Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2020-02-03 18:40:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Darren Fisher (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health, Lib.)",
        "fr": "M. Darren Fisher (secr\u00e9taire parlementaire de la ministre de la Sant\u00e9, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6035505\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his question.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6035506\" data-originallang=\"en\">I want to thank my friend for the opportunity to speak about the Government of Canada's plan to respond to the novel coronavirus in Canada. As members know, there have been numerous confirmed cases in China and travel-related cases have been reported in other jurisdictions, including in Canada, as was said by my friend.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6035507\" data-originallang=\"en\">Last week, the director-general of the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus to be a public health emergency of international concern. Canada is actively monitoring the outbreak, and has implemented public health measures very much in line with the World Health Organization's guidance and advice. There are currently four confirmed cases in Canada that are linked to travel in Wuhan, China, and none of the individuals remains in hospital.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6035508\" data-originallang=\"en\">Despite these confirmed cases, the risk to Canadians remains low. Protecting the health and safety of Canadians is our top priority. We will continue to provide Canadians with regular updates. Canada's response to the outbreak to date has been a whole-of-government approach, including working very closely with provincial and territorial jurisdictions. Our health system has been mobilized to support a response to the cases of illness in Canada, and national guidance has been shared.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6035509\" data-originallang=\"en\">There has been tremendous progress over the past 16 years to strengthen Canada's public health system and how we prepare for infectious disease outbreaks. We have learned, not only from SARS but also from the H1N1 pandemic and more recently the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and we will learn as well from this outbreak.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6035510\" data-originallang=\"en\">Since SARS, we have created the Public Health Agency of Canada to provide clear federal leadership during a response such as this. We have established the position of chief public health officer as an authoritative voice to all Canadians during public health events. We have enhanced federal-provincial-territorial collaboration through a formal network of public health experts, the public health network council. We have strengthened coordination within the federal government, including through the creation of the government operations centre.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6035511\" data-originallang=\"en\">Significant effort has been expended in the past decade to refine planning, and establish clear protocols and processes, and our preparedness has enabled us to respond quickly and efficiently. Our health system is working exactly as it should. We have been able to detect cases in Canada, treat them appropriately and quickly share information across jurisdictions to limit the spread of this virus.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6035512\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Some of the key measures Canada has implemented include enhanced screening at 10 airports that accept international flights. This is our first line of defence. As individuals return to Canada from China, information on screens tells individuals to self-identify to a border services agent if they are experiencing novel coronavirus symptoms. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6035513\" data-originallang=\"en\">In addition, a health screening question has been added to the electronic kiosks at these airports, asking travellers if they have been to Hubei province. Travellers are also provided information about what they should do if they subsequently experience any symptoms, with procedures established to refer travellers to local public health as required.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6035514\" data-originallang=\"en\">We have also updated our travel health notice to level three, to avoid all non-essential travel to China. We have implemented a risk communication approach. Our chief public health officer is providing exceptional leadership, and has been holding regular media availability and taking interviews to counter misinformation and discrimination.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6035505\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, j'aimerais remercier mon coll\u00e8gue de sa question.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6035506\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je tiens \u00e0 remercier mon coll\u00e8gue de me donner l'occasion de parler du plan du gouvernement du Canada visant \u00e0 lutter contre le nouveau coronavirus au Canada. Comme les d\u00e9put\u00e9s le savent, il y a de nombreux cas confirm\u00e9s en Chine, et des cas cons\u00e9cutifs \u00e0 des voyages ont \u00e9t\u00e9 signal\u00e9s dans d'autres pays, notamment au Canada, comme l'a indiqu\u00e9 mon coll\u00e8gue.