Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
Dr. Butler-Jones, I don't have a lot of time here, but I wanted to take the opportunity, I know on behalf of the government members, to thank you and your agency for all the good work you have been doing. I don't think you were here last week, but I was actually in Washington and they gave us an accolade for how well we're doing.
I did want to give you the opportunity to address some of the misinformation that is coming from the other place. We heard about people really emphasizing what went wrong. I think this is an opportunity to say what went right.
On the contract in 2001, perhaps you'd like to emphasize how important it was to firm up the Canadian domestic supply. I think the facts speak for themselves. By that decision and moving forward to it, we are number one in the world as far as per capita vaccine availability.
Could you address this idea of a shortage? I personally read in the Ottawa Citizen this week that they had 80,000 vaccines given. By the end of the week, by Friday, they should have 100,000. In Durham region, where I come from, they had 93,000 doses Monday. They've only given 20,000. A colleague of mine from the Toronto area said they've only given 20,000 doses for some reason.
Do you have any evidence or feedback from the provinces that they've come anywhere close to all the doses being administered?