Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
I would like to thank our witnesses and the Minister—who was with us earlier—for attending this afternoon's Committee meeting.
Dr. Butler-Jones, I listened to the press conference you gave with the Minister where you made a number of announcements. You have awarded a $926,000 contract to the International Centre for Infectious Diseases, which will be working in partnership with the Canadian Chamber of Commerce to develop a communications strategy aimed at the 300,000 small businesses in Canada, in order to ensure they do not encounter too many problems. That is extremely important, because the H1N1 virus is a health issue that will have economic consequences.
If you do the arithmetic, that means about $3 per business. Have we been generous enough? Would it be possible to provide more money and develop a more specific plan aimed at the business sector? Also, have you discussed the potential impacts of this with the Department of Industry?