Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Doctor Butler-Jones, Ms. Alain, welcome. I listened to the minister's remarks very carefully. The last time you met with us, Mr. Butler-Jones, you spoke to us about the avian flu pandemic preparedness plan. You said then that there were approximately 30 million doses of drugs available for Canadians over the entire country.
You know that we have a public health institute in Quebec. We already have 9 million doses of the drug stockpiled in the event of an avian flu pandemic.
Do you intend to compensate Quebec for these measures? You could keep the doses you have for other Canadians. If Quebec decides to have its own program, will the Public Health Agency of Canada's program take precedence nonetheless because of the agency's moral authority?