have erected some billboard space on the U.S. side as you approach some of the major border crossings. We can provide some additional information on t

International Trade committee  I don't have the exact amount of money that has been spent in the U.S. I will have to take that question back. I'm sorry.

International Trade committee  At this time, as we are preparing for a new wave and as we have been advised that the pandemic is not over, we continue to require the use of the ArriveCAN application, and we continue to respond to the science and to the digital information needs of passengers and travellers ent

International Trade committee  Thank you.

International Trade committee  What we do know is that we are receiving information in a much shorter time frame. As a result, once travellers have entered Canada, we are able to do post-border checks and get information to the travellers much more quickly, so that they can comply with Canada's border measures

International Trade committee  Yes, exactly.

International Trade committee  Dr. Tam recently said in parliamentary committee that the pandemic is not over. So we definitely want to keep that ability to get the information we need at our fingertips, so we can act quickly if we need to. When the Omicron variant arrived, for example, we had to tap into our

International Trade committee  I will not comment on vaccination, as that is unfortunately not part of my area of expertise. I can ask my colleagues to do so in writing, if the committee would like. However, I can tell you that ArriveCAN is improved regularly with new versions. We adapt by requiring new infor

International Trade committee  Yes. Thank you, Denis. The Public Health Agency as well as our partners in the airports use a facilitative approach. What we want to do is to make sure that we are eliciting compliant behaviour, but there are some barriers that are real. Those barriers are met, again, with a fac

International Trade committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Public Health Agency of Canada has directed the implementation of border measures to help reduce the spread of COVID‑19 by international travellers entering Canada. ArriveCAN information submitted by travellers is