Thank you, Minister.
Very briefly, monsieur le président, the vaccines clearly are one of the most cost-effective measures in terms of health that we can take, because it's doing something for the future as opposed to only for today. Often in the past, even though we had very strong recommendations around the utility and the cost savings, it could take up to a decade or more for provinces consistently to implement it.
The experience with the first fund showed that within two years virtually every jurisdiction--province and territory--had all four vaccines in place, whereas it often would take five to ten years or more for that implementation. Again, it has shown that it has been a useful thing in terms of encouraging and supporting provinces in that implementation phase, while respecting that longer term that is within provincial jurisdiction.