Thank you, Mr. Chair.
There's one industrial base. There are companies that we at the federal level and the provinces would have an interest in partnering with.
We appreciate the point and the need to coordinate, given that we're both drawing on the same industrial base and the same goal. We've established mechanisms in ISED to work with the provinces and territories on industrial response and have regular connectivity with them on a bilateral and multilateral basis. Also, Public Services and Procurement Canada has a federal-provincial-territorial committee where members discuss the same topics in terms of what they're doing on the procurement front and, of course, the Public Health Agency of Canada deals directly with the provinces and territories on their needs.
There's a wide range and very significant strong connectivity with the provinces and territories to get to the same goal and to coordinate well and to join our efforts where we certainly can.