Thank you so much for that very warm welcome.
I just want to say thank you to the member for Richmond Hill and the member for Hamilton Centre for their advocacy in favour of M-36, which passed unanimously today and which is one of the highlights, I think, that this Parliament has achieved since I've been an MP.
I will move now to the question of domestic production. From a vaccine procurement standpoint, my role has been vis-à-vis the seven advance purchase agreements with the suppliers, which I believe I discussed with you the last time I was at committee. In terms of domestic production, that is a lead that is taken by ISED. Domestic production within Canada is within that ministry.
However, to respond to your question, we are investing over $120 million to expand the National Research Council facility [Technical difficulty—Editor] to produce two million doses a month. This is in addition to $600 million to support the private sector vaccine development and production in Canada.
In addition—