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6035507\" data-originallang=\"en\">La semaine derni\u00e8re, le directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l'Organisation mondiale de la sant\u00e9 a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 que l'\u00e9pid\u00e9mie du nouveau coronavirus \u00e9tait une urgence de sant\u00e9 publique internationale. Le Canada surveille activement l'\u00e9pid\u00e9mie et il a adopt\u00e9 des mesures de sant\u00e9 publique tout \u00e0 fait conformes \u00e0 celles qu'a recommand\u00e9es l'Organisation mondiale de la sant\u00e9. Il y a actuellement quatre cas confirm\u00e9s au Canada, et ils sont li\u00e9s \u00e0 des voyages \u00e0 Wuhan, en Chine. Ces quatre personnes ont d\u00e9j\u00e0 re\u00e7u leur cong\u00e9 de l'h\u00f4pital.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6035508\" data-originallang=\"en\">En d\u00e9pit de ces cas confirm\u00e9s, le risque pour les Canadiens demeure faible. Prot\u00e9ger la sant\u00e9 et la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 des Canadiens est notre priorit\u00e9 absolue. Nous continuerons \u00e0 pr\u00e9senter aux Canadiens des mises \u00e0 jour r\u00e9guli\u00e8res. \u00c0 ce jour, le Canada a adopt\u00e9 une approche pangouvernementale pour combattre l'\u00e9pid\u00e9mie, approche qui comprend une collaboration \u00e9troite avec les provinces et les territoires. Le syst\u00e8me de sant\u00e9 a \u00e9t\u00e9 mobilis\u00e9 pour favoriser les interventions contre la maladie au Canada, et des lignes directrices nationales ont \u00e9t\u00e9 communiqu\u00e9es aux intervenants.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6035509\" data-originallang=\"en\">Des progr\u00e8s consid\u00e9rables ont \u00e9t\u00e9 accomplis au cours des 16 derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es pour renforcer le syst\u00e8me de sant\u00e9 publique du Canada et am\u00e9liorer la fa\u00e7on dont nous nous pr\u00e9parons \u00e0 l'\u00e9closion de maladies infectieuses. Les \u00e9pid\u00e9mies du SRAS, de la grippe H1N1 et, plus r\u00e9cemment, du virus Ebola en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo nous ont appris des le\u00e7ons et nous en tirerons d'autres de l'actuelle \u00e9pid\u00e9mie.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6035510\" data-originallang=\"en\">Depuis l'\u00e9pid\u00e9mie du SRAS, l'Agence de sant\u00e9 publique du Canada a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9tablie afin de donner des directions claires au nom du f\u00e9d\u00e9ral durant une intervention telle que celle-ci. Nous avons aussi cr\u00e9\u00e9 le poste d'administrateur en chef de la sant\u00e9 publique, qui tient lieu de voix officielle pour tous les Canadiens en cas d'incidents de sant\u00e9 publique. Nous avons am\u00e9lior\u00e9 la collaboration f\u00e9d\u00e9rale-provinciale-territoriale au moyen d'un r\u00e9seau officiel d'experts en sant\u00e9 publique, le Conseil du R\u00e9seau de sant\u00e9 publique. Nous avons am\u00e9lior\u00e9 la coordination au sein du gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral, notamment en mettant sur pied le Centre des op\u00e9rations du gouvernement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6035511\" data-originallang=\"en\">Des efforts consid\u00e9rables ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9ploy\u00e9s au cours de la derni\u00e8re d\u00e9cennie pour perfectionner la planification et \u00e9tablir des protocoles et des processus clairs. Notre pr\u00e9paration nous a permis de r\u00e9pondre de mani\u00e8re rapide et efficace. Notre syst\u00e8me de sant\u00e9 fonctionne exactement comme il se doit. Nous avons \u00e9t\u00e9 en mesure de d\u00e9pister des cas au Canada, de les traiter ad\u00e9quatement et de transmettre rapidement des informations aux autres administrations afin de limiter la propagation du virus. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6035512\" data-originallang=\"en\">Certaines des principales mesures mises en \u0153uvre par le Canada comprennent un filtrage renforc\u00e9 \u00e0 10 a\u00e9roports qui accueillent des vols internationaux. C'est notre premi\u00e8re ligne de d\u00e9fense. Lorsque des personnes en provenance de la Chine rentrent au Canada, de l'information aux \u00e9crans leur demandent de se pr\u00e9senter \u00e0 un agent des services frontaliers si elles pr\u00e9sentent des sympt\u00f4mes d'infection au coronavirus.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6035513\" data-originallang=\"en\">Par ailleurs, une question visant \u00e0 contr\u00f4ler l'\u00e9tat de sant\u00e9 a \u00e9t\u00e9 ajout\u00e9e aux kiosques \u00e9lectroniques \u00e0 ces a\u00e9roports, demandant aux voyageurs s'ils sont all\u00e9s dans la province du Hubei. Les voyageurs re\u00e7oivent aussi de l'information sur ce qu'ils doivent faire s'ils d\u00e9veloppent des sympt\u00f4mes et des proc\u00e9dures ont \u00e9t\u00e9 mises en place pour adresser les voyageurs aux services locaux de sant\u00e9 publique, au besoin.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6035514\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous avons aussi relev\u00e9 les Conseils de sant\u00e9 aux voyageurs au niveau 3 pour \u00e9viter tous les voyages non indispensables en Chine. Nous avons mis en place une approche de communication des risques. L'administratrice en chef de la sant\u00e9 publique dirige l'op\u00e9ration remarquablement bien. Elle s'est r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement rendue disponible pour les m\u00e9dias et a donn\u00e9 des entrevues pour contrer la d\u00e9sinformation et la discrimination.</p>"
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