Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all of our witnesses.
I wish to state right from the outset that with regard to the testimony we've heard on the situation in Papua New Guinea, I don't believe there is any individual in this room, or any individual reading the Hansard of these proceedings, who would not be moved and would not want to have action taken on that. The question is whether Bill C-300 is the correct tool.
Let me ask a rhetorical question. Why do we have swine flu vaccination when we have regular flu vaccination? Why is it important for us to see that 30 million people in Canada have access to swine flu vaccination when we already have a perfectly good store of vaccination for regular flu?
In other words--