What is the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade doing to plan for a pandemic?
Recognizing the large number of Canadians who are serving abroad with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and other Government of Canada departments and agencies, and the 2.5 million Canadians who live, work or travel abroad at any given time, we are taking the threat of a pandemic very seriously.A senior level Pandemic Preparedness committee has been meeting on a weekly basis since late 2005 to prepare planning materials for missions and Headquarters.Our missions in some 110 countries have received detailed planning templates to help them prepare their own plans related to their host countries. We have recently provided a complementary template to our Headquarters staff in Ottawa.
Recognizing the large number of Canadians who are serving abroad with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and other Government of Canada departments and agencies, and the 2.5 million Canadians who live, work or travel abroad at any given time, we are taking the threat of a pandemic very seriously. A senior level Pandemic Preparedness committee has been meeting on a weekly basis since late 2005 to prepare planning materials for missions and Headquarters. Our missions in some 110 countries have received detailed planning templates to help them prepare their own plans related to their host countries. We have recently provided a complementary template to our Headquarters staff in Ottawa.
