Thank you, Madam Chairperson.
Thank you, Minister, and members of your department and the Public Health Agency. I appreciate your being here.
I want to start with the reference in your speech pertaining to the HIV vaccine facility initiative. You have indicated there, as you did publicly, that in fact the proposal by your government, announced with some fanfare in 2007, abruptly came to an end this February with the cancellation of the bids and the cancellation of the program.
I would like to know very directly from you, and very specifically, at any time was a recommendation in the works pertaining to one of the four bids?