Thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair.
My understanding is that in fact there was a response mounted to assist the communities in northern Manitoba, as well as the Government of Canada supporting the Government of Mexico.
The normal state of affairs would be that the situation in the community would become evident, and then the region, together with the province, would add to the capacity in the community—and I understand that was done. In addition to that there was extra support from headquarters—the Public Health Agency of Canada—and from the first nations and Inuit health branch that was added to that community.
Now in terms of the experience of the community, as I did say last week, yes, absolutely, first nations were overrepresented in terms of hospitalization and in terms of ICU admissions. I think that is not unexpected given the extent of the disease, the rapid spread of the disease in those communities, and given the challenging circumstances in those communities, the youth of that community, the number of pregnant women, and the high prevalence of chronic diseases.
I believe there was a response. Certainly there were lessons learned from that response. One of those lessons learned was in fact that we would have to increase our assuredness in terms of the ability to get further supplies to communities.