Thank you very much, Chair.
My thanks to Ms. Waite and Professor Ali.
Professor Ali, perhaps I'll continue in English, because I would like to pick up on that very last point you made. Obviously, we are in committee and we are on the record, sir, and many countries have acknowledged Canada's leadership in putting together the Ottawa Group. I, along with other colleagues on this committee, was part of the international trade committee's extensive study on the TRIPS waiver discussions, in which many experts weighed in on Canada's role.
If you do not have specific sources that you're willing to share with us, I would ask you to reconsider your comments regarding Canada's role to date. I would also like to point out that the United Kingdom, the EU and Norway have all opposed the TRIPS waiver at the WTO, while Canada has been trying to bring countries together in order to reach agreement. I think you would agree, Professor, that we need the European Union to agree to such a waiver for it to be effective.
Professor, over to you.