Tonight at 7:30 pm I'll be hosting an Ask Me Anything Facebook Live to answer your questions about vaccines, federal programs, and anything else that may be on your mind.

Please like my Facebook Page to get a notification when I go live. You can also email me any questions in advance.

As of this morning, more than 399,854 doses of approved COVID-19 vaccines have been administered across Canada. In Ontario, this represents almost 74% of doses delivered. You can consult the COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker for updates on deployment of vaccine doses.

Ontario is on track to receive 80,000 doses of the Pfizer every week for the rest of January. Another 56,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine arrived in the province on Monday, in addition to the 53,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine that arrived at the end of December.

Quantities of both the Pfizer and the Moderna vaccine will scale up in February. And yesterday our government announced that we have secured an additional 20M doses of the Pfizer vaccine. This brings the total number of vaccines scheduled to arrive this year to 80M. By September, we will have enough vaccines for every Canadian who wants one. Officials with Health Canada say so far, there have been no reports of unexpected side-effects from patients vaccinated against COVID-19.

You can consult the federal government's Guidance on the prioritization of initial doses of COVID-19 vaccine here, the guidelines that the province has put into place for the administration of the vaccine here, as well as follow federal updates on vaccine rollouts here.

Minister Garneau issued an Interim Order formalizing new COVID-19 testing requirements for all air travellers coming to Canada, and providing additional guidance to airline operators and the travelling public regarding the new pre-departure testing requirement that was announced on December 31. This Interim Order supports COVID-19 health requirements made by our Minister of Health under the Quarantine Act.

The new testing requirements came into effect on midnight on January 7, 2021. Regardless of citizenship, all travellers five years of age or older must now provide proof of a negative laboratory test result for COVID-19 to the airline prior to boarding a flight to Canada. The test must be performed using one of two types of COVID-19 tests - either a molecular polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) - and must be conducted within 72 hours of the traveller's scheduled departure to Canada. Antigen screening or other types of test such as Diffractive Phase Interferometry or Nucleic Acid Amplification are not accepted.

The Federal Housing Advocate is a full-time Governor in Council appointee, housed at CHRC, with specific responsibilities provided for under the National Housing Strategy Act. The Federal Housing Advocate's primary role is to independently monitor the implementation of the federal government's housing policy and to further the key principles of a human rights-based approach to housing. You can find out more about the application process here.

South Riverdale Community Health Centre is offering a flu shot this Saturday (16th) and are a pop-up site for COVID-19 testing. Please see below for details.

Artists will thrive and find inspiration no matter what conditions. Local artist, Laurie MacGugan, painted the artwork below reminding people to stay 2m apart. Are you an artist who has pandemic-related artwork you would like to share? Please email me and let me know.