Also on April 8, when he appeared before this committee, the Minister of Health confirmed that the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg does not collaborate in any way with entities or individuals in the People's Republic of China.
When he appeared before our committee on April 19, Dr. Guillaume Poliquin, who now holds the position you used to hold at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg, said that “international collaboration in this space is essential for the advancement of the work.”
To reconcile the minister's statement that there is no longer any collaboration with the People's Republic of China and Dr. Poliquin's statement that this collaboration is essential to the advancement of the work, would you say that no longer collaborating with the People's Republic of China is hindering the advancement of Canadian scientists' work?