Despite spending more than $600 million on control measures, a new report from the auditor general says the federal health agency’s failure to properly track travellers’ quarantine status leaves Canada’s border poorly defended against COVID-19. Auditor General Karen Hogan submitted four COVID-19-related reports to the House of Commons on Dec. 9, including one that examines the Public Health Agency of Canada’s (PHAC) enforcement of quarantines and testing for travellers entering Canada. An earlier audit found that, between May and June 2020, PHAC could not determine if 66 percent of incoming travellers complied with COVID-19 quarantine measures as the agency was unable to track their status. While that number dropped to 37 percent between January and June 2021, the auditor general said the numbers remain troubling. “Though the Public Health Agency of Canada improved its results, this is not a success story,” Hogan said in a Dec. 9 press release. “The …