That's great.
I have a long question. A 2018 public health planning document—this is a Government of Canada regulation—says that Canada should not rely on the WHO crisis levels to make national health decisions.
An Auditor General's 2008 report said that Canada should have a comprehensive and well-documented internal process and data systems for surveillance of pandemic-type issues.
COVID-19 pandemic responses have relied on the WHO pandemic phases to launch Canadian responses. I noted a couple of meetings ago that capital spending for PHAC's health security core responsibility, as noted in the public accounts, has dropped significantly over the last four years.
Do you think such a drop in funding to PHAC has played a role in our ability to run our own surveillance rather than relying on a third party such as the WHO?