Mr. Chair, in answering the question, I'll be very humble in that I wouldn't wish to extend my expertise in terms of Canada's overall capacity and capability to respond and to make all the policy and implementation decisions to respond to the virus. Our task in ISED was to mobilize our industry, our research and our companies to be able to respond and create a made-in-Canada response.
We've made considerable progress—I've shared the numbers with the committee—in terms of the number of proposals we've been able to advance and the amount of production that has been turned to PPE. A number of commentators have shared information on that. It's been very important to provide a diversification of support in Canada for the equipment we need, and also provide good jobs. Obviously, it has also been very critical to manage the risk around tight supply chains and constraints in the world we face, where everyone is chasing the exact same sort of products.
That's our area of expertise, and I would stick to that in framing our response in terms of where we're at.