Sense, its also true that lawyers for the agencies that those responders work for also play a very, very Important Role. And were privileged today to have an outstanding panel of lawyers from various agencies at the federal and local level, some now in private practice, who have served in those Important Roles or do so today. And to give us some insights about the role of a lawyer in Emergency Preparedness and response. And with that id like to introduce the panel by having them introduce themselves to you and then well get right into it. Good afternoon, im adrian sevier. Im the chief county of the Emergency Management agency. Ive been with fema for 15 years. Ive had a variety of positions at the agency starting what we called then a field attorney. So i deployed to the joint field offices that fema sets up when the president declares a major disaster or emergency. Ive held a variety of positions at fema. And again ive been the chief council since for about a year now. Im dan connelly,
[ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] weve already announced more, already are doing more. But this isnt just a game of trying to up the numbers. Were trying to do things responsibly. Ive visited refugee camps in syria, in northern iraq. Ive visited with families we have accepted from these regions. I have met with leaders from those communities, not just in canada, but in the region itself. And i can certainly tell you, from my visits to the refugee camps in jordan and debriefings there, we cant pretend there are no security risks. Its important that we do screening. Those countries in the world that responded to these headlines as these others would have by just opening the doors and doing no checking have rapidly regretted that, and are now trying to put in place the very kind of system that canada has been pursuing all along. Its a generous response, its a responsible response. It is not based on the headlines. It is based on the right thing to do. [ applause ] [ speaking french
Second. Is there any further discussion or any corrections . If not, we are prepared for the vote, all of those in favor, of the minutes of september 16th, please say aye. Aye. All of those opposed . The minutes have been approved, for september 16th. Thank you commissioners, item 3, is the directors report. Good afternoon, commissioners, for the next several months, we are going to have a disease update for you and that will happen at the beginning of my report and today, dr. Ogona and cougar will be providing you with updates. Good afternoon, commissioners today i am going to give you a quick update on the ebola situation, today, dr. Hover will be joining me and also want to acknowledge other key people that are really working on the preparedness, dr. Baba who runs our Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Branch and also rachel kegan who is our communication director who has been working closely with us. And what i am going to do today is i am going to go very in the nex
Madam clerk, any other business before this committee . Theres no further business. Thank you were adjourned the Health Commission will come to order. Call the roll. Singer . Present. Taylormcghee. Present. Chow. Present. Chung. Present. Sanchez. Present. The approval of the minutes of the september second and september 16th meeting, 2014. We will take each one in order, the first one will be the minutes of september second, is there a motion for acceptance of those minutes . So moved. And is there a second . Are there any corrections to the minutes . Seeing no corrections, we will prepare for the vote. All of those in favor, say aye. Aye. All of those opposed, the september seconds minutes have been accepted. The minutes of september 16th are before you. Motion for acceptance. So moved. Is there a second . Second. Is there any further discussion or any corrections . If not, we are prepared for the vote, all of those in favor, of the minutes of september 16th, please say aye. Aye. All
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