Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
In my neck of the woods here, Washington state is now offering vaccines to 16-year-olds. We've heard cases of the United States actually offering vaccines to zoo animals. We're still at people in their seventies and eighties booking appointments well into the future. We're into more lockdowns here now because, quite frankly, we're so far behind the eight ball when it comes to vaccines.
I was very disappointed to hear that there was no plan to address the border issue. I would argue we can't simply wait to catch up on vaccines, then. We talk repeatedly about integrated supply chains, but that includes more than just the groceries. As my friend Mr. Lewis said, it includes people. It includes technicians, sales people, managers. As we fall further and further behind on vaccines, we lose more and more business to the U.S., which is able to operate and open more rapidly than us.
I'll ask again what Mr. Lewis asked. Is there a plan? Are there metrics in place? Are you in active negotiations to come up with a way for us to stem the flow of jobs to the United States while we catch up on vaccinations, on which we are so far behind the United States right now?