Category: Public Health Agency

Public Health Agency Investigates After Air France Passenger Sat in Blood-Soaked Area

July 12, 2023
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Canada’s public health agency has opened an investigation after a passenger on an Air France flight from Paris to Toronto says he sat amid the uncleaned remnants of a previous passenger’s hemorrhage. The Public Health Agency of Canada says it is aware of the incident on the June 30 flight and cited its mandate to…

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Former Insiders Bemoan Politicization of CSIS, Other Government Agencies

March 23, 2023
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News Analysis A 2021 analysis by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) was recently made public in which the agency presents various concerns related to climate change. Phil Gurski, a veteran of CSIS and the Communications Security Establishment, is puzzled as to why CSIS would put out such a document. “That paper, if it was in…

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Health Agency ‘Closely Monitoring’ COVID-19 in China, No Mention of Pre-Flight Tests

December 28, 2022
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The national public health agency says it’s “closely monitoring” the COVID-19 situation in China, but gives no indication it’s planning to follow the U.S. by requiring that travellers from China be tested for the virus. The Public Health Agency of Canada says in a statement that any policy changes will be made in a travel…

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Commons Calls for Halt to Collection of COVID 19 Phone Data Over Privacy Concerns

February 9, 2022
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OTTAWA—The House of Commons called on the government Tuesday to suspend plans by the Public Health Agency of Canada to collect data from millions of mobile phones to help understand travel patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic. MPs passed a motion urging the government to suspend a plan to extend the collection of cellphone location data…

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Commons Ethics Committee Wants Cellphone Data Collection Halted Over Privacy Concerns

January 31, 2022
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OTTAWA—The House of Commons ethics committee has called for a halt to the Public Health Agency of Canada’s plans to collect data from millions of mobile phones as a way to understand travel patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic. The committee passed a motion Monday calling on the federal government to suspend plans to extend the…

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MPs Call for Commons Committee to Launch Emergency Probe of Use of Mobile Data

January 10, 2022
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OTTAWA—Opposition MPs want the House of Commons ethics committee to investigate the Public Health Agency of Canada’s decision to collect data from millions of mobile phones to understand travel patterns during the COVID-pandemic. Conservative and Bloc Quebecois MPs want the committee to hold emergency meetings this month while the House of Commons is still on…

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