All members of the committee had to declare their conflicts of interest beforehand. They are also required to recuse from a meeting if they have a conflict with any element of it. To be clear, as the minister has indicated as well, the committee is not talking about individual procurements or individual contracts. It's much more of a strategy conversation in terms of what is happening out on the supply chains and out in the private and public sectors in terms of access to supplies. However, there are provisions to identify conflicts and to recuse should conflicts exist.
On July 23rd, 2020. See this statement in context